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“Almost every womon I have ever met has a secret belief that she is just on the edge of madness, that there is some deep, crazy part within her, that she must be on guard constantly against ‘losing control’ — of her temper, of her appetite, of her sexuality, of her feelings, of her ambition, of her secret fantasies, of her mind.
Elana Dykewomon, “Notes for a Magazine,” Sinister Wisdom #36
(Winter 1988/89)
Mom and I did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge again. Yes, they’re doing it annually, until a cure is found.
For more thoughts on this, read my post from last year: http://nofunphillips.tumblr.com/post/95059790592/on-the-ice-bucket-challenge
this lady on the left is my favorite als cure crusader, and this lady on the right is my best friend. they’re going to keep doing this til there’s a cure. <3
love.
Mom and I did the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge again. Yes, they’re doing it annually, until a cure is found.
For more thoughts on this, read my post from last year: http://nofunphillips.tumblr.com/post/95059790592/on-the-ice-bucket-challenge
when did you start writing? Were you always good at it? Is there ever a time where it's a struggle to get your thoughts out in a concise way? I ask because I don't think I have that work ethic to force myself to write even though I want it more than anything else. Whenever I start to try and get my thoughts out, I always have this voice in my head that tells me I suck. I guess it's called self doubt, but I wonder if you ever deal with it.
It’s always a struggle to get my thoughts out in a concise way. The only exceptions are when I have nothing interesting to say, and then I can say whatever without consequence. (Obviously, no one wants to read that.) There’s no easy answer, but I think you have to ignore that self-doubt long enough to put something down onto paper (or screen!), then aggressively question whatever it is you’ve just done until it’s better. Not to the point of, “I’m obviously awful, I should sit in a hole and die,” but enough to analyze your faults and where you need to improve and what you need to improve. The work can be excruciating and embarrassing, but it’s necessary.
At the same time, writing isn’t an essential act. Writers will act like it is, and it’s true: Many lives have been saved by a good piece of writing. But there are a lot of writers, and at the end of the day, if you can’t force yourself to get over the hump and go for it, you might have to do something else. Every serious writer I know, even the nicest ones, even the self-doubting ones, is an arrogant son of a bitch at their core. You need that arrogance to say, “What I have to say matters, or should matter. People should care about this.” I mean, what presumptuousness. You have to be careful, as a lot of bad writing is informed by an excess of arrogance. Still, you need a little bit to get started.
Jeremy is so, so right. Especially this last paragraph.
perpetually haunted by the ghost of Shit I Have to Get Done
suddenly overcome by the urge to go on a date with taylor swift.
awesome song from an awesome dude.
1. Arcade Fire Cover Neil Young’s “Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown.” By Zoe Camp. August 15, 2014.
2.Arcade Fire Cover Feist’s “I Feel It All.”By Jenn Pelly. August 13, 2014.
3.Arcade Fire Cover Huey Lewis’ Back to the Future Song “Back in Time.”By Jeremy Gordon. August 12, 2014.
4. Arcade Fire Do Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in Washington. Evan Minsker. August 10, 2014.
5.Arcade Fire Cover Dead Kennedys’ “California Uber Alles.”Jeremy Gordon. August 5, 2014.
6.Arcade Fire Cover the Beverly Hills Cop Theme. Evan Minsker. August 3, 2014.
7.Arcade Fire Cover Jane’s Addiction’s “Been Caught Stealing”, Steal Fans’ Cell Phones.Evan Minsker. August 2, 2014.
8.Arcade Fire Cover Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Hey Tonight” in Concert.Jeremy Gordon. July 31, 2014.
9.Arcade Fire Cover The Smiths’ “London” in London. Zoe Camp. June 7, 2014.
10. Arcade Fire Cover Echo and The Bunnymen’s “The Cutter” with Frontman Ian McCulloch Himself.Molly Beauchemin. June 6, 2014.
11.Arcade Fire Cover R.E.M.’s “Radio Free Europe.”Zoe Camp. May 3, 2014.
12. Arcade Fire Cover Chuck Berry’s “Roll Over Beethoven”, Kinda Sorta Poke Fun at Deadmau5.Jeremy Gordon. April 28, 2014.
13.Arcade Fire Cover Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind.”Evan Minsker. April 27, 2014.
14.Arcade Fire Cover Blondie’s “Heart of Glass.”Jenn Pelly. April 10, 2014.
15.Arcade Fire Cover Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight (Everything’s Alright).”Evan Minsker. March 11, 2014.
16.Listen to Arcade Fire Cover Prince’s “Controversy” Live.Evan Minsker. March 9, 2014.
