February 2009
Jen Lekman - Postcard to Nina
January 2009
friendoftime:
So I’ve received another letter, as I do about once a month, from my downstairs neighbor (who is a demented old woman) admonishing me that I’m making too much noise in my apartment. The gist (and it’s usually pretty much the same) is as follows:
“213 is a very quiet apartment building because the neighbors treat eachother with respect. What do you not understand about this???...
“It was as if that first great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of...”
– Albert Camus “The Outsider”
female cab drivers:
i have never had one. have you?
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Olso's buses poo powered →
“It seems to me that creativity comes in two forms. The first is that brilliant...”
– Papa Nord: Creativity is making the usual, unusual
this is something i struggle with, when i first started writing music it was all lightning and flashes. songs would come to me without trying and i thought, “this is so easy!”. that kind of inspiration is not coming these days and i...
“I think GAP is over using Helvetica Neue Ultra Light, I’m just saying.”
– If you know the person who said this in a taxi at 1:00am last night then I don’t need to tell you that it was James Nord . (via dylannord)
“Call no man brave, say the Spanish, say only that on a particular day he showed...”
– Rapha - Glory Through Suffering
this is a great read for anyone who enjoys cycling/running/any sport where you inflict pain upon yourself over and over and over
“Road racing imitates life, the way it would be without the corruptive influence...”
– “The Rider” Tim Krabbe
No Headphones, No Problem?
I left my headphones at home and braved the morning rush hour subway sans music. It was interesting to hear all of the things I block out ever morning: offers for free health insurance, Celine Dion played on various wind instruments, the frantic clicking of a young professional’s heels and the mechanical buzz of a New York morning.
As I said, it was interesting, but I am bringing my...
On Lafayette b/t Bleecker and Bond Streets
erintapscott:
I was listening to M. Ward (Poor Boy, Minor Key) and it occured to me that it was absolutely the perfect song for that stretch of road. I’ve created a map on which on I will label a fitting song for a street, series of streets or interstate. If you have shared this experience please send me your pick and I will include it on the map. Right now all I have is an actual paper map. Once...
more early years
spiritmachine:
papanord:
I was able to keep that paper route for a solid year. I lost it the next summer. Each summer my parents would pack up my brother and me with several suitcases of clothing and head off to visit our grandparents. We would spend two weeks with my Dad’s parents, Alder and Ester Nord and then two weeks with my Mom’s parents Payson and Violet Pierce. These four weeks...
“My Kennebunkport is on the South Side of Chicago”
– Barack Obama on his refusal to move his part time residence to a farm or ranch (despite pressure from the secret service)
joelaz:
Beirut - The Concubine
New Beirut...
Why cellos sound lousy in cold weather.
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An interesting article about why Yo-Yo Ma and crew decided to play a dubbed version of the inaguration performance:
When instruments made of wood move between environments of varying humidity, they absorb or expel moisture. The resulting expansion and contraction can crack the instrument. String instruments, such as violins and cellos, are particularly susceptible to cracking, because they are...
I'm Excited
to run from an awning to hail a cab in the warm summer rain in manhattan. this cold is giving me a headache
Work is important to me. I have had 39 jobs in my...
papanord:
These are the things that I have done. I will talk about one of these jobs each day for the next 39 days.
JOBS
Paper boy
House cleaner
Carvel
City tree trimmer
Asplungh tree surgeon
Stouffers bartender
Building exterior pointer
Shoe salesman
TWA
Reservation agent
Gate agent
Assit mgr-Ticket Office
Quality assurance Representative
Budget Analyst
Reg Mgr quality assurance
Director...
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
in the running to be the...
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African Mountains
dylannord:
Was it God’s fingers pressing up from the molten center that forced the mountains to awe us, more likely it was previously rolling water frozen in an instant, now algae covered. Perhaps, some great being saw it in his mind and spent a millenia carving his dream out of mineral. Did Zeus lose a bet only to be forced to throw acid on the rolling hills of this dark continent he loved...
