February 2012
22 posts
nickminichino:
mikkipedia:
It is impressive that the writing about LDR is so bad that even people who think she is terrible have to take issue with it.
I really frequently wish people would take issue more often with bad writing that doesn’t necessarily contradict their opinions on the subject of that writing. But except in these extra-special cases that seems to have gone the way of...
The David Brooks Index
Part one in what may become a series where I count the number of sentences of a David Brooks column I was able to read before I made this face. Today: Three. I made it three sentences.
mikkipedia: dykings: I want to talk about Lana Del... →
dykings:
I want to talk about Lana Del Rey but I feel like I can’t talk about Lana Del Rey without talking about myself.
“Sup dawg. I heard you like tumblr. So I made a post on tumblr that is tumblr so that you can tumblr while you tumblr while you put this plastic bag over your head.”
Lana Del Rey’s tour is canceled to distance... →
God, her management is the worst. After putting her on national TV before she was ready, they’re going to deny her opportuntities to practice and become a better performer. Because it could hurt album sales… Am I reading it wrong or are they sacrificing her revenue stream for their own?
Just North of Something Important:... →
lastbutnotleast:
But just between us, isn’t flashing the middle finger something a JV cheerleader does in her facebook photos? Or am I becoming impossibly old? I never would have guessed that the young would annoy me with their lack of edge. Thought there would be space metal by now… It’s…
Maaaaybe. But it could also be that, aside from being a pretty good game, it was low on...
"But that’s what art does. Madonna’s religious... →
barthel:
Here is a thing I wrote a while back that you may find relevant today, especially given my decision to generally Keep My Mouth Shut About the Whole Thing. (Though see “heel.”)
But just between us, isn’t flashing the middle finger something a JV cheerleader does in her facebook photos? Or am I becoming impossibly old? I never would have guessed that the young would annoy me with...
“Your economy get very weak. Ours get very good.”
– An Asian actress in a campaign ad for Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich. Hoekstra said it was meant to reflect China’s increasingly competitive education system. (via officialssay)
I’m not blaming the actress. Work’s work, y’know? But I’m dying for an interview with her. Do you...
Worst. RPG. Ever. →
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Newly realized disadvantage to quitting smoking
What do I do when a singer says, “This next song is the first I ever wrote?”
“It is possible…to simply enjoy one thing more than another. Think of a person...”
– “On Preference, Briefly.”
A pretty commonsensical (though far from exhaustive) response to the existence of Charles Murray’s terrible new book which seems purposefully designed to invent and inflame taste-and-class-based cultural differences under the rubric of “snobbery.” I’ll be so glad that day...
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Patton Oswalt to Guest on 'Two and a Half Men' |... →
After his Alvin & the Chipmunks thing, one could see this has hypocritical. I see this as him growing up. I’m reminded of what the great Michale Caine said about Jaws the Revenge, “I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.”
January 2012
38 posts
Unambiguously pleased that I started watching WWE again. They have a bearded, vegan heel now! Amazing.
This was sitting in my drafts folder because too...
From the ouside, the journey of the LDR fan seems to have some parallels to that of the Star Wars fan. There’s the heady days of last Summer; “Video Games” must have felt like seeing the original trilogy. “This cultural thing gets me. I’m going to talk about it with my friends…a lot. I’m going to defend it against people who don’t get it.” Then...
ALL LDR ALL THE TIME
cureforbedbugs:
YOU GUYS ACT LIKE YOU WERE NEVER TOTALLY WAY INTO 90’S LOUNGE A LITTLE TOO LATE FOR IT TO BE EVEN REMOTELY COOL. (Aka you were not born between 1983 and 1986.) This is the kind of album I would have been thrilled to have bought without knowing anything about it in like 2002.
Thanks, tumblr, for helping me examine my meh-ness on theis particular topic. I never had patience for...
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That moment when you realize that your DVR can’t record WWE Raw, RuPaul’s Drag Race, and Hoarders at the same time.
Already not looking forward to this Summer
Whether it ends up being Gingrich, Romney, or naturalized zombie Winston Churchill it does not bode well for the customary late Summer political “silly season” that the press is already in ridiculous mode. That said, I really hope Team Obama releases a more detailed statement about the Jan Brewer thing, so they can stop quoting her and ther cromulent use of the word...
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true confessions
Last night at guitar school, when I offered to teach a woman how to play a U2 song (she only knew D, A, E, and G. If there were some sort of USDA listing of the ingredients of their discography, it would be a good 55-60% D, A, and E), and she 1) made it plain that she’d prefer a guy and 2) said that she didn’t want to learn anything by U2 and wanted to learn something good, like Taylor...
Oh, Duff…
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“4. I have no idea what these songs are supposed to be about. The lyrics are...”
– Or, you could like, listen closer and think. It’s not that hard. I like Klosterman, but no music writer is ever anywhere near good when s/he tries to parse why others like an artist without doing the actual messy ethnographic work, or (much worse) to be a sportswriter/political wonk and predict an...
“I Think I Am A Transformational Figure.”
– This list on the Mitt Romney campaign website of crazy things Newt Gingrich has said is pure gold.
sex, art, and politics: lastbutnotleast:... →
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Depends on what you mean by knowledge and what you mean by enjoy. I have to know how to read in order to… you know, read. But I wouldn’t have to know medieval history enjoy the Canturbury Tales. It would enhance…
My bad. I thought it was in written in Modern English back in the Middle Ages and then translated into...
Rap Industry Fan Fiction: Common finally confronts... →
rapindustryfanfiction:
Of course it was going to happen like this, Drake thought to himself as he exited the dressing room of the Gap. It was the only way.
Common was right there, blocking his path to the three-way mirror, smirking. His head was so shiny. Drake wanted to punch him in it.
“Comm,” he said, doing…
shana--e asked: Re: outrage - hugo schwyzer is writing for Jezebel. His latest article is about women liberating themselves through cum facials. Oh and something else about wanting people w/o dicks to lend more concern to the struggles of those with dicks. Page views!
nickminichino:
Confidential to those upset about an attempted murderer’s latest column: hate-reading still counts toward page views for a website’s ad sales.
The disadvantage of careful tumblr pruning is that I have a dashboard full of calm people and Criterion gifs. I never get to gawk at the good fights anymore. I have no clue what the above is about.
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Lies, Damned Lies, and the Inability to Understand...
Let’s say you were writing up the following poll results:
As we enter the presidential election year of 2012, what potential news event do you fear the most?
President Obama wins reelection 33%
Taxes will increase 31%
Iran will get a nuclear weapon 16%
Obama will lose reelection 16%
North Korea will attack South Korea 4%
Would you make the headline Poll: Americans, 2-1, Fear...
