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peterwknox: boardsofbk: Zombie Hut, Carroll Gardens Down on...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:39:44 -0400

peterwknox:

boardsofbk:

Zombie Hut, Carroll Gardens

Down on Smith St by me. Neat tumblr idea. Zombie Hut always has good ones.

helloyouhellome: - David Foster Wallace a brilliant, brilliant...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:11:22 -0500

helloyouhellome:

- David Foster Wallace

a brilliant, brilliant man.

"Because Seattle is so disconnected from the mainstream in this small corner of the huge United..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:22:42 -0500

“Because Seattle is so disconnected from the mainstream in this small corner of the huge United States, we could never produce the kind of predictable rappers who are obsessed with gold everything (Atlanta’s Trinidad James) or have a serious boner for fucking problems (NYC’s A$AP Rocky). Our rappers are instead asking girls to buy them drinks (Don’t Talk to the Cops!), or having Christmas on the moon (THEESatisfaction), or celebrating the greatness of a Filipino deli on Beacon Hill (Blue Scholars), or feeling like $1,000 in 1988 (Fresh Espresso), or dealing with an old beat-up Volvo (Grynch). “Thrift Shop” will sound like something that came straight out of the blue if you don’t come from “The Town.””

- Seattle Saves Hip Hop, Again [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/seattle-saves-hiphop-again/Content?oid=15874229] (via fuckyeahmacklemore)

hobartpulp: Four hours before my 3rd shift, Sertaun is behind...

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:21:49 -0500

hobartpulp:

Four hours before my 3rd shift, Sertaun is behind home plate calling balls and strikes and I am hung over as shit standing behind first, a few paces off the base path. Sertaun knows I am hung over, that I have to work, that I’ve come to regret this volunteer opportunity more than I could possibly imagine, and that I all I want to do is get the fuck off of the field so I can go to my car and light a cigarette and not think for a few hours before I go stand behind a cash register and not think for a few hours. Sertaun knows these things, but calls a ball after the nine year old on the mound puts one in the dirt, and the nine year old at the plate starts to fish down for the ball, but pulls back before his bat breaks the plane of the plate.

(via Hobart :: The Holding, The Explosion)

Here’s the first para of a pretty great story by Caleb Curtiss, from before he was promoted to the majors (i.e. he’s now a Hobart Web Editor), included in last year’s annual baseball issue. We just opened submissions for 2013’s Baseball Issue. Submit and help make it awesome?

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Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:20:59 -0500

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Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:18:37 -0500

bookpickings: Both Flesh and Not: Essays David Foster...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:30:13 -0500

bookpickings:

Both Flesh and Not: Essays

David Foster Wallace

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”

David Foster Wallace on the nature of fun:

bookpickings: My Ideal Bookshelf Jane Mount & Thessaly La...

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:29:52 -0500

bookpickings:

My Ideal Bookshelf

Jane Mount & Thessaly La Force

Artist Jane Mount paints “portraits” of beloved thinkers (writers, artists, filmmakers, philosophers) through the spines of their favorite books – absolutely wonderful:

Harlem - Obama 2012

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:49:59 -0500

Harlem - Obama 2012

nba-4-life: Another reason I missed the NBA: the fans.

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:22:07 -0400

nba-4-life:

Another reason I missed the NBA: the fans.

wired: nevver: The New Yorker Just… brilliant.

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:21:41 -0400

wired:

nevver:

The New Yorker

Just… brilliant.

"In the abstract, most Americans want a smaller and less intrusive government. In reality, what..."

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:14:31 -0400

“In the abstract, most Americans want a smaller and less intrusive government. In reality, what Americans really want is a government that spends less money on other people. Hurricane Sandy is a perfect, microcosmic example of America’s attitude toward government. We have millions of people who, most of the year, are ready to bash anyone who accepts government aid as a parasitic welfare queen, but the instant the water level rises a few feet too high in their own neighborhoods, those same folks transform into little Roosevelts, full of plaudits for the benefits of a strong state. The truth is, nobody, be he rich or poor, wants his government services cut.”

- Hurricane Sandy and the Myth of the Big Government-vs.-Small-Government Debate | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone (via peterwknox)

The World’s Most Wonderful Bookstores!

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:14:17 -0400

thepersonificationofperfection:

Poplar Kid’s Republic

Beijing

Livraria Lello

Porto, Portugal

Shakespeare & Co. Antiquarian Books

Paris

El Péndulo

Mexico City

Selexyz Bookstore

Maastricht, Holland

Cook and Book

Brussels, Belgium

El Ateneo Grand Splendid

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ler Devagar

Lisbon, Portugal

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Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:12:13 -0400

emilyinternet: drinkyourjuice: mildlyamused: Firefighters...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:16:18 -0400

emilyinternet:

drinkyourjuice:

mildlyamused:

Firefighters going car to car on Avenue C to make sure no one is trapped inside. Bless them.

This made me teary.

thank god for our first responders. we are so lucky to have our bravest out and about making sure we come through this as safely as we can.

"212. It always saddens me to leave the field. Even fielding the final out of the World Series, deep..."

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:55:30 -0400

“212. It always saddens me to leave the field. Even fielding the final out of the World Series, deep in the truest part of me, felt like death.”

- Aparicio Rodriguez, The Art of Fielding (via mightyflynn)

fullmetalstarterjacket: This Bird Has Flown

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:33:33 -0400

fullmetalstarterjacket:

This Bird Has Flown

nevver: H.P. Lovecraft

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:32:24 -0400

nevver:

H.P. Lovecraft

stormingthefloor: Reblogged for the ghost of...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:28:23 -0400

stormingthefloor:

Reblogged for the ghost of Wilt.

surgeeeoh:

Kobe Bryant

stormingthefloor: What an awesome basketball refuge.

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:28:02 -0400

stormingthefloor:

What an awesome basketball refuge.