spacedye_vest's R/S ficlet
I couldn't remember the title of "A Hard Bargain" (hell, I'd even forgotten writing it until Ni quoted it at me) so she gets this. 'They make such a lovely couple, don't they?'Sirius tried to remember...
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Snape/Harry drabble(ish)
For cordelia_v, who stumped me with a line from "Not Again, Mr Potter!" She requested a Snape/Harry piece in which "Snape has to teach his younger lover something." Sorry this took so long!Strange...
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I've always dreaded the thought of having to make one of those posts that sheepishly begins, 'Hello. I'm back.' I don't feel as if I actively went away so much as passively stopped coming here. And...
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New email, courtesy of darththalia:miraminx @ gmail . comwithout spaces, of course.
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I haven't been to see a movie in months; the last one was, I believe, "Thank You For Smoking" (two nicotine-stained thumbs up!). But I was thinking about movies about music, specifically rock, so I...
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I like this site a lot: Little Hits puts up mp3s (in streaming audio) of songs and artists that were ignored the first time around, usually because they came out on tiny independent labels with no...
View ArticleKid core? KIDCORE? What will they think of next?
From the New York Times. "Mama Was a Riot Grrrl? Then Pick Up a Guitar and Play", by Jessica Pressler. "The children whispering and fidgeting in front of the stage at Union Hall in Park Slope,...
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I just found out that Tillie Olsen died on New Year's Day. I'd like to say something deep and insightful about the way her work entwined issues of class and gender, but instead I'll just say that "I...
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One thing I did miss during my lj hiatus was the fic searches. Okay, I'm lying, I'd completely repressed them, but this one (for a Highlander fic, I hasten to add; and in case you don't know the HL...
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Ask me one fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom-specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general. Question can be as wacky as you want. Ask me about...
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Uncut's recent issue about the Smiths' best 30 songs made me remember something I started thinking about last year, when they featured a cover story on The Queen Is Dead. I never need to listen to the...
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I can't believe I left the Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight off my list of music I don't get tired of. I also managed to leave off the Saints. Oops. I've got two albums teetering on the edge of...
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Sneakers mp3s
For tofty, and anyone else who's a fan of US 70s power pop. Sneakers were a ground-breaking group in the genre. Remember the 4,000 people who bought Big Star's first album? This is what three of them...
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Well, since everyone else is doing it:1) Put your music player on random2) For the first 20 tracks, find a picture of the artist via Google Images 3) Get your friends to guess the artistETA: Comments...
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Still running the band picture meme, still screening comments there. All will be revealed some time tomorrow evening. No one's gotten all of them yet, although spacedye_vest and rochefort have...
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Band photos: All is revealed
1) The Soft Boys. Identified by no one. No one! Shame on you! And don't come crying to me with "I knew who they were, I just didn't have time to post a comment". Yes, tofty, I'm looking at you here. 2)...
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Here's some songs from a couple of the bands who weren't instantly recognizable in the photo meme.Jet Fighter -- The Three O'ClockFor Lovers --Wolfman feat. Peter Doherty50 to a Pound --The...
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The other day I got out Stands for deciBels and Repercussion and realized that I'd left the dBs off my list of bands I never get tired of. In case anyone isn't familiar with the dBs, they formed in New...
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Right, so, I finally read Deathly Hallows. Better than I thought it would be! It's a good thing Rowling lowered my expectations so drastically with OotP. It was a pretty speedy read except for when...
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