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suicideblonde: BlackBook talks about Beyonce’s amazing...

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:01:22 -0500

BlackBook talks about Beyonce’s amazing all-female band

One of the coolest things about Beyoncé’s live show won’t get nearly as much play as the impressive choreography or the light show or the ’90s-kid-Twitter-detonating reunion, and that is The Suga Mamas, Beyoncé’s all-female tour band, with whom she has been touring for years (as NPR’s Ann Powers helpfully pointed out, “not a gimmick”).

An all-female backing band may be part of her image and a very deliberate decision, but in an age where women playing rock instruments is still totally novel to a lot of people because most of America and the world is in a dumb time warp about stuff like this and women who are guitarists, drummers, etc. still have to “prove” themselves more than their male counterparts, to have The Suga Mamas on the biggest and most mainstream stage, performing to millions the world over, is really goddamn impressive, even if they were supporting one of the biggest names in music and of course they’d be there.

And leading this pack is Bibi McGill, who in addition to having a pretty incredible stage presence and complementing Our Bey well, can play like nobody’s business. It’s a shame people probably missed her playing because everyone was waiting so attentively to see if Destiny’s Child would show up, because it was boss. There were pyrotechnics. There was shredding. The planets aligned and all was well.

Find out about every member of The Sugar Mamas, Beyonce’s all female band here.

the only good part of the super bowl was when this woman was shredding so hard fire came out of her guitar. hero.

Did you know these are the same dancers from the Chimney scene...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:22:35 -0500

Did you know these are the same dancers from the Chimney scene in Mary Poppins!?!

#this is the best post that ever was and ever will be

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i love them all

kittensandsmut: Red Panda used headbutt. It’s not very...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:58:50 -0500

kittensandsmut:

Red Panda used headbutt. It’s not very effective.

Maybe I’ll see one when I’m in Nepal!!!!!!

that’s what i’ve been saying

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:23:16 -0500

that’s what i’ve been saying

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Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:02:24 -0500

vega-ofthe-lyre: Persephone and the Prince Meet Over Drinks by...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:17:43 -0500

vega-ofthe-lyre:

Persephone and the Prince Meet Over Drinks by Jeannine Hall Gailey

Other Acceptable Names for "Lord of the Flies"

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:54:34 -0500

badwolflaurel:

101 Reasons to Just Carry a Fucking Lighter

Stop Drop and Roll Off a Cliff

Well That Escalated Quickly

Walking into my apartment when I've accidentally left the ondol on all day...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:45:49 -0500

kikinitinkorea:

It’s just like…

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Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:35:26 -0400

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Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:33:50 -0400

"Lawrence Krauss: “You are all stardust” “Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded...."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:19:41 -0400

“Lawrence Krauss: “You are all stardust”

“Every atom in your body came from a star that exploded. And, the atoms in your left hand probably came from a different star than your right hand. It really is the most poetic thing I know about physics: You are all stardust. You couldn’t be here if stars hadn’t exploded, because the elements - the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, iron, all the things that matter for evolution and for life - weren’t created at the beginning of time. They were created in the nuclear furnaces of stars, and the only way for them to get into your body is if those stars were kind enough to explode. So, forget Jesus. The stars died so that you could be here today.” “”

- Lawrence Krauss, American Theoretical Physicist who is Professor of Physics, Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Director of the Origins Project at the Arizona State University, A Universe From Nothing, AAI 2009. See also: ☞ Lawrence Krauss on probability in the Universe and Cosmic Connections
☞ Lawrence Krauss on understanding the universe
☞ Werner Herzog and Lawrence Krauss on Connecting Science and Art (via amiquote, metaconscious)

"Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you read to the end just to find out who killed the cook. Not..."

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 19:44:58 -0400

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Regret nothing. Not the cruel novels you read
to the end just to find out who killed the cook.
Not the insipid movies that made you cry in the dark,
in spite of your intelligence, your sophistication.
Not the lover you left quivering in a hotel parking lot,
the one you beat to the punchline, the door, or the one
who left you in your red dress and shoes, the ones
that crimped your toes, don’t regret those.
Not the nights you called god names and cursed
your mother, sunk like a dog in the livingroom couch,
chewing your nails and crushed by loneliness.
You were meant to inhale those smoky nights
over a bottle of flat beer, to sweep stuck onion rings
across the dirty restaurant floor, to wear the frayed
coat with its loose buttons, its pockets full of struck matches.
You’ve walked those streets a thousand times and still
you end up here. Regret none of it, not one
of the wasted days you wanted to know nothing,
when the lights from the carnival rides
were the only stars you believed in, loving them
for their uselessness, not wanting to be saved.
You’ve traveled this far on the back of every mistake,
ridden in dark-eyed and morose but calm as a house
after the TV set has been pitched out the upstairs
window. Harmless as a broken ax. Emptied
of expectation. Relax. Don’t bother remembering any of it.
Let’s stop here, under the lit sign
on the corner, and watch all the people walk by.

-Dorianne Laux

”

benevolent kitten overlord: "Persephone Lied"

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 22:17:45 -0400

benevolent kitten overlord: "Persephone Lied":

fursasaida:

ladyw1nter:

The truth is, I was bored.
My mother blissing ahead of me, rosebuds rising in her footsteps,
And I skulking behind, thinking,
Oh look. She walks in beauty.
Again.

Her power could boil rivers, if she chose.
She doesn’t choose. She scatters
Heliotrope…

When I hear my Students using English that I taught them...

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:55:15 -0400

kikinitinkorea:

Submitted by DS

By my talented friend and long time crush, Devon E....

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:26:37 -0400

By my talented friend and long time crush, Devon E. Sioui!
nervrom:

Lara In Music Room
40” x 60” Acrylic on Canvas
2012
Devon E. Sioui

It appears I forgot this one, too.

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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:22:48 -0400

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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:06:29 -0500

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war memorial in 용산

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:08:08 -0500

war memorial in 용산

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Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:06:17 -0500

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Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:02:46 -0500

Taken with instagram