tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39326932012-01-15T00:52:09.687-05:00well, that's up for debate...davenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932693.post-36959291599963253122007-04-23T00:45:00.000-04:002007-09-23T02:11:24.615-04:00

This blog is long since officially retired.You can find me, mainly, at Chained to the Cinematheque. - Dave

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The Arcade Fire is indie rock's Neil Diamond. {Win, that's (mostly) a compliment.}NYT Magazine article hereNeon Bible out now.

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I want to be back here (as well as there). So...I'll write about what I like and see where it goes. This won't be your site for hip bands. Posting will be as frequent as I want to be. I'll write about what strikes my fancy. Air quality. Economics. Falling in love with girls on the subway. Crime. Dissonance. Whatever. My real focus is still at Chained to the Cinematheque, but I'll put in

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Josh and Teresa at JLT/JLT are hosting their First (Hopefully) Annual Year in Review discussion on the year in movies, music and everything else. I'll be one of the participants, as will a number of other writers and critics whose work I admire; it's definitely worth checking out. Running all week at JLT/JLT.

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I've been cited in a recent Language Log post following up on Slavoj Zizek citing the Marx Brothers. Read the post here:Marxist quotation.

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Literally.

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I already like his rap career much better than that other thing he does ("So Alive" excepted).

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I've started a new cinema blog. Not sure if I'll be duplicating content here but I'm hoping this helps me regain my film-focus. Chained to the Cinémathèque. [if you'd like to join the team, let me know.] on a (vaguely) related note, I'm leaving for Paris next weekend for a while. and, as you'll see on the new blog, thinking about breaking some cinematic records.

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which usually translates to "made without special effects or fast motion"but in this case means "completely and totally insane"this film has been an underground classic since it premiered in 1976. It's a 9-minute high-speed race through Paris, shot in one uninterrupted forward-facing shot. made with no permits, no streets blocked off, many red lights ignored, a few one way streets driven up the

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I am not even kidding I am writing in Killer Mike for President in 2008. this is the reason: "That's Life"

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He'll save children but not the British children. Washington, Washington:

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the best half hour of TV I've seen in some time was tonight's episode of Cidade dos Homens (City of Men) on Sundance channel. The episode is called "It's Gotta Be Now" and it's my new favorite portrayal of teenagers and the weird mix of love and lust that swallows them in the presence of the opposite sex.

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The Slits are coming to the United States!Nov. 1 2006 New York, NY - Knitting Factory as part of CMJ, playing with the Apes

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The Prestige (hat tip andrea)

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Salon recently had an article about how Jewish men were no longer the kind of commanding masculine cultural presences as they have been in the past (see: Leonard Cohen). It has this throwaway line on how Hollywood's "Jewish women have never been better represented. Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Peet, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Selma Blair."Leading to the "!!" moment of "

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My official foreign policy platform:An American Foreign Policy That Both Realists and Idealists Should Fall in Love With by Robert Wright

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those 'funny' videos on the internet are always really stupid. except for this one:Independent Woman, played by kittens. thanks Gina.

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the Hamdan decision came down today. "NYTimes: "The Supreme Court today delivered a sweeping rebuke to the Bush administration, ruling that the military tribunals it created to try terror suspects violate both American military law and the Geneva Convention."

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Pitchfork's 100 Awesome Music Videos is tons of fun. Sometimes, I wonder if there's a pool around Fork HQ to see who will next revive the apparently-defunct "Pitchfork Line of the Day". Ryan Schreiber, you are our lucky winner:At seven years old, watching this on "Friday Night Videos" was one of those super insignificant media-consumer rites of passage, like seeing your first hockey fight or

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Yes, the hiatus is ongoing, but you cannot miss this. PS - my pics from last night's quasi-secret Rapture show are up

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Cannes ’06 Preview (Part 1):One more year without a pass... for the real news from on site I'd check the New York Times blog that A.O. and Mahnola are (hopefully) doing again this year... Nerve has Mike D'Angelo there writing a blog as well. in the meantime, here's an (extensive) primer on what we're all missing. I'm just dealing with feature films in the Competition... to truly tackle short

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pipettes Originally uploaded by unpop. You should go watch the very, very cute video from The Pipettes for "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me." I love that their bio namechecks Phil Spector but also The Pop Group and DNA.I'm smitten by their sound.

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but especially nowThom Yorke Solo Album Revealed!UPDATE: I never posted a link to website for Thom's solo/ish thing. Here: The eraser.

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How Rev. Sun Myung Moon profits every time you eat sushi.

