Best Internet responses to latest John Boehner asshaberdashery? BuzzFeed props our own Alex Palombo
Yep. Check out #5. Sic ’em, Alex.
Read moreHammer of the gods
Online dating notes: clearing up some OK Cupid confusion
I got a nice note from a woman earlier today on OK Cupid. She thought I looked interesting and wanted to take a shot, although she wasn’t 100% clear on what I meant with my answer to one question. There’s a section at the bottom of the profile where you have to fill this out.
Read moreNew Amethyst Arsenic just released
Poetry, fiction, music reviews, art and photography from one of the country’s fine young independent online art and literature journals. We’ve pointed you in the past toward Amethyst Arsenic, one of our favorite online literary and arts journals, and the Winter 2014 iteration is now posted. This edition features fiction from Victor Infante, art by Jill Christian, a few music
Read moreI miss global warming
A buddy just e-mailed. Says it’s 12 degrees at his place and he misses global warming. I feel his pain. For my part, I’m 4800 miles from London. I miss Pangea.
Read moreA quick Justin Bieber question
Can somebody ‘splain to me why I’m not seeing any news stories about how the government is looking to deport Justin Bieber?
Read moreMonorail to the future
Dasha Zhukova and Bjarne Melgaard’s “racist chair”: we all need to be more responsible with our outrage
Progressives with more passion than intelligence provide aid and comfort to conservatives, and as usual, Huffington Post is leading the charge. Twitter is stupid and Instagram is Twitter for people who can’t read. @OfficialKat The picture you see here has ignited a firestorm of outrage over the past few days. In an airy white blouse, art gallery owner Dasha Zhukova
Read moreIs John Newman the “dude version of Amy Winehouse”? Simmer down, Buzzfeed
Newman is pretty darned good. But it’s too early to know if he’s the dude Amy Winehouse or the dude Duffy. A few days ago BuzzFeed up and wet itself over Brit Soul-Pop wunderkind John Newman, calling the 23 year-old singer the “Dude Version Of Amy Winehouse.” As a famous man once said, “simmer down, Beavis.” Comparing Newman to 27-Clubber
Read moreFantasy reboots: What if David Lynch had directed Caddyshack?
It started innocently enough, as these things often do, with our boy Dan Ryan on Facebook wishing there was a video of the gopher from Caddyshack dancing to “Water of Love” by Dire Straits. Which, turns out, is actually a thing. That caused me, for some odd reason, to wonder what the movie would have been like if David Lynch
Read morePhotography: Marmalade Skies
EMP Museum, Seattle
Read morePhotography: Hitchcockian
Patti Adler wins reinstatement at University of Colorado, takes opportunity to stomp the balls off school administrators
Adler calls out her attackers. But winning a battle isn’t the same as winning the war. I noted last month the latest in the University of Colorado administration’s ongoing campaign to completely destroy the school’s reputation, as it sought to fire Dr. Patti Adler for daring to teach deviance in her class on, well, deviance. There’s good news. The professional
Read moreJason Isbell and Amanda Shires: “Mutineer”
One more before bedtime. Zevon would have loved it.
Read moreEstablishment Music: WTF ever happened to Country & Western?
If C&W had a soul Jason Isbell would be the biggest thing in Nashville. Keith Urban is a judge on American Idol. Blake Shelton is on The Voice. Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood and the rest of these prancing pinup models are the stars of the moment. Meanwhile, down in Alabama, Jason Isbell has produced as good a set
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