June 2012
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“If you see anybody I know tell ‘em I hate ‘em all.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1926 (via phxpsyd)
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Dan Savage talks sex and raises money at the...
On Friday, June 22, author Dan Savage returned to the Twin Cities for a stage show of his sex advice column, Savage Love, at the Pantages Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. As a straight, married woman, I find myself to be a little outside of the demographic that Savage wishes to serve—a feeling that exploded during the first few minutes of his show when he AKA-ed his show something along the...
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a quickie in the reference section: JENS LEKMAN... →
snailsy:
JENS LEKMAN JUST RESPONDED TO THE EMAIL I SENT HIM IN JANUARY
H Sorry this is a few months late. Emails have been piling up the last year. I know what you’re saying re: varied terms [for ‘love’]. It makes me think of when I lived in Melbourne and I was looking at filling out a form to marry my best friend there. Their idea of a relationship was just so narrow. Man + woman. One house....
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“The primary “other factor” is the fact that there are too many artists competing...”
– So much to chew on in this piece but it’s 7:17 on a Friday and I have pre-trip laundry to do. SAVING IT FOR THE BUS. (via maura)
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Don't be "Brave": Run away from this dark and...
Is Brave the most atypical Pixar film ever? Pixar is known for making high-quality, innovative films that are clever and compelling. Brave takes a tired premise and spins it into an unnecessarily complicated narrative that stretches over long spans when there are more yawns than chuckles. The animation is high-quality, but that’s about it.
It’s an unfortunate misstep for the storied animation...
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The best classical musicians: What's wrong with...
One of the most controversial posts I’ve ever written for this column was a 2010 post titled “Why we shouldn’t do a damn thing about the decline of classical music.” In a nutshell, I argued that it’s pointless to take extraordinary measures to “save” classical music from its long-term decline in popularity: as long as the field continues to define itself...
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