May 2009
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NPR’s interview with David Foster Wallace on Roger Federer.
He’s spot-on as always, except for the unfortunate reality of today’s Federer: he no longer glides effortlessly on the court, nor is he immune to emotional breakdowns and temper tantrums. Losing will do that to you.
On a related note, Wimbledon finally got its retractable roof; we won’t be victims of the annual rain delays, any more. YAY!
April 2009
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Animal Collective / Summertime Clothes (weathered mix)
It feels like this today…
Um also, Julia... "REALLY [...]? Really?" is Already Over
As are you.
Dear New York Magazine,
My tweets are more insipid & navel-gazing than … SPENCER PRATT???
REALLY, NYmag? REALLY?
But … but … I thought we were frenemies!
Banally yours,
Really.
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Phoenix / Playground Love (Air Cover)
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Eels / Fresh Blood, from the new record Hobre Lobo - 12 Songs Of Desire, due on 6/2
some more f-words
previously, i presented some choice f-words from a naughty dictionary. i think it only fair that i feng shui the durtyness of those words with some far cleaner f-words from another dictionary. from a handlist of rhetorical terms (1991)° [paraphrased]:
- far fet: a figure of speech where the present effect is attributed to a remote cause: “the ship is sinking, damn the forest where the mast grew.” (also metalepsis)
- fleering frumpe: mockery of an opponent accompanied by a gesture. (also mycterismus)
- flitting figure: passing over an issue quickly. (also metastasis)
- forrein speech: mispronunciation through ignorance or a wretched accent to fit the meter or rhyme. (also barbarismus)
- foule speech: lewd allusion or double entendre (also cacemphaton)
- frequentatio: word heaps; when one tries to win an argument by using a multitude of unnecessary words. (also congeries)
looking over this list is like reading a harry potter grimoire°.
