December 2010
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@Discographies on discographies
The as-yet-unnamed author of what I consider to be the best new Twitter persona of 2010 explains why discographies are the new unit-of-measure for people’s exposure to musicians (emphasis mine):
It’s become a cliché that nowadays the dominant mode of music consumption is not the album but the song. And maybe that’s true if you’re still in the business of trying to sell...
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The locked doors
I’m currently reading Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, which I received as a gift from a good friend. I am not currently a vegetarian, although it’s something I’ve wrestled with over the last few years. In recent months, however, I’ve realized I need to make a change to put my conscience at ease.
But I’m not writing to proselytize. I just wanted to talk...
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“Stopping a piece of work just because it’s hard, either emotionally or...”
– Stephen King, On Writing
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Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity | Video... →
Recommended to me by a friend when I was feeling at my absolute lowest.
Creative types: If you’re feeling like you’re losing it (whatever “it” is) and like your greatest strength is fucking things up, it’s absolutely essential to realize that it’s not your fault. Don’t blame yourself when your work is kind of shitty; you did what you could, and it’s...