August 2009
52 posts
“Blitz Films Ltd is currently in pre-production of a new feature film entitled...”
– a flier stuffed through my front door, informing me of filming to take place in front of my flat next week
Jason Statham, people.
(It’s nice how the ‘woman police constable’ is the one character with a first name but without an actor. I wonder if she’s dowdy & sensible...
April and Millie discuss BooBoo Stewart and CCH... →
I’m just hoping the next episode covers the fact that BooBoo’s siblings are kinda like Phoenixes, what with being named Fivel, Maegan, and (zzzzz) Sage.
Also, their father looks like this:
Talking Heads - Thank You for Sending Me an Angel...
George Saunders: Why art? Why write stories, make movies? What is the purpose of making art, in your view?
Miranda July: I’m just gonna go for broke on this one and say that we do it because life is so ridiculously gorgeous, strange, heartbreaking, horrific, etc., that we are compelled to describe it to ourselves, but we can’t! We cannot do it! And so we make art.
source: http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/miranda-july/
NYT: Theodore Olson's Road to Championing Same-Sex... →
The man that gave America George W Bush is now going to give it same-sex marriage. Swings and roundabouts, eh?
Slate: Whatever happened to acid rain? →
‘Acid rain’ totally took me right back to middle school. Whoa.
Vincent Schoepfer Winter 2010 | The Fashionisto →
I can’t decide if I like the clothes or the model more, or possibly the same, but in different ways.
10,000 Maniacs - Peace Train
“At this point, all that stands in the way of universal health care in America...”
– Paul Krugman: The Swiss Menace
Madonna - Into the Hollywood Groove (ft. Missy...
For Folks Sake: Telegraph Laura Marling review... →
The arts criticism is obviously the only aspect of the Telegraph I can stomach, and even it is hit or miss. The theatre critics are sometimes on-point, and I generally like Neil McCormick (if only cos he’s a Jamie T champion). I also think Bernadette McNulty is okay, and truth be told, I vaguely fancy Alastair Sooke, who’s a visual art critic.
All of which is preface to saying I read...
“Post-docs are somewhat modestly compensated affairs. But this is still a...”
– Plum Campaign: Supporting a family: health insurance, retirement, etc.
I reckon this is worth protesting over.
“Ultimately, the message that Democrats need to be getting across is not that the...”
– FiveThirtyEight: Are The Health Care Protests Working? And are Liberals Helping Them?
Amen, Nate.
“GaGa : Róisín :: Perez : Popjustice”
– Róisín Murphy Knows That Lady GaGa’s Imitation Is In Fact Flattery « Idolator
First off, word. (Although frankly, I think Perez is actually getting off easy.)
Secondly, well done, ONTD: those pictures are amazing.
Thirdly, I’m glad to see Murphy’s working on a new album;...
“For The X Factor it is actually quite useful to be able to have facial...”
– Dannii Minogue ‘gives up Botox’ - Digital Spy
That’s my favourite made-up line from a celebrity interview in ages.
“A 26-year-old woman living in Manhattan said she dreaded being tagged in photos...”
– No Twittering Allowed
Um, what about the second date?
Sarah B on Home and the not-so-Infinite Summer →
Sometimes serendipity is an amazing thing.
the truth about GaGa
aprilandmillie:
April: okay, listen April: i got beef with lady gaga Millie: WHAT. Millie: impossible! Millie: hahahaha April: well, i mean, i don’t like her jams on the whole Millie: just kidding, she’s terrible April: BUT April: here’s my deal: April: i feel like she is trying to market herself as 80s madonna April: look at this quote from this article i edited: April: “After years of hustle...
“John Thune of South Dakota said that if people from his state were able to go to...”
– Have Gun, Will Travel
Gail Collins, you are the best of the NYT op-ed columnists by a country mile.