December 2008
68 posts
Beach Boys - Surf’s Up
Since bronchitis...
'Arrested Development' movie: Will Arnett is ready... →
The least essential albums of 2008 | The A.V. Club →
“So then Danny goes to the bathroom and Lou turns to me and says, “Say, are...”
– Duncan Hannah
My only wikipedia edit can be found on Bobby Fuller’s page:
“Both Fuller and “I Fought the Law” are referenced on Lou Reed’s album Street Hassle”
The Fear: Laurie Anderson
The year was 1989. In a moment of clarity my parents had actually made a conscious effort to record something they knew would make for great repeated viewings: the 15 year anniversary of Saturday Night Live. I watched the video so many times that I’m pretty sure I still know the order the skits come in. Oh that’s another thing, unlike the tedious 25 yr anniversary which spent more time...
Velvet Underground - Temptation Inside Your Heart
I appreciate all birthday wishes. The first one I received today was from Kanye. It said something to the effect of “happy birthday Alex” which was nice. Although if he really knew me he’d have started it with: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SQUID BRAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
$800,000 !!!
So today was a big day for me. I finally got the African bank account scam email!Boy have I been waiting for this. All those years of laughing along with the rest of you, while secretely pining for the experience: What else did the letter say? What details had people forgotten? Oh just the thought of the foolhardy soul who got caught up in the mystery and the magic of the African bank scam....
“Do you see me shooting heroin into my eyeballs?”
– The indignant Corey Haim.
The language of fuck
I don’t have any qualms about declaring something, or someone “fucked up”, nor will I bat a fake eyelash if someone tells me to “fuck off”, hell if I were Greek I’d be saying “hello…fuck!” to my grandma. Fact is I talk like a trucker. I wish I didn’t sometimes, but I do. But I’m erudite you know. I like to consider myself a kind of...
“After rubbing at the wall with ragged sleeves, the discoverers will fall back in...”
– The Existential Clown - The Atlantic (December 2008)
“You should have seen the office when I was doing my Bob Newhart. They all...”
– The Clapper
theclapper:
Christmas song of the day:
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3 new concepts
The Drunken psychic. He only has pyschic abilities when he gets blind drunk.
The man who barfs $10 bills. Rules (as set out by Adrienne and me on Thursday night): -it doesn’t work if he forces himself to barf. natural barfs only. booze barfs don’t count either -though he does spew legal tendern they are still barf covered and smelly -the process would be painful, but the end result is...
Totally party busy.
Friends. New friends. Friends in town. Friend’s mom. Barfing friends. Friend geneology.
Opera, politics and cheese projects on hold as... →