January 2010
113 posts
Reasons I Laughed Out Loud, Offending Several... →
“Basically, this movie seems very much like some guy – let us call him, for legal reasons, “Phlames Phlameron” – sat down and was like, “well, I like Star Wars. And I like masturbating to old copies of National Geographic. If only there were some way for me to combine these interests!””
“this is a love song, and if you know the words, you may not need to sing them...”
– john darnielle re: no children
it can't be helped
so I just noticed that my tumblr has become little more than an outlet for my burgeoning mountain goats obsession. sorry about that. feel free to blame john darnielle and his wicked songwriting skills — I certainly do.
“We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s...”
– Chuck Klosterman (Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story) (via ccchouette) (via iwasapostcard)
“Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you...”
– Conan O’Brien
Watchawh, j.timb.
Tom Waits Interview.
iwasapostcard:
christopher-kuehl:
aar0n:
This is a great interview. Here are a few of my favourite bits :
Q: What’s heaven for you?
A: Me and my wife on Rte. 66 with a pot of coffee, a cheap guitar, pawnshop tape recorder in a Motel 6, and a car that runs good parked right by the door.
Q: What’s wrong with the world?
A: We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being...
going to jamaica (the mountain goats)
I saw the last of the brightly colored birds
check out of maine for the other world
and you ask me how much longer we have to stay here
but I’m not at liberty to say
and what flowers there were around kingston are blue
I ripped them up from the dry soil and draped them over you
we saw the last of the bright colored birds coming home
I saw you address them through your megaphone...
Watchthedailywhat:
Lights Out: I drift / half awake / half asleep.
[theawesomer.]
Watchare we there yet?
Sleep Talkin' Man →
mattbraunger:
This lady wrote down everything her English husband said in his sleep for a couple nights. Fantastic.
Outstanding. Some early favorites:
“You’re pretty. Pretty pretty pretty pretty pretty…. [long pause] Now fuck off and be pretty somewhere else. I’m bored.” “Butter… nut… squash. I like those words.”
“My vision of hell...