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Mission of Burma have confirmed dates for a short tour that will lead them up to the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago on July 30th. They play NYC on July 14 at Warsaw in BrooklynThere's also a presale for these shows starting tomorrow (Wed) at 10 AM (but not, apparently, for the Bklyn show. bah.)Tour dates / presale info at the Burma websiteAlso, there's a listening party for the new album

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this story from a recent Said the Gramophone post is totally worth reading. I've been meaning to put this up for some time. It's the id=3ADRT802VPB0P3GQ0EP48RO5RY"target="-blank">Archigram remix of Madonna's "Hung Up." I'm sure it's been floating around the interweb for some time but if you've missed it it's pretty good (YSI). I should have an extra guest list spot to see Irving, Beirut, and

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Just asking: what's the best quickest way to get good grades in New Jersey?The Harvard Independent has consolidated all of its coverage of KaavyaGate on one page. Schadenfreude? No, but she got what's coming to her. What is it with these Harvard kids, anyway?Also, nice to see that Gawker counted all 8,021 of my votes. Have you watched that Colbert video yet?

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Run, while there's still time!Yes he does. "We regret that it happened and we're sorry if anybody was offended, including the prime minister," Sorensen said.

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There's a new + improved European trailer for Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette. The movie will be in competition at Cannes. Watch the new trailer here. Cannes 2006 Preview Post coming soon...

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Alba!

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Iran-Israel threats? it seems to me that the statement was issued at a pretty low level, so... it probably means they aren't all that serious. but was it authorized?? who is Mohammad-Ebrahim Dehqani?The enrichment's less of a problem than the big talk. IF they're serious about only enriching up to 5% [dubious].

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Keywords: Robert Deniro, Cabbage, Elmo

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Hey, who's in charge here?also, Colbert at the White House correspondents dinner(thanks Ann)

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Photo by Alex Dunk for the Tufts DailyClint Conley: guest lecturer?Almost as cool as that time he offered me a job.

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I've been watching Jack Black's 'Nacho Libre Confessional' video podcast. 13 episodes on iTunes so far and, as you could imagine, absolutely spectacular. (the link above isn't as up to date as iTunes, but it's a start)Nacho Libre is a film by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite), written by Jared & Jerusha Hess (who wrote ND) and Mike White (who wrote every other good movie ever), and starring Jack

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The website lala.com is new, and works like this:You become a member. tell them what CDs you have and what CDs you want. Someone requests a CD from your list and you send it out (though you can always decline and decide to keep it). Then someone else sends you a CD from your want list. You pay $1 to the website (20% of which goes to the artist) and 49¢ shipping per cd. This is amazing. Basically,

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Liz Phair Experience has a serious treasure trove of early Liz Phair demos. Good quality mp3s of 2 Girly Sound cassettes from 1991, Yo Yo Buddy Yup Yup Word To Ya Muthuh, and Girls Girls Girls. Don't wait go get 'em.

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photo courtesy Associated Press

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that's not related to anything I just really like the photo.via Wikipedia

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Nick Sylvester tells all!Gawker is all like 'you should read it but get high first'I say you should read it. But seriously, you should be high when you read it. I'll throw Nick's new spot a link too: Riff MarketI will now just quote from the piece as long as I feel like it. A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE WOMEN OF ENRON/////GAME @RIFFCENTRAL: DID YOU GO TO ONE OF THOSE COLLEGE WHERE THE LGBLTSA CALLS

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the Rocketboom studioI just discovered Rocketboom, Amanda Congdon's amazing daily video video blog. It should really be the first 3 minutes of your day every day. She was recently named one of Paper Magazine's Beautiful People 2006. Here's why:Photos courtesy of amandacongdon.comTo further prove my point about Rocketboom's awesomeness, Amanda's the reason I found out about "Rabbits," David

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Aaron Hilliard and Luke Del Tredici Co-Produce New Fox Sitcomcool. Speaking of Wesleyan Mafia takeover maneuvers, we got Universal. Unrelated but fabulous - the disposable Seder plate:wish I had known about that yesterday. so apparently I'm back in the blogging game?

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Decameron: Angels and Virginsstarring Mischa B. and Hayden Christiansenwhat?hmmm.. Pier Paolo Pasolini vs. David Leland... though I do think Mischa can pull this off. She's significantly underrated as an actress, and as long as the casting is done with a nod to her range, she can be very good. I believe she will shine in this movie, precisely for it's lightness. they certainly are casting some (

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Better have a pass when you cross that bridge

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Forget Pitchfork, today's Line of the Day is from the Old Gray Lady:As the costumed dancers pranced, the glittery frontman, Casey Spooner, declared, "This war is ridiculous!" And while he may not be an expert on war, he's certainly an expert on ridiculous." – Kelefa SannehAlso: I really dislike this man. Here's the newest reason why.

