sometimes a great notion: Archive

Dec 10th

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When You Awake - The Band

Dec 10th

Patricia: I wonder where we’ll end up? Joe: Away...

Dec 10th

I have come to the conclusion that Joe Versus the Volcano is officially impossible to write about. ...

Dec 10th

“When they are alone they want to be with others, and when...”
— Gertrude Stein (via...

Dec 9th

It’s officially When Harry Met Sally Day over at...

Dec 9th

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Men and Women Can Not Be Friends (When Harry Met Sally, 1989)

Dec 9th

truman show.

Dec 9th

Survivor, Roger McGough

Everyday, I think about dying. About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the...

Dec 9th

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very...”
— Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without...

Dec 9th

John Lennon (with son Sean) shows off the new automated...

Dec 9th

I’m starting my new job today!

Dec 8th

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Good Man - Josh Ritter (live) I want to be this happy about something in my life ever.

Dec 8th

I heard the night birds picking up the song, you threw your...

Dec 8th

a short list of things i'm embarrassed...

Crime and Punishment, Dosteovsky Beloved, Tony Morrison Animal Farm, George Orwell Catch-22,...

Dec 8th

when you are 21, you are allowed to...

i lost you over paris in the clouds in the way people reacted to the things that you said. i...

Dec 7th

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A cover to break your heart: Buckets of Rain (Bob Dylan)

Dec 7th

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from the ol’ music blog today… eceu: Famous - Super Deluxe POP GOES YOUR MONDAY...

Dec 7th

Summons (Or This Won’t Hurt You a Bit, and It’ll Cheer Me Up) - Mary Karr For an...

Dec 7th

I started reading this last week, and it is absolutely...

Dec 7th

“Or, in my case at least, I have been at some point in my...”
— filmosophy.: You’ve Got Mail...

Dec 7th

YouTube Film Degree: The Earlier Films...

(in chronological order) Take the Money and Run Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but...

Dec 7th

notlikethecheese: Great deal on Amazon for the entire...

Dec 7th

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Where Do You Go to My Lovely? - Peter Sarstedt

Dec 7th

Liz: No, thank you, I can’t – I’m going to be on TV this...

Dec 7th

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A Waltz for a Night - Julie Delpy (from Before Sunset)

Dec 7th

Dec 6th

Favorite fiction of 2009 from the L.A. Times

Dec 6th

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copycats: Merry Christmas Baby - Otis Redding (posted by sometimesagreatnotion) This is one of...

Dec 6th

eceu: SATURDAY IS FOR FANTASTIC COVERS Love Hurts (Gram...

Dec 6th

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I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Julian Casablancas originally by SNL Cast (Horatio Sanz, Jimmy...

Dec 5th

Married (Happily) With Issues (New York Times...

Dec 5th

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David Brent Does a Role Play Every single thing Ricky Gervais does in this scene is brilliant.

Dec 5th

“There’s a writing self which is not quite your...”
— Salman Rushdie

Dec 4th

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filmosophy2: Hotel Chevalier (Wes Anderson, 2007) The short film that Anderson made to be played...

Dec 4th

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Your Hand in Mine - Explosions in the Sky Friday paperwork music, only way more wonderful than that...

Dec 4th

Yep, it’s really happening. When Meaghan tells you...

Dec 4th

“Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our...”
— Rollo May

Dec 4th

The Orange - Wendy Cope At lunchtime I bought a huge orange The size of it made us all laugh. I...

Dec 4th

tylercoates: 13. You Can Count on Me When I make my own...

Dec 4th

2009 Year-End Online Music Lists

Dec 4th

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Angel’s Share - Doveman (live in a living room, 10/23 record release show) This is beautiful...

Dec 4th

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New Slang - The Shins

Dec 4th

currently watching: Paper Moon (1973)

Dec 4th

(nobody does short short stories quite...

WHAT I FEEL These days I try to tell myself that what I feel is not very important. I’ve...

Dec 3rd

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James Lipton on the dangers of sexting.

Dec 3rd

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copycats: Oh Well, Okay - Chad Perman originally by Elliott Smith (posted by...

Dec 3rd

Today on Filmosophy: Greg Brown on the latest Coen Brothers...

Dec 3rd

Opentape.fm

Dec 3rd

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eceu: To Travels & Trunks - Hey Marseilles It’s very much a Seattle record. Made out of...

Dec 3rd

Happiness is letting your almost three year old daughter...

Dec 3rd

Who am I, Kylie? Why a Fox? Why not a horse or a beetle or...

Dec 3rd

Wes Anderson on Charlie Rose (11/30/09)

Dec 3rd

finally saw this, and loved it very much.

Dec 3rd

this just in: i have changed my mind entirely, and will now be doing a top records of the decade...

Dec 3rd

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El Scorcho - Weezer (live in San Diego, 2001)

Dec 3rd

"First as Tragedy, Then As Farce":...

Dec 3rd

“It is absolutely impossible for a subject to see or have...”
— Nietzsche

Dec 3rd

Excuse me, do these effectively hide my thunder?

Dec 3rd

it felt weird not being on tumblr for almost 24 hours. that’s probably not good, right?

Dec 3rd

“A writer’s personality is his manner of being in the world:...”
— Zadie Smith Mills, I had been...

Dec 2nd

“How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof,...

Dec 2nd

apsies: Pam Lewis, right, and Mike Lewis, left, holds...

Dec 2nd

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Hooves - Bowerbirds

Dec 1st

life is tough.

I don’t talk all that much about my personal life on here, because I’m just not really...

Dec 1st

Happy Birthday, Allan Konigsberg! :)

Dec 1st

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notlikethecheese: In 1970, a major league pitcher threw a no-hitter while high on acid and...

Dec 1st

Happy December.

Dec 1st

Inside the mind of an actor (literally)

Dec 1st

“the heart has no bones, you say, so it won’t break...”
— Josh Ritter

Dec 1st