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Nov 23rd
writera: caetiecakes: hennypotter: (via...
Nov 23rd
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Andrew Oldham Orchestra “The Last Time” (Rolling Stones cover) ___ the...
Nov 23rd
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The Verve “Bittersweet Symphony” (James Lavelle Remix, via kellymcclure)
Nov 23rd
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epic.
Nov 23rd
Nov 23rd
“hey guys”
Nov 23rd
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The Royal Guardsmen “Bears”
Nov 23rd
Nov 23rd
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Panda Bear “Comfy In Nautica”
Nov 23rd
Nov 23rd
ah, yes. the great “Poking Bears With Sticks”...
Nov 23rd
bearsaregreat: The “pizzly bear” is a cross between a...
Nov 23rd
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HEY EVERYBODY! GATHER ‘ROUND! SEVEN MINUTES OF DAVID CARUSO CSI: MIAMI ONE LINERS!
Nov 23rd
The Biz.
Nov 22nd
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Biz Markie “Just A Friend”
Nov 22nd
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world… is what...”
— Lester Bangs
Nov 22nd
Nov 22nd
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Velvet Underground “Sunday Morning”
Nov 22nd
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White Stripes “We Are Going To Be Friends”
Nov 22nd
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Tom Waits “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis” ____ “i’d buy me a...
Nov 22nd
pete doherty and kate moss look way better as a baby owl and...
Nov 22nd
writera: Kl7, Molls, Girlmeetsbear, and Nedhepburn at...
Nov 22nd

Embarassing Secret.

at fancy parties, I keep staring at boobs. I can’t help it. it’s because the parties are...
Nov 22nd
(via parachuteshark)
Nov 21st
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i kind of have a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge fucking crush on Norah Jones. i’ve just been fucking...
Nov 21st
eagle-eyed viewers of ‘Deliverance’ might have...
Nov 21st
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Dueling Banjos.
Nov 21st
dylan & the pope.
Nov 21st
Laika, Come Home!
Nov 21st
“You’ll find that you’re not the first person who...”
— J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in...
Nov 21st
i’m obsessed with the story of Laika. obsessed. Laika...
Nov 21st
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Belle & Sebastian “Your Cover’s Blown” (via laurataylor)
Nov 21st
“I bet “fat indie people in love”, like,...”
— part of my Bust review of...
Nov 21st
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Johnny Horton “Davy Crockett (King Of The Wild Frontier)”
Nov 21st
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Lalo Guerrero “Pancho Lopez (Davy Crockett)”
Nov 21st
Gainsbourg, wall. Paris.
Nov 21st
i’m popeye the sailor man. (via fotomaf)
Nov 21st
slippy: E M P T Y L A, a photobook of Los Angeles, while...
Nov 21st
i feel like Fat Hitler Jesus today.
Nov 20th
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Stevie Wonder “I Believe When I Fall In Love It’ll Be Forever”
Nov 20th
Wonder.
Nov 20th
fine i’ll stop.
Nov 20th
heartbeatcity: maybe i want an ax for christmas ? ...
Nov 20th

BEEN GONE

warczak: for a while. No internet at home. All the photos ive just posted have major credit given...
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
“Took a charter flight on a DC-10 to London. Landed at...”
— “Victor”, Bret...
Nov 20th

A degree in literature.

The lady at the book store hadn’t heard of Bret Easton Ellis or Hemingway. And they say print...
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
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Descendents “Suburban Home”
Nov 19th
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King Missile “Detachable Penis”
Nov 19th
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Wyclef Jean “Gone Till November”
Nov 19th

how many dj's does it take screw in a...

we don’t take requests sorry
Nov 19th

how many bloggers does it take to screw...

BLOGGERS DONT SCREW IN LIGHTBULBS THEY SCREW ON FUTONS WITH CANDLES LIT. bwahaha.
Nov 19th

How many people on Ambien does it take...

