October 2011
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September 2011
2 posts
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How Your Social Media Outbursts Influence TV... →
With great power comes great responsibility.
Now, if only that great power would bring great TV.
Either way, we are surely in a new era of audience-hood in which we see what we want to see.
via Good.is
-AGo-
August 2011
3 posts
AC360 Has the Cutest Giggle Ever
It’s a little girly. But, high pitch aside, the blue-eyed babe sat laughing at his teleprompter last night in what was possibly the most adorable thing CNN has ever aired.
See below.
http://youtu.be/78D8WqtFen8
Moody's Warns Student Loans May Be The Next...
Yeah… could’a seen that coming a mile a way. Let’s try to spread the word about this.
HuffPo: Record borrowing by college students who are graduating without jobs may lead to the next financial crisis, according to a recent report by Moody’s Analytics.
A Very Special Episode: "Dinosaurs" →
Pop Culture analysis at its very best, brought to you by the surprisingly lucid writers at the Onion A.V. Club.
Who knew that Dinosaurs was a Jim Henson production, and that “there were Dinosaurs episodes about mating rituals, aging, puberty, masturbation, religious fanaticism, sexual harassment, war, consumer frenzy, steroids, bureaucracy, immigration, racism, conformity, corporate...
July 2011
9 posts
@DonLemonCNN Tweets About The Daily Show
Jon Stewart did a hilarious smack-down of how awful the CNN writers are by showing anchor Don Lemon (who is both gorgeous and intelligent) in a series of segments, most of which included him making fun of either other anchors, correspondents or silly bits.
Obviously, he agrees with the rest of us, that Hogwarts’ tuition costs are the last thing they should be talking about on the news, what...
WatchKreayshawn’s freestyle is good. It would be way better if they didn’t *bleep* her hilariously raunchy rhymes every time.
-AGo-
Love this:Harry Potter-izing the Debt Crisis →
criticalconsciousness:
Basically, the new Tea Party wing is Voldemort, and the old-style Republicans are Narcissa Malfoy: in that they care more about Draco (The United States) more than the pure cohesion of the Republican Party (Voldemort’s Army). We need those old-style Republicans to split away from the rest of the…
The Best Of Nancy Grace's Batshit Casey Anthony... →
Despite all of this, I still think critics of Nancy Grace’s style are missing the most heinous of her offenses, which is, of course, her hair. Anyone?
Also, her Wiki page reveals an appalling trend of sensational scandal.
On one hand, I can’t wait until she drops the *N*word and gets dumped like a control freak girlfriend.
On the other hand, however, she’s doing a lot to buoy...
Can't wait for Harry Potter.
Alex's Wikileaks Love Post of the Week
@JenKalaidis just sent me this video. Ahh, Julian. Swoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzMN2c24Y1s&feature=player_embedded#at=45
June 2011
21 posts
Oh, Quentin. Toe Sucking?
I love Tarantino. Those who know me know I can do the Pulp Fiction Ezekiel speech by heart, with the SLJ impression to boot. (When properly wasted, like a normal person). So, I would never rat him out like this. Too much respect. Plus, I LOVE Kill Bill. Shut up. I do.
That said, this chick Beejoli Shah is one hell of a writer and I have begun what may be a fruitless quest to find her, recruit...
Danger! Morning Spam Emails
As I’m recovering from the jetleg that’s plagued me for the past few days since my return from the “other” continent (the eurozone), I realized the trouble with waking up early:
Morning email coupons!
Generally, I wake up to a full box of spam and just delete them all at once, around 8 a.m.
But, when you’re awake and online at 6 a.m. and they come in one by one and...
3D Hologram Rocks out in Japan (Video) →
How weird is this: one of Japan’s biggest pop stars isn’t even real… She’s a hologram! Yeah, she totally rocks, but really, it’s just unfathomable to me that a person would pay money to see a stage show (a sold-out one at that) put on by a cartoon.
And wait! There’s more! Adrien Chen writes on Gawker about the second computer-generated Japanese star making...
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Bill Maher and Jane Lynch Give Dramatic Reading of... →
Bill Maher plays Weiner and Glee star Jane Lynch portrays Vegas blackjack dealer Lisa Weiss. This is a) hilarious b) jaw-drop-inducing, and c) the first uncensored broadcast of the content of Weiner’s X-rated Facebook exchanges. WikiLeaks meats #Weinergate.
Sorry, “meets.”
-AGo-
Why would you name your boat Titanic? That's just... →
You’re damn right it sinks. Should’a put money on that one.
