May 2010
27 posts
“I can never trust anyone to understand.
This knowledge always hangs in the...”
– Amanda(w)
so the Mountain Goats are touring North America...
Minus: Not fair. They should only ever be allowed to play shows I can feasibly get to.
Plus: More tour diaries from PPH.
Things that are Great, 8 of X
A young policewoman and a middle-aged businessman are about to pass each other on the street. They have matching giant umbrellas, advertising some property group I’ve never heard of. They make eye contact, stop to point out to each other that they have the same umbrella, identify a mutual friend who works for said property group, and then continue on their separate ways.
“As a genderqueer person, I do not have gender privilege. And I spend a lot of...”
– s.e. smith
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
The Mountain Goats (158)
Bruce Springsteen (18)
Pixies (15)
The Whitlams (13)
Blind Guardian (13)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
just read a post titled "why I hate my period."
attackshipsonfire:
allthebees:
one of the first things was “it never comes on schedule and I’ve been getting it for 2 years.”
… jesus I am old.
why I hate my period:
Because I will never have one. Or a baby.
THAT’S HOW YOU WIN THE PITY GAME. BOOYAH
I think I win tumblr now.
I’ll trade you my periods-and-babies potential for your beard-growing potential. Or, heck, you can just...
Things that are Great, 7 of X
Seeing a bat fly close overhead, lit from below by orange streetlamps.
The Mountain Goats - Raja Vocative
I can’t...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
Slowdive (70)
The Mountain Goats (26)
Bruce Springsteen (20)
They Might Be Giants (18)
Big Black (17)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Well now, everything dies, baby, that's a fact
I’ve been listening to some Bruce Springsteen this week, and now I think I’m going to have to add Atlantic City to the itinerary of my next Great American Pilgrimage.
Dangit.
Things that are Great, 6 of X
Indications that my failure to cope while working normal hours had less to do with an inability to cope with working normal hours and more to do with the kind of work I was required to do during said hours.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
The Mountain Goats (51)
PJ Harvey (24)
Beat Happening (20)
Low (13)
Autumn Gray (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I want to see a movie with Steve Buscemi and Sam...
attackshipsonfire:
Think of the acting POWER.
attackshipsonfire: having the right idea about things since whatever year.
I should be a professional tagline writer.
The most terrifying words in the English language
ohheygreat:
magnificentruin:
“Brought to you be the creators of Notting Hill and Love Actually”
Sometimes I think I am the only person in the world who deeply dislikes the movie Love Actually*. Then I find a little reminder that no, I’m not alone, and I want to reach out and high five that other intelligent life form.
*Not for personal reasons. Because it’s a mean-spirited, misogynistic...
Things that are Not So Great about Rainy Weather
1. Being stabbed in the eye by other people’s umbrellas.
2. Accidentally stepping on snails in the dark.
3. Laundry that’s still damp a week later.
Things that are Great, 5 of X
Writing off a possibility that you had your heart set on, doing the emotional heavy lifting to become okay with that, and then having said possibility come hurtling into actuality.
Too cryptic, perhaps?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
The Mountain Goats (98)
Autumn Gray (62)
Baby Dee (56)
Belle & Sebastian (43)
Low (40)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“I don’t care if your job is Excel, cutting cheques, or reinventing a user...”
– Merlin Mann
I’m filing Baby Dee’s 2008 album Safe...
April 2010
15 posts
Things that are Great about the Mountain Goats
All of them.