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Sat, 19 May 2012 22:43:02 -0500

natashavc:

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The Ron Swanson Meat Market (Taken with instagram)

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:13:57 -0500

The Ron Swanson Meat Market (Taken with instagram)

Tyler’s not the only one who’s “working from...

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:50:04 -0500

Tyler’s not the only one who’s “working from home” today.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:00 -0500

Yeah, that sounds about right.

Just found out i'll be interviewing Matt from Archers of Loaf on Monday

Thu, 17 May 2012 15:36:29 -0500

Trying not to freak out too much about this.

Owen’s dream reminded me of this classic Achewood...

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:43:32 -0500

Owen’s dream reminded me of this classic Achewood exchange.

oldtobegin: shasta-hq: 05-07-12 on Flickr. Monday Night -...

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:45:26 -0500

oldtobegin:

shasta-hq:

05-07-12 on Flickr.

Monday Night - Bella night.

i have that top she’e wearing!

Bella (and the Bella affiliated side project Ruth Buzzi) are so amazing, they make up for every other shitty, terrible, unfunny improv group in the world. Yes, all of them.

siphotos: 76ers forward Charles Barkley enjoys a day off in...

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:34:57 -0500

siphotos:

76ers forward Charles Barkley enjoys a day off in March 1986. (Manny Millan/SI)

GALLERY: Rare Photos of Charles Barkley

Attn Jess: This gallery contains BOTH short shorts AND Charles Barkley.

yourmonkeycalled: At 9:03 This Morning I Wished So Desperately...

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:13 -0500

yourmonkeycalled:

At 9:03 This Morning I Wished So Desperately For a Bunch of East Coast Dudes in Suits to Fly Out Here to California and Beat Us Senseless

This is the Pinstripe Executive Hoodie from Betabrand. It represents, according to the site, the “bleeding edge of business casual.” 100% Merino wool on the outside, 100% Atlas Shrugged on the inside. Perfect for a late night of strategizing and foosball.

Also great for:

Libertarian cookouts

Firing people via text message

Convincing her that SHE gave YOU herpes

Showing your dad and stepmom around the Ferry Building

Instagram sesh down at the beach

You know what will turn the dream you're having from "harmless" to "nightmare" in 5 seconds flat?

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:43:05 -0500

The sudden appearance of that scream/siren noise from the end of the Prometheus trailer. Seriously. It’s bad news.

meredithmo: anticapitalist: Our real first gay president The...

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:49:47 -0500

meredithmo:

anticapitalist:

Our real first gay president

The new issue of Newsweek features a cover photo of President Obama topped by a rainbow-colored halo and captioned “The First Gay President.” The halo and caption strike me as cheap sensationalism. I realize airport travelers look at a magazine for 2.2 seconds before moving on to the next one. I grant that this cover will probably get Newsweek a 4.4 second glance. I also understand that Newsweek is desperate for sales. Nevertheless, I doubt that the Newsweek of old, before it was sold for a dollar, would have pandered as shallowly.

The caption is a superficial way to characterize an important development of thought that the president — along with the country — has been making over recent years. It is also entirely wrong. Like the mini-furor a couple of months back about the claim that Richard Nixon was our first gay president, the story simply ignores that the U.S. already had a gay president more than a century ago.

There can be no doubt that James Buchanan was gay, before, during and after his four years in the White House. Moreover, the nation knew it, too — he was not far into the closet.

Today, I know no historian who has studied the matter and thinks Buchanan was heterosexual. Fifteen years ago, historian John Howard, author of “Men Like That,” a pioneering study of queer culture in Mississippi, shared with me the key documents, including Buchanan’s May 13, 1844, letter to a Mrs. Roosevelt. Describing his deteriorating social life after his great love, William Rufus King, senator from Alabama, had moved to Paris to become our ambassador to France, Buchanan wrote:

I am now “solitary and alone,” having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them. I feel that it is not good for man to be alone; and should not be astonished to find myself married to some old maid who can nurse me when I am sick, provide good dinners for me when I am well, and not expect from me any very ardent or romantic affection.

I had absolutely no idea.

raptoravatar answered your question: Listening to Killer Mike’s amazing R.A.P. Music, trying...

