May 2013
1 post
“Expect intelligence and irreverence in equal measure.”
– A Brief Introduction | The Hairpin
Mission Statement
April 2013
3 posts
“The kids of the East Coast intellectual guard had a whole culture of rituals and...”
– n+1: Kickstart My Heart
“But scrutiny of the Church grew so intense during this period that Cardinal Law...”
– Cardinal Sin
March 2013
7 posts
“This is the best it’s going to be, and that’s way worse than what...”
– What’s The Rush? | The Awl
The End: Boston Phoenix publishes final issue... →
The Return of the Popped Collar - WSJ.com →
Try Not To Get Too Worked Up | The Awl →
“To commit such Rosebud moments to paper is what it means to tell “the human...”
– The Deferential Spirit by Joan Didion | The New York Review of Books
Worth reading the whole thing but this line is amazing.
“In X-Men, when Cyclops takes off his visor, volatile beams of electromagnetic...”
– Deconstructing: 20 Years Of Thom Yorke - Stereogum
Good way to ruin at article at the very end.
“Life is so long,”
– Surviving Michael Haneke’s “Amour” : The New Yorker
February 2013
10 posts
Today I Hate Myself
I saw the letters RT and immediately knew it meant retweet. Ugh.
I assume this happened to others. Years ago.
FYI This Hasn't Been Claimed Yet
http://horriblesexualencounters.tumblr.com/
“There are cinematic references in Gump too, like Gary Sinise as the stock...”
– How Did ‘Forrest Gump’ Ever Beat Out ‘Pulp Fiction’ For Best Picture? | The Awl
Three Handjobs Is A Trend | The Awl →
Important trend analysis
“You can eat to live, but you can drink to survive.”
– Inside Barmini, Jose Andres’s cocktail lab next to Minibar
“I’m generally sympathetic to this. Starbucks kills independent cafes, McDonald’s...”
– How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Chain Restaurants | The Billfold
December 2012
7 posts
“One should always be drunk. That’s the great thing, the only question. Not to...”
– Ideas for Winter 2013 | The Hairpin
“like. One occurrence in both online and real-life dating was an inexplicable...”
– Diary: Online Dating
“One of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age,
they’d...”
– Paul McCartney, on his Ram-era facial hair
“Life has too few friends.”
– [Tim Cook’s Freshman Year: The Apple CEO Speaks via Longreads]
“24% of Facebook users report posting about the movie they’re watching (in the...”
– 11 Big Tech Trends You’ll See in 2013
fuck people
“Across-the-board red flags are things like violence, straight up verbal abuse,...”
– Drunk Pics, Hot Sisters, and Long-Distance Dumping | The Hairpin
This is a great sentence
November 2012
1 post
October 2012
6 posts
The Shirtless Horse-Headed Man Running Around on... →
I have that horse mask but I definitely can’t rock it as well as this guy
xkcd: Friends →
Can We Still Be Friends? | The Hairpin →
Is this not already known?
“One “ironic coda” from the CIA account: “By the time Studio Six folded several...”
– The True Spy Story Behind Argo - By Nate Jones | Foreign Policy
September 2012
2 posts
“It’ll be out November 13 through Interscope/Polydor and includes a song...”
– News | Pitchfork
make some noise: In memoriam: the Spacelab (June... →
jasontheexploder:
Last night my friends Ra Ra Rasputin played a show at the Velvet Lounge. Just before I left the house to go see them, my housemates told me that we’d all received letters from our landlords’ attorney. The letters delivered the same message: our landlords are exercising a clause in our lease that…
Complete and utter bullshit
August 2012
3 posts
“It should be noted that 14th street is the new Adams Morgan and as such, 14th...”
– BrightestYoungThings: The Least Douchey Bars In DC
fact
“And if you’re in graduate school, I’d like to take this moment to apologize to...”
– In Defense Of August | The Awl
July 2012
6 posts
“It’s summertime, which means that, right now, all across the land, lifetime...”
– JEFF the Brotherhood: Hypnotic Nights | Album Reviews | Pitchfork
Oh p4k
“Washington, D.C. is the closest real-life dating scene I’ve experienced to that...”
– Is Your City Making You Single? - Arts & Lifestyle - The Atlantic Cities
“These might be some dumb punk songs about drinking too much and fucking too...”
– http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/articles/livedc-japandroids-w-cadence-weapon-rock-and-roll-hotel.htm
“Hearing a Sorkin character forcefully argue something you believe to be true is...”
– NPR.org » Sorkin’s ‘Newsroom’ Is No Place For Optimism
June 2012
3 posts
talk about a tragedy
Instagram is down :(
An electrical storm in Virginia has affected most of our servers. As we speak, our team of engineers are working hard to restore service
“with his plaid pants, he is a walking John Cheever tragedy”
– http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/movies/wes-andersons-moonrise-kingdom-with-bruce-willis.html?ref=movies&pagewanted=2
Moonrise Kingdom is pretty fantastic
“bad precisely because it’s a too-honest expression of who the artist really is....”
– Adam Sandler’s inexorable march toward truth - Grantland
May 2012
2 posts
“Filmmakers call the part of the day right before the sun goes down “the magic...”
– Classic P4K review
Beach House: Bloom | Album Reviews | Pitchfork 