January 2010
December 2009
If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight...
– Gabriel García Márquez
Hold on to Your Boxers - Reason Magazine →
Since 2001, when an Englishman named Richard Reid tried to sabotage a flight from Paris to Miami by detonating explosives hidden in his shoes, American travelers have become accustomed to removing their shoes and sending them through scanners at airport checkpoints. Last week a Nigerian named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to sabotage a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by detonating explosives...
May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...
– Neil Gaiman (via vinh) (via conorh)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-27) →
Brandi Carlile (1)
Dave Matthews Band (1)
Rosie Thomas (1)
System of a Down (1)
Elvis Presley (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
impromptu unofficial tumblr poll?
littleorphanammo:
Who is over the age of, say 26 (arbitrary ‘adult’ number) and lives in the town or city they grew up in (either never left, or left to school or to seek fame and fortune across the sea, got taken by the dread pirate Roberts and went back)?
A, sudden, passionate need to know has overcome me.
Well, this probably doesn’t exactly count, as you do know me in real life....
The noon’s greygolden meshes make
All night a veil,
The shorelamps in...
– Edgar Allan Poe—Alone
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-20) →
Beirut (7)
Bat for Lashes (7)
John Foxx (2)
Aerosmith (2)
Lori McKenna (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A Study of London's Transported Female Convicts,... →
My article is online! Take a look if you are interested in eighteenth century Atlantic history.
Music Swap Parties
feinsodville:
Great idea. I’m listening to some of my new stuff now.
How do I get in on this?