October 2010
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Listen Here and Now
Live at Lollapalooza - August 4, 2007 - Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois A near-perfect crystallization of Boys and Girls In America-era THS. Focused, ferocious, and in some way, fantastically ragged. The show opening “Stuck Between Stations” begins with Bobby’s insistent bass pedal whomps and launches into a full-out guitar flood. As the riffs cascade into a heap of piano...
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September 2010
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stanielsbookclub asked: Hi there! I just read your thoughts on Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer and I wanted to say that you make some really valid points. I completely agree that while Foer makes a great case for searching and supporting alternative sources of meat where animal welfare and chemical-free are priorities, he doesn't really appreciate the fact that the choices in our diet often has a lot to do...
Sep 27th
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When you get right down to it
daveholmes: The Hold Steady’s “The Sweet Part Of The City” might be my favorite song of 2010.  A total grower. Absolutely shimmers live.
Sep 27th
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Wow.
Mad Men is just getting better and better as the weeks go by.
Sep 27th
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Amtrak rumbles
I’ve got about eight hours to go and I’m thinking that home is an abstract now. It’s a place that I’m not going to stay, instead, just to visit. That makes me anxious. It used to be my go-to. Now it doesn’t represent that. New York is where my life is now. I think I’m finally getting comfortable with that. Actually, no. I’m HAPPY with that.
Sep 25th
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Sep 24th
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iamdonald: Caracas Arepa Bar This is one of my favorite places in NYC.  Perfect place to bring girls (Venezuelan girl put me on).  Somehow classy and drunk food simultaneously.  This place is INCREDIBLE. Went here my first week after I moved to New York City.
Sep 22nd
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Sep 20th
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ListenI heard this at the end of an episode of Mad Men a...
Sep 19th
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Sep 17th
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Sep 16th
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Inspiration
Me: I need to write something, Mr. Hook.
Blair: What is in your soul Mr. Hilliard?
Me: Rock and roll, Mr. Hook, rock and roll.
Blair: Just start writing!
Sep 16th
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Flavorpill: A Visual History of Kanye West at the... →
Wrote this today. Enjoy. flavorpill: Love him or hate him, Kanye West in an artist in every sense of the word. He eschews stereotypes in rap music and constantly changes the musical landscape with each new project. His new record, reportedly titled ‘Dark Twisted Fantasy’ is scheduled for release this fall. In the lead up for it,…
Sep 14th
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Sep 14th
“Hey New York City, I love it when you turn on your lights.”
– The Hold Steady (via endlesslyrics) I feel dumb posting this, but it’s true. 
Sep 13th
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Sep 10th
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Meet Houses
I just wrote about this duo for obviate media Go check it out!  housesmusic: Hello, My name is Dexter Tortoriello. To my right is Megan Messina. Together we are Houses and apart we are mere dust in the hands of God. 
Sep 9th
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Sep 9th
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Daley will not run for re-election in 2011. Wow.
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“Everything is possible again.”
– said to Jonathan Safran Foer by a friend after learning about the impending birth of Foer’s son
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Sep 3rd
“City life is millions of people being lonesome together.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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