January 2011
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December 2010
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REASONS TO BELIEVE IN MAGIC AND LOVE AQUARIANS
friends who share my birthday: edith wharton. friends born the day after: chanticleer jonestown massacre. friends born two days after: kathlizard mascara and ali “the first ali” high school. friends born a week after: andi fishstic.
Dec 31st
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And god gave me “the baby genius of the Harlem...
Last night I was reading about Barbara Follett, a 1920s vintage child prodigy who published a bestseller at age 12 and was then promptly forgotten (http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/vanishing-act.php?page=6), so naturally I woke up this morning with Philippa Schuyler on the brain. I’ve been impatient to see the promised movie about Philippa Schuyler since Alicia Keys first started...
Dec 30th
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WatchWatch
Do please enjoy Portlandia, the new series starring Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen. “The dream of the nineties is alive in Portland.” [Where I have never been. Could my dream of the nineties get better still?!]
Dec 21st
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JUST LIKE THAT by SOME GIRLS →
Listen to this song, “Just Like That,” four or five times in a row, and then let me know what you think. Obviously I think it’s amazing.
Dec 16th
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Hot Toddy: Or, How I Came to Be Totally at Peace... →
Dec 7th
Gender and the Use of Exclamation Points in... →
Abstract Past research has reported that females use exclamation points more frequently than do males. Such research often characterizes exclamation points as “markers of excitability,” a term that suggests instability and emotional randomness, yet it has not necessarily examined the contexts in which exclamation points appeared for evidence of “excitability.” The...
Dec 7th
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notes on pop songs
- mix anya’s “girl i want to take your cardigan off” song with a wide-eyed, kate bush-inflected backup vocal about white glove syndrome, creating a fantastic diachronic 1890-1990 number (perfect for generating new dance moves) - WHAT ARE THE OTHER ONES?!
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