The Modern Age

One of the other amazing things I learned about this past weekend was Comcast on Demand, which has to be the greatest thing ever invented.
On Saturday night we decided to stay at the apartment rather than go out to see Casino Royale in the theater (which I’m still dying to do). I asked our host [...]

The History Boys - Movies - Review - New York Times
As two teachers jockey for the hearts and minds of eight teenage schoolboys preparing to apply to Oxford and Cambridge, their epigrams send up small jolts of pleasure and excitement. How to teach and interpret history is the question.
(tags: film uk theater)

MTV News | Jigga [...]

SPECIAL REPORT FROM BAO
As part of the ongoing Modern Age travel series, bringing you the DC shopping scene earlier this week, today we present the DC music scene. Well sorta.
Last night I had the fortune of seeing Cat Power at the 9:30 Club in DC. The Memphis Rhythm Band came out first warming up the [...]

In the history of all-time great Strokes interviews, this one would have to be on the list just for the above quote. Jeff sent me the link to this great interview with The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas about…The Mets!
Julian discusses his love for Beltran, how messing up game 7, 9th inning would have “potentially psychologically wrecked” [...]

Barbie Doll & Tanner Dog - Wal-Mart
When Tanner has to go to the bathroom, Barbie doll cleans up with her special magnetic scooper and trash can.
digg - Barack Obama apologizes for being a cock blocker
Hilarious
Henry Daily Herald, McDonough, GA - Obama owes me an apology
It took me nearly two months of running into each other [...]

This weekend I was in Washington DC/ Maryland for early Thanksgiving festivities with some very special people and riding around, looking at all the monuments and tourists stuff in the car was fun, BUT the most fascinating thing I did all weekend was go to a regular ol’ suburban mall in Maryland.
Since I live in [...]

Fast Food Nation - Richard Linklater - Eric Schlosser - Review - Movies - New York Times
The film adaptation of Eric Schlosser’s best-selling book is far too rich and complicated to be understood as a simple, high-minded polemic.

Last night I headed over to Rebel, which is *gasp* midtown east, making it my second night in a row in that neighborhood–which is kinda like a nightmare of mine. But I sucked it up in order to see the great Scottish band, The Cinematics, who I have gushed about 10x over on this site.
Have [...]

Scotsman.com News - International - Stalin’s half-man, half-ape super-warriors
Super-troopers: Stalin wanted Planet of the Apes-like troops, insensitive to pain and hardship.
(tags: animals politics science)

How to Make Your Web Site Sing for You - New York Times
A site must have addictive content, said Vincent Flanders, a Web design consultant in the Seattle area who is the creator of Webpagesthatsuck.com, a site that analyzes why some pages do not work. “People must be willing to crawl through a sewer for [...]