Bed Made of Flowers

Sleep is underrated

Best A-Side First Tracks

#1

Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead

Cats morphing into croissants.

Best A-Side First Tracks

#2

Respect - Aretha Franklin

Cool Q&A Alert

Pitchfork.com interview with Radiohead album cover artist, Stanley Donwood

Best A-Side First Tracks

#3

Never Let Me Down Again - Depeche Mode

And this year’s best name ever for a non-superhero award goes to…

Austan Goolsbee

Mr. Goolsbee will be replacing Christina Romer as the chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Sir, may your super duper cool name give you the chutzpah to propose to our esteemed leader that we tell the GOP to STFU and institute the biggest New Deal this country has ever spearheaded. 

Best A-Side First Tracks

#4

Heroes and Villains - The Beach Boys

Best A-Side First Tracks

#5

Let’s Go Crazy - Prince

And this year's biggest mensches in indie rock award goes to...

BAND OF HORSES!!!

Thanks, fellas, for proving that boys who play non-commercial rock and roll can be romantic altruists by sharing their stacked harmonies with unsuspecting newlyweds in Northern Europe. 

Terminal trip

Let’s pretend for a second that I used to take psychedelic drugs recreationally back in the day.

Often.

And let’s assume that those episodes did not interfere with my memory. 

So what do I know? I know that when taking these substances, in a warm, inviting environment either alone or with trustworthy fellow travelers (or guides) the chance of having a life-altering pleasurable experience is immense. 

I can see how having this option to look at the world through a different lens when at death’s door could be an incredibly peaceful way to endure the fear of the other side.