November 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
Phil Wickham (27)
She & Him (12)
Sigur Rós (3)
Robbie Seay Band (2)
The Weepies (2)
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October 2011
9 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Ryan Adams (18)
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The Civil Wars (7)
Chris Thile (1)
Jethro Tull (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-16) →
Ryan Adams (16)
Iron & Wine (3)
Original Broadway Cast - The Little Mermaid (2)
The Civil Wars (1)
Elton John (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-9) →
The Civil Wars (12)
Phil Wickham (9)
Joni Mitchell (2)
Iron & Wine (2)
Sarah Jarosz (2)
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In the Shreve High football stadium,
I think of Polacks nursing long beers in...
– James Wright, “Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio”
I think I do too. I love this one.
September 2011
12 posts
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Excerpted from Mindy Kaling in the New Yorker
Describing archetypal characters from romantic comedies:
The Ethereal Weirdo
The smart and funny writer Nathan Rabin coined the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl to describe this archetype after seeing Kirsten Dunst in the movie “Elizabethtown.” This girl can’t be pinned down and may or may not show up when you make concrete plans with her. She wears gauzy blouses and braids. She...
How to cite Old MacDonald in APA
This is a real e-mail that I had occasion to write yesterday. This… is my life.
Hi there.
So, we put our heads together on this issue, and this is the best solution we could determine.
The 6th Edition of the Publication Manual for the American Psychological Association provides instructions for how to cite a music recording on page 210.
52. Music Recording
lang, k. d. (2008). Shadow...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-25) →
Phil Wickham (19)
The Civil Wars (8)
Iron & Wine (5)
Chris Thile (3)
Eastmountainsouth (2)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-11) →
The Civil Wars (164)
Sarah Jarosz (2)
Ryan Adams (2)
Chris Thile (2)
The Hold Steady (1)
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‘Don’t be morbid,’ Jordan said. ‘Life starts all over again when it gets crisp...
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (via storygoes)
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August 2011
3 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14) →
Robbie Seay Band (12)
Original Broadway Cast - The Little Mermaid (7)
Glee Cast (2)
Limbeck (1)
Matt the Electrician (1)
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Hours later, the cat was asleep, and Erin lay next to it, her eyes half-closed....
– Dave Eggers, from “Quiet” in How We Are Hungry
Yes. And that feeling of being in bed when you’re 7 and knowing there’s a light on downstairs and you know that your parents are down there washing dishes or talking or watching late night TV.
(via scout)
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A Melodic 'Passage' Of Mythical Proportions →
The first sentence of the article:
When 35-year-old singer-songwriter Josh Ritter was in college at Oberlin in the mid-90s, he created his own major: “American History Through Narrative Folk Music.”
Clearly, I missed my calling.
July 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-17) →
Original Broadway Cast (37)
Nicki Minaj (17)
Bon Iver (5)
Matt Chandler (3)
Bob Dylan (1)
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June 2011
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-19) →
Hillsong United (11)
Hillsong (6)
Kevin Cawley (3)
Explosions in the Sky (2)
John Mayer (2)
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May 2011
7 posts
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Now playing S1E1 of Mad Men
And so it begins.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-8) →
Fleet Foxes (64)
Punch Brothers (8)
Sarah Jarosz (6)
Phil Wickham (6)
Rosie Thomas (3)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-1) →
Sarah Jarosz (8)
Sandra McCracken (6)
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova with Marja Tuhkanen and Bertrand Galen (5)
Death Cab for Cutie (3)
Kevin Cawley (3)
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April 2011
9 posts
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alayman:
joyannahope:
themelon:
a baby penguin being tickled
Beets! Just for you!
This is all for you, Kristen!
!!!!
Essays are like skirts. They should be long enough to cover the subject, but...
– Unknown (via katskradle)
March 2011
24 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-27) →
Phil Wickham (8)
Matt Chandler (2)
Alison Krauss & Union Station (2)
Death Cab for Cutie (1)
The Format (1)
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