January 2011
How far have we come?
Is it just me or is it weird that it’s 2011 and the most progressive example of gays in a beer commercial is still Schmitt’s Gay?
whatevs:
“One minute I was savoring a clear blue sky and a morning cappucino with my hot Czech girlfriend in an outdoor cafe in Wenceslas Square, and the next minute….Soviet tanks!”
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WELLS (!!!), explaining how he felt when his contemporaries switched their Oscar blogging allegiances from The Social Network to The King’s Speech
This is even more relevant after TKS’...
Today i bought tickets to see Jeff Mangum and...
I love living in the 90s.
The Ghost Whisperer Drinking Game →
Mia has put together a hilarious drinking game for The Ghost Whisperer. Please do yourself a favor and check it out, even if you don’t care about/have never seen the show (like me).
Alternative Rock Festival Is Moving to Jersey... →
As someone who went to the first two years of ATP New York, i was really interested in finding out the story behind the move for Kutsher’s Country Club in upstate NY to Asbury Park, NJ. It turned out to be pretty much what i expected: that conditions at Kutsher’s had just deteriorated “into a state where it wasn’t kitschy and funny anymore”. It just seems so crazy that they...
serious oscars question, though:
clintisiceman:
oldtobegin:
jackflaps:
Is there like a style guide or something for who’s a lead and who’s supporting in the nominations? It’s weird to me that Hailee Steinfeldt is up for Supporting Actress instead of Actress for True Grit when she’s in every scene in the movie.
there’s two grown men in that movie so obviously the lead actress is matt damon
The Academy has a history of...
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Just learned some really interesting information...
More so even than the knowledge that Michael “American Ninja” Dudikoff was in the original TRON, which i just learned about yesterday.
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The Flaming Lips performing The Soft Bulletin at... →
I’m there.
“Now, I understand there has been some upheaval on Idol in recent years....”
– Paul F Tompkins’ recap of American Idol is great, even if you’re like me and don’t watch the show.
Colbert's Incredible Palin Rant →
barthel:
It is great, but it’s not a rant, it’s a tightly controlled piece of criticism. This is an extremely well-written bit of sarcasm, like a NYT Book Review pan of Sarah Palin’s entire career - cutting, witty, dry, acerbic, precise. It’s the lack of ranty rage that makes this good. Rather than yell about Palin, he’s simply dismissing her entire life in a minute and a half, and the...
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New Ala. gov: Just Christians are his family →
Fuck yeah, home state!
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New Ala. gov: Just Christians are his family →
Fuck yeah, home state!
“I still can’t believe I’m invited to these things. It’s a...”
– Jack McBrayer, on why he always looked like the most excited person in the room at last night’s Golden Globes. It probably wouldn’t hurt if we all tried to act a little more like Jack McBrayer, you know?
The Eater Doomsday Map: 50 Meals to Eat in 50... →
Guess i’ve got a lot of work to do. (via themattsmith/Coudal
Things i learned from NPR this morning:
Woody Harrelson’s dad was a contract killer, responsible for the first assassination of a federal judge in the US.