February 2010
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January 2010
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IN MAI FLESHFARWED I WUSS DRAINKIN
Insomnia is quickly becoming as much a part of a trip to the U.K. as pints of Guinness, the look of confusion on my face every time someone asks me, “You all right?” rather than “How are you?”, and prawn-overload (They’re everywhere; it’s like the U.K.’s version of the pomegranate {or formerly the passion fruit}; it’s a part of everything, all of a...
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A CELEBRATION OF DAVID FOSTER WALLACE →
peterwknox:
Nine peers pay tribute with a talk or essay. Strong suggestion.
Amy Wallace-Havens is David’s sister. She is a deputy public defender in southern Arizona. Bonnie Nadell is vice president of Frederick Hill Bonnie Nadell Agency in Los Angeles. Gerry Howard is an executive editor at large for Doubleday. Colin Harrison is a novelist, and a vice president and senior editor at...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
These Arms Are Snakes (24)
Oliver the Penguin (10)
Bark Psychosis (7)
Jack Conte (7)
Anja Garbarek (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF: GET INVOLVED
“This is water.”
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
KEN mode (6)
Converge (5)
Radiohead (5)
Silversun Pickups (5)
Colour Revolt (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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FROM THE DESK OF THRICE: PAUL SHIRLEY'S “CAN I... →
The fourth and final guest editorial I wrote for Magnet Magazine.
Paying tribute to written word with written word is always a bizarre exercise for me. It would be like me covering “Everything In It’s Right Place” by Radiohead to show you why I think you might like it, rather than just playing you the track from Kid A, or trying to reenact Magic Johnson’s game-winning...
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ATTN: PEOPLE WITH CSS AND/OR HTML KNOWLEDGE
Here’s the situation.
I really like this Tumblr theme.
I do not have the coding knowledge to add a sidebar to this theme that would contain a blogroll, and perhaps a playlist, readlist and watchlist. I really want this to happen without ditching the current theme.
*to clarify: I’m aware of the ability to post such things as individual posts. That’s not what I’m looking...
FROM THE DESK OF THRICE: RAMOS HOUSE CAFE →
In which, I share with you the best breakfast in the nation.
FROM THE DESK OF THRICE: LOS ANGELES ANGELS... →
The second of four Guest Editor pieces for Magnet Magazine.
FROM THE DESK OF THRICE: THE CROW BAR AND KITCHEN →
The first of four pieces I wrote as a Guest Editor for Magnet Magazine.
We were given the opportunity to write about whatever we felt like yammering about, and since we’ve had many opportunities over the years to write about music, instruments, songwriting, etc., I decided to take my entries in a different direction.
Hopefully you’ll enjoy reading these as much as I enjoyed writing...
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THIS IS WATER: SOME THOUGHTS, DELIVERED ON A...
I can’t recall exactly how I stumbled across this speech by David Foster Wallace at Kenyon College in 2005, but I can certainly recall how profoundly it moved me.
I read it. I read it again. I went back to certain passages. Read. Re-read. I scoured the web for video, audio, anything… I wanted to experience it in all possible forms.
Unfortunately, there was nothing more than the now...
HELLO THERE
A BRIEF AND SLIGHTLY VAGUE N.A.Q.B.S.I.T.I.S.P.C.B.W.G.S.*
Who is this?
My name is Riley. I play drums (and write music) in/for a band called Thrice. I like my family, my friends, my lady, music, sports, food (and drink), subtext, books, blogs, and activities that might help keep me from devolving into a fat pile of partly-functional organs (not necessarily in that order.)
What is this?
A...