January 2012
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My brother just said this:
“I think Heath Ledger was a terrible Joker. I like Jack Nicholson better.”
WHAT THE FUCK RYAN YOU CAN’T JUST SAY THINGS LIKE THAT OUT LOUD.
YOU ARE ELEVEN YEARS OLD AND I HAVE FAILED AS A BROTHER.
Plus he’s never even seen The Dark Knight.
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“Try everything once except folk dancing and incest.”
–
Sir Thomas Beecham
(via leadingtone)
nomind-allthought:
Look… what you do (or don’t do) tonight is none of my business. All I ask is to not get behind the wheel, for both your sake and everybody else on the road tonight. That’s it. So please… be smart, have a designated driver, take a cab, fly a dragon… I don’t care what, just be responsible.
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NYTimes: The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made →
kateoplis:
A Nous la Liberte (1932)
About Schmidt (2002)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Adam’s Rib (1949)
Adaptation (2002)
The Adjuster (1991)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Affliction (1998)
The African Queen (1952)
L’Age d’Or (1930, reviewed 1964)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972, reviewed 1977)
A.I. (2001)
Airplane! (1980)
[…]
JUMP...
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“I hear parents telling their kids that they, too, can be famous soloists if they...”
– Yo-Yo Ma (via el1se)
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December 2011
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This has been my evening:
8:30 - Call from my friends Herp and Derp
My friends: Hey want to go see that movie you’ve been dying to see tonight?
Me: Sure! Let’s go to the only remaining showtime!
Them: OK! You call so-and-so, and we’ll call so-and-so, and we’ll let them know what the plan is!
Me: Awesome! See you soon!
9:00 - Call from my friends Herp and Derp
My friends: Hey is anyone else...
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leadingtone:
Ligeti - Concerto for violin and...
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unpopular opinion
dysfunctional-harmony:
bayreuther:
I hate Shostakovich.
Honestly kind of agreed. o_oll He was bleak, depressing, cryptic, and boring all at the same time (at least after the Fourth Symphony, which is a masterpiece).
Esa-Pekka would agree.
Even though I give this point of view the minimum amount of respect it requires in a civil society, I will never EVER understand it.
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“In sum: the President can kill whomever he wants anywhere in the world...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via soupsoup)
Not the change I voted for.
(via apoplecticskeptic)
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“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
– Neil Gaiman (Dream dangerously, everyone.)
i have to reblog this every new year YOU CAN’T STOP ME
(via gentofmind)
A good sentiment, all around.
(via brofisting)
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“There’s little of more importance to the future of our country and our...”
– J. F. Kennedy as quoted by his daughter, Caroline, at the 2011 Kennedy Center Honors (via kateoplis)
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kateoplis:
“There’s been class warfare going on for the last 20 years, and my class has won.”
— Warren Buffett
[…]
“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.”
— Elizabeth Warren
think-progress: 11 Quotes From 2011
Musicians: how much of your hearing have you... →
mattheuphonium:
therachstarr:
Click the link to test it out. Personally, I can hear up to 19 kHz (although it starts to get a little faint). 20 kHz just gives me a headache, and 21 and 22 are completely inaudible.
Guys, hearing loss is a serious issue, especially if you’re in a marching band, drum corps or indoor line, and especially if you’re a percussionist. If you want to keep playing and...
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“What I think of as style—and I’ve gotten to this over years of really thinking...”
–
John Corigliano
(via leadingtone)
As much as I like some of John Corigliano’s music, I have a theory that he is actually made of porcelain.
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God damn fucking Christopher Nolan
I naturally mistrust people who take a lot of...
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