Everything in its Write Place
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The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
I keep on saying that Waterloo Sunset is the best pop song ever written.
There’s no easy way to tell why we like certain songs. To my mind though, one recurring factor is the songwriter’s attention to detail. And that exactly is what makes Waterloo Sunset special. It is about the mundane: lovers meet in Waterloo station, two people among many. It is about that moment we gaze outside our windows and notice beauty in simple serenity. This song is about the way we construct paradise and project it to the environment surrounding us.
I realized how much I love this song after I revisited my favorite city in the world, New York. And many of us know that feeling that crashes as soon as we touch down back home. Then it hits us: our favorite cities are such because our relationships with them are fleeting and ephemeral. Then three days, four days pass. Soon, we fathom that traffic-laden Manila is our charming little Waterloo Sunset after all, offering a paradise we barely see in the rush of banality.-Glenn
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Orange Peels - You’re so Clever
What’s the catchiest song you’ve ever heard? This is mine.
The funny thing is, I don’t know anything about the Orange Peels. And there’s nothing much about them online. This is pop in a vacuum — a sprightly slice of indie sunshine that has no other purpose but to make an unassuming listener smile.
Of course, this is unless “you’re so clever / I just have to let you know” is secretly sarcastic. And this has been bugging me for years. No use trying to figure out what as-of-now-nameless singer intended, though. This is pop in a vacuum. - Glenn
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The Creatures Capturing America’s Hearts
I’m fairly sure the years of “mutant turtles” and “ghosts of swayze” won’t ever be replicated.
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zombiesmaketheheartgrowfonder:
Muppet centipede, courtesy of my husband.
I’m torn between laughing and wanting to vomit.
This. Is. Amazing. I am dying laughing.
ONE DIGESTIVE TRACK!
(Source: maritsa-met)
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Looking For Sydney
It always makes me wonder, how people ever meet people. Now I’ve met a couple of people from a couple of places, like in bars, coffee shops, schools, and all. I’ve done sufficient research and active participation to come up with answers, but none of them seem to hit the right notes.
Last weekend, though, in the great Coachella gathering, I didn’t meet a girl. I found one.
Love found, set against a background of Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, and Strokes songs. Fantastic.
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”50 Cent did not disappoint. He ordered a grapefruit soda. The waiter brings him the grapefruit soda. And then 50 Cent said the greatest thing anyone could ever say when you see a grapefruit soda…He looks at the waiter and says, “Why isn’t this purple?” And it took me a few seconds, and then I realized, “Oh my god, 50 Cent has no idea what a grapefruit is!”… I was like, “Everybody in the restaurant, you need to SHUT UP right now cuz a waiter’s about to explain to a grown man what a grapefruit is.
Aziz Ansari on Letterman last night, explaining his spotting of 50 Cent at a restaurant in NYC (via culturalcloseup, andria)
(Source: call-me-clayz)
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No better end to one’s day than getting challenged by random right-wingers to a twitter debate about the RH Bill. Me on the left (pro RH, obviously), random Tea-Partier on the right (anti RH).
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Macro of the Day: This should have been his official statement.
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Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phonebooth With Money in My Hand
Phone booth >...
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This Day In History of the Day: On April 17, 1991 — 20 years ago today — an up-and-coming Seattle...
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42% of people who graduate from college never read another book.
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