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Monthly Archives: May 2010


A Real Thing

Monday, May 31, 2010

CNN Guy 1: Someone call the photo intern in here and tell him to stop Michael Baying up the goddam Guatemala pics.
CNN Guy 2: THAT’S NOT PHOTOSHOPPED
CNN Guy 1: …
CNN Guy 2: WHUH

Hey Ladies

Monday, May 31, 2010

From the Indy 500 “snakepit” (the infield of the track)–I’m guessing sometime during “the 80s” (more here):

Why Hawaii?

Monday, May 31, 2010

My friend (and ex-colleague) Jason Sperb, introducing his extremely interesting next research foray, posted to coincide with Memorial Day.  This excerpt doesn’t do justice to the entire post, which I recommend you read (also, to watch the “Hawaii 5-0″ YouTube embed):
My next major project, which will take many years to complete, will be a [...]

Only the Very Best, With Just the Right Amount of Dirty

Monday, May 31, 2010

Harvey & Harvilla Ask The Important Questions About The Hirschberg/M.I.A. Drama

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Captchas That Are Also Bad Porn Titles

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

And Just When I Was Feeling Like An Oversensitive Midwesterner Again

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

A Humble Addendum

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

First, Tom Ewing’s in-progress formulation on how we understand and use music genres, followed by a minor corollary from yours truly:
Imagine you find a record you like in a genre you don’t usually listen to very deeply. Here are two broad ways you might talk about it publically:
“I don’t listen to much [genre] but I [...]

God, Could We Get Another 10cc Maybe

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Jeez Dude, He’s Got a Lav Mic On

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

CNN’s Rick Sanchez, desperately trying to make some we were there first drama out of a sadly necessary BP CEO PR appearance. Or: trying to wring tabloid revenue out of a yet-undefined, heavily-scripted corporate necessity.  Svanberg, if it’s not obvious from watching this staged newspool footage, is saying “get him out of there” to that [...]