May 2013
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Some Albums from Last Year That I Liked
I came across my “Best of 2012 Records List” and realized I never posted it. Well, here it is five months late.
Properly Released in 2012
Howler - America Give Up
The War on Drugs - Slave Ambient
Father John Misty - Fear Fun
The Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
Japandroids - Celebration Rock
Ladyhawk - No Can Do
Capitol 6 - Pretty Lost
Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball
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April 2013
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March 2013
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The thought once occurred to me that if I wanted to crush and destroy a man...
– Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Some of the Best Reads I've Had In the Last Year...
Life
by Keith Richards
The Sisters Brothers
by Patrick DeWitt
Drive / Driven
by James Sallis
Ablutions
by Patrick DeWitt
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
White Fang
by Jack London
Actual Air
by David Berman
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Nick Cave: An Introduction to The Gospel According to Mark
When I bought my first copy of the Bible, the King James version, it was to the Old Testament that I was drawn, with its maniacal, punitive God who dealt out to His long-suffering humanity punishments that had me drop-jawed in disbelief at the very depth of their vengefulness.
I had a burgeoning interest in voilent literature, coupled...
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February 2013
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January 2013
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My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to...
– Joseph Conrad, who would’ve been 155 today, on art and the writer’s task (via explore-blog)
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December 2012
22 posts
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When do lads begin to smoke? Usually when they lose their childish innocence....
– Leo Tolstoy on smoking. Complement with William James on habit. (via explore-blog)
Beatroute's Vancouver Local Releases of 2012 →
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