September 2008
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When inmates run the prison
Matthew Weiner’s thematic drive in season two of Mad Men (the repercussions of a lack of punishment/judgment/retribution when everyone is a child) could not come at a more prescient time.
WatchMax Payne featurette done in the style of the video game’s graphic novel thru-scenes. Add in winged demons and noir voice-over and you have one internet video bursting at the seams with genre/cross-platform influences. (via IGN)
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“Policymakers should focus instead on people who really need a safety net right...”
– Robert Reich? More like Robert Right.
Nothing speaks more damningly of the American electorate than the temporary post-election “bumps.” It says that Americans can obtain and retain vital information for less than two weeks (in the case of the Democratic bump, less than a week) before the next shiny new object grabs their attention. To put it bluntly, this is why Rovian tactics work and why we need to stop honoring those...
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WatchWhile sharing the aesthetics of Being John Malkovich and the obsession with creation of Adaptation, Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York is still, naturally, a creation all its own. A huge, sprawling, messy creation of its own. (via /Film)
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“If I can’t write better than they can improvise, then I should go home.”
– David Mamet
“She doesn’t need to know what the Bush Doctrine is. She is the Bush...”
– Jon Stewart, right on the head.
Wait a minute: Katy Perry and Zooey Deschanel are not the same person?
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“I would bear [the annoying neighbor] for Fred Flinstone, and Cap’n Crunch,...”
– My co-worker telling me about the illicit sugar-coated cereals that served as reward for bearing a boy for whom he did not care.
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“I guess the reason I flag this is that it’s part of that tendency of Americans...”
– Krugman (a man whose insight more and more populates the tumblverse) on McCain’s claim that “the fundamentals of the economy are strong.”
Sometimes I feel like my job’s a Beckett play.
I can think of few more fitting sponsors for Charlie Gibson’s sit-down with Sarah Palin than Citgo.
WatchA quite excellent trailer for the new Bond, Quantum of Solace, which has more than a couple of money shots, particularly the (seemingly still in progress) push over the rail through the glass ceiling below. If the film can keep the propulsive energy of Casino Royale while losing long, pointless expository sections, this film could truly propel the series back into the national consciousness and...
“The process took well over a month, not including the Senate confirmation...”
– Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor.
Isn’t saying “Brian Wilson’s Southern California-themed album” redundant?
Wow, thank you.
They do believe in The Rapture
Dan: are you watching RNC?
take a look at the background of hell behind guiliani
you need to see it
its crazy
it looks like the most ominous evil hell sky
me: that dark red with the light orange on the bottom
are they serious
Dan: it looks evil! like the bad guy from ghostbusters 2!
WatchTrailer for Judd Apatow’s Kevin Smith’s Zack and Miri Make a Porno.
While certainly promising (“Why the fuck aren’t we watching that right now?”/”Are you slow?”), the film undeniably has the feeling (aside from marketing’s 40-Year-Old bright backgrounds) of an Apatow joint. (via joblo)
Watch[A 24 Hour Trip to New York]
A “photo-romain” I composed while on a cross-country business trip. Maybe you will find some bit of joy in it. Perhaps not.
(May I suggest full-screen so that you can read the subtitles, though they are not necessarily necessary.)
When is there not a “high number of uploads right now,” Vimeo?
You know you’re in the client bathroom when reading material next to the john is provided for you.
