September 2009
86 posts
WatchObvious Child — a short film starring SNL’s Jenny Slate about “an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location.”
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Top 100 Most Visited Articles on Wikipedia in 2009
via TechXav:
1. Wiki (131,383 page hits per day)
2. The Beatles (111,896)
3. Michael Jackson (79,734)
4. Favicon.ico (78,077)
5. YouTube (72,318)
6. Wikipedia (52,542)
7. Barack Obama (49,401)
8. Deaths in 2009 (48,758)
9. United States (46,545)
10. Facebook (42,679)
11. Current events portal (40,962)
12. World War II (29,736)
13. Twitter (28,511)
14. Transformers: Revenge of the...
of Montreal vs. Hall and Oates Part 1 →
Kevin Barnes interviews Daryl Hall in Under the Radar magazine (in part 2 of the article, they switch roles).
Here’s the #1 lesson you learn working in advertising (and this has stuck with me, to my advantage, my whole working life):
Nobody wants to read your shit.
Let me repeat that. Nobody–not even your dog or your mother–has the slightest interest in your commercial for Rice Krispies or Delco batteries or Preparation H. Nor does anybody care about your one-act play, your Facebook page or your new...
Does Falling in Love Make Us More Creative? →
A new study demonstrates that thinking about love—but not about sex—causes us to think more “globally,” making it easier to come up with new ideas (via Scientific American)
Top 10 Cool Uses For Old Computers And Laptops →
“One of the leaders [at the G-20 Summit], I won’t mention who it was, he...”
– President Barack Obama (via)
The 5th Avenue Happy Hour List →
Brokelyn blog’s comprehensive listing of worthwhile happy hours along Park Slope’s 5th Avenue.
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s...
13 Halloween Costumes Inspired by Quentin... →
Top 25 Censored Stories of 2009/2010 →
“Between 700 and 1000 stories are submitted to Project Censored each year from journalists, scholars, librarians, and concerned citizens around the world. With the help of more than 200 Sonoma State University faculty, students, and community members, Project Censored reviews the story submissions for coverage, content, reliability of sources and national significance.”
Kurt Vonnegut Reads Breakfast of Champions →
Podcast stream of Vonnegut’s first public reading of Breakfast of Champions, three years before it was published, on May 4, 1970, at the 92nd Street Y.
WatchWill Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Linda Cardellini, Donald Faison and others “speak up for insurance companies” in the wake of President Obama’s proposed health care reform bill.
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“Most writers are not quick-witted when they talk. Novelists in particular, as I...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, “The People One Knows,” essay within Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
Magnetic Fields “Meaningless”
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http://hotchickswithdogswithboners.com →
Sharon Van Etten “Consolation Prize”
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“I try to keep deep love out of my stories because, once that particular subject...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, “Self-Interview” within Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
WatchHow to: Transform Your Refrigerator into a Kegerator, from Wired mag
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Florence + the Machine “Cosmic Love”
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“Nobody interesting. The ugly ones are still ugly.”
– My Dad, finding old high school classmates on Facebook
How To: Write a Novel Using the Web →
Mashable rounds up Internet apps for writers.
50 Best Tips for Getting the Job You Always Wanted →
by Sarah Chambers of KnowHR
Hip hop lyrics about Patrick Swayze
via abbyjean:
from Hip Hop is Read: the term “Swayze” (and, as a nod to his film, “going ‘Ghost’”) became popular in the early ‘90’s, employed as a synonym for “leaving”, “going” or “disappearing”.
Reach for the pistol and you’re crazy/ Try to blast and I’ll be swinging that ass like Patrick Swayze/ - Kool G Rap; “The Symphony Part II”
I’m sick, insane crazy, Driving Miss Daisy/ Out her fuckin’...
WatchPatrick Swayze & Chris Farley’s infamous Chippendales audition sketch from Saturday Night Live, 1990
The Five Most Unique Cocktail Spots in Brooklyn... →
according to Off Manhattan writer Sarah Amandolare