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 [...]
The Morning Dump: a gay guide to Glee; elephants to make you cry; Alison Brie’s best no homo; Apu and beyond
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 12. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
So Glee’s done, and after having scoured the interwebs in search of the most amusing article about the finale, I present to you Vanity Fair’s Gay Guide to Glee. It’s gayer than I can convey. Also, dude busts out some seriously Conde Nast sized words. But, you know. Mainly, it’s a really gay guy writing [...]
It’s official. Journalism is dead. Jeopardy said so
Posted by jessekg in media on 08. Jan, 2010 | 5 Comments
Cus when you look like this, your word is law Jeopardy, America’s favourite quiz show ® with the quirky Canadian host (who has since this photo put on a shirt and shaved his mustache, but who are we kidding, when you think of Trebek, you think of this) deals with a varying degree of topics, from [...]
Vanity Fair and existential questions at the Royal Ontario Museum
Posted by Simon in media, Uncategorized on 06. Jan, 2010 | 5 Comments
As I strolled the halls of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Vanity Fair exhibit, all I could wonder was; is this a tomb to magazines? Conde Nast was once the gatekeeper of high culture. Now the storied publishing house is struggling simply to stay relevant (and financially stable) closing previously untouchable halo titles such as Gourmet. [...]
Gawker starts the year with industry leading cynicism.
Posted by Simon in Internet, media on 03. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
In this case perhaps, the dour snark is warranted as the site presents its Gawker Guide to a Journalism career, 2010 Edition. Predictably equal parts sardonic and sadistic, there are some gem one liners that are painfully funny only because they are painfully true. To wit: As newspapers and magazines desperately lay off talented people, [...]
