January 2010
70 posts
“On Friday, President Obama appeared before House Republicans in a historic...”
– Seth Meyers, Weekend Update on SNL, 1.30.10.
Watch Obama’s remarks here and Q&A here.
(via annehubert)
How much do we think the Goo Goo Dolls made off the song “Iris”? Any guesses?
Fumbling deaf dumb and blind.
So I’m sitting in Starbucks slogging through an article and ready to stab myself in the nose when the opening chords of Joni Mitchell’s “Court and Spark” start to play. I spend five seconds straining my ears trying to confirm this is really happening. And then her voice. Yes. Mood lifted. Put down the plastic utensil. Fired up. Ready to go.
““Sing along,” Thom Yorke told the audience at the Henry Fonda...”
– This write-up of the Radiohead benefit show by Geoff Boucher of the LA Times was so cute I decided to copy and paste the whole thing. God Bless. Though I would have chosen death if asked to pick between “Just” and “Airbag.”
The setlist from Radiohead's Haiti benefit last...
01 Faust Arp 02 Fake Plastic Trees 03 Weird Fishes/Arpeggi 04 The National Anthem 05 Nude 06 Karma Police 07 Kid A 08 Morning Bell 09 How to Disappear Completely 10 A Wolf at the Door 11 The Bends 12 Reckoner 13 Lucky 14 Bodysnatchers 15 Dollars & Cents 16 Airbag 17 Exit Music
Encore #1
18 Everything in Its Right Place (Thom) 19 You and Whose Army? 20 Pyramid Song 21 All I Need
Encore...
Rainy Day Woman #321
I really, really want to leave my apartment and go to a cafe and write but it’s raining cats and dogs and I’ve misplaced my umbrella. So I’m sitting here at my desk making a bunch of works calls and listening Sportscenter on repeat in the background despite the fact that the anchors this morning are incapable of talking about anything but Peyton Manning or Brett Favre—two...
Things That Have Happened Since Being Back in New...
1. I’ve taken the bus more times in one week than I did in my previous six years of living here. And I’m kind of obsessed.
2. I can no longer digest Indian food.
3. Or the bluecheesebugers from Spotted Pig
4. Pirate no longer cries when I leave.
5. But he likes to sleep near my trunk instead of my feet.
6. The men are more attractive. If that’s possible.
7. All the walking...
“If you work really hard and are kind, amazing things will happen to you.”
– Conan O’Brien, in his show-closing address. He went out with amazing grace, weirdly endearing comedy and a pretty fucking spectacular “Freebird.” (via crumbler)
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned — and then there’s this lady.”
– Spurned Woman Buys Billboards Across US to Trash Man Who Left Her and Went Back to Wife. Also known as: “The Greatest Revenge Story of Our Time”
“Theories in Play: “Beware of (a real) home-field advantage” and...”
– Annnnd, Bill Simmons weighs in on the suckfest that is the Vikings-inspired Prince song.
Google's Satellite View of Port-au-Prince, Haiti →
(via ideasareawesome)
WatchPrince wrote a song for the Vikings. I think. I ignored it for a full eight hours until I finally gave in and watched this clip. I’m horrified. Someone hold me.
Not too late for another Top 10
My sister’s boyfriend, Cody (aka Codes), just sent me his Top Ten List of Albums from the aughts. I thought I’d post them here because I really enjoyed reading what he had to say, and because our tastes are so different but he still picked some really great albums. Here goes:
Number 10 : DJ Danger Mouse - The Grey Album 2004 Up until this point in my life, I could only sing...
radiohead to play haiti relief show a mile from my... →
gloriahawa:
at least the funds are going to haiti, which makes me real happy.
Conan's $1.5 million segment →
crumbler:
In an effort to spend as much of NBC’s money as possible before the end of his show, Conan last night unveiled the Bugatti Veyron Mouse, which is a mouse made out of the most expensive car in the world. And he introduced it to the strains of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction,” which is incredibly expensive to broadcast. Conan is on fire right now.
Conan’s last week has been the...
“I panicked briefly about having refused Donald’s call, but he tried again...”
– From Neil’s write-up about his ex-neighbor Donald on EV Grieve, a site dedicated to the ever-changing/gentrified East Village.
Neil has been Donald’s only friend in the world ever since his sister, Anne, passed two years ago. When Donald—who is severely mentally...
Everyone with AT&T break out your phone and dial...
They lowered their unlimited minutes for the iPhone from $99/month to $69/month yesterday but they won’t tell you about it unless you call and ask. So call and ask. And then take that $360 you saved for 2010 and buy yourself something pretty.
Calling all Beatles Fans: The Greatest Thing to... →
Some super nerd has broken down the origins of every Beatles song including when it was written and the distribution of authorship. For instance, the first song they wrote “Love Me Do” was penned in 1962 and was 70% McCartney, 30% Lennon. The only song for which Ringo can take full credit is “Octopus’ Garden.”
And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to...
Watch my friends from Tab the Band live in the... →
Back in my apartment and about to watch Precious with Bill. There’s a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream with my name on it.
post script.
Yesterday I asked if anyone else is wondering what the hell they are going to do with the rest of their lives. I got a bunch of responses via email and also from other tumblr users and it seems like most of you reading this are also wondering the exact same thing. See, normally I;m able to shine this sort of existential question on…ignore it or push it down and continue on with the micro...
Dodgers ink Kemp, Billingsley, avoid arbitration →
dodgers:
Thank Christ.
