Thoughts Not Worth The Brain They Were Thought On

“ Expect intelligence and irreverence in equal measure.

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Mission Statement

“ The kids of the East Coast intellectual guard had a whole culture of rituals and objectives by which to define themselves: anticipation of the LSATs, the New Criterion, cocaine.

— n+1: Kickstart My Heart

“ But scrutiny of the Church grew so intense during this period that Cardinal Law infamously blasted reporters for focusing on what he termed “the faults of a few”: “We deplore that…. By all means we call down God’s power on the media, particularly the Globe.

— Cardinal Sin

(via Europe’s Wild Men - Photo Gallery)

“ This is the best it’s going to be, and that’s way worse than what you thought was intolerable even a year ago…Nobody will blame you if you decide that you might as well take another shot at getting through ‘Infinite Jest’ or ‘House of Cards.’

— What’s The Rush? | The Awl

» The End: Boston Phoenix publishes final issue today | Statement from publisher Stephen M. Mindich - Phlog

» The Return of the Popped Collar - WSJ.com

» Try Not To Get Too Worked Up | The Awl

“ To commit such Rosebud moments to paper is what it means to tell “the human story” at “the core,” and it is also what it means to write political pornography.

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The Deferential Spirit by Joan Didion | The New York Review of Books

Worth reading the whole thing but this line is amazing.

“ In X-Men, when Cyclops takes off his visor, volatile beams of electromagnetic energy shoot from his eyes, capable of leveling buildings and blasting right through human beings. Something similar happens when Thom Yorke opens his mouth to sing; in an interstellar burst, he’s back to save the universe.

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Deconstructing: 20 Years Of Thom Yorke - Stereogum

Good way to ruin at article at the very end.