Alex Balk
Town crier.
Dec 22
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This album gets a lot of criticism, but whatever, I like the whole thing. Yes, even “Ricochet.” Still, can anyone hate this song?
Dec 21
Imagine that.
“The editor of the book The Simpsons and Philosophy says television and movies about nuclear disasters such as Chernobyl and Three Mile Island have also added to negative publicity surrounding nuclear power.”
Dec 18
New entry for the List Of Reasons Why I Hate Myself.
- Choire: I ALMOST found a post.
- Me: This is blogging. There IS NO ALMOST.
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Last Night's Company Holiday Party, Reviewed
“When you walk in, there were two tables full of the food. Beautiful food! And lots of people and a nice person standing around checking names off of a list, but that was really for semantics, because company owner ______ was sitting at the bar and basically saw everyone come through the door, so if, say, infamous terrible publicist ______ came through the door, he wouldn’t have made it in, because someone would’ve told him to leave or ______ would’ve punched him in the face. But back to the food.”
My anger at only now learning that this exists is tempered by the fact that I have it in my life. I mean, DARLENE LOVE. Come on!
Dec 17
“ And regarding the music, for people who are not familiar? I’m going to drop that Steve Albini quote about punk. He says: “I like noise. I like big-ass vicious noise that makes my head spin. I wanna feel it whipping through me like a fucking jolt. We’re so dilapidated and crushed by our pathetic existence we need it like a fix.” ELEKTRA DOES THIS.
— Seth Colter Walls, in discussion with Matthew Gallaway and Choire Sicha
