October 2010
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Deus Ex Machina: Chapter One - Hurricane Jesse →
aeldoq:
As he sat in the darkness of his living room with the Rocky Horror soundtrack pounding his ears through second hand headphones, he silently wept, his tears sliding around the curvature of his gaping mouth. It’d been a little while since the world had suffered a catastrophic supernatural ordeal. The fallen God that identified itself as Ouagadougou had been enslaved, its divine energy...
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"Fall Out, Boy" Would Be A Great Name For A...
As a kid I had a tendency to denounce things when I found out they weren’t cool. I distinctly remember one time I was in the car with a friend and he was telling me about the fifth Harry Potter book that was about to come out and I said “Whatever man, Harry Potter is for fucking kids, I’m bored of that shit.” Predictably I picked up a copy on the day it came out and...
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WatchSYNema Verite #1, a video blog. 100% accurate/undeniable coverage of what it’s like to have your life revolve around community broadcasting. Shot on a mobile phone, because real artists do their best work on phones.
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I'm Not Going To Apologise For How Much I Write...
So dealwithit.gif.
I read PRR every day, even when he doesn’t post I go back and read an old entry or two between refreshing Tumblr and ONTD, and it’s really paying off. Like right now I’m listening to Fang Island’s eponymous debut (do you think if Epona from the Zelda games had its own game people would refer to it as “Eponamous”?) and thinking “Wow, I...
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thirtydollarproject replied to your post:Something I Implore You Do Before You Write That Recap Of Whatever Show Sucks At The Moment
If you watch the extras on the DVD from Season 1, both Abrams and Lindelof say that when they first sat down to discuss the show, they both knew exactly how it would end. So I still hold Abrams partial responsible for this show’s tragic demise.
I wouldn’t...
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“You learned dinosaurs have started roaming around via satellite phone. Are you...”
– NaNoWriMo has almost begun, so if you’re looking for inspiration you should read this abandoned, thoroughly meta attempt I made last year. More experimental than your third grade chemistry set.
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“When I was a kid, I thought my Mom was “mean” not to let me play in traffic on...”
– Merlin Mann. A good bro tells you what you want to hear, but a chill bro tells you what you need to hear.
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Pitchfork Reviews Reviews Reviews [part one...
This is one of my favourite PRR pieces to date. I’ve been kinda down on PRR for the past week and a half, because I don’t find party write-ups particularly interesting (it’s totally his prerogative, but I prefer the thoroughly musical posts), but the latest post has so much fervor and passion that made me really vicariously happy. I mean, the glee from a friendly conversation...
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“Alice
That Julia Allison post is from 2008
Alex Balk is ex-Gawker editor then...”
– Thanks Jake. I know. :/ (via hugparty)
Internet historian.
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Them bloody Yanks.
Jonathan wrote this piece on Australians’ attitudes towards America that I feel compelled to comment on because I got name-dropped like the explosive that I am (both sexually and intellectually, some of you will find.)
I love America. I’ll stop short of saying “These colors don’t run!” (notice the absence of the ‘u’? Cultural sensitivity) with any degree of sincerity, but I have a lot to thank...
Guess what? There is still more leftover roast.
The satisfaction gained from good conversation and good food in the presence of friends and family is… inexplicable. It’s weird. It’s better than any drugs I’ve taken and anything I’ve drunk, but I feel so high right now. I wanna BASE jump off the Empire State Building. I feel like I could fight and defeat Eric Bana in hand-to-hand combat. I think I could probably...
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“You don’t notice at first, but this is only one shot, and it’s filled with...”
– AHAHA AHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHA. No, but really?
“Enjoy this time without me and spend it thinking about how awesome it would be...”
– The last month has been such an asshole, but I think everything’s going to be totally great forever.
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“we stand around and drink some more and then me and mike walk outside, to the...”
– This meta shit is killing PRR for me. It’s not even that good of a detail, a better one was the dirty shoes Franco was wearing. Rian Johnson, the director of Brick, included a lot of shots of characters’ feet in the film because he believes you can tell a lot about a person from their...
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Words the English language lacks:
The fleeting feeling of embarrassment one has after jolting awake due to a falling sensation when riding a train.
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In Lieu Of An Analysis Of The Hold Steady: A...
She says there’s gonna come a time when I’m gonna have to go with whoever’s gonna get me the highest
It’s hard to keep trying when half your friends are dying / It’s hard to hold it steady when half your friends are dead already
We got wars going down in the Middle West / We got wars going down in the Middle Western states
I have to really try so hard not to fall in love, I have to concentrate...
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Anonymous asked: you're really quite pathetic, aren't you?
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Stupid phrases used by stupid writers, pt 1:
“Nobody could’ve predicted that [x album] would be so successful.”
I saw this used today to describe The Smashing Pumpkins debut album. Sure B.Corgs has been prone to moments of egotism, but I doubt even he was sitting in the studio before he was anybody thinking “Yeah, this will definitely sell at least six million copies.” Like, obviously nobody has the fucking...
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Unpublished Works of Genius: A review of Katy...
This was deemed unfit to print.
Rob Gordon, the melancholic protagonist of High Fidelity, posits in his opening monologue that the reason people are so miserable is because of countless hours spent listening to songs about heartbreak, misery and loss. Well, I don’t think exposing The Kids to barrages of bubblegum pop and candy floss dreams is any better at creating well-rounded citizens. I...
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TV Guide Review!
Good Game More like Bad Game, because it’s a terrible show, even worse now that they have a girl co-host. “Feminism etc.!” I hear you cry, except her hiring was nothing but transparent in trying to lure more adolescent males.
Pure Pwnage I will watch this because I want to know what it’s like when a golden calf moves on to greener pastures, like THE...
Anonymous asked: Are you like a person? I mean like a significant person? Why are you being sent free samples of CDs? Have you mentioned being on TV before? Why are you on TV?!? Who are you?
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Reading the internet with a red pen.
Apparently I have more to say about this. Disclaimer: I don’t like Natasha’s style of writing. Let me emphasise: her style of writing. Whenever I say “I don’t like so-and-so” on Tumblr the argument I inevitably see is “Oh, they’re a really nice person, you don’t have a fucking clue.” Well, fine, I don’t really know Natasha, but (subjectively!) I find that whenever she tries to make a...
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