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:15:40 -0500

raptoravatar answered your question: Listening to Killer Mike’s amazing R.A.P. Music, trying to think of other awesome one rapper/one producer albums

Supreme Clientele almost.

Yeah, i think there are a lot that fall into this category. Like 80-90% produced by one person, then a couple of others dropped in for whatever reason. It’s weird, though, that with the rise of the producer in the last decade or so that there aren’t more albums that we can point to.

natepatrin answered your question: Listening to Killer Mike’s amazing R.A.P. Music, trying to...

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:05:19 -0500

natepatrin answered your question: Listening to Killer Mike’s amazing R.A.P. Music, trying to think of other awesome one rapper/one producer albums

Muggs/GZA, ‘Grandmasters’.

Shit, i totally forgot about this.

strictlyalright answered your question: Listening to Killer Mike’s amazing R.A.P. Music, trying to think of other awesome one rapper/one producer albums

lol @ Be (no) (mostly because I don’t like post-Electric Circus Common)

I get that. I hated Electric Circus, and i can’t i’ve liked anything after Be either. But whatevs, i still ride for that album.

Listening to Killer Mike's amazing R.A.P. Music, trying to think of other awesome one rapper/one producer albums

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:51:18 -0500

But other than Madvilliany and Common/Kanye’s Be, i’m drawing a blank. Can somebody help me out?

abloodymess: Holy shit Riot Fest! Well played. I can’t believe...

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:22:27 -0500

abloodymess:

Holy shit Riot Fest! Well played. I can’t believe this is only the “first wave” of bands.

Right now the tickets are $38 FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND! How can they afford that?

abloodymess: corpsepose: “i’ve been playing basketball for a long time, and every time you hear...

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:25:03 -0500

abloodymess:

corpsepose:

“i’ve been playing basketball for a long time, and every time you hear phil collins’ “in the air tonight,” you know it’s game time.”

isn’t it odd that that is a “sports” song? maybe it’s the big drums (jess).

Always wanted to know where Chris Webber stood on Phil Collins. Finally i have my answer.

maura: JAM OF THE SUMMER. SHUT IT ALL DOWN. Want to dedicate...

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:16:00 -0500

maura:

JAM OF THE SUMMER. SHUT IT ALL DOWN.

Want to dedicate this to a special lady who definitely needs a song like this right now.

natepatrin: markrichardson: Kid Koala doing his “Moon River”...

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:48:32 -0500

natepatrin:

markrichardson:

Kid Koala doing his “Moon River” routine for the BBC a few years ago. I love this. In part because it is so anachronistic. He has to do a tremendous amount of work to achieve the subtlest effects. In the digital age this amount of exertion to change the quality of sound is ridiculous. But there’s still something gratifying about seeing a master of a craft create something by hand. Like watching a glass blower or something. Famously, he Koala never uses headphone for cueing. Which means he has to know exactly where the drop the needle, which is hard. He has little pieces of tape on the vinyl to help him keep track of where the music is. In this case, he has two copies of the Breakfast at Tiffany’s soundtrack and he has to keep them in perfect sync so that he can create effects on one and overlap those effects with the other and then crossfade and it all lines up correctly. This requires great concentration. And all of his focus and skill is directed at extending this piece of music and putting some processing on it to make it sound a little psychedelic. Watch him create an “organ solo” by knowing exactly where to drop the needle for each note. Of all the turntabalist guys who got big in the late 90s, he was always the most musical, someone whose technique could slip into the background. It’s soundmaking that doesn’t forget the body.

Seconding this — I had the lucky opportunity to see it done live. (“Drunk Trumpet” is great — and hilarious — for similar reasons.)

This is fascinating to watch.

Every. Single. Time.

Mon, 14 May 2012 10:27:16 -0500

Every. Single. Time.

bobbyfinger replied to your photo: FYI, you guys, this is the best hummus in the… my fave is...

Sun, 13 May 2012 12:58:44 -0500

bobbyfinger replied to your photo: FYI, you guys, this is the best hummus in the…

my fave is from trader joe’s: i109.photobucket.com/al…

Right on. I should let Alissa know about that one, since she’s the horseradish fan in this marriage. And if she liked it that would mean more of the other stuff for me, so everybody wins.