when the lights go down in the city

Steve's favorite thing on the whole internet

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:56:38 -0700

A few months ago, .tiff hipped me to a little series on YouTube called "Drunk History". The concept is simple: Someone gets shit-faced drunk, and then tells the story of some historical event while being filmed. The film of the storyteller is spliced with footage of the event being re-enacted,...

http://pop.vox.com/library/post/my-favorite-thing-on-the-whole-internet.html

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How I Spent My Stimulus Check

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:20:48 -0700

"With a wedding and honeymoon to pay for, its hard to specify exactly where the money went. You could say it went to the photographer, or the caterer, or the bar bill. Or to spending money for our honeymoon in Cancun. All I know is, the money is gone, and it helped to contribute to the best week and a half of my life so that we didn't have to tap into savings or go into debt."

http://www.howispentmystimulus.com/

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Mark and tapes!

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:31:31 -0700

I hadn't seen a tape in ages. And then, Mark showed me that it still exists. You gotta love it!

http://alexdeve.vox.com/library/post/mark-and-tapes.html

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Oh hai

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:08:49 -0700

From Steve (pop.vox.com)

http://pop.vox.com/library/post/oh-hai.html

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art is the new religion: Wherefore Bill Withers?

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:20:47 -0800

Ah, but dear members of Camp 2, you do know Bill Withers. You have undoubtedly heard Club Nouveau's rendition of Withers' "Lean On Me" far too many times to count. If you're like me, you may even have a vaguely sad or embarrassing memory attached to the song. Mine involves a gradeschool birthday party in Brooke Blass' garage where we stood around singing along to the radio, eating cake and dreaming up reasons to mix and mingle with the boys in attendance. When "Lean On Me" was blasted over the boom box speakers, someone had the bright idea to stand in a huge circle and put our arms around each others' shoulders. Yes, Withers' songwriting gave us that exciting and elusive reason to touch each other, which is kind of a big deal when you're twelve. A much better anecdote about this song is that Withers wrote it before he became a recording star, penning it as an ode to the camaraderie he experienced growing up in a West Virginia coal mining town (source). The sentiment in the song is real, and Withers' version is obviously way better than anything Club Nouveau could ever imagine. (Henceforth, I will never mention Club Nouveau again.)

http://www.artisthenewreligion.com/art_is_the_new_religion/2008/01/wherefore-bill.html

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art is the new religion

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:43:17 -0800

But Fergie's voice has a chainsaw or dentist drill quality to it, especially when she's belting out a song. It is a truly disturbing sound. If this sound were to awaken you out of a peaceful slumber, you would instinctively hurl a heavy object at t...

http://www.artisthenewreligion.com/

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Flickr: Search: "french bulldog"

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:14:20 -0800

This is where I go when I really want to stress myself out.

http://flickr.com/search/?q=french+bulldog&s=rec

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So there was this boy and this girl and they'd never met...

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:27:46 -0800

M-----l wrote me a letter! With underwear drawings!

http://outgoingsignals.vox.com/library/post/so-there-was-this-boy-and-this-girl-and-theyd-never-met.html

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Got KT?

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:37:20 -0800

This one goes out to my homie Krissy:

http://ydnar.vox.com/library/post/got-kt.html

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Stupidfool.org: It's a motherfucking drinking game! [1]

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:13:35 -0800

Fearing that the drinking game as written might leave all of us a bit too drunk for a work night, Mena thought of a nice twist: after eliminating all of the no-longer-relevant prompts, we printed out the remaining ones in enlarged type, cut them up, and put them into a bag (a Jay McCarroll bag, no less!), then selected one by one our individual prompts, thus dividing up about 40 prompts between the three of us.

http://btrott.typepad.com/typepad/2006/02/its_a_motherfuc.html

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art is the new religion: Welcome to the redesign

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:57:41 -0800

When I was thinking of reviving this here blog, I decided I needed original artwork for my banner and Marc was the first and only artist I considered. Things just keep getting busier over at Marc Johns HQ, as they rightly should, so I feel extraordinarily fortunate that he was available and willing to let me commission a custom art piece (If you're reading this post in a feed reader, please click through to check out the full-size banner.)

