October 2008
Shut Up, Weirdo. Tonight at 6PM.
frangry:
Tune in at 91.1 / 90.1 FM or WFMU.org
This week’s topic:
Name a public figure and tell us the best possible H’ween costume for him/her, AND your reason why. Points given for originality. And incisiveness. C’mon, it’s almost Election Day. One to a customer. No repeats. No backsies.
Call us. 201-209-9368.
Andy is sick and I am hung over, this is sure to be torture! YAY!!
And by...
Today in Awesome: 124 Posters Taking off on... →
The Audacity of Hope
These are fun. From Rene Wanner’s Poster page:
In 1989, Shepard Fairey (b. 1970) began to paste stickers all over town with a face and the mysterious…
'Shut Up,' He Explained
markscoatney: Hey--I think 'Shutup, Weirdo' should be 'Shut Up, Weirdo'. Otherwise, I think it reads like 'Schtupp, Weirdo'
Andy: It is "Shut Up" (two words). It's Frangry who can't get with the program
UPDATE: SHUTUP ANDY. It just looks better as one word.....
MC UPDATE: From now on all my communications re. this show will refer to it as "Schtupp, Weirdo."
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365 Love Songs: Love is what you don’t want...
Interesting. What is the probability that your vote will make a difference? See it here: http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=161
In Which Barack Obama Serves up the Queen of...
Fun! This guy says we’re all saps and Obama has been hypnotizing us this whole time with his lovely, lovely words. Limbaugh agrees!
Shutup, Weirdo. Tomorrow 6 to 7pm.
frangry:
Tune in at 91.1 / 90.1 FM or WFMU.org
This week’s topic:
Name a public figure and tell us the best possible H’ween costume for him/her, AND your reason why. Points given for originality. And incisiveness. C’mon, it’s almost Election Day. One to a customer. No repeats. No backsies.
Call me. 201-209-9368.
And don’t call to say hi. It isn’t hang out with Frangry and Andy hour. AT...
Yes, We Are Still Having This Discussion. In 2008
spiers:
lilyb:
doree:
spiers:
Even dumber: most of Portfolio’s cuts are on the *web* side. Hedging against the decline of print is not a priority, I guess.
Totally. This is sort of wild (from All Things D):
“Portfolio.com staffers have been told they have been meeting their revenue goals for 2008 while the magazine has not. According to a person who attended the meeting, one of the staff’s...
In Which I Admit that I'm a Failure at Video Games
ncroal:
When you play videogames, what difficulty setting do you choose and why?
The lowest setting possible. Honestly, I just want to see what happens. And my fast-twitch muscles are super lazy.
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365 Love Songs: Love is not reneging
[Newsweek] thanks!
Love this: Google maps on where to find the your polling place: http://tinyurl.com/4ppa6b
Sigh. Presidential Campaign Commercials Really... →
The Museum of the Moving Image has a fantastic collection of television advertising from presidential campaigns, including this one, for Kennedy in 1960.
This is the same one…
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365 Love Songs: Love is Fatale
From the homepage of the ‘we’re stopping our print product’ CS Monitor: Special Offer: Subscribe to the Monitor and get 32 issues RISK-FREE!
MTV’s New Music Website →
is even more awesome than you might think. We are never leaving our computers again, are we?
more about “MTV’s New Music Website“, posted with vodpod
Posted in Awesome,…
The Simpsons Mad Men Intro →
Finally. (All praise to Lindsay)
more about “The Simpsons Mad Men Intro “, posted with vodpod
Posted in Awesome, Video
Am I the only one who thought the CSM ceased print publication years ago? I only read their very fine website. http://tinyurl.com/64snma
The triumph of hope over experience: AP: Microsoft says Windows 7 will be easier and faster http://www.newsweek.com/id/166125
Mary Rambin delights in sharing the Neiman Marcus...
lindsayrobertson:
karion:
itsbedtime:
later this week when i am buying a coffee or something the fact that this was posted on a blog in 2008 will make me laugh to myself to the point where the person behind me thinks i’m totally mentally ill
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Forget google-checks, that poor lady should probably skip straight to Snopes.
