August 2011
40 posts
July 2011
33 posts
“Our experience in public schools is there have always been bullies. Always have been, always will be. I just don’t know how we’re ever going to get to the point of zero tolerance. What does it mean? Will we be expecting boys to be girls?”
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Michele Bachmann, opposing anti-bullying legislation (via maxistentialist)
Is her platform social cleansing? Seriously.
(via wamiv-)
Does this give all political pundits the OK to bully her, then? They’ve been pretty easy on her thus far.
(via finding-joy)
Yes. Yes it does.
Proceed
Pitchfork's 60 Favorite Music Books →
pitchfork.com
Pitchfork has put together a list of their favorite music books (some of them from their own 33 1/3 series, a ton of which I’m going to go nab from the library today). Also check out music critic Robert Christgou’s website, which includes a library of his work and his definitions of the music grading scale is definitely worth looking at.
Speaking of Pitchfork, make sure to stop by the AEMMP Records table at Pitchfork Music Festival this weekend in the Chirp Radio tent.
-Parker
Ooh! I will definitely be stopping by to say Hi!
Listen
Biggie and Miley - Party and Bullshit in the USA
Good morning, tumblr.
Thank you for this.
You guys...
I’ve been invited to a bbq and I don’t want to go anymore. Save for a quick trip to Target, I’ve spent my morning and better part of the afternoon napping in my frickin’ cold condo. Central Air is the business.
Reason 1,248,683,283 why I <3 Moz
- L.A. Weekly: So, do you have a cat?
- Morrissey: I’ve had many, many, many.
- L.A. Weekly: But you’re on the road.
- Morrissey: Yes, it’s — I’ve had many, and many have passed away.
- L.A. Weekly: That’s the worst part.
- Morrissey: Horrendous, horrendous. It’s worse than a human passing away.
- L.A. Weekly: Is it?
- Morrissey: Yes, it really is.
- L.A. Weekly: Why?
- Morrissey: Because you feel the cat doesn’t fully understand. They’re looking to you, they’re relying on you to get them through this, and you can’t . . . I’ve been in certain situations where I’ve had to terminate the life for the benefit of the cat and the pain is too much to bear. It’s insufferable. Because even as they get the final needle, they’re purring and they’re loving you and . . .
- L.A. Weekly: I know, it happened to me, my dog, too. It was awful, because they gave him the shot of ketamine, so he became paralyzed, but he was still conscious and he couldn’t . . . then I thought, oh God, now where’s his spirit, because he doesn’t understand what happened?
- Morrissey: And he is just assuming that if he is sitting next to you, he’s going to be okay.
- L.A. Weekly: Was your cat maimed?
- Morrissey: No, but he was very, very old, and he was arthritic, and he couldn’t go to the toilet properly and I would have to take him to the toilet, I’d have to do everything, but he was very, very happy, and as long as he was with me, he was thrilled to death. So, I held him at the last moment when they inserted the needle and, uh . . . I cried for hours and hours and hours. This sound came out of me, this sound of despair when he went, and I’d never heard it before.
- L.A. Weekly: Wow!
- Morrissey: Because I thought I’d be — I thought I could completely handle his death and I’d be fine. I’d look after him, I’d make sure everything was okay, and I’d make sure that his transition was as easy and comfortable as possible. And I howled.
- L.A. Weekly: I mean, I still have moments where I grieve again, out of the blue — does that happen to you?
- Morrissey: Of course! Of course! You miss your pets. You miss Sir Doo-Dah or whatever his name is . . . You miss them and you feel for them, and my cat was an incredible character. He wasn’t merely a cat, he was beyond human. He had the most incredible personality, an enormous personality, and as tough as, as they say, old boots, and I still miss him, I really still miss him. Sorry, I’m boring you stiff . . .
- L.A. Weekly: No! I want to talk forever.
- Morrissey: Might not be long enough.
Oh Canada...
i should have been able to celebrate canada day by giving ryan gosling a blowjob. maybe next year.
Add that to the ol bucket list.