17. Ok I’m bored don’t make me keep doing this
This is amusing, and you can probably guess what the author was going for so there’s no point in taking offense. But it ties into something I was thinking about when we, and publications like Stereogum or Spin, caught some flak for posting every cover Arcade Fire was playing on their current tour. Were we slaves to the clickbait? Were we so profoundly unoriginal as to be gobsmacked by every song selection? Was music news dead?
Well, I saw it like this: Arcade Fire are a very popular band; they’re probably the most popular post-Radiohead band for Pitchfork’s audience, and yeah, if you love Arcade Fire (who, again, are a very popular band and not, like, Twin Peaks) and you read our website a lot, this is what you would want to read. You would want to read about your favorite, very popular band playing a very popular song. (Zach himself noted their cover selection during his review of their Barclays show.) So, ha ha, it’s funny… but it you know makes perfect sense, right?
Thank you, Jeremy.
here's my ice bucket challenge video that i did with my mom.
also! i punched up/cleaned up my ice bucket challenge rant and nbc ran it on the today show's website. which is amazing:
http://www.today.com/health/ice-bucket-challenge-please-keep-dumping-ice-your-heads-1D80094757
on the ice bucket challenge
my dad died from ALS when i was 3 years old. he was 36. my mom was 33. that was 30 years ago. now i’m the same age my mom was when my dad died. and there is still no cure for ALS.
this is what happens when you have ALS: your muscles slowly stop working, one part at a time. for my dad, first he couldn’t use one of his hands. then his arm. then the other arm. then he couldn’t walk. then he couldn’t stand up. then he couldn’t talk. then he couldn’t swallow. then he couldn’t breathe. then he was dead.
this all took about two years. he was diagnosed when i was about one year old. the only memories i have about my dad are of an inert body in a wheelchair or lying in a bed with a bunch of tubes stuck into it. as i was learning to talk, he was losing the ability to speak. as i was learning to walk, he stopped being able to move. my mom often had to choose between who she was going to help go to the bathroom at any given moment: her husband or her toddler.
after my dad died, my mom took over the philadelphia chapter of the ALS association. it consisted of a shoebox full of notecards with names on it. now it is a multi-million dollar organization with a large staff. she is still in charge. my mom is one of the most amazing people on the planet, basically.
these past couple weeks have been mind-boggling. i have openly wept watching so many of these videos. i still don’t completely get how all of this has happened, but now we live in a world in which lil wayne and taylor swift and oprah and justin timberlake and weird al and bill gates talk about ALS. my mom just emailed me this sentence: “lebron james ice bucket challenge.” i mean, IS THIS REAL LIFE?! i just keep saying over and over: holy shit. holy shit. holy shit.
so far, it has raised over 10 million dollars… and counting. my mom has spent every single day of her life for the past three decades trying to get this kind of attention and funds for this disease.
i don’t care if it’s a stupid gimmick. i don’t care if people are just doing this because it’s trendy or because they want pats on the back. i don’t care if it’s the new harlem shake. i don’t care if for the rest of my life, when i talk about ALS, i have to say “you know, the ice bucket disease.”
please, everybody, please keep pouring buckets of ice over your heads. please keep donating money. please keep talking about this.
my mom's chapter:
http://www.alsphiladelphia.org/
p.s. the only reason i haven’t done my own ice bucket challenge yet is because i wanted to do it with my mom. we’re seeing each other next week, so it will happen then, i promise.
thrill jockey records definitely spending their ad money wisely!
Amy Phillips, who runs Pitchfork News, debates whether trailers are cheap promotional pieces or creative outlets for artists.
talked about album trailers with eric ducker. during the course of doing this, i was surprised to discover that i actually like them.
Billy embarrasses me with kittens.
Blog chronicling all the way Billy Corgan embarrasses his fans. Brilliant.
Yesterday my friend Cecily was found guilty of second degree assault on a police officer. Before the stunned eyes of 84 supporters and about 40 police, she was pushed out of a door at the back of the courtroom and taken through the labyrinth to the Tombs and then out to prison. She will wait there...
The Possibility Project at May Day 2014, May 1 Coalition Stage
The Possibility Project brings together vastly diverse groups of teenagers who meet weekly for a year. Through a combination of issue-oriented discussions, trainings in diversity, conflict resolution, leadership and community activism, instruction in the full range of performing arts, and the creation of scenes and writing, the youth cast writes, produces and performs an original musical based on their lives and their ideas for change. In addition, they design and lead community action projects on issues of concern to them in order to take their creative vision for change into the world.
Love.
Poem found in notebook from freshman year of college: Oh Angelina Jolie You are the highest form of life All evolution has lead to you All of history ends with you You are the final moment For when the universe yields perfection It is finished
Kraftwerk in 3D: Post-humanen Gesamtkunstwerk oder Kitsch?