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THE SLITS REUNITE!!!

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Os Mutantes Reunion Coming to U.S.07-21 New York, NY - Webster Hall!!!!! (and also to LA)

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ETA announces a permanent ceasefireNYTimesEl Pais (Spanish)El Mundo (Spanish)ETA's official statement (English translation)eitb24 (English)Gara (Spanish) no links in Euskadi yet but some later I promisethe greatness of this news is impossible to overstate

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check out the excellent (English-language) blog covering the protests of young workers in France against the new CPE legislation.

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Today I cut a basketball highlight of Wichita State vs. Tennessee. Wichita State won the game in a big upset, but this is not important. What is important - the Wichita State nickname is the 'Shockers'. Yes, their official nickname. So I made sure to start off the highlight the only way I know how:With a group of WSU cheerleaders DOING THE SHOCKER.I wish I had a screen capture to show you. It was

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Natalie Portman SNL RapNo questions just watch it. [lots of links are going down but search YouTube for "Natalie Portman SNL rap" and that'll do the trick]Speaking of SNL rap hilarity: check it out, somebody made shirts inspired by Lazy Sunday (though I still prefer Johnny Cupcakes). Also, saw the first 2 episodes of Entourage tonight (yes, for the first time). how good is that show!?!?

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While looking for Oscar-related content Sunday night and Monday, I found an article on ABC news that talked about the Independent Spirit Awards, which they called the Anti-Oscars.Here's a quote:Actress Zooey Deschanel wore a short, colorful dress that she said was "maybe a little short for the Oscars."No problem at the Indys, though."You can kind of slut it up, you know?" Deschanel said.Zooey

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After a long weekend of work work work...Dave Should Get Out More is officially relaunching the (sporadic) Pitchfork Line of the Day Feature, brought out of hibernation by this gem: "If this were the Suburbs, releasing a critically acclaimed debut album and getting tabbed as the second coming of Public Image Ltd. wouldn't be such a huge deal. You'd make yourself some mac and cheese, play a few

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Photo © Anton CorbjinIt's official: Sam Riley is playing Ian Curtis in the forthcoming film ControlSome excerpts from the memo I got:"Sam Riley has been cast as lead singer Ian Curtis and Alexandra Maria Lara as his lover Annik on music video director Anton Corbijn's Control, his fact-based debut feature on UK post-punk band Joy Division.It is a first big role for newcomer Riley – the troubled

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This is clearly the kind of work I'd be doing if I were in college:Global Conflict, here we coooooooooome.Well done Carl. Very fine work, though some of your analogies seem a bit stretched, and I would've like to have seen more detail on France's shifting relationship to Russia in terms of the last few weeks in the life of Julie Cooper. A-.Watch the video and prove it: she did actually say "Fuck

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Sasha - terrific skate. now get some rest and get ready for the long program. And yeah, we saw you say that on (inter)national television.

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further thoughts on Nelly Furtado's new song "Promiscuous Girl" [see previous post]:Amazing. This song's not a straight-up club banga - well, actually it is, but it has actual content as well, which makes it already yards better than "In Da Club" (plus, it's catchier). Actually, Fuck That, it just the best song I've heard all year (with apologies to everything by Bonde Do Role)Nelly's been

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Go download all of these track immediately. sure, a few are old news, but they are all so fucking good they made me turn off that Rihanna-samples-Tainted-Love song and dance in my kitchen with some rap video extras. GO NOW.

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listen to a track from the new Wilderness album - the album's called "Vessel States" and the track is called "Emergency." I like it a lot. This track maybe points in a more satisfying direction than the last album (though I really liked the darkness of "Arkless"). "Vessel States" comes out on April 11th, 2006. The band will be in March in Europe and touring North America in April and May (with

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I'm copping out 'cause i have to go, like,, right now, but:read thishttp://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/06-02/02.shtml#missionofburmaobsessives read thishttp://www.matadorrecords.com/store/storesearch.php?artist=Mission+of+Burma+subscription+seriesthanksdave

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Jenny Lewis is Jewish. Thought some of you might want to know.

