May 2009
The Chilean Ski Slopes are Alive with the Sound of... →
katiebakes:
My new Altarcations column is up on Gawker! It features a real live VON TRAPP descendent:
Sam von Trapp, grandson of the melodious Maria and Baron, met Elisa Sepulveda at the Portillo ski resort in Chile, which her stepfather owns. A ski instructor in Aspen and Portillo for ages, von Trapp also moonlighted as a Ralph Lauren model and was featured as one of America’s Top 50...
They’re even dicks to Bruni. Good to know.
I’d personally like to thank anyone who had anything to do with my name not appearing on this ballot. I couldn’t have done it without you.
Cause Ain't No Such Thing As Drinking Age Crooks?
Was Prodigy really only 19 when he recorded “Shook Ones. Pt. 2”?
Is Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel Haunted? →
Via HotelChatter, one of those cheeky pro sports stories about the quirkiness of professional athletes dropped today on a local Milwaukee ABC affiliate: Baseball players are claiming (and have been claiming) that Milwaukee’s famed Pfister Hotel is haunted. And some of the human gene pool’s finest specimen are legitimately scared of it, like the girly-men they are. But the more important...
Guys I'm going to BookExpo tomorrow!!!
leoncrawl:
What should I ask Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler?
1. If he’s eligable to win the Areosmith scratch-off lotto game.
2. Which of the Areosmith video games (Revolution X, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, Quest For Fame) he’s actually played. Did he ever beat Revolution X? (FYI, Leon: he will try to plug Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, naturally. Do not take this bullshit from him.)
3. If he could...
“At another point in Lisztomania, Roger Daltrey’s entire body is sucked...”
– Ryan Dombal’s (8.0, Best New Music) review of the new Phoenix album for Pitchfork is a spot-on, perfect read of the album that’s also fairly entertaining. Check it out.
People! Not fired, was joking, still think Bloodcopy’s hysterical. Self-serious media mavens: sorry. Also, related.
Related: Alex Balk knows what Grillz are?
“We actually removed all the songs with Auto-Tune off of his album, to make the...”
– Kanye talking to MTV about God MC’s* Blueprint 3.
*Jay-Z aka Young Hov aka Iceberg aka Jigga Man
(via davidcho)
Cho’s clarification of proper nomenclature regarding Jay-Z’s several different names reminds me of the Method Man skit from Tical: 2000 in which Chris Rock lampoons this...
michaelorell:
I only read Gawker for Foster’s latest SEO manipulations anyway.
Funny, and true. For Brown: please note this, my Christmas-In-Advance present to you.
madeupmemories:
Consequence feat. Kanye West -...
In Which I See Art And Can't Handle My Shit →
Somehow it happened that in all my years of living in Brooklyn, I’d never been to the Upper East Side. But when I heard that there was a place called “The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” I decided it was as good an occasion to venture beyond Houston as any. I loved art. Art was one of my favorite things! I’d loved art ever since I saw a Takeshi Murata video piece on Vimeo,...
Gawker Weekend Roundup
Another weekend, another shitshow. I’m the Friday Night Lights of Weekend Gawker: loved by a select few, disregarded as a show about football by others, and always on the verge of cancellation.
Anyway. We brought Altarcations back, and it was one of, it not: the best thing that went up all weekend, in my opinion. Someone you may or may not know may or may not have helped.
Other contenders...
Should I become a ‘fabulous’ AltJew? →
“I’m not exactly sure what Jewish people believe, but I think they are just like ‘Jesus is full of shit’ or something, and they are still waiting on some new bro to emerge as ‘@the_Real_God.’”
Yes.
Scoring Sunday Nuptials: Her Daddy Made Me Do It
While Krucoff and Caro continue their Awkward Turtle Wedding Date Tour of Las Vegas, I’m at home, doing the Lord’s Work.
Something magical is happening at Gawker right now, and I had absolutely nothing to do with it. Okay: I brought my talent on board. But I didn’t write it. And Doree, this one’s for you:
We’re bringing back an old Gawker tradition of yore: scoring...
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Nick Denton Is Bored, Looking To Sell Gawker? →
soupsoup:
From The Business Insider…
Gawker Media owner Nick Denton is bored and he’s finally looking for an exit, somebody who likes to gossip with him told us the other day. If it’s true, Yahoo’s dealmakers should jump. After Yahoo hands over its search business to Microsoft (we still think that’s happening), it must double-down on brand advertising, which it still dominates. Brand...
Credit-Crunched Times' Writer EdmundTimes' Edmund... →
New York Times economics reporter Edmund Andrews has responded to The Atlantic’s Megan McArdle’s takedown of him for glossing over important details in his “I’m broke!” Times piece. It’s an ugly scene.
