Word up: So, should I believe the Kanye hype?
Posted by Anupa in Favourite Interviews, media, Music, Pop Culture, Rappers, Word up on 24. Nov, 2010 | 4 Comments
Hiiii it’s meeee, the annoying person who has been talking about Kanye West’s new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy for the past two weeks since it leaked!!!I promised a lot of skeptical people (fuck you!) I would stop talking about it, though I guess this post means I didn’t (sorry!). I can’t help it! [...]
Vote for Toronto’s best escort
Posted by Simon in Internet, Toronto on 15. Oct, 2010 | 0 Comments
“How could someone with so much education become a hooker?” my parents might say if they ever found out (which I pray they won’t). My reply is, “How could someone with so much education not become a hooker?” Misleading headlines aside, endearingly pretentious website McSweeney’s is currently running a writing contest for aspiring online columnists. One [...]
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: inside late night TV, punk’s endangered species, hearting Mary HK Choi and stupid Americans
Posted by theashcan in media, Morning Dump, Music, Television on 16. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
The late night television debacle has me riveted in a manner which I, frankly, am not proud of. Constantly, I find myself reading rumours, watching video clips, skimming comments and sifting through Facebook fan pages in search of new, ultimately asinine gossip. What Will Conan Do? I haven’t been this intrigued by television since the [...]
Gawker starts the year with industry leading cynicism.
Posted by Simon in Internet, media on 03. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
In this case perhaps, the dour snark is warranted as the site presents its Gawker Guide to a Journalism career, 2010 Edition. Predictably equal parts sardonic and sadistic, there are some gem one liners that are painfully funny only because they are painfully true. To wit: As newspapers and magazines desperately lay off talented people, [...]
