November 2011
“I’ve been married for five years. To the same woman. I’ve wanted to divorce her...”
– Take a Stroll… with Rob Delaney - I Am Suing Kim Kardashian | VICE (via rachelfershleiser)
October 2011
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“When we broke up, he did his thing and I did my thing and we moved on from it....”
– Great Tommy Stinson interview.
5 months pregnant and nowhere to be found, where... →
blackandmissing:
When Laci Peterson went missing, the world seemed to stop. The 7 and a half months missing pregnant woman became a household name everywhere, grabbing the hearts of Americans. “Who would take a pregnant woman!” was probably the thought that was on the minds of men and women alike.
But despite the ongoing and national attention she received, her case was under fire when...
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“In Rome a vagina is una fica, a term deriving from the fig, a great thing, a...”
– Pubic hair as public space (via nodicesoldier)
this would change society as we know it.
“The laws passed then, to fight the sit-ins, are being used now. As are laws...”
– Sarah Jaffe on the removal of #OccupyAtlanta last night
Watchtwentyfourbit:
Hear Patti Smith, Nine Inch Nails Cover U2
Q Magazine deserve a round of applause for AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered, as they’ve assembled quite an impressive collection of tracks for this month’s U2 tribute compilation, in which each cut we’ve heard so far — from Jack White’s blistering “Love is Blindness” to Damien Rice’s patient, introspective “One” — manages to offer a reverent nod...
“The Hunter circa 1971 and 1972, i.e., the Fear and Loathing era, that’s the...”
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Greg Dulli gets the physical product/mp3 divide...
He’s releasing the most recent Twilight Singers show in NYC, but this is how they’re doing it:
Live In New York will be released digitally worldwide. However, a limited edition deluxe double CD will be made available directly thru the band’s website beginning today.www.thetwilightsingers.com.
This deluxe edition will feature the entire unedited New York performance and will only...
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WatchAmazing video in which Wild Flag take on the Bad News Bears, just in time for Game 5.
“Henry Miller changed my life. Lydia Lunch loaned Black Spring to me and said...”
– Henry Rollins in Bookslut
Missing girl's family: Where's the national media? →
The story about Jhessye Shockley’s disappearance has been on the local news every day since her disappearance last Tuesday. But her case has received precious little national coverage.
“I want the national media to pick it up. I won’t stop until they do. I don’t know why it’s not national now,” said Shirley Johnson, Jhessye’s grandmother. “They have that ability to send out to other...
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Wild Flag, the Bell House, 10-15-11 →
This was only my second Wild Flag show, having been out of town the first round of club shows. I paid full price to see them at Radio City, opening for Bright Eyes; even from 15 rows back…
Watchi’m a sucker for footage of old vegas.
Watchsoupsoup:
enjen:
FOOTAGE. Woman arrested at Citibank 555 Laguardia (around West 3rd/Bleeker). She’s wearing a business suit, clearly not protesting, just there to close her account with the bank as part of a group action. NYPD surround her, scare the shit out of her, and arrest her. For closing her bank account.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.
If anyone has more information about this video,...
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Blue Cats, Red Sox: the most offensive email I... →
bluecatsredsox:
[Brackets] are my own commentary.
Hi [Blue Cats, Red Sox],
We just started working with [sic? ‘a’] first-of-its kind sports talk radio show for women called WhiletheMenWatch [not altered, that’s the actual name]. Hailed as “Sex in the City meets ESPN,” this interactive hub provides…
Why they would send this to a baseball site run by a woman who actually likes and watches...
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