November 2009
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Shemp Howard - Wikipedia →
Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain (from From the Mars...
Bonnie “Prince” Billy - Death to...
Florence & the Machine - You’ve Got the...
Guardian Angels - Wikipedia →
In 1992 Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa issued a public apology for staging several subway rescues in the 1980s in order to get publicity for the group[4]. Since the statute of limitations on filing false police reports had expired, no charges were brought against him or the organization. Sliwa also admitted that the New York City Chapter primarily patrolled the Restaurant Row section of...
Curtis Sliwa - Wikipedia →
In May 1977, Sliwa created the “Magnificent 13”, a group dedicated to combating violence and crime on the New York City subways. At the time, the city was experiencing a wave of crime as municipal services were cut back to reduce its debt.
The Magnificent 13 grew and was renamed the Guardian Angels. The group’s actions drew strong reactions, both positive and negative,[1] from...
“I
INTO THE EMPTINESS
Into the emptiness that weighs
More than...”
– from The Cosmos Poems, Frederick Seidel.
gtmcknight:
Solange Knowles - Stillness is the...
Dr. John - Twilight Zone (from Babylon, 1969)
The XX - Infinity (from XX, 2009)
veraville:
...
WatchAn audio recording made on November 18, 1978, at the Peoples Temple compound in Jonestown, Guyana immediately preceding and during the mass suicide or murder of over 900 members of the cult.
(thanks, RS)
Pearls Before Swine - Another Time (live on WHCN,...
“Some people come up and tell us what the song is about..unrequited love or soil...”
– Tom Rapp (Pearls Before Swine)
“There’s certainly an aesthetic to mathematics and science. It was one of...”
– Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy on The Road →
WSJ: “The Road” is this love story between father and son, but they never say, “I love you.”
CM: No. I didn’t think that would add anything to the story at all. But a lot of the lines that are in there are verbatim conversations my son John and I had. I mean just that when I say that he’s the co-author of the book. A lot of the things that the kid [in the...
themeparkbrochures.net →
agentmlovestacos:
“They copied all they could follow, but they couldn’t copy my mind, so I left...”
– Rudyard Kipling (via claytoncubitt)
“Do you remember my sister? How many mistakes did she make with those never...”
– My Sister, Tindersticks
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Tindersticks - My Sister (from Tindersticks II,...
Captain Haddock's Curses - A through Z →
Aardvark! Abecedarians! Aborigine! Addle-pated lumps of anthracite! (old) Alcoholic ! Anachronisms! Anacoluthons! Antediluvian bulldozer [Tibet p60 B2]! Anthracite! Anthropithecus! Anthropophagus! Arabian Nightmare! Artichokes! Autocrats! Aztecs! [15]
Fairport Convention - Tam Lin (from Liege and...
Watchapopheniamixtapes:
Apophenia Mixtape Vol. 006: By the River
Eddie Hinton - Hard Luck Guy
Sam & Dave - I Thank You
Sly & the Family Stone - Brave and Strong
Blackrock - Yeah Yeah
Funkadelic - I Bet You
Them Too - Am I A Good Man
Sam and Bill - I Feel Like Crying
Otis Clay - That’s How It Is When You’re In Love
Jr. Walker - Darling, Come Back Home
Swamp Dogg - Synthetic Version
...
Okkervil River - Black (from Black Sheep Boy,...
“I wish I had not been so reserved.”
– Reported final words of Joseph Cornell
Garland Jeffreys - Lovelight (from Garland...
Tortoise & Bonnie Prince Billy - Thunder Road...
Avey Tare - Lay, Lay Off Faselam (live)
mp3
Watchapopheniamixtapes:
Apophenia Mixtape Vol. 005: Sleeping in the Midday Sun
The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says
The Troggs - Cousin Jane
Big Star - Thirteen
Tim Hardin - Lady Came From Baltimore
Richard Thompson - Beat the Retreat (live)
John Cale - Buffalo Ballet
Townes Van Zandt - You Are Not Needed Now
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in a Jar
Scott Walker - The Old Man Is Back Again
The...