January 2010
55 posts
Don Geiss unlikely to be on 30 Rock anytime... →
This is straight-up folk hero shit. →
Plus, the economy is growing again. Fuck yeah America.
Detroit Gorilla Writes an Awesome Blowout Defense... →
The little guy is gonna sleep tonight.
There is a strange part of my brother’s and mine personalities that needs to tell people to behave; it’s not quite throwing bombs at people who throw bombs, but in another time we would have written a lot of Letters to the Editor (Gorilla is better at this than me, maybe because he was an editorial editor).
I wish I was gonna be home for...
I mostly like clicking to look at the haircuts,... →
thesixtyone.com
“His works were once referred to as unique and special but now ordinary bland...”
– Ed Hardy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Related: Pale Is the New Tan
Growlers, the New Old Beer Conveyance -... →
Growlers culture in Chicago is behind, but I can’t wait for us to catch up. Half Acre in Lincoln Square is now offering them. Try the Daisy Cutter Pale Ale: best thing I have from them yet.
A Response By An Aspiring Screenwriter Whose... →
wondertonic:
McSweeney’s was nice enough to publish this thing I wrote. Check it out.
Mike Lacher is a college buddy and very funny writer here in Chicago who I don’t get to see often enough. If in college you had told me he would be published on McSweeney’s, I would have flipped out in fan-boy glee.
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“I grew up worshipping Rock and Roll like a religion. I know its shortcomings and...”
– Patterson Hood
New Drive-By Truckers - “This Fucking Job” (Stereogum Premiere) - MP3 - Stereogum
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If you learn one thing this week, make sure it's...
“Enough with your clever taglines.”
– (via clientsfromhell)
This has been said to me so many times
Paul: Kinda a Slacker at the beginning. →
“Above all, when you redesign the website, I don’t want any HTML in it. I’m tired...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
The AV Club Eats the New Domino's So You Don't... →
“Sometimes when I watch Dave in something, I go, “Where’s Kevin? Why isn’t Kevin...”
– The Walrus » Kid vs. Kid Bruce and Mark from the Kids in the Hall
Surfer Blood Tonight...
Is sold out? Wow, damn you bearded early-adopters hipster bastards.
Don't Be Evil →
“And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, ‘We will...”
– Pat Robertson says Haiti paying for ‘pact to the devil’ - CNN.com
MUST READ: Late Shift 2 Breakdown and Analysis
Of course, Grambo would be the only one speaking the truth. I want Conan to be the uncompromising martyr who normal people just don’t understand. But I didn’t watch the new tonight show. I didn’t. neither did you.
goldenfiddle:
How Conan O’Brien Went From “King Of Late Night” To Network Outcast In Less Than Seven Months
Dear Pavement
Don’t go to Pitchfork. The sound is crappy and you will not be able to play long.
Wrong
I thought Jay Leno being on earlier for old people was great. I thought Ben Gordon joining the pistons was a smart pick-up. I thought I’d never be as bored with music as I am right now. I thought I wasn’t going to work this weekend. I thought I’d never have anything to do with the automotive industry.
“Leap Year” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested). No sex. No jokes. No...”
– A-OOOO!
O'BIDEN RULES!! →
somebody's been hanging out at happy village... →
peabs:
while it may be a rare occurrence, this morning I am going to be completely honest with you:
if you don’t like Hamm’s, I don’t like you.
good morning.
Law and Order SVU just got a little more "special" →
Hats of Meat →
“And yes, a deluxe version of Terror Twilight is planned for next fall, to...”
– Matador Records | Matablog
Onion: Man Unable To Wear Nice Clothes Without... →
Ditto: Wearing a tie to my office has caused the president of my digital agency to come by and ask where I was interviewing.
growingpangs:
I love having the option to go unshaven, tee shirt, and jeans in my office (the benefits of working in youth marketing), however, I do miss being able to step it up a bit. Simply putting on a cardigan today and a skinny today already got me several comments...