September 2009
August 2009
The Cranberries to reform for US tour [NME.COM] →
The ZOMBIE tour, I presume? (via rickwebb)
“I think Metropolitan is the antithesis to Gossip Girl.”
– Whit Stillman [gothamist]
“And like Wallace, Eggers is often used as the critical poster boy for irony,...”
– Kevin Guilfoile, writing about inescapable irony and sincerity. [Infinite Summer] I find this nicely validating, because I’ve always loved both authors and felt like maybe I was a sap for seeing earnestness in their writing. In addition to pulling a choice blockquote from Infinite Jest, he...
“This is actual marketing: a marketing-department image which is part of the...”
– Tom Scocca [The Awl] is not at all pleased about this week’s fiction section [newyorker].
“Haven’t you ever noticed that after you’ve had a delicious,...”
– one of the stranger moments from last night’s cheftestant antics [TV.com]
Ex-Terminator Joins Dollhouse [Vulture] →
I am a bad person who didn’t watch Dollhouse, but I have a feeling that a lot of people’s dreams just came true.
IKEA abandons Futura for Verdana →
oddly sad about this typography decision. (via lonelysandwich)
“I certainly understand your confusion. To clarify: Sharks are totally badass,...”
– David Karp, responding to a braindead article unfavorably comparing tumblr to twittr. (“Look What Tumblr’s Done With All Its Money [businessinsider], via rickwebb)
“But we shouldn’t mistake necessity for “attachment,” or dependence for love.”
– Erica C. Barnett, who provides a well-deserved rebuke to today’s bizarre, uncritical, and borderline reprehesible front-page story about the “colorful” people of a Seattle’s southern neighborhood who won’t “give up” their awful bus in favor of light rail....
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Sharks vs. Cats!! →
meow! bite! rawr. (via david)
Stuff Hipsters Hate →
tumbling truth to power
“Duggan was getting ready to leave the house for an appointment just after 2 p.m....”
– reports of cougar sightings in northern michigan. [Ludington Daily News]
“Malvin had earlier stated that there wasn’t language yet to describe his...”
– Richard Lawson, recapping the new season of Project Runway. The man is a national television recapping treasure. I hope someone is paying him very very well. (“Project Runway Kicks Its Meth Habit and Goes to Space” [tv.com])
“It’s never been this easy to be this influential”
– a guy who helped promote a Disney movie. [gawker]. Dear people with any actual influence, please don’t ever say stuff like this out loud w/r/t twitter.
Reality TV star sought in death may have escaped... →
when did being a contestant on Megan Wants a Millionaire count as being a “reality star”.
“With respect to the merits, this Administration does not support DOMA as a...”
– the Obama administration’s latest DOMA brief is interesting. [pdf]
“The earthquake that damaged the elevated highway running between this city’s...”
– New York looks west, trying to cast our election in geologic terms. [nyt] Seriously though, I can’t believe that Nickels might not make it into the general. Not that I love him or anything, but the two leading candidates represent some of the my least favorite qualities in local politics...
“Burnett was the father of Phoebe Snetsinger, a birdwatcher famous for having...”
– Leo Burnett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