Yo, people, don’t forget: I’m on the mix with GAWKER: LIVE, FROM VEGAS! right now. Krucoff and Caro are on their way in town to give me some...
J. Crew doesn’t want their employees blogging about them. Because, you know, this summer, the seersucker suit gets revolutionized.
So….
copycats:
“Closer” - MGMT originally...
Watchjoeconyers:
laissez-faire:
Great film!
Primer is a 2004 independent film written, directed, produced by and starring Shane Carruth. A sci-fi puzzle thriller, it explores the effects of an accidental invention on its two creators. (via Google Video)
Nice. Somebody put the entirety of Primer on Google Video. Made for $7,000, it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. One of my favorite movies...
Wow. Jay-Z bought out of his Def Jam contract for $5M. Not much for him, but still: wow.
Dubai: Let's Talk About Slavery →
Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is revered by Emiratis (residents of the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a member state) as a man of true “vision.” The vision thing was the party line even back when I visited in 2006, and likely before that. His vision is treated as all but oracular when it comes to the proper course for Dubai, the best execution of business, safely...
Team Siegal.
(Etc.)
Maybe You Could Be My Intern
Seriously: I need an intern for the Summer, stat. Editorial work for BlackBook. We don’t pay dick, but we play really great music in the office, and chances are, you’ll get to do some fun stuff for free. Also, you get to (read: have to) hang out with me all day, so you can learn to tolerate people stupider than you in (slightly higher, definitely paid) positions they’re vastly...
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS PEOPLE
soupsoup:
ryanbrown:
lunchfood:
“If you’re covering the “latest petty scandal in Albany,” you might be better off as a non-profit in Nick Denton’s view. “You think that’s a damning indictment of modern society and a recipe for idiocracy? Fine. Start a nonprofit to cover all the local-government news you think a healthy society needs. But don’t expect advertisers—or commercially-minded...
“Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal...”
– Anthony Bourdain, putting it to Alice Waters where it hurts: in the troof.
The Internet seems mostly made up of geeky dudes...
(Via)
Servicey: Nadeska Alexis — she who helped me with my Awl column, who has saved my ass on many a mission — has a Tumblr now. Follow and expect good stuff from it.
ninety9:
I’m no believer of moral equivalence when arguing about what is right, but reading this makes it a little tough today, as a former Catholic, to complain about human rights violations in the West Bank (via The Awl).
While we’re on the childcare beat…literally.
(Jon and Kate) + Hate
goldenfiddle:
“Kate Gosselin said she feels society has a responsibility to help with the children, since modern medicine promotes the use of fertility drugs, which can lead to multiple births, the AP reported.” (USweekly)
Two weeks ago…
Like the family of Czar Nicholas II, the Gosselin clan of TLC’s Jon and Kate Plus 8 are going down. Quickly. And it’s gonna get uglier....
Red & Meth take on NY Mag →
nadeska:
Quite possibly the best interview of 2009.
Redman at his best:
“Was there a moment you both knew you’d work together for a long time? R: (flipping through magazine) 50 Cent got a body spray? Nice. That nigga aint’ playing.”
Shout out to the 1st commenter who references Redman’s episode of MTV Cribs, which was absolutely the best episode of that show to ever air. Classic TV.
Not sure how I missed FUCKYEAHPUPPIES, but oh, man: this is what the internet is for. It may be mindblowingly stupid. It may be, for all intents and purposes, useless in regards to practicality. It may be cheap. But if you find nothing to like about it, please: go away.
This Makes Me So Sad →
(via ryanbrown)
Because it doesn’t have banner ads?
Ran into Meaghan O on subway this morning. This...
Asian Baby: (Staring at me)
Me: Hi?
Asian Baby: (Still staring)
Me: (Waving)
Asian Baby: (Still fucking staring)
[Twenty Seconds Later]
Me: I was going to say "Good Morning Asian Baby!" but felt it might be inappropriate.
Meaghan O: Well, you saw what it was attached to.
Me: An Asian woman?
Dubai Is Sorry to See You Go →
The main inescapable problem of a press tour is that a press tour is inescapable. No matter your feelings on quid pro quo journalism – even if you declare outright that you will not cover activity X, still you may well be materially expected to participate in activity X to satisfy the entirely illusory expectations of the publicity client. Such is the case with my press tour in Dubai, where I...
doree:
Something that makes me sad: the all-maleness of Gawker. I love (most of) the people who write there now, but the lack of ladies has really become glaring, especially since the people who write over there occasionally (T.A.N., Cajun Boy, Josh Stein, Foster) are also dudes. I’m not debating the merits of any of the individual writers or the merits of ladywriting vs. dudewriting, just saying...
madeupmemories:
DJ Hell feat. Diddy - The DJ
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