Archive for August, 2009
Emotional and beautiful. Enjoy:
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Tags: Kseniya Simonova, Sand Animation, Ukraine's Got Talent
By Kitty Bean Yancey, USA TODAY
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“The study of about 12,500 recent travelers in a dozen countries commissioned by the hotel chain in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of Westin’s Heavenly Bed, backs up headlines that say Americans don’t get enough sleep. Some highlights:
• 51% of respondents would prefer a perfect night’s sleep [...]
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Tags: American pick sleep over sex, Sex Study, Westin Survey
For a list compiled by a reputable indie music blog, this is pretty bad.
Behold Pitchfork Staff’s Top 20:
20. The Walkmen
“The Rat”
Pretty good band – but to be in the top 20 for 2000’s? Give me a break.
19. R. Kelly
“Ignition (Remix)”
Really? R. Kelly? Really?
18. Hercules and Love Affair
“Blind”
Great band, great album, not the best song on [...]
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Tags: Pitchfork, Pitchfork's Staff Picks, Top 20 Tracks of 2000
I have a confession to make – I didn’t really love Fleet Foxes when I first heard them. I don’t know why. Maybe it was because I first heard them amidst the beginning of a very painful end…
I’m also not entirely sure why I started to listen to them again. All I know that [...]
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Tags: Fleet Foxes, Post-breakup, White Winter Hymnal
This picture was submitted to National Geographic YOUR SHOT contest with the following caption:
My husband and I were exploring Lake Minnewanka in Banff National Park-Canada when we stopped for a timed picture of the two of us. We had our camera set up on some rocks and were getting ready to take the picture when [...]
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Tags: Banff, Fleas, National Geographic, Picture of the Day, Pigeons, Squirrel, Your Shot contest
I don’t know if they’re back together romantically, but I’m really happy that they’re once again creating music together. Here’s a little preview of their new album, recorded at the NPR studios in DC.
(Also, I think it’s fair to start calling them by their band name -THE SWELL SEASON.)
Enjoy!
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Tags: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, ONCE couple, The Swell Season
I Heart LA.
GALLERY 1988 on Melrose is having an exhibit where 100 Artists pay a tribute to classic cult films.
Fun, interesting, and affordable art. Here are a few examples:
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Tags: Art, Cult Films, I heart LA, Los Angeles
I’ve been thinking about this for the past few days and while I am overjoyed that the women are back home with their families, I am also a little uneasy because EVERYTHING has a cost. So what exactly does Bill Clinton’s direct engagement with Kim Jong-Il mean for America’s strategic positioning with North Korea? [...]
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Tags: American Journalists Released, Bill Clinton in North Korea, Kim Jong-Il, North Korea
