May 2011
62 posts
Tracks to our Musical Heritage →
National Jukebox
How Archivists Helped Video Game Designers... →
Me on tumblr every day: I’m just going to go on here and like everything Fuckyeahbookarts has ever posted or thought about posting. My blog is not even mine anymore. I should just hand it on over.
“I’d have to think about that, actually. I think my special feature would be like...”
– John Linnell (on what special feature his action figure would have)
“I want to have experiences. I’m so tired of preparing for life: I want to live...”
– W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage (via nerdhermit)
“Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I...”
– Kanye West, who knows a lot about being self-absorbed (via reading-is-fun)
REBLOG IF YOU DON'T SMOKE.
stephannie483:
seriously, i wanna know how many people don’t smoke.
Library of Congress builds the record collection... →
fuckyeahbookarts:
fuckyeahbooks:
Book Club Burlesque
On a recent Tuesday night at the Parkside Lounge, on the Lower East Side, the dancer Lydia Ransom opened the show dressed as a proper librarian (tweed and argyle), and cheekily shushed the audience. “This is a library,” Ransom winked, before removing her cardigan and skirt.
This is so awesome!!!!
I made a tumblr about book and paper conservation, scrap-booking, book art, and collaging. Check it out if you like that sort of thing.
And the Wanting Comes in Waves: A Note from Colin... →
thedecemberists:
Adored Mailing List Recipients, About a month ago, we all at Decemberists HQ got hit with some pretty hard news. Jenny Conlee, our since-the-very-beginning accordion and keyboard player and all-around rad person was diagnosed with breast cancer. If you or anyone in your…
Awww, Jenny! I’m sending good thoughts her way.
