March 2010
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A Dirty Old Man’s Recap of SXSW 2010 →
(via timothompson)
This is exactly the kind of coverage SXSW needs. When there’s hundreds of thousands of beautiful rock’n’roll types, all I really want to know is the extent to which one crushed and lusted after others. If one walks away without pulling a 24/7 “Cute Band Alert,” they’ve simply thrown money, tacos, and beer down a big black hole.
History That’s More Than the Sum of Its Parts →
I know cars have brought about a swarm of environmental problems and wars over oil in the Mideast, but none of that matters the moment I slip into the driver’s seat and crank up the tuneage. A car is a magnificent piece of engineering whose technology gets better as time progresses. Cars are so advanced that they don’t even need oil to run anymore! You know that scene in Back to the...
Her Jazz: Your one-stop shop for all things Luke...
According to my web stats, that is.
ANYWAYZ.
jgh2:
MTS! I need a review of Hot Tub Time Machine.
Sufficient enough?
“Part of life is growing and changing. The problem with documenting your life in...”
– jgh starting over: The trainwreck continues: Julia’s article in the New York Post.
I can totally get behind this quote, but consider this the only and final time I will ever quote her on something.
Nancy Pelosi, Fashion Icon →
Interesting piece for a couple reasons:
Discussion of color and their symbolic link to first-wave feminism.
Lack of discussion regarding the power suit and its historical relationship to male-dominated corporate culture.
Politics as fashion inspiration. Thank heavens for summer recess, otherwise we’d be seeing a lot of gladiator sandals. (BTW, who do those “shoes” look good...
HOT TUB TIME MACHINE IS PRETTY MUCH AS GREAT AS YOU EXPECTED IT AND EVEN BETTER. MAKE SURE TO STICK AROUND FOR THE BEST CLOSING CREDIT SEQUENCE OF THE YEAR, PERHAPS EVEN OF YOUR LIFE.
ETA: I had free passes to this thing and none of you took me up on the offer. What’s your damage?
“'Sarah Palin’s Alaska' was shopped around... →
inothernews:
Doesn’t Burnett remember when, on Election Day 2008, “the tribe had spoken”?
Interestingly enough, a colleague of mine at Temple filmed a series with Todd Palin last summer. I wonder whatever became of that?
“Hot Tub Time Machine,” which wants nothing more than to be a screwball farce,...”
– Hot Tub Time Machine :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews (via heathalouise)
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THIS TODAY
I've Been Awake Since 5AM & Can't Fall Asleep, So... →
A Reference Of Female-Fronted Punk Rock: 1977-89 →
Another day of doing time in Grade Jail. Listening to WFMU when Irwin played “Kerb Crawler” by the Au Pairs, and I was like “WTF!? How have I never heard this particular Au Pairs tune before?!” According to Irwin, it comes from this fan-made three-disc set of post-punk goodness. He called it spotty, but well, I’ll leave that up to you to decide.
Moments such as these...
Scott Kidder is dead to me
caro:
Caroline: You interested in seeing ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ on Friday night? Kidder: I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Jesus H Christ! This is only the greatest movie of our generation.
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Washington Post Health Care Calculator →
The depressing realization I just made: in the past 10 years, I have yet to crack 30K/yr in pay.
Should I apply for food stamps?
Internships, Continued →
eventualghost:
I’m ambivalent when I read debates about unpaid internships. In many cases, they’re the luxury of a class that can afford to work a full-time schedule without compensation; that isn’t always the case, though. After working customer service jobs throughout my 20’s, I had little qualification (at least on paper) for jobs that were outside of the service industry—most jobs wouldn’t...
#HasIFCheardofthisthingcalledTheDailyShowandColbert... →
richkearney:
“It just seems to us, CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are already doing such great comedy out there, without a whole lot of competition. We thought it was about time that someone really gave them a run for their money.”
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Will Graham, executive producer of the new Onion News Network cable show coming soon to IFC
P.S. I need a job in May. I am a smart lady with lots of skills and work experience. If you need someone like me, hire me!
Unpaid internships typically don't have health...
jgh2:
Unpaid internships are classist. Usually only the children of well-to-do families can seriously “intern” for long periods of time (yes, I know there are exceptions. I’m talking about in general cases.) They’re a way of getting free labor and keeping the “right’ people involved in certain industries under the internship system.
That’s not to say interning can’t be beneficial - but with the...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-3-21) →
Chavez (41)
Blood on the Wall (27)
The Breeders (25)
David Ruffin (23)
The Chills (20)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Note: I seriously do not recall listening to that much David Ruffin over the past week! My computer is listening for me… creeeeeeepy.
MOMA Acquires the @ Symbol →
Ray Tomlinson, @, 1971. Here displayed in ITC American Typewriter Medium, the closest approximation to the character used by a Model 33 Teletype in the early 1970s
March 25: Deliberative Democracy: The Internet and... →
Did you find yourself tweeting, blogging, or Facebooking about health care reform, the 2008 elections or anything else politically related? Please come join the School of Communication and Theater at Temple University for a conference on civic engagement in the age of the Internet.
Columbia University’s Todd Gitlin, professor of journalism and sociology, will be the keynote speaker March 25...
"So a woman who wants to buy insurance coverage...
raptoravatar:
lifeonfiction:
I’m sorry, but who anticipates getting an abortion? Cover them or don’t but don’t give me this bullshit pretending that I have a “choice.”
I assume that they set it up that way because Real Americans (tm) know the value of a preemptive strike.
How is this fundamentally different from my checking account, which appears to be earmarked for food, booze, and rock...
On The Greatest Movie of Our Generation, "Hot Tub...
JGH: i hope it gets translated into a korean dub
JGH: here
JGH: because watching the korean dub
JGH: would be EVEN BETTER
JGH: OH BTW
Me: JEALOUS
JGH: there is a korean comedy movie coming out here
JGH: and it's about a bunch of Asian grandmas
JGH: who start a mafia organization
JGH: it looks so amazing
JGH: the posters are hilarious
Me: JESUS CHRIST
JGH: they blow up trucks and stuff
JGH: but they're grandmas
Me: THIS NEEDS TO BE TURNED INTO THE NEXT SETH ROGEN VEHICLE
JGH: yes
JGH: make an american version, right now!
JGH: it's called Ajumma Power
JGH: : Ajumma, btw
JGH: is a korean grandma
JGH: that's the word for "older woman"
JGH: AJUMMA POWER
WatchPhiladelphia’s Pink Skull live at Marbar in West Philly, for the inaugural Wild West Philly party. I guess this is penance for missing out on Sal Principato’s DJ set at KFN earlier in the week, and god damn, does it feel like one hell of a Hail Mary.
This band deserves to be more famous. Blame Apple for the terrible sound quality.
technical difficulties.
so today i spent the entire day outdoors, only to come home and discover that my site completely changed its theme — without my doing. weird!
"Tell him what we said 'bout 'Paint It Black'":...
When I was a younger, more eager DJ, four hours would have been a piece of cake. But as an “old lady,” I think of it as two regular radio shows, back-to-back. One is mentally exhausting enough, but two at once? I’m really surprised I didn’t wreck my car on the drive back to Philadelphia. My brain was mush.
Aside from playing as much Alex Chilton (RIP) as possible, the...
Friday: Bonus Round of Her Jazz 1-5PM ET
I’ll be on WPRB tomorrow — don’t miss out because I’m not actually on the schedule this Spring. I will be playing a super heavy dose of Alex Chilton-related material, in addition to other things I have deemed listenable.