January 2010
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Jan 31st
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The Darjeeling Limited
I first saw The Darjeeling Limited at the Century 14 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  In the previous week I’d travelled from my home in Austin across West Texas by train to El Paso, walked across the border into Mexico for a few hours, before continuing my journey by Greyhound bus to Albuquerque and then by car to Santa Fé, one of my favourite cities. Having stayed in Santa Fé for a few...
Jan 31st
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“Leopards should be disguised as foxes to fuck up the gentry.”
– policy suggested by a member of the public, quoted in The People’s Manifesto by Mark Thomas.
Jan 30th
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“I am a kind of paranoid in reverse: I suspect people of plotting to make me...”
– J.D. Salinger
Jan 29th
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ListenAmsterdam, by Jacques Brel. Covered by Scott...
Jan 28th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Philip Glass (42) The Breeders (38) Lou Reed (38) Antony and the Johnsons (34) Pixies (31) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 26th
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Jan 25th
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Currently Reading
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by John Le Carré Collected Poems, by Philip Larkin
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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ListenThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T. S....
Jan 23rd
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“A lost-looking man in a car pulls up and asks a pedestrian for directions. ...”
– joke told to Alan Bennett by George Melly
Jan 22nd
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do...”
– George Orwell
Jan 21st
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Jan 21st
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Alan Bennett (112) Midlake (22) Scott Walker (21) TV on the Radio (16) Elvis Costello & The Imposters (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 21st
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How to draw The Venture Bros.
by VB board artist/supervisor and character designer Stephen DeStephano. More here: http://stephendestefano.blogspot.com/search?q=venture
Jan 20th
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“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...”
– Thomas Mann
Jan 19th
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Jan 19th
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Currently Reading
A Murder of Quality, by John Le Carré Complete Tales & Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
Jan 19th
Jan 19th
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“Noel Coward was a charmer. As a writer he was brahma. Velvet jackets and...”
– Ian Dury & The Blockheads
Jan 18th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 17th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
Midlake (22) Alan Bennett (13) Philip Glass (10) Hockey (10) The Divine Comedy (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 17th
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“A man’s work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the...”
– Albert Camus
Jan 17th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th
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Jan 16th