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Ray on "Up in the Air" @ ThisRecording

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:41:18 -0500

pornsoda:

I wrote about Up in the Air here. I did not like this movie!

Tina Turner- I Can’t Stand The Rain Live 1985

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:04:46 -0500

Tina Turner- I Can’t Stand The Rain Live 1985

"Someone suggested to me that I try wearing red shoes, and she said this in a suggestive way, so I..."

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:08:35 -0500

“Someone suggested to me that I try wearing red shoes, and she said this in a suggestive way, so I went right out and I bought three pairs. Women just know more than we do about most things.”

- Garrison Keillor (10 Questions for Garrison Keillor - TIME)

I’m Yours(ukulele) This is the best thing I’ve ever...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:28:22 -0500

I’m Yours(ukulele)

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

Nothing says Winter like a crackly gospel album, ginger snaps, and Stanislaw Lem.

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:12:29 -0500

The 9th Annual Year in Ideas

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:24:59 -0500

The 9th Annual Year in Ideas:

The New York Time’s list of the “noteworthy notions” of 2009. So good.

This is what I feel like today:

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:43:58 -0500

I wish group huddles were more socially acceptable.

"We can acknowledge that oppression will always be with us, and still strive for justice. We can..."

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:26:22 -0500

“We can acknowledge that oppression will always be with us, and still strive for justice. We can admit the intractability of deprivation, and still strive for dignity. We can understand that there will be war, and still strive for peace. We can do that – for that is the story of human progress; that is the hope of all the world; and at this moment of challenge, that must be our work here on Earth.”

- President Obama, Nobel Remarks - NYTimes.com

Photo

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:59:31 -0500

Tom Swifties

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:21:00 -0500

“I have to go to the hardware store,” he said wrenchingly.
“Would you like a soda?” he asked spritely.
“I want a hot dog,” he said frankly.

(Courtesy of Lorrie Moore’s Community Life)

"If you repeatedly pummel the face of one of the most beloved pop stars making music today resulting..."

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:32:00 -0500

“If you repeatedly pummel the face of one of the most beloved pop stars making music today resulting in fallout that could possibly jeopardize your own future as a pop star, I believe it is wise to forfeit your right to use “hit it” and “beat it” in reference to what you’d like to do to a woman sexually.”

- fourfour on Chris Brown’s new album Graffiti

http://cheeseajourney.blogspot.com/

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:41:18 -0500

http://cheeseajourney.blogspot.com/:

A fellow Madisonite and I have started a blog about our quest to learn about cheese. It involves short posts on cheese facts and blurbs about our weekly tastings of local cheese. Includes pictures and video! Take a look!

Ali G interviews Noam Chomsky

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:37:00 -0500

Ali G interviews Noam Chomsky

Control the Heat, Control the World

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:25:00 -0500

Winter arrived in Madison on Thursday, December 3rd. It dropped to the low 20s and promptly began to snow. I wore my brown mittens and reversible rainbow hat.

Winter is different for those of us who live in apartments with “heat included.” It is nice not to worry about the cost of gas, yes, but I also do not have control over the temperature of my house. If I am cold, I put on a sweatshirt and fleece socks, wrap myself in a blanket, and make a cup of tea.

And therefore, my office is a particularly powerful place. I can close the door, crank up the heat, and relax.

Ahhhh.

http://sketchysantas.com/

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:53:37 -0500

http://sketchysantas.com/

Otis Redding- Try a Little Tenderness Last televised...

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 10:06:26 -0500

Otis Redding- Try a Little Tenderness

Last televised performance, taped a day before his plane crashed in Madison, WI.

Another amazing record purchase. Classical music + moog...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:07:06 -0500

Another amazing record purchase.

Classical music + moog synthesizer.

Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden’s Blues

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:55:14 -0500

Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden’s Blues

The Commodore Recordings

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:54:56 -0500

Today was a success. I picked up Jelly Roll Morton’s Commodore Recordings (4 sides) on vinyl for $3. See video above.

James Franco on General Hospital and Performance Art - WSJ.com

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:42:55 -0500

James Franco on General Hospital and Performance Art - WSJ.com:

James Franco writes a history of Performance Art. It reads like a term paper.