missy's back, y'all!

But no one is as reliably able and willing to start a party as Missy has been on her best singles. She’s not buying melodies from Swedish pop geniuses in attempts to conquer multiple radio formats; she’s not lugging around a Narrative. She’s pure rhythm + attitude, an equation for joy. (via)

EXACTLY how I feel right now...

could she beeeeeee more over it?

OH THANK GOD

it's over. it's finally over.

No amount of backlash was going to keep Chick-Fil-A out of NYC, proving that the powers that be cannot be put off by bigoted jerks or the prospect of dirty fryer money. Your chicken dreams have come true, NYC: Chick-Fil-A is poised for invasion, with plans to open multiple restaurants within our boroughs this year. In a long "behind-the-scenes" profile in USA Today, the brand revealed plans to "open 108 restaurants this year—most of them urban and a good chunk of them in New York City." (via)

#blessed #chickendreamz

new destiny's child album

out january 29th!

NATURAL HISTORY HOLY GRAIL ALERT!!

The giant squid has been captured on video in its natural habitat for the first time ever.

This long-sought after footage — considered by many to be the Holy Grail of natural history filmmaking — will be revealed by Discovery Channel and NHK in January 2013.

With razor-toothed suckers and eyes the size of dinner plates, tales of this creature have been around since ancient times. The Norse legend of the sea monster the Kraken, and the Scylla from Greek mythology, might have derived from the elusive giant squid.

This massive predator has always been shrouded in secrecy, and every attempt to capture a live giant squid on camera in its natural habitat has failed. Until now. (via)

what are you doing tomorrow night?

sans da'rick, oc. #dummy #whoneedshim

watch this one, too.

"i think same-sex couples should be able to get married"

(via)

stream the new beach house album

bloom

Aurora Borealis From SPACE!

finally.

a good wilco album.

listen here.

or on spotify, oc.

it's here!

iphone for verizon! they will be available on february 10. sign up here to get updates on how to get one on february 3 (if you're already a customer)

how exciting!

in UT arch news!

omg, some unknown publication ranked us in the top 20! and just BEARly!

#20 undergraduate program in all of america according to the "design futures council"!

auburn got #18. w2g, midge!

and look who finally retired!

FINALLY!

this other'n's boring, but i'll include it anyway...


lykke li - paris blue

you can download both tracks for free right here.

spotted : sonic being built within 5 miles of nyc

i saw this on my way to work this morning.


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it's located here.

here's how you get there from my house.

and i found this!

new snuffles album

Following (very) closely on the heels of last week's surprise All Delighted People EP comes news of a brand new Sufjan Stevens full-length. The Age of Adz will be released by Asthmatic Kitty on October 12. ("Adz" is pronounced "odds," a press release tells us.) (via)

congrats, america!

the senate finally passed that pesky financial reform bill they been workin' on!

The bill would create a council of high-level federal officials, led by the Treasury secretary, to try to detect, and perhaps prevent, systemic dangers to the financial system, and it would give the government new authority to seize and shut down failing financial institutions, by liquidating assets and forcing shareholders and creditors to take losses.

It would create a powerful consumer financial protection bureau, to be housed in the Federal Reserve, and widely expand the regulatory authority of the central bank. It would widen the purview of the Securities and Exchange Commission to strengthen regulation of hedge funds, other private equity firms, and credit rating agencies. (via)

dnd.

finally.

c2e.

gah, that took like, 7 years.

finally!

i've been waiting for this album ever since i made this post all that time ago.

sleigh bells debut, treats,  streaming on npr now!! yayayayAYA YA aYAyyaAY!

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

maybe now my voice will finally be heard