How The Midwest Was Won

My name is Josh. I write about music. I dig books, cute girls with and without tattoos, design, dogs and nature.

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Looking back at my past relationships,

there are absolutely none of them that I communicate with on any regular basis.

and there’s only one that I would ever have any desire to do so.

This probably means I have poor taste in mates, doesn’t it?

The Antlers - Wake

Perfect.

Can I adopt the fuck out of these two, please?

Maybe I should stop buying shoes for awhile.

Maybe I should stop buying shoes for awhile.

Also, totally digging this caterpillar.

You have no idea of how much I want to slide down this.

You have no idea of how much I want to slide down this.

hyenabutter:

roxytherepublican:

Ron Paul talks about the Civil War and slavery

Man, I just don’t get these guys who try so hard to pretend that the absolute main reason for the Civil War wasn’t slavery, but rather some kind of bullshit about “states’ rights.” Sure, that was certainly an issue, but the South ultimately seceeded because they demanded their rights to slavery.

Listen to this shithead defend “individual choice” and “the consent of the governed” while completely ignoring the reality of the millions in unconsenting bondage.

As a general rule, I’m pretty sure giving a speech in front of a Confederate flag, especially when you say the South was on the right side of the Civil War…..you’re kind of a gigantic asshole.

Well hey, I settled.

How The Midwest Was Won: Uncovered


1.) The Antlers - Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing (Magnetic Fields cover)
2.) Billy Bragg - Never Had No One Ever (The Smiths cover)
3.) Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - The World’s Greatest (R. Kelly cover)
4.) Brand New - Upward Over The Mountain (Iron & Wine cover)
5.) Bright Eyes - Papa Was A Rodeo (The Magnetic Fields cover)
6.) Broken Social Scene - Complications (The Clean cover)
7.) Clem Snide - I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire (The Ink Spots cover)
8.) Devendra Banhart - Support the Troops (Xiu Xiu cover)
9.) Dum Dum Girls - Play With Fire (The Rolling Stones cover)
10.) J Mascis - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths cover)
11.) Jeff Mangum - I Love The Living You (Roky Ericson cover)
12.) The Mountain Goats - Pet Politics (Silver Jews cover)
13.) Radiohead with Sparklehorse - Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd cover)
14.) Sonic Youth - I Know There’s An Answer - The Beach Boys cover)
15.) Sufjan Stevens - Worried Shoes (Daniel Johnston cover)

I feel like working on a mixtape, but I can’t decide on any sort of binding theme.

The project has gone from Latin Psychedelia, to droning lo-fi, to 90s emo to Americana in roughly five minutes.