Morning Dump: Gossip goes out with a whisper, Eight page article finds Palin is a politician, 9/11 Birthdays, Tiffr founders find TIFF testy
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 04. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Although I tend to know way too much about celebrities as a result of LIVING ON THE INTERNET, I can assure you there’s nothing I hate more than reading gossip rags. That said, apparently I really love reading ABOUT gossip rags. For a great look at New York’s “golden gossip era” and how it lost [...]
Morning Dump: Mr. Romance, Balanced book reading, Welcome to Lagos,
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 28. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
Are New York Times book reviewers biased towards white dudes from Brooklyn? When was the last time you read a book by a female author? Do you get the hype around Jonathan Franzen? I’m crazy tired so sorry about the lazy rhetoricals. But yeah, Chris Jackson wrote something about some such and I dug it [...]
Morning Dump: Pitchfork’s upward mobility, something about everything, the goddamn Frank Miller, fake kicks real profit
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 21. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Wired magazine has a succinct story about Pitchfork’s newest feature, exclusive multi-camera online concert videos. The musical taste makers at p4k have built themselves from just-another-blog into a shepherd of hipster music fans worldwide. Wired delves into why the newest Pitchfork project — fully self funded by the Chicago site — is par for the [...]
Morning Dump: Bret Easton Ellis may be a douche, Gary Shandling is funny, Scott Pilgrim is charming, kids are idiots
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 14. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
The fanboys bring out the snark in Bret Easton Ellis I’m sorry, but Bret Easton Ellis is totally one of my favourite authors, even though he totally comes off as a pompous douche in real life and his latest, Imperial Bedrooms, so far isn’t that great even though I’m only half way through it. But [...]
Morning Dump: Wyclef’s bid for Haiti, Arcade Fire on Tube of You, Ice Cube stock plummets, Can Scott Dadich save the magazine industry?
Posted by Simon in Morning Dump on 07. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Vote for Pedro Wyclef Jean! In a barely coherent open letter to the Huffington Post, former Fugees member Jean explains he’s running for the presidency of Haiti because, you know, he loves his daughter. My interpretation of all celebrity decision making is perpetually stuck on skeptical — but even I figure what could really be the [...]
