Morning Dump: Gossip goes out with a whisper, Eight page article finds Palin is a politician, 9/11 Birthdays, Tiffr founders find TIFF testy
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 04. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Although I tend to know way too much about celebrities as a result of LIVING ON THE INTERNET, I can assure you there’s nothing I hate more than reading gossip rags. That said, apparently I really love reading ABOUT gossip rags. For a great look at New York’s “golden gossip era” and how it lost [...]
The Morning Dump: VF’s Thriller Diaries, Chris Brown sucks, MiDiana, Tavi and Tran
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 03. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
Is there anything more recognizable in pop culture than zombies dancing to Thriller? Following up on the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death, this month’s Vanity Fair features probably the best feature on Jackson and his iconic achievements I have ever read. Mixing interesting facts (did you know the U.S. Library of Congress made Thriller [...]
The Morning Dump: Hallelujah resurrected, McSweeneys conceited, Canada explained (sorta), Nicki Minaj examined
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump, Music on 27. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
I remember discovering Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” sometime in the late ’90s and feeling like I had found something so special and private I couldn’t share it with anyone. That was youthful naivete of course, and now “Hallelujah” and its multitude of versions (from Rufus Wainwright to kiddie band Paramore to popera [...]
Spectacle: When No One Wins
Posted by Avril in fashion, spectacle, Sports, Uncategorized on 19. Feb, 2010 | 2 Comments
I feel like an Olympic-themed “What the eff?!” entry should start with a disclaimer: I know that athlete’s style in play has less to do with what they want to wear than what have to wear. Whether that’s to give them a one-millionth of a second’s edge over their competitors or satisfy their leaders’ secret [...]
The Morning Dump: Talk Show Host (music), Hollywood heists, El Bulli’s Inedible Swan Song
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 06. Feb, 2010 | 0 Comments
?uestlove of The Roots, band for Late Nate with Jimmy Fallon, writes the piece someone should have thought to write but nobody did, and does it in Twitlonger form no less: a brief history of talk show entrance music and how it works in today’s music marketplace. No, it’s not as easy as him and [...]
