Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

Got bored with my old Tumblr theme...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:27:11 -0500

So I switched to a new one. Not sure I’m totally sold on this one either.

Blah.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:00 -0500

If this doesn’t remind you why we voted for him, nothing...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:23:06 -0500

If this doesn’t remind you why we voted for him, nothing will.

Oh hey - it’s Heather starring in that new Snow White...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:23 -0500

Oh hey - it’s Heather starring in that new Snow White movie. She appears to be playing a badass, which means this is PERFECT casting.

absolutepunk: The Beach Boys are playing the...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:09:00 -0500

absolutepunk:

The Beach Boys are playing the Grammys!

Seriously Grammys…YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.

"The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve been tired out by..."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:27:06 -0500

“The outrage is tiresome and deeply hypocritical, in all the tiresome ways you’ve been tired out by before. M.I.A. was illustrating her line, acting out the attitude of the words: performing. Fine, it may not be legal to flip the bird on television, but that’s simply a remnant of the fifties we haven’t shaken. Unless somebody was handing out Xanax with the foam fingers, Lucas Oil Stadium was ringing with the music of profanities last night. More to the point, television viewers were submitted to ad after ad that likened women—negatively—to sofas, cars, and candy. Mr. Winter didn’t have anything to say about that, so I’d like to raise both of my middle fingers to him and anyone who thinks profanity is somehow more harmful to our children than images of violence and misogyny. (My two sons, fourteen and eleven, thought the Fiat ad was corny, so I guess they will be safe without Mr. Winter’s intervention.) I say we get out of The Pretending To Be Moral game altogether and use the Internet for important things like posting pictures of cats looking at croissants and PDFs of sensitive government documents.”

- Sasha Frere-Jones on MIA’s middle finger and everyone else’s panties being in a bunch over it. (via iwantnothingless)

So good.

(via zurik)

"Michigan State University surveyed more than 700 employers seeking to hire recent college graduates...."

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:20:51 -0500

“Michigan State University surveyed more than 700 employers seeking to hire recent college graduates. Nearly one-third said parents had submitted resumes on their child’s behalf, some without even informing the child. One-quarter reported hearing from parents urging the employer to hire their son or daughter for a position. Four percent of respondents reported that a parent actually showed up for the candidate’s job interview.”

- Bring Your Parent To Work Day: So-called helicopter parents have hit the workplace, phoning employers to advocate on behalf of their adult children. Human resource managers say more parents are trying to negotiate salary and benefits and are even sitting in on job interviews.

—-This is kinda funny because after one of my interviews my Dad sent a personal thank you email to my interviewer. (Granted, they work for the same company, but still).—- perri

(via shil0h)

I would NEVER hire anyone whose parents were involved in the interview process, contacted me, etc. If you can’t even handle the interview and salary negotiations on your own, why should I think you can handle the JOB on your own?

samdesant1s: I ran/walked 3 miles today and it felt freakin...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:47 -0500

samdesant1s:

I ran/walked 3 miles today and it felt freakin awesome (Taken with instagram)

I did 3.6 miles running on the treadmill at the gym. Yay us!!!

farewellcontinental2011: Hey good people! We are about to...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:03 -0500

farewellcontinental2011:

Hey good people! We are about to embark on what will probably be our only little jaunt of 2012 supporting The Jealous Sound! Please spread the word to your friends in any of the cities we are coming to. We need all the help we can get as far as getting the word out. Also, if you know of anywhere we can stay along this route that doesn’t have awesome animals(ALLERGIES!), contact Thomas Rehbein and let him know. With your support we hope to raise enough $$$ to record album #2 this Winter!

-Justin.

Whyyyyyyy are you not playing the Jealous Sound shows in Richmond or DC?? sigh.

Chrysler just keeps hitting Super Bowl advertising home runs.

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:20:33 -0500

Chrysler just keeps hitting Super Bowl advertising home runs.

Best part of the Super Bowl.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:51:58 -0500

Best part of the Super Bowl.

fueledbyadam: The Fueled By Ramen Photo-A-Day Challenge day 5:...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:13:42 -0500

fueledbyadam:

The Fueled By Ramen Photo-A-Day Challenge

day 5: guilty pleasure

there are a few more at the office.

I didn’t even know Michael Buble HAD this many albums.

tastefullyoffensive: Tumblr Reblog if you like donuts[via]

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:12:15 -0500

tastefullyoffensive:

Tumblr Reblog if you like donuts

[via]

Hello Bubs!: I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you.

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:03:31 -0500

Hello Bubs!: I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you.:

dariusmonsef:

I had my last drink of alcohol 3 years ago and it’s been a dance-battling, boat-cruising, skinny-dipping, word-traveling, HUGE party ever since.

It wasn’t a choice of restriction or having less fun, but rather of fully experiencing everything and truly having the most fun possible. The way…

Great stuff. I’ve been seriously considering cutting out drinking entirely - although I drink very little as is - 1-2 drinks per week max. For some reason, I just want to cut it out completely though.

Photo

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:47:00 -0500

New Hunger Games trailers make the day so much better. Love the...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:29:00 -0500

New Hunger Games trailers make the day so much better.

Love the last scene. Gave me chills.

alexbaca: The Jealous Sound - “Your Eyes Were Shining” The new...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:35:38 -0500

alexbaca:

The Jealous Sound - “Your Eyes Were Shining”

The new Jealous Sound album is out and it sounds identical to The Jealous Sound I listened to ad infinitum as a 16-year-old, driving too fast whenever it was warm enough to put the top down on my convertible. There’s an argument to be made here about how bands like The Jealous Sound (especially The Jealous Sound, which is in that weird niche beyond mid-’90s heavy-hitters like The Promise Ring but before, like, all those bands on Drive-Thru Records we like to pretend we never invested in emotionally) are nearly disposable. These songs aren’t technically or lyrically brilliant. The Jealous Sound isn’t going to inspire any sort of Internet babble about authenticity or empty signifiers, even though lines like “teenagers dancing in the gym” are, well, basically empty signifiers.

That’s OK. That’s great. I’m 22 and I’m a mess, albeit a mess with a 401(k), and the weather’s unseasonably warm today. A band I like a lot released an album that sounds like the last album they released, in 2003, and it’s called A Gentle Reminder. That’s really all I want out of it.

Yep. Only difference is I’m a little older.

boobs666: burwell: thedailywhat: Photo of the Day: The Daily...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:46:00 -0500

boobs666:

burwell:

thedailywhat:

Photo of the Day: The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart (then Jon Leibowitz) as a young College of William & Mary student moshing at a Dead Kennedys show at Casablanca in Richmond, VA, c. 1982.

Photo by Irish Willis Peele.

[gawker.]

rva

YES

My city, my college, Jon Stewart, punk rock. This is the perfect picture.

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:26:42 -0500

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY':

murkavenue:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

This is the greatest thing I have ever seen on the Internet.

farewellcontinental2011: Check out our newest video for: THE...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:52:37 -0500

farewellcontinental2011:

Check out our newest video for: THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME(HOW YOU FEELIN’ NOW?)

A story of love and loss set against the backdrop of World War II and starring the Farewell Continental band. Directed by Shane Nelson

Still my favorite record from last year. LOVE this band.