January 2009
79 posts
“I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird, and not enough the...”
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1882 - 1945 (via misterpeace : shawnblog : walpaper : elvira)
The Chariot of the People
Ste used this in an email today when he described how he was getting into town this evening, and I really like it. I’ve never heard the phrase before, but I knew straight away that he meant the bus. I like that as well.
I liked it enough to look up the phrase on Google six hours later. It doesn’t get many hits (534), but a few people have used it to either refer to the bus, or...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
Dropkick Murphys (43)
The Gaslight Anthem (37)
The Automatic (24)
The Hold Steady (22)
The Dismemberment Plan (21)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Australia Gets Drunk, Wakes Up in North Atlantic |... →
“By 2 a.m., powered by national pride and alcohol, the 3-million-square-mile land mass was barging eastward through the Coral Sea and crossing into the central Pacific, leaving a trail of beer cans and Chinese take-away in its wake. “
In celebration of Australia Day, this is still one of my favourite things on the Internet.
Italian Job DONE as fan resolves 40-year-old... →
“For decades the mystery has tormented fans of the movie, none more so than John Godwin, an IT manager from Surrey. His dedication to the cause has now been rewarded – with first prize in a Royal Society of Chemistry competition to devise the best way of saving the gang’s lives and the gold.”
kapi:
Oh No You Didn’t - EA Choir (Originally by...
WatchOne of my favourite bands - 65daysofstatic - have uploaded a few short behind the scenes videos to Vimeo, while they’re working on their new album. This is my favourite of them so far.
Here’s a link to their official site as well which, their latest email update tells us, has caused them a few problems recently.
Our website went down so we phoned the people who we pay to host it....
Ordinary Love Stories →
kapi:
(via kurisutin)
“I have fallen head-over-heels in love with an Italian waitress called Kafka. She smells of whipped cream and Parma ham.”
Wikipedia: Initial-stress-derived noun →
tristanjay7:
“Initial-stress derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein verbs become nouns or adjectives when the stress is moved to the first syllable from a later one — usually, but not always, the second. This is called a suprafix in linguistics.”
Some examples are:
conflict
verb: “I hope that won’t conFLICT in any way.”
noun: “There will be no CONflict.”
record ...
30 rock dance party
rillawafers:
sade:
(via gifparty)
I’m working my way through the first series. I saw this episode a couple of nights ago.
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama - The... →
I got proper chills from some of these. Number 23 made my chest feel funny.
Remember when Biden was president? →
aatw:
So was Condi:
… Condoleeza Rice was momentarily the Acting President of the United States, our first African-American President.
We're All Gonna Die: 100 meters of existence →
joelaz:
“This image is 100 meters long (100 m x 78 cm). There are 178 people in the picture, all shot in the course of 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge in Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the summer 2007.”
This image is awesome. There are 178 people in the picture…
Frank Turner — The District Sleeps Alone...
Three Things I Will Never Be Able To Do
Fly
Whistle
Wrap a fucking bowl with fucking clingfilm
Today wasn't a very good day, but I did see a...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Okkervil River (22)
Dinosaur Jr. (21)
Badly Drawn Boy (18)
Eels (16)
The Breeders (15)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
There's a clear sky tonight and I've just been...
