Monthly Archives: January 2010

Because the night belongs to lovers.

By serene | Published: January 26, 2010

If I admitted that I shed tears while Patti Smith sang “Because the Night” a capella, would you make fun of me? Despite the vastness of Benaroya Hall and the heaviness of her poetry and the sadness buried with Robert Mapplethorpe, a smile crept on my face each time she mumbled an apology for fumbling [...]

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Love in the time of chaos

By serene | Published: January 23, 2010

I have something political brewing here. You have been adequately warned. Like you, I have been emotionally steamrolled by the photographs and stories coming out of Haiti. And statistically speaking, you probably also donated through SMS, as millions of people in the United States participated. The outpouring of generosity in these days that feel so [...]

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Peaches and her “Mommy Complex”

By serene | Published: January 21, 2010

I love me some Peaches, especially when she is dressed up like a neon clitoris. Peaches “Mommy Complex” (Dir: Antuong Nguyen for MOOP JAW) from Moop Jaw on Vimeo. h/t Cookie

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Big Pun

By serene | Published: January 11, 2010

“I ain’t a player, I just crush a lot.” What rang true in 1997 still rings true today. It’s as if Big Punisher crawled into my head/heart space, and whittled my modus operandi down to a simple phrase played over a run-of-the-mill generic 90s beat. (Though I will be the first to admit that I [...]

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A little something for your head on an introspective Saturday afternoon.

By serene | Published: January 9, 2010

(Burial, “Fostercare”)

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HHG

By serene | Published: January 1, 2010

In the perpetually swelling and inspiring nerd universe there is a demigod named Neil Gaiman. The man wields words like swords and has birthed some of the most important cultural texts (Coraline, The Sandman, Fragile Things, et al.). The meringue on this bespectacled nerd pie is that he once graced the stage of The Colbert [...]

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