January 2010
State of the Internet, Part 6: That Time Things... →
Announcements from the Class Secretary: We’re making this one quick. Apparently, every minute wasted on the internet tonight is another minute of effort to set me up with one of New York’s Finest “Hebrarem” as a 12:01 makeout partner sullied. But 2009 was a hell of a year for YM. No?
December 2009
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katiebakes:
michaelorell:
RB: Find _____ a girl on nye
RB: who’s not 11, or mildly retarded
ME: shithead didn’t confirm he was attending
RB: PROLLY SOME SUPER HUGE MEDIA THING OR WHATEVAH
ME: I’ll send an email assuring him that people at the party have heard of ________.com and ________.com and ________.com and he’ll come
ME: THEN IM POSTING THIS TO TUMBLR AND THEN I’M GOING TO E-YELL AT...
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ninety9:
fek:
John Mayer: Blogger. Not bad, right? Props were deserved, so props were given.
jhnmyr:
A couple of days ago I was pointed to a video on TMZ.com that featured “Avatar” director James Cameron involved in a verbal scuffle with who the gossip website would have you believe was a “fan.”….Having been in these situations, and knowing very well what actually goes down before the video...
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At Home with Jenny Holzer →
31. Favorite line of the moment: “The future is stupid.”
Little known fact: Jenny Holzer is (predictably) one of my favorite artists, and I’ve spent half an hour staring at her latest installation. ANYWAY. There are SO MANY great lines in here.
28. Work she’d take back: How about everything I have done to a certain extent? I disappoint myself routinely. If you are an artist and you...
And seriously, the internet is on FIRE right now. Joel Johnson, wow. In fact, a big round of applause for everyone who did The End of the 00’s Series, which has been pretty much unanimously great, which for any kind of series of long-form writing on the internet isn’t just a boon, but a fucking coup. When The Awl started, I think this was the kind of thing we all hoped and wanted it to...
Jolie. Jolie, Jolie, Jolie. Never has anybody struck such an incredible balance of “you terrify me” and “I have so much to learn from you.”
Um.
Is that JDS? Also, The Duckface Backlash begins. This is what the Internet/00’s are for.
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ninety9:
Foster, chill. I don’t really care what just about anyone remembers about the Bonds. I know for people who aspire to construct a ‘career’ as a ‘writer’ need to push pixels to make a name for themselves. It’s just unfortunate that those of us who read because we enjoy it, or want to learn something meaningful, interesting, informative, or challenging — or just be entertained, but well —...
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Eater Needs Interns
If I were trying to get an internship in New York to get deep in on the food and/or blogging scene, or knew someone who was, I would absolutely go or send people the way of Lock, Amanda, Ben, et al. You should too!
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Demographics: The Awl's '00's Series
You are either:
Someone who got an email who was asked to write something.
Someone whose email asking you to write something was lost in a SPAM filter.
Someone who is upset that they either weren’t “invited” to write something like it’s some kind of velvet rope club* or someone who lost their email and think they weren’t considered to write something for them and...
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ninety9:
I’m thinking too many of the decade retrospectives were written by people who were not adults when it began.
I’m thinking too many old people are on Tumblr old. Like going to a Discovery Zone when you’re ten and seeing high schoolers there.
Also, New York Post, beat you to it, suckers.
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So rad. Xaphoon Jones from Chiddy Bang, making a beat. The next Chiddy Bang album’s going to be incredible. If you haven’t heard the first, you should, because it’s free.
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youngmanhattanite:
matthewgallaway:
“You probably hate those guys. I kind of hated them too, whenever I was not busy loving them. Isn’t that kind of the way we feel about all our friends?” —Katie Bakes on the Duke Lacrosse ‘Incident’
I’ve spent a fair amount of time on the Internet, some of it regrettable but mostly worthwhile, as I’m sure you have. Do we not sense patterns? Katie Bakes on Mike...
Art, Schooled: Six Ideas for Taking Back Our Taxi... →
I am so, so, so psyched about this.
Meet my new column, Art, Schooled.
And meet my newest columnist, Ms. Kelsey Keith:
At what point do we start dismissing bad art with smirks instead of a belligerent scoff? Maybe when Las Vegas-based sign companies try to get all “contemporary” and “high-brow” on 500 New York City taxi cabs. Like one’s doing now. The mix of...
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The Shady Mainstream Media Payday of Flight 253... →
Jasper Schurnga probably didn’t think twice before dismantling Northwest Airlines Flight 253’s would-be bomber. But before telling his story in toto, he wanted what every other media whore wants: to get paid, baby. And here’s how it worked:
My second exclusive I made all by myself on Gawker! Yay. Last time it was the confirmed sale of Very Short List to the Observer! That was...
The Anatomy of a Smear: How The Reigning King of...
John Mayer: Blogger. Not bad, right? Props were deserved, so props were given.
jhnmyr:
A couple of days ago I was pointed to a video on TMZ.com that featured “Avatar” director James Cameron involved in a verbal scuffle with who the gossip website would have you believe was a “fan.”….Having been in these situations, and knowing very well what actually goes down before the video they show...
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Things I Want For Christmas I Will Never Get, And...
Less talk about what “social media” “means” to “people.”
Also: more “social,” less “media.”
Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat... →
That said, there are only so many times you can ask “WWJ8LD?” (or: “What would Jennifer 8. Lee do?) every December 25th when it comes to the yearly mystic ritual of Jews and Chinese food. Well, Jenny “8-Ball” Lee: you’re not the only expert on this in New York. In fact, you’re playing second fiddle in this city to someone on our masthead: Adrian Chen.
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fimoculous:
I did an interview: http://www.mediaite.com/vkbet I talk about FourSquare, The Hills, BNO News, Tumblr, and Megantereons.
Rex interviewed by Rachel. Who asks him this:
Cheetahs or Tumblr Girls?
Rex, you don’t need an assistant. You don’t need an iPhone programmer. You need a press rep.
WatchIn The Loop is easily in my favorite movies that came out this year. Definitely my favorite comedy, hands down. I’ve been busy downloading the entire series it’s based on - The Thick of It - currently unafuckingvalible on DVD stateside. This, by the way: deleted scene from In The Loop courtesy IFC’s website. There’s apparently more where it came from. Via IMDB’s...
The Worst Festivus Ever →
Today is Festivus. Which, if you didn’t know, is “a holiday for the rest of us.” Beyond this, I have no real idea what a Festivus is, but I do know this: Allen Salkin wrote the book on it. And Allen Salkin was laid off from the New York Times last week.
My personal tribute to Allen Salkin. I didn’t mention him by name, but for the record, Cajun Boy had much to do with...
This Is How The YMBlr Ends.
youngmanhattanite:
Not with a whimper, or a bang, but a reblog. Everyone, it’s been fun.
Hit the switch, Boss.
Little Known Fact
The two things I have written with/for Doree are two of my favorite things ever.
1. For whatever reason, Doree thought it would be a good idea to let me do my first (and as it turned out: only) party report for the Observer at a Planet In Peril party, featuring Sanjay Gupta and Anderson Cooper and Mo Rocca and CNN important person Jonathan Levine, who at one point grabbed me by the collar and...
OMG Nic look what the Observer did to Alison Pill’s head WTF?!?!?!!
Stereotyping People By Their Favorite Indie Bands →
Flavorwire: Killin’ it.
caseydonahue:
Is this what people think of me for being a Kid Cudi fan? Because that’s not fair.
cockenblog:
Your feelings are about to be hurt.
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(via alexbalk)
Oooh, poor little WASPy trust-funder can’t handle a little black dildo! Oh no! Listen here, Fuckface, I don’t know how it worked before, but from now on I’m posting whatever the fuck I want whenever the fuck I want and I don’t expect to hear jack shit from you except the occasional “Excellent work, Doree.” Got it? Don’t make me do...
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WatchI Wish It Was Christmas Today - Julian Casablancas feat. Jimmy Fallon, Horatio Sans, and The Roots
I’ll be that asshole and say that I was listening to The Strokes at least before anyone else in my hometown was.
After working a long-cultivated relationship between the terrible, despotic, hand-of-judgement hip music clerks at the only record store in town that mattered after Odyssey closed...
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So glad my brother and I don’t live in the same house anymore. God only knows I would’ve found something like this to do to him were the internet as prominent now as opposed to when we were in high school.
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“Topamax (anti-seizure meds also to prevent migraines), Methylprednisolone...”
– God. Damn.
Mac from 'It's Always Sunny' Buys Bar in Philly →
Via The Iladelph comes word that Rob McElhenney—probably better known as Mac on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia—has bought a bar in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood along with his wife Kaitlin Olson, who also plays Dee on the show.
On the popular FX show, McElhenney owns a bar with the other characters, and the fictional bar is called Paddy’s Pub. To add to the...
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Not To Rumormonger, Or Anything. But!
Gawker editor-in-chief Gabriel Snyder wrote via e-mail: “The end of the year habitually brings staff changes at Gawker and this year is no different. While Richard is moving on, and I wish him the best in his new venture, I’m getting ready to announce some additions to the Gawker masthead for the new year.”
Wonder who this person could be! Do YOU know?
Reasons I Enjoy My Workplace
Because I can call into work like this:
——-Original Message——- From: Foster Kamer Sent: Sun 12/20/2009 9:30 PM To: Chris M.; Willa P. Subject: so guys, i feel like SHIT. like: complete shit. (proper colon use?) like, there is no way in HELL that i’m coming in tomorrow, at least until i have DRUGS, if then. i’m going straight to the doctor tomorrow morning...
Listicle Without Commentary
maura:
pareene:
choire:
kryz:
pareene:
rendit:
The Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time, In Order
2. The Apartment
1. Batman Returns
Dude. Die Hard.
Life of Brian. Duh.
While I agree very strongly with all this, I must say that Home for the Holidays is actually an exceptional movie that is, like Die Hard, really about the spirit of the holidays. (Honestly I love that movie...
Christmas Lies and Fake Families: Mindy Kaling...
The problem with being a writer of romance and romantic situations is that my capacity for creating and believing in fantasy is huge. Nothing can ever be as amazing as Harry & Sally or, in my book, Joe Fox & Kathleen Kelly from the movie “You’ve Got Mail.”
When I started remembering that this fake family was fake, I started missing them.’
Go read. You will laugh. Maybe tear...
I am not feeling great and need fluids and food and this is the only thing making me smile today, just clicking on it over and over.