December 2010
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SVETA: 10 of 2010 →
svetike:
Well, I had to get in on the top 10 thing somehow.
Film — The Social Network
I don’t suppose you’ve heard of this one? Had I watched this after all the hype, I would probably think it was overrated too. However, no amount of backlash will change the fact that it was the smartest, sharpest and best written film I saw this year. All while being entertaining as hell.
Music —...
Best of 2010
Take note that this past year I haven’t been as culturally voracious, but here are my tops in no order, because I hate ranking things more than I need to:
Top 10 Albums:
Big Echo by The Morning Benders Swanlights by Antony and the Johnsons Epic by Sharon Van Etten The ArchAndroid by Janelle Monae Darwin Deez by Darwin Deez Clinging to a Scheme by The Radio Dept. Teen Dream by Beach House...
i saw this post on hugh jackman getting hit in the groin playing cricket and i...
– Karen S., best.
North Highlands - “Last Christmas” (Wham cover)
I think “Last Christmas” is the best Christmas song, because it’s kind of sad and totally cheesy. Can’t beat a North Highlands and Wham hybrid.
The Science of Eternal Sunshine
For a long time, memory researchers assumed that memories were like volumes stored in a library. When your brain remembered something, it was simply searching through the stacks and then reading aloud from whatever passage it discovered. But some scientists now believe that memories effectively get rewritten every time they’re activated, thanks to a process called reconsolidation. To...
Dear New York Times: We get it. Your restaurants...
The New York Times has a colorful history of treating Washington’s restaurant scene as both curio and target range, an exotic animal worthy of examination until the time comes that it must be shot in the head.
(via WaPo)
Damn Tim Carman, that is a fucking great lede. With his first official article for the Washington Post, Carman, formerly of the Washington City Paper, boldly calls...
Freaks was a thing I photographed a lot. Most people go through life dreading...
– Diane Arbus (via decreation)
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