December 2009
53 posts
Bad Brains - Just Another Damn Song
Last post of...
I graduated from high school in May 2000
So obviously the best part about this decade was getting way way way more attractive.
King Dork: A Really, Really Funny Book
youngmanhattanite:
johncarney:
I bought King Dork when Krucoff was pimping it out a year or two ago. I only made it through the first dozen or so pages before I left it in a bag that I lost in the Annex or the Orchard Bar or some such place that a Lewitinn was probably responsible for me attending.
Anyway, I bought it again just before Christmas. I had intended to give it to a teenager I know...
Hearst Magazine $5 subscription sale →
sarahspy:
For a limited time, $5 subscriptions to: O, Food Network Mag, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Esquire, Harper’s Bazaar, Smart Money and more.
Shit's getting real Livejournal-y up here, people
Let me get it out of my system so I’m cleansed for 2010, ok?
“lady gaga is allowed to play at being grotesque because it’s understood that she...”
– isabelthespy’s response to an LA Times article about Lady Gaga’s “grotesqueness”.
Very, very good read.
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There are a bunch of tumblrs that have quirky/pensive/melancholic women in various poses (and sometimes clever/sappy caption) and the vast majority of them are white, thin...
Ask an Academic: Why Women Have Sex |... →
What’s the next frontier in sex research?
Buss: If I were to single out one domain, it would be the female sexual orgasm. There needs to be more research to determine whether it has an evolved function, or possibly several evolved functions (or possibly no function, as some argue). When this is discovered with definitive scientific evidence, it will make for big news. I’m personally betting on...
“Yes, important art continued to be created in the new millennium, but the big...”
– Technology and the End of Trend by Terry Teachout in the Wall Street Journal.
“And regarding the music, for people who are not familiar? I’m going to drop that...”
– Seth Colter Walls, in discussion with Matthew Gallaway and Choire Sicha (via alexbalk)
Pretentious, bacon-obsessed meat eaters are the...
Sayin. Alright already.
“Bruce is great… If you don’t agree with that you’re a...”
– Joe Strummer on Bruce Springsteen, Letters of Note, via VSL.
“What gives our Great Recession its particular darkness — and gives this film its...”
– Frank Rich, writing about Up in the Air, kills this. (via newsweek)
WatchOn the Rocks: The Search for America’s Top Bartender, a Web-only show produced by NBC. [via]
BREAKING: World's Oldest Santa Figurine Believed... →
“Project leader Brian Graham said, “It’s a wishing Santa. You hold it in your hand and wish for the present you want for Christmas.”
Graham suspected such treasures existed at the company’s location, now known as the “Lock 3 Park” archaeological site. The former federal government archaeologist gained permission from the City of Akron to dig at what he...
“Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of...”
– Incredible. (via USA Today)
Forgetters
I am going to the Market Hotel tonight to see Blake’s new band and I might lose my mind or my dinner with excitement. Stay tuned.
brandileeeeee:
Negative Approach “Ready To...
The Atlantic's Gift Guide →
Oh, because who doesn’t need a $405 Le Creuset French Oven, “personal energy generator,” archer bow and $139,000 Icon A5 airplane? Don’t forget to squeeze the $4,784 flight simulator under your tree!
Edit: I love that the intern nominated a Skip-It! Go gurl.
P.P.S: “Sponsored by Louis Vuitton.”
Watchbrandileeeeee:
Open Season is about the prevalence of sexual assault committed against indigenous women, as well as the failure of the law enforcement system to convict their attackers.
via feministing.
Watchperpetua:
Bat For Lashes “Sleep Alone”
I’m not sure who directed this — it may have been Natasha Khan herself — but it’s a beautifully shot video, and I’d love to know who filmed it, etc. Without being overly literal, the clip interprets and complements the song’s balance of deep loneliness and unwavering faith by presenting sadness and lovelessness as a necessary first step on the path to...
Fifty World Leaders. Forty-six Men. Four Women. →
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How do you rank yourself among writers (living) and of the immediate past?
I often think there should exist a special typographical sign for a smile– some sort of concave mark, a supine round bracket, which I would now like to trace in reply to your question.
{ Nabokov’s interview | The NY Times, 1969 }
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On riding a fixed gear in New York
I was riding across the bridge tonight, racing faster than I usually do. I had a good ride home—beating all the stop lights, slipping through the LES crowds, singing out loud. One of those nights.
There’s a hill at the entrance to the Williamsburg bridge that doesn’t let up until you’re over the water—somewhere at that invisible Manhattan-Brooklyn line under the East...
“…while the media insists on calling this a “sexting-related suicide,” it’s much...”
– 13-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide After Classmates Spread Nude Photos : The Curvature
really, really important point in a well-written depressing article.
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