Hello New World

"As the band was coming onstage in Charlottesville, Virginia last week, Leithauser said, “We’re..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:51:40 -0500

“As the band was coming onstage in Charlottesville, Virginia last week, Leithauser said, “We’re playing nothing but the hits tonight.” Then the band played a set almost entirely comprised of songs from Heaven, songs that almost nobody in the audience had heard before. That was a pretty snarky move, but fate might bear that quote out. All the songs on Heaven deserve to be hits, at least within this indie realm. Maybe they will be.”

- The Walkmen’s Heaven

Charlie Pierce is on a roll

Fri, 18 May 2012 02:29:22 -0500

Charlie Pierce is on a roll:

… as though McCain could have saved himself by being as big a public blight as Joe Ricketts has set himself to be, as though a few commercials featuring angry black preachers could have saved the Republican ticket from eight years of Republican policies that helped turn the world’s economy into a plague ship, as though just the right amount of race-baiting and fag-baiting could have saved the day.

"Do you think Chris Rock’s real name is Christian Rock?"

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:15:21 -0500

“Do you think Chris Rock’s real name is Christian Rock?”

- Z.G., Between Two Ferns Special

Sometimes a joke comes along that’s so good and true and not even a joke that you wonder how hasn’t this been thought of before? This is one of those (non) jokes.

Goodbye Norma Jean

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:53:25 -0500

Goodbye Norma Jean

DEA locked up college student for four days with no food, water, toilet, or human contact

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:26:42 -0500

DEA locked up college student for four days with no food, water, toilet, or human contact:

Then as the days dragged on, the terrifying realization set in that he was trapped. He had been forgotten in a 5-by-10-foot windowless room, hearing only the muffled sounds of voices and toilets flushing in the Drug Enforcement Administration facility in San Diego.

On the third day, he began to hallucinate. He urinated on a metal bench to be able to drink his urine. He stacked a blanket, his pants and shoes on the bench and tried to reach an overhead fire sprinkler, futilely swatting at it with his cuffed hands to set it off.

Then, the engineering student says he gave up and accepted death. He bit into his eyeglasses to break them. He says he used a shard of glass to carve “Sorry Mom” onto his arm so he could leave something for her.

The Shitty Singularity: Shitty Forever

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:41:40 -0500

The Shitty Singularity: Shitty Forever

Apple just went thermonuclear on Fritos.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:56:30 -0500

Apple just went thermonuclear on Fritos.

interweber: vh1: “Pass The Bowl” is VH1’s ongoing interview...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:40:41 -0500

interweber:

vh1:

“Pass The Bowl” is VH1’s ongoing interview series, wherein celebrities contribute questions to our bowl and fellow celebs later draw a question.

Rachel Dratch: What wacky celebrity name would you give to your baby if you had one?

Scott Stapp of Creed: Well, I actually did. My son Jagger. Mick Jagger. So, I lived it, man.

Scott’s Question For The Bowl: List three things that prove the Creation story is fact and evolution is a myth.

Scott’s Question For The Bowl: List three things that prove the Creation story is fact and evolution is a myth.

Scott’s Question For The Bowl: List three things that prove the Creation story is fact and evolution is a myth.

Scott’s Question For The Bowl: List three things that prove the Creation story is fact and evolution is a myth.

I consider why there are no truly great iPad cases

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:35:29 -0500

I consider why there are no truly great iPad cases:

herostratus:

Am I missing great iPad cases?

This is everything

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:54:26 -0500

This is everything

I review the 'Nest' iPad stand and 'Kicks' iPad bumpers

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:29:10 -0500

I review the 'Nest' iPad stand and 'Kicks' iPad bumpers:

TL;DR: Kicks: no, Nest: yes

Alex’s Pizza Party takes Perfume to the next level.

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:59:45 -0500

Alex’s Pizza Party takes Perfume to the next level.

Another good part

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:54:20 -0500

Another good part

An email I received today.

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:52:38 -0500

An email I received today.

herostratus: Internet for sale

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:43:22 -0500

herostratus:

Internet for sale

Psychological Risks Associated With Pencil Sharpening

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:16:47 -0500

Psychological Risks Associated With Pencil Sharpening

Derweze, also known as the door to hell, is a 70 meter wide hole...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:02:02 -0500

Derweze, also known as the door to hell, is a 70 meter wide hole in the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. The hole was formed in 1971 when a team of soviet geologists had their drilling rig collapse when they hit a cavern filled with natural gas. In an attempt to avoid poisonous discharge, they decided to burn it off, thinking that the gas would be depleted in only a few days. Derweze is still burning today.

This is everything.

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:18:57 -0500

This is everything.

"It was only later that I realized the value of being bored was actually pretty high. Being bored is..."

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 07:10:30 -0500

“It was only later that I realized the value of being bored was actually pretty high. Being bored is a kind of diagnostic for the gap between what you might be interested in and your current environment.”

- Clay Shirky (via merlin)

Incredibox

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:57:13 -0500

Incredibox:

In which Alex dares you not to enjoy something.