Honestly, I wasn’t going to say...
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365 Love Songs: Love is only wanting more than you...
America, the Gift Shop →
If U.S. foreign policy had a gift shop… by the artist Philip Toledano.
(H/t Utne Reader)
Posted in Iraq, Loss, The Presidency, World
Surprise! →
Because, well, honestly because the race is a little static right now, with the polls generally reporting little change, journalism turns to the October Surprise. At Harpers, Ken Silverstein
Call center workers walking off the job rather than read BS attack scripts from McCain about Obama? Amazing! http://tinyurl.com/6bdgs3
Congrats to Nwk’s award-winning filmmaker Sarah Frank! http://tinyurl.com/5f9a9t
In Bed With A Mosquito →
This, from our own Sarah Frank, just won CMJ CineMinis film festival, and deserves to win even more.
more about “In Bed With A Mosquito “, posted with vodpod
Posted in…
For Some Reason, I Find this Completely... →
This, from Sharon Begley’s Lab Notes blog, caught my eye: A new study that shows tennis refs are more likely to call a ball ‘out’ when it’s actually in than they are to rule ‘in’ when it’s…
Yikes! Staggering under the force of N’Gai’s followers…
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365 Love Songs: Love is incredulous
For the Three of You Who Haven’t Seen This →
This was probably the best bit from SNL last night
more about “For the Three of You Who Haven’t Seen…”, posted with vodpod
Posted in Comedy, Video
For Those About to Tabulate, We Salute You →
This, I feel fairly comfortable saying, is the world’s first music video created with Excel:
(H/t The Daily What)
Posted in Awesome, Video Tagged: music
School of Rock
frangry:
might be one of my favoritest movies.
This is but one of the many reasons why she’s the best.
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365 Love Songs: Love is only natural
Yes, That’s My Alma Mater. I’m So Proud →
From the Kansas City Star:
New KU Kickoff Chant Chosen to Replace Obscene One
Posted in Sports Tagged: football
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365 Love Songs: Love is a pure desire
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365 Love Songs: Love is a cheating heart
BLOOMIE GETS CHANCE FOR FOUR MORE
nudawn:
winstonwolfe:
This deal is bad in so many ways it’s ridiculous.
soupsoup:
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Thursday, October 23, 2008 — 4:57 PM ET ——- New York City Council Votes to Extend Term Limits After a spirited, emotional and at times raucous debate, the New York City Council voted, 29 to 22, to extend term limits, allowing Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to seek re-election...
Among the Taliban →
Nir Rosen, a very smart reporter who I worked with, briefly, at Time (where he was one of the first to recognize the ascent of Muqtada al-Sadr), has a great piece of reporting from…
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365 Love Songs: Love is ScarJo
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In Which Barack Obama Continues to Clean Up →
This is part of a really fantastic portfolio of Obama photographs taken over the past year and a half by Time photographer Callie Shell.
Leaving an ice cream shop in Wapello,…
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365 Love Songs: Love is best expressed in chapters
In Which We Salute Sarah Palin’s Pret a Porter... →
From Newsweek’s Stumper blog:
Yes, the scarf says, “Vote.” And yes, those appear to be donkeys
Posted in politics Tagged: Sarah Palin
Where are the conservative humorists? →
inadvisable:
soupsoup:
Conservatives deserve someone equally as funny as Jon Stewart. Where are the left leaning satirists? Are they any out there who are actually funny?
P.J. O’Rourke, Larry Miller, Rob Long (“Cheers”), and (maybe) Andy Breckman. That’s all I can think of.
Believe it or not, there was a time many years ago when Rush Limbaugh was funny. And I always liked that Sideshow Bob...
And the Award for Best Shouts & Murmurs for... →
David Sedaris, for his take on the Undecided Voter. Best bit:
To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and,…
Why Obama’s Not Wrong to Talk About Spreading the... →
The thing about taxes is, unless you believe that any form of taxation is wrong, you agree that at some level, some sort of spreading the wealth around is legitimate, and after that, it’s just…