I Can't Stop Listening to...

The Walkmen - You and Me

Their new (or new-ish) album is getting heavy play on my iPod as of late. It's not my favourite album of 2008 --Real Emotional Trash gets that nod-- but it's way, way up there.

This is an album that requires your full attention, though. Otherwise, you might not see what is at work here. There's a very steady, breezy, casual lull to this, which may be mistaken as "dull," but I assure you it's not.

Yeah, this pseudo-review is just a smidgen late, but I just had to gush about it anyway.

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This field of work makes me...

...really appreciate the kindness of strangers.

I just got off the phone with a very important interviewee and he was one of the most helpful people I have ever talked to. See, things like that, as pathetic as it sounds, really brightens a journalism student's day.

Thanks, dude.

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YouTube video of the week: Lykke Li

I wish I could sing that well live, yeash.

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Bored on a Saturday afternoon?

Try Super Obama World

*warning: VERY addictive.

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Just something I heard today...

On the way to school this morning, I overheard a girl saying that, for Halloween, she dressed up as a "post-modern Alice in Wonderland."

...Now, I'm not going to pass judgement on Pretentious McSnootypants, but how does one dress up as a post-modern anything? Whatever. I'm just waiting for her next Halloween costume: Post-Colonial Snow White.

P.S. Hi Sandy!

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