February 2010
64 posts
January 2010
54 posts
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Space
After my last post, I remembered that there was another game I still carried around with me from city to city. It’s called Car Wars. I won’t go into it, but it’s Mad Max for D&D types. Brilliant stuff. I was looking up some info about the game when I stumbled onto this picture and froze.
This is The Compleat Strategist, a game store on 33rd between 5th and Madison in...
A completely irresponsible summary of Republicans,...
I’d worry more about Republicans if they didn’t have such a history of coughing up the football.
Let’s look at the Republicans in charge since I’ve been alive:
Nixon. Won by a landslide. Cracked open the bubbly when he had hippie students shot. Pulled every filthy dirty trick in the book and couldn’t win in Vietnam. And when he couldn’t get his jollies off...
Ah shit, now everybody knows I listened to The...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
The Cure (13)
Ween (9)
Spoon (6)
Squeeze (1)
Mose Allison (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Frank Serpico, Police Officer Played by Al Pacino,... →
Corey Kilgannon’s outstanding article about the man and subject of one of my favorite Sidney Lumet films.
Why is everyone choosing Foursquare over...
I always thought Brightkite’s UI/layout was pretty slick.
The time line, the flexibility with location range, all looks and works better than Foursquare. Or maybe I don’t get it. That’s always a possibility.
Tumblr, please add "ART" to your directory.
If only to highlight Alexis Hyde’s Tumblr because she knows the score.
Now I wish I had not hearted Ross' cricket link.
WatchEd Hardy Boyz
NOOOOO!!!!!!
worldwarmike:
This girl sitting next to me is a Chatty Cathy! She won’t even let me talk to Bee! Haha. This is going to be a loooooong flight to SF.
Strategies:
Pick your nose like no tomorrow.
Look at her mouth when she talks and mimic her movements without speaking.
Bust out that copy of Hustler!
Switch seats with Bee.
YAWN
WatchJohnny Sokko and his Flying Robot!!!
Ho. Lee. Crapola. I haven’t seen this since I was a boy. Great and spectacularly awful at the same time because of:
Jetpacks
Giant Robot with a very suggestive missle launcher
Jumpsuits with ascots (!!!!)
Giant Squid - TENTACLON
Little kids with guns
Outstanding cheap special effects
Evil henchmen wearing berets & sunglasses
Evil silver dude...
Secret Tumblr Messages
Cut it out.
You too.
And you.
Hurm.
For fuck’s sake!
CALM DOWN.
…
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
Public Enemy (16)
The Millennium (10)
Vampire Weekend (10)
OK Go (7)
Squeeze (5)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Butcher Baby
Dear Marijuana,
You’re going to laugh, but, I can’t remember when we first met. Of course, right? No, seriously, how old was I? Twelve, thirteen? You were friends with Mike, my best friend in sixth grade, and then we hung out one night, and took a walk down a trail, because we lived in the suburbs, which is full of quiet, wide open spaces for teenagers to secretly get high. I remember...
SF Sorrow
SF is a no go for me, I’m afraid. Perhaps someone can set up an USTREAM in case ladies start making out I mean something creative and wonderful happens?
The First Three Albums
The first three albums I ever bought, which were actually cassettes, with my own monies, circa 1982.
Squeeze - Singles, 45’s and Under
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
The Clash - Combat Rock
“You fucking assholes. I go to watch my first playoff game of the year last...”
– Hitler: The Drinking Game! Your Divisional Jamboroo - Jamboroo - Deadspin
“I want to be your brother baby! I want to be your friend! But you look like a...”
– I don’t think The Beatles or Sapient (screw you for laying off my wife right after we laid her mother to rest) thought out this “comments” business.
Also, knobheads, people might be more inclined to buy an album if there were say, SAMPLES OF MUSIC TO LISTEN TO ON THE PAGE.
...
listening to "Jigsaw - Sky High" →
Oh hell yes.
What is best in life? To crush your tumblarity, to...
TUMBLARITY IS DEAD. I TOLD YOU NOT TO FUCK WITH...
WatchTHIS ENDS NOW, SNOWMAN.
brilliantorange asked: What do you think of that new Vampire Weekend album? Pretty sweet, huh?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-10) →
The Knack (5)
The Cars (2)
Manchester Orchestra (1)
Rush (1)
Blondie (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
brokenlinksucka-deactivated2010 asked: How do you think your Puerto Rican heritage has influenced both your writing and your chosen career?
A list of fictional people I sometimes think about...
lowindustrial:
sarahb:
bigstar:
Lorelei Gilmore
The family from “Swingtown”
Lindsay from “Freaks & Geeks”
Susannah from “O, Susannah”
The women in Whitney Otto’s A Collection of Beauties At the Height of Their Popularity
Vickie Milner
Rolf from The Sound of Music
Wallace from Season 1 of The Wire, even though he died
grown up Susan Pevensie
I’m about to incriminate myself...
I was at Graceland on Elvis' birthday in...
lisarahmat asked: Por favor, me contestas una pregunta? Quieres ir al baile conmigo?
brokenlinksucka-deactivated2010 asked: *unA pregunta, una. Que jodienda.
brokenlinksucka-deactivated2010 asked: Mira, vas ha seguir hablando solo? Pareces un loco. Orita tengo un pregunta para ti, pero tengo que pensar un poco mas en el tema.
brilliantorange asked: The Animal Cop Ladies always end up adopting half the dogs they rescue. So, they each have the same haircut, and like, fourteen dogs each. It's weird, right?
brilliantorange asked: I bet those Animal Cop Ladies all get their hair cut at the same place, huh?
brilliantorange asked: What the fuck is going on here?
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-3) →
DMZ (23)
The Flaming Lips (14)
Monocle (11)
Dirty Projectors (9)
Air (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Momentum
The Fiend was a pilot I wrote my final semester at grad school. My managers liked it, and after working it into shape, went out with it to studios and agencies. It was read, it got good feedback, but no one though they could sell it, which really is the key. They don’t tell you that in film school: you can have all the talent in the world, but if the agent/producer doesn’t think they...