I’ll tell you once the golden retriever gives me the key to the palace.
Nov 19th

How many performance artists does it...

I don’t know, because i left halfway through.
Nov 19th

HEY WANNA GET MARRIED?

CMOOOOOOON.
Nov 19th

ambien.

apparently i took some (well, a lot of) ambien ar around 2, thinking “this will make me...
Nov 19th
gratuitous picture of your wednesday.
Nov 19th
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Marcy Playground “Sex & Candy”
Nov 18th
eye knead two gettlayed.
Nov 18th
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Chelsea Football Club “Blue Is The Color” ________ Chelsea was his favorite football...
Nov 18th

"it's your decision, mate"

i haven’t talked about Dad in a while. he hated - well, hated is a strong word - the fact...
Nov 18th
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Lou Reed “Men Of Good Fortune”
Nov 18th

and to "Dennis", wherever he is too.

the saddest guy i ever met was in Minnesota. he was a friend of a friend of my girlfriends at the...
Nov 18th

to "Happy Jack", wherever he is these...

one of the happiest men i ever met was a homeless guy who used to hang around my old apartment....
Nov 18th
“The possession of a real voice is always a marvel, an almost...”
— James L. Brooks
Nov 18th
lego Stephen Hawking.
Nov 18th
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The Kills “Wait”
Nov 18th

THE DECISION.

is Los Angeles. for the sole reason that i’ve worked too hard for to quit now, and i’m...
Nov 18th
xanaxdu.
Nov 18th
(bearsaregreat)
Nov 18th
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Carl Sagan autotuned sounds like it should be on any given Air album. also: superfuckingawesome.
Nov 18th
this is my exact relationship with the internet.
Nov 18th
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Tears For Fears “Head Over Heels”
Nov 18th
george michael is still one of my favorite people on the...
Nov 17th
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George Michael “Faith”
Nov 17th

concerning decisions.

nudawn: shit or get off the pot. tell me about it…
Nov 17th
Manic Pixie Dream Girl - Wikipedia, the free...
Nov 17th
Nov 17th
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Bob Dylan “Like a Rolling Stone”
Nov 17th

bogota or LA

i have two phone calls tomorrow that will… well, yeah. i’d LOVE to go to Bogota. and...
Nov 17th
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Xiu Xiu “I <3 The Valley”
Nov 17th
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The Zombies “This Will Be Our Year”
Nov 17th
its been months since i rambled on about Zo-dog on the...
Nov 17th
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was you sayin’ something? nuh uh. you can’t tell me nothin’.
Nov 17th

in which i listen to the new Xiu Xiu...

it sounds like the world’s saddest panda bear has been drinking alone (again!) and locked...
Nov 17th
tomorrows the Bogota interview.
Nov 17th
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Ast0r “So What” (Miles Davis cover… on a Gameboy)
Nov 17th
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The Mountain Goats “The Best Ever Death Metal Band Out Of Denton”
Nov 17th
(via bringtheruckuss)
Nov 17th
oh, so im randomly reviewing a couple of albums for BUST...
Nov 17th
dealbreaker: GUEST(NED)BREAKER: You’re Not A Delicious...
Nov 17th
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The Make Up “Save Yourself”
Nov 17th
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Nation Of Ulysses “A Comment On Ritual”
Nov 16th
look! thats my name! haha! that happened! click!
Nov 16th
I’LL TUMBLR FOR YA « Viceland Today
Nov 16th
Nov 16th
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“KNUCKLEPUCK”.
Nov 16th
Nov 16th
BEHOLD. A REINDERR.
Nov 16th
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Midnight Juggernauts “Ending Of An Era”
Nov 16th
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Neneh Cherry “Buffalo Stance”
Nov 16th
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Kate Bush “Running Up That Hill”
Nov 16th
molls: Breaking up with someone on the phone is bad, but...
Nov 16th
writing in maria’s moleskine reminds me how much i...
Nov 16th
i interviewed these lovely ladies last night, specifically...
Nov 16th
dolfapedia: Last night got weird. Here’s a picture of Ned...
Nov 16th
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Bruce Springsteen “I’m On Fire” (Cousin Cole’s Bad Desire Edit)
Nov 16th
i know, right? i thought it was friday all day yesterday....
Nov 15th
showing Colombia pictures to friends girlfriend. HILAR.
Nov 15th

Is there such a thing as "Beat...

