Bret Easton Ellis and some girls he doesn’t know
Posted by Jef in books on 11. May, 2010 | 1 Comment
Vice has a long-ass interview up with author Bret Easton Ellis about his upcoming “Less Than Zero” sequel titled “Imperial Bedrooms”, and there’s some good stuff in it. Aside from the expected writerly talk about his process (says Ellis: “I don’t understand how writers complain about writing. Aren’t they pretentious?”), Ellis goes in on the [...]
Mom fights ‘Gossip Girl’ books by being greedy
Posted by Jef in books on 07. May, 2010 | 1 Comment
HAHA at this sentence: “Longwood parent Tina Harden…” Anyway, concerned-Floridian Harden was so upset with the “Gossip Girl” books her 13-year-old daughter checked out from the library that she decided to hold on to them for two years and not give them back. She now owes the library $85 dollars, but that’s OK, she’s saved [...]
Why the iPad is stupid but will take over the world anyways
Posted by Simon in media, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on 27. Jan, 2010 | 16 Comments
First off, iPad? Ew. Second, Apple has got itself some phenomenal swag, as the kids say. It created enough buzz with this product launch to render an Obama State of the Union speech all but irrelevant and the kicker? The company describes its own product as magical. Whaaaaa? Can you imagine if Ford came out [...]
