February 2009
122 posts
AMERICA WILL NEVER BE EUROPE (EUROPEANIZATION)
“Americans will continue to fill their churches, reject gun-control legislation, uphold the death penalty, and frown at naked toddlers on beaches. They will also, as soon as the economy allows, revert quickly and instinctively to a fully privately held banking system and smaller government. The Atlantic is suffering from temporary economic shrinkage, but socially, the ocean is as wide as...
Nickel Eye f. Wale, "Brandy of the Damned (Ronson... →
WALNUTS AND CREAM INDEED (YOU SO STOOPID!) →
read it
“AutoTune is like the bubble letters of singing”
– zach smola, after instructing me to add autotuned vocals to a song we’re working on (via piercethenight)
Please do not autotune my songs OR you can if you want…
J. GOLD's GOLD STANDARD (LA YOU ARE BLESSED!) →
“Jonathan Gold, the king of all foodies and LA Weekly’s Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic, has handpicked 30 of his favorite Los Angeles restaurants for a very special food event on Sunday, March 8 from 3-7pm at Smashbox Studios in West Hollywood. It’s called the 2009 LA Weekly Gold Standard and will feature the likes of Animal, Hungry Cat, Jitlada, the two Mozzas, Palate...
INDIE ROCK MUSICAL (EVERYONE'S DOING IT)
Remember when we heard that The Decemberists were going to being doing a rock opera musical for their next album that they were also touring with (The Hazards of Love)? Well guess what? Yeasayer just jumped on the bandwagon and brought friends.
“Wilder has already roped in a very serious list of contributors to record stuff for the show, including his fellow Yeasayer members and folks...
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA RISES AGAIN (THIS TIME WITH... →
“TETRO is Francis Ford Coppola’s first original screenplay since THE CONVERSATION. It is his most personal film yet, arising from memories and emotions from his early life, though totally fictional. It is the bittersweet story of two brothers, of family lost and found and the conflicts and secrets within a highly creative Argentine-Italian family.”
Could be a fuKING...
BARRELEYE FISH (VERY UNUSUAL INDEED)
“Since 1939, scientists have thought the ‘barreleye’ fish Macropinna microstoma had ‘tunnel vision’ due to eye that were fixed in place. Now though, Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers show that the fish actually has a transparent head and the eyes rotate around inside of it.”
Watch THIS video
I can’t even tell if this thing is real but in their studies...
synecdoche, ny
caden: have i disappointed you somehow?
adele: everyone is disappointing, the more you know someone.
TOOLZ
“As reported last week, brain scans of men looking at photographs of women (both scantily clad and fully dressed) showed that men were far more likely to remember the headless woman in the bikini than the woman with all her clothes. They also found that when looking at the undressed ladies men were more likely to show signs of activity in the region of the brain associated with tool...
NOLA's BEST RESTOS (PRETTY ACCURATE BY MY ACCOUNT) →
There’s a lot out there that I know NOTHING of. But August (Chef John Besh) was and remains one of the best meals I’ve ever had (twice). The steak there was OUT OF CONTROL. Ludacris.
Casamento’s and Cochon (which was like inside my home in NOLA) were also stunning delights!
Autust menu
LA'S BEST DELIS (ACCURATE) →
SO YOU WANT TO SEE THE NEW ALMODOVAR TEASER FOR... →
My KING.
“This brings us to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs love song. Love is real and this is for...”
– Karen O.
You know it is.
WHEN YOU SPEND THE MAJORITY OF THE DAY
Chatting with your best friend in the CHI on AIM this is what you get.
“i’m in sweatpants stalking a british tattoo artist. all i need is 12 cats...”
– you know who
