December 2011
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Pavement (38) The National (33) Talking Heads (3) The Tallest Man on Earth (3) Childish Gambino (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
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Geof shoots his friends.: The Syllabi of David... →
geoffischer: “This does not mean we have to sit around smiling sweetly at one another for three hours a week. … In class you are invited (more like urged) to disagree with one another and with me—and I get to disagree with you—provided we are all respectful of each other and not snide, savage or abusive. … In…
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Pavement (39) The National (36) The Honorary Title (27) Matchbox Twenty (22) Childish Gambino (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 20th
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Dec 18th
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ListenAsher Roth, “In the Kitchen”
Dec 17th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Northstar (42) Pavement (12) The National (11) Asher Roth (7) blink-182 (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
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Dec 14th
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"In the Sticks" by Laurence Lafore →
FROM ARTICLE: People like bank directors are regarded by some with respect, if not with awe, and resented by others. But the bank directors live in the same kind of houses as everyone else, and there is no way of telling, from their clothes or their manners or—most noticeable of all—their accents, that they are not like everyone else in every other way as well. What­ever the hidden inwardnesses...
Dec 14th
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Observations from 20 Years of Iowa Life →
I can’t even. Professor Bloom, I have never been happier to have opted out of your journalism classes while in college. This largely offensive and disasteful article is filled with little more than tired cliches, gross generalizations and feeble imagery. I hope Bloom takes the time to read the comments section, because (most, though not all) people make some excellent, and painfully obvious,...
Dec 14th
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You turned me good and god-fearing
Well, tell me what am I supposed to do with that? —The National, “Abel” 
Dec 11th
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ListenThe National, “Abel” Abel, come on,...
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Tom Waits (325) Matchbox Twenty (25) Tokyo Police Club (23) Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers (21) Tilly and the Wall (17) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 5th