February 2012
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“once god started talking to him he never seemed to stop. i don’t think...”
– valis by philip k. dick
January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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September 2011
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“New York has a couple of characteristics that are undeniable and one of those is...”
– Steve Albini (bless his heart)
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Interviewer: What about dignity?
Dave Eggers: You will die, and when you die, you will know a profound lack of it. It’s never dignified, always brutal. What’s dignified about dying? It’s never dignified. And in obscurity? Offensive. Dignity is an affectation, cute but eccentric, like learning French or collecting scarves. And it’s fleeting and incredibly mercurial. And subjective. So fuck it.
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August 2011
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July 2011
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one cannot play both the role of the ruthless aggressor and the role of the victim. it’s one or the other.
“First of all:
I am tired.
I am true of heart!
And also:
You are tired.
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– preface to Dave Eggers’ “A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius”
June 2011
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May 2011
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talkin' world war three blues
today i:
- spent 45 minutes tiptoeing down 3 or 4 stairs then sprinting back up to the top because there was a swarm of carpenter bees at the bottom of the stairs leading to my apartment
- finally made it to my car. lit my second cigarette of the day, rolled the windows down, turned on slint’s “spiderland” and felt really really really fucking good
- drove past the pipe on s....
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April 2011
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shit from an old notebook vol. 2
we were caught
unaware
by the corrosive capabilities
of cola
and i (think i)
claimed to be the king of memphis, tennesee
but i was only kidding
they don’t let bad men rise to power anymore
…
she touched her purse
after she sneezed
as if it would help her
gain her composure again
while i was busy watching her toes
which peeked like cleavage
down out of her shoes
…
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