I don’t have anything incisive to say about the above video, other than that I love George Carlin. The more I listen to him, the more I think he’s on my side most of the time. I wish I’d been a bit older when his short-lived sitcom was on TV. As it is, all I […]
Through some twist of lucky faith, I had the immense privilege of serving as column editor for Henry Jenkins way back when I first started working on Flow. One of my favorite pieces was one discussing the problem of Sarah Silverman’s film, Jesus is Magic.
We recently ran a kind of “greatest hits” issue, and […]
I’m sorry, but how did someone cast Matthew Lillard, Burt Reynolds, Ray Liotta, and Ron Perlman all in one movie? How? Is it even conceivable to watch the trailer for In the Name of the King and not suspect, strongly, that it’s the work of some mash up genius? But, no, it’s real.
I’ve always […]
Some velvet morning when I’m straight
Lee Hazlewood has died, which is quite sad. He wrote “These Boots Were Made for Walkin’” rebranding Nancy Sinatra as a tough blonde bird, and he penned Dean Martin’s hit “Houston,” a love song to a city that has been treated too often as unlovable, but I most prefer his […]
While I have plenty of issues with the MPAA’s ratings system, I’m still a bit sad that Jack Valenti has died at 85. Valenti was part of the LBJ powerset, and he instituted the current Motion Picture Association of America rating system. This system, although not overtly censorship, has resulted in some pretty troubling self […]
Kurt Vonnegut is dead. The world feels more boring already.
I read in an introduction he had written to one of his novels an anecdote about how he once, while smoking in a bar, answered an inquiry as to what he was doing with the assertion that he was “committing suicide by cigarette.” In the anecdote, […]
“I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults,” Molly Ivins, March 1992
At the age of 62, columnist and amazing Texan Molly Ivins has gone on to the big newspaper desk in the sky. I’m going to miss her. She […]
David Copperfield is planning to impregnate a woman live on stage. No reports yet on whether or not they’ll use a laugh track.
Seriously, though, how is it that this event sounds completely boring:
“Illusionist DAVID COPPERFIELD is planning to go one better than rival DAVID BLAINE by impregnating a woman live onstage. The magician will carry […]
Extra-special-Vicodin-fueled-edition:
Cameron Diaz blames tendency of older men’s testicles to droop on divine intervention:
“…you know how girls, as you get older, your boobs sag? Well, as men get older, their balls hang lower. It’s called SBH: Senior Ball Hang. I think that’s God’s way of making sure guys get to feel insecure too.”
I mean, really people, […]
Not only is Sonya Thomas the most successful competitive eater in the United States, she’s totally the cutest. This woman can eat 25 grilled-cheese sandwiches in 10 minutes. That takes mad skills.
Sonya has made major waves in a male-dominated field, and her website styles her as a feminist role model. She explains her nickname by […]