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Two Before The Eight
I’ll post my monthly eight in the next few days, but here are two things that I’ve thought about including. I’m skeptical about two books I really enjoy being adapted, but these trailers give me high hopes.
Now THAT’S Funny
When I saw an ad for And Here’s the Kicker in Vanity Fair, I didn’t pay much attention. I was interested in the idea of a book that was “Conversations with top humor writers about their craft,” but I was worried that the interviews would be Vanity Fair throwaways. Then I heard author Mike Sacks [...]
Why Bother (With The VMAs)?
I’m confused by the VMAs. Wouldn’t MTV honor music videos more by actually playing them? In order to see the videos that won on Sunday night, wouldn’t you have to go to YouTube? That’s what I did to see the Beyonce video that Kanye called one of the best videos ever. And that brings me [...]
A Flood Of Emo Music
Topic One: Aquarium Drunkard has posted 8 tracks of a 1967 Beach Boys rehearsal. Listen to the version of God Only Knows. It’s awesome, but pretty emo. Topic Two: The last two music magazines that came to gabebullard.com headquarters featured profiles on Kid Cudi, who had a mild hit with “Day N Nite” from the [...]
Cool Math
The other day a Twitter discussion led to me watching a string of Billy Joel videos on YouTube. I think Klosterman has the final word on Billy Joel, but no matter how you feel about Billy Joel’s music, it’s undeniable that the man is uncool. He’s too uncool to even be ironically uncool (like Rod [...]
September’s 8
Inside Baseball – Ken Silverstein’s Harper’s blog Washington Babylon is some of the best political reading around. I’ll always be wonky, I guess. Mobile Reading – The Typography Manual app (no link right now) for the iPhone is a handy tool for a wannabe typeface nerd like me. It’s a toolkit and a textbook. And [...]