June 2010
18 posts
Three Random Lines From the First Three Ramones... →
I could probably come with some witty “and oh I don’t know why”-based comment on the reasoning behind my creating this, but in reality I’m late for band practice and I wanted to stick my feet into learning jQuery. Some of these end up being oddly profound, though.
What can I say?
Now I wanna have somethin’ to do
But isn’t it always that way?
Jim Shepard - One Percent of Nothing
“Byrd’s death also makes senator Daniel Inouye the president pro tempore of...”
– Sam McPheeters. I had no idea Inouye’s son was in Marginal Man. And here I didn’t think the guy could get any cooler.
“Sooner or later, life is going to humiliate and kill all of us, but there is a...”
– George Saunders (via)
A Public Service Announcement
Pootie Tang, one of the funniest and most underrated movies of all time, is on Hulu for free. If you have not seen Pootie Tang, watch Pootie Tang. If you have seen Pootie Tang, you have probably already clicked that link and are anticipating seeing it again. Good on you.
PS: Did you know that Louis CK has apologized for writing Pootie Tang, because he views it as so unsuccessful? That is the...
Medication - Didn’t Wanna Know
“So we’re all hanging out in the green room. The dudes with the headphones...”
– John Brannon of Negative Approach, on witnessing FEAR’s 1981 performance on Saturday Night Live.
Husker Du - I’ll Never Forget You (Live,...
A Game I Just Made Up
1) Think of a dumb, vaguely topical-sounding pun.
2) Google it in quotes.
3) The person whose pun is the title of the most ham-fisted news articles or alarmist books wins.
So far I still haven’t been able to beat the first one i came up with: “The Kids Are All White.”
The Oblivians - Bad Man
The Oblivians are...
