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
Dec 30th
“Portlandia” is an extended joke about what Freud called the narcissism of small...”
– Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia” : The New Yorker
Dec 28th
“i me you we he she ate a yum yum grubemups smorgasbording its like breathing...”
– LITERARY GENRE TRANSLATIONS - McSweeney’s
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
“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
Dec 27th
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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
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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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
Dec 25th
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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) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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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) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 17th
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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.)
Dec 16th
“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 →
Every day, JDI hears from survivors of sexual abuse who are still behind bars and still struggling, alone, to heal. This holiday season, please join JDI in sending holiday cards to survivors to remind them that they have not been forgotten. Simply click below and JDI will make sure your card gets to a prisoner rape survivor who could use some hope and encouragement. I just did this! You do it...
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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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) Imported from…
Dec 7th
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(via Saturday Night Live: Steve Buscemi And The Black Keys | Videogum)
Dec 7th
“My favorite reaction videos — the subspecies that strikes me as the purest...”
– Reaction Videos as Anthropological Study of America - NYTimes.com
Dec 4th
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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…
Dec 4th
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