March 2011
19 posts
““I was expecting it to be at a record store,” said Gage Muckleroy,...”
– Radiohead’s Bad Map Lures Fans to Brightwood - Arts Desk - Washington City Paper
“Naimoli’s Internet boycott continued for several more years. As late as...”
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Jonah Keri, The Extra 2%: How Wall Street Strategies Took a Major League Baseball Team from Worst to First
“Good-humored Minneapolis hard-core punk band that comes on like the early...”
– New Rolling Stone Record Guide review of the Replacements’ “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take out the Trash,” 1982
“The beauty of the modern NCAA tournament, where locker rooms are equipped with...”
– NCAA Tournament – Luke Winn – SI.com
“The UCLA frustration was starting to build. Near the end of the first half, in...”
– Basketball: Reflections on Princeton’s 1996 Win over UCLA — Printout — TIME
“Before the big earthquake I was in Tokyo—exactly one week beforehand. V & A...”
– まだ分からへん
“Chopped Pork Allen & Son Barbeque, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Famous...”
– The Best Sandwiches in America - Esquire
Ate this on Saturday; still can’t stop thinking about it. Fucking hell that was good barbecue.
“I literally can’t stand the condescension I read from some of these...”
– Letters: Snapshots from a rock ‘n’ roll marriage - Salon
“SYMPATHY FOR THE RECORD INDUSTRY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AN EXCITING NEW SIGNING THAT COMBINES THE PUNK-BLUES FUSION WIZARDRY OF THE FLAT DUO JETS WITH THE LIGHTLY MISOGYNISTIC POST-GRUNGE STYLINGS OF SISTER...
“Jesus turned water into wine “to get the party going,” said a young woman who...”
– Hard Partying and Bible Study, at the Fraternity House - NYTimes.com
How to Make a Laser From A Gin And Tonic →
theatlantic:
It was the summer of 1969. Scientists in Rochester, N.Y., prepared to fire up an experimental laser. Everything was in place—from the cooling system to ensure the laser didn’t burst into flames to the warning lights informing other researchers to stay away. It was in every way a typical day in a typical laser laboratory, except for one fact: On this day, the laser doubled as a gin...
