November 2009
Funny how the Lower East Side looks almost no different on Halloween.
October 2009
My “Roger Sterling in black face” costume isn’t turning out. Think I’ll just stay home tonight.
Just opened my RSS reader for the first time in a week. WHOA, you little squirrels have been working!
Chocolate City →
I ended up at a random book party in DC a couple nights ago. The place was packed with rich white chocolate and rich white republicans. Coincidence? (Second item.)
It’s A Girl! (At Gawker, Finally) →
Tracking Gawker gender hires is the new tracking SNL gender hires?
DC is one of those places where you get home from an exhausting night of drinking and you think “I sure could use a drink.”
rins:
Zuki freaking out on TODAY.
OG FAMEBALL
(She’s the last dog of the bunch.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-25) →
M.I.A. (26)
Liz Phair (20)
The Flaming Lips (18)
Lou Reed (16)
Cream (11)
Up next on Pitchfork: Top 17 songs from 1957, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1997, and 2007.
Rumor that Stephen Hawking was murdered is circulating…
You know you’re working too much when you’re scheduling meetings in the office at 8pm.
Things you only notice in HD: Dan Humphrey leads with his tongue. #gossipgirl #makeout
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-18) →
Jay-Z (41)
The Flaming Lips (18)
Miike Snow (13)
Pulp (10)
Moby (9)
“Don’t Foursquare check-in from your workplace” is the new “Don’t Tweet from your workplace” is the new “Don’t blog about your workplace.”
It’s so weird to find people talking about you online… especially if they are Tao Lin!
Tao: how did you first ‘encounter’ [Shoplifting From American Apparel] Litwack: good question. on the web. rex sorgatz. Tao: where Litwack: Fimoculous Tao: who is that Litwack: blog. he’s an old, old school blogger. Tao: i’ve never heard of that Litwack: awesome dude. fimoculous.com...
Blog-To-Book
Question: What was the first blog to book project?
I confused Jill Stuart and Jil Sander tonight. OMG, it was like the biggest NYC fashion faux pas evah!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-11) →
Jay-Z (28)
OutKast (14)
Pulp (10)
Prince (7)
Tom Petty (5)
BREAKING: Tracy Morgan joined Twitter. Mission Accomplished.
Tumblring in Love →
Well, that’s certainly a good rewrite of tent, video camera, condoms.
I wish I were in Minnie for all this Twins in playoffs / Favre / miracle extra innings / undefeated Vikings hocus pocus.
What was the most watched show in the history of cable? Last night’s Vikings/Packers game: http://bit.ly/1JZGiW
Bloggers to get fined for not disclosing payment for reviews, but how is this different than tv product placements? http://bit.ly/2t9m8T
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-10-4) →
Miike Snow (44)
Kid Cudi (32)
Jay-Z (22)
Pulp (19)
Moby (17)
Perhaps it was sobriety that killed big media? http://bit.ly/neSnu
New Charlie Kaufman screenplay idea: guy gets caught blackmailing late-night talk show host by threatening to write a screenplay about him.
Smarter Cities →
First big corporation on Tumblr? IBM.
Gay Talese: Getting Drunk at the New York Times
My new theory on the death of big media: sobriety.
Prediction: Hipster Grifter becomes becomes Gawker staff writer once she’s released from prison. I’M SO RIGHT.
Change-Dot-Gov? http://www.fimoculous.com/archive/post-6502.cfm