December 2011
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as-darling asked: why doesn't tarzan have a beard?
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Dead Poet Society;
I finally own you on DVD. Oooooooooooooh Captain!
Every blessing comes with a set of curses
Firestone: In "Vice Verses" there's the lyric "Every blessing comes with a set of curses." What do you mean by that?
Jon: I mean, your weakness is your strength and your strength is your weakness. You know, a kid growing up in a family with a lot of cash, and suddenly that becomes his curse as well as his blessing. another kid, maybe across the border of Tijuana, has nothing and has everything. [Some of those kids] have a hope and a joy that a spoiled rich kid north of the border can't possess, you know? That analogy plays out in other ways-a girl who's incredibly good looking will be cursed with that all her life unless she learns there's more to her life. When I look at culture, I see we have so many gifts given to us that allow us to be lazy. I've heard it said that any culture that makes ease its goal has already begun its demise-I can't think of any nation where this would more relevant that my own. The United States has become the culture of comfort-growth, strength, and beauty are not things that come from comfort. They are refined qualities that are brought to the surface often by pain or trial.
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Songs to enjoy this week:
For the Actor - Mates of State
Look For Me, Baby - Fiction Family
M79 - Vampire Weekend
Futile Devices - Sufjan Stevens
World News - Local Natives
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Songs to enjoy this week:
Helplessness Blues - Fleet Foxes
Phantom Other - Department of Eagles
A Jagged Gorgeous Winter - The Main Drag
Young Pilgrims - The Shins
White As Snow - Jon Foreman
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Songs to enjoy this week:
That Beep - Architecture in Helsinki
Selling the News - Switchfoot
Modern Times - The Black Keys
Beards - The Dodos
Deep Sea Divers - Darwin Deez
Freaky, the Scary Snowman. →
“Ace and Jocelyn, Ace and Jocelyn
From space and Jocelyn.
Astronaut accountants...”
– Jake & Amir
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to...”
– Señor Johnson
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