November 2008
54 posts
- Michael (45 minutes earlier): * rocking out *
- Laura: hey. sorry i missed you earlier. i was brainstorming at work
- Michael: well you missed the rock. just saying. the train to rockstown has left the station, and laura effing (last name) is notoriously absent.
- Laura: well, laura effing (last name) was writing ads and drinking beer with her coworkers
- Laura: while michael effing champlin was wearing those striped conductor overalls and driving the train
- Michael: you're damn right! * screaming guitar solo *
From the “Missed Connections” section on craigslist:
I fear for the human race, I really do.The guy talking to me and my date after the Metallica concert - w4m - 20 (Tulsa) “You were talking to me and my friend,John at the bus station.You was real cute and all and wanted to get to know you but I was on a date and did’nt want to be rude,but I wanna get to know you more better.”
The Girl Sitting Across the Room
Has sneezed eleven times in a row.
Listen
Stereolab - Self Portrait with “Electric Brain”
Try to keep from tapping your foot. I dare you.
The Top 10 Reasons Why Kanye West is a Douche →
mamapop.com
Kanye West is a douche for many, many reasons, but it is easy to falter and find yourself thinking, “Man, that Kanye’s a pretty wicked dude”. It happens to the best of us, we falter at times, but it shouldn’t have to happen. I have narrowed the proofs of his douchiness down to a ten-point emergency checklist that folds easily into your pocket or wallet for those times when his blinding douchebaggery eludes you.
Co-sign on this list.
Irrefutable
Listen
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Perfect cloudy Sunday music.
Listen
The Faint - The Geeks Were Right
Who knew?
PostPostModern
As I sit here browsing contemporary photography via flickr groups, it occurs to me that our culture is in fact reverting to the 1980s. It’s the shoegazing, sex-pistols listening counterculture 80s though—not the powerpop big hair 80s—so I suppose I should be grateful.
“Those with the greatest awareness have the greatest nightmares.”
—Mahatma Gandhi
