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wrestling entropy: Best Music of 2007

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Friday, December 28, 2007. Best Music of 2007. Allrightallrightallrightallright. I've made you wait for this long, so let's just get straight to the good stuff, eh? Below I give you notes on my 2007 year-end mix, which I'm calling Minus the Drama and the Fraud. As it was in 2004. The CD version is a gift, and the list version is a simplified but fairly accurate summary of my year in music. Oh, and number one album: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? After the Pitchfork Music Festival. Of a similarly c...

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wrestling entropy: Inglourious Basterds and the Year in Film

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Monday, December 28, 2009. And the Year in Film. It probably goes without saying that Inglourious Basterds. Was one of my favorite movies this year. I'm not sure that it beats out Kill Bill. For my fave Tarantino of the '00s (I was just bowled over by what he accomplished with that film, esp. after revisiting it this summer), but it was unquestionably a highlight in the rather dull year that '09 was, for me, for movies. Put it, "No one, at this point, needs to be educated about the Nazis or the Holocaust...

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Motorways and Tramlines: July 2007

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You'll know where you are). One thing we will miss about the old place are the cherry tomatoes, which have been ripening at their leisure in our small garden plot. Yesterday the first one was finally ready. Nicole and I shared it. She had her half straight up. I put a touch of black pepper on mine. It was amazing. Hopefully more will ripen before we make the big move on Saturday. The Amazing (Apartment) Race. We found a new apartment! Truthfully, we were THIIIIS. So we started aggressively searching.

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wrestling entropy: Best Music of 2006

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Saturday, December 23, 2006. Best Music of 2006. Well, my bebes, as 2006's year-end list-making extravaganza swells. To positively orgiastic proportions, I simply cannot withhold the track listing of my third. Best-of mix CD any longer. The physical copies of the disks are slow in coming on account of my lamentable slothiness in getting the liner notes text to Mr. monkey.press. I'm calling the comp O Unfathomable Firmament. 1 When You Wasn’t Famous- The Streets. 2 We Used to Vacation- Cold War Kids.

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wrestling entropy: Viva Harvestime!

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Tuesday, December 20, 2005. Attention denizens of Lincoln Square: the Harvestime grocery store has been remodeled! And not just remodeled, but expanded! Big deal. Check it out. I'm glad to see that so many other bloggers on Ye Olde Internette have been providing links to this weekend's " Lazy Sunday. Pitchfork lists their Top Fifty Albums. For 2005 today. As suspected, Sufjan's Illinois. And, speaking of best-of 2005 lists, big, big love goes out to the Real Slim Chaney for his gorgeous. 7 Is This Love?

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Motorways and Tramlines: March 2007

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You'll know where you are). Culture of Corruption, Impunity in Guatemala. Below is a Washington Post article reporting on the activities of the oh-so-honorable Guatemalan police forces. Thanks to Nicole for passing it on. The original article can be found here. Linked Killings Undercut Trust In Guatemala. Culture of Corruption, Impunity Exposed. Washington Post Foreign Service. Friday, March 23, 2007; A10. GUATEMALA CITY - It began with four charred bodies on a dirt road. The back-to-back sets of killing...

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Motorways and Tramlines: January 2007

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You'll know where you are). Guatemalan Slang - Vol. 1. Textbook Spanish is just the tip of the iceberg. The fun really starts when you get into the slang. The literal translations of these sayings can be hilarious. (To be of bad fleas? Luckily, the folks at www.xelawho.com. Have posted a handy guide to Guatemalan slang and sayings. I'll be re-posting them here for your viewing pleasure. Estar de malas pulgas. To be of bad fleas. To be in a bad mood. Buscar pelos en la sopa. To look for hairs in the soup.

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wrestling entropy: Fat February

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Sunday, February 21, 2010. Don't let anybody tell you otherwise, kittens: this is the best time of year. Oh sure, the weather is bullshit and the winter weight gain is in full effect, but: the early darkness! The implicit permission to avoid social engagements in favor of reading books on your couch and going out to movies alone! It's easy to bitch about the craptacular nature of February- and I do, often- but really, I'm having a blast. A quiet, sleepy, fat blast. Was also extremely well used here.

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Motorways and Tramlines: January 2008

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You'll know where you are). Over the holidays, my friend D and I decided to get serious about this photography business. So we entered into a friendly competition: twice per month we'll be traipsing about town seeing who can take the best shots. I'm not totally clear on who serves as the judge for this competition. I'm hoping it's Nicole, because that give me a sporting chance. D already has quite a portfolio, so if it really is just a question of pure skill, I'm screwed. Zap Brannigan, I'm eyeing you.