November 2010
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Mailbombing. With a "Big M."
Yesterday I took in the mail when I went to visit my parents; in the day’s haul was a package to my dad. It had no return address, its postage was courtesy of a meter located in East Meadow, and it was addressed in slightly shaky handwriting. Inside was a copy of Trickle-Up Poverty, the new book by supplement-king-turned-hatemonger Michael Savage — sorry, Dr. Michael Savage. (Cough.)...
October 2010
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In which a collection of unfunny "lol fat" jokes... →
Look, I know that galleries of nubile young thangs help goose the traffic / pay the bills for weeklies in the post-Craigslist economy and so the inverse might have a similarly salutary effect on business. But “No, Mario is supposed to be the fat one” is not a joke, especially if the person writing said joke isn’t modeling all these bad Halloween ideas.
Also, if these are...
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"America is now the 'PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN'... →
WE ARE ALL SNOPES
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On eyes, jumps, and split decisions.
This week made me have lots of Feelings about the way that my different selves — my professional self, my corporeal self, my emotional self, etc etc — rub up against one another. A few were not so bad! But a lot of them made me want to jump out a window, although I live on the second floor so if I’d acted on that particular impulse when I felt it most strongly I probably would...
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today in total screwups
I DON’T HAVE RELAXED MUSCLE ON MY IPOD! GOD WHAT IS MY PROBLEM!! UGH
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hey guys what's going on in this internet
hey guys what’s going on in this internet
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"Hey, you know what, why do people even care? Why... →
Glenn Danzig, real talker.
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yay, journalism.
‘I’m a woman, not a pretween — even down there. I’m you.’
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Real Talk Time
I love “Fuck You” as much as the next person who enjoys lustily singing along with swear words, but I can’t help but wonder if the gold digger taken to task by the song’s lyrics was initially someone who Cee-Lo felt drawn to for totally superficial reasons as well. The circle of usage, y’all.
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WatchWhat does it say that I’m more interested in the writing credits of the songs on the Country Strong soundtrack than about anything else related to the movie?
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"Years ago, they took over Williamsburg, with a... →
From the editorial solicitation that led to this Time Out New York piece. (There’s so much more in that letter, including “I happened to come across an old review of The Life Aquatic and thought you’d be perfect.”)
Maybe the problem with all these incoherent stories on The H Word doesn’t lie with the writers, but with the editors looking for “attentiongetting...
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Words and Guitar →
Did I tell you all that I interviewed Marnie Stern? Well, I did.
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"It would be nice if people’s editors would let... →
I love you, tesslynch.
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"The next hot directing job: Ouija, which will... →
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The new Ida Maria song is like “The...
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The insider tells Us the two "had amazing sex"...
The insider tells Us the two “had amazing sex” that night.
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“Less than two months after exiting American Idol,... →
This is all a ploy for a spinoff called Going Platinum Weird, isn’t it? I KNOW ALL YOUR TRICKS KARA
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How Many Paid →
tomewing:
There is a kind of dreadful purity in this idea.
There’s a sucker born…
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"Voicing my own funeral would be good. I'm going... →
Man, how much do I love the guy who does the goofy voiceover bits on Come Dine With Me?
(His name’s Dave Lamb, hence the joke)
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New Music: Marnie Stern, Sky Larkin, Shakira and... →
I wrote for the Hairpin! And shouted out Maria!
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I am going to guess that Greyson Chance does not... →
Greyson Chance, the “YouTube sensation”* who covered “Paparazzi” at a school talent show that “somehow” made it online and got a bunch of kids hot and bothered back in the spring, has released his first single. Those of you who think that Justin Bieber was cute enough, but missing some of that mealy-mouthed optimism embodied by turgid American Idol coronation...
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I forgot to mention
That guy also approached me by saying that he felt he needed to do something “aggressive” to get my attention. What? WHAT???
(He clarified, saying that he meant doing something like “falling off a bike five times.”)
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Note To Men Who Try To Pick Me Up On The Street
Saying “I’d like to see … more of you” after talking at me for 45 seconds is not really an effective way to get my number.
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If this NOU reunion rumor is real...
o_O
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“believe this song is one of the best-produced singles I have ever heard, ever. ...”
– Paul Reubens shouts out Chaka Khan. Singularity of my childhood: Achieved!
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A Day for Kites - "Bobby Pin" →
This song is seriously fantastic. The waltz breakdown!
(via youngmanhattanite)
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Tragical
therichgirlsareweeping:
There’s not one missed connection post on Craigslist from the Greg Dulli show Tuesday night. Not one!
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dear music video channels, stop enabling my...
recurrent videos i have stumbled across while flipping around music video channels today:
lloyd, “girls around the world”
my chemical romance, “i’m not ok (i promise)”
johnny gill, “rub you the right way”
garbage, “the world is not enough”
four of my favorite songs of ever, all caught within the span of like 20 minutes? seriously is...
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Bobby Brown and the Roots perform "My Prerogative" →
Wow! This is rad.
Here’s hoping they bring in Johnny Gill next.
(via thisisareallybadidea)
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The countdown to Katy Perry putting out a single... →
God.
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Things that might explain a lot, or at least a...
My dorm had an in-house radio station when I arrived there (it started in 1985) and was wired for in-room Internet in 1994. In-room cable didn’t arrive until after I’d moved off campus (maybe even after I graduated?)
Not to say that I don’t watch a lot of TV now, but.
