January 2010
“Strange coincidence, that every man whose skull has been opened had a brain!”
– Ludwig Wittgenstein: On Certainty (translated by D. Paul and G.E.M. Anscombe) (via fuckyeahphilosophy)
laser pen 'idiot' →
Just realised that it the floods didn’t stop, it just snowed for a while
here it is, after much deliberation my top 38...
1. XX-The XX
2. Actor-St. Vincent
3. Two Suns-Bat for Lashes
4. Dark days/light years-Super Furry Animals
5. Journal of the Plague Lovers-Manic Street Preachers
6. Tallest Man on Earth-Shallow Graves
7. Lungs-Florence and the Machine
8. Em are I-Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard
9. Backspacer-Pearl Jam
10. Love in the time of Recession-The Durutti Column
11. C!ties EP-C!ties
12....
Best of 2009
panther:
Albums:
Bonnie Prince Billy - Beware Bat for Lashes - Two Suns Bruce Peninsula - A Mountain is mouth Clare and the Reasons - Arrow Fanfarlo - Reservoir Pearl Jam - Backspacer Wye Oak - The Knot
Notably mentions: Tegan and Sara, Jah Wobble and Chinese Dub Orchestra (would have been in list but not sure its 2009!, Julie Doiron, Mount Eerie, Years of Rice and Salt, Alela Diane, Legends...
San Marino’s Davide Gualtieri scored the fastest goal ever in World Cup competition: the opener against England after just 8.3 seconds, although England went on to win the game 7-1. The English radio commentary on that day went as follows:
“Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold for England versus San Marino with Tennent’s Pilsner, brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner...
will never look at the rolling stones the same... →
Burkina Faso
Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984, by President Thomas Sankara to mean “the land of upright people”
ass →
(via desertpalace)
Manchester United weighing up move for Portos 18m... →
(via fuckyeahmanutd)
gonna be so confusing
hooray!
desertpalace:
no more “tumblarity!”
Finally
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