Archive for September, 2009
The Women Who Inspired…
THE DAILY BEAST came up with this neat-o list of the Muses Behind the Music
CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE LIST
I think I like this one the best:
Pattie Boyd – The Woman who Inspired Layla, Something, Wonderful Tonight
Image: AFP / Getty Images; Graham Wiltshire, Redferns / Getty Images
“The clear frontrunner among song muses is model Pattie [...]
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Tags: Inspired Music, Muses Behind the Music, Pattie Boyd, The Daily Beast, Women Who Inspired
Is this fucking real? This guy is the biggest douchenozzle I’ve seen. I mean good god – he makes Bill O’Reilly seem like a rational, level headed person. I’ve always considered myself a centrist, but lately, it seems like the extreme right (Palin and friends) has made me want to run away as far from [...]
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Tags: Douchenozzle, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck is a douchenozzle, Political Polarization
Bulve has been back in the bay area, hiking amidst the beautiful Redwoods and the Sequoias. Hopefully not all of the Los Angeles forest has burned down so there will still be some wood-like hiking left in Southern California.
Damn fires. But it’s all natural, right? Well, sort of…
FROM 60 MINUTES:
“It was 20 years ago that [...]
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Tags: "The Age of Megafires", 60 Minutes, Fleet Foxes, Song of the Day, Tiger Mountain Peasant Song
Ugh – this is just so sick. Yet I sometimes wonder how it doesn’t happen more often. Definitely feels like a real life scene from SIN NOMBRE. So sad…
By Alex Renderos and Tracy Wilkinson, Tribune Newspapers
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — – The day before he was killed this week, Christian Poveda, veteran photojournalist [...]
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Tags: Alex Renderos, Christian Poveda, El Salvadorian gangs, La Vida Loca, Sin Nombre, Tracy Wilkinson
I can’t help but think that this is one of the strangest videos I’ve seen. Is “that guy” the dog? How did the hot woman from Top Chef agree to do this? Why is this video and this song so mesmerizing?
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Tags: Music Video of the day, That Look You Give That Guy, The Eels
Before the Hu-Mans arrived
I love New York City yet I wonder if the city would be better if it were humanless. Well, most living things would be better off without humans. I suppose that makes me a self-loathing human. I think I’m alright with that.
Also, here’s a corresponding youtube video, promoting National Geographic’s September edition. I apologize for [...]
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Tags: Henry Hudson, National Geographic, New York City, New York without Humans
So cute and perfect. Enjoy:
I hate myself today.
I don’t know what’s happening to me.
I hate my face today.
I think I look so shitty.
I have some spot everywhere.
And I’m not even shaved.
My hair all greasy.
I look disgusting.
My eyes are glued.
My lips are chapped.
My legs are prickling.
And plus I’m stinky today.
How can I date someone with a [...]
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Tags: Shitty Day, Soko, Song of the Day