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I saw the Dirty Projectors (again) live last month. It was a short show, but "Useful Chamber" was as incredible as ever.
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"This is the promise they all made in November," to contribute to change by getting more involved in the political process, he said. "I can't wait to pull that trigger on them."
The good news is that my dear friend, Anil Dash, has begun an exciting new venture that will only benefit from his expertise and passion. The bad news is that his unfortunate ending quote has probably caused the FBI to create an "Anil Dash" folder.
All joking aside, I only wish him the best of luck.
Congratulations to Anil for such a fantastic and well-deserved opportunity!
A month passes. We go for a weekend away. At the hotel, a boy on a tricycle crashes into Joel.
"Limone," mutters Joel under his breath.
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Jon Ronson on the worst curse word in the world (and it's not "limone").
This is the "banh mi du maison" from Ma Peche ("Momofuku Midtown") in New York. I want it.
In local news, I had a banh mi last week from a spot called Grab 'n Go. It was pork + chiles + cilantro + pickled carrots + bread, and it was cheap and tasty. Not the greatest banh mi in the world, probably, but very delicious & filling for $4. I'll go again.
I'm firmly on Team TypePad Awesome, and I'm totally proud of the entire team for the launch of the free TypePad Micro. This is a big day for TypePad!
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Jesus, those are some of the most awful lyrics I've heard. Seriously, they had absolutely nothing better to say? It's like when people tell stories, like, about someone they're excited to see and they say "And then I was like ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!" instead of using words. (Hard to convey the intonation in text -- that's "ahhh" as in screaming with excitement, not a sign of relief or fear.) Anyway, I realized that it grates on me because it's only barely better than using grunts and sounds to convey meaning. Really, people?
For a minute or two I thought I was after the same thing that Snacks and Shit goes after -- but no, it's not, because Snacks and Shit goes after real lyrics that actually make no sense upon further inspection. That site's actually worth a read if you think rap lyrics are ridiculous. ... Because, yeah, they are.
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There's a Serge Gainsbourg biopic, Gainsbourg: Vie Héroïque, coming out in January! I love Gainsbourg and find him endlessly fascinating, so this is exciting, and the trailer looks great.
Oh, wow! Solange--whose Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams was one of my favorite albums of 2008--has covered the Dirty Projectors' "Stillness is the Move", one of my favorite songs of 2009. I love it.
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