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After the Feb 10 Mission of Burma show at Bowery Ballroom, head to Corner Billiards Bar for the afterparty. If you're so inclined, you can find them at:110 E. 11th Street (between 3rd and 4th Ave)Admission is 21+In other news, Burma has signed on the with the Live Music Archive. So upload/download away. The band will post some of their own recordings soon

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If you haven't seen the video for Weezer's "Perfect Situation," please start watching MTV until you do. It stars Elisha Cuthbert - which should be reason enough - but even better is Rivers enacting everybody's secret rockstar fantasy. Or better yet, just go here and see it now.see, the music's still alive at dave should get out more...

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...begins with winning a contest from Brooklyn Vegan where I won a copy of the Indian film The Journey on DVD. then, a day or so later, I was notified that I had won a contest from burmakitty and I selected which Mission of Burma 7" I wanted (I chose the Roger Miller / Clint Conley collab The Wrong Pipe, which is as far as I know only available on 7"). then, on Friday night, after a spectacular

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Help out Kathryn Yu's Wrens documentary Urban Outfitters vs. Johnny CupcakesUpdate: This site used to have some really-ought-to-sue evidence on the suckiness of UO, but now it's back to good old awesome shirts. pick yourself up a valentine's day special shirt for that person who you want to buy things for. Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers have made their first album "Psalterie" freely

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Mel Gibson is clearly insane.In a good way.After creating the highest grossing movie-in-Aramaic ever, he's now shooting Apocalypto in the Mayan Yucatec language ("target="_blank">trailer).So... someone is shooting movies in obscure and/or ancient languages, and making money with them, and not only is it not me (which is weird enough), but it's the guy who starred in Lethal Weapon. Huh.Read some

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f you just can't wait until February 10th, the Roger Miller/William Hooker duo will be at Pianos in NYC on Saturday, February 4th (yeah, that's Roger Miller of Mission of Burma). The duo features Roger on guitar and William on drums. They'll perform at 10:30.Burma also expects to be releasing "a nice little pool of live Burma material" to be made freely downloadable sooner than later. They've

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Ok, Hamas, now you get your shot.Your stated committment to the destruction of Israel, all the rhetoric about an Islamic state in Palestine, the refusal to give up guns even as you try to govern...An opposition party can always say 'what we'd do if...' Those days are over. Put up or shut up.You didn't expect to win, did you? Somewhere in your bunkers you're celebrating, but behind all the (

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There’s a This Heat Box Set coming out soon. Maybe I’ll throw a party to celebrate. Don't call me excited; it's an understatement.

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Time for me to engage in some mainstream fearmongering: Is he talking about Alito?

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There’s Mike who lives on the CapeThere’s Mike who goes to Columbia LawAnd there’s Mike who’s a sorta famous actor.See Mike #3 play a show with his band tomorrow at Vicious 11 Stand 10 The Kites 09 Pagoda (featuring Michael Pitt) with Jamie Bochert08 Meanwhiles PS The drummer for Pagoda is actor/musician Ryan Donowho, who is Johnny on The OC. or he too busy shooting???An interesting note: Willa

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Your #1 New York-based blog for all things Mission of Burma- and Johnny Boy-related would like to announce:Stylus has put up their review of the Johnny Boy album. Thanks to Davo and Lolly for bringing it to my attention.

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work has taken me overbut ive been saving up contentthe blitz starts tuesday

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OK, so I'm sure you remember seeing Pitchfork's news item about the new Johnny Boy album. You may also know that Johnny Boy played a gig at the Debaser in Stockholm on Dec 27. I had the pass up the invite but you can see someone else's photos, or read the setlist:Johnny Boy ThemeFifteen MinutesLivin' In The CityWar On WantFormaldehydeBonnie Parker's 115th DreamAll Exits FinalYou Are The

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The dish:The crowd:The recipe. Highly recommended.

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DAVID KIRKPATRICK had a blog for the New York Times on the hearings as the day unfolds. His last post recounts Senator Lindsey Graham's joke about Judge Alito's unremembered past associations: "I hope you will understand, if any of us come before a court and we can't remember [Jack] Abramoff, you will believe us."Read the detailed legal version of why 2 major gay rights groups think he shouldn't

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Slate finds some experts to draft questions for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito. such as an NYPD detective who, I think, threatens to waterboard him. or, a nine year old named Max Freedman. or, Wisconsin Law Professor Ann Althouse, who writes one of my favorite 'serious' blogs, Althouse.The Althouse posts on Alito are all worthwhile, but most importantly today she's the reason I know about

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Slate exposes the Starbucks price scam. I was gonna say 'oh, I wonder who this is??', but the Jesse Camp guess had me at 'doubtful'DVD, McSweeney's style: Wholpin brings you short-form video content from Miguel Arteta and Miranda July, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, Turkish sitcoms, etc, etc. It looks good, but I would be shocked - shocked - if it has anything half as awesome as The 'Bu. please

