October 2009
1 post
Jenny: xoxo Mumblecore
me: eww
i hate you
August 2009
4 posts
Playing with Fire That Isn't Wild at Burning Man... →
Amanda: I barely even remember you having mono
like, that's how effectively we power through pain
me: we're good at what we do
Amanda: for example, pretty sure I've had strep throat twice since I've been at college. but what can you do?
Is LSD Good for You? →
Jackie Brown: Tarantino's Glorious Sleeper →
July 2009
9 posts
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/endorsement/kid-cudi-m... →
Brenna: i love your little arrows
me: i can do big ones too
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The State: Stupid-Brilliant Humor Returns on DVD →
Dagny: so i'm sitting REALLY close to howard kurtz today
and idk what to say
me: "how does it feel to be an old-media hack?"
Dagny: well hopefully something more friendly
at least to introduce myself
Asteroids: The Video Game (Not the Proposed Movie) →
Shah of Shahs: An Old Book About the New Iran →
The Pentagon's Medal-Worthy Role in Brüno: Ask,... →
June 2009
3 posts
The upside of MJ's death: the music
It’s a little uncomfortable for me to “remember” Michael Jackson because, no, white gloves were never incorporated into my afternoon jazz dance classes and I didn’t play Thriller on my Disneyland record player. (Confession: I BitTorrented it only a couple years ago.) It’s a generational thing, ya know? It’s always been hard for me—and I’m sure, to...
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/qa/transformers-sto... →
The Only Last-Minute Father's Day Gift Ideas... →
May 2009
6 posts
“Where’s my gin and hot water when I need it?”
– Jenny at work
“While I was busy wishing hip-hop to be something positive or conscious or...”
– Hua Hsu in the semi-interesting Atlantic online roundtable about hip-hop’s place in the pop marketplace.
My goodbye mix for Dagny, which her blank CD...
1. Liz Phair - “Whitechocolatespaceegg”
2. Bat for Lashes - “Daniel”
3. Jenny Lewis - “Black Sand”
4. Asobi Seksu - “Me & Mary”
5. Ra Ra Riot - “Dying is Fine”
6. Beck - “Lost Cause”
7. Cat Power - “The Greatest”
8. The Cardigans - “You’re the Storm”
9. Interpol - “Next...
Adderall-adled thoughts about the new Bat For...
Fur and Gold, Bat for Lashes’ last album, could sometimes sound pretty for the sake of sounding pretty. One of the pleasures of Two Suns is that, as gorgeous as it is, it’s never small. Natasha Khan’s wails, whether two-thirds through “Glass” or two-thirds through “Siren Song,” are primal. Not primal in the brimstone-and-fucking PJ Harvey kinda way, though...
Sometimes I write longer things about college... →
April 2009
2 posts
Re-watching Daria
Nick: who's your favorite fashion club member?
Me: the asian
Me: clearly
This nymag bar listing doesn't convey the full... →
March 2009
20 posts
“Wow i did some coke already too this is shaping up to be some spring break”
– text received at 4:34 p.m. today
“only on twitter can one reach 120,892 people directly in about ten days- we...”
– Martha Stewart on Twitter. I don’t think I’ll un-follow just yet.
On Levi Johnston's hotness
me: i think it's the scruffy facial hair
Molly: mmm
i love him
me: it screams sex
Molly: he's one of those people i'm still going to be talking about in like 8 years, when no one remembers who he is
he is a sexy cultural landmark
WatchIs Karen O imitating Agyness Deyn imitating a rock star in this video? (That’s SO meta-wannabe.) The whole pseudo-downtown vibe irks me. Which is a shame, because the song is so good.
me: ...wow he's beautiful
Brenna: I know! that's why i dated him
Pitchfork + Apple = Hipster commercialism we can...
That “dominant element”? It’s the banner ad. And it’s beyond annoying. Is this really the only way sites can make money?
peterkjackson:
The new layout is much improved, but in need of a dominant element. Right now the three-column approach at the top has my eyes flickering across the screen. Everything floats.
Adventures in higher education
[redacted]’s new status message - just because I make out with someone on the dance floor, doesn’t mean I’m drunk. 4:41 AM
[redacted]’s new status message - emotional rollercoaster 5:15 PM
Are Gawker's repeated references to "octogenarian"...
From the last week:
“Liz Smith, octogenarian gossip queen of New York, has been dropped as a New York Post columnist.”
“Octogenarian gossipmonger Liz Smith was dropped by the New York Post yesterday, but she doesn’t want you all to fret.”
“Octogenarian gossipmonger Liz Smith continues to chronicle the reactions to the New York Post’s shocking move to...
Lily Allen, Material Girl
In his article about Lily Allen’s new album and dealings with fame, Sasha Frere-Jones returns again and again to “The Fear,” which he calls “her best song” and “one of the few compelling songs about fame by a famous person.”
“I want to be rich and I want lots of money,” she sings, as the guitar continues. “I don’t care about...
Pretensh quote of the day
“Of course, this classicist criterion for judging an artwork seems embarrassingly restrictive to me today.”
Oh, Girish.
Radar fold not done pissing me off
WTF? WHERE’S MY STAR?!
nbjackson:
My first issue of STAR has finally arrived. I can’t believe this is what my Radar subscription turned into.
February 2009
17 posts
“mmmmmm…..CATFISH NIGHT!”
– today’s e-mail from Hecky’s Barbecue in Evanston
File under: Reasons I miss Northwestern
peterkjackson:
2:06 pm: Our speaker, an infectious diseases specialist, went to Penn State. From the murmurring, this appears controversial.
“I’m bored by the kerfuffle’s rote recurrence, with its all but scripted lines...”
– Well, that was quick. The New Yorker, along with everyone else who makes judgments about these things, it seems, has decided Shepard Fairey is officially out of vogue. (Did people ever think he was a good artist? Or just very good at using Adobe Illustrator?) And just in time for Esquire’s...
Cataloging the Sins of Tyler Perry’s Religiously... →