July 2009
46 posts
WatchForeign Born - Blood Orange
“This is the way that life appears to me, the way that experience happens. I can...”
– from a Paris Review interview with John Ashbery.
Mt. Eerie - Moon Sequel (from Dawn: Winter...
The Fiery Furnaces - Ray Bouvier (from I’m...
Mihaly Vig - Valuska (from the soundtrack to...
WatchToumani Diabate (live at Other Music)
Atlas Sound (w/ Panda Bear) - Walkabout (from...
David Thomas Broughton - Perfect Louse (live... →
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Lattimore Brown - It’s Such A Sad, Sad World...
WatchHBCU Marching Band - Flashing Lights (Kanye West cover)
“We thought we were really writing these really funny, smart, special shows that...”
– Simpsons writer Jay Kogen (via purns)
Paz Lenchantin - Kentucky Hymn (from Songs for...
Wikipedia: Oneida stirpiculture →
The experiment with stirpiculture in the Oneida Community lasted between the years 1869-1879. Fifty-eight children were produced as a result of the stirpiculture experiment. Most women and men only produced one child. Some produced two or three, and 13 of those were recorded as “accidental conceptions”. To prove his religious and social prowess, as well as that of his bloodline, John H. Noyes and...
Wikipedia: Oneida Community →
In theory, every male was married to every female. Status at Oneida was based on people’s spirituality. Community members were not to have an exclusive sexual or romantic relationship with each other, but were to keep in constant circulation. To help prevent a “special love” from forming, each Community member had his or her own bedroom. This extended even to couples who came to the Community...
Wikipedia: Lulu White →
“Lulu White was a brothel madam, procuress and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Storyville period. An eccentric figure, she was noted for her love of jewelry, her many failed business ventures, and her rap sheet that extended in New Orleans as far back as 1880. Until forcible closure in 1917, White ran a sumptuous brothel known as Mahogany Hall, located at 235 Basin Street....
Steve Young - That’s How Strong My Love Is...
