February 2012
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“Edith Wharton does not listen to Rick Ross.”
– Blake Eskin on last week’s New Yorker, and Other Very Important Information, in conversation with Jonathan Franzen.
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on nostalgia.
I’m going to come right out and say it: I have not had a good year. Not just 2012, but the past 12 months of my life have been … turbulent. (Speaking in euphemisms here, people.) Anyway, after a not particularly good day, I need to thank the Awl for making me laugh so loud, and so hard, that it put the first smile on my face for the day.
Fast forwarding over the bleakness, I was...
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A quick note re: Franzen on Wharton →
sashafrerejones:
Molly Young writes:
I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen’s essay on Edith Wharton, because I’m glad whenever anyone pays homage to the most heartbreaking novelist of all time. But I question the premise of the piece, which is that modern perceptions of Wharton’s character unfairly obstruct the enjoyment of her work.
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ip beef.
I was just writing a jokey “how to text” essay, when all of a sudden Rookie posted one. Boo!
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happy valentines day to all you blubbers.
Way to go Google for acknowledging that everybody loves somebody sometimes. And I love cookies always.
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the think barista's lament. →
Hey buddy, we’ve all worked service jobs, and you know what? the tips at Joe are good. And just a little FYI, Mr. Sunshine: people don’t tip at bookstores.
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girl got style.
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“It’s like Jar Jar Binks showing up in a Ciara video.”
– Sasha Frere-Jones for the win on halftime recaps.
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on being lady like.
An interesting essay on the state of women’s blogs by Molly Fischer for n+1.
If you’re interested in this lady/feminism/MPDG argument, you should check out some of the recaps for the latest New Girl - which essentially does their own version of 30 Rock’s “TGS Hates Women” episode.
How about that Galentines Day, everybody?
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January 2012
18 posts
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sleep to dream.
I want to be a fancy person from the 30s in this pyjama shirt from Steven Alan. I think I can make this dream come true with wishful thinking and a kickstarter campaign?
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repro like a pro.
If you’re into prints and museums like I am, then you may or may not really enjoy spending a lot of money at 1000 Museums’ website. They sell archival prints from Museums and Libraries around the world.
I really love what’s on offer from the NYPL Archives (dream job), and considering there’s a sale on at 20x200 which ends today, I am feeling distraught in the pecuniary...
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“Glass never had a good idea he didn’t flog to death: He repeats the haunting...”
– NYMag’s Justin Davidson on Philip Glass
True story: my cousin’s wife once drunk dialed him and said, “how does it feel to be so prolific?” … She is my hero.
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over it.
The Awl isn’t drinking any of this pour-over kool aid; and explains the brewhaha over Blue Bottle’s most recent production error at Brooklyn Flea.
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jessica hische.
is awesome. At least, that’s her domain name, and she does kind of live up to it. I was recently looking at the Moonrise Kingdom trailer, and commented to my coworker that I thought the font was beautifully designed (this is, after all, a Wes Anderson Movie, image + sound = everything).
I began browsing through her site and I love her work. It’s a tad too delicate for my sensibilities...
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“The passage into public domain of Joyce’s major works has been talked up in...”
– OK.
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poster cabaret.
Is a really wonderful poster / print site. They’re based out of Austin, and feature a large selection of designers. I am a sucker for concert poster design (see: here, and here, and here) and I got hooked with a Books poster:
and was sold by this bad boy:
It’s a wiener on a penny farthing! Huzzah!
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cool: gathered.
because I am neither a Rastafarian nor a hippie in Portland - with all due respect to Rastafarians and hippies - I don’t frequently buy incense. I’m not really down with scented candles either. But these Armenia Papers I stumbled upon via Cool Hunting look pretty, well, cool.
It’s the $28 way to say “yeah, that’s right, I read Beaudelaire in college and really want...
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shift in perception.
Thanks to following the cool Spatula blog, I found out about artist Sarah Frost’s repourposed keyboard key art. It’s like those retro typewriter cufflinks for the 21st century.
If you’re in NYC, you can see her work at the James Hotel. Reminds me of the good ol’ days when keys weren’t so teeny, and keyboards made an aural facsimile of the typewriter sound to...
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coffee shop pop up.
Cool Hunting posted an article about the Coffee Commons pop-up being hosted by A Startup Store. $5 to hang out with Baristas. I want to go to there.
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“Wood smoke, maple syrup, plaid flannel jacket, crotchety, frugal”
– the notes of my new fragrance, New HAMpshire Chic. Or, an excerpt from this NPR article.
December 2011
29 posts
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f for effort.
Dear Think:
Just me throwing around some thoughts here, but I really don’t think a glitter pen collage of Lindsay Lohan qualifies as art.
All best,
me.
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silver linings.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo tweeted at me tonight! When work is rough (say customer service much?), “homelessness” imminent (I move back home tomorrow morning), and the holidays bringing not too much mirth or joy (I ate one latke this year) it’s the little things that make the difference.
Here’s to moonlight sleeping on a midnight lake, new beginnings, and New York City.
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“He won the Palm Dog Award for best performance by a canine at the 2011 Cannes...”
– REAL THING.
From the Wiki entry for “Uggie,” the Jack Russell Terrier in The Artist. Man I love ridiculous wiki posts.
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“soft primacy and burden shifting.”
– A bumper sticker for a sensibly recast US foreign policy c/o Richard Betts on the Brian Lehrer Show.
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top 10, 20(x)200.
At my (temporary) place of work, we all were asked to send our top ten prints released on 20x200 this year. As Ms. Jen Bekman has spoken of on her blog, my coworker David already posted his, and here now are my top 10:
Budapest Zoo (Douglas Friedman)
I can’t exactly place what it is I love about this piece, but it speaks to me. I purchased it for myself as a Hannukah gift (don’t...
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file it under things that matter. →
Silly Brits. British Airway’s website is promoting Playtype, a pop-up font-shop in Copenhagen. If you can’t buy a type you maywant to at least figure out what type you are by taking their over-the-top, campy quiz. I tend to self-identify with Georgia, but found out I was Baskerville Italic. Really?
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holiday book bazaar.
Hosted by Aperture. Cool people will be selling beautiful books this Saturday from 11-6. Go!
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latkes and hams.
Hear ye, hear ye: awesome people will be at Symphony Space celebrating Jews n’ stuff. Latkes and Hams is a benefit for 826NYC (hello lit hipsters) co-hosted by Sarah Vowell and Eugene Mirman (hello This American Life / Talent Show hispters) featuring Fred Armisen (hello IFC hipsters), Mike Birbiglia (hello pizza eaters), and TMBG (hello people who enjoy songs about geography!)
Go....
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no. 2, in a.
Shostakovich + Kandinsky = 2 people who can make a bad evening much better.
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year in review: recommended reads.
Not from me, from legit authors (courtesy of New York Magazine)
But let’s be honest, the illustration from Kagan McLeod (above) is straight paraphrasing - if you will - from Jane Mount’s Ideal Bookshelf (could be named, bookself harharhar) series (below).
… but now it actually looks like a bookshelf! Job well done, I say.