March 2010

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03.28.2010

Backstage, dressing room. t-minus 45 minutes. Just dripped Krema peanut butter all over my jeans. # Off the Grid is April 11 at the Wex. Getcher tix now. It's for the kids! http://www.wexarts.org/get_involved/genwex/index.php?eventid=4441 # Looking forward to Hood Internet at Off the Grid (4/11). If you don't know 'em, start here: http://bit.ly/9uHEZV (Dead Prez vs [...]

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Madlib’s New Medicine – from Africa

03.24.2010

Is anyone on earth more productive than Madlib? Seriously, it’s March and he’s already put out 6 albums this year (7 if you count the Strong Arm Steady instrumentals).

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Safety Dance with J Dilla

03.23.2010

The late, great J Dilla re-interprets the song that was my favorite when I was 7 years old. J Dilla does Safety Dance

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Resistance Loves a Day Like This

03.23.2010

Resistance loves a day like this. It’s unexpectedly cold, rainy, grey, dull. I didn’t sleep well and my brain feels like mush. It’s 10am, but it feels like 8am, or maybe 8pm. There’s no appointment forcing me to get-up. I really need to do laundry. I hate searching for matching socks. My most weather-appropriate clothes [...]

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03.21.2010

More shocking than CATCO + Phoenix is BalletMet + ??? Answer here: http://j.mp/aCnul5 # RT @mcsweeneysbooks: A non-essential mnemonic involving Columbus, Ohio and the Matrix Trilogy: http://bit.ly/cMJdfV # Brooks get it right: http://nyti.ms/d0r6xh … a president trying to define a modern brand of moderate progressivism. # Kindle for Mac OS X?!!?!? http://bit.ly/bdFzhr Whoa. I think [...]

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03.14.2010

The 10 Biggest Scoops From Karl Rove's Memoir http://bit.ly/dsE3Fs #

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The Painted Book

03.12.2010

Just some really big paintings of books. From an article in/on print. h/t – A Parker

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NY Times: New York Is Finally Taking Its Coffee Seriously

03.12.2010

There’s a great article in the NY Times about the current renaissance of coffee taking place in the city that never sleeps. (I guess now it really doesn’t ever sleep.) It includes a comprehensive list of places with good beans and fancy machines, as well as a few choice cuts that are good information for [...]

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David Foster Wallace unpacked

03.09.2010

The Henry Ransom at U of Texas just got a million more subscribers to their blog. The Center just became the home of the tragically late David Foster Wallace’s archives, and they’ve unpacked his books, and started making a list of all the words he circled in his dictionary.

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Oscar Shoulda Wons Revealed

03.09.2010

Here are the answers to those trivia questions I launched at the Drexel Oscar bash. And … apologies to anyone who was offended by my comments about Helen Mirren. But she is 64 years old, and you should accept that.

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