January 2010
2 posts
trends that need to die in 2010?
yo, so down with this. spot-on description of the nitty-gritties of 90s fashion and “latter aughts” is a fantastic little phrase.
hangover:
1. peep toe heels: they’re the fucking princess heel of the latter aughts. and they need to go away.they are completely impractical for like 80% of the worlds population and downright treacherous for like 50%. how many times have you seen a shoe...
July 2009
4 posts
June 2009
25 posts
50 most looked-up words on NYTimes.com →
oomb:
meaghano:
I spent last night looking all of these up in the dictionary just to make sure my bases were covered. You may laugh, but who’s the one walking around without shibboleths integrated into their working vocabulary?
via wordjournal, bmichael:
sui generis
solipsistic
louche
laconic
saturnine
antediluvian
epistemological
shibboleths
penury
sumptuary
schadenfreude
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Swimming Lessons May Lessen Risk of Drowning --... →
i sure am glad that Scientists are working hard to make Really Important Discoveries!
WFMU DJ Compilation of the Month (Oct. '06): Obey... →
this album is almost too good to be true and YOU CAN HEAR IT ALL RIGHT NOW OH MY GAWD. a description, quoted from the linked site: “23 blurts of intense, delicious, mysterious and staggeringly unusual UK DIY and art-post-punk, circa 1980.” especially excellent is the track “gerry and the holograms” by… gerry and the holograms. it’s like devo (think mongoloid)...
onward and upward with the french music theme....
entering french pop stage via french synth wave...
May 2009
10 posts
Watchi’m not too into the whole “legalize insert-drug-name-here” thing, but this video is pretty great on a number of levels, not the least of which is the firm, level-headed absurdity of the entire conversation. Our man Robert Mueller, director of the FBI, has some spectacular moments of nonsense and question evasion in the guise of official-speak, and tops it all off with some...
April 2009
34 posts
Thousands of High-School Sweethearts Prepare for... →
so good.
Millions and Millions Dead →
best satire of the current iteration of pandemic fear-mongering that i’ve seen yet
