So Now Then

Great TV spot for the New Zealand Book Council gets...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:02:51 -0500

Great TV spot for the New Zealand Book Council gets paper-crafty. This is what the inside of my head looks like. Dive in!

It doesn’t take much. lookbothways: Shark with just one...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:01:04 -0500

It doesn’t take much.

lookbothways:

Shark with just one row of teeth. Human Teeth.

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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:32:17 -0500

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You’ve got to watch this bizarre and fascinating new video...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:51:10 -0500

You’ve got to watch this bizarre and fascinating new video of Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg’s “Heaven Can Wait.” It was directed by Keith Schofield and makes me yearn for the golden days of music videos again, when a few creative geniuses (Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry, etc.) transcended the medium.

Wacky, wild stuff.

My goal is to wear a tie at least twice a week. I need some more...

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:05:52 -0500

My goal is to wear a tie at least twice a week. I need some more sweater vests, though. And cool cardigans. “Dress for the job you want, not the job you have” is the game plan, folks.

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Age of Consent

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:06:00 -0500

Watching “Marie Antoinette” again. I’ve always admired how writer/director Sofia Coppola told this story with such unabashed romanticism. This is not a stuffy period piece that Hollwood churns out year after year, but a moody and beautiful experience of what it’s like to be young. The party scenes alone - scored to New Order and the Siouxsie and the Banshees - really make that clear. It’s exhilarating to watch all those masked young people sway to new wave music at a mansion in Paris. And you know what they were feeling at the time? Like they had all the time in the world.

Another reason I may react so strongly to this movie could be the fact that I saw this in theaters months before American audiences could. During my first trip to Paris.

My friend Stefanie and I loved it so much, we went to see it again during the same visit. And since we had a good nine days to play with in that fair city, we grabbed a couple of friends and took a train out to Versailles. There, we actually drank champagne and ate baguettes and cheese in the gardens outside the palace. Like we effing owned the place. Like we were invincible. Couldn’t be touched! Couldn’t be replicated! Surely you know what kind of feeling I’m talking about.

It’s the stuff that’ll give you goosebumps.

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Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:27:39 -0500

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These are my four most favorite New Yorker magazine covers....

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:00:11 -0500

These are my four most favorite New Yorker magazine covers. They’re all, in some way, about distracting oneself. Something I know a lot about. Just this weekend, for instance, I have watched 5 movies and have read countless pages from two books - all because I’m sick. As in: Coughing INCESSANTLY.

Basically, I can’t deal with reality so I get lost in other people’s realities.

Ohhh, Meredith. greynoisemedia: “I’m an old horny...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:08:00 -0500

Ohhh, Meredith.

greynoisemedia:

“I’m an old horny woman”
“Anywhere you wanna put it, Max”

Wind’s blowing up a gale today. via lookbothways (via...

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:16:00 -0500

Wind’s blowing up a gale today.

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Best. Thanksgiving. Ever.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:38:48 -0500

Best. Thanksgiving. Ever.

ohmyveronica: i want to do this

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:16:10 -0500

ohmyveronica:

i want to do this

Someone bring back Neutral Milk Hotel.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:49:00 -0500

Someone bring back Neutral Milk Hotel.

10 movies in theaters I want to see.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:46:00 -0500

Broken Embraces
Mammoth
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
M. Hulot’s Holiday (at Film Forum)
La Danse
The Messenger
Me and Orson Welles
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
The Road

Too bad I don’t have $126 lying around.

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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:22 -0500

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I want to break an old TV to make room for some old books. (via...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:28:00 -0500

I want to break an old TV to make room for some old books. (via sweethomestyle)

Why don’t I have a record player? Love this.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:45:20 -0500

Why don’t I have a record player? Love this.

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:24:18 -0500

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This is called a Buda Head. Found in the produce section. What...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:37:00 -0500

This is called a Buda Head. Found in the produce section. What in the hell?

SONG OF THE WEEK: “Puzzles” by The Mary Onettes...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:44:11 -0500

SONG OF THE WEEK: “Puzzles” by The Mary Onettes (from Islands)

“I’m going out to stay up all night” is the key lyric to this swoon-worthy 80’s inspired track from my new favorite Swedish Pop Band. “Puzzles” just proves yet again that using a synthesizer is the surest way to win me over. I’m ridiculously easy to please, but these dudes are no joke. Give it a listen.