Has anyone posted our “Howl” yet?
Nov 15th
If anything this all serves as some giant sketchpad. Or something. I’m at some bar in SF...
Nov 15th

xbox live

gamer tag is ‘nedhep’. i’ll school you at DJ Hero.
Nov 15th
James Cameron's Exhaustive Search for the...
Nov 15th
(via spytap)
Nov 15th
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julia allison has an ad. HAS AN AD. and thus began what will become known as “The Great...
Nov 14th
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Fats Waller “The Reefer Song”
Nov 14th
Muhammed Ali. October, 1968. New York, New York.
Nov 14th
Nov 14th
Kids wearing Fidel Castro caps and beards, March 1959....
Nov 14th
Dana Dearmond. for whatever reason, i got stuck writing...
Nov 14th
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The Harlem Globetrotters “Main Theme / Sweet Georgia Brown”
Nov 14th
“It was too big for him, that was the truth. It had never...”
— George Orwell, “KEEP THE...
Nov 14th
the thing about Joanna Newsom is she went from dating Bill...
Nov 14th
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The Teenagers “Homecoming”
Nov 14th
the dad book / LA memoir thing is a go ahead!!!!!!!! its about 150 pages so far, we start work on...
Nov 14th
‘Fruit Dog’ by stephenfalk (View Large On Black)
Nov 14th
Nov 13th
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Calvin Harris “Merrymaking At My Place”
Nov 13th
Dj Hero is fucking intense. you can play as Daft Punk and DJ...
Nov 13th

my first agent, a true story.

the first agent agent i had in this town was the cousin of a friend of a director i worked with on...
Nov 12th
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The Modern Lovers “Egyptian Reggae”
Nov 12th
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Van Morrison “Sweet Thing”
Nov 12th
so, theres one hurdle - a skype interview next tuesday with...
Nov 12th
im bad at drawing. sometimes i do something like this where...
Nov 12th
jfk
Nov 12th
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Bat For Lashes “Daniel”
Nov 12th
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Joy Division “Atmosphere”
Nov 12th
Closer
Nov 12th
Nov 12th
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Miracle Fortress “Digital Love” (Daft Punk cover)
Nov 12th
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Alphabeat “Digital Love” (Daft Punk cover)
Nov 12th
goddamit why is everything so up in the air. where do i have to sign.
Nov 12th
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Edwin Star “War”
Nov 12th
i never understood war, or mass acts of violence, or...
Nov 12th
the internet was so much better when it was all paper.
Nov 12th
gpoyw, somewhere in colombia. i think on some island. that...
Nov 12th
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Velvet Underground “Sister Ray”
Nov 12th
gpoyw, “remember when you first moved to LA and wanted...
Nov 11th
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Fang “The Money Will Roll Right In”
Nov 11th
its time for a haircut, Ned.
Nov 11th
Smokey & The Bandit.
Nov 11th
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Willy Wonka “Pure Imagination”
Nov 11th
“Watching Ned blog is kind of like finding out Santa Claus...”
— Alan. And it’s so true… (via...
Nov 11th
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Sammy Davis Jr “You Can Count On Me” (Hawaii 5-0 Theme)
Nov 11th
“hail satan, baby”
Nov 11th
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Smog “Hit The Ground Running” ___ this song is perfect for right now.
Nov 11th
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Gil Scott Heron “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
Nov 11th
and i will miss YOU, the best bar in the best city in the...
Nov 11th
britt. i was engaged to her for a bit when i lived in...
Nov 11th
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“walker told me i have AIDS” / keyboard cat.
Nov 11th
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David Bowie “Life On Mars?”
Nov 11th
i used to skateboard. i was the kid in the group that...
Nov 11th
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Mark Mothersbaugh “Ping Island / Lightnight Strike Rescue Op”
Nov 11th
Nov 11th
twitter was societys one great chance to say ‘twat’ on a regular basis and instead...
Nov 11th
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Guns N’ Roses “November Rain”
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
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Kenny Rogers “The Gambler”
Nov 10th
Dear Ned, LA Will Miss You.
Nov 10th
i cant tell if these are celebratory drinks that im leaving TO ANOTHER FUCKING COUNTRY or if im just...
Nov 10th

