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• 2012-01-25

  1. NY Times: You’ve long argued for the decriminalization of marijuana. Do you smoke weed?
  2. Barney Frank: No.
  3. NY Times: Why not?
  4. Barney Frank: Why do you ask a question, then act surprised when I give an answer? Do you think I lie to people?
  5. NY Times: I thought you might explain why you support decriminalizing it but don’t smoke it.
  6. Barney Frank: Do you think I’ve ever had an abortion? I don’t play poker on the Internet, either.

  Source: The New York Times

• 2012-01-24

  

  fuckyeahexistentialism:

  We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves.

  Source: gifmovie

• 2012-01-23

  A $250 billion per year loss would be almost $800 for every man, woman, and child in America. And 750,000 jobs – that’s twice the number of those employed in the entire motion picture industry in 2010.

  The good news is that the numbers are wrong. In 2010, the Government Accountability Office released a report noting that these figures “cannot be substantiated or traced back to an underlying data source or methodology,” which is polite government-speak for “these figures were made up out of thin air.”

  — The Freakonomics guys call bullshit on the MPAA’s piracy numbers. (via jimray)

  (via markcoatney)

  Source: freakonomics.com

• 2012-01-22

  i want to defect.

  (autoculture)

• 2012-01-21

  

  ratsoff:

  Carrie Vanderyacht.

  (via gregrutter.)

  guilty.

  Source: gregrutter

• 2012-01-20

  

  day two of fever.

  i honestly looked at this and thought “oh how terrible. two people who have each lost a leg and then had an arm transplanted so that they can walk.”

  such an idiot.

  Source: suitep

• 2012-01-18

  Fear not, this Barbeque of Grand scale Ass Bashing will not leave anyone hungry.

  — Stallone, on PG-13 rating for Expendables 2

• 2012-01-17

  nice one, fellas.

• 2012-01-16

  needed this.

• 2012-01-15

  

  candcdrums:

  happy to announce the prices on the player date drum kits. beBop sizes are 14x20,8x12,14x14. bigBeat’s are 14x22,8x13,15x16. these will only be available in stores.

  on paper this is very exciting. if these guys live up to the quality that i’ve come to expect from C&C, there may be another shoe box fund in my future.

  Source: candcdrums

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  (via dalasverdugo)

  Source: facebook.com

• 2012-01-14

  

  ratsoff:

  poorly drawn lines.

  (via pleatedjeans.)

  ahhhhh!

  Source: poorlydrawnlines.com

• 2012-01-12

  we’re working late and listening to 1984.

  monster playing from AVH on this one.

• 2012-01-11

  

  hometapes:

  Megafaun Announce US & EU Tours!
  On the road February through April in continued support of Megafaun
  

  The thing about Megafaun’s self-titled album, released on Hometapes last September: it keeps getting better. The double LP’s crisp corners have softened, and you’ve listened to “Get Right” so many times that it plays in your head when the room is quiet. The album that Phil Cook, Joe Westerlund, and Brad Cook were making this time last year, under the blanket of snow of their native Wisconsin, is about to see its first Spring.

  Megafaun is headed to Europe in February, and will return to the United States for their first complete nationwide tour in support of Megafaun in March and April. Dates below. More US dates and additional support to be announced in the coming weeks. 

  Megafaun EU Tour:

  02/01/12 – Groningen, Netherlands @ Vera
  02/02/12 – Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique Club
  02/03/12 – Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Doornroosje
  02/04/12 – Charloi, Belgium @ L’ Eden
  02/05/12 – Gent, Belgium @ Kunstencentrum Vooruit
  02/06/12 – Luxembourg @ Rock Hall Cafe
  02/07/12 – Schorndorf, Germany @ Club Manufaktur
  02/08/12 – Munich, Germany @ Das Provisum
  02/09/12 – Madonna, Italy @ Bronson
  02/11/12 – Senigalliano, Italy @ Gratis
  02/12/12 – Roma, Italy @ Angelo Mai
  02/14/12 – Zurich, Switzerland @ El Lokal
  02/15/12 – Paris, France @ Cafe de la Danse
  02/16/12 – Nantes, France @ Maison de l’Entudiantes
  02/17/12 – Rennes, France @ Ubu
  02/18/12 – Bordeaux, France @ Le Rocher de Palmer
  02/19/12 – Santander, Spain @ Cafe de las Artasz
  02/20/12 – Zaragoza, Spain @ Lata de Bombilla
  02/21/12 – Barcelona, Spain @ Sidecar
  02/22/12 – Valencia, Spain @Sala Loco
  02/23/12 – Madrid, Spain @ Club Moby Dick
  02/24/12 – Lisbon, Portugal @ Music Box

  Megafaun US Tour:

  03/15/12 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat #
  03/16/12 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s #
  03/17/12 – New York City, NY @ Highline Ballroom #
  03/18/12 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott #
  03/21/12 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
  03/22/12 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
  03/23/12 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
  03/24/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ Turf Club
  03/27/12 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
  03/28/12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
  03/30/12 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
  03/31/12 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
  04/03/12 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord
  04/04/12 – Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
  04/05/12 – Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
  04/06/12 – Tempe, AZ @ The Sail Inn
  04/07/12 – Santa Fe, AZ @ Sol Santa Fe
  04/10/12 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
  04/13/12 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
  04/14/12 – Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom

  # - w/ William Tyler

  
  Photo by D.L. Anderson 

  
  

  mark your calendars.

  Source: hometapes

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  kateoplis:

  Half a century of Siberian science, or why your furry best friend is really a developmentally stunted wolf.

  The Silver Fox Experiment  [photo: Tim Flach]

  Nova’s Dogs Decoded spends a little bit of time on the Silver Fox experiment and is required watching for tomorrow’s lecture, “Why Dogs Are Better Than Monkeys.”

  Source: kateoplis