January 2012
Cultural criticism on the internet is dying because we finally realized that the...
– Watching Hipster Runoff Eat its Own Tail | Splitsider
Skrillex’s work, in particular, is a lot more of a pile-up, as if someone’s...
– Why Does America Love Skrillex? — Vulture
ROUTINE IS A NARCOTIC AND THAT’S WHY WE CAN’T GET PIZZA EVERY NIGHT
– Jenny Holzer, Mom (jennyholzermom) on Twitter
I never thought I would discover a Black nerd community. I knew there were...
– Coming Out of the Black Nerd Closet: A Meditation « Phillis Remastered
December 2011
21st-century blackness has lost its rigid center, and irony permeates the...
– Wesley Morris on LeBron, Dwyane, Amar’e, and the rise of the NBA nerd - Grantland
Portlandia” is an extended joke about what Freud called the narcissism of small...
– Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia” : The New Yorker
i me you we he she ate a yum yum grubemups smorgasbording its like breathing...
– LITERARY GENRE TRANSLATIONS - McSweeney’s
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Today I make my stand. Here goes: The eyes of anthropomorphized cars are the...
– How Pixar screwed up cartoon cars for a generation of kids
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Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is gonna be the new Mozart…and...
– Francis Ford Coppola Predicts YouTube in 1991
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Despite the EITC and child credit, the poverty trap is still very much a reality...
– When it Comes to Taxes on the Poor, the Supply Siders are Right
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Smokey Robinson And The Miracles (5)
Smokey Robinson (2)
Pink Martini (1)
Mirah (1)
Andre 3000 (1)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Cat Power (11)
Feist (6)
Pixies (3)
The Muppets (3)
Yo La Tengo (2)
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Occupy Williamsburg Occurred at a Bar with a Taco... →
At the risk of breaking the internet under the weight of trolling, Occupy Williamsburg now exists. Its first meeting occurred last night at Union Pool, a bar that has a wading pool and a permanent taco truck in its backyard. (I love you, hipsters.)
What happens when — and this is inevitable — a generation completely comfortable...
– No Copyright Intended - Waxy.org
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Just Detention International – End Rape in Prison →
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I just did this! You do it...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
The Magnetic Fields (12)
The Muppets (5)
Andrew Bird (4)
Mahna Mahna/The Two Snowths (3)
The Muppets, Amy Adams, Andrew Walter, Jason Segel & Chris Cooper (3)
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(via Saturday Night Live: Steve Buscemi And The Black Keys | Videogum)
My favorite reaction videos — the subspecies that strikes me as the purest...
– Reaction Videos as Anthropological Study of America - NYTimes.com
Jessica Coen: Names, Words, and Phrases Appearing... →
jessicacoen:
An abridged list, in no particular order.
Edmund Wilson
poststructuralism
the Situationists
“extrainstitutional intellectualism”
bourbon
“proletarian meta-narrative”
the Lost Generation
Cornell
Sacre Coeur
Jonathan Lethem
The Paris Review
paradigm
Jacques Derrida
French…
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November 2011
The Volokh Conspiracy » Food Stamp Law and Stores... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Nina Simone (4)
Aretha Franklin (4)
Nancy Wilson (3)
Sam Cooke (3)
Tonetta (3)
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I remain unrepentant in my support for this president, a man who has...
– Why Obama Still Matters | By Andrew Sullivan
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
A Mighty Wind (17)
Buena Vista Social Club (14)
The Softies (13)
Make Up (6)
The Boy Least Likely To (5)
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…in case you’re confused, here’s a review of the right’s current stance on that topic:
1. The primary victims of racism are white people.
2. The most vicious form of racism is when a white person is falsely accused of being a racist.
3. On rare occasions, a black person can be a victim of racism, but this only occurs when a prominent black conservative is criticized...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-30) →
Belle and Sebastian (6)
The White Panda (3)
The Times (2)
Chad & Jeremy (2)
Usher (1)
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For me, there is no difference between Ripley from “Alien” and any Katherine...
– Mindy Kaling: “Flick Chicks” : The New Yorker
October 2011
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Steve Zissou, for all his woe-is-me anguish, lives a fantasy life of grand...
– Simply the Worst: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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There may not be a reason to share your cake. It is, after all, yours. You...
– Thirteen Observations made by Lemony Snicket while watching Occupy Wall Street from a Discreet Distance
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He called you a cunt, didn’t he?
– Wes Anderson & Cast Of ‘Royal Tenenbaums’ Talk The Challenges Of Working With Gene Hackman