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On "going out":

Somewhere along the line, my life changed from one in which I lived to one in which I recreated. At...

Apr 1st

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“Disorder” by Joy Division Arianna actually chose this song for the latest I Love My...

Apr 1st

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Mar 31st

Future Perfect with The Juan MacLean

Mar 31st

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“Johnny” by Suicide From Suicide (first album), “Johnny” is featured on the...

Mar 31st

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Mar 30th

Thank God I'm graduating.

Mar 30th

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For my undergraduate Honors thesis, I am researching the coming-of-age novel in the United States....

Mar 30th

I Love My Wife #3: A Peculiar Noise Called Tomigatchi ...

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Stuart Price claims the next Zoot Woman album will be out this April but taking into account the...

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“The Breaks” by Kurtis Blow Reasons why I knew I needed to post this song: On...

Mar 29th

I woke up early this morning and watched The Truman Show....

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via kafka-on-the-shore: “Earthbeat” by The Slits Perfection. Inspired by this.

Mar 29th

Profile In Style: Chloë Sevigny

Mar 29th

“Seized ammunition is shown during a presentation of...

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“I Wonder If I Take You Home” by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam with Full Force In the car, on...

Mar 29th

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Dreams Do Come True by Lowell Thompson More photos and information on the...

Mar 29th

Officially Unofficial is an exhibition of prints, posters,...

Mar 29th

Dazed Digital’s March playlist features Raekwon, Late of the...

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“Hung Up on a Dream” by The Tough Alliance (The Zombies cover) I’m pretty much a...

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“You Hear Colours” by CFCF Slinky late-night disco perfection.

Mar 27th

On Facebook:

At first, there was the desire to get in touch with old classmates and friends and a need to build...

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“Postcards from Tiny Islands” by The Walkmen Like I said yesterday, I wish I purchased...

Mar 26th

The new issue of Wooooo features Agyness Deyn on the cover...

Mar 26th

On "Getting a Job":

I’d rather not look for a job because it’s stressful and I don’t want to jump...

Mar 26th

Joanna Bean’s feather mobiles are made of feathers,...

Mar 25th

The Redesign for This Recording is hot.

Mar 25th

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“The Blue Route” by The Walkmen I wish I purchased this album (You & Me) sooner.

Mar 25th

Connie (prettylegit) interviewed Rick Owens for Vice’s...

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“The Reeling” by Passion Pit I’m enjoying this much more than the EP (although...

Mar 24th

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Music video for “You Hear Colours” by CFCF CFCF’s video uses clips from the film...

Mar 24th

A couple of years ago, I purchased Hal Hartley: Collected...

Mar 24th

Favorite movies on my Facepage include “movies by Hal...

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My favorite Gang Gang Dance. I think I post this every couple of months and say something about how...

Mar 24th

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Saved by the...

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I remember this song being released to blogs in late 2007 in anticipation of In Ghost Colours, but...

Mar 24th

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“Friends Were Gone” performed by Wavves at The Levis/Fader Fort last Saturday. He seems...

Mar 24th

Brazilian Girls + David Byrne = Perfection

Mar 24th

Here We Go Magic @ SXSW

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Mar 23rd

The Daily Me

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“Emily” by Shocking Pinks I routinely go back to listening to Shocking Pinks’...

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Although I really enjoy the new direction The Radio Dept. have taken on their latest EP, Freddie and...

Mar 22nd

Warmer weather welcomes Beach House. Last year, I listened...

Mar 22nd

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“Jetplane (Staying on a)” by Wavves I’m debating whether or not to purchase...

Mar 21st

Provoke a frenzy in me, my love.

Mar 21st

“And then he asked me if I liked Radiohead. Isn’t this...”
— This is why Arianna is my...

Mar 21st

On Nightmares:

I woke up so frightened by a nightmare a little while ago that I couldn’t stop screaming for...

Mar 21st

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Oh gosh, do I miss Field Music. I used to write letters asking for the band to play an 18+...

Mar 20th

Yea for new magazines in a drowning industry. Matériel is a...

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“Small” by Portishead Sometimes I forget how stunning Third is and then I put it on and...

