January 2011
272 posts
So Nothing Original This Time
I knwo, yet again I promised to do something slightly more original with the blog, but instead I just changed the theme and posted more than the usual amount of reblogs and other people’s pictures. However, for half term (mid term break to you USA readers I believe), I am off to London for a week or so to meet up with some friends and stay with my elderly Godfather. Because of this, I will...
Music of the Week
Album:
”Boxer” by “The National”. This Brooklyn band is fast becoming my favourite band (after 30 Seconds to Mars and The Gaslight Anthem) with their sweeping melodies and amazing vocals that sound so distant. Also, the great use of some of the backing instruments (I don’t know what they are precisely) gives each tune an epic quality.
Song:
“Given...
“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”
– Groucho Marx. Very, very sharp wit, but nonetheless seemingly accurate nowadays.
Via Minoru Blvd: Compuslive Minimalism
Yesterday, I got rid of approximately 30% of my total belongings. The past year has led me up to this point. The point where I felt I needed to just let go. It was frightening and rewarding in ways I never imagined it would be. I wouldn’t want to mislead any of you by saying that I’m becoming a true minimalist that lives with a hundred items or significantly less. I just decided to leave the...