February 2012
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“The problem with fixating on whether [Roland Martin’s] comments were...”
– James Poniewozik, owning it yet again.
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January 2012
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“What’s important is perspective: Accept that the Oscars have a casual...”
– Scott Tobias lays out the perfect way to watch and participate in the Oscars.
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“I have no take with Ms. Davis and Ms. Spencer. They’re outstanding actresses....”
– James McBride, “Being A Maid.” Outstanding.
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Fifty/Fifty: Jan. 23
Some more stuff to log!
MOVIES
#5: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. This thing could have been twice as long and I wouldn’t have minded. Lean and brisk despite the running time might tell you, sometimes to its detriment; the central mystery wraps up awfully neatly and predictably because, really, who else could it have been? I’m not sure what else to say here other than...
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Adam WarRock "Jane"
suitwithsneakers:
I made a song about Jane Austen, over the beat to “Moves Like Jagger.”
No, really…
The Best.
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Fifty/Fifty: Jan. 18
I was recently made aware of the 50/50 Challenge via Benjamin Birdie. The concept is simple: in the year 2012 (and how future-y does THAT sound?), commit to reading 50 books and watching 50 movies. That’s new-to-me books and movies, not necessarily “new release” books and movies. 50 movies shouldn’t be so hard. 50 books will be harder.
I signed up over on the site, though...
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The Trouble with Truth Vigilantism: It sucks when... →
thatnytimescolumn:
It sucks when people say things that aren’t true. And it sucks when newspapers or TV networks report those statements with zero pushback. It isn’t fair.
But the internet dogpile on this New York Times ombudsman column isn’t fair either. In the rush to shoot it down, critics are characterizing…
On the NY Times “truth vigilantism” column everyone’s...
December 2011
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November 2011
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“Characterizing what happened in State College, particularly the failures of so...”
– Mark P. McKenna, in a column about the abuse he himself suffered.
The Penn State story is gross, but a lot of the reactions are, too. Making this about one university or one sport trivializes the everyday person’s capacity for evil. This is not about some “other” with whom you...
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“Well, for one thing, games are inherently wussy. The stereotype of the...”
– From a fantastically entertaining review(ish) of Call of Battlefield: Modern Duty 4 or whatever, by Charlie Brooker.
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“Movieline critic Stephanie Zacharek wrote the following statement, which I think...”
– Scott Tobias, on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I like SP way more than Tobias and think Zacharek is essentially wrong (great movies still happen all the time), but the larger point made in this paragraph needs to be read and re-read and re-re-read by anyone in any creative field.
Stories are not...
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“…the old centuries had, and have, powers of their own which mere...”
– Bram Stoker, Dracula. Have you checked out Dracula the Unconquered? It is a dollar, and worth five times that much.
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October 2011
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September 2011
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