So It Goes

While I don’t have a kickass collection of...

May 2nd

According to the helpful apps on my iPhone, it will take me...

May 1st

Nerdy Nerd Friday: Pop Music Trivia Night Edition Twice a...

May 1st

My dream last night.

katefeetie: I was moving into my new apartment, which, for some reason, was a series of...

May 1st

I Swear, I'd Talk About More Than One...

So the idea of starting a music-themed Tumblr has been rattling around my brain.  Actually, I...

May 1st

Suck it, Achilles tendon.

May 1st

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molls: Who knew Thom Yorke laughs like this? I had no clue. When I wake up, I look terrifyingly...

May 1st

The South FTW. Taken in a small town in South Carolina...

May 1st

For the record, my avatar has always...

May 1st

And you…and you…and you…and…

Apr 30th

via: smokeandacoke

Apr 30th

texburgher: TWOOTENANNY! Thanks @dascola for designing this...

Apr 30th

spmorrissey: Morrissey cookies BUY ME THESE! If I’m...

Apr 30th

Forever21 adding Plus-sized line

Apr 30th

Here Mom, Happy Mother’s Day.  No, it’s not just...

Apr 30th

BitchBuzz: My Unfortunate L&O Obsession

Apr 30th

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The Decemberists, “Margaret in Captivity” Since I don’t trust my own brain, I...

Apr 29th

Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a...

Apr 29th

My face cost me two followers. Back to posting things like...

Apr 29th

I’m sorry to litter everyone’s Tumblr dashboard...

Apr 29th

GPOYW: Senior Portrait Edition In which I cling to wicker...

Apr 29th

Agent Provocateur's new range, "Sirens",...

Apr 28th

Seen The Lights Go Out on Broadway

Apr 28th

The Beatles, “Hello Goodbye” Wordle-style, yo.

Apr 28th

Free Robyn Hitchcock Track

Apr 28th

Obviously this is why my car has a license plate holder on...

Apr 28th

By the time this Soy Milk expires, I’ll be 30. In a...

Apr 28th

1) Scroll to the bottom of your Facebook page. 2) On the...

Apr 28th

From the Ol’ Mountain Trader, Beckley, WV. Circa July...

Apr 28th

I Feel Like Sharing This, Internet

Six Bands Everyone Says I Should Like But I Really Don’t Dig At All: —Bat For Lashes ...

Apr 27th

Yes.

Apr 27th

So this is a thing now.  A thing that will be completely...

Apr 27th

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R.E.M.’s Out of Time was one of the first CDs I ever bought, dropped onto the Electronics...

Apr 27th

via juxtaposition

Apr 27th

I Win.

My Sister the Nurse: And then I had to consult with a phlebotamist. Oh, you probably don't know what that is, do you?
Me: No, but you wouldn't understand some terms from my job either. Like "pajamas" or "poverty".

Apr 26th

Friday night is when the magic happens. And by magic, I...

Apr 24th

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You guys know how my heart throbs for Morrissey but after seeing his “I’m Throwing My...

Apr 24th

AWESOME. I’ll be covering the festival for...

Apr 24th

“In November 2000, the United States held a presidential...”
— Chuck Klosterman, circa 2005. ...

Apr 24th

I Love You, Minneapolis Public Radio

Apr 24th

via: faneffingtastic

Apr 24th

My college friend Mike used to say “If the summit were the objective, mountain climbers would...

Apr 24th

SEXY SEX THURSDAY, Part Deux: Full KISS Makeup Edition YOU...

Apr 23rd

SEXY SEX THURSDAY: Alan Rickman Submitted without comment...

Apr 23rd

I also just noticed that they refer...

And that’s when I stopped writing my cover letter.

Apr 23rd

If you're applying for a position as a...

Apr 23rd

I just realized that running a 1:33 Half...

I never learn.

Apr 23rd

As do teenage vampire aficionados. -tee via Palmer Cash

Apr 23rd

“30 Rock is the smartest show on television. Tina [Fey] is...”
— Michael Caine See,...

Apr 23rd

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Today’s Tunage: The Minus 5, “I’m Not Bitter” I’m high on the Minus 5...

Apr 23rd

I pasted this on my blog too but can someone please help me...

Apr 23rd

Robyn Hitchcock: Live on The Current

Apr 23rd

Damn right I am. Now I just need to be Freakishly Employed™...

Apr 22nd

insooutso: Are you sure you don’t have Lupus? Actually, this season it’s amyloidosis with...

Apr 22nd

GPOYCW: Gratuitous Picture of Your Cane Wednesday ...

