August 2008
July 2008
$3,350 and counting. And they say it doesn’t pay to be a blogger. Meanwhile, we’re still stuck at $25 for Larry King’s ticker.
youngmanhattanite:
Right about now, Charles Bock is really glad his interview ran over at Radar.
For the record, that one was not me. But it is so true.
Charles Bock, Richard Price, Central Park,...
Or, “Yes, I Am Going To Inundate The Fuck Out Of You With This Until After Tonight.”
My interview with Bock on Radar is here. Info on tonight’s reading at Summerstage is here. Buy Bock’s book. Buy Price’s new book.
Now: who’s comin’ with me?
Las Vegas Debasement
alexbalk:
We’ve got a very nice Q&A with Beautiful Children author Charles Bock today. It’s a monster of a thing, which is basically a result of my being a bad editor, but it’s pretty damn entertaining. Print it out for your ride home. Not literary? There’s stuff about the vaginas of Bennington in there to keep you entertained.
Listen, people. It’s not that I’m not proud of most...
youngmanhattanite:
Anything, Anything!
Yeah, whoever posted that, blow me. I covered this item months ago.
Postcards from your fucking momma.
ninety9:
My mother to me, two minutes ago, in response to CNN asking people to iReport live from the LA earthquake: “Yeah, tell CNN to stop reporting about the fucking earthquake.”*
*My sister works in LA (Westwood). She called about ten minutes after it was over to announce she was alive. Those yuppie camp parents got nothing on my mother. My sister and I are required to call and report in...
“Hey, he’s gotta pay Francis Bean back somehow.”
I have said it before, and I will say it again: the Brooklyn Vegan commenters are a decrepit, terrible, funny bunch.
Underrated: THE WACKNESS
Ben Kingsley nails it. Josh Peck nails it. It’s a buddy comedy, it has an awesome soundtrack, it has a great ensemble, and it’s a story that (kind of, if you’re me) rings true. Not everything is wrapped up neatly, but it still has a pretty satisfying ending. And I didn’t see anybody walk out. Most people in the theater, insofar as I could tell, enjoyed it, including myself....
Isn't this sort of like telling your new black...
ninety9:
146 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Congress to formally apologize for slavery.
A Plate, Stepped Up To.
Fellow Tumblr RaptorAvatar was challenged by Maura Johnston of Idolator to blog for her for a day after he said some relatively snide shit. And you know what? Not bad!
I know, I know. Lots of negative stuff around here lately. I came back with a loaded Nerf gun, hopped up on Jolt. So we’re going to do a little offset work. Let’s start with a picture of a cat getting blasted on Hypnotiq, which is awesome.
Charles Bock. Richard Price. Central Park. Free.
Tomorrow Thursday night, folks, be there or be four-sided. Fellow Vegas guy and stellar writer Charles Bock (BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN) will be reading with Richard Price, who wrote CLOCKERS and a book about Krucoff getting killed in front of Schiller’s, or something. Go! I will be there with my rarely-seen brother, who will be sufficently overwhelmed. And it’s FREE! There will be drinks...
Naturally, a bunch of you GOT IT WRONG.
When I wrote:
You know what’s nice about going home? They don’t know who Julia Allison is.
I didn’t mean Julia Allison, although she’s part of it. I meant Nick Denton, David Karp, Charles Forman, Jakob Lodwick, Most of the People On This Video (Including Me), Mary Rambin, Meghan Asha, Mark Zuckerberg, Col Allen, Emily Gould, Keith Gessen,...
If You Don't Give A Meme, We Don't Give A Fuck.
Do you think I’ve been holding back on that title for a while? I have. If you don’t get the joke you are probably white. Then again, if you are on Tumblr YOU ARE PROBABLY WHITE.
Katiebakes has been on a roll lately (and not because she’s reblogging my good shit). Dig:
Ann Althouse has some good responses to Mokoto Rich’s article about online reading:
I still read books, but...
Must Watch: Oliver Stone's W. Teaser Trailer «... →
skeetonmischa:
via Goldenfiddle
Oh, wow. Just….wow.
WatchUGK feat. Outkast - “International Players Anthem”
Spaceships dont come equipped with rearview mirrors, They dip as quick as they can. The atmosphere is now ripped. When I shoot the moon high, jump the broom, Like a premie out the womb, My partner yellin “Too soon! Dont do it! Reconsider! Read some litera - ture on the subject - You sure? Fuck it. You know we got your back like...
