January 2012
1 post
December 2011
3 posts
Maria Bethânia and Jorge Ben - “Mano...
“What he has to show is indeed a long way off, and perhaps concerns us little,...”
– Samuel Johnson, on William Herschel, as quoted in The Age of Wonder, and the finest defense of basic science if I’ve ever heard one.
November 2011
3 posts
Gotye - “Smoke and Mirrors”
Someone...
October 2011
2 posts
3 tags
September 2011
6 posts
George Harrison - “Run of the Mill”
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Björk - “Virus”
Inevitably, Björk...
Allen & Allen - “Heavenly Baby”
...
YACHT - “Utopia”
When thread...
August 2011
9 posts
The Jackson 5 - “Doctor My Eyes”
...
Terence Trent D’Arby - “Sign Your...
Yellow Jacket Avenger - “Moonlighter...
Joan Armatrading - “Down To Zero”
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Sade - “Paradise”
It’s winter...
Letta Mbulu - “Macongo”
Photo is by...
The Beach Boys - “Sail On, Sailor”
The Zulus - “Za Labalaba”
July 2011
15 posts
“Unlike other emotions, like fear and anger, which make your heartbeat speed up,...”
– Salon
Eleanor Friedberger - “Inn of the Seventh...
Mavi boncuk dağıtmak
Translation (from the Turkish): “to disperse blue beads.” Meaning: “To show affection to several people and make every one of them believe that they are the only one.” A difficult feat in any language.
Beirut - “East Harlem”
“Canto da Sereia” - Orquestra...
Björk - “Crystalline”
May 2009
7 posts
Grizzly Bear - “Two Weeks”
From...
“In a double-blind test, subjects were presented with five unlabeled blended meat...”
– Marginal Revolution: Can people distinguish pâté from dog food?
The photo below was supposed to represent “bouncing off the walls,” but I was too far gone to remember to add the caption.
April 2009
209 posts
“Americans are more likely to tell pollsters they believe in global warming when...”
– The Vine Blog