July 2010
Brian Williams interviews Danger Mouse
So that happened?
(Luvving where BriWi drops the “wicked key change” line.)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
M.I.A. (19)
The Stooges (8)
Die Antwoord (4)
OutKast (3)
The Strokes (2)
Famous Person: I’m out of touch. I have no idea. I never saw the original Office. I never saw this Office. I never even saw Clerks. Like I never saw, what’s-his-name, Larry David’s show.
Interviewer: Curb Your Enthusiasm?
Famous Person: No! The other one. With the other guy.
Interviewer: Seinfeld?
Famous Person: Seinfeld! I never saw Seinfeld.
Interviewer: Come on.
...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
M.I.A. (24)
Big Boi (10)
OutKast (7)
Jay-Z (3)
Nas (2)
The Social Network
Trailer is out! And you know what? This looks decent!
Stereotyping People By Their Favorite Websites →
Slate
That guy at the party who’s always going, “Just to play the devil’s advocate for a second…”
Gawker
Editorial assistants who hate their bosses and want to write for Gawker
Facebook
People whose favorite band is The Beatles
The Awl
Jealous bloggers who are sick of writing SEO headlines
Actual Conversation On The Train To Montauk
Old Man: Where does this train end?
Conductor: Montauk.
Old Man: Where?
Conductor: Montauk.
Old Man: Where?
Conductor: MON. TAWK.
Old Man: Spell it.
Conductor: M-O-N-T-A-U-K.
Old Man: [pause] Where is the W?
Conductor: Sorry, I'm from Jersey.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by brevity, over-connectedness,...
– TWEET
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
The Notorious B.I.G. (26)
The Beatles (14)
Jay-Z (14)
Pulp (8)
Mickey Avalon (5)
Your Weekly Is Showing
Mark Coatney is quitting Newsweek to go work for Tumblr? What’s next, Rina quitting msnbc for Flickr?
Secret math message to JDel:
Horny + Doritos = Hornitos
New Media, Old Comparisons
But eventually advertisers move across and the margins are lavish for the leading players in each category. Jezebel becomes Lifetime, HuffPo becomes MSNBC, and Henry becomes CNBC.
That is Nick Denton, quoted in the new Biz Week story on Henry Blodget (which I snagged from Felix Salmon).
And it’s the first time in a while that I think he’s wrong. Funny thing is, I recently made this...
Health insurance is like this exotic animal to me. Every once in awhile it will...
– Choire!!!
Do You Remember Where You Were When You First Saw... →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Beyonce (6)
The Notorious B.I.G. (2)
OutKast (2)
Wu-Tang Clan (1)
Estelle (1)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
TV on the Radio (28)
The xx (7)
Tom Waits (6)
U2 (5)
Silversun Pickups (5)