Apr 22nd

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Today’s Tunage: The Bystanders, “98.6” I’m quietly celebrating a return to...

Apr 22nd

48 hours post-race and I’m still totally immobile,...

Apr 22nd

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I can think of several other questions to ask him.  Namely “Do you prefer the side by the...

Apr 22nd

kayfabe:jordantumbles: She lived with this cutaneous horn...

Apr 21st

Pictured (Clockwise from the middle of my face):...

Apr 20th

On the bus to the starting line. I’m decked out with...

Apr 20th

Well, I’ve eaten a bucket of pasta, downed several...

Apr 20th

That Time I Liked Crowded House (Week Ending...

Apr 19th

Game time. Be back in nine innings.

Apr 19th

1) When you’re by yourself, the Fan Foto people ignore...

Apr 19th

BAYSBAWL TIME.

Apr 19th

My official race number. This will be pinned to my chest...

Apr 19th

caragh: This is the saddest thing Time has ever done to...

Apr 19th

OHAI. Here’s the exhausted and cranky version of...

Apr 18th

That’s right.  I’m having SAVAGE ENERGY for...

Apr 18th

OK, I Lied...

There’s one more race-related post.  Other than “Why the hell do you pay a hundred bones...

Apr 18th

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This is, hands down, one of my favorite running songs ever.  I play it at the beginning of every...

Apr 17th

Listen

Dropkick Murphys: Shipping Up to Boston In 24 hours I’ll be in the air, heading to Baaaastin...

Apr 17th

Thanks to sloganeerist whose posts last week reminded me...

Apr 16th

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Birds of Avalon: Superpower This track opens with the same shuffle as Steely Dan’s “Do...

Apr 16th

For snuh, since this post of his shook loose a memory of the...

Apr 16th

Three Things About That Guy I’m Always On About: 1)...

Apr 15th

Just in case you thought I could control how dorky I let...

Apr 15th

GFPOYDITMOCE: Gratuitous Fake Polaroid of Yourself Dressed...

Apr 15th

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The Kinks: “Sunny Afternoon” It’s not often—or ever—that tax...

Apr 15th

Dear I.R.S.: I hope you like my stamps more than I liked...

Apr 14th

“You’re OK You’re all right Don’t have to...”
— Nick Lowe, “Wish You...

Apr 14th

Not only is Nick Lowe one of my fave musicians1 this ad...

Apr 14th

“Got a head full of attitude and nowhere to put it” —Lloyd Cole, “Tell Your...

Apr 14th

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I’m giving you an earworm this morning that wasn’t written by my favorite grey-haired...

Apr 14th

Listen

Here’s the part of the day when I force-feed you some Robyn Hitchcock. Today’s track...

Apr 13th

Watch

In what promises to be my final Dead-themed post, here’s a two-minute clip of “Jack...

Apr 13th

Here’s a slightly-better-than-crappy shot of...

Apr 13th

Choose Your Own Adventure: Either I am A) backstage before...

Apr 12th

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R.E.M.- “Perfect Circle” This song is 3 minutes and 31 seconds of perfect. It gets me...

Apr 12th

This tee is printed with flock-lettered untruths, telling...

Apr 12th

Never forget.

Apr 12th

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Happy (Mitch) Easter! Mitch Easter is a musician, producer and one-time “coolest man in...

Apr 12th

It’s officially Easter so excuse me while I make out...

Apr 12th

“Nothing’s for certain, it can always go wrong. ...”
— Grateful Dead bass player Phil...

Apr 12th

I’m trying to do the final edit on my Robyn Hitchcock...

Apr 11th

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Bell X1: “Rocky Took A Lover” Here’s a trippy little vid for a gorgeous,...

Apr 11th

The Replacements, NYC, 1984 Photo Credit: Stephanie...

Apr 11th

I wasn’t supposed to be a runner.  I heard that so many times from so many M.D.s, exchanging a...

Apr 11th

Runtie: So have you tie-dyed yourself for the Dead concert on Sunday?
Me: No, not yet.
Runtie: You should totally smoke your dog's tail.
Me: I don't even know what that means.
Runtie: Me either. Are you going to tell Pigpen that you named your dog Pigpen?
Me: Um. That Pigpen died in 1973.
Runtie: Oh. Is Jerry Garcia dead?
Me: Yes. Since 1995.
Runtie: Do they have any other dead ones?
Me: Yeah, all the keyboardists. Keith Godchaux, Vince Welnick and Brett Mydland.
Runtie: Bette Midler? No way, she's still alive!

Apr 10th

The days when the words don’t come, that they...

Apr 10th

Jane Lynch | The 25 Funniest Women in...

