This little guy is snoring like a freight train. Friday afternoon done right!

2:46 pm  •  24 May 2013  •  3 notes

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - NPR Tiny Desk Concert

There’s something very telling about Ben Haggerty’s (aka Macklemore’s) choice to open his NPR Tiny Desk concert with “Same Love” over either of his Top-5 radio hits (“Thrift Shop” and “Can’t Hold Us”).

But it actually very much makes sense. Macklemore is so much more than thrift shopping and ESPN highlight reel-ready party anthems. He has important shit to say. And, thankfully, it seems he’s determined to use his newly anointed  pulpit atop the Top 40 charts to preach something worth listening to.

While the Yeezys and Waynes are rapping about everything but social issues, Macklemore is happily filling that void, content to treat his fans to a substantive discussion about things that actually concern them.

Will “Same Love” make a dent in the same-sex marriage debate that is quickly going down as our generation’s stain we want so badly to remove before history writes us off?

Probably not. It is just a song after all. But, as Macklemore says, that’s a damn good place to start.

And that song, potentially, is one equality-focused song on the radio that we didn’t have six months ago. And who’s to say what that kind of exposure to tolerance can breed?

I really love that this album is chock full of collaborations with local Seattle-area musicians, and especially that they’re dragging Ray Dalton off on tour with them. He’s a young guy, a gospel singer, who was working as a tennis instructor to pay bills, and now he’s having the time of his life tooling all over the place. 

And they always look like they’re having so much goddamned fun. In this world where most of us are grumpy all the time, I really respect that. 

In case anyone forgot, I really love Ben Haggerty (Macklemore) and Ryan Lewis. At the core of it, they’re really good people. And Ray Dalton is a gem.

1) this made getting to work at 6am worth it. 

2) can someone tell that boring ass crowd to get a little hype? DO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY’RE WITNESSING? 

I cry every single time I hear “Same Love.”

These guys are awesome.  (And I agree with Summer, this crowd sux.)

9:12 am  •  24 May 2013  •  52 notes

gpoyt, for real though.

2:33 pm  •  23 May 2013  •  6 notes

Seriously. It’s 46 and raining. Get your life together, mother nature. 

9:51 am  •  23 May 2013  •  13 notes

Oatmeal choco chip cookies + cookie dough ice cream. @tvandekamp has the best ideas.

9:30 pm  •  22 May 2013  •  7 notes

yungsunshine:

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Clinton Sparks ft Macklemore, 2 Chainz & D.A. – Gold Rush

Annoyingly catchy.

10:42 am  •  22 May 2013  •  18 notes

Brian Urlacher Announces Retirement :/

10:21 am  •  22 May 2013  •  6 notes

9:58 am  •  22 May 2013  •  23 notes

Jackpot! @bonnaroo tickets arrived today!

12:45 pm  •  21 May 2013  •  3 notes

You do not sit in the front row. That is for family. You find an inconspicuous place towards the back. And you hope you aren’t noticed. You …

Every once in awhile, I stumble upon a tremendous piece of writing.

It’s sad, maybe even a little morbid, but it’s art and it should be shared.

[I’m fully on board with Medium - just thought you should know that too.]

11:12 am  •  21 May 2013  •  4 notes

Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ? 

9:19 am  •  20 May 2013  •  2 notes

Grand Avenue Mall has is an architectural dream. Downtown beauty! (at Art Milwaukee)

6:04 pm  •  18 May 2013  •  3 notes

Turns out that sometimes, being the bigger person means that you have to be the first one to lay down your sword. 

Been adulting like a motherfucker today. 

2:33 pm  •  17 May 2013  •  10 notes

Looking at you, co-workers/general public.

1:58 pm  •  16 May 2013  •  9 notes

All day, everyday.

9:51 am  •  16 May 2013  •  205 notes