May 2012
1 post
“the thing that’s exploding into relevance in our era is not mass culture but the...”
– How Roland Barthes Gave Us the TV Recap - NYTimes.com
April 2012
3 posts
“Tetris was invented exactly when and where you would expect — in a Soviet...”
– Angry Birds, Farmville and Other Hyperaddictive ‘Stupid Games’ - NYTimes.com
February 2012
2 posts
“There were no stakes left, no victories remaining. Hova the God was safely in...”
– Jay-Z’s Concert at Carnegie Hall: Music: GQ
January 2012
2 posts
“In the writers’ room, Louis found the most creative ways to waste time. Once, he...”
– Louie CK_- The Man Who Loves to Hate Himself - Rolling Stone
December 2011
3 posts
“I don’t think education is about centralized instruction anymore; rather, it is...”
– Joichi Ito - Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants - NYTimes.com
October 2011
5 posts
WatchBuilders of Corn Mazes Hope to Lose Visitors, and One Actually Did - NYTimes.com
“With the coming of the Industrial Revolution… the economy developed a...”
– The second economy - McKinsey Quarterly - Strategy - Growth
Total Babes - Be So True
“Fire isn’t a noun, it’s a verb, and it’s what Amazon has done in the targeted...”
– Fire - cdespinosa’s posterous
September 2011
3 posts
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August 2011
6 posts
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“A lonely guy who can’t make time with one thin dime. Three cool chicks, swinging...”
– An American Songbook From Jerry Leiber - NYTimes.com
“Yeah, that’s why I was so excited about using the touchscreen [to make...”
– Björk
ok iPad, you win this round.
“Marx wrote about the commons – he meant land and property. I mean information....”
– A life in writing: Slavoj Žižek | Culture | The Guardian
Ed. note: He means Steve Jobs.
July 2011
3 posts
WatchBart: “We can say these swears anytime we want because they’re in the Bible!” Milhouse: “I don’t think ‘Leviticus’ is a swear.” Bart: “Shut the hell up, you damn ass whore!”
“If the Arab revolutions have taught us anything, it is that inequality and...”
– In Africa, Wealth Breeds Rage - NYTimes.com
June 2011
2 posts
“What this all suggests is that while we have been anguishing over the fate of...”
– The Triumph of the Humanities - NYTimes.com
May 2011
1 post
“Finally, Louis picks up a longer card, with sentences printed in black marker....”
– Louis C.K.’s Unique Experiment in Television Making — New York Magazine
April 2011
2 posts
March 2011
1 post
listening to "Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says" →
new york city gritty committee pity the fool that act shitty in the midst of the calm, the witty
February 2011
4 posts
January 2011
2 posts
December 2010
2 posts
“72. No Age “Glitter”
“Glitter” is a pop song. You can...”
– Pitchfork: Staff Lists: The Top 100 Tracks of 2010
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
2 posts
September 2010
5 posts
“I like mirror. I wrote Scarface. Go fuck yourself.”
– Oliver Stone, to Shia LaBeouf — Vulture
“People hear the opening guitar riff of “Teenage Dream,” connected it with Kelly...”
– On Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” | Riff City | THIRTEEN
nailed it.
come to think of it, “liked it… and liked that they liked it” is a pretty astute reading of the whole faux-guilty pleasure phenomenon. at least for me — unfortunately that’s exactly...