Apr 10th

Dr. Peter Venkman: We came, we saw, we kicked its ass!

Apr 10th

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I finally mined my memory for the 21 songs Robyn Hitchcock played at Cat’s Cradle the other...

Apr 10th

“If I may speak for every member of the Dodger organization,...”
— Vin Scully, as only Vin Scully...

Apr 10th

Jerry Garcia is on my list of People I Wish I’d Had...

Apr 9th

My marathon weekend Sawx ticket just arrived and I’m...

Apr 9th

Peter Buck Carrboro, NC 04.08.09

Apr 9th

Robyn Hitchcock Carrboro, NC 04.08.09

Apr 9th

Local reporter accuses Easter Bunny of being...

Apr 9th

“I know you. You know all the words!”
— Venus 3 and R.E.M. guitarist...

Apr 9th

“And protect your vinyl!”
— The last thing Robyn Hitchcock...

Apr 9th

Apr 9th

It’s approximately five minutes before Robyn Hitchcock comes onstage and I’m standing...

Apr 9th

Reason Number 8,734,153 Why My Mother Is Awesome: She clips...

Apr 8th

GPOYW: London Edition This was taken via the self-timer and...

Apr 8th

“Best roadkill ever…a huge fish. My thoughts:...”
— Post-roadkill text from my...

Apr 8th

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Here’s a clip of Robyn Hitchcock and Deni Bonet singing “I Got You, Babe”. No,...

Apr 8th

So all the cool kids have been posting shots of their desks....

Apr 8th

“I’m sick of being the undiscovered genius.”
— Stephen Patrick Morrissey, age...

Apr 8th

This may explain why Daniel Tiger found that key hidden...

Apr 8th

“Give up your job Squander your cash, be rash Just hold On...”
— Morrissey, “Hold On To...

Apr 7th

The lovely and recently shorn BaileyGenine requested...

Apr 7th

insooutso: The concerts, the trips to England…it’s all...

Apr 7th

Part of the Words to Work By poster set, designed by...

Apr 7th

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“Please note that Pestilence closes at 6.” This is a :50 goof from Robyn...

Apr 7th

WTF Site of the Day: BoarTaint Dot Com, which discusses what...

Apr 7th

I love House too, but the first person to put a Lawrence...

Apr 7th

This baby grew a dick on its back. Your argument is...

Apr 7th

“People have been gathering [at Top of the Hill] since 10...”
— Jermont Terry, WXII 12 (North...

Apr 6th

It wasn’t on the list but there’s nothing worse...

Apr 6th

This will never stop being funny to me. Much like...

Apr 6th

In exactly two weeks, at 10 a.m. on April 20, I’ll be...

Apr 6th

I am approximately 59 hours away from being in the same room...

Apr 6th

Dear Monday, Please go away. Seriously. Piss off. XOXO, ...

Apr 6th

Answers/Responses

zolora: If all the Presidents had to fight to the death, who would emerge...

Apr 6th

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-5)

Apr 6th

Is anyone else remotely unsettled by this Chevy commercial...

Apr 5th

The More You Know: Part 2

I have a cold Diet Dr. Pepper (Cherry-ish version) and am ready to tackle the second set of...

Apr 5th

“I’ve thrown a lot of time away to be with you/So...”
— Lyric from Robyn...

Apr 5th

The More You Know: Part 1

OK, while I microwave my Trader Joe’s Butter Chicken (Butter? I BARELY KNOW HER! I AM SO...

Apr 4th

Apr 4th

Wait...What?

Since this has become a thing, I’ll join in too.1 Clicky on the little box below and ask me...

Apr 4th

According to a dream I just had, this: :-)—8—€ Is the international symbol for...

Apr 4th

Ballin’. Shot callin’. And then doing that...

Apr 4th

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I’m swiffering my kitchen1 and listening to Huey Lewis, which means that it’s 8 a.m. and...

Apr 4th

And we’ll close out tonight’s Morrissey-themed...

Apr 2nd

I am eating nachos with the hand that Morrissey touched. He’s essentially feeding me.

Apr 2nd

Morrissey shook my hand. I touched Morrissey. Your argument is invalid.

Apr 2nd

Apr 2nd

Apr 2nd

Holy Crap.

I think Morrissey and I are staying in the same hotel. Hotels.com, if you were a person I’d...

Apr 1st

GPOYW: Bubblicious edition

Apr 1st

Dear Virginia & Left Virginia: Thanks for being...

Apr 1st

I should be in Columbus by 2:30, unless I fall into a...

Apr 1st

Yes, I like to pretend that he’s staring at my avatar,...

Apr 1st