April 2012
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Listened to this gem of an album on the bus to...
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“Mammalian life is social and relational. What defines the mammalian class,...”
– Ellen Ullman, “Programming the post-human: Computer science redefines ‘life’”, Harper’s Magazine (found this mammalian summation in an older Harper’s article and can’t think of a better one)
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“Compared to the earlier releases, Gibson: Goin’ Cuckoo In Costa Rica lacks in...”
– Sean O’Neal, “Mel Gibson’s latest audiotape rant lacks the innovation of previous releases, but makes up for it with primal fury”, The Onion AV Club (one of my favorite AV Club news bulletins ever - haven’t laughed that hard in a while)
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I don’t care what you say - Soul Asylum was...
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WatchI can not wait for this album - another new track from Beach House, “Lazuli”.
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Figured I’d test out the new Spotify-Tumblr...
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“Radiohead’s members readily acknowledge the influence of the Pixies, R.E.M.,...”
– George Varga, “Radiohead’s Jazz Frequencies”, Jazz Times (simile day!)
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“What’s cognitively dissonant about “An Economist Gets Lunch” is that Mr. Cowen...”
– Dwight Garner, “A Contrarian Chowhound Weighs In”, New York Times (now that’s what I call a simile)
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“His favorite example is the rainbow. For the rainbow experience to happen we...”
– Tim Parks, “The Mind Outside My Head”, New York Review of Books (what a fantastic way of thinking about the world)
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WatchPlease tell me they don’t play the Modest Mouse song during these sessions.
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“At some point late in my teens, in a spasm of post-adolescent resolve, I decided...”
– Sam Anderson, “Just One More Game…”, New York Times Magazine (very enjoyable essay - the book:video game ratio definitely resonates with me) 