Your 5 Favorite Things for the Next 5 Minutes

Five things that intrigue me right now:

1) Barney Frank’s Best Insults.

2) Richard Lawson in Atlantic Wire. How fast did this become the best writing online? In just weeks, we’ve received thought pieces like When Fans Attack and movie reviews that read like the best of the New Yorker (so: Anthony Lane not David Denby), while still satisfying us in that off-hand impulsive bloggy way. (See also, this post on Gawker that isn’t at all about Lawson but somehow the commenters turned it into a rally cry.)

3) The Trailer to Shame.

4) @FAKEGRIMLOCK.

5) Paste’s 50 Best Songs of 2011.