April 2009
22 posts
\Song of the Day\ Loretta Lynn - Little Red Shoes
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March 2009
32 posts
“In this country, people die at 21. They die emotionally at 21, maybe younger.”
– John Cassavetes, Filmmaker
\Song of the Day\ Asher Roth - Rub On Your...
\Song of the Day\ Ben Harper - Not Fire, Not Ice
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\Song of the Day\ Sigur Rós - Sæglópur
This song...
A Conversation About Death Cab for Cutie Takes a...
Ben: your life is retarded!
Ben: also you are listening to death cab
Ben: that's awesome
Annie: uh sorry?
Annie: dont mock plz
Ben: im not mocking
Ben: i love death cab bitch
Ben: but people who like basil suck
Annie: weird
Ben: why weird
Annie: i dunno
Ben: bitch what are you even talking about
Annie: I DONT KNOW BASIL
Annie: in the library
Annie: with a wrench
Annie: wait that's a dildo
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Ben: whatever
Ben: shut up
Ben: in the library
Ben: with a donkey punch
Annie: can we start saying everything in clue-speak, colonel mustard?
Ben: in the bleachers at the special olympics!
Good People On Craigslist
FREE HELP!!!! (N. FORT COLLINS) Date: 2009-03-26, 12:38PM MDT
We have a large 4x4 truck, shovels and tow strap. If you have a loved one stuck or need children picked up……you can call us at 970-566-6457 or e-mail. We just picked our kids up and it is REALLY BAD out there. The roads are ice. I have already helped out two cars and a school bus. All counties are way backed up with...
/Song of the Day/ Death Cab for Cutie - I Will...
Bird
It was passed from one bird to another, the whole gift of the day. The day went from flute to flute, went dressed in vegetation, in flights which opened a tunnel through the wind would pass to where birds were breaking open the dense blue air - and there, night came in.
When I returned from so many journeys, I stayed suspended and green between sun and geography - I saw how wings worked, how...
Five Albums I've Loved in Each of the Last Five...
Inspired by a dumb Facebook app. Albums may or may not have been released in the year that I loved them.
2004
Belle & Sebastian - If You’re Feeling Sinister
The Arcade Fire - Funeral
Xiu Xiu - Fabulous Muscles
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Joy Division - Substance
2005
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days
Air - Talkie...
On Spelling
Brad Maggard: yeah, or since it is my 21st b day you could get me a bunch of PBR parifinalia
Annie Maggard: hahaha..i am going to mail you a keg!
Brad Maggard: good luck with that
Annie Maggard: (paraphernalia)
Brad Maggard: p-a-r-a-p-h- shut-the-hell-up!
Old Ten Speed Gallery →
1) A jab at fixedgeargallery.com
2) Inspiration for my latest DIY project - a 1980’s model Raleigh Capri that I picked up last week (from a weird bikesale/yardsale in Loveland). It’s in my garage, eagerly awaiting the day that it will come out of its shell and roll down Mountain Ave in all its vintage glory. Even if I do convert it to a fixie, I’m thinking it might fit in better...
\Song of the Day\ The Cinematic Orchestra - Dawn
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\Song of the Day\ Ratatat - Loud Pipes
This song...
Lazy Teachers
bboydbarger:
Yesterday, one of my state’s leading newspapers published an editorial which described “most” teachers in my state as “lazy.” It didn’t take me but a few short minutes to hammer out an electronic rebuttal via a “letter to the editor.” I thought as I hit the “send” button: “It will be my luck that this hastily written, gut instinct response will appear in tomorrow’s newspaper.” And...
\Song of the Day\ Madvillain - Monkey Suite
A...
\Song of the Day\ Horse Feathers - Curs in the...