May 2011
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“And I said, R.J., which is my older son, get up, son. And right when I said get...”
– Reginald Eppes, a survivor of the deadly tornado that has already claimed nearly 300 lives, tells NPR how his oldest son was pulled from their home by the tornado. His son survived and found his way back home with minimal injuries. Read full segment (via centerforinvestigativereporting)
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“Eroticism: unlike simple sexual activity, is a psychological quest independent...”
– Georges Bataille, Eroticism (via ikilledjackjohnson)
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“Yes! Release his Occidental (College) records! Release his high school records!...”
– STEPHEN COLBERT, on Donald Trump’s call for President Obama to “release his Occidental records,” on The Colbert Report (via inothernews)
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A Trove of Historic Jazz Recordings has Found a... →
wreckandsalvage:
It turns out that one man—a jazz musician and technical genius—figured out a way. But during his lifetime, William Savory kept these recordings largely to himself. He refused to reveal how many recordings he had and what performances they contained. He let only a very few of his recordings be heard by a small number of acquaintances. Over time, the Savory collection became a...
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ck/ck: Ira Glass on Creative Work →
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But…
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