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# This Week - Aug 30, 2013
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2013-08-30/
- Published: 2013-08-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:55.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, california, drew millard, ezra caldwell, fast boy cycles, hugh laurie, los angeles, mtv, music, noisey, sheila heti, teaching cancer to cry, telegraph.co.uk, this week, vice, vmas, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> The clock keeps rolling whether you’re busy or on your back.  
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> — [Film Is Not Dead (Ezra Caldwell)](http://www.teachingcancertocry.com/?p=1840&ref=drewshannon.net)

> Each of us in this room could suffer the pangs of withdrawal and gain the serenity of the non-smoker...Maybe the only cure for self-confidence and courage is humility. Maybe we go out *in order* to fall short … because we want to learn how to be good at being people … and moreover, because we want to *be* people.  
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> — [Why Go Out? (Sheila Heti)](https://medium.com/human-parts/f5c7d9d06be6?ref=drewshannon.net)

> However, Lambert not getting an opportunity to speak despite being onstage illustrates what is inherently frustrating about Macklemore’s existence: he seems to strive to be a voice for those who did not ask him to be their voice.  
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> — [The VMAs are Proof That America Is Dead Inside (Noisey.Vice.com)](http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-vmas-are-proof-that-america-is-dead-inside?ref=drewshannon.net)

> But Los Angeles, if it’s anything, is a place of reinvention, the edge of a continent, both inner and outer, from which you can step off into a new life and a new way of looking at things. Or, if you prefer, you can decide that your old life was just fine. Either way, you end up better off.  
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> — [Hugh Laurie's Los Angeles (Hugh Laurie)](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/northamerica/usa/losangeles/10260419/Hugh-Lauries-Los-Angeles.html?ref=drewshannon.net)