September 2010
cureforbedbugs:
ro·co·co n. also Rococo 1. a. A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms. b. A very ornate style of speech or writing. 2. Music A style of composition arising in 18th-century France, often viewed as an extension...
August 2010
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RICARDO MONTANER, “CASTILLO AZUL”
Not-for-kids...
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“The look, which includes new and reupholstered furniture and new paint and...”
– Cheryl Gay Stolberg, “A new look for the Oval Office,” New York Times
Ugh. I hope this serves Obama’s political purposes (brown equals populist, down-to-earth, honest, but also noncommittal, middle-of-the-road, reactionary). Cuz it sure ain’t serving any aesthetic ones.
(via anythingcouldhappen)
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30 Day Book Challenge: Day 15
FAVORITE BOOK DEALING WITH FOREIGN CULTURE
Condescending dick time again!
It depends on what you mean by “foreign culture.” (As though an entire world, save for one narrow strip, of specific, individual, and messy identities, histories, and experiences can all be squeezed up under a single umbrella.) Every culture is foreign to someone; and one of the things at which literature...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29) →
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Paul Winter & The Winter Consort (18)
Taylor Swift (5)
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Daniela Romo (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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kylekinane:
I can listen to a lot more Rod Stewart than people may think.
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Spoilers for a ninety-year-old movie, I guess...
Oh, and now Brunhild admits that she lied about the rape. Terrific. The desolation in her face afterwards is haunting, though — she got what she wanted, now what?
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Rape! Identity theft! Impotence! Always a fun time with German cinema!
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So endet der erste Gesang.
Oh, shit, I’m not even half an hour into this. More watching, less posting, Bogart.
(Hey, I know a little German now! “So ends the first song.”)
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Dude, this dragon was just minding its own business enjoying a nice cool drink of water when you decided to run up and start hitting it on the nose with your big dumb sword.
(Also, horrifying injury-to-the-eye imagery a half-decade before Buñuel. I don’t care if it’s a papier-mâché dragon; when eyes spurt, it’s disgusting.)
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Okay, I’ve chosen probably the most ridiculously long thing I possibly could: it runs almost five hours even without being paused every few minutes to post screenshots and witticisms. Unfollow me if you’d rather be spared.
Luckily this place is usually pretty quiet on a Friday night; I’ll try to make it so the weekend scrollers don’t get too disgusted with me.
But first...
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European fantasy it is!
Oh, man, so many choices! Excuse me while I rifle through my .avis.
Less jibber, more jabber.
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I need a tiebreaker. Next vote gets it.
More jibber, less jabber.
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DANIELA ROMO, “PARA QUE TE QUEDES CONMIGO”
My...