May 2011
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May 31st
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“When I was 16 or 17, and started reading books for grown-ups, I became, in his...”
– Martin Amis, on Kingsley Martin Amis: My father’s English language |The Guardian
May 31st
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May 30th
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“A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other...”
– as Stephen Fry said to Lady Gaga… FT.com / FT Magazine - Lady Gaga takes tea with Mr Fry
May 29th
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I'm listed in Tumblweeds under vintage, retro,...
I’m listed in Tumblweeds, a user-generated community directory that rates Tumblr bloggers by their number of followers. [So I’ll be pretty far down that list…] Find me listed in #vintage, #retro, #popculture (I signed on for this because Tumblr no longer lets users create their own blog tags—to describe the entire blog, not just individual posts—thus there is no...
May 28th
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At Home With Allee Willis, Songwriter -... →
Headquarters of the Museum of Kitsch…
May 26th
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May 26th
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Forever Young? For Bob Dylan, In Some Ways, Yes. -... →
Why 14 is the formative age for pop musicians. Really good piece, even for the stuffy old NYT.
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 22nd
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May 20th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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“Yale University officials announced yesterday that the school intends to be the...”
– Now Yale needs a Tumblr account… Yale announces free online access to museum, library collections - Boston.com
May 13th
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May 11th
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“Young Western artists are producing works that amount to nothing more than...”
– Western Artists’ Lack of Action: ‘Most of Them Are Glad to Be Rid of Ai Weiwei’ - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
May 11th
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May 10th
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May 9th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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May 7th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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