January 2011
59 posts
“Everyone is jealous. Some admit it, others do not. It is a perversity to be...”
– Anaïs Nin (via thechocolatebrigade)
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan, talking about her dead husband Carl Sagan (via fuckyeahexistentialism, savagemike)
But I saw him. We saw each other. We found each other in the cosmos, and that was wonderful.
(via velveteenrabbit)
“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me,...”
– Chuck Close (via sandyhong & @emilycarroll)
“ … imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, ‘This is an interesting...”
– Douglas Adams (via mandaflewaway)
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Rockets & Rayguns: Father-daughterly music advice →
dosomethingprettywhileyoucan:
Me: Halp. I was just listening to a “little” Elvis Costello and now I have been listening to a lot and now I am progressing to XTC for some reason. What is happening to me? What now? My dad: Oh man, once you get there you need to go for King Crimson. Then you’ll…
this sounds like a conversation between me and my dad
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“do I have to start taking photos of naked girls to get exposure or is my work...”
– Flickr: Discussing tits and ass = good photography. in All Better Now Journal (via standardgrey)
Broadcast - The Message Sent Was Of Discontent →
perpetua:
DOWNLOAD IT! Trish Keenan, the singer of the British electronic pop group Broadcast, died this morning from complications of severe pneumonia. If you were not familiar with Trish and Broadcast, I strongly recommend downloading this compilation of the band’s music that I originally posted…
education
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“The worst evil is - and that’s the product of censorship - is the...”
– Miloš Forman
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“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
– Gandhi (oceanofmind)
“The worst evil is - and that’s the product of censorship - is the...”
– Miloš Forman
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“Earlier, Miyamoto, a bluegrass fanatic, had suggested that learning to play a...”
– Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo’s man behind Mario : The New Yorker
Miyamoto often listens to music on his way to work. (He used to walk or ride a bicycle, but now Nintendo makes him drive, for his safety and its peace of mind.) “If I find that a certain musical phrase is very nice, probably the...
“Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.”
– Ray Bradbury (via liquidnight)
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“I can still recall the kind of sensation I had when I was in a small river, and...”
– Shigeru Miyamoto, Super Mario Bros. creator (via lineara)
velveteenrabbit:
You guys.
I am fully in love with Chihei Hatakeyama.
Fully.
(is this the kind of thing that Twitter’s for? I have one but never use it.)
(I do fully love Chihei Hatakeyama, tho. On the real.)
i saw him at Café OTO a few months ago.. beautiful, beautiful sounds.
he also tripped over my leg.