Mar 20th

via alohanico//ninakix: Designers redesign Doc Marten’s...

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Vampire Weekend perform a new song, “White Sky,” on Jimmy Fallon Thoughts: Baby boy,...

Mar 19th

“The American auto industry has been dying since the Oil...”
— The Burden of Genius

Mar 19th

On Peter Bjorn and John

The trio’s ability to craft endearing, cheeky, ear worm-worthy hooks is pretty astounding....

Mar 19th

A box elder tree grows from a soil made of ash and pulp...

Mar 19th

via idledays: THUMBELINA

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“Everything” by New Look, from the How’s My Hair? EP I’m pretty stoked that...

Mar 19th

Sandra Backlund x Maglificio Miles

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“Out of Orbit” by Sholi The original sounds completely different than their alluring...

Mar 18th

FML

I was so tired when I woke up this morning that when my alarm went off, I looked at the time,...

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“The Devil’s Crayon” by Wild Beasts (acoustic version) This acoustic version of...

Mar 18th

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Mar 18th

“And night came at the end of every day. Emotional,...”
— Quicksand by Nella Larsen

Mar 18th

I officially completed my major today!

That is all.

Mar 17th

“Babygurl, if I was going to Mars I would bring my laptop...”
— Arianna Ain’t that the...

Mar 17th

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“Surprise” by Here We Go Magic I saw them perform this live last Friday night at the...

Mar 17th

(via planettampon) These two…

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I wrote about New Look back in November because they were also featured in Dazed and Confused (which...

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“Free” by Cat Power I need more Cat Power in my life like yesterday.

Mar 16th

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Mar 16th

I hope you fail all of your finals,...

I hope you fail.

Mar 16th

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Music matching with the weather. Light, airy, breezy (of course, the lyrics are pretty melancholy,...

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via legrand “Tightrope” by Yeasayer I’m ready for new Yeasayer. Also, I’ve realized...

Mar 16th

via mathewparkin//jinon//dtybywl//jonfeinstein I enjoy...

Mar 16th

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Sholi were guests on the Take Away Show, performing “Out of Orbit.” Lead singer Payam...

Mar 15th

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“Dance for Hours” by Sholi What I love so much about Sholi is their ability to heavily...

Mar 15th

I went into a record store (Reckless Records) yesterday...

Mar 15th

St. Patrick's Day Weekend:

More like avoiding other people’s green vomit on the sidewalk Day Weekend. Shit.

Mar 15th

Futuremilk is the most consistently awesome tumblr.

Mar 14th

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“Lisztomania” by Phoenix My love for Phoenix is constant and reliable. I know that when...

Mar 14th

Sholi

Mar 14th

Givenchy Homme Fall/Winter 09 Lace-up Trousers

Mar 13th

Tons of internship postings.

NO job postings. Sigh. Cut the jobs, give them to the interns. But what happens when the interns...

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via tothemaxxx: “Love Like A Sunset” by Phoenix The centerpiece of the forthcoming Wolfgang...

Mar 13th

(via planettampon) Oh yes.

Mar 13th

Arianna and I mixed another set of songs for our Brooklyn...

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“Solid Gold” by The Golden Filter The video premiered today on Pitchfork.tv. Of course...

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“Girlfriend” by Phoenix A quiet, beautiful example of why Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is...

Mar 13th

Hitchcock Meets Godard in Lorick’s Fall ‘09...

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On Nightlife Photo Blogs:

I’ve realized they’re loathsome for a number of reasons. On a personal level, I...

Mar 12th

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"Are you working on your finals?" my...

“And by working on my finals, do you mean watching Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s...

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Not to reiterate what everyone else has already said about The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, but...

Mar 12th

Loved it. Although I know better, I’d like to imagine...

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“Orphans” by Teenage Jesus and the Jerks Little orphans running thru the bloody snow....

Mar 11th

Where's our Kerouac? And does it really...

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“Accidentals” by Broadcast Listening to this one never gets old as well. Dreary skies,...

Mar 10th

My article on Perry and Etty Lau Farrell is now online. The...

