#rites

I learned that the day "The Viper's Drag" slipped from between my fingers. But whatever might be lost or broken or forgotten is nothing compared to the miraculous rebirth that occurs every time the needle hits the groove. Here is Fats Waller Himself, not dead but present, so present that he overwhelms the well-ordered precincts of the living room. The sound sprawls. What vibrates here has more life than any room. ↗

— Geoffrey O'Brien

#musical-favorites #rebirth #vinyl-records #life

Hypocrites get offended by the truth. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#freedom-of-speech #freedom-of-thought #honest #honesty #hypocrite

When the management iceberg is shaped like a huge phallus, you know that there are a lot of tossers that the top penguin has had to climb over to reach the tip and that there is no shortage of the same caliber of penguin in the balls and shaft of the corporation, just waiting for their chance to get a spurt to the top. Should I sugar coat this a little more? or tell it like it is? ↗

— Daniel Prokop

#emotional-intelligence #humor #inspirational #leaving-neverland #management

Kiss me, k-k-kiss me, infect me with your love, and fill me with your poison, take me, t-t-take me, wanna be your victim, ready for abduction boy, you're a werewolf, your touch is so furry, its supernatural, extra-werewolf-iestrial," Jen sung as loud as she could. ↗

— Quinn Loftis

#decebel #jen #love

Do all of you think we have fleas?" Decebel asked as he looked at Jen and Sally. "I think we just make an assumption because of the hair and what not, that you, ya know, might have a problem with the little buggers when you in your wolf form. ↗

— Quinn Loftis

#decebel #jen #ya

The sublime moment seems to be only a product of allowing yourself to get through, to get to a lot of stuff in your life, write about a lot of stuff and not edit yourself. That is a great lesson to learn for anybody that writes or creates in anyway, to be able to make something without being good or bad. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#about #allowing #anybody #anyway #bad

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#length #makes #observations #out #talent

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

#even #fate #favorites #generous #gods

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them. ↗

— Uma Thurman

#blogs #care #haven #i #interesting

Doing Tim's film is always going to be the most pleasure. Let me just put it that way. So, without drawing favorites one way or the other, getting back with him and doing Mars Attacks! was certainly a special treat. ↗

— Danny Elfman

#attacks #back #certainly #doing #drawing