Lil Wayne Smuggles iPod Into Prison
Posted by Simon in Uncategorized on 13. May, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Village Voice reports that rapper Lil Wayne has been caught in possession of illegal contraband at his Rikers Island jail. Wayne was literally caught holding the bag, which in this case contained a charger and earbuds. Corrections officers (who apparently know how these MP3 gizmos work) later found the accompanying iPod in a neighbouring [...]
The Morning Dump: Long live LaChapelle, joke rap, ‘The Wire’ as academic text, Liz Lemon is not ugly and what that means
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 27. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’m hopped up on cold meds and drunk from a lunch meeting as I write this bold statement, but David LaChapelle is the Holden Caulfield of fashion photography. As skeezy Terry Richardson makes the news rounds and we lament Annie Leibowitz’s financial decline, LaChapelle opens up to Dazed Digital about learning from his mistakes and [...]
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 [...]
The Morning Dump: Sexy writing, non-sexy writing, being stupid about Jay-Z and dinner with Ebert
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 09. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
Sex is always a compelling topic, particularly when debated in the New York Times. Katie Roiphe recently wrote an op-ed for the NYT Book Review bemoaning the lack of literary moaning amongst contemporary writers. An interesting read in itself, Steve Almond soon blogged a response equally insightful but with five times the sex appeal. And [...]
The Morning Dump: Crusty old poets, dealing with difficult people, the merits of Michael Bay and desecrating the Internet
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump, media on 19. Dec, 2009 | 0 Comments
If you like crusty old poets as much as the next guy then you are going to love this visualization of the poem Blue Bird, written by the infamous drunkard Charles Bukowski, and done by the people at Uppercase magazine. But that’s not to forget that Canada has it’s own famous, cantankerous drunken poet, Al Purdy. And [...]
