December 2009
74 posts
“2. The Anchor: The main role of that $115 platter—the only three-digit thing on...”
– from NY Magazine article Author William Poundstone Dissects the Marketing Tricks Built Into Balthazar’s Menu
“The Wire— by using precise geography, a fully conceptualized city and...”
– from The Bible for the TV series The Wire, written by David Simon, dated September 6, 2000.
“The height of cultivation runs to simplicity. Halfway cultivation runs to...”
– Bruce Lee
“…in the era of nuclear missiles and submarines, amid the tangled...”
– from a Boston Globe article about the book The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception.
“Truffles are a dramatic example of a smell, taste, and appearance that should be...”
– from Hillbilly Truffle, a GQ article by Alan Richman
“We’d get there just before closing time, sit in a booth by the window...”
– June Miller, from Henry & June
“There’s always a point during the warm-up when suddenly you realize that it’s...”
– Danny Howells in an interview by Matter London, featuring a link to his set from October 9, 2009.
ISO Playlist 6 →
Featuring Lali Puna, Grizzly Bear, and Saint Etienne.
“AMERICAN APPAREL XL grey vest, brushed cotton grey shirt, cheap from UNIQLO....”
– an entry from The Considered Ensemble
“The message of this paper is that hustlers and con artists know a lot more about...”
– from Understanding Scam Victims: Seven Principles for System Security
“my father… thought I might suffer from a type of benign psychosis called...”
– from All That, a New Yorker short story by David Foster Wallace.
“When you know a ratio, you don’t know a recipe, you know 1,000.”
– from Ratio: the Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman, in anticipation of the Ratio iPhone app.
BrickGun: The Coolest Lego Weapons in the World →
Just don’t get the SWAT team to show up at your house like this guy and you’ll be fine. The semi-auto w/ mag is my favorite, though really, the SMG and MAC-11 are pretty nice too.
“29. Cook your turkey in a large Reynolds cooking bag and you won’t need to buy...”
– from 39 Frugal Tips for Saving Money at Christmas by Michelle Jones
Watch1 MomΣnt, an Eminem parody about a troubled math student who tries to find his way into the math scene by engaging in tough algebra tests, breakdance battles, and nail-biting underground math competitions.
“Few sectors have endured the economic downturn of recent years better than...”
– The Hostage Business, a NY Times article by Nicholas Schmidle
“Yeah, that was going to be a masterpiece, a magnum opus… I mean,...”
– Alan Moore on the demise of Big Numbers, a multi-character narrative about the development of a shopping center and chaos theory.
The Eternal Mixtape, AKA Ghostly Cast #26, mixed by Wajeed, dedicated to Baatin, who co-founded Slum Village with J Dilla.
Dialogue from Homicide: Life on the Street
Potential Waitress: I'm not really a waitress. I write. One-acts.
Det. John Munch: Huh, one-act plays.
Potential Waitress: Read them and we'll talk about them, okay?
Det. Meldrick Lewis: You're a writer and you had to ask me for a pen?
Potential Waitress: My life is total irony.
Det. John Munch: All in one act, huh?
“I… drink… your… milkshake!”
– Daniel Plainview, from There Will be Blood
Chasing the Tear
A new single by Portishead for Amnesty International.
“You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.”
– from Colin Powell’s Leadership Presentation
“On the way to the stairs we passed another scantily clad girl, this one carrying...”
– Castle of Kink by Ethan Kanat from The Bold Italic.
“Polar bears cover their noses before they pounce on a seal. How do polar bears...”
– Mark Whitacre in The Informant!
“There was a popular misconception that Muxtape only survived because it was...”
– The Story of Muxtape by founder Justin Ouelette.