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Entries from July 2008

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July 28th, 2008 No Comments

The Cabinettes Live at the Silent Barn

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Recently Discovered

July 27th, 2008 No Comments

Haribo is not Japanese
Yes, Vampire Weekend and Wes Anderson use the same font
Charles Darwin may or may not have done drugs, but his great-great-grandson did

EDIT:
michael: ash’s new blog post = rob stenson facts of the weekend
Admittedly, all this information was gleaned during the Cabinettes’ grand excursion to Sayville, N.Y., mostly by Rob navigating the [...]

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It’s the “I Have a Master’s But Then I Got Married” Look

July 25th, 2008 2 Comments


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Joining the Legions of Cool

July 22nd, 2008 1 Comment

http://ashraya.muxtape.com/
Boy, am I tired.

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From Appropriation to Exceptionalism

July 20th, 2008 No Comments

I’ve been watching a lot of Law & Order.
But I have also been reading.
Books I’ve Read Since Summer ‘08 Reached Its Murky Middle Month:
Jules Feiffer, Harry, The Rat With Women

Location: The 1 Local, mostly.
Dates: June 30th - July 1st
Comments: The guy who did the illustrations for The Phantom Tollbooth wrote a book? Really? From 1963. [...]

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All Things Forgotten, Vol 3: Frank Wilson

July 18th, 2008 2 Comments

Perhaps one of the less-forgotten of all things forgotten, seeing as Frank Wilson was (a) one of Motown’s most successful producers and songwriters, and (b) the man behind possibly the most valuable 45 in existence.
The guy wrote “Love Child” and “Nathan Jones” for the Supremes—the two singles that largely brought them their second wave of [...]

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Cognitive Dissonance Off-Campus

July 17th, 2008 No Comments

Remember when this happened?
We’re at it again:

The Kitchen Cabinet presents: The Cabinettes Live at the Silent Barn
Monday, July 21st. Doors: 7 pm. Show: 8 pm. 915 Wyckoff Avenue.
With: Dreaming Kids, Data Dog, and Megafaun
Also, another All Things Forgotten coming soon. It’s tangentially related to this:

Well, sort of.

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I Recently Read Every Short Story I’ve Ever Written

July 3rd, 2008 2 Comments

And they are all actually the same story.

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Teas’ Tea

July 2nd, 2008 No Comments

Official Sponsor of Summer ‘08
Almost speaking of Asia and sponsors—this reminds me! OLYMPICS.

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