June 2009
56 posts
Recently I have been crippled by nostaglia for the...
Like, ‘oh man, remember yesterday?’
It’s bizarre.
“The rage and self-loathing associated with hipsters has become more annoying,...”
– YES. Robert Lanham hits a big fucking nail on the head with his wonderful article “Look at this Fucking Hipster Basher” in today’s Morning News.
(Bits reminded me a bit of my thing.)
(via alrx via gchat)
“WELCOME to the flip side of homophobia.”
– The New York Times, being dumb.
Gays and straights: they CAN be friends.
Followup quote from a friend: “they should do an article next about how sometimes straight guys hit on girls who arent into them”
I feel like...
…in order to get ‘popular on tumblr’ I should probably start posting:
-pix of sexy guys
-pix/vidz of fun/modern design
-pithy quotes/chats with ‘deep messages’ that are also funny
-‘little stories about my day’
WatchAwesome video mashup. Maybe the last word on MJ.
(via Gawker)
Do you belong in NYC? →
tweexcore:
“New Yorkers think an interesting life is more important than a happy life. What you really pay for with the exorbitant cost of living and the hard lifestyle is to be surrounded by strong performers, huge ambitions, and constant need for change and innovation. To live in New York City, you have to trade happiness for this. To most New Yorkers, it’s a no-brainer. They would take that...
Billie “Wildcat” Jean
Not to just be...
“MGMT to open for Paul McCartney http://bit.ly/Khe5H”
– pitchforkmedia
buhhhhh
I'm getting bored at work...
…and need a lot more people to follow on Tumblr so my Dashboard is more interesting.
So:
Who should I follow?
The Hood Internet mashes up Phoenix and Why?. So...
“There was a time when my sister would mention how much she wants an SUV, and...”
– 95 Percent Of Opinions Withheld on Visit to Family (The Onion)
Totally unrelated, seriously, but my parents and brother visited on Tuesday. Ahem.
WatchBryan Safi: maybe not quite as good as Sarah Haskins, but getting there.
WatchMan, this makes me hate America more than most things.
“I will not be defined by my Tumblarity.”
– Steve Spillman
(oof)
T-U-F-T-S
Today, for no good reason, I am wearing the shirt I was given upon entering Tufts University as a freshman (the front has a logo, and the back says something ridiculous like “JOIN THE STAMPEDE”). I have since transferred from Tufts to NYU, and hold no really strong connection to it. Walking down 23rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues today, I saw a guy coming the other way wearing a...
“There’s an eye-popping montage of extreme gay sex practices (imaginary,...”
– The Guardian (no, really) reviews Brüno.
Bored to Death
HBO just released the trailer for their new series “Bored to Death”. It was created by Jonathan Ames (gasp!) and stars Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis (eek!) as buddies in New York (ahh!) trying to make it as writers, or something like that (oooooh!) and find love (babgjadnglkdasbgladsf!).
You can watch it here.
(PS the supporting cast includes Parker Posey, Kristin Wiig,...
Get Innocuous! + Love Lockdown = predictably great...
“To everyone else— i.e., people who don’t think twice about waking up...”
– The second Pitchfork review in as many weeks that I haven’t hated, but rather really, really liked. This time around, for the amazing Discovery song “So Insane” (previously), though the short review reaches for more “profound” things than music.
“I think politics is soon going to resemble a J. Crew catalogue more than some...”
– Douglas Coupland, Microserfs
Calvin Klein’s Hot Three-Way Action Makes Soho... →
alrx:
No, Mom, they’re playing Twister. Just as the iconic DKNY wall at Houston and Broadway disappeared under a coat of paint, a new Calvin Klein ad — and a new tempest in a teapot — spread its…
This is seriously one of my favorite things.
C'mon, writers.
I think it’s time we banned the word “infectious” from music reviews.
Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At... →
“I’m sorry,” Menken continued. “What were we discussing again?”
It’s hard to feel “special” when the Onion makes fun of everything you are.
Sometimes you aren't having a great day and then...
me: bro u should start an 'advice column' bro
CRLS: Damn
ihaveamessydesk:
Queen - Another One Bites the...
Listen to Discovery.
Discovery = One guy from Ra Ra Riot + One guy from Vampire Weekend
I can’t get enough of “Orange Shirt”.
[view in full for four songs you can stream]
I was just on the subway...
… and inbetween the 14th Street and 23rd Street stations, the Q train was running next to my R train in the dark through a tunnel together. A girl in the Q train turned and looked at me through the window, then turned herself completely around so she was kneeling on the seat and looking at me. She mouthed the words “I love you” at me as my train pulled into the station and hers...
30 ROCK: Ripoff of The Muppet Show? →
Seriously fascinating.
“A woozy synth line underpins one of Longstreth’s gentlest vocal...”
– From Pitchfork’s review of my current favorite album of 2009, Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca. I agree with essentially every overstated, overwrought sentence in the review, and am even OK with the way it’s written. You should probably hear this album.
'i am a mime' by tao lin
heheheheheheheeheheheehehe:
[hand motion] [leg motion] [raised eyebrow] [sarcastic smile] [fake smile] [hand motion]
