Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Waiting for Elmo
This would have been helpful senior year of high school, Mr. Hanlon's English Honors class. Maybe I wouldn't have gotten a 'D' on my paper about that stupid, stupid play. I actually could have written ten meaningful pages on this Sesame Street version of "Waiting for Godot."
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Where the Wild Things Are trailer
I can't wait for this movie. It looks lovely and amazing and I was close to tears watching the trailer. I have no idea why, it wasn't a favorite childhood book. It scared me when I was little but it was definitely a part of my childhood. Please be a good movie. Please. Please. Please.
trailer here
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Artist: Zak Smith
Saw his "Gravity's Rainbow" at the Whitney Biennial a couple of years ago and was just reminded of him from the Flavorpill header.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Article (Rant?): Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?
Every so often, I crawl out from under my mid-twenties rock to see what the young folks are up to. And I can't help but ask adolescent girls all across this great nation: W?T?F?Amen, sister.
via nerve.
Photographer: Jeff Hutchens
Undecided whether I love all of
his work but I like the Mumbai photos and the orange peel on the seat in the China photos.
Video: The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
10 minute video on youtube of an hour long documentary (research project) of the traffic of Seagram building in NY.
via kottke
via kottke
Friday, March 6, 2009
Book: Lolita
Nabokov makes me despair that I can ever write anything as beautiful as a single sentence of his.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Article (List?): The Rules of Gunfighting
I have mixed feelings about this list. On the one hand, the 3/4 of me that grew up thinking I'd be someone like Sydney Bristow, goes, "Yeah! Yeah!" after each rule, and especially after
# 10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
and
#21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet if necessary, because they may want to kill you.
But then, reading through the comments and realizing there are actually people who not only live this life but have additional tips to add, I have to wonder, "What type of life are these people living?" The 1/4 of me that is a bleeding heart that has bled all over the other 3/4 of me just feels like there's something wrong with people and this world.
# 10. Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it because it is empty.
and
#21. Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet if necessary, because they may want to kill you.
But then, reading through the comments and realizing there are actually people who not only live this life but have additional tips to add, I have to wonder, "What type of life are these people living?" The 1/4 of me that is a bleeding heart that has bled all over the other 3/4 of me just feels like there's something wrong with people and this world.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Photographer: Elliott Ewritt
I love beautiful photos but it's hard for me to really appreciate photographers. I appreciate Elliott Ewritt.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Bill Keller is surprisingly funny.
In a Q&A session about the future of print media, the executive editor of the NY Times, makes me laugh. From, obviously, the NY Times.
Q. I think a lot of young journalists and editors, myself included, are curious about what a day in the shoes of Bill Keller is like. Can you walk us through a normal work day for The Times's executive editor?
— Devin Banerjee, Stanford, Calif.
A. Really? You'd be interested in that? Well, I think my life is pretty much what you would imagine it to be.
I wake up most mornings to the telephone, invariably some world leader or international celebrity seeking my counsel. Lately it's been a lot of President Obama — again with the damn puppy? — but sometimes it's Richard Holbrooke to pick my brain about Afghanistan, or Bruce Springsteen asking if it isn't time for another Arts and Leisure cover story about Bruce Springsteen. The valet brings breakfast with the handful of newspapers that have not gone out of business. In the limo on the way to the office, I help Warren Buffett sort out his portfolio and give trading advice to George Steinbrenner, not that he ever listens.
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I like this:
If you know how to gather information, test it, organize it and interpret it, if you can share it in language that is clear — maybe even beautiful at times — if you can do that, the world has a place for you even if, God forbid, newspapers all die.
Q. I think a lot of young journalists and editors, myself included, are curious about what a day in the shoes of Bill Keller is like. Can you walk us through a normal work day for The Times's executive editor?
— Devin Banerjee, Stanford, Calif.
A. Really? You'd be interested in that? Well, I think my life is pretty much what you would imagine it to be.
I wake up most mornings to the telephone, invariably some world leader or international celebrity seeking my counsel. Lately it's been a lot of President Obama — again with the damn puppy? — but sometimes it's Richard Holbrooke to pick my brain about Afghanistan, or Bruce Springsteen asking if it isn't time for another Arts and Leisure cover story about Bruce Springsteen. The valet brings breakfast with the handful of newspapers that have not gone out of business. In the limo on the way to the office, I help Warren Buffett sort out his portfolio and give trading advice to George Steinbrenner, not that he ever listens.
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I like this:
If you know how to gather information, test it, organize it and interpret it, if you can share it in language that is clear — maybe even beautiful at times — if you can do that, the world has a place for you even if, God forbid, newspapers all die.
Article: Charles declares Mumbai shanty town model for the world
from the Guardian
He warned that a soaring urban population - rising from 50% of all the world's inhabitants today to 70% by 2050 - could only be accommodated without disastrous social and environmental consequences by developing local urban design rather than "a single monoculture of globalisation".
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Interesting. Tricky line between being respectful of a culture and romanticizing or pigeon-holing a class. I agree with his stance on building from what you have. Similar to an outlook that Atul Gawande has on healthcare reform in a recent New Yorker.
He warned that a soaring urban population - rising from 50% of all the world's inhabitants today to 70% by 2050 - could only be accommodated without disastrous social and environmental consequences by developing local urban design rather than "a single monoculture of globalisation".
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Interesting. Tricky line between being respectful of a culture and romanticizing or pigeon-holing a class. I agree with his stance on building from what you have. Similar to an outlook that Atul Gawande has on healthcare reform in a recent New Yorker.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
OMG
Baja Fresh is coming to Midtown. Not that I give two cents about Midtown. I should say instead that Baja Fresh is coming to New York. Not that I even loved Baja Fresh when I was on the West Coast but they give you limes with your burrito. Limes! One step closer.
Baja comes to town
Baja comes to town
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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