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#192; friday I’m in love – NYC & London edition
This past week, I’ve finally succumbed to so much.
To sleeping when I’m tired (I remember the glory days of ‘I’m 21, I’ll sleep when I’m dead’ with real longing sometimes). To the chemicals in my brain. To the fact that I need to schedule – on my calendar – times to call friends and family who aren’t in Boston because if I don’t, it just won’t make it into my day. I have even gotten myself one of those hipster photo apps.
And so, it seemed only natural that I would succumb to some of the trends sweeping the world, and I did, almost gladly (with a tinge of hipster self-loathing, of course). This week’s Friday I’m in Love contains a lot of cliche, just to warn you.
→ I’m not much of an Anglophile (though I like British music and Harry Potter a ton), and my idea of an awesome old Monarchy to be obsessed with is the Court of Alexandra and Nicholas II of pre-Revolution Russia, but I have been guilty of lurking on celebrity blogs all week to check out news about William & Kate’s wedding. And so, this week, I’m obviously in love with the future King and Queen-Consort-To-Be. And London. Because how cool would it be to be at the Abbey next week? Possibly not cool enough to go on a hunger strike, though. And the Vanity Fair coverage of Charles/Di vs. William/Kate is kind of awesome.
→ This week I discovered n+1, and it’s love at first sight for the Brooklyn literary mag and I. I’m planning an Autumn wedding in NYC, naturally. The website is stuffed with awesome literary fiction and research on genre lit, Brooklyn history, and general awesome-ness, and the 11th issue (Spring 2011) was just published! Go get your Park Slope fill from wherever you may be lusting after brownstones.
→ Continuing with the “NY mags I heart theme” – I’m completely obsessed with Vanity Fair in general these days. A topless Rob Lowe on the cover? Their London coverage. The website is amazing. The most thoughtful and beautiful piece about Tim Hetherington’s life and death that I’ve read yet? I’ve even taken to buying it monthly and might consider an old school subscription. Someone get me Conde Nast on the phone, they’ve clearly stolen my soul.
So what are you into this week? It’s Friday! Let’s be in love.
#087; it’s a small world after all…
At Limbo is back in the District tonight! I’ve much awesome to write about, including a trip to the legendary Bitter End in NYC with BP (photographer extraordinaire) and Adrian Hardkor (who played while we were up there tonight).
First up soon will surely be a recap of my week with Mickey & friends and a review of the Drunk Tigers, who have an album coming out in a few weeks.
Hope your week has been a great one, and I’ll catch you all again as I finish catching up on real life!
#074; there’s no accounting for taste (2009)
Rather than pretending to be an authority on any subject or fandom, I’ve decided to simply to a series of posts that encompass my favorites of 2009, rather than the ‘best of’ anything in particular. And so, here they are, my favorites, brought to you via graphics & lists by yours truly (in no particular order).
My Favorite… Live Music Venues
IOTA (Arlington VA)
Goodbye Blue Monday (Brooklyn, NY)
Honorable Mentions
DC9, Galaxy Hut; Asylum; Solly’s U St.;
The Barns at Wolftrap; The Market Commons (Myrtle Beach, SC);
The Living Room & Googies (NYC)
My Favorite… Albums
Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective; Grand, Matt and Kim;
All I Ever Wanted, Kelly Clarkson; Battle Studies, John Mayer
I and You and Love, The Avett Brothers; It’s Not Me, It’s You, Lily Allen;
Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear; Hot Mess, Cobra Starship; The Fame Monster, Lady Gaga
The Time of our Lives (EP), Miley Cyrus; Heartbeat Radio, Sondre Lerche;
Break Up, Scarlett Johansson & Pete Yorn; The Resistance, Muse; Kris Allen, Kris Allen
Soundtrack – Where the Wild Things Are, Karen O;
Soundtrack – Glee (vol 1 & vol 2), The Glee Cast
After the jump, check out my favorites and my disappointments, as well as missed opportunities in TV and movies!
#044; Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. (twain)
via startbreathing @ tumblr
I was sad to have missed the March for Equality this weekend in DC, having been involved in the Prop 8 protests last year and wanting to be more involved in politics in general (especially issues I feel so strongly about as this one). However, I did spend a wonderful weekend with my parents instead, which I don’t get to do nearly enough, and to satiate my political appetite I’m spending the next two weekends on the campaign trail for GOP Governor candidates in Ocean City, NJ and Northern Virgina.
Wait, what? Pro-GLBT Equality and yet going to work for Republican candidates?
Yes, we exist. Those rare creatures known as “socially liberal Republicans”. I’m ‘conservative’ (in the American two-party system definition) in just about every way but three. Equal rights. Reproductive rights. Israel/Palestine.
But that’s not the point of this post. The point is, seeing the marches going on around the country, seeing people truly get involved in this years state wide elections, finding myself more and more ingrained in a community I thought I had given up on long ago (politics); it’s inspiring me. I want to do good. I want to be good. I want to donate more and meet more people. I want to volunteer my time (if only I had time!!) and adopt a kitten instead of buying one. It’s pretty eye opening, and I’m surprising myself, and I’m grateful.
So yes, music posts have slowed down (though I have seen great sets by Alex Parex, Star FK Radium, Justin Trawick, Idea Track, Superficial Saints, Ken Wenzel, Rana Mansour, and Adrian Krygowski recently) but only because other areas of my life have been expanding. It’s a good thing, I think.
Here’s my question for you all today: How do you find yourself being inspired this autumn?
