December 2008
66 posts
Sara Bareilles, Holly Conlan, Marie Digby, Katie...
Your New Years Eve LOLZ
Sorry for the lack of recent posts, especially to the young lady who sent me the belligerent email demanding some blog activity (you know who you are, you lazy bitch!). I’m currently spending New Years in Brooklyn at Logan and Joey’s apartment, but I’m stealing a few minutes to catch up on lolz. This will probably be my last blog post until I’m back at work next week (I...
Joan Osborne - “Christmas Means Love”...
Your Daily LOLZ
Over the Rhine - “Silent Night (Duet)”...
My reaction to the news was, "... Really?"
My friend Beth won a Hearst award, and they’re paying her way to San Francisco! Very exciting news. Beth has figured out a way to beat this lifeless economy: by writing inflammatory essays with anti-PC, death-threat-seeking perspectives on race relations! I hope you will all learn from this. Now we’ll have yet another opportunity to block out beautiful photo scenery with our fat heads...
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My Top 25 Albums of 2008
I’ve given this a lot of thought, and I think I’m ready. So, without any further ado:
1. Jenny Lewis – Acid Tongue 2. Portishead – Third 3. She & Him – Volume One 4. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes/Sun Giant 5. Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend 6. Juliana Hatfield – How To Walk Away 7. Sigur Ros - Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust 8. Hercules and Love Affair...
The SAG Award Nominees
Awards season madness continued today with the announcement of Screen Actors Guild Award nominees. The SAGs are slightly less bullshit than the Golden Globes, since they’re actually given out by a legitimate organization. In some ways, the SAGs are my favorite awards, because they’re by, for, and about my favorite part of cinema: the actors and their performances. But they’re...
The Honeymoon Killer strikes again
President-elect Barack Obama continues his campaign to systematically alienate each and every one of his supporters by the time he’s actually in office. This time, he’s asked famed megachurch pastor Rick Warren, who wrote the bestseller The Purpose Driven Life and moderated the Obama-McCain “faith” debate, to perform the invocation at his inauguration.
Why is this so...
Your Daily LOLZ
Today’s Engrish Funny really takes me back to my days as a copywriter at The Sharper Image. When we received product descriptions from our Chinese vendors, they always said shit like this. There were many explicit promises regarding class, prestige, and popularity—and they were tied to piece-of-shit items like clocks and desk lamps. It was kinda honorable, in its own way. I mean,...
You can make the joke yourself.
Your Daily LOLZ
Your Daily LOLZ: Jessica Fletcher/Mame vs. Dorothy...
WatchThe eternal battle between kitten and broccoli reaches chilling new depths of brutality.
And now, to apologize for the scary snake: a...
Who let all these motherfucking snakes into the...
That is possibly the scariest face I’ve even seen. It took me several hours to realize that what I thought were the eyes were actually the nostrils, and what I thought were the ears were actually the terrible, terrible eyes.
This is the green pitviper, one of 22 (!?!) new species of snakes that have been discovered in South-East Asia’s Greater Mekong region in the last decade. Note to...
“A female friend of mine said this morning, “Bettie Page did more for...”
– —Karen Essex, Bettie Page’s biographer, from a column she wrote to commemorate Bettie for the Huffington Post.
Get Your Head in the Game
Here are annotated versions of those super-awkward pics of Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens posing with a fan inside a sex toy shop. The mind boggles with questions. I mean, seriously. Did it really not occur to Z&V that maybe they should ask to step outside and take the pictures with a less conspicuous backdrop? This chick must have had something on them. She probably saw Zac browsing butt-plugs...
Today in the Interwebs...
Sorry it’s been so long since I posted. My schedule just hasn’t permitted. I’ll probably jinx myself by saying this, but I think this week might be a bit less busy, so hopefully I’ll have time to post more frequently, and catch up on some long-overdue posts I’ve been meaning to write (my music best-of-year list; a story about watching Milk at the Castro). So, without...
The Golden Globes Nom-Noms: My Picks
Okay, so it goes without saying that the Golden Globes (Jan. 11, NBC) are a completely bullshit awards ceremony, even in the context of other awards shows. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, or HFPA, which gives out the awards, is a notoriously shadowy and elusive organization that seems to operate entirely based on (1) buzz, and (2) ass-kissing.
For instance, nine-time Razzie nominee (and...
Beyoncé - “Trust in Me” (from Cadillac...
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Okay, this Joe Satriani vs. Coldplay plagiarism business is getting out of control. I’m all in favor of people being compensated for blatant usage of their intellectual property, but Satriani is being a total drama queen about it: “I felt like a dagger went right through my heart. It hurt so much. I spent so long writing the song, thinking about it, loving it, nursing it, and then...
WatchZOMG SAXOPHONE WALRUS PLAYING “BAKER STREET” BY GERRY RAFFERTY!!!
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Dependably mortified ANTM judge Nigel Barker and his lucky-bitch wife, “Cristen,” have welcomed a daughter named Jasmine into this sad and overpopulated world. When asked if Tyra will be the baby’s godmother, Nigel said, “I think she will be, and Miss J will be a fairy godmother.” Start praying for this child immediately.
We already know the dangers of drinking...
"Rock of Love Bus": Meet the Skanks
The cast of the new season/spinoff of Rock of Love, now called Rock of Love Bus, has formally been revealed on VH1.com. The show is set to premiere on Jan. 4, and according to the press release, will be about the following:
“This time around, Bret is bringing the women along as he travels America for a month-long solo album tour, Rock My World, to show them what the rock star life has to...
WatchHere is Barbara Walters’ interview with Tina Fey for her Ten Most Fascinating People of 2008 special.
Paris Hilton Wants To Be Tinkerbell
I don’t especially care about this news story, but I just wanted to give props to Gawker for choosing the best possible Paris Hilton photo to run in a side-by-side with Tinkerbell (see right). Plus, we all know that Disney will never in a million years cast Paris Hilton in one of their movies, despite the fact that skanky young women are their hottest stock in trade. Anyway! To read the...
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Today in the Interwebs...
Melanie, the funniest blogger I know, has posted an absolutely hilarious blog entry about becoming addicted (along with her mother) to ordering free samples of completely random shit online. Sample sentence: “She looked on in quiet envy as I donned the diaper and sat down to eat the mashed potatoes.”
Screen goddess Anna Faris has lined up her first two post-House Bunny...
Marianne Faithfull - “The Crane Wife...