Mar 10th

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Mar 10th

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (1874) by...

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via gm: After all of the recent Broadcast love, in comes Cryptacize, with similar, albeit stripped...

Mar 10th

On obsession:

I like the idea of obsession, of being so completely taken by something that you are unable to...

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Today was simply about this, my favorite Broadcast song. I listened to a little HTRK and then...

Mar 10th

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via mvmvmv Calvin Harris - I’m Not Alone If I was Calvin Harris, I would be upset that Kanye West...

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“Rentboy” by HTRK I listened to this on a loop last night.

Mar 9th

Can I be out of line? Can we get back...

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

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Miles Raymer’s article in the Reader on the Slow Music Movement was not only interesting, it...

Mar 9th

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Mar 9th

Isabel Marant Studded Boots

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“When You Sleep” by My Bloody Valentine THIS.

Mar 8th

Hello. I have a twitter.

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My day consisted of peppermint tea, the endless commute of public transportation to visit friends,...

Mar 7th

Since working for the Tribune, one of my primary...

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Gang Gang Dance @ MOMA on the Fader

Mar 7th

via planettampon Devon Sawa invokes intense memories of my...

Mar 7th

Is it my smeared eyeliner?

Boss 1: Brit goes out all the time, so if you have any assignments for the Summer Pleasures issue, I’m sure she can help.
Me: Yeah, I love to go out.
Boss 2: Yeah, I can tell.

Mar 6th

Stars: Get the heck off Brown's bandwagon

Mar 6th

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via thewordunheard “The Strangers” by St. Vincent, From her upcoming album, Actor...

Mar 6th

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Mar 6th

OMGPITCHFORK!

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Gareth Pugh F/W 09

Mar 6th

New Music Tumblr

Mar 6th

Of course the one time I get to meet...

No, seriously, keep the fireplace on in 60 degree temperatures. Please, I insist.

Mar 6th

Bat for Lashes in the Fader 60

Reading the article makes me want to live in whatever world Natasha Khan lives in. On...

Mar 5th

Shredded Ebel Louise kills it with shredded tights, black...

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postpunk: Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Slipped Disc “Lizzie Mercier Descloux is a cunning naif, an...

Mar 5th

Grizzly Bear announce summer tour dates...

Mar 4th

I want it to be May 26th please. You can download...

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via postpunk: “Funky Stuff” by Lizzy Mercier Descloux It’s a Kool and the Gang cover...

Mar 4th

“The marketing term for people like me is “slash/slashers.”...”
— Heron Preston in New York...

Mar 4th

FASHION ICON #1: LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX Thinking of...

Mar 4th

Wavves' music feels more insular,...

Mar 4th

Rosa Yemen perfection. When in doubt, turn to Lizzy.

Mar 4th

I just ordered my cap and gown.

It’s happening. It’s real. My first thought upon confirming my reservations for...

Mar 3rd

Lykke Li by Gorilla vs. Bear

Mar 3rd

Luke Temple’s spell takes hold with Here We...

Mar 3rd

Behind the scenes at London Fashion Week, Mark Fast F/W 09...

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via tumbledore: “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear Studio version of the song they performed...

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I get so inundated with new music that I forget the perfect albums with the exceptional songs that...

Mar 3rd

Purple Magazine has a tumblr.

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Chictopia Presents: Zana Bayne Why this video is awesome: Well, for one, it features Zana. Have...

Mar 3rd

Just now:

Walking down the stairs, limbs loose, mind wandering… Wouldn’t it be funny if I fell...

Mar 2nd

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“I’m Not Alone” by Calvin Harris (Extended Mix) Finally, a clean, clear, and...

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via benjaminf “Immolate Yourself” by Telefon Tel Aviv Such a tragic end to such a...

Mar 2nd

via derektallon//exclamationmark: Hope II, 1907-08 by...

Mar 2nd

“The great exception to this rule is women of color —...”
— Elaine Showalter, “A...

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“Lazy in Love” by 8 Eyed Spy Never gets old (both my love of the song and my girlcrush...

Mar 1st

It is March 1st which is almost Official...

Something to think about.

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