2008

“I don’t need a bigger house.  I don’t need two dollar a...”
— Lefsetz Letter  » Blog...

The hot dog eating contest announcer just called Joey Chestnut “The Chikezie Eze of...

Related to the previous post: Vomit. I mean how is this different from saying “And New York,...

How this morning's Internet reading...

“Christ, what an asshole.” (Related: I really need some new non-music-related...

A thing to do.

Independence Day Weekend 2008 TV Marathons

Head for... the mediocre?

ninety9: Ouch. I say bad things about Pentagram, but aside from the Citi logo, I rarely think they...

marklisanti: The saddest thing you’ll see today. Its almost...

the 'm' stands for 'my eyes'

“True Life: I’m Under Peer Pressure” is on right now. One of the subjects is a...

The new CSS album "Donkey" is online

“I think the ultimate test for your current job is: Would you...”
— If your answer is no, you...

attention 17-year-olds of the world:...

“Livejournal.com is currently unavailable for a brief emergency maintenance. We’ll be...

Reading is sooooo "World 1.0."

"I don’t serve meals on my airline...

katiebakes: If you wish to attempt a Sudoku puzzle during the flight, you must demonstrate to my...

“Somewhere in my brain is an essay that I’ve been kicking...”
— therichgirlsareweeping’s...

Book Recommendations: The Books That Changed...

letsgomets: Soup Beat me to the Punch / Mets own New York

Photographs That Will Never Ever Be Gender-Flipped, Part...

a few spot-checks reveal that mtv networks’ hd channel doesn’t have a single video from...

my del.icio.us tag cloud via wordle (ht 5500) i really like...

i probably would not have been excited...

i got the deluxe reissue of the stranger in the mail yesterday!

top songs of 2008 (so far) (work in...

DEFINITE TOTAL #1: ida maria, “oh my god” RIGHT BEHIND IT: lloyd/lil wayne, “girls...

My jam of right now.

How To Not Storm Off the Internet in a Huff

We are old.

soupsoup: brooklynmutt: Demanding Heaven For A Blue...

for comparison’s sake. the front window is safari, the...

this week can’t end soon enough.

Listen

Converse chases the "people who think indie...

Uh, call me crazy, but will anyone from...

This Annie album, it seems to have been...

I've Had Enough

youngmanhattanite: Btw, AK, when do we get to livetwittr how much fun we have avoiding the people...

Attention: young women filming a youtube...

Why most people need more than 140 characters...

barthel: It’s just, you know, I’m glad people know more about Zimbabwe and China now, but how the...

bg5000: eatsleepdraw: my tribute to billy...

Shut out by R.A. “ERAs near 6 my specialty” Dickey? Oh honestly now.

fek: Alex, if you’re listening: thank you. Word. Why why...

It’s not surprising that the cusp of a food crisis is...

it tastes like rum. oh wait that's my...

the thick irony of felix hernandez hitting the game-deciding grand slam but not getting the victory...

American Apparel continues its quest to make...

In Case Of Actual Death

I'm half-nauseated, half-surprised this...

because you're hot

Who is this constantly-jawing chick in Secret’s “I’m proud to flaunt my...

youngmanhattanite: So much Keith Gessen for your ears. This is Curt, btw. This song =...

therichgirlsareweeping: BTW, is anyone else out there using Firefox 3 having problems with the...

“Pavlovian Uniques (PU) Technically unique people who...”
— Simon Dumenco. (If only this...

Today is already giving me lots of hard evidence that a good night’s sleep does not...

“Why the vulnerability? After all, this is the 21st century,...”
— The “kicker” of...

I am floating from all the Advil I just took. Also, it took me two hours to write this piece on...

Ah, memories.

Remember Vox? I only do when I get my “neighborhood updates” in my e-mail. Ah, for the...

June 2008: The Month The Internet...

Seriously, two AIM outages in the space of a week? Between that and the barely concealed rage...

HOLY SHIT, THE METS WON. EVERYONE BREAK OUT THE LITE BEER.

i just smile / i make my mouth smile

new muxtape. (well, really, my first one, if you want to be all absolutist about it.)

Talk about a bait and switch.

soupsoup: There’s a new boss in town. [ Hot Foot ]

fed up

eec: i am very close to spending a good chunk of my next paycheck on six pairs of identical...

these things are so freaking good.

“how does one get to be a new york city indie concert...”
— An anonymous Brooklyn Vegan...

Curiouser and curiouser...

overit: sarazucker: relatively new streetwear brand pegleg...

“I think that’s an example of a reason people might tend to...”
— (offnotesnotes on Bob Somerby:...

One thing this whole Willie-being-fired fiasco is making me think about is how the Mets have not...

I have willingly put Mike & The Mad Dog on my TV. This may wind up being an ill-advised move....

