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del.icio.us (May 4)

admin — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:09:19 +0000

Can P.S. 1 Director Alanna Heiss?s Vision for Her Museum Outlast Her?
To ease the tension, Heiss maintains an open-bar policy… "Pretty much every meeting is expected to have some wine or some Champagne or, you know, a frozen margarita from Court Square Diner"–the greasy spoon next door. (art article interview museum nyc )
Open Letters Monthly: An Arts and Literature Review » December: Second Glance - Psalms and Prophecy
(interview literature toread writing )
Kelly Cutrone, People's Revolution Honcho Turned "Hills" - PAPERMAG
We're like a very good private school, but more like Little Red than Brearley… And you know, people love to hate. I'm used to it — I have black hair and I wear no makeup, people always think I'm bitchy. (celebrity fashion reality television thehills )
Michael Domitrovich On the Second-Generation Artistic Elite - PAPERMAG
you will eventually stumble upon the city's New Bohemia. I?m not talking about the Williamsboogers brunching at Caf� Habana or the out-of-town transplants sheltered by our private universities in the public sector. I point instead to those who have bot (culture hipsters nyc )
A Swamp Forest Grows in Brooklyn | Ginger Strand | Orion magazine
These rewilded woodlands are a new kind of landscape, with new meanings. They suggest to the visitor not an untouched, prehuman world, but a reverted, posthuman one. That creates an interesting tension. Critics point out that there can be a ?stigma? (dance environmental nyc )

del.icio.us (Apr 20)

admin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:05:01 +0000

Hephzibah Anderson: To say bon appetit is really so de trop | Comment is free | The Observer
It's a notoriously impenetrable city and the truly determined cling to the notion that strict adherence to its Byzantine etiquette will eventually yield a way in… to frown on bon appetit, it seems, is an attitude tr�s snob. (british europe guardian jargon opinion )
Agents & Editors: A Q&A With Editor Pat Strachan
He had four daughters, and his wife had four daughters, so there were eight girls. And when my daughter was born I remember he said, "Congratulations–you have fourteen years before she's fourteen." (books interview nyc poetry writing )
Still with stupid? - Los Angeles Times
At the time, I was 25 and strenuously devoted to the cause of making my life resemble that of a Woody Allen character… a clueless suburban refugee who dreamed of rent-controlled apartments filled with house plants and volumes of Goethe (culture lat opinion woodyallen )
National Journal Magazine - Not in Kansas Anymore
Dems are right that the top conservative social priorities–banning abortion and gay marriage–don?t tangibly respond to those concerns. But for years Repubs have felt more comfortable than Dems talking about the value of maintaining moral order (article conservative politics )
On the Gay Bar Circuit with Chelsea and the Gov. | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
And so it was that, as she walked out of Tavern on Carmac after midnight, a crowd of men outside the bar shouted "We love your highlights!" and "You're gorgeous, baby." (blog gay politics president washingtonpost )
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(art asia economist photography )

del.icio.us (Apr 17)

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:25:42 +0000

Youth! - The New York Review of Books
one is living in a debased post-9/11 political era during an ugly war in which a small fraction of one's generation is in fact fighting overseas while, as a "literary" person, one is living an essentially sedentary and irrelevant life. (books gawker review youth )
THE NEW REPUBLIC | Blogs
the real Colbert is extraordinarily demure, as you'll learn when you meet him before the show. But Colbert-in-character likes to be stroked, and the best way to do that is to smile or laugh–to simply marvel–when he fires off some genius remark (blog humor television )
30 Rock | '30 Rock': Meet DeBorah! | 30 Rock | The Q&A | TV | Entertainment Weekly | 1
You did your best Tawny Kitaen?
Crawling, cooter slam, flipping the hair, the whole thing. It was awesome.

Should I ask the definition of ''cooter slam''?
Oh, a cooter slam is when you jump in the air, and you land into a split. You don't just find the s (funny gawker hollywood reality television )
Frenemy Territory: Television: The New Yorker
why teenagers want their bra straps to show and how it came to pass that crooked hair parts are considered chic.. The show's soundtrack is.. underlining the 3 overriding and broadly painted feelings of the characters: I?m so glad.. so sad.. so confused (newyorker reality television )
village voice > people > Pucker Up: The New Wave of Trans Cinema by Tristan Taormino
The men behind Trannywood credit Morty Diamond.. as one of their influences.. Trans Entities: The Nasty Love of Pap� and Wil is Diamond's documentary-style porno love story about two sex radicals who consider themselves male, female, both, and neither. (gay nyc porn sex )

del.icio.us (Apr 14)

