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Why I had to leave NYC

Dec 31, 2007
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LCD Soundsystem
"New York, I Love
But You're Bringing
Me Down"

New York is a
place of conflictions.
Amazing place, but
overwhelming.

What I'm watching tonight....

Dec 30, 2007
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Radiohead - Meeting People Is Easy

On a Radiohead kick.

Mania and Cornelius

Dec 29, 2007
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02 The Micro Disneycal World Tour

Cornelius

Song that I once, while batshit manic, said sounded exactly like what falling in love feels like.

It's Allright...

Dec 21, 2007
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07 Beetlebum [Live]

Blur

Beetlebum Live

at Wembly Arena

Katie Lee - Songs of Couch and Consultation (1961)

Dec 17, 2007
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I first heard these songs in high school (when first really grappling with being batshit) off an old record in a dusty record shop a guy I was dating at the time worked in. It was (and still is) comforting that some of these issues are timeless (though the music is perhaps not timeless) and that you can always find humor in things.

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It_Must_Be_Something Psychological

Will_To_Fail

"Katie Lee's "Will to Fail" stood out among these thrift-store singles as a pleasantly mental tune about a functioning ne'er-do-well. ("I have talents that I never use. I try to win but I love to lose because I've got the will to fail" and "I secretly am enjoying myself but slowly I'm destroying myself.") The original ode to apathy is on the also out-of-print album Songs of Couch and Consultation (Reprise Records, 1961). As this song was virtually my personal anthem throughout my college career, you can imagine my shrieking delight when I found the record ten years later, with original cover art in near-mint condition among my grandfather's extensive collection."

From: WFMU's Beware of the Blog

The Spaniels, "Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight"

Dec 17, 2007
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05 Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight

On Academic Writing

Dec 16, 2007
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Verbing

Med Pendants

Dec 15, 2007
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Damage Control

Collect your whole cocktail!

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Mixed States

Dec 15, 2007
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Phenomenology of mixed states: a principal component analysis study

Objectives: To contribute to the definition of external and internal limits of mixed states and study the place of dysphoric symptoms in the psychopathology of mixed states.

Results: Principal component analysis without rotation yielded three components that together explained 43.6% of the variance. The first component (24.3% of the variance) contrasted typical depressive symptoms with typical euphoric, manic symptoms. The second component, labeled ‘dysphoria’, (13.8%) had strong positive loadings for irritability, distressing sensitivity to light and noise, impulsivity and inner tension. The third component (5.5%) included symptoms of insomnia. Median scores for the first component significantly decreased from the pure depression group to the pure mania group. For the dysphoria component, scores were highest among patients with full mixed states and decreased towards both patients with pure depression and those with pure mania.

Conclusions: Principal component analysis revealed that dysphoria represents an important dimension of mixed states.