April 2009
Remember that time New York Mag posted a timeline of white rap and you remembered that other blog post about white rappers you once read like, a year ago? That was now.
But “props” to Vulture; it’s a pretty great post. Also, it reminded me of the Everlast/Eminem beef, which provided the following classic lines:
Aight, listen. Look. So this is what we ask of our fans: If you...
Getting Right To The Heart Of Matters...
rachellehruska:
Just got this email from Foster Kamer. I have a feeling that a lot of friends from home are going to get a kick out of it:
The YM line about Omaha was me - spent a day traveling through there once on a road trip and thought it was just about one of the nicest places I’d ever been. The guy in Homer’s actually gave me the shirt off his back (literally). I asked if I could buy...
This is what a desperate blogger looks like. Consider it an experiment. Let’s see if it works.
What are some of the ingredients you’re using that other Mexican restaurants aren’t using? Felipe: We use Mexican cream, we use homemade chorizo, we use fresh corn dough, and we do, like, 15 different salsas. We do everything fresh because we don’t have a large basement, so we have delivery every day for the meals. Our kitchen staff is trained for this kitchen—like the guy who makes the...
“Y’all act like you’ve never seen a white person before. And yet,...”
– The opening shot from Pitchfork’s Asher Roth review. Great stuff. Seriously.
Found In Williamsburg: The Official Hipster... →
Ah, yes: Kari Farrell, the Williamsburg Grifster—née Hipster Grifter—a story we’re both ridiculously tired of and still, can’t seem to get enough of (to Sig Gissler and our homeboys on the Pulitzer committee: remember the name Doree Shafrir). And now, just when you thought/hoped it was all dead and over, some (no doubt) plucky design student moves the ball a little further downfield.
Brilliant moments in graphic design (by which I mean: the selection of a graphic for a blog post). I find ways to make my days fun.
youngmanhattanite:
A little throwdown for the hometown: Alexandra Berzon - who, for whatever reason, moved to Vegas after going to school at Vassar and Berkeley for J-School in 2006 - won the Pulitzer for Public Service today for her “courageous” (the Pulitzer committee’s word, not mine) reporting on construction deaths during Vegas’ real estate boom of the last year. Aside from the fact that it...
“Because objectively speaking, the job of New York Yankees general manager should...”
– -Matt Taibbi can be a little over the top sometimes, but I’m especially delighted by his Men’s Journal piece on Yankees’ GM Brian Cashman after the shitshow that took place in Yankee stadium today. (via cajunboy)
Oh, man. I can’t wait to read this.
Gimme: Things I Want For Summer →
Our country’s economy is on a downward spiral—no news there. But we also show no signs of upending our bad spending habits, of our “conspicuous consumerism,” as it were. I mean, Portfolio’s still alive, right? Either way, here are—as a straight 20-something male—the things I want to spend money on (or the things I want someone else to spend money on for me) this summer, in no particular order....
Watchthisrecording:
snoop doing commentary on the nba’s top plays…i liked when he does the white person voice during highlight 8
Wow. File under: Things The Internet Absolutely Comes Through On.
WatchI was gonna save this for Wu-Tang Wednesday, but here’s your Friday show-and-tell, kids: Henry, doing “Triumph”, in front of Buckingham Palace. The context pays the bill, already; just watch him work the camera. My direction - FAIL - is sub-par because I was laughing too hard.
(via younglondonite)
The New York Times just ran—under the banner of their “Practical Traveler” heading—something called ”Getaways That Are Guilt Free.” We use the word “something” because it’s not an article, and it smells like euphemistic bullshit. The article’s lede, which makes me want to punch myself in the face: “Sure, you¹d like to take a vacation. But with layoffs hitting your best friends and your own...
Hipster Genocide: The Call Is Coming From Inside... →
Before someone’s head explodes, we’re gonna spell this one out for everyone: being a hipster is dangerous. You risk getting stabbed, conned, or a fate worse than death—being deemed “over.” We suggest foregoing whatever it is that makes you a hipster as soon as you possibly can, for your own safety, of course. Dress inconspicuously. Don’t tell anyone you’re a hipster. Don’t associate with other...
Going to London, leaving now. Remember: YoungLondonite. From me to you, in pounds. 72 hours in Foggy London Town. Shit’s on.
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Well...
Young Londonite.
I leave tomorrow, be back on Tuesday. Observations, filings from the road will go here.
The longstanding tradition of Jewish guilt prevents me from really partaking in anything not Passover-related for this time. I’m not really an observant Jew, but if my mother, my mother’s parents, or the rabbi who had the unfortunate “pleasure” of bar-mitzvah’ing me ever found out I wasn’t carrying the torch in some regard, I would be guilted into joining a kibbutz, which is the Jewish version of...
[Hypeworthy] Lands & Peoples →
In which my former roommate - the one who moved to Baltimore to join a band, the reason I’m forced to now find the simlarities between Palestein and Williamsburg - gets some very deserved bloggy buzz, the first of what I imagine is going to be a lot. Get on the bandwagon and say you were there first. Caleb (who was apparently a Face of The Recession) has a Numblr, too, and it’s worth...
Out of context work email…go!
We could always do [an image] of me in a Size Zero with my finger pointing down my gullet. Fun! I picked out the graphic. I’ll find something skeletal [instead].
Keep your eyes on the site tomorrow. Revolutionizing New York’s nightlife, one post at a time.