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:31:21 +0000

The Canon: Still Flying: The Talk of the Town: The New Yorker
“When Moqtada al-Sadr comes to power, and I am facing the firing squad, it will be for that.. I never stopped writing poetry, but the poets stopped writing about me.. Because when you have a bestselling novel, or two, or three, everybody hates you.” (academic books ericajong newyorker nyc writing )
“The requirement” by Wendell Berry (Harper’s Magazine)
Big had said he wasn’t long for this world, but he looked about the same as yesterday. For all I knew, he might live a long time yet. When somebody tells you he’s going to die, you can’t say, “Well, go ahead. I’ll just sit here till you do.” (harpers literature shortstory wendellberry )
The Great Forgetting - New York Times
Proustian memory bullies who get 1,800 pages of recollection out of a mere cookie-bite.. other side are those of us suffering the normal effects of time, living in the hippocampically challenged community that is one step away from leaving the stove on al (column conservative nyt psychology )
The Believer - Interview with Miranda July
My ideal life is just lounging around the house and every once in a while I’ll kind of write something, and then I’ll leave and eat something and masturbate or whatever–just this very fluid life of comforting myself, you know. (hipsters interview magazine mirandajuly )
A brief history of street violence: It’s the economy, stupid - Crime, UK - The Independent
Street crime, though, is a hybrid of the two and it is most prevalent in areas where the “have-nots” have ready access to the “haves”, which suggests it may actually rise further as the economic gap between the two widens. (article british crime economics law )
‘Acceptable face’ of fascism may cost Berlusconi victory - Europe, News - The Independent
Ms Santanche told women viewers: “Don’t give your vote to Berlusconi, he sees us only horizontally, never vertically” … For a man like Mr Berlusconi, as priapic as a character in an Aristophanes farce, Ms Santanche was too gorgeous to be ignored. (europe italy politics )
Deseret News - Video - First look inside YFZ Ranch
(news religion video )

del.icio.us (Apr 13)

admin — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:17:56 +0000

footnoted.org » Blog Archive » Booyah: Dissecting Jim Cramer’s new contract
There was also interesting new language on the Cramer persona, which the Company “acknowledges and agrees that sharp and caustic commentary and behavior is a part of Cramer’s persona and appeal and “shall not constitute Cause for termination.” (blog financial law television )
Tina Fey: One hot ‘Mama’ | Tina Fey | Cover Story | Movies | Entertainment Weekly | 3
“How do you get to be Christopher Guest? Just live your life, make hilarious movies with your friends, and then go home.” (magazine profile television )
The Aria of Chris Matthews - Profile - New York Times (page 5)
“His interruptions are invariably a reaction to something you just said, which indicates that he is, in fact, listening.” (nyt politics television )
The Aria of Chris Matthews - Profile - New York Times (page 4)
Sometimes during commercial breaks, Matthews will boast to Olbermann of having restrained himself during the prior segment. “And I reward him with a grape,” Olbermann says. (nyt politics television )
The Aria of Chris Matthews - Profile - New York Times (page 2)
they appeal to the eye-rolling tendencies of a cooler, highly educated urban cohort of the electorate that mostly dismisses … Matthews as annoyingly antiquated, like the ranting uncle at the Thanksgiving table whom the kids have learned to tune out. (nyt politics television )

del.icio.us (Apr 11)

admin — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:27:58 +0000

Where: Exploring the City of Tomorrow
Soon, maps won’t just tell you where movie theaters are; they’ll tell you which ones are less likely to be crowded, dirty, or noisy. Get ready for the cartographolution. (blog google gps map )
Eater: The Week in Yelp: Obsessed With Pickles
Awkward confession alert! When I was a child, because I loved them so much, if I was upset my mother would comfort me by giving me a cucumber to fall asleep holding like a teddy bear. (blog food )
Cable’s First Lady Of Explicit - New York Times
she opened the phone lines, expecting the worst. “But the callers were telling me I was beautiful,” she said. “I was never called beautiful in my life. My mother always said I was ugly and that I’d be dead before I was 25.” (nyc nyt porn profile sex )
The Tears of Things: Not Art Bloggers @ All
By now, there is nothing unique about a blog, nothing new to say about its form, structure, or function … the whole point of their enterprise is make the interface transparent and painless, so you’re not looking at the finger, but the moon. (art blog criticism )

del.icio.us (Apr 10)

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:43:09 +0000

Rhizome: Interview with Aron Namenwirth of artMovingProjects By Paddy Johnson
On the computer screen in the privacy of your home, you can do research… it’s not the same as looking at it in a real space, walking around it, and experiencing it. A lot of new media work requires interaction, and that interaction is mediated by the (art interview museum online)
When Is a Fashion Ad Not a Fashion Ad? - New York Times
Shamelessness is a feature of contemporary life; it visibly afflicts the celebrity and the wannabe celebrity, but it also informs and liberates the artist. (advertising celebrity fashion nyt sad )
They Call Him the Fixer in a World That?s a Mess - Michael Clayton - Movie - Review - The New York Times
She’s a cliche — brittle, sexless, friendless, cheerless and all the rest — but what makes her work is her unnerving banality… This is a pitiful creature, as unloved by her writer-director creator as by the genius actress who plays her. (movies nyt review )
Is the Tipping Point Toast?
“If society is ready to embrace a trend, almost anyone can start one — and if it isn’t, then almost no one can” … To succeed with a new product, it’s less a matter of finding the perfect hipster to infect and more a matter of gauging the public’s mood. (argument article books marketing research trends )
Crossings By Migrants Slow as Job Picture Dims - WSJ.com
Lopez, a 43-year-old illegal immigrant … earned about $50,000 a year transporting construction material, but the work dried up and he now drives a taxi to make ends meet. “To live in America these days is to suffer,” said Mr. Lopez. (economics labor politics race wsj )

del.icio.us (Apr 8)

