March 2009
96 posts
“We were working thousands of miles from home with an exotic cast of...”
– Patrick Stewart, on working with soon-to-be Godot co-star Ian McKellen on the X-Men films
“I think we’ve been super, super clever.”
– Jake Chapman, on making the PJ Harvey / John Parish video
“A man in commuting clothes passed me this morning cycling a tandem bicycle by...”
– Pierce Distorte
“He paid the fare, obviously.”
– The final line in a text from Philip describing a woman he’d seen vomiting at his bus stop. The woman turned out to be a prostitute, and she was subsequently picked up by a john with whom she boarded the no. 55.
The G2 guide to regional English →
Some of these words I’d like to see used in context (‘it is’, for example), but some are great even on their own: ‘umblement’ is a personal favourite. I even like the rather unsurprising ‘anywhen’.
“When a vaccine designed to protect girls against a sexually transmitted virus...”
– A Vaccine Debate Once Focused on Sex Shifts as Boys Join the Target Market - washingtonpost.com
Dress Codes | Looks That Work Now - The New York... →
Yes.
A reflection of our times: What our treatment of... →
Two days on, The Jade Circus continues. (The cover of today’s Sun touts her LITTLE FIGHTERS, who, we’re told, are just like their mother - never mind that she apparently wanted little more than for them to be different.) I guess the hullabaloo will last until at least next weekend when the funeral is broadcast on large outdoor screens so the nation can grieve together, in public. The...
Manchester International Festival: It Felt Like a... →
I’m not sure exactly how poncey to expect this will be, but Damon Albarn made the music, and Punchdrunk have done the production, so at least its got pedigree. (We’ll also be seeing the Rufus Wainwright opera, so there’s that.)
British art from the Tate →
The GMaps Streetview fun continues: Tate Britain has plotted various landscapes from its collection to show their modern-day settings. Churches are mostly intact; farmlands are mostly not.
“In addition to the health benefits of reducing red meat consumption, a major...”
– Washington Post: Study Finds Eating Red Meat Contributes to Risk of Early Death
People used to laugh at me when I said one of the good reasons for a veggie diet was that it was better for the environment. A decade and a half later, I guess no one’s laughing.
“I look back on it as very interesting [in terms of] how things have been sort of...”
– Fred Durst is pretty sure that Britney Spears’s downfall began whe she dumped him [via People] (via whatevs)
Jade Goody, British Reality TV Star, Dies at 27 -... →
Man, Sarah Lyall is such a good writer.
Portia de Rossi Issues Apology for Marrying Ellen... →
BRAVE PORTIA.
“What influence did kittens have on this album?
KO: A pretty big influence....”
– Talking Shop: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Questions about lolcats: just the kind of journalism you expect from BBC News.
Google Streetview Captures British People... →
This, for the record, is also around the corner from me.
Yes, pride is the right word, thanks.
Gallery: A modern view on the classics of... →
ohnotheydidnt: Katy Perry And Ellen Sing I Kissed... →
O HAI ONTD:
‘katy needs to stop existing.’ ‘oh ellen why are you encouraging her’ ‘I don’t mind Katy anymore. GaGa makes her seem not as obnoxious.’ and the winner ‘Ugh, please don’t validate this lesbian-for-my-boyfriend twit. Way to self-marginalise, Ellen.’
“The Obama’s [sic] garden will not be the first at the White House. John...”
– WaPo: Obamas to Plant Garden on White House Lawn
I was intrigued by the ‘objections of the Agriculture Department’ bit, figuring the only problem they might anticipate was a reduction in commercial demand. Turns out that’s the case: the USDA was supporting industry interests even...
Pop review: The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love... →
I can’t say my thoughts were so fully formed when I listened to the album for the first time last night, but having been told immediately prior that someone preferred it to its predecessor, I was expecting something rather better than what I got.
BBC - The Apprentice - Candidates →
Instead of attractive talent, there are guys that say things like ‘business is the new rock ‘n’ roll, and I’m Elvis Presley’ and ‘making money is better than sex’.
I’ll be watching, natch.
