October 2009
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St. Vincent — These Days (Jackson Browne/Nico cover) (via jesuisperdu)
Wonderful! Mates of State did a cover of this too.
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
—Leo Tolstoy
“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can’t be any large-scale revolution until there’s a personal revolution, on and individual level. It’s got to happen inside first. You can take away a man’s political freedom and you won’t hurt him- unless you take away his freedom to feel. That can destroy him. That kind of freedom can’t be granted. Nobody can win it for you.”
—Jim Morrison (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Jarvis Cocker Receiving Honorary Doctorate From Sheffield Hallam... →
thedailyswarm.com
One time Pulp singer turned solo star Jarvis Cocker is set to pick up an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.
Jarvis Cocker is undoubtedly one of the finest lyrics of his generation. Capable of spinning tales worthy of the finest novelists the singer’s witty, literate take on the pop song turned Pulp into one of the nation’s best loved band.
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
—C.S. Lewis (via cowgirlblues) (via michelleums)