Okay, so, I went to summer camp from 1996-2000, four years of which were spent at a Jewish Summer camp (1996 was a Western Riding Camp at the Orme Ranch in Meyer, Arizona - I broke my ankle falling off of a horse in front of the entire camp, luckily, and got to go home early to my Playstation - and sometime in 1995, I did a one-week stint at an obscure place in Camp Canaveral, Flordia called SPACE...
undershare
youngmanhattanite:
i had two dreams about war last night. the first was that the japs were invading us again because countries were paying for wars for nostalgic effect. that was fucked up. but not nearly as fucked up as my second dream: everything was fine until the pink blimps started landing and people started screaming. helpful volunteers in pink and yellow t-shirts started helping people on...
Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me
...
Also, I got in, went to dinner with my dad, and spent an hour at a 2-4 Hold ‘Em table and only dropped $20. Considering I’ve never played Hold ‘Em in a casino before - and I grew up here, mind you - I don’t think I did too bad. But let me tell you: the denizens at the Green Valley Ranch 2-4 tables on a Thursday night in July? Not. Cool.
Well, that happened. Goddamnit Rex, you edited some of the best shit out. Specifically, me. Hey, all you fameball cocksuckers with pictures of yourselves all over the internet: now you can trash on me! Except, um, you can’t. Because you’re still fameball cocksuckers. Cocksuckers.
Anyway, what Rex did keep in is one of the moments where I held it together for more than five seconds. I...
ninety9:
…..Andrew did the meanest thing he’s ever done to Keith: he found the only person who looked like they were a native to the scene, a drunken and (and this is fairly put, really, she was an archtype) blowsy Russian woman and dumped her on him….
I remember this! But what’s better is the actual line Andrew yelled to Keith:
“Keith! Look what I found! A fellow...
Tender Is The Night Of A Thousand Metas (Or:...
There was a decent roll call. Krucoff, 99, Carney, ConBon, Katie Bakes, Laura, Meaghan O. Sheila McClear was there for a second. She checked her text messages and left. Alex Pareene stayed for most of it, but what’s funny about this is that his girlfriend’s sister had just flown into town. “This?!” I asked him. “This is where you take her STRIAGHT FROM THE AIRPORT?!...
File Under: Things That Are Far Better Than They...
The new Cold War Kids single. Woah.
File Under: Too Easy.
NO.
MISS GOWRIGHTRY! ROO RING MY BELL! ROO YOU RANT A PINK RERRY?!
The other "Boss" speaks. →
True story: the first time I ever ate at a Momofuku resturant - it was the Noodle Bar, at it’s old location, long before Ssam or Ko were open - I was with my mom, who keeps Kosher. No joke. We were having some kind of intense conversation where she was laying the Jewish Mother Guilt on me - maybe for eating traife? Who cares. - and I just zoned out. I was euphoric. She couldn’t...
Outtakes
One reference I totally neglected to make when discussing, among other things, “kickdogs” yesterday: this. That’s how I roll.
So Peter W. Knox writes some shit about older guys skeezing on younger woman, or younger woman trying to get on the older-guy train, or cougars, or spinsters, or some kind of shit like that. It sets off a blogggy firestorm. He even took to the YouTubes! And he made a reference to Ronnie Lane and The Faces! My take on it?
He got a lot of traffic. And you’re all morons. Next time you complain...
youngmanhattanite:
It’s confirmed. By magnanimous decree of David Karp’s Big Dick (we hear), tonight’s soup kitchen benefit party is an OFFICIAL Tumblr meet-up. Now you HAVE to come. PASS IT ON. Expected attendees: Keith Gessen, Borough of Manhattan President Scott Stringer and Alex Pareene (birthday shots!) - JUST TO NAME A FEW.
I’ll be there, if only because it got the decree.
Like Waterboarding, Except For A Dog.
I’m a “dog” guy. I like dogs. Not small kickdogs that just kind of sit there and bark and are decidedly anti-fetching, though some of those are nice and occasionally have “personality.” Most of them are annoying, if only because they’ve devolved into an accessory.
Nope. I like dogs. A boxer. A golden retriever. A Labrador. Those are dogs. Some dogs are a little...
skeetonmischa:
“Sabotage” by The Beastie Boys
I...
Oh, by the way: there’s often a lot of love for Alex Pareene around these parts. There’s a reason. Reading a post like that is like watching someone casually knock in a half-court shot.
The Worst Dinner Party You Almost Didn't Miss
The story: a (Republican) Clark County assemblywoman is charged with cutting her husband with a “kitchen” knife. They were having a dinner party. Things got “heated” between the couple. People dispersed. And he shows up with a stab wound blaming her for it. It goes to court. He pleads the fifth. He’s granted immunity. And he testifies:
“I grabbed that knife and...