February 2012
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is a thing/exists.
Is The New Yorker a Total ‘Bro-Fest’? →
[Answer: Yes.]
The composite of the publications surveyed represents one of the most hyper-liberal, intelligentsia-aimed segments of media, period. In other words: The London Review of Books can generally be found in a section of Barnes & Noble’s periodical aisles most of America never finds themselves in, and if they do, knowingly, they might groan. To which the readerships of these...
Lineup for Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, BAM Music... →
This….actually looks great.
“We were flying one time to Omaha on United... →
YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GONNA FLOOD INSTAGRAM... →
LockhartSteele.com Tumblr Outpost: An Oral-ish... →
lock:
Yesterday morning, a Twitterbot tweeted at me that Sunday marked my five-year anniversary on Twitter. Seems I signed up for the service on February 25, 2007.
Why did I sign up for Twitter on that day? So I could “live-Tweet” the occasion for Defamer, Gawker Media’s Hollywood blog…
Best part:
from: Lockhart Steele lock@gawker.com to: Biz Stone date: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 6:07 PM ...
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Five Lines From n+1's Review of "Tiny Furniture"
1. “Who among us is noble enough not to envy Lena Dunham?”*
2. “What sets Tiny Furniture apart is its attention to minor distinctions—to the fine differences within the upper and upper-middle class, like the one between the father who pays his daughter’s security deposit and the father who buys her the apartment.”
3. “The fact that Charlotte possesses both prime...
How To Think About Jeremy Lin vs. LeBron James: A... →
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Post-Game Review: 'Glad I Wasn't The Only One'...
me: I was like, I bet that message is E apologizing for being a drunk asshole. But it was her birthday and she can never be a drunk asshole. She looked adorable, like a Miss Teen Cupcake thing, and she was making out with her boyfriend the entire time.
Sure enough, I check your message, and you are unnecessarily apologizing to me.
E: hahahha
i was making out with my boyfriend??
eek
he said i never even talked to him!
hahahhahha
me: Oh, my god, you guys were like, up on the wall, making out, and C and I were being creeps watching you guys from the kitchen
E: REALLY???
me: Like, on the wall.
E: eek
me: And then I was like, "He's a looker!" And you were like "NO HE'S NOT HE'S 36 AND FAT"
E: oh no
poor guy
good thing he was blackout
ew i bet we were like grossly making out
my stomach hurts now
we were both a MESS
i cleaned the whole thing up the next day
not my finest hour...
me: Ha, nice. Also, I got up at one point in the night with heartburn and broke into a cold sweat, and almost passed out. Thank you, cake mix, or whatever the fuck that giant glob of weed-flavored sugarpastry I ate was.
E: omg
they ruined EVERYONE
A List of ‘Fun’ Things Sen. Charles Schumer Has... →
“I think greed and jealousy and sloth are all... →
The recently-ousted longtime PR chief of Goldman Sachs, Lucas van Praag—the one with the “vampire squid” toy on his desk—recently gave an ‘accidental’ 37-minute interview to a Dutch TV show. There really hasn’t been anything like this on Lucas van Praag, ever. It’s kind of extraordinary.
“To start with,” Krauss writes, “he made me... →
In Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy gave readers the bloody scalps of Indian heads.
In his latest effort, Cormac McCarthy gives readers the bloody scalps of punctuation marks.
The quote-unquote “menswear” fashion trend is... →
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“How the f–k can you live?” Kinnucan said to the... →
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Did Jeremy Lin Force MSG to End the Time-Warner... →
The blackout of the MSG Network for Time-Warner Cable’s 2.8 Million customers in New York City started on Sunday, January 1st.
35 days later, as MSG was still dark for Time-Warner customers, Jeremy Lin had his first breakout game with the New York Knicks, on Saturday, February 4th.
13 days later, the MSG/Time-Warner Cable standoff reportedly ends today, February 17, 2012.
The Cold, Hard Numbers: Time-Warner Cable and MSG... →
Number of points Jeremy Lin has scored for New York Knicks in first five starts: 136 Points (or the most by any player since the ABA and NBA merged in 1976).
Estimated stock gains Charles Dolan—MSG’s largest shareholder—has made since Jeremy Lin’s breakout game: $19,780,000.
How much Jeremy Lin is getting paid: $762,195, or the minimum for an NBA player in his second year.
Tracklist: Sleigh Bells Derek Miller Dissects... →
Back-in-Blackbook. Fun times. True story: This guy is very nice, and we talked about Def Leppard and Metallica and Queen and how his new album basically sounds like Heathers: The Rock Opera.
Megan: are you going to guns n roses tomorrow
me: hell no
Megan: how are you going to miss guns n roses
music hater.
Megan: i am literally going to walk down the aisle to a strings version of sweet child o mine
me: Better than "It's So Easy," I suppose.
One vice president described work as a... →
Usher really brings it on this one →
rawkblog:
Diplo does SBTRKT
Glad to see adults with ideas taking PBR&B and running with it
Also, with Nico Muhly strings. So great. Next level.
I was always more of a Madden guy, but from... →
Obviously Jeremy Lin will kick your ass at Halo. I’m just glad he’s not, like, a Skyrim guy. This actually bodes well for the Knicks.
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Where on earth did this $20,000 amount come from... →
Commenters! They happen. A little background: Yesterday I wrote about the lone holdout for the 49-state settlement with the five major mortgage lenders: Scott Pruitt, Attorney General of Oklahoma. You may remember him from that time he tried to sue the Obama administration over their healthcare policies. Pruitt didn’t want to participate with the rest of the states out of principle; he...
Did Oklahoma A.G. Scott Pruitt, Mortgage... →
Basically, yes. The entire state of Oklahoma—especially those who got eaten alive by predatory banking loans—just got totally fucked by their banker friend attorney general, the only one out of all 50 attorneys general who didn’t agree to the national settlement.
National Settlement: $28 Billion National Settlement Split Evenly Among 49 States: $57.1M per state. Oklahoma Settlement:...
_____ _______ is a self-important blog that... →
Whoops: Yahoo VP Forgets to Remove Laid Off... →
The real lesson, besides ALWAYS DOUBLE-CHECK THE BCC ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS is “Chris Lehmann: Fantastic email-writer.” I’ve always wanted to do something like this. I’ve just never been given the right opportunity.
New York Times Crossword Guru Will Shortz Needs to... →
Ah, yes: The Monday New York Times crossword puzzle, routinely mocked by those more seasoned crossword freaks as the province of entry-level puzzle-doers and amateur intellects. In today’s puzzle, however, those who regularly frequent the blank box page may observe an interesting redundancy, and on a technical level, an inaccuracy. Involving rappers.
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Voicemail from Iggy Pop - Dec. 29, 2011
So, my...
10 Questions with Chris Mohney, Editor-in-Chief of... →
NYO: One of our co-workers who covers intersections of media and tech noted the response to criticism that this isn’t corporate boosterism as “[expletive] [expletive for ‘stupid’].” How is it not?
Chris Mohney: That’s a fair question.
“This cocky hedge fund guy came in with his... →
Harlem-based pro ping pong player Wally Green (is the man).
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