Gorillaz - Empire Ants (Miami Horror Remix)

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Turkish Booze Cruise

I remember the crowd being much more lively.

Bon Appetit's Cold Brew Coffee Recipe

Sorry Bon Appetit, but the NYT beat you to this party years ago.

Pour la Victoire 'Jaclyn' Distressed Leather Satchel

Do I want a bag that zips on top or is a flap closure acceptable?


Tomas Maier, get over yourself and send me something already.

FYF 2011

On a hot, dusty field in the middle of Chinatown, I saw a few bands from Portland.

Cults did not stray too far from their album. I like their album. No complaints. Also, they're from San Diego?


Chromatics wins for most surprisingly attractive lead singer who showed not even a glimmer of emotion.


Yacht was the most fun set for me - a mix of Devo, Erasure, and Talking Heads.


DFA 1979 overcame chronic technical difficulties and the day's worst haircut to produce insane amounts of noise and a mosh pit.


Then we rode the Metro to Koreatown for free.

Animal Kingdom

After just missing it in theaters, I watched Animal Kingdom last night. Despite the fact that I cried twice and had to pause it and ask questions, I liked it. I should have anticipated the violence, but I was surprised by the up close shots of people dying. That being said, my chief critique is that the most attractive actor dies early.

Good ol' Clarence and Ginni

I want to read this Jeffrey Toobin article on Clarence and Ginni Thomas, but I am afraid it will be so enfuriating that I won't be able to sleep; I will be forced to stay up all night reading and re-reading while eating popsicles and nursing leftover Tecates. Is it worth it? I will report back.

If anyone is interested in a refresher course on how, until recently, the individual mandate was a conservative healthcare policy goal, achieved by Mitt Romney in Massachusetts with the help and endorsement of G. W. Bush, please see here.

Carstache

Just like the website says, it's a moustache for your car. It is, allegedly, "glorious."

Unsurprisingly, there is a bikestache option too.

Thank you, Lisa.

OPI Tickle my France-y

A cross between nude and dusty pink.

P.S. This Google image search result must satisfy some kind of fetish (beyond the average manicure obsession that so many of us suffer from).

P.P.S. That is not my hand.

The Weather of the Future

Just 5 minutes of this Fresh Air interview was enough to make me stay up all night thinking about the water table in the SW United States. Anyone brave enough to read Heidi Cullen's book The Weather of the Future should report back to me. Am I exaggerating the coming apocalypse or am I not doing enough to sound the alarm?

Chocolate Gelato recipe in LAT

Why yes I would like to attempt this chocolate gelato recipe! I appreciate any frozen dessert recipe that does not require (or even suggest) an ice cream maker. Who has the space?

Next up, a trip to buy Popsicle molds for these and these.

Sarah, when are we starting up our frozen pop food truck, The Stick?

Ticket2TearTown

Apparently a lot of my time now is spent thinking about what makes me cry. To that end, I started a new secret Twitter feed.

I don't feel strange disclosing that information here, because this blog is also a secret.

The next logical step would be to start a secret Tumblr about secrets but that has been done.

I would like to expand upon a recent piece about the saddest movie scene of all time. My thoughts are that science is wrong in this instance. The most tear-inducing scene has to be from Radio Flyer or A League of Their Own or an old standby like Terms of Endearment. Or maybe I was born too late to appreciate Jon Voight tears?

Cry Baby Cry: Songs That Make You Weep

I call BS on this piece from NPR's All Songs Considered department. There is no mention of Landslide or Silver Springs? Are they not human?





And for my dad:

Dances with Dustbusters

Thank you, Lisa.

Best part of Will & Kate's visit to LA

This creeper lurking in the background of their post-match kissing pictures.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

A few nights ago at Mike's I stumbled upon this riveting, hilarious, horrifying documentary, The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia.



I am not sure if the film is exploitative, though it does seem to be glorifying and possibly encouraging illegal, unhealthy, self-destructive behavior. That being said, I suggest you watch it on a weeknight or a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Mike and I disagreed over the films best (or most telling) moment. In my eyes, the film is captured by (SPOILER ALERT) the scene where Kirk, still in the maternity ward after delivering a baby girl, crushes up some pills (Oxy? Percs? Vic?) with her friend and snorts them. She is subsequently shocked and devastated when Social Services decides she is unfit to have full custody of the child.

Mike's favorite scene was when Mousie, recently released from jail, tracks down her estranged husband Charles Green, removes him from his pregnant girlfriend's house, and forces him to kiss her int he back of a truck while her young son Wimpy is present. They then take a trip down memory lane, to the drug store where they were married; luckily, the pharmacist on duty one night was also a pastor, and after picking up some pills and snorting them, they were escorted to the flower section and married.

There were many sad scenes in the movie, but I was most struck by the fact that this is a dysfunctional family where everyone is making bad decisions, but the women keep everything from totally falling apart. The women keep the family going (literally), picking up relatives from jail, from the hospital, and from court. Clearly they could be doing a better job, and I am amazed the state of West Virginia hasn't evicted them yet. Consider how much money the state of WV sinks into this family every year, between welfare payments (their main source of income aside from selling drugs), time spent in the criminal justice system, and interventions by child and family services.

Every hour, an American dies of melanoma

Also, it's not cool to look 60 when you're 40. So slather on some SPH 50+ and reapply often!

For inspiration, please read this, my favorite Shouts and Murmurs piece.

Of Course I Take Pictures of My Penis and Send Them to People

I think Anthony Weiner is getting too much press but I laughed at this.

It's getting real in the Whole Foods parking lot

Slow start but my ears perked up when he referenced the GT's Kombucha reformulation disaster.

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