Category Archives: the arts
songs i couldn’t stop listening to.
‘Tis (’twas, I guess?) the season of best-of list-making, and having always been one for bandwagons, I’m jumping on the bandwagon. I’ve been stupid lucky to enjoy a lot of great new music this year, much of it live, and … Continue reading
an unexpectedly delightful taylor swift cover.
By Butch Walker. That’s right. Perhaps it’s a little (a lot?) tongue-in-cheek, but I love it: You also should read this. It’s an article about why Taylor Swift sucks. Even though I don’t hate Taylor Swift, I find these kinds … Continue reading
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today is a google holiday, hooray!
Today’s Google Holiday: Happy 125th Birthday Josef Frank! Now, like you, as of about 8:30 a.m. today, I had no idea who Josef Frank was. Naturally, I Wikipedia-ed him and found a surprisingly short entry that was only three lines … Continue reading
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lady gaga’s alejandro video. sex. yawn.
Gaga’s new video for “Alejandro” was released today on the Youtubes, and I just had to watch it. (Me and my roomsies are huuuuuuge fans.) From the very start, let me just say that I get a leeeetle irked with … Continue reading
youtube clip of today: boy gaga.
I came across this video while creeping around the internet late last night and I was more than impressed. I’m not the only one, our delightful friend over at Art of the Record thought so too. Don’t be fooled by … Continue reading
Filed under babies, celebrities, music, pop culture, random, the arts, Uncategorized, YouTube
from the creator of the smize…
Before we begin this post, an important statement from your favorite SWTCTW bloggers: “As of Tuesday, May 11, your fearless bloggers now prefer to be referred to as “intoxibellas”, for so many reasons. We will not answer to anything else. … Continue reading
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“liddy’s orange”: poem by sharon olds.
This morning on the Metro, I read the word “adolescence” in my book, and for some reason it reminded of a poem that my class read on one of the first days of AP English my senior year of high … Continue reading
today is a google holiday, hooray!
Google Holiday: Norman Rockwell’s Birthday. Our buddy Norman would have been 116 today, assuming I’m capable of doing math this early. You, of course, know Rockwell from such famous works as these: Rockwell is about as iconic as you can … Continue reading
Filed under food, news, pop culture, the arts
golden globe nominations came out today!
Sorry for the hiatus ladies and gents. I actually started a new job this week (yay!) so thats the reason for my absence. My absolute favorite season is coming up and it’s not Christmas. The awards season is upon us! … Continue reading
Filed under celebrities, crushes, movies, news, pop culture, the arts, TV, YouTube
finally, an artist that is cool.
I’ll be honest – I hate art. Most of it makes zero sense to me and I believe that it makes zero sense to everyone…they just want to be pseudo-intellectual by saying how “deep” and “meaningful” the art is. Really, … Continue reading