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:06:47 +0000

Why Democrats Are Now Seeing the Ugly Truth About Bill Clinton — New York Magazine
Just as Republicans are beginning to get why George Bush makes so many Americans want to rip their hair out, a lot of Democrats have finally, viscerally come to understand Clinton-loathing. Mutual, symmetrical disillusionment; it’s a start. (essay politics president)
How Pioneering AIDS Doctor Ramon Torres Became Another Casualty of the Epidemic — New York Magazine
In the decade since AIDS moved from a mostly deadly plague to a largely manageable condition, a surprising number of the frontline veterans of the most difficult years in the fight against the disease have seemed to lose their bearings. (drugs gay health nyc)
The Dupont Brothers Recall Andy Warhol and the Heyday of Money, Sex, and Art in New York - Art Rush 2007 — New York Magazine
He would ask, “Are you okay tonight?” We would say, “Oh, I don’t know?” And he would give us each $100… And he always had an Altoids tin full of quaaludes that people had given him hoping to hang out with him, so he would give them to us too (art class magazine nyc)
2008 Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism - New York Times
(journalism )
Taking Over the World One Sweater at a Time : NPR Music
Like a preacher testifying, Hall forces one young lady down on her knees and pronounces, “I shall name this sweater ‘Keepsake Lovers Wrapped in a Blanket.’” (celebrity internet music )

del.icio.us (Apr 7)

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:18:42 +0000

What’s in the journals, March 2008 | Economist.com
that newspapers try to maximise sales by reflecting the political opinions of their readers… using politically-charged phrases as proxies for political slant (for example, “war on terror” for Republican audiences; “war in Iraq” for Democrats). (economist media politics )
Green.view | Invasion of the holiday-snatchers | Economist.com
There is a certain Schadenfreude in knowing that Spain, home one of the world’s most voracious fishing fleets, is destined to suffer from blooms of jellies–which will presumably do no good at all to its tourist industry. (economist environmental europe schadenfreude science )
village voice > people > Savage Love: My Only Friend Is a Lesbian and It Makes My Hubby Jealous. What Do I Do? by Dan Savage
If I ran around introducing my boyfriend to people as “my current boyfriend” it might give him a complex, too. Just sayin’. (column funny sex )
Women Loud in Bed - Stacey Grenrock Woods - Sex Questions - Esquire
Carrellas, author of Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for the 21st Century, actually believes that each of the body’s energy centers has a corresponding pleasure sound, or something. “I’ve had orgasms just by making sounds,” she maintains, to no one’s surprise. (article magazine sex study)
I Like to Watch, TV: “Top Chef,” “Hell’s Kitchen” | Salon Arts & Entertainment
Look, I’m all for trotting out deeply mediocre humans for the mean-spirited amusement of viewers at home. It works for “American Idol.” … Indeed, mediocre humans are the unbleached all-purpose flour of the reality TV bakery. (article cooking reality review television )
C-MONSTER.net. » Blog Archive » Ten tips for making art that will last forever. Or at least a couple of years.
Metals are great and can be pretty stable, but if you put two different metals right next to each other, without a spacer to keep them from touching, one of them will start corroding like crazy.. kinda like watching Survivor at the most elemental level. (art blog )

del.icio.us (Apr 2)

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:49:19 +0000

indexed: Before his time, really.
funeral or art opening (art blog funny)
Questions for Ben Karlin - Lovers Lost - New York Times Magazine
Why would you leave Comedy Central? You didn?t hear about the sex scandal, clearly. Is that a joke? Yes. Why does everything have to be so sarcastic these days? (interview nyt television)
Like the Candidates, TV’s Political Pundits Show Signs of Diversity - New York Times
Mark Anthony Neal, who is black and teaches black popular culture at Duke University, said: “There is suddenly a demand for smart Negroes. You’re seeing a lot less of the Jesse Jacksons and the Al Sharptons and more academics and thought-leaders.” (academic nyt politics race)
Ben Heller: Why The Hills Makes Me Love My Wife a Little Bit Less - Entertainment on The Huffington Post
These are girls that grew up in the John Hughes era… Now they’re glued to the couch every Monday night to find out if tone-deaf chanteuse Heidi Montag and lunkhead loser Spencer Pratt’s on/off relationship is like, um, on, or like, um, off. (blog reality television)
My theory is that the day you realize everything in your wardrobe is black
and everything in your apartment is white, it’s time to leave Manhattan. (interesting nyc realestate)
Vice Magazine - PLEASE SNORT ME - PART 1 - An Oral History of Brooklyn?s Most Notorious Bar
‘99-’01 was a pivotal era in Williamsburg.. when the neighborhood finally went from kind of depressing because it wasn’t Manhattan to really depressing because it’s full of assholes fresh out of art school–and Kokie’s was at the center of that transformation (NYC drugs history)