Just North of Something Important

Have you guys actually watched the Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:36:00 -0500

Have you guys actually watched the Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans trailer? Because it is amazing. If only it had Ben Foster in it! (I can’t find that video of all his freakouts in Alpha Dog, or I would link it.) It’s great—it’s like Herzog just decided that he would create the perfect context for Nic Cage to go nuts without it seeming inappropriate. So excited!

Currently thinking of rocking. Bad idea?

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:35:00 -0500

Currently thinking of rocking. Bad idea?

America: your precious President is just straight-up...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25:05 -0500

America: your precious President is just straight-up makin’ Anne Geddes calendars now.

Probabilistic sampling demonstrations are delicious.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:35:12 -0500

Probabilistic sampling demonstrations are delicious.

Yay my new state

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:02:00 -0500

You passed a referendum affirming the right of gays to get civil unions and defeated an awful, awful initiative that would’ve frozen state revenue at current levels! Yay! It is too bad Chris Christie LITERALLY MURDERED OBAMA but all politics is local after all.

hedgieshedgieshedgies: Hegemony Vs My Hat! (via...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:54:40 -0500

hedgieshedgieshedgies:

Hegemony Vs My Hat! (via GTez)

HEGEMONY!

Spotted on the quad

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:44:43 -0500

A small girl dressed in a full-body dinosaur costume. This was today, two days after Halloween. I like to think that the girl was aware of this fact, but decided that she didn’t care. Because she is a dinosaur.

NYT: Obama Strategy on Health Legislation Appears to Pay Off

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:41:00 -0500

NYT: Obama Strategy on Health Legislation Appears to Pay Off :

Just sayin’.

bmichael: Julian Casablancas - Out Of The Blue Eight songs and...

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:02:46 -0500

bmichael:

Julian Casablancas - Out Of The Blue

Eight songs and forty minutes? Really?! Thank you so much. Honestly, Julian Casablancas fucking gets pop/rock music so well. I’m not sure what that third Strokes album was all about—I’ll kind of assume they were just doing like just too much coke and thought it would be fine to keep adding retarded shit ‘pon retarded shit. Between this album and the Albert Hammond, Jr. albums, I still retain hope for another good Strokes release. Sí se puede. Sí se puede.

I am looking forward to listening to a non-96kbps version of this album, but I suspect it’s going to take a while to get over how much this song sounds like “Ana Ng”-era They Might Be Giants. Not that this is a bad thing!

Problem Girl: The ultimate faux pas (of friendship)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:42:38 -0500

Problem Girl: The ultimate faux pas (of friendship):

This is one of those things I would’ve thought had been linked everywhere, but it does not seem to have been, so here you go: a very good anecdote about customer service, knife-wielding maniacs, and friendship. (via dubodee)

tristn: Sesame Street Disco LPs This album was weirdly...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:33:12 -0500

tristn:

Sesame Street Disco LPs

This album was weirdly influential for me.

Hey, want to watch the Pete & Pete “Halloweenie”...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:56:11 -0400

Hey, want to watch the Pete & Pete “Halloweenie” episode? Of course you do. It’s an amazing episode! And also it has Iggy Pop.

Watch ‘em all: Part 2, Part 3, Part 4.

A brief but telling statement about political information

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:56:12 -0400

“I don’t know anything about Tibet. I have very vague knowledge about Tibet. Except that it needs to be freed.”

I have to put together a costume for the departmental Halloween...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:54:51 -0400

I have to put together a costume for the departmental Halloween party tomorrow and I think I’m going to be Tom Wolfe, mainly because it will only require me to find a large white hat, a cane, and a pocket square—with the added benefit that I will then own a large white hat, a cane, and a pocket square.

I am a little worried, however, that people will think I’m trying to be a “pimp.” Well, it’ll be a good way of determining who I do and don’t want to be friends with, I suppose.

Hellooo Paseo.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:44:35 -0400

Hellooo Paseo.

"Rand’s particular intellectual contribution, the thing that makes her so popular and so American, is..."

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:18:04 -0400

“Rand’s particular intellectual contribution, the thing that makes her so popular and so American, is the way she managed to mass market elitism — to convince so many people, especially young people, that they could be geniuses without being in any concrete way distinguished. Or, rather, that they could distinguish themselves by the ardor of their commitment to Rand’s teaching. The very form of her novels makes the same point: they are as cartoonish and sexed-up as any best seller, yet they are constantly suggesting that the reader who appreciates them is one of the elect.”

- Adam Kirsch, Ayn Rand’s Revenge, NYT

fuckyeahbritpop: achtung: “Porklife” “Get some...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:46:26 -0400

fuckyeahbritpop:

achtung: “Porklife”

“Get some exercise!”

Look, the sun isn’t even really up here yet, so this is the best I can do right now, OK?

Pitchfork: Track Reviews: Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground"

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:55:08 -0400

Pitchfork: Track Reviews: Sleigh Bells - "Crown on the Ground":

If you haven’t read Matthew’s review of that Sleigh Bells track, you should. The Swizz Beats comparison is 100% right on.

Here's my problem with people making morality-by-association arguments

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:31:00 -0400

The first real movie was a recruitment film for the KKK. Does that mean we should never make movies, because they BEGAN WITH RACISM? Does context always matter? Does context matter more than content? Does history matter more than intent, always, no matter what?

Things that are wrong for a number of reasons.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:31:26 -0400

Things that are wrong for a number of reasons.