December 2008
38 posts
Dying Young: Black People Dying in Horror Movies →
At first, this isn’t too impressive. Until you scroll down and realize there are fourteen pages.
Ranking This Season's SNL Hosts
1. Anne Hathaway 2. James Franco 3. Paul Rudd 4. Ben Affleck 5. John Malkovich 6. Hugh Laurie 7. Jon Hamm 8. Anna Faris 9. Josh Brolin 10. Tim McGraw 213. Michael Phelps
I’ve been listening to Christmas music almost exclusively for the past week. A few observations:
1. “Little Drummer Boy” is one of the worst songs ever, regardless of genre.
2. I don’t know the words to most of these jawns. It’s like church songs. “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas/Toys in every shop/And the...
WatchThe Night of the Hunter, one of the more underrated movies ever, in its entirety.
“The ‘CSI: Miami’ team is like the Yankees. Me coming on the set, I’m...”
– Diddy, confusing the Yankees with the Albany River Rats
The List →
I was feeling inadequate about only having twenty-eight of the top fifty until I reminded myself that some normal people only own twenty-eight CDs total.
For funsies, I went 8/10 with my predictions, though I had the order way off. Linking to your own tumblr is more postmodern than Jean Baudrillard writing found poems and eating his father in a diner.
"I Nominate Stylez G. White for Best NFL Name... →
Predicting Pitchfork's Top 10 Albums
10. Vivian Girls- Vivian Girls
9. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours 8. Lil’ Wayne- Tha Carter III 7. No Age- Eraser 6. Portishead- Third 5. Deerhunter- Microcastles 4. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend 3. Hercules and Love Affair- Hercules and Love Affair 2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes 1. TV on the Radio- Dear Science, Some of these will be on my personal top ten list; some of them I actively hated. I...
List of Common Misconceptions- Wikipedia →
Prepare to have holes poked in your reality.
"AFL Reportedly to Cancel 2009 Season, Aim for... →
Epic fail.
“IT WAS SUCH A BIG COMPLIMENT FOR ME TO HAVE SONGS THAT ARE NUMBER ONE ON 106 AND...”
– Gee. I wonder.
Hulu's Feature Films →
If you haven’t been to Hulu in a while, it’s about time you checked in. They’ve been putting up some really good full-length movies lately. The one I linked to (you can’t embed these unfortunately) is Go, Doug Liman’s criminally underrated 1999 ensemble piece. Speaking to its box office, it was also one of a handful of times I was the only person in a theater at a...
Rolling Stone's Albums of the Year →
‘Tis the season to make fun of corporate entities’ year-end lists. Other than the mandatory old guy stuff, it’s not a bad one honestly. But a Bob Dylan rarities collection as number two? I own forty-three Bob Dylan albums. He’s the living person I would most like to meet. I consider him a real-life superhero. But two CDs of outtakes are not making my list.
The-Dream- “Rockin’ That Shit”...
WatchPaul Thomas Anderson fans had been searching for years for copies of his early short films, “Cigarettes and Coffee” (above) and “The Dirk Diggler Story,” the inspirations for Hard Eight and Boogie Nights, respectively. Within a month of each other, they’ve surfaced online. Watch them while you can.
"The Best Films of 2008"- Roger Ebert →
Ebert continues his run of not giving a shit what anyone else thinks. I love it.
"Does Obama Use a Zune?"- Stereogum →
I thought all Black people used no-name mp3 players that plug directly into your USB port. This dude is opening my eyes.
WatchPeople have been sleeping on this lately, even though it went over pretty well at Cannes. It’s doing a quick qualifying run before coming out in late January. I’ll see absolutely anything Soderbergh shoots, but I have to admit I’m not too jazzed about 238 minutes of this.
“They’re all about equally as gay, except for the ones that are a little...”
– Byron Crawford’s views on the new batch of Common songs.
Mr. Skin's Top 20 Celebrity Nude Scenes of 2008 →
This is the worst list he’s ever put out, but it’s still an event every year. And the descriptions are shameless.
"Why You Might Be Suffering from Quality Show... →
My wheelhouse.
"The Gift That Keeps on Taking: 15 Terrible... →
“Animal-rights organizations, pet stores, and adoption centers have spent years trying to get across the message that a pet is a huge responsibility which should be chosen by the owner, not by someone looking for a quickie present. Another thing that’s a huge responsibility? Ownership of a sentient being. Especially a sentient being which—if the owner doesn’t follow a few weird,...