nadir: Archive

Nov 30th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-29) →

Beach House (104) Talking Heads (20) Toro y Moi (16) The Pharcyde (16) Bear In Heaven (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Nov 30th

“What is so astonishing about the majority of environmentalist rhetoric, or the...”

– Blueprint Magazine - Architecture & Design

Nov 30th

salonika: so, after much observation and analysis, this is how i see the situation: i don’t have enough money to take classes as a non-degree student. but i’m not qualified to get in to a degree programme. i’m also not qualified for a job that’s anything more than mindless. but i don’t have enough money to quit and volunteer/intern to become more qualified. i also hate the place in...

Nov 30th

“Destroying the Earth is harder than you may have been led to believe....”

– This is great.

Nov 30th

“Have no doubt: we punched a fist into the Arab/Muslim world after 9/11, partly...”

– I wonder if Thomas Friedman can see what is obvious to everyone else: he found himself in a position to influence real policy in exchange for toeing a solid ideological line. Obviously his intellectual rigor stood no chance against his desire for fleeting influence over U.S. economic policy and...

Nov 29th

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Nov 29th

Nov 28th

Pharcyde - The Hustle Something about this song...

Nov 28th

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Jokes I came up with while hung over

These jokes are all variations on one I heard from elpasajero, so I make no claims of originality. (The Original): Did you hear about the solipsists convention? It sucked; I was the only one there. Did you hear about the Plato convention? It was awesome, but the topics were kinda similar to last year’s. Did you hear about the Descartes convention? We got snowed in for like 5 days. Did...

Nov 28th

Nov 27th

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Beck & Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait Fantastic.

Nov 26th

this just about sums up my ideal comedy:

From the netflix blurb on Visioneers (2007): “Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis) lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. But when people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he’s forced to examine his life. Taking a look at his prestigious job, his sexless marriage and his resistance...

Nov 26th

Nov 25th

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Nov 24th

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Nov 24th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-22) →

Beach House (64) Au Revoir Simone (13) Portishead (11) Animal Collective (7) The Cure (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

Nov 24th

“Who has not built his house, will not start now. Who now is by himself will...”

– Rilke, “Autumn Day” (trans. Arndt)

Nov 24th

“The whole system was appalling,” Colonel Tanner said. “We experienced real...”

– U.K. Documents Show Friction With U.S. on Iraq - NYTimes.com Damn, fucking, straight.

Nov 24th

Nov 23rd

“News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has...”

– Well, as long as the unwashed plebes are using Myspace and FOX News, they might as well be confined to Bing as well. For Search, Murdoch Looks to a Deal With Microsoft - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com

Nov 23rd