my darlin petunia

I have such a vivid memory associated with this song. It came out in 1992 and I was 9 years old and completely in love with my summer day camp counselor. We would go every day to a high school where they’d have games set up for us, lots of basketball tournaments and touch football, and things like Capture The Flag. I remember one day I twisted my ankle playing basketball (I was only there because this guy counselor was leading that activity; I’m actually quite terrible at basketball) and he carried me off the court and wrapped my ankle in an ace bandage. Then he sat there and played Connect Four with me until my mom came to pick me up. This song was playing on the radio and I was so smitten and so enjoying the one-on-one time with him, that I really thought he and I would get married and life happily ever after. Ahh, the outlandish expectations that come with a childhood crush.

emergentfutures: Queen’s Freddie Mercury Will Perform as...

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:57:14 -0400

emergentfutures:

Queen’s Freddie Mercury Will Perform as ‘Optical Illusion’

Freddie Mercury will make a technology-enhanced appearance from beyond the grave at a tenth anniversary performance of the Queen musical We Will Rock You. But to be clear, the frontman — who died in 1991 — will not be a hologram. He will be an “optical illusion.”

Full Story: Spin

pitchfork: Animal Collective’s new album, Centipede Hz, is out...

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:56:27 -0400

pitchfork:

Animal Collective’s new album, Centipede Hz, is out in September via Domino. Photo by Atiba Jefferson.

laughingsquid: The Ghostbusters Tour of New York

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:55:58 -0400

laughingsquid:

The Ghostbusters Tour of New York

laughingsquid: The C-3PO with a Boner Star Wars Trading Card...

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:55:06 -0400

laughingsquid:

The C-3PO with a Boner Star Wars Trading Card from Topps

reuters: Suspected drug cartel killers in Mexico dumped 49...

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:51:57 -0400

reuters:

Suspected drug cartel killers in Mexico dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near the northern city of Monterrey, a sickening atrocity that prompted the government to condemn the “inhuman” violence plaguing the country.

The corpses of 43 men and six women, whose hands and feet had also been cut off, were found in a pile on a highway in the municipality of Cadereyta Jimenez early on Sunday, officials from the state of Nuevo Leon said.

The Nuevo Leon government said the notorious Zetas drug gang had claimed responsibility for the bloodbath, one of the worst to hit Mexico during its struggle against the powerful cartels.

The massacre follows several other mass slayings in Mexico. Many have occurred in the north, where the Zetas have waged a war against rival groups for control of smuggling routes into the United States, the biggest market for illicit drugs.

READ MORE: 49 headless corpses found in northern Mexico

beyondneptune: Jonas McCluggage

Tue, 15 May 2012 01:51:23 -0400

beyondneptune:

Jonas McCluggage

theclearlydope: Life lessons.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:25:45 -0500

theclearlydope:

Life lessons.