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Recovering Academic

@dave6834 / dave6834.tumblr.com

Notes from above the ground
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Coen Brothers films, ranked, again

Previously, on Coen Brothers films, ranked

Onto the rankings...

  1. No Country for Old Men (Last Ranked: 2)
  2. The Big Lebowski (1)
  3. A Serious Man (5)
  4. Fargo (3)
  5. Raising Arizona (4)
  6. Miller's Crossing (12)
  7. Inside Llewyn Davis (7)
  8. Burn After Reading (9)
  9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(-)
  10. Barton Fink (10)
  11. Hail, Caesar! (-)
  12. O Brother, Where Art Though? (11)
  13. Blood Simple (6)
  14. The Man Who Wasn't There (13)
  15. The Hudsucker Proxy (14)
  16. True Grit (8)
  17. The Ladykillers (15)
  18. Intolerable Cruelty (16)
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Return of The Vegetable Power Rankings

It’s been too long!

  1. Kale (Previously: 1)
  2. Brussel Sprouts (6)
  3. Broccoli/Broccolini (combined because they're mostly the same thing; 13/3)
  4. Asparagus (2)
  5. Butternut squash (5)
  6. Swiss chard (7)
  7. Cauliflower (unranked)
  8. Sweet Potatoes (10)
  9. Green beans (11)
  10. Red/yellow/orange bell pepper (16)
  11. Arugula (8)
  12. Zucchini (19)
  13. Russet potato (20)
  14. Artichoke (14)
  15. Bok choy (15)
  16. Redskin potato (17)
  17. Gold potato (18)
  18. Sweet corn (12)
  19. Carrots
  20. Beets

Also receiving votes:

  • Baby Spinach (9)
  • Peas
  • Various lettuces
  • Mustard/collard greens
  • Yellow squash
  • Turnips
  • Radishes
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Pies, Ranked

Requested by @_oceanside

  1. Key Lime Pie
  2. Apple Pie
  3. Pecan Pie
  4. Black Bottom Pie
  5. Lemon Meringue Pie
  6. Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
  7. Blackberry Pie
  8. Blueberry Pie

That's it. Don't ask me about any other pies, these are the only pies that matter. Also, cheesecake is not pie.

#@amanda-marie
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My Favorite Music of 2015: Tracks

Here’s a Spotify playlist with the tracks I couldn’t stop listening to this year.

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My Favorite Music of 2015: Albums

These were my favorite albums released this year, in alphabetical order by artist:

  • Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color
  • Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
  • Beach House: Depression Cherry and Thank Your Lucky Stars
  • Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff
  • Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
  • Low: Ones and Sixes
  • Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls
  • Laura Marling: Short Movie
  • Sleater-Kinney: No Cities to Love
  • Tame Impala: Currents

Honorable Mentions and EPs

  • The Bad Plus Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman
  • Beirut: No No No
  • Hiatus Kaiyote: Choose Your Weapon
  • Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear
  • Sharon Van Etten: I Don't Want to Let You Down
  • The Staves: If I Was
  • Thundercat: The Beyond/Where the Giants Roam

For your listening pleasure, below is a playlist with most of these titles

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Tom Petty albums: ranked

(Heartbreakers + solo albums)

  1. Wildflowers
  2. Damn the Torpedoes
  3. Full Moon Fever*
  4. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
  5. You’re Gonna Get It
  6. Into the Great Wide Open
  7. Songs and Music from “She’s the One”** 
  8. Southern Accents
  9. Hard Promises
  10. Long After Dark

Also receiving votes: Hypnotic Eye, The Last DJ^, Highway Companion, Mojo,  Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)^^, Echo, 

*”Wow, two solo albums in the top 3? YOU’RE GODDAM RIGHT. **Did you know he covered Beck and Lucinda Williams on this one? Petty really needs to cover more contemporary material, and leave the Them covers to aging bar bands. ^True story, I wrote a paper about this album in my freshman year of college. Higher ed is a Ponzi scheme, man. ^^Has any lyric aged worse than “Take back Joe Piscopo”? I say not. 

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