You can never go back to highschool
Posted by Jef in Curiosities on 13. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
Meet Guerdwich Montimere — he’s a U.S. citizen, 22, very good at basketball. What he isn’t is 16, a homeless illegal Haitian immigrant, or named Jerry Jones – all of which he claimed to be while attending Texas’s Permian High School in 2009 where he joined the basketball team and moved in with coach Danny Wright, who [...]
“The Awkward Situation”
Posted by Simon in Pop Culture, Television on 10. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
This morning NBC confirmed two things: 1) That the Jay Leno show is being punted out of its prime time slot. 2) That NBC does not deserve Conan O’Brien. According to network chair Jeff Gaspin, the goal (starting post-Winter Olympics) would be to air a new half-hour Leno show at 11:35pm EST, followed by Conan [...]
Eating the Dinosaur, if by dinosaur you mean journalism
Posted by Simon in media, Pop Culture on 06. Dec, 2009 | 3 Comments
Chuck Klosterman has carved a unique niche in journalism with his naval-gazing-Gonzo style of media criticism; punctuating his idiosyncratic observational wit with self-deprecating personal anecdotes. Moreover, the former SPIN senior writer is a contrarian pop-culture consumer who enjoys Weezer (even the new stuff), NBA basketball, Mad Men, Friday Night Lights, time travel and Animal Collective. [...]
