December 2011
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laf says: Happy Festivus. →
Seinfeld = automatic reblog. Duh.
lafsays:
Attention, Seinfeld fans! We all know what Dec. 23 is.
George: Nothing. It’s a card from my dad. Elaine: What is it? “Dear son, Happy Festivus”? What is Festivus? George: It’s nothing. Jerry: When George was growing up — George: Jerry, NO! Jerry: — his father hated all commercial and religious…
That leaves me with 220k for myself. Some of that will pay my rent and will care...
– Louis CK: Live at the Beacon Theater
Interesting time for this what with the 99% vs. the 1% movement going on right now. I know lots of billionaires have signed pledges and such to request higher taxes but Louis C.K. seems to be the only guy putting his money literally where his mouth is.
Yes I...
'...For the past generation, the ideological high... →
I think people are into themselves more today than they used to be. There’s no...
– Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men)
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Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And...
– - by Louis De Bernieres in Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
This quote always makes me think of my parents - they’ve been together for 31 years… almost 32.
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This is the thing: When you hit 28 or 30, everything begins to divide. You can...
– Relevant magazine
(via Diana : megburns : haygirlhay : luciwithani)
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Of course, neither hip hop nor US rock are renowned for subtlety, so as these...
– MixMAG - United Bass of America
The online Global Language Monitor, which professes to track what’s hot in...
– NPR
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“I suggest that we continue to go out and see what happens. Needless to...
– - horrible, awkward email sent to a lady after a gent took her out on a (first) date
Men, don’t do this. Kthx.
The Best of 2011 - Adele, Taylor Swift, Nicki...
Today is all about the year in music over here at Billboard.
Check out all our year-end coverage in one place, or click the links to go to each story directly.
This Year In Music
Our Q&A with Adele - our Artist of the Year
This Year in Pop - Adele Made History
Shakira’s Digital Domination
Taylor Swift Speaks Up (she was also honored as our Woman of the Year)
Nicki Minaj (our...
No matter where you live, your emotional wellbeing is as good as it’s...
– - Happiness is Love (and $75,000)
So the old adage is true - money can’t buy you happiness (but $75,000 can get you as close as money can get…)
Voyager 1 Exists Our Solar System →
SO COOL
acafourek:
It’s a good week to be a nerd.
There’s definitely dubstep on my album but I certainly haven’t...
– - Katy B from her Tastemakers session at our (Billboard’s) studios
(Yup, I work at Billboard. Yup, I’m a pretty big Katy B fan. Yup, I love that she clarifies about people giving her the ‘dubstep queen’ label)
Like being a woman, like being a racial, religious, tribal, or ethnic minority,...
– Hillary R. Clinton’s address to the UN
“If I’d been required to take those two tests when I was a 10th grader, my life...
– When an adult (someone ON a school board) took standardized tests forced on kids