August 2010
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Hatings
gillianmae:
I’m sick of hearing about the new Cee-Lo song because it’s terribly overrated and unoriginal. Nicki Minaj is hot garbage. Rick Ross bores me. I haven’t listened to the new Arcade Fire and, in fact, don’t have a single Arcade Fire song in my iTunes which isn’t bragging but rather an admission of my general out-of-touchness. I hate when nerds criticize my favorite mid-level band’s...
Watchperpetua:
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists “Bottled In Cork”
This music video is full of great people who are great.
jimmypage:
I also think Raintree County is a bizarre choice to select.. I mean, that movie kind of blows, man. I’d much rather see Suddenly, Last Summer in it’s place, especially considering it wasn’t played during K8 the Gr8’s day.
Here are my guesses as to what Raintree County has going for it:
Its “rarity,” since it’s not on DVD.
Its length. Raintree County is an hour...
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“However, ladies and gentlemen, more than happiness, relief, fear or sadness, I...”
– Justin Hudson, Hunter College High School Class Speaker (via isabelthespy).
Damn. A Times article notes: “In a sense, Mr. Hudson’s message came from the faculty. To relieve some of the pressure on its students, the school does not name a valedictorian; instead, it invites seniors to submit...
At the New JetBlue Terminal, Passengers May... →
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"This is what fame is in the Age of Internet... →
maura:
Andy Hutchins on White Board Girl, JetBlue Guy, and Wii Fit Girl, and how they all fit into the age of rapidfire fameballing.
Steve Slater is still my hero even if he’s fake, but this is a really really good read.
maura:
Once you know that the reality TV “star” “phenomenon” is merely a set of nonsense network-packaged narratives, stories and characters deployed to capitalize on the news outlets that need ‘information’ to sell their own products, particularly when those news outlets don’t care that the information they present is actually the product being sold...
Emma Thompson: I find Audrey Hepburn fantastically twee. The Hollywood Reporter: What is “twee”? Thompson: Twee is whimsy without wit. Its mimsy-mumsy sweetness without any kind of bite. And that’s not for me. She can’t sing and she can’t really act, I’m afraid. I’m sure she was a delightful woman — and perhaps if I had known her I would have...
“That was the era when anything even remotely danceable was derided as...”
– Andrew Noz
