January 2012
20 posts
Watchsandboxdiaries:
You guys. This is an actual television commercial I saw on an actual television last night.
What. What is happening. I do not understand.
What.
(Jeff was so amazed, he ripped this video from our TiVo because we needed to share this genius with the world.)
Today I finally switched my ID over from MA to IL. It’s nice to see this commercial and feel vindicated in my new...
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Mullaney: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA is a bad idea →
mullaney:
Clay Shirky makes some great points about some of the terrible side effects which are likely if something like SOPA is passsed.
I know this may feel like this problem is over. But it isn’t.
I know you may think this fight is about piracy, it is in part. But really it’s…
This is the best explanation of why SOPA should go away forever that i’ve come across. Once...
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“It seems the air has gone out of the Books for the last time. It’s been an...”
– Nick Zammuto officially announces the end of sound collage duo the Books. (via pitchfork) Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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WatchTerrence McKenna was my senior year yearbook quote:
I regard science fiction as the entry drug into the psychedelic world. If by nine, ten, eleven or twelve, you’re reading science fiction, then you’re probably lost to normality.
tumblrrhea:
Terence McKenna’s Final Earthbound Interview
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...”
– Isaac Asimov
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Reddit Blackout - January 18 →
If Google/Facebook/Tumblr/Other sites opposed to the bill coordinated to do this on the same day shit would hit the fan.
progressivefriends:
Reddit administrators have announced a “blackout” will be taken from 8am EST to 8pm EST to protest SOPA/PIPA. Instead, there will be links at the site regarding the danger of these two bills currently in Congress.
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Fucking Awesome Write up on The Other Other Guys... →
Re-blogging here because i’m so floored for these folks.
upstairsgallery:
CONGRATS FRIENDS! From the Chicago Tribune:
The Other Other Guys: This locally based group is young but insanely confident, and its swaggering sensibility hearkens back to Amy Poehler’s time with Upright Citizens Brigade during its early Chicago incarnation, pushing the boundaries of what a sketch show can offer...
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Chicago Sketch Fest Starts TONIGHT! →
Here’s what i want to see! What are you seeing?
Thursday, January 5th
8:00 - Barry Hite: So Very Important
8:00 - The Nerdologues
9:00 - Bandz
10:00 - Sweathearts
Friday, January 6th
11:00 - The Other Other Guys
Saturday, January 7th
6:00 - The Other Other Guys
7:00 - the tim&micah Project
Sunday, January 8th
5:00 - Jeffrey-Jeffries
8:00 - Oh Theodora
Thursday, January...
The Most-Blogged-About Musicians of the Year... →
pbfcomics:
More of the map will be revealed daily.
This is a big fucking deal. I am so excited.
December 2011
19 posts
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: In Praise of Dov Charney (sort of) →
vagrant-nobility:
We recently paired with our manufacturer to create a vertically integrated apparel manufacturing company. The plan includes moving the factory to a more visible area of Chicago and opening a small menswear boutique that will feature an in-house label along with our favorite brands. As the…
Really interesting take on fashion manufacturing from a great up and coming...
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Cokemachineglow's Conrad Amenta nails "Countdown"... →
rawkblog:
Music writing!
this song passed from guilty pleasure into “i can’t live without this song” at 8 seconds in.
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“I thought about what if I make another special like this one and i put it up for...”
– More from the Louis CK AMA. I love Louis CK.
“Im not going to say yet what it’s making. It’s so damn interesting...”
– Louis CK in a recent reddit AMA on the response to his Beacon Theater experiment.
(CK offered his most recent completely new/original special as a download for $5 DRM free over the internet)
The Punnery →
Description reads:
Microsoft Paint and Puns! My two passions!! =)
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Gapers Block: Big Hugs from Half Acre →
Yo, I am GETTING that prize!
On Dec. 18 the Half Acre brewery located at 4257 N. Lincoln will be open from 11am until 6pm. Big Hugs will be sold at $12 per 22oz bottle or $21 for a half gallon growler fill. Half Acre would like you to know that if you come dressed as a cat you will get a prize.
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Yelping with Cormac: Urban Outfitters →
nprfreshair:
yelpingwithcormac:
Union Square - San Francisco, CA
Cormac M. | Author | Lost in the chaparral, NM
Three stars.
And they come there in great numbers shuffling into that mausoleum that was built for them like some monument to the slow death of their world and among those tokens and talismans of that faded empire…
there goes the next 30 minutes (h/t @kevinthepang)
This is so...
“Claire Anrie: what we have in common is love”
– My fav line from this fantastic Awl Article “My Three-Month Facebook Dialogue With A Scammer From Malaysia Pretending To Be A Beautiful Woman” by Teddy Wayne.
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“Just when you thought Barack Obama couldn’t get any more out of touch with...”
– A statement by Rick Perry • Criticizing President Obama over a memorandum he issued today, which stated broad support for advancing LGBT rights and protecting them from violence. It explicitly mentions the efforts of foreign governments to criminalize LGBT persons (the state of affairs in Uganda the...
TV's Scariest Generation: The Cable Nevers |... →
evangotlib:
Great article.
I love thinking about this. It’s an exciting time to be in content delivery and as an extension content creation. That is, if you are on the Internet side of things. Otherwise it must be terrifying.
My friend does not like that I'm going to Watch...
B: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO WATCH THE THRONE?!?!?!?!
B: I WANT TO GO!!
me: a client had an extra ticket!
B: ARE YOU SPENDING $300
B: OMG
I HAT EYOU
B: omg
i don't typically feel feelings like rage and envy
but right now i know them
omg i hate
this must be like what girls feel when they get their periods
me: yeah man
B: i will kill alex
god
i can't believe it is you going
and not me
me: yep
i guess i should go listen to the record
is it any good? i haven't heard it
B: OH MY GOD
ARE YOU TRYING?
TO FILL ME WITH RAGE?
YOU MUST BE
me: this first track is ok
B: jesus
really
are you succombing to the urge to drive me insane
ahhh
i want to cry
i don't understand this emotion
me: oh beyonce is on this second song!
B: i'm done here
enjoy your evening
philistine
November 2011
19 posts
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING BREAK EVERYONE!
Chrono Trigger Piano Selections →
A 20 min Chrono Trigger piano medley. I unabashedly love this. (Link opens Spotify)
Protect The Internet →
Everyone’s doing this right?
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(thanks reddit)