January 2012
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“What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is...”
– Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence (via scribnerbooks)
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Billboard Article on Lana Del Ray →
I don’t at all understand all the negative flap about Lana Del Rey changing her name and cultivating a new persona to match the work she’s putting out or her less than perfect performance on SNL. It sounds like she has actually done a very authentic thing in making sure that she has control over her work and her image. And isn’t it naive to suppose that the majority of what...
chiaraatik asked: That's an interesting comment, and I hope you leave it on the site, as well. However, despite the cultural differences between the early 20th century and the early 21st century, I still maintain that even if Mr. Bates' intentions were altruistic, lying to others and concealing his whereabouts -- repeatedly, throughout both seasons!--is not the way to do it.
“Enter (I hope) the long sentence: the collection of clauses that is so...”
– Pico Iyer defends the long sentence in today’s LA Times. (via millionsmillions)
popculturebrain:
Underrated in 2011: My favorite movie of the year, easily, is Attack the Block. If you didn’t see it, stop what you’re doing and set up plans to see it or just watch it right now. Humor, action, cool sci-fi, a little bit of emotional resonance - it was all there in a way that understood what we love about movies. It never ballooned into the cult hit (like Shaun of the Dead) I...
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ihavemyunderground:
I’m back, bitches.
THAT IS WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR.
Ain’t nobody keep my BusBuddy down.
thoughtsdetained:
“Heaven, such as it is, is right here on earth. Behold: my revelation: I stand at the door in the morning, and lo, there is a newspaper, in sight like unto an emerald. And holy, holy, holy is the coffee, which was, and is, and is to come. And hark, I hear the voice of an angel round about the radio saying, “Since my baby left me I found a new place to dwell.” And lo, after this...
“The purpose of poetry is to remind us
how difficult it is to remain just one...”
– Czeslaw Milosz, from “Ars Poetica?” (via bookoasis)
