December 2008
Dec 31st
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“[A]s a member in good standing of The First Church of Nothing in Particular, I...”
– The character Edgar Freemantle in Stephen King’s Duma Key, pg. 72
Dec 30th
Muxtape User Obit for misterjt
DJ O-Dub — Intro + The Message Madonna — 4 Minutes [Featuring Justin Timberlake And Timbaland] (Album Version) Girl Talk — Shut The Club Down Kanye West — Champion Wale — The Roots Song Wale Is On f. Chrisette Michele Little Brother — Nighttime Maneuvers Kidz in the Hall & Mick Boogie — Slippery Shoes Kero One — The Cycle Repeats Instro (Instrumental) Heavy — Brukpocket’s...
Dec 30th
Listen“Deep in my mind I believe everything is...
Dec 29th
“I’m not prejudiced against anyone…except stupid people. If...”
– Eartha Kitt, an interview on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, August 21, 1985
Dec 29th
Dec 27th
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“It’s kind of like a Chinese guy coming to America and saying, “I...”
–  Jennifer 8. Lee on what “Chop Suey” means in China.
Dec 27th
“If you are not going to be better tomorrow than you were today, than what need...”
– Rabbi Nachman
Dec 27th
Things I Like about Season 3 of The West Wing
(of which I’m about halfway through. Currently watching 100,000 Airplanes) That CJ sings often — including Right Said Fred’s I’m Too Sexy. Mary Louise Parker’s smile. The Women of Qu’mar The number of times Dule Hill’s Charlie looks around like, “These white people are crazy.” John Spencer’s performance in Bartlet for America.
Dec 27th
Listen“Never give up what you believe.” -...
Dec 26th
“Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only...”
– Ethics of the Fathers 1:14
Dec 26th
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Dec 24th
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Listen“Just a matter of time till I get to...
Dec 24th
“Stand up, brother, sister, hold on to the real things that matter cuz no...”
– The Brand New Heavies, Brother Sister
Dec 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-21) →
Kanye West (28)  Adele (15)  Jazzanova (14)  The Futureheads (12)  The Foreign Exchange (10)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
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Dec 16th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-14) →
Jazzanova (24)  Q-Tip (23)  Burial (16)  The Foreign Exchange (13)  Rhymefest (10)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
“Baby, you’re always worried about the wrong things—the wrong things.”
– Kanye West, Paranoid
Dec 15th
“Perhaps humility, paradoxically, helps you to become [the] biggest rapper in the...”
– Sasha Frere-Jones on Lil Wayne in The New Yorker.
Dec 11th
“They’re not willing to give me anything except appreciation.”
– Rod Blagojevich on the Obama team’s suggesting Valerie Jarrett as a possible successor - Illinois Governor in Corruption Scandal - NYTimes.com (via ayse)
Dec 10th
Dec 10th
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“It is the structure of the dialogue that traps me.”
– Samhita over IM.
Dec 9th
Dec 8th
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
– Hemingway (via reversecowgirl)
Dec 8th
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ListenSong for Sunday: One is Enough for One
Dec 7th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-12-7) →
Jazzanova (31)  Sia (17)  Kanye West (17)  Death Cab for Cutie (16)  Gnarls Barkley (15)  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 7th
Dec 6th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-11-30) →
Jazzanova  Kanye West  Q-Tip  Femi Kuti  Kidz In the Hall & Mick Boogie  Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 2nd