“I hit the high seas like I was Helen Reddy”Tumblr (3.0; @ruxspin)http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/<p>f*ck a warren commission — here’s the REAL conspiracy. via @<a href="http://twitter.com/jsmooth995">jsmooth995</a>, PROOF that satanic freemasons run hip-hop. <a href="http://tr.im/zDS9">http://tr.im/zDS9</a></p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/196819277http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/196819277Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:46:12 -0400<p>I am wary of new-media know-it-alls, but man that @<a href="http://twitter.com/cshirky">cshirky</a> is a smart cookie. <a href="http://bit.ly/awtpv">http://bit.ly/awtpv</a> (by way of @<a href="http://twitter.com/alexismadrigal">alexismadrigal</a>)</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/195793255http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/195793255Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:01:51 -0400<p>ok, mom, you win. I just bought “Free To Be You and Me,” so that my son will be able to cry as freely as I can. wait, I’m misting up…</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/193779021http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/193779021Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:32:56 -0400<p>Holy cats, my man @<a href="http://twitter.com/nxthompson">nxthompson</a> is having a good month. First all the #vanish stuff, now a nice nyt profile re his new book. Congrats, homie!</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/186781948http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/186781948Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:25:55 -0400<p>RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/nxthompson">nxthompson</a>: ABC World News Tonight w/ Charlie Gibson has scheduled segment on @<a href="http://twitter.com/Wired">Wired</a>’s hunt for Evan Ratliff. Tonight, 6:30! #vanish</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/184765405http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/184765405Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:20:57 -0400<p>Wow! I can play as tragically miserable Kurt Cobain in Guitar Hero 5? I’m holding out for David Foster Wallace in Novelist Hero.</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/176891674http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/176891674Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:37:20 -0400<p>hey, @<a href="http://twitter.com/stevesilberman">stevesilberman</a>! my doctor dad won’t stop talking about your placebo piece. he loved it!</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/176891678http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/176891678Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:37:20 -0400<p>“…stopped them in an unprickly thicket of what later turned out to be poison sumac and turned with a strange glint in the one eye…”</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790722http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790722Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:16:42 -0400<p>why will we miss david foster wallace? sentences like this one (clears throat): “At which point USS Millicent…”</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790723http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790723Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:16:42 -0400<p>“…that wasn’t in pine-shadow and crushed Mario’s large head to the area just below her breasts and said she needed to confess that…”</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790720http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790720Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:16:42 -0400<p>“…Mario’s eyelashes and vest with extendable police lock he used for staying upright in one place had for quite some time now…”</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790716http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790716Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:16:42 -0400<p>“driven her right around the bend with sensual feeling.” incredible!</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790713http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/175790713Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:16:42 -0400<p>ah, excellent! I see that GQ just named my alma mater the douchiest college in the country. take THAT, princeton!</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/171697641http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/171697641Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:12 -0400<p>I’ve got a fun little q&a in the new issue with two guys engaged in an insane, 2-year prank war. <a href="http://bit.ly/4kk4R6">http://bit.ly/4kk4R6</a></p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/171697639http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/171697639Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:55:12 -0400<p>cmon America. I know we don’t all agree on healthcare, but can we at least pledge not to have the STUPIDEST POSSIBLE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT?</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/170626666http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/170626666Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:02:08 -0400<p>just stumbled upon an essay I wrote about “Midnite Vultures” back in 2000. at the time, I thought it was genius. it was not. sad.</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/169040876http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/169040876Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:10:58 -0400<p>btw, I know even Beck has rejected it, but I stand by Midnite Vultures as his best, most interesting album.</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/169040875http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/169040875Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:10:58 -0400<p>Oooh: Beck and Nigel Godrich remake ‘The Velvet Underground and Nico’ - <a href="http://bit.ly/2C7HC6">http://bit.ly/2C7HC6</a> #music (via @<a href="http://twitter.com/stevesilberman">stevesilberman</a>)</p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/168108073http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/168108073Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:45:14 -0400<p>well now I, too, want to buy a Moroccan donkey. RT @<a href="http://twitter.com/susanorlean">susanorlean</a>: My Smithsonian donkey story is online: <a href="http://bit.ly/Vq1av">http://bit.ly/Vq1av</a></p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/168108075http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/168108075Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:45:14 -0400<p>good news: Leonard Cohen can fill Mad Sq Garden. Bad news: Christgau now writing for B&N newsletter. still, read this: <a href="http://bit.ly/Gtnhw">http://bit.ly/Gtnhw</a></p>http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/167153668http://ruxspin.tumblr.com/post/167153668Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:48:50 -0400