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Is Magnolia Bakery a landmark?
Look closely at this Google Map. Why is Magnolia Bakery on here like this? I wasn’t searching for it. Has it been given landmark status? If so, I would guess that it commemorates New York’s domestic immigrants, small town girls who come to New York seeking a better
Profile of Welcome Wagon in the Village Voice
I wrote a Band On The Street on Welcome Wagon for the Village Voice. They are the nicest band in the world, probably because they didn’t start out as a band, but as a married couple. I’m working on a review of another couple band. I am sorta
Thanksgiving recipes / review aggregation
I thought about how I use reviews over the holiday weekend. I went online to find vegan Thanksgiving recipes (I’m not vegan so I have no idea how to cook for them) and noticed that the only recipes I considered making were ones that had online reviews. I skipped
Mastodon Progress Report on Stereogum
Whoah, didn’t expect Stereogum to put up another Progress Report this week. Nothing says long weekend like Mastodon.
Limbo, Panto review on Pitchfork
My review of Wild Beasts’ Limbo, Panto is up on Pitchfork right now. One of my favorites of the year.
What I'm reading: November 25
What I’m reading: November 25: * Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive? | Salon – * Annals of Culture: Late Bloomers: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker – * How do different religions define death? – By Nina Shen Rastogi – Slate Magazine – Part of my continuing death/ death ritual obsession. Seems like
Boy Least Likely To Progess Report
I have a new Progress Report on Boy Least Likely To right here. Great new track from BLLT as well. It’s called “The First Snowflake,” and it’s not a holiday song. So no photoshopping Christmas hats this time.
Salon's Sexiest Men Living: Ezra Koenig
And Koenig is a pleasure all his own. He’s a graduate of Columbia, a sometime filmmaker, the son of a therapist, a blue-eyed charmer who can get you out of your undies and talk about your feelings. Now that’s rock ‘n’ roll. Salon’s Sexiest Men Living: Ezra
Potter stinks, Support Cedric Diggory
It’s not lost on me at all that tonight, instead of working on some writing, I should be putting the last minute touches on my Harry Potter costume and seeing the Half-Blood Prince at midnight. Actually, I would have been in line at the iMax theater already (I waited
What I'm reading: November 19
What I’m reading: November 19: * Silent Party #5 | Pitchfork – Eric Harvey sort of breathlessly goes through Kanye West, iTunes’ Genius feature, privacy, and the British Journal of Psychiatry * New York Times headlines that read like Zen koans. – By Jessica Winter – Slate Magazine – * Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here
