August 2009
27 posts
Walt Disney on Monday unveiled a surprise $4bn bid for Marvel Entertainment,...
– Disney to buy Marvel for $4bn
Obviously a good deal financially for Marvel but the markets don’t seem to think it’s a good deal for Disney - shares currently down 3.3%.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (35)
The Low Anthem (12)
Bill Callahan (9)
The Monkees (3)
Gram Parsons (1)
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Apologies, it’s inadvertently become a bit of a Zooey Deschanel swoonfest here recently.
So you can take your patently false inflammatory pejoratives. You can take your...
– Please Sarah Palin, Just Go Away « Plinth Blog
I know people for whom music is just background noise. They don’t listen to it....
– Rob Sheffield, Love Is A Mix Tape. (via omgjellybeans : thebrowncoat) (via bringonthetragedy) (via wheniwascruel) (via sometimesagreatnotion)
Girlfriend Stops Reading David Foster Wallace... →
sometimesagreatnotion:
In addition to compiling the many reasons why the relationship was no longer working, Wallace’s letter featured sections on “Why We Could Never Grow Old Together,” “Ways It—Us, The World, And Everything—Has All Changed,” and “Things I’ve Never Told You (That Will Certainly Change Your Mind About Me).”
“One thing I found annoying was that you had to read all the way to...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
Charlie Rich (10)
Belle and Sebastian (6)
The Black Crowes (4)
Emmy the Great (3)
The Submarines (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-9) →
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy (12)
Hefner (9)
Neil Young (3)
Bright Eyes (3)
Great Lake Swimmers (2)
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