February 2012
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“One day I had a story published with my name on it, but it wasn’t me.” “I don’t get you.” Hitchcock’s face was pale and sweating. “I can only say that I looked at the page with my name under the title. By Joseph Hitchcock. But it was some other man. There was no way to prove - actually prove, really prove - that that man was me. The story was...
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“We’re all fools…all the time. It’s just we’re a different kind each day. We think, I’m not a fool today. I’ve learned my lesson. I was a fool yesterday but not this morning. Then tomorrow we find out that, yes, we were a fool today too. I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.”
—Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man (No...
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January 2012
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WatchAurora Borealis at Tromvik Norway
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Lifeblood by Halls Definitely reminds me of the...
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December 2011
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Favorite Albums of 2011 ~ 20-1
[Tier 1]
1. Bon Iver ~ Bon Iver
2. Let England Shake ~ PJ Harvey
3. Helplessness Blues ~ Fleet Foxes
4. Strange Mercy ~ St. Vincent
5. Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming ~ M83
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6. James Blake ~ James Blake
7. Father, Son, Holy Ghost ~ Girls
8. Nine Types of Light ~ TV On the Radio
9. Angles ~ The Strokes
10. Cults ~ Cults
11. Nothing Is Wrong ~ Dawes
12. The Year of...
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Favorite Albums of 2011 ~ 40-21
21. The Whole Love ~ Wilco
22. The King of Limbs ~ Radiohead
23. 21 ~ Adele
24. Codes and Keys ~ Death Cab for Cutie
25. All Eternals Deck ~ The Mountain Goats
26. Belong ~ The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
27. Undun ~ The Roots
28. 100 Lovers ~ Devotchka
29. Kaputt ~ Destroyer
30. Only In Dreams ~ Dum Dum Girls
31. Parallax ~ Atlas Sound
32. Tomboy ~ Panda...
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Favorite Songs of the Year ~ 25-1
1. Helplessness Blues ~ Fleet Foxes
2. Michicant ~ Bon Iver
3. Intro / Midnight City ~ M83
4. 17 ~ Youth Lagoon
5. Cruel ~ St. Vincent
6. The Wilhelm Scream / Limit To Your Love ~ James Blake
7. Give Up The Ghost ~ Radiohead
8. Under Cover of Darkness ~ The Strokes
9. The Glorious Land ~ PJ Harvey
10. Battery Kinzie ~ Fleet Foxes
11. Calamity Song / Don’t Carry It...
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Favorite Songs of the Year ~ 50-26
26. Believer ~ John Maus
27. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall ~ Coldplay
28. Out Scorpion Squadron ~ The Mountain Goats
29. Anxiety / All That We Are ~ Angels and Airwaves
30. Video Games ~ Lana Del Ray
31. You Are A Tourist ~ Death Cab For Cutie
32. Lonely Boy / Little Black Submarines ~ The Black Keys
33. Better Off Without You ~ Summer Camp
34. Rolling In The Deep ~ Adele
35. Culture...
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Favorite Songs of the Year ~ 75-51
51. Damn These Vampires / Birth Of Serpants ~ The Mountain Goats
52. A Candle’s Fire / Santa Fe ~ Beirut
53. The One Thing I Can’t Have ~ John Glenn
54. Belispeak ~ Purty Ring
55. Lesson No. 7 ~ Clock Opera
56. Home ~ Daughter
57. Gangsta ~ Tune-Yards
58. I Don’t Want Love / Corsicana ~ The Antlers
59. Crystal Ball Broken ~ Coma Cinema
60. Slow Motion...
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Favorite Songs of the Year ~ Part 1 - 100-76
Favorite Songs of the Year (100-76)
76. Family ~ Satellite Stories
77. Saying I Love You ~ Girls
78. Bedroom Eyes / Caught In One ~ Dum Dum Girls
79. Bay Of Pigs (Detail) / Savage Night At The Opera ~ Destroyer
80. Paradise ~ Coldplay
81. (All I Wanted Was) Danger ~ The Milk
82. We Bros ~ Wu Lyf
83. Working On A Dream ~ Wintercoats
84. Vice Verse ~ Switchfoot
85. Make That Money...
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Favorite Films of 2011
Besides for 2011 being a year that I enabled myself to dive into the unending ocean of noise. I was also able to take in many more films of greater quality. I subjected myself to many more foreign films and non-hollywood blockbusters in an attempt to find what I thought was lacking from my film watching experiences of late. In the end, I immensely enjoyed my film watching experience this year. It...
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Favorite Songs of the Year ~ Honorable Mentions
I would have to say that the year of 2011 in music was definitely a deep one. Part of it could be myself putting more time into listening but I also believe that it was also just exceptionally good. While attempting to weave together some sort of ‘best of’ list, I definitely benefited from all the music that I was able to take in. This list in particular would be the songs/artists who...
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Favorite Covers of 2011
I have found it extremely enjoyable over the years to hear how other music artists interpret songs that they appreciate by other artists. You can sometimes find that the song will not change too much besides the new vocals driving it. Other times you can hear the original song but with a new style of play to it. Or you may even fortunate enough to find that the song has been completely reinvented...
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Reservoir Of Tears
“In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place, and in the morning the weatherman could report if the water level of the Reservoir of Tears had gone up or down, and you could know if New York was in heavy boots. And when...
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There was no “Mission Accomplished” banner. No victory parade down the center of this capital scarred and rearranged by nearly nine years of war. No crowds of cheering Iraqis grateful for liberation from Saddam Hussein. Instead, the U.S. military officially declared an end to its mission in Iraq on Thursday with a businesslike closing ceremony behind blast walls in a fortified compound...
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