February 2012
8 posts
Feb 9th
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Feb 7th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 6th
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Feb 5th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
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Feb 1st
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January 2012
15 posts
minor housekeeping
(These are also on the the old blog, where links live.) Best albums of 2012, as a visible Google doc that will change over the year. Best songs of 2012, as a Spotify playlist that will change over the year.
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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Jan 20th
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Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 8th
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"Form an image of yourself."
(Source.)
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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some changes in the publishing market
Excerpt from a letter written by William Empson (above) to Harold Raymond of Chatton & Windus in September of 1944. (Full letter available in “Selected Letters of William Empson.”) Emphasis added. “I have been wanting for the last ten years or so to get out a little book about Far Eastern Buddhist sculpture, and want to put the plan up to you again. It seems to me that the...
Jan 4th
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Jan 2nd
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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Jan 1st
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December 2011
27 posts
Dec 31st
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Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 15th
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Surprisingly, I am less sure than this guy on...
towirr: A gentleman named Farhad Manjoo just posted a proudly contrarian article on Slate explaining why independent bookstores are not only irrelevent but maybe even harmful. I work at an independent bookstore, so that’s an argument I’d be very very curious to see made well. Honestly, I know the failings of small booksellers as well as anyone, and it’d be good to see them articulated. But...
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“It is 12:20 in New York a Friday three days after Bastille day, yes it is 1959...”
– Frank O’Hara, “The Day Lady Died.”  (via thessaly) Instant reblog for any and all O’Hara.
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Nguzunguzu - TRANSMUSICALES MIX
Dec 8th
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Dec 6th
Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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