Bunker Complex

"We are accustomed to repeating the cliche, and to believing, that ‘our most precious resource..."

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:47:05 -0800

“We are accustomed to repeating the cliche, and to believing, that ‘our most precious resource is our children.’ But we have plenty of children to go around, God knows, and as with Doritos, we can always make more. The true scarcity we face is of practicing adults, of people who know how marginal, how fragile, how finite their lives and their stories and their ambitions really are but who find value in this knowledge, even a sense of strange comfort, because they know their condition is universal, is shared.”

- Michael Chabon (Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son)

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:09:10 -0800

Jason Segel played a song at the The Swell Season concert last...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:52:00 -0800

Jason Segel played a song at the The Swell Season concert last night. Oof, such a good event.

The Swell Season’s new music video for “Low...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:42:00 -0800

The Swell Season’s new music video for “Low Rising”, directed by Sam Beam of Iron and Wine.

Love his expressive low-hanging eyebrows. The Irish, man. Get me every time.

Laura Veirs - “Carol Kaye”

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:51 -0800

Laura Veirs - “Carol Kaye”

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:43:28 -0800

"Communism works only in heaven where they don’t need it, and in hell, where they’ve already got it."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:39:36 -0800

“Communism works only in heaven where they don’t need it, and in hell, where they’ve already got it.”

- President Ronald Reagan (via ajamison)

"I live alone and I am almost never lonely. I am also rarely bored. Then I realized something that..."

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:43:20 -0800

“I live alone and I am almost never lonely. I am also rarely bored. Then I realized something that seemed startling at first: During those atypical times when I am bored, I am almost always with other people. I’m never bored when I’m alone. I don’t consider myself an introvert. I love to socialize (with people who do not bore me), I love the visits (time-limited) from friends and family who come to catch up with me and soak up the sun from my deck, and I love to entertain. But I also cherish my solitude.”

- The American Psyche: Tipping Toward Solitude?

The National - “Daughters of the Soho Riots”

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:29:19 -0800

The National - “Daughters of the Soho Riots”

"If only there were a game whose winning required a gift for the identification of missed..."

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0800

“If only there were a game whose winning required a gift for the identification of missed opportunities and of things lost and irrecoverable, a knack for the belated recognition of truths, for the exploitation of chances in imagination after it’s too late!”

- Michael Chabon (Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son)

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Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:38:41 -0800

Ola Podrida - “Donkey”

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:45:12 -0800

Ola Podrida - “Donkey”

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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:35:06 -0800

Yes - “Owner of a Lonely Heart”

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:40:17 -0800

Yes - “Owner of a Lonely Heart”

Sufjan Stevens - “The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:25:00 -0800

Sufjan Stevens - “The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us”

And misspelled ‘incidently’.

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:44 -0800

And misspelled ‘incidently’.

Coffee Talk

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:03:41 -0800

Coffee Talk:

“So I’ve been in this coffee shop all day working. It’s a small place with a big bar/counter where the customers sit. I’ve been here for many hours, and throughout the day, the guy working here has started up conversations with upwards of 15 girls who have come in and sat down at the counter. Each time, he figures out a way to start up the conversation, and then inevitably steers things toward his knowledge of wine, his writing, his time in Europe, or one of his other key selling points. He offers them free samples. He cracks jokes. And by the time they leave, he has figured out how to give them his card or get their number—sometimes he wants to invite them to a writing group, sometimes he wants to introduce them to a friend of his who can help them in their career, sometimes he wants to email them an invite to a big party happening this weekend. For him, this is quite the job he’s found. He’s just a young, single guy, living the dream. Doing his thing. Meeting the ladies. There’s only one problem—

I’m sitting here.

He is incredibly upset that I’m still here. Indeed, I am yet to be treated to a free sample. I’m still awaiting a personal description of the wonderful, delicate Pinot Noir they have in stock this month. There have been no stories of the Alps told in my direction. Nay, it seems that all I’m doing for our friend is making him self-conscious about repeating the same tactic or the same story. He can’t repeat, because I’ll know. I haven’t been looking at him, but he knows I know what’s going on. At one point, he said something to a lovely lady about letting life take him where it may, and I couldn’t help but glance up at him. He quickly glanced at me to see if I was indeed looking at him, we made eye contact, and then we both quickly looked away. In that brief moment of connection, his piercing hatred of me could have cut through 1,000 diamonds.

And though I have finished my work for the day, I am now left feeling that my work is not yet done. No, I have a duty now. I must stay. I can’t let him repeat his stories. It has become my purpose.

So I’m gonna hang out.”

"Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:35:19 -0800

“Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for nonsmart reasons.”

- Michael Shermer : Smart People Believe Weird Things: Scientific American

"The worst day in a man’s life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:04:43 -0800

“The worst day in a man’s life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.”

- Thomas Jefferson

Stars - “The Aspidistra Flies”

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:47:10 -0800

Stars - “The Aspidistra Flies”