Miss Reyes

Hey internet, I made you a mix of summertime covers on @8tracks:...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:52:00 -0400

Hey internet, I made you a mix of summertime covers on @8tracks: “Cover me this summer.”

Track List:

1. Cupid (Sam Cooke) — Melanie Fiona & The Illadelphonics

2. You Belong With Me (TSwift) — Butch Walker

3. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Beatles) — Al Green

4. Fat Bottomed Girls (Queen)— Antigone Rising

5. Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Sound of Music) — Modern Music

6. Young Americans (Bowie)— The Cure

7. Lovesong (the Cure) — Jack Off Jill

8. Fuck and Run (Liz Phair)— Cassettes Won’t Listen

9. Chicago (Sufjan Stevens)— DeVotchKa

10. All I Want Is You (Barry Louis Polisar) — Vespers

11. Beggin’ (Madcon) — The Saturdays

12. Telephone (gaga + bey) — Pomplamoose

13. Tubthumping (chumbawumba) Angus & Julia Stone

14. Summertime (gershwin) - The Wailin’ Jennys

15. Let It Be Me (Everly Brothers) — Reid Jamieson

16. Bulletproof ([La Roux) — Lou Barlow

my heart, my heart JL8, you are smushing it.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:07:41 -0400

my heart, my heart JL8, you are smushing it.

dclx

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:31:03 -0400

Guys! DCLX is tomorrow! I know!

moobleu: easybakeheartache: The public gallery broke into a...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:22:43 -0400

moobleu:

easybakeheartache:

The public gallery broke into a traditional Maori love song after the announcement that the same-sex marriage bill had passed for New Zealand.

Excuse me while I go cry

I cried this is so great

Blanket “Don’t Go To Graduate School!” Advice Ignores Race and Reality?

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:41:40 -0400

Blanket “Don’t Go To Graduate School!” Advice Ignores Race and Reality?:

I’ve read this twice over.

the KEEP presents BRYAN CAHALL and the BUMPER JACKSONS and SOLOMON DOUGLAS and the OBERTONES and also MY DAD

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:42:23 -0400

In short, that crazy week went quite well.

At some length, that show was exactly what I’d dreamed of, and is the best party I’ve ever thrown. In my current life.

I want to talk it all out, but I just want to put this here. For now. This whole week - last night at the Newseum - has been more piano, but still just as sweet.

A Biting Chance: Etymological Origins of Words Related to Emotions

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:15:12 -0400

A Biting Chance: Etymological Origins of Words Related to Emotions:

abitingchance:

thrill: from the Old English word “thirl” (900 AD), meaning “hole”. (Nostrils = nose-thirls.) To “thirl” something meant to pierce it, to make a hole. Around the 1400’s the word metathesized to become “thrill”, and the definition became metaphorical - to feel pierced by a certain emotion. So when…

The Busy Trap

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:26:20 -0400

The Busy Trap:

You’ve probably had to listen to a lot of people tell you how busy they are. It’s become the default response when you ask anyone how they’re doing: “Busy!” “So busy.” “Crazy busy.” It is, pretty obviously, a boast disguised as a complaint. And the stock response is a kind of congratulation: “That’s a good problem to have,” or “Better than the opposite.”

… They’re busy because of their own ambition or drive or anxiety, because they’re addicted to busyness and dread what they might have to face in its absence.”

The Bacon-Wrapped Economy

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:14:12 -0400

The Bacon-Wrapped Economy:

“Tech has brought very young, very rich people to the Bay Area like never before. And the changes to our cultural and economic landscape aren’t necessarily for the better.” - Ellen Cushing

what emotional maturity?

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:02:58 -0400

It’s still so hard for me to tell: do you care for me, or are you simply a great dancer?

