June 2010
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Florz n' Faunz
El Matador State Beach is up past Zuma. I don’t consider myself a particularly beachy person, but this particular stretch of sand and rocks is special to me. Things that make a beach special: caves, starfish, a paucity of yuppies with umbrellas and rules, and the occasional group of gang members playing a lovely game of Frisbee.
You can touch them.
Personal pan urchin.
Venture...
May 2010
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hall and oates — you make my dreams come...
12″ Single « Arcade Fire →
celesterstallone:
new Arcade Fire Single - The Suburbs
I feel too stupid about the fact that I care about...
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Eggs
Last night I went to Gelson’s; nothing extraordinary about that. It was about ten and I was in the market for some Cokes and guacamole, so I parked my car in the almost-deserted lot and made my way to the door. One of the canvassers who are always lingering around the entrance was talking to a Gelson’s employee; I heard him say “…and then she threw eggs at me! Eggs! I...
elo — telephone line
steely dan — home at last
other references...
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general public — tenderness
red house painters — have you forgotten
see...
polaris — hey sandy
the mamas and the papas — creeque alley
a bright wall in a dark room.: Charlie Kaufman... →
(Editor’s Note: As Synecdoche, New York is arguably Charlie Kaufman’s most divisive film, we have decided to present you with two different takes on it - a Synecdoche Showdown, if you will. Tess Lynch makes her case against the film today, and Sam Donsky will present an opposing viewpoint…
I wrote a piece on Synecdoche over at Bright Wall Dark Room.
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Johnny Rockets heightens my emotions.
I find it sad to be in a diner planted with a chuckle in the folds of yesteryear. I find nostalgia for the 1940’s to be sort of confusing: things were pretty stressful back then, for women and black people, for Jews. People ate canned chili. Molly was our American Girl.
The idea at Johnny Rockets is that everybody has to be nice. The ketchup has to be...
left banke — walk away renee
letour2010pung asked: I saw that Andy Warhol rejection later on the Details magazine website, only yesterday! Did you see it there also?
lil wayne ft. hot boys — shine
florence and the machine — kiss with a fist
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My parents have bees.
They noticed swarms around the wood pile, wood my dad has been splitting for 20 years, and thought wasps. My family hates wasps: I remember being in the pool while my dad fiddled with the heater, and seeing him sprint up the stairs, around the flagstones, screaming, “Run!” Like the black smoke of Lost, the cloud of wasps appeared from the recessed pool heater...
z-ro — let’s chill
three dog night — shambala
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Things That Make Me Feel Rich
Having ten dollars in quarters, preferably in a roll.
Milk in a glass bottle, even though it never lives up to its promises.
Buying olive oil.
Buying a carton of cigarettes.
Thinking about pianos.
Telling people that I enjoy the movie Amadeus.
Eating smoked salmon.
Owning more than two trash cans.