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I still owe you lots of promised material... links slowly being revamped... reflections on Oliver Stone's Alexander coming eventually, I promise... 'what mattered in '05' music posts to commence soon (as a series)...I will also write a length piece on the best movie I've seen in the theatres in the last few years. for now, a recommendation:SEE BROKEBACK MOUNTAINposts I should have written at work

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Diploat the Guggenheimtonight9PM 15 dollahessential

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Hey, Pat - thanks for clearing that up. 1 million people watch him every day? What's wrong with this country?

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In case you weren't already aware - it looks as though Mission of Burma's thirdstudio LP (their second for Matador) is tentatively scheduled for release on May9th.The album title? "Aluminum Washcloth".The band wishes to extend their apologies for those of you who urged on "Like a Drunken Stripper".

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Last week I read The Da Vinci Code. I had been meaning to read it for a long time. It was so popularly successful that it was (almost) worth it on that alone. It was written by Dan Brown, who might now be Exeter’s most famous alum (that’s saying something). And there’s a movie on the way... I always like to read the book before seeing the movie. As a filmmaker, somehow it's important for me to

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ha

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I'm not sure how I missed this for so long but this is The Greatest Tribute to D. Boon of All Timeby David Rees (yes, that David Rees)

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Gawker's short-lived experiment in open commenting is - thankfully - over.

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getting back on the interweb after an [unplanned] extended holiday hiatusbefore I get started:I finally got artound the watching the video of the Arcade Fire and U2 perform “Love Will Tear Us Apart” at a live show... Bono spent most of it crouching down, not singing, loooking like he’d never heard it before (as best as I could tell through amateur shakycam)... Win doesn’t do the song justice

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NO MORE STRIKEif you see me I'll be dancing to some Madonna for the next half-day or so.

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I cant believe I didn't see this until now. Just trust me. Watch this video. That show's funny again? I must have missed the memo.

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There's a website where you can create your own South Park character. I informed PTM the other day after creating my South Park Dave and he followed suit with a South Park Mike. Here's South Park Dave:the likeness is almost creepy.

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Sometimes, I write things that are not true and pretend they are true (see: my review of High Expectations/Low Results). Sometimes, I write that are true and pretend they are fiction. This is one of those times. Update: Sorry, decided not to post this on the internet. But, I'd love to share this... if you think you might want to read it let me know.

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I have it on good authority that The Onion's War on Christmas Party, on January 13 at the Bowery Ballroom, will have a secret guest performance...scheduled acts are the Wrens, Eugene Mirman, the Pontani Sisters, Zach Galifianakis, the Favours and MC Chris. Secret guests are MISSION OF BURMA. The secret's out. Cop tix here

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The Pitchfork Line of the Day seems to have just disappeared with no apologies. And while I likely don't have the discipline to bring it back in daily form, I need to address some of the brilliance from yesterday's "The 15 Worst Releases of 2005" by Ryan Schreiber. The Line of the Day from yesterday unquestionably was:"All heroes falter sooner or later, but most have the common sense not to send

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because I can never equal this.

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Best Craiglist post ever: Hey CrackheadThanks PTM.

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Johnny Rotten Originally uploaded by uground1. Andy Rosen was taking pictures of England's punk scene when it all started, working as a rock photographer in London from 1976 to '84. A lot of his photos were stashed in his private collection, unpublished and unseen, until recently. Now he's posted some of them on his Flickr account, and he'll be updating it continually. I especially like

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Last night I made it out to see Quarterslot again at the Delancey. I arrived early enough to see Ism (who was surprisingly un-boring, for maybe half of their songs), but that was by accident. I just didn't want to miss Quarterslot's show (and also wanted to make sure to score a pre-show brownie). Heidi had asked me to come by and take some pictures, since she liked the ones I took from the

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JOHANSSON HINTS AT RIFT WITH BAYGuarantee you he said something like "Wanna take a ride in my Ferrari, head back to my hot tub, and bang?"

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I'd like to quote Ben Popken when I say: "Coke jokes are the gifts that keep giving. Head."

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Trailer for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette... I know Peter and the boys are a bit older than I am, but are they old enough to soundtrack the French Revolution? Also, I'm still convinced that I should have Jason Schwartzman's career... every role he gets is another little dig at my Rushmore audition. On this one I'll give him a free pass since they're cousins. thanks shitparade. I couldn't have

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