yesterday i was reading a really old believer article interviewing david foster wallace and in it he talks about what it would be like if you were a character in a novel. here is what it would be like if you were a person in an infomerical. not really related to my comment about DFW, but whatever.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
e-bullying
the e-bullying sign in the openning credits of the simpsons this week seems in poor taste considering what happened in western mass et al.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
dancing with the stars and why evan lysacek is the worst
This is from nytimes.com
"Last week the show instituted a one-time-only scoring system with points for technique and performance, and Mr. Lysacek, dancing the tango, was in his zone. He dances as he skates. Mr. Lysacek is a task-based performer (tell him what to do and in what order, and he’ll deliver) with a beautiful instrument (his body), but his approach, while initially satisfying, loses its gloss because it’s mostly about following rules."
"Last week the show instituted a one-time-only scoring system with points for technique and performance, and Mr. Lysacek, dancing the tango, was in his zone. He dances as he skates. Mr. Lysacek is a task-based performer (tell him what to do and in what order, and he’ll deliver) with a beautiful instrument (his body), but his approach, while initially satisfying, loses its gloss because it’s mostly about following rules."
Monday, April 19, 2010
Boardwalk Empire. So excited.
I saw Michael Pitt the other day on my way the the subway. He has the most piercing blue eyes. Seeing him motivated me to finally figure out what the heck they were filming in my neighborhood. Turns out the production is kind of a big deal.
Eliot Ness References in Pop culture from Wikipedia
I read an article were Eliot Ness' name was mentioned (can't remember the article, I will post it if I do.) and couldn't figure out why his name got stuck in my head. No, not from my time as a history major but from the Tupac song, California Lovin'. On some strange level that is extremely amusing.
References in Popular Culture:
In the fictional television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles a 21-year-old Indiana Jones dorms with Ness at the University of Chicago and solved a murder mystery together connected to Capone, along with Ernest Hemingway.
Ness stars as the main character in the graphic novel Torso, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko. The fictitious story is inspired by Ness' investigation of the Cleveland Torso murders.
Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland has a beer named the Eliot Ness. "Named after one of Cleveland's most respected safety directors who frequented the Brewpub's bar during his tenure from 1935-1941 and, according to popular legend, was responsible for the bullet holes in the bar still evident today. Margaret Conway, the mother of owners Patrick and Daniel Conway, worked with Ness as his stenographer."
Eliot Ness is mentioned in the Tupac Shakur song California Love in the verse rapped by Dr. Dre.
Lil'Wayne mentions Ness in his song "Comfortable."
In the Fugees' "Ready Or Not" Lauryn Hill mentions Ness.
In The Simpsons episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" the character of Rex Banner is based on Eliot Ness fight over alcohol dealers.
In Breaking Bad episode "Bit by a Dead Bee" the character Hank Schrader likens his success to Ness'.
In Prison Break episode "The Sunshine State" Don Self likens Lincoln Burrows to Eliot Ness.
He is parodied by Warner Brothers cartoons as Bugs Bunny plays Elegant Mess
References in Popular Culture:
In the fictional television series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles a 21-year-old Indiana Jones dorms with Ness at the University of Chicago and solved a murder mystery together connected to Capone, along with Ernest Hemingway.
Ness stars as the main character in the graphic novel Torso, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko. The fictitious story is inspired by Ness' investigation of the Cleveland Torso murders.
Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland has a beer named the Eliot Ness. "Named after one of Cleveland's most respected safety directors who frequented the Brewpub's bar during his tenure from 1935-1941 and, according to popular legend, was responsible for the bullet holes in the bar still evident today. Margaret Conway, the mother of owners Patrick and Daniel Conway, worked with Ness as his stenographer."
Eliot Ness is mentioned in the Tupac Shakur song California Love in the verse rapped by Dr. Dre.
Lil'Wayne mentions Ness in his song "Comfortable."
In the Fugees' "Ready Or Not" Lauryn Hill mentions Ness.
In The Simpsons episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" the character of Rex Banner is based on Eliot Ness fight over alcohol dealers.
In Breaking Bad episode "Bit by a Dead Bee" the character Hank Schrader likens his success to Ness'.
In Prison Break episode "The Sunshine State" Don Self likens Lincoln Burrows to Eliot Ness.
He is parodied by Warner Brothers cartoons as Bugs Bunny plays Elegant Mess
Friday, April 16, 2010
Cinema Titantic
Pretty excited to see Cinema Titanic tomorrow. Maybe I will get to sit next to Keith Olberman. ohhhh!!
http://www.cinematictitanic.com/
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tina Fey Backlash
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/04/14/tina_fey_backlash/index.html
she was always exactly what i expected her to be.
she was always exactly what i expected her to be.
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