July 2010
23 posts
“Dear The Onion,
I’m color-blind. What’s green like?
— Brian...”
– The Onion’s Letters to the Editor.
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“This genre doesn’t require an audience in the traditional sense. It...”
– Roger Ebert, re: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Nearly every movie that makes money today.
The Roots - The Return To Innocence Lost / Act...
“If robosexual marriage becomes legal, imagine the horrible things that will...”
– Futurama - Proposition Infinity
I’ll have to add Big Boi to my Pitchfork...
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I know that some people use a hypothetical death...
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Congrats to Glee for 19 Nominations.
Goes to show you that an uninteresting focus test can not only pass as a television show (and a successful one at that), but somehow earn nominations and awards usually reserved for, you know, good television shows.
WatchAt first glance, it seemed that the presence of CK’s new standup material is what carried the entire show. After a re-watch, though, I think the show overall is pretty well-directed. Obviously I posted a segment of the standup, not the plot, but what do you expect? It’s Louis CK.
“The Last Airbender is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of...”
– Roger Ebert
I swear, I’m slowly turning into a little Ebert.
June 2010
27 posts
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“Pitchfork… features some of the [best] music writing online — smart without...”
– TIME’s Best Blogs of 2010
(via catbird)
WatchAn entire album of vintage covers from The Roots and John Legend? I’m not sure how I feel about that. On one hand, it’s The Roots, and on the other, I’ll have to pretend that I’m hesitantly enjoying John Legend, since I was previously pretending to not like him at all, even though his album definitely has seen a lot of the inside of my ears.
Also, that is the quietest I...
How many pictures have I submitted to Flickr in...
Fifteen. Unbelievable. How on earth have I gotten to this point? I need to man up and start shooting. Going to Chicago and pulling a Ferris Bueller mixed with Pitchfork will probably stimulate my output, but what’s next after that?
Maybe I’ll revive Who Needs The Sunshine. It challenged me, but I loved it.
inscien asked: Why is the double-dog dare more effective than a regular dare?
Ask Me? →
Eh, every once and a while, I feel like answering questions.
“A verbose, prosaic review which mentions whistling winds and the timeless...”
– David Cross
WatchThis entire segment is classic Daily Show. Ridiculing journalism, playing on circular logic, and satirizing the media’s scrutiny of unimportant bullshit. Mix in the always-funny Larry Willmore and Jon’s “black president” and it is probably one of their best pieces in a while.
PS - I wish Hulu still hosted this show, so I could eternally clip and preserve 3:01-3:12 for...
“You want us to go back to jazz rap and twiggedy tongue twists? Who sounds the...”
– ?uestlove, to @cityprovision’s tweet: “Wishing @questlove and company would get back to the older sound like ‘Do You Want More?!?’”
I thought it was a great point to make to people who complain about bands going out of what some call their “comfort zone.”...
Pitchfork Festival Adds Comedy Stage →
Thanks a bunch, Pitchfork, for making me choose between focusing on some of my favorite comedians or some of my favorite musicians. Hopefully the overlap won’t be too impossible to handle…
WatchThe middle section about their recording philosophy is exactly what I’ve wanted to hear for a while. One of my back-burner projects is a podcast between me and a rotating cast of my friends, and all current attempts have been horrible.
jimray: God, I love this man
“The toxic gray bouillabaisse that Beijing folk call “air” and try to force into...”
– ‘The Karate Kid’ lame remake, starring Jackie Chan, lacks kick and punch - NYPOST.com
Even in a film review, the NYPost can’t resist a Big Brother flavor when talking about China. What film set in modern China has ever mentioned the air? And what about all of the movies set in...
"If you were stuck on an island for the next 30... →
And it was only You and about 30 of THEM, would you assimilate and become like them or would you somehow try to become their leader and rule them?
My new favorite thing to do is read hilarious questions on Yahoo Answers.
Best. Yahoo Answers Question. Ever. →
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Writing something to get into hell.
Luis: I think I went over the top on the cheesy opening scene.
(I read the script)
Me: Very dramatic. Is he masturbating in this scene?
Luis: He's masturbating in every scene. That's the twist!
May 2010
17 posts
This is the brilliant and catchy opening track...
f.lux →
Adjust color tones of the computer to the time of day, so that if you were to wake and work on something at midnight, you aren’t blinded by the sudden burst of light from your monitor. Nifty.