http://www.artisthenewreligion.com/art_is_the_new_religion/2007/12/welcome-to-the.html

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Etsy :: CUSTOM ORDER for KRISSY

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:41:42 -0800

I'm buying local, from my Vox neighbor!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8128418

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Free and Uneasy: The First Year Out | The New York Times

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 15:40:25 -0800

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20071125_DNA_FEATURE/index.html

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SFist: SFist Reviews... Eskimo Joe

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:20:58 -0800

http://sfist.com/2007/11/12/sfist_reviews_e.php

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Where The Bloggers Live: Austin?

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:32:26 -0700

A report released Wednesday by Scarborough Research reveals that Austin, Texas has the highest percentage of residents who read or write blogs. In Austin, 15% of adults had read or contributed to a blog in the past 30 days, while #2 Portland followed with 14% and tied for third was San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (an odd clumping, we must say) and Seattle/Tacoma, both with 13%. Other top cities: Honolulu, San Diego, Dallas, Columbus, Nashville, Colorado Springs, and Washington D.C.

http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/10/where-the-blogg.html

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Tex Next - DailyCandy

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:55:28 -0700

GPSWhile band hopefuls and raucous UT students party on Sixth Street, South Congress (SoCo) is a bastion of cool and quirky boutiques and restaurants with an imposing Capitol view. The fashion set likes South First (SoFi) and South Lamar (SoLa) — they’re nearby and less saturated.NESTHipster hideaway Hotel San Jose (1316 S. Congress Ave.; 512-444-7322), a revitalized 1930s bungalow-style spot beloved for its Zen courtyard and pool, rents old-fashioned typewriters. (That’ll inspire the memoir.) You’ll feel like a local in a cottage at Park Lane Guest House (221 Park Ln.; 512-447-7460), a green hotel with organic, vegetarian breakfast and a pro-pets policy. Technically, Four Seasons Hotel Austin (98 San Jacinto Blvd.; 512-478-4500) is outside SoCo, but the spa’s eucalyptus steam rooms and Lady Bird Lake vistas make it worth a mini diversion.

http://www.dailycandy.com/travel/article/32053/Tex+Next

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SFist: When The Lights Go Down In The City - R.I.P.

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:10 -0700

It was SFist's first editor Jackson West who asked me to write a music column back in '04 and he also came up with the name of it. I thought, it's SF-related and a quote from a Journey song - perfect! For the past three years my aim has been to tell you about the music in San Francisco that I like and hopefully expose you to stuff you've never heard. And so you could actually hear and enjoy the music instead of just reading about it, I tried to give away a CD or tickets each week. You've noticed by now that I've broken out using the royal "we". I figured I could break the rules since this is the last post I'll write for SFist. I'm moving away from San Francisco, back home to Austin, Texas, which is probably the only reason I'd stop writing for this incredible site.

http://sfist.com/2007/10/04/when_the_lights_16.php

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Where you fall in poll of U.S. reading habits - CNN.com

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:16:02 -0700

WASHINGTON (AP) -- There it sits on your nightstand, that book you've meant to read for who knows how long but haven't yet cracked open. Tonight, as you feel its stare from beneath that teetering pile of magazines, know one thing -- you are not alone.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/21/reading.ap/index.html

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SFist: Concert Review: The Swell Season

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:14:01 -0700

Walking up Sanchez Street on our way to the Noe Valley Ministry, we passed by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglová (a.k.a. The Swell Season) strolling smilingly toward 24th Street, not a care in the world. They didn't look like two musicians preparing for a concert and they certainly didn't give off the air of being the stars of Once, a truly incredible film that's currently playing in theaters. They were enjoying each other and the calm, cool twilight - a sure sign that it was going to be a good night.

http://sfist.com/2007/08/14/concert_review_1.php

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SFist: When The Lights Go Down In The City

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:34:52 -0700

My weekly column about San Francisco music and concerts. This week's giveaway is two tickets to one day of the Treasure Island Music Festival.

http://sfist.com/2007/08/16/when_the_lights_12.php

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