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"do it yourself, for yourself. have fun. make an impact. inspire everyone to do it. even if everyone can’t, don’t not do it because you can’t get a record contract. do it for the sheer joy of making records. that’s what guided by voices did. play live for three hours and drink a lot of beer while you do it. or don’t." /robert pollard (guided by voices)
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look at this weird mutant apple i (intentionally) picked up at the farmers' market:


isn't that so odd? it's like analagous to siamese twins attached at the head. they're equally delicious.
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from boing boing:


sadface.
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from nyt, "the thinker:"

Being a philosopher requires you to engage in the practice of relentless inquiry about everything, so it’s not surprising that Jolley has spent untold hours puzzling over how to best teach the discipline itself. What he has decided is that philosophy can’t be taught — or learned — like other academic subjects. To begin with, it takes longer. “Plato said that you become a philosopher by spending ‘much time’ in sympathy with other philosophers,” he told me. “Much time. I take that very seriously.” We were sitting in his office, which was dark with academic books and journals; a large paperweight reading “Think” sat amid the clutter on his desk. “Plato,” he went on, “talked about it as a process of ‘sparking forth,’ that as you spend more time with other philosophers, you eventually catch the flame. That’s how I think about teaching philosophy.”
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popmatters interviews chuck klosterman:

For being one of the world’s most noted pop-culture columnists, what was the biggest challenge that you faced in writing a work of total fiction?

People keep asking me about the difference between writing nonfiction and writing fiction. I never know how to respond to this. I suppose I would have gotten the same question if I had written four novels and then a nonfiction book. It was harder to write fiction, but maybe that was only because I’d never done it before. I can’t remember if writing Fargo Rock City was hard or easy. Certainly, it’s harder to make things up than it is to respond to things that actually exist, so fiction is more creatively demanding. It’s not necessarily hard to describe a person, but it’s always hard to create a person. I suppose that was the hardest part: Just knowing that every single thing on every single page had to be psychologically built before I could type about it.
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milwaukee art museum:


















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who's in charge here?:

Purpose:
Determine a band's leader by analyzing a publicity photo.

Disclaimer:
A band's inclusion on this blog reflects neither an endorsement nor a criticism of its music. This post is merely intended as a spotlight on the inner political workings of a collection of individuals who are in the midst of a cooperative, creative endeavor.

The Process:
You, dear reader, please answer the question, "Who's in charge here?"

After sufficient discussion has taken place, a verdict can then be passed based on a majority vote.



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music: genius playlist from tvotr's "dreams:"



kinda neat. i'm wondering how genius makes these playlists, i.e. do they have similar tempos, are they all classified in the same genres as assumed by itunes users with the same songs in their library? making playlists out of songs i already have is what i do for fun.

pandora is a neat service that's been around for a while. it's sort of akin to itunes, but it introduces you to new music in virtually endless amounts. it's sort of like the aural equivalent to browsing through the similar artists feature on amazon. you can create channels of genres, artists, or your own songs and such. pretty neat and very handy for finding new music.

tastea: plum oolong