Should I even mildly give a damn?

sherlockyoubastard: filmcharacters: Henry Adrien Brody ...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:49:26 -0400

sherlockyoubastard:

filmcharacters:

Henry Adrien Brody (Detachment)

oh my god. Not only is this attractive, it’s…..just listen to what he says. I love it. Good. Yes. chills

I’m still in awe of the High School teacher who broke things down for me. Without him, and what he helped bring out in me, I would live a much sadder life. Also, I love the style of this film.

lady-fate: I’m side eyeing the fuck out of this. Especially the...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:32:34 -0400

lady-fate:

I’m side eyeing the fuck out of this. Especially the book part. The special snowflake feeling just wafted in from this one.

Ah, yes, the extrovert as overblown, immature illiterate. A person with little depth, resulting in a profound inability to find comfort and joy in their own company, requiring the energy of others to feel satisfaction in life.

Did I get that right? Oh, good.

Hot Jazz Saturday Night

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:52:25 -0400

Hot Jazz Saturday Night:

Every Saturday afternoon, Rob Bamberger stacks his recordings on a luggage cart and makes his way across the river to WAMU and what he calls his perch in studio four. From 8 until 11 p.m., the air is filled with vintage jazz, swing, and big band recordings from the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s. Take a listen- there’s only one available at a time!

This song is like a Greatest Hits of my oh-so-unsuccessful...

Sat, 16 Mar 2013 15:10:51 -0400

This song is like a Greatest Hits of my oh-so-unsuccessful pick-up lines:

1. It almost seems like you’re avoiding me.

2. I’m okay alone, but you got something I need.

3. I got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key.

4. Don’t go to fast, but I go pretty far.

5. For someone who don’t drive, I’ve been all around the world.

Carsie Blanton lays down the law, and we just lap it all up,...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:49:22 -0400

Carsie Blanton lays down the law, and we just lap it all up, “soft and sweet like sugar wrapped in butter.”

"Emotions and logical thought are frequently portrayed as competing processes, with emotions depicted..."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:42:41 -0400

“Emotions and logical thought are frequently portrayed as competing processes, with emotions depicted as getting in the way of effective decision-making. The results here are another demonstration that instead of competing, our emotions and our cognitions interact and work closely to determine our behaviors. In fact, some researchers have recently begun to suggest that the division between these two is rather tough to make, and there may not actually be any meaningful difference between thought and emotion. After all, if moods and emotions play a fundamental role in information processing, what differentiates them on a functional level from other basic kinds of cognitive processes, such as attention or memory?”

- Eat your heart out, delicious rationalists who I fancy. Travis Riddle lays down the law on “How Your Moral Decisions are Shaped by a Bad Mood” in Scientific American.

nevver: Natasha Gudermane Isn’t the werewolf the only...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:38:28 -0400

Natasha Gudermane

Natasha Gudermane

Natasha Gudermane

nevver:

Natasha Gudermane

Isn’t the werewolf the only reliable embodiment of traditionally masculine sexual attraction? Or is that just my own personal dream?

"Present Shock” is one of those invaluable books that make sense of what we already half-know...."

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:15:03 -0400

““Present Shock” is one of those invaluable books that make sense of what we already half-know. … Among the intuitive ideas turned tangible by “Present Shock” is “filter failure,” Clay Shirky’s improved term for what used to be called “information overload.” Mr. Rushkoff’s translation: “Whatever is vibrating on the iPhone just isn’t as valuable as the eye contact you are making right now.””

- An inspiring, captivating review by the NYTimes’ Janet Maslin of “Present Shock” by Douglas Rushkoff.

politeness is my middle name

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:03:06 -0500

glamour-parade:

How do you politely tell someone that you want them naked on top of you

Please, now. Please.

ejlandsman: Two versions and two studies for one image. Today...

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:29:26 -0500

ejlandsman:

Two versions and two studies for one image. Today is a great day for laundry, coffee, staying in, and drawing comics.

Monsters coming later today! They will make a nice little afternoon break.

I’m so excited for this comic!