lets all just make out.

Nov 10th
oh, and i got cobrasnaked the other night. marks a pretty...
Nov 10th
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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band “Night Moves”
Nov 10th
i used to have an old Cadillac. a 1989 Cadillac DeVille, in...
Nov 10th

good reasons to stay in LA

i can keep talking to the girl at the coffee shop (shes kinda cute and talked about how weird...
Nov 10th

bad reasons to say in Los Angeles

its a tough decision. not three days ago i was holding a cup of coffee in my hand and saying to...
Nov 10th
alanfm78: Ned Hepburn in Rachel’s tattoo shop, which is...
Nov 10th
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Blur “Coffee & TV”
Nov 9th
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The Blues Brothers “Rawhide”
Nov 9th
Nov 9th
Nov 9th
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Fats Domino “Blueberry Hill”
Nov 9th
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Link Wray “The Fuzz”
Nov 9th
(via brunchfaced)
Nov 9th
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Talking Heads “This Must Be The Place”
Nov 9th
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Nino Rota “The Godfather Love Theme” _____ “im gonna make him an offer he cant...
Nov 9th

and now

i might have an offer in LA. a small one, but it would keep me here. what to fucking do.
Nov 9th
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Jonathan Richman “Important In Your Life”
Nov 8th
vinyl sundayyyy
Nov 8th
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The Troggs “Wild Thing”
Nov 8th
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Ian & The Zodiacs “Na Na Na Na”
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
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Bob Dylan “Mr Tambourine Man”
Nov 8th
at this coffee shop, the second week i was in Los Angeles, i...
Nov 8th
Hyperion & Sunset, Los Angeles CA. November 6th 2009. ...
Nov 8th
The Men Who Stare At Goats! it was good. i liked it. mostly...
Nov 8th

what to do.

whats stranger? going to south america to follow my heart or staying in LA to follow a dream?
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
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Beach Boys “Surfin’ U.S.A.”
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
Nov 8th
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Three Six Mafia “Stay Fly”
Nov 8th
servemyworldblog: DONATE MONEY AND I’LL TATTOO WHATEVER ON...
Nov 8th
it appears the recession is taking a turn for the...
Nov 7th
this isnt a definite… but say i got offered a job in Colombia. lets just say, hypothetically,...
Nov 7th
Nov 7th
Nov 7th
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Sonic Youth “Kool Thing”
Nov 7th
(via parachuteshark) THANK YOU I’LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.
Nov 7th
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My Bloody Valentine “Lose My Breath”
Nov 7th
“to a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”
— Mark Twain
Nov 7th
koolberg: ned hepburn must be losing his shit. (via...
Nov 7th
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Burl Ives “The Donut Song”
Nov 7th

Free Good Mac Programs

stephenfalk: Absolutely agreed. I did a trial of WriteRoom and it’s awesome. lizlet: Hey, Mac...
Nov 7th
Nov 6th
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Jon Stewart does Glenn Beck. this is classic television.
Nov 6th
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Huey Piano Smith & His Clowns “Dontcha Just Know It?”
Nov 6th
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Etta James “At Last”
Nov 6th
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHATHEYMEANCOCAINEi miss maria
Nov 6th
Nov 6th
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The Mary Tyler Moore Theme “You Might Just Make It After All”
Nov 6th

things i will do if the dream dies

open up a taco stand in Paris. there is no mexican food in paris. open up a BLT stand in New...
Nov 6th

are you there, God? its me, Hepburn.

