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 [...]
Mary HK Choi tackles dude-ish superchick Lady Deadpool
Posted by Anupa in comics, Interviews, media on 26. Jul, 2010 | 2 Comments
Deadpool, that churlish, craggy-faced Marvel anti-hero will be hitting the big screen some time in 2012—played by dreamboat Ryan Reynolds, no less—so like me, if you didn’t know, you’ll be hearing the name and bandwagoning very soon. His gender bender counterpart, Lady Deadpool—girly-churl, blonde and babely—demanded a writer who knows that this is funny, hyper-meta [...]
The Morning Dump: What’s wrong with SATC2, Batman Forever friends, Defining Canadian comedy
Posted by Anupa in Morning Dump on 19. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
If you know me well, you know that I think we’re headed for a cultural apocalypse–you know, total breakdown of society based on the values that have been propagated via shitty music, television, books. Anyway, this write-up of Sex and the City 2 (by a dude, no less) for the AMAZING AWESOME FEMINISTY-KINDA BLOG Tiger [...]
WTF is up with that sentence?
Posted by Simon in Curiosities, Internet, Pop Culture on 02. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
Much of my adult life has been spent learning how to write. Every day I hope to get a little better, weed out bad habits, pick up new tricks and make myself a better craftsman. When you think of good writing however there can be a lot of culturally entrenched presuppositions. A survey of places [...]
Sady Doyle Shares Her Rivers Cuomo Intervention
Posted by Simon in Music, Pop Culture on 27. Apr, 2010 | 1 Comment
Sady Doyle has posted a 5,000 word plus essay on Weezer over at the Awl that is essential reading for a) Weezer fans b) Anyone who likes reading about pop-culture c) Fans of the Awl’s sex offender week. So basically, I think that covers everyone in the world. Brilliant writing. Here is an excerpt. “…at [...]
