There’s a period in your 20s when everyone’s partying and having fun. Then a few years later, it’s not so much fun. Some people adjust, and some people don’t. When I was in my early 20s, I worked in an office for a while, and I saw these people a little older than me just drifting. They were making just enough money to pay the rent and go out drinking. Before long they’re caught in something they can’t quite control; they feel trapped in their own lives.

Posted on January 30, 2012 with 1 note

Jack White’s debut solo album, Blunderbuss, is out April 24. Listen to the first single here.

Posted on January 30, 2012 via Pitchfork with 635 notes

The working title of the LP that eventually became The Beatles was A Doll’s House, and this painting by “Patrick” (John Byrne) was commissioned, then rejected, for the cover.

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Posted on January 27, 2012 via Covenger & Kester with 34 notes

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If you look at your Facebook newsfeed you’ll see stories about cute animals mixed with breaking news mixed with personal updates mixed with humor and jokes and entertainment and so you know, why not create a content site for that world instead of a world where you have to pretend that everything on one site is serious, and everything on another site is a joke?

PC Mag interviews Jonah Peretti.

Posted on January 25, 2012 with 2 notes

braiker:

“Take Bath”

curiositycounts:

Woodie Guthrie’s New Year’s resolutions list heading into 1942. A fine addition to the lists, to-dos, and illustrated inventories of famous creators.

Posted on December 19, 2011 via curiosity counts with 103 notes

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pitchfork:

Actress Rebecca Hall stars in the new video for James Blake’s “A Case of You”.

Posted on December 19, 2011 via Pitchfork with 160 notes

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That night I met you I wrote: It is possible i have imagined my entire life.

Sarah Manguso, Address to an Absent Lover (via kellybergin)

What a beautiful thought to have about someone.

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Posted on November 27, 2011 via Nine Lives with 8 notes

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Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: ‘It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to.’

Jim Jarmusch (via redvelvetteacake)

Posted on November 20, 2011 via Hillcake. with 118 notes

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breakingblog:

BreakingNews expands overseas with UK launch: In our first international expansion, we’re excited to announce we’re rolling out a United Kingdom edition of BreakingNews in partnership with MSN UK. BreakingNews.com along with MSN UK’s redesigned site now feature real-time updates from the UK. We’ve also launched a new Twitter account, @breakingnewsUK, which complements @breakingnews with UK-focused updates.

Our new London-based team of Dave Wyllie (@journodave) and Tom McArthur (@TomMcArthur) are powering the new service. From the riots to the News of the World scandal, the UK has experienced a tremendous year of news so far. Our London team will help strengthen BreakingNews’ overall global coverage, including the European debt crisis and continuing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.

MSN UK is our first editorial distribution partner to publish BreakingNews coverage around the clock. With a new focus on real-time news, MSN UK rolled out a full-scale redesign today. On the MSN home and news pages, we’re providing a continuous stream of updates and direct links to news organizations — and eyewitnesses on social media — who are first to break original stories.

About 350,000 people in the UK already follow @breakingnews on Twitter — the most for any country after the US. In addition to our relationship with MSN UK, Twitter analytics played a considerable role in informing where we launch our first international edition.

BreakingNews’ 24/7 editorial team uses social media tools to discover, verify and link breaking stories from news organizations and eyewitnesses in real time. For news organizations in the UK that frequently break original stories, the new BreakingNews edition will provide a new burst of referrals.

In fact, if you’re a publisher interested in learning more about getting your stories quickly in front of our editors, please take a look at our Twitter hashtag fast-track program. Over 160 publishers are adding #breaking and @breakingnews to their tweets, tipping our editorial team moments after the tweet is sent.

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Roadmap to world domination.

Posted on November 17, 2011 via Inside Breaking News with 6 notes

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Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…

Posted on October 30, 2011 via Emptyage with 2,004 notes

Source: New York Magazine