December 2011
“If you’ve made two fairly high mountains why make a third?”
– Ken Kesey, when asked by Larry McMurtry if he intended to write any more novels
“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent...”
– High Fidelity, Nick Hornby (via izzystardust)
“I’ve never understood people who play up the artifice of music. Music, for me,...”
– Carrie Brownstein.
WatchFucked Up - Turn the Season
Remarkable video of the band performing in the round. And killing it. Destroying it. The audience is literally on top of the band.
mikespinelli asked: That record store on 8th street from years back -- was it Venus Records?
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“Our band could be your life
Real names be proof
Me and Mike Watt played for...”
– RIP D. Boon.
These lyrics still give me chills. Best song ever? Perhaps.
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“This was not MTV. This was not Ticketmaster. This was not...”
– Ten Thousand Saints: A Novel, by Eleanor Henderson
“When I was 18, I spent one night trying to paint LATE AGAIN in big silver bubble...”
– Banksy
Necessity being the mother of invention and all.
Or, don’t miss the exact move you should make when it’s staring you right in the face.
(via brycedotvc)
“Tell your secrets”
– Allen Ginsberg, when asked “how does one become a prophet?”
Punk Record Reviews: Agnostic Front- Victim in... →
A tumblr that has these sentences is one I will follow
punkrecords:
I don’t think one really understands America without understanding 1980s hardcore. Not that there’s any great truth written there, any great analysis. You might say that 1980s hardcore *also* does not understand America. …
Banksy Website FAQ
Q: Is Banksy just a big brand these days? Do you even paint your own pictures?
A: It’s not supposed to be a brand, which is why people in advertising think it’s such a good one.
“It always makes me proud to love the world somehow- hate’s so easy compared.”
– Jack Kerouac, Big Sur (via fuckyeahbeatgeneration)
“Will Oldham – Sweeney called me and said that Johnny Cash just recorded “I See A...”
– Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy), interviewed by Alan Licht
Ann Peebles - I Needed Somebody
Her voice is just...