-AP-
HuffPo Surpasses NYT in Traffic →
First: WTF, really?? Second: this is a lesson to old-school media and a swift kick in the ass: get your shit together, start using local, crowdsourced bloggers, focus on alternate and easily digestible ways of content distribution, and hire mini-Ariannas who are innovative.
-AP-
WatchIf any of you watched South Park last night did you think that the show had finally jumped the shark? South Park has had its crazy moments and serious moments in the decades run it’s had but for some reason last night felt like it took itself almost too seriously and too flippantly at the same time.
Playing Google →
It’s hard to play guitar with a track pad, but I just recorded this on Google’s homepage this morning. In tribute to Les Paul.
-AP-
How to Make a Doll Into a Wine Glass in 23 Quick... →
A bit late for DIY week, however it’s never too late to jump on a trend that’s exploding in Williamsburg, NYC, right? Apparently these overeducated, understimulated agents of gentrification have now taken to DIY toy mutilation. But hey, doesn’t everyone kinda want their own crunk juice goblet?
-AGo-
David After Dentist And The Critique Of Everyday... →
A heady discussion of “David after the Dentist” and its postmodern implications. (#woah) via Thought Catalog
-AGo-
Love Bites, LOL
Actually, it was surprisingly laugh-out-loud funny, although awkwardly written occasionally, as pilots are prone to be. As the first summer show I’ve seen this season, I can say: I like it, and I hope to see more.
Also - how is it possible that Lindsay Price and Jennifer Love Hewitt have been in their late-20s for 15 years? Are they fembots?
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This is what real women see:
Can we please fix the state of the media? This is simply bullshit. #realwomen #feminism
(via BuzzFeed)
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Men, Women, We've Reached Equality: Spanx are now... →
According to Gawker and the NY Post, men everywhere are investing in Spanx for dudes. So uncool. Unless of course you really look like your Great-Aunt Mildred.
Thoughts on this?
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Girl With Dragon Tattoo = Gen Y Pippi Longstocking
Here’s the new (US) trailer:
Here’s the original (Swedish) trailer:
We’re gonna write about this a lot as the new film gets closer, but I’ll say I dig Robin Wright as Erica Berger.
-AP-
May 2011
3 posts
No Such Thing As a Good Women's Magazine
Here’s the thing: I have found recently that if I want fashion, wit, snark, politics, cooking, engaging graphics, and a lack of blatant sexism all in one place, there’s no choice but for me to read a men’s magazine. Esquire, specifically.
I was in the Minneapolis airport earlier this week, on my first of two (ugh) layovers between Boston, MA and Pasco, WA, where I was headed...
High School will pwn Bachmann. Awesome. →
High school sophomore challenges Bachmann to debate on U.S. Constitution
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Rolling Stone to live stream Jazz Fest this... →
Broadcasts begin at 6pm Central on Saturday and Sunday. — AMS
April 2011
18 posts
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Watch a live view of Abbey Road! →
Be sure to check out the silly pictures of Beatles devotees re-creating (or spoofing) the famous album cover — AMS
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Lollapalooza announced their lineup yesterday... →
…in case you missed the thousands of tweets from those of us lamenting our inability to attend. — AMS
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WatchIn 1989, some brilliant mind had the foresight to photograph shopping malls in their prime glory days. He wants to make the whole thing into a book; you can help. And if you don’t have the spare funds to donate — well, the pictures will still make you giggle. — AMS
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Donate to Japan Relief. Download Exclusive Songs. →
A whole bunch of artists are part of the “Download to Donate” Japan relief effort. $10 gets you all the songs — everything from Counting Crows to Enrique to Ben Folds. — AMS
HIPSTER ANIMALS. because #tngg hearts hipsters. →
-AL
nails inspired by trapper-keepers - awesome. →
#tngg-ers - I think a post on new trends in nail polish would be awesome. I know we’ve addressed the “shattered” stuff briefly, but there’s just so much product around, and I think that either a massive review or overview of everything new and awesome would be super-helpful for a lot of people.
Let me know!
AL
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Portal: Aperture Science Collaborative Disposition... →
Portal 2 comes out this week!
Does any TNGG-er feel like writing a post on the original Portal’s impact on the internet/gaming culture? Was it just a 4chan phenomenon or was it a game-changing (no pun intended) experience? If you’re interested, let us know!
-AL
Encyclopedia Dramatica is done. →
This makes me so sad. Where else am I going to get information about memes, complete with offensive pictures and absolutely terrible language?
Seriously, anyone interested in writing a post on Encyclopedia Dramatica’s impact on spreading memes and documenting Internet culture?
-AL