February 2010
38 posts
“It’s doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is...”
– Jonathan Franzen: Ten rules for writing fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk
i really enjoyed most of these.
New Hold Steady record hits stores May 4 →
And has terrible title. Hey fans, please stop buying pot for Craig. Dude needs to dial back in.
Death launches poorly thought-out preemptive... →
You’ve just made him mad!
That's Lunch People
gifparty:
Looking for a new tumblr template to relaunch with. Any ideas?
“I’d like to know what happens to the downbeat in the absence of gravity.”
– George Clinton on time, space, and funk | The A.V. Club Chicago
Likes Like » Mini Countryman →
David Kamp on John Hughes | vanityfair.com →
I keep a small list pinned up on my desk of former copwriters. Hughes is the last one.
I knew he worked around the corner at Leo, I forgot that he grew up in GP. And a grouchy, OCD reclusive is a pretty good working direction for where I’d like my life to go.
Tumblr Stole My Domain At The Behest of A...
alexblagg:
tumbledore:
I’ve run pitchfork.tumblr.com for almost a year now. I had several posts up and I followed 28 people with the account. All my posts are now gone and my address has been changed to pitchfork1.tumblr.com. Where my blog once stood now stands the official Tumblr for Pitchfork Media Inc. Watch out, Soup, I hear Campbell’s is gunning for you next.
Recently, one of my friends...
really not sure if this will be worth it. →
Mitch's Place, South U. watering hole, closes in... →
Ann Arbor landlords and an indifferent student body are killing my favorite city one Jimmy John’s at a time. Even a fairly crappy place like Mitch’s was so much better than Charlie’s or the goddamn Buffalo Wild Wings.
Vampire Weekend Cover Rancid →
And why the hell not? let the dorks enjoy themselves.
i once heard the little punk girls who had their lockers next to me in high school say that there were two kinds of people: those who did and didn’t tuck their shirts in.
but there’s a third: the people who tuck their shirts in but wish they didn’t.
“Any last words of advice for the aspiring children’s writer?
Steal paper from...”
– Daniel Handler | And Here’s The Kicker
Just finished Mike Sack’s “And Here’s the Kicker” interviews with famous humor writers. Great nerd fuel.
Leo's Coney Island of Chicago Opens Feb. 15 →
“The curious constantly descended on Cornish and the surrounding area, asking...”
– NYTimes.com