Mets Fire randolph; Peterson, Nieto also...

so, it looks like AIM just shit the bed for everyone. (the only people still standing on my buddy...

um.

the cat that i have staring contests with sometimes just crossed the line … into my apartment!...

Keep it real!

catbird: This is how an average, 20-something year-old young man speaks: “I just had lunch with my...

On the way back from picking up iced coffee at Dunkin Donuts I saw a man standing next to a car and...

“When you license a song to a commercial, you run the risk of...”
— My Morning Jacket’s...

anyone who’s excited about the prospect of being able to be online from airplanes should read...

soupsoup: The future of travel, not having to turn off your...

it's nice to know that the internet is still...

karinalongworth: At the time, I desperately struggled, both...

I'm currently engaged in a legal disagreement...

Free Sonic Youth tickets for July 4th are...

i kind of can’t believe that news organizations are still falling for the webbys’...

Judging by my Dodgeballs, *none* of you were at the Scratcher last night. I don’t believe...

“So what, if anything, do these three stories tell us?...”
— Richard at Gawker. June 2008:...

“So let this be a call-out to anyone who thought that...”
— Brian Van on Internet Week....

TumblBelated TumblThoughts on the...

madeupmemories: BLIND ITEM GUESSING GAME: Which web personality - who I’d just met - didn’t ask...

guesswhatijustread: Gotta love GoogleAds. This is an...

The next time you want to tell me how...

barthel: Let’s all remember that he was the musical supervisor on Roadhouse. also: Scherzinger....

“Their app shows a map which has pins representing your...”
— Dodgeball: The next level....

or as i like to put it, recent days have...

peterwknox: When you’re lying there, sweating through your sheets, praying for sleep and...

youngmanhattanite: Good god, this really is almost as bad as being locked in an elevator for 41...

last night convinced me that people just aren’t supposed to sleep during the summer months,...

Is that blogging?

“The only thing that succeeds more than quality in New York...”
— so, so, true. (via...

uh

any mets fan who thinks that sidney ponson is ‘worth a look’ should probably surrender...

revenge of whois

catbird: terminal:~ me$ whois amazon.comWhois Server Version 2.0Domain names in the .com and .net...

it's too early for this (blame matthew)

sigh. be sure to catch the one girl who dismisses annie in favor of big-upping Katy Goddamn Perry.

shorterexcerpts: via d.yimg.com I don’t see a second career...

today’s idolator commenters who pretty much exist for the sole purpose of depressing me: katy...

lowlife: Internet Week = Extended HS prom for all the uncool kids turned late ‘00 new media...

Digg Meetup NYC: Kevin Rose Meets His...

last night i had a dream that involved alec baldwin chasing me around an airport with a blade, and...

“everything wrong with Jezebel collected into...

“…thus proving my theory that Pitchfork writers are a bunch...”
— britticisms on a five-year-old...

Dan got to the video alert of this before I could last...

sometimes i think that the people who...

“Which hunky TV presenter got amorous with a sexy stranger on board a transatlantic...

Dear New Yorker:

The Kaufman ASTORIA 16 is not in Long Island City. And neither is S’Agapo. Yrs., etc.,

Going, Going, GONG

can somebody (cough cough) please explain this nyc internet week to me, because i don’t get it...

and yet i still insist on doing so, and...

kfan: The internet is way better if you never read the comments.  

Uh oh, Stereogum commenters have been loosed...

Of Course, The Biggest Question In My...

perpetua: What happened to Daniel? word. (no. 2 for me is “god, how hot is sawyer,”...

oh my god why am i still reading this

“Poor little insecure attention whores CANNOT FUCKING STAND the idea of sexually empowered,...

shut up, commenters

from some jezebel commenter (i know, i know, surely i have 8000 better things to do): ...

Underrated movies (sorry, I try not to...

Re-blog this and list three movies you think are underrated (via whiskeyandgoatsmilk): Jackie...

i will say this, though.

i’ve definitely felt this: I didn’t leave my apartment unless I absolutely had to, and because...

from the file of comments i (perhaps...

re the self-referentiality of new york media — the placement of this article on the nyt...

exercises in missing the point.

those commenters who are asking the nyt editors “why did you publish this story??” while...

“In the 2.0 world, if a person sees a difference between Page...”
— Ian Spiegelman OTM, FTW, etc.,...

Listen

(via catbird, who left out the part about the drink-haver...

you guys.

if this back-page ad on the l magazine is to be believed, american apparel is trying to bring the...

"get well soon, asshole!"

i just got embarrassed *for* jon miller, thanks to joe morgan saying that rick sutcliffe’s...

too little, too late, too much of a...

1) “A Brighter Side Of High Prices,” today’s business section.