January 2010
December 2009
“YACHT: Someone who, if presented with the opportunity to join a cult, would most...”
– Flavorwire: ”Stereotyping People by Their Favorite Indie Bands”. Even though I like YACHT, they (he) aren’t (isn’t) my favorite band; so I’m cult free. These are pretty on track.
WatchRemember when the O.C. taught us about Chrismukkah?
#naughtstalgia
Happy Holidays!
jakeandamir:
Reblogging this just for the famous funny follower appeal. And to wish you all a happy Xmas, of course.
“Xmas” and “X-mas” are common abbreviations of the word...”
– [Wikipedia]. Let’s all do our part to turn that “sometimes” into an “always”.
What do I do about my freezing New York apartment?
nickdouglas:
My apt has been unreasonably cold all weekend (very chilly in the morning, too cold to comfortably type in the afternoon and evening). […]
1. What do I do to warm the apartment? I’m already wearing an undershirt, a shirt, a sweater, and a hoodie. I’m putting on a hat now. My fingers are fumbling with the cold.
Seattle is not as cold as New York, but I have made few better...
“James Cameron’s “Avatar” is the most beautiful film I’ve seen in years.”
– In which I find myself agreeing with David Denby [the New Yorker]. A few hours after seeing it through 3D glasses, I’ve almost forgotten the occasional episodes of jarring heavy-handed catch-phrasey dialogue and can think only of how incredibly sensuous it looked.
“Although the concept was similar to that of Lassie, the Littlest Hobo did not...”
– The Littlest Hobo [wikipedia]. The Rural Alberta Advantage covered the theme song [youtube] tonight at the Vera Project and I think that I’ve heard several other Canadian bands mention it at shows, always in the same bashful yet admiring way. That must have been one influential dog.
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“Mr. Fox raises his arm and gives the Black Power salute, and the wolf returns...”
– Matt Zoller Seitz, in his “Film Salon” about Wes Anderson and Robert Zemeckis as “directors of the decade”. [Salon] The contrast between the two directors and the way that they miss or embrace the limits of control, respectively, is very compelling and captures so much of...
distorte:
“Rothko completely escaped me. I mean I always used to think that abstract painting might at least bring you the most lovely, vibrant colors… but they… you know they’ve got a room of them here [at the Tate] - if you want to be really depressed for the rest of the day, you could go into that room. I suppose you could say that is a quality. It’s just that I hate that dirty maroon color he...
Welcome To The New Idolator →
Alas, this would have been a spectacular April Fool’s Day prank.
Watchnickdouglas:
jakelodwick:
I’m surprised it’s cheaper, easier to fake such ‘normal’ shots!
Stargate Studios via wedontneedroads.
Whoa. Some of these greenscreen shots are amazing because they’re so dramatic, others because of what Jake said.
These are really cool, but the normal stuff shouldn’t be too surprising if you’ve ever even tried to take a touristy shot of anything...
whistler chronicles [backdated]
On the drive home from our last urban family vacation at the coveside cabins of Orcas Island we began hatching a plan for another trek, this time to the snowy foreign land of Canada. Despite having only a striking minority in our group having an interest in sliding down mountains, we nevertheless set out for a condo in Whistler. It had beds and a kitchen and a hot tub, was near a little skiing...
favoriteing the decade →
tylercoates:
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (#50 favorite films of the 2000s)
I wish that someone would make an internet thing for cataloging lists of favorite things of the certain time periods for the purposes of making venn-diagram taste comparison charts. This one is definitely also very near the top of my list for the naughts.
big changes at friendster →
nickdouglas:
Introducing BIG changes at Friendster! Guys, just go ahead and send everyone the “forgot password” link.
It took me about ten attempts to even remember the e-mail address that I used to register for Friendster; then I couldn’t remember the password for that account, so my Friendster profile lives on. After consideration, I agree with Buster [#] anyway....
“a free shipping offer on presidential and Native American $1 coins, sold at face...”
– “U.S. Helps Frequent Fliers Make a Mint” [WSJ] brilliant. (via wkfd)