to quote the sage wisdom of one of our greatest living poets, “i’m like a bird and...
Nov 6th
this is what its like to be a freelance writer for a living....
Nov 6th

money will not buy you happiness.

but it will buy you cocaine, whores, and whiskey.
Nov 6th

Weezer Need To Fucking Stop Making...

right now. just stop. its embarrassing for everybody. Rivers, step into my office. did you lose...
Nov 6th

meet me in the bathroom.

Monocle said no, which sucks. i feel like drinking. not because i’m bummed out about it, but...
Nov 6th
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Bill Callahan “Jim Cain”
Nov 5th
i was there, in 1985, being a baby. i was there. i existed.
Nov 5th
i was there, at the Tumblr film festival. i was there.
Nov 5th
Nov 4th
barelysarcasm: Because I’m too busy being lewdly...
Nov 4th
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Claude Lelouch “C’était un Rendezvous” dude goes 140mph through Paris. gnar.
Nov 4th
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Golden Earring “Radar Love”
Nov 4th
BEAR/BARE WITH ME. BARE/BEAR. There are actually three...
Nov 4th

New Goal.

my new goal is to become trilingual by 2011. or something. at LEAST at the level of a french or...
Nov 4th
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Serge Gainsbourg “Ballade de Melody Melson”
Nov 4th
ok. i seriously want to play serge gainsbourg in a movie....
Nov 4th
Francoise Hardy practices at home. Paris, 1963.
Nov 4th
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Francoise Hardy “Le Temps de L’Amour”
Nov 4th
(via frangry)
Nov 4th
furniture has no say in life. it was made to be used by...
Nov 4th
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Wayne Newton “Dänke Schoen”
Nov 4th
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Frankie Valli “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” (Bob Dylan cover)
Nov 4th
Nov 3rd
Nov 3rd
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Charlotte Gainsborg feat. Beck “IRM”
Nov 3rd
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new album “IRM” -...
Nov 3rd
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Devendra Banhart “16th & Valencia Roxy Music” (from What Will We Be)
Nov 3rd
i just interviewed this guy for these people. now i gotta...
Nov 2nd
Scott Walker, 1968.
Nov 2nd
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Scott Walker “The Old Man Is Back Again”
Nov 2nd
Jay Leno would have rather stayed put at "The...
Nov 2nd
ronen: to-do list.
Nov 2nd
preparing, mentally, for a mammoth undertaking of an article...
Nov 2nd
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Bob Dylan “A Hard Rain Is Gonna Fall”
Nov 2nd
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Yes “Sweetness”
Nov 2nd
“Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front...”
— Hunter S. Thompson (via...
Nov 2nd

i get ripped on for making this part...

to be fair, i kind of knew what i was getting myself into. sort of. kind of. about as much as you...
Nov 2nd
‘Brian’ by Luke Chueh
Nov 2nd
Warch Watch
remember that episode of Family Guy where Brian goes on a reality show and falls in love and then...
Nov 2nd
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Nancy Sinatra “You Only Live Twice”
Nov 2nd
do you want to know how big of a James Bond nerd i am? my...
Nov 2nd
excuse me?
Nov 2nd
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nickdouglas: datn: The most honest and tragic TV commercial you will ever see. It’s real guys....
Nov 2nd
currently watching.
Nov 2nd
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Electric Light Orchestra “Mr Blue Sky”
Nov 2nd
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Frankie Valli “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”
Nov 2nd
the new Devendra album. its good. its actually really good....
Nov 1st
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Devendra Banhart “Baby” (from ‘What We Will Be’)
Nov 1st
The Twilight Saga: New Moon Talent Tour
Nov 1st
I’m playing against Batman at drinking games and let me tell you he is good. He is the night.
Nov 1st