What the what is going on in Italy?
Posted by Simon in Politics on 27. Jan, 2011 | 0 Comments
Never seen an episode of Jersey Shore. I don’t know which one is the Situation and I can’t tell Jwoww from sham-wow. Still, even I found it mildly ironic this week when news surfaced the fourth season of the MTV show might feature the Garden Staters in their ostensible motherland of Italy. Not the concept [...]
Just go ahead and sign me up for “K-Town”
Posted by Jef in Race, Television on 15. Jul, 2010 | 4 Comments
There was a time in my life when if you told me there was going to be a reality show in the vein of Jersey Shore but starring a bunch of Asians, I might have flipped out and raged and maybe used the word problematic 27 times in 14 sentences. Granted, this time in my [...]
Spectacle: The bigger the hair, the closer to God
Posted by Avril in fashion, spectacle, Uncategorized on 08. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
Today’s soggy downpour reminds me that spring is finally upon us. And since ’tis the season for resurrection, I, too, have chosen this moment to return from the dead. (Alas, sans the worldwide feasts and fanfare, but(!) just in time for marked down Easter chocolate). It’s an interesting time to be back. A little uncomfortably [...]
Next up: A Celebrities Who Have Been In Re-Hab Party
Posted by Simon in Curiosities, Pop Culture on 24. Feb, 2010 | 6 Comments
You know what people love? Themed parties. Halloween doesn’t count, so really the only themed party I’ve ever been to is the now-ubiquitous annual ugly Christmas sweater brouhaha. Of course, I have heard of other types of parties. 80′s parties. 70′s parties. Prom parties. Asshole parties (you have to wear American Apparel, and the party [...]
“Jersey Shore” was a labour of love
Posted by Jef in Pop Culture, Television on 26. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
It’s the week after the Jersey Shore finale and are you back-lashing yet? Hard to believe this show was ever the phenomenon it was, but before you write it off as some randomly serendipitous mix of trash, race-baiting, and the public’s anthropological curiosity aimed at strange douchebag subcultures and general appetite for all things ironic, [...]
