Umphrey's McGee- The Weight Around

One of Umph's more relaxing songs.

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“He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles… It faced–or seemed to face–the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor."

- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -Hunter S. Thompson, RS #155 (2/28/74)

"Two of the things you like about [Tad] Allagash are that he never asks you how you are and he never waits for you to answer his questions. You used to dislike this, but when the news is all bad it's a relief that someone doesn't want to hear it. Just now you want to stay at the suface of things, and Tad is a figure skater who never considers the sharks under the ice. You have friends who actually care about you and speak the language of the inner self. You have avoided them of late. Your soul is as disheveled as your apartment, and until you can clean it up a little you don't want to invite anyone else inside."

Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City

Lil Wayne- Lollipop (Nasty Ways Remix)

This remix of Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" is awesome. You can learn more about Nasty Ways and other stuff they've put out, as well as download this track for free, here.

"'Happy,' I muttered, trying to pin the word down. But it is one of those words, like 'Love,' that I have never quite understood. Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception -- especially the big ones like 'Happy' and' 'Love' and 'Honest' and 'Strong.' They are too elusive and far too relative when you compare them to sharp, mean little words like 'Punk' and 'Cheap' and 'Phony.' I feel at home with these, because they're scrawny and easy to pin, but the big ones are tough and it takes either a priest or a fool to use them with any confidence."

-Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary

“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.’”

-Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country

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"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."

-Rudyard Kipling

Phish- Dirt

A pretty little tune by Phish. Trey Anastasio is a nasty guitarist.