March 2010
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“I resent the sacrilege Nicholas Sparks commits by even mentioning himself in the...”
– Roger Ebert, on Nicholas Sparks’ claim that he is a greater novelist than Cormac McCarthy. (via leitch)
Polaroid Film Back On Sale This Week →
kaylongworth:
AHh yayay! Finally! I’ve been waiting for this since I heard Polaroid was back on the map! Now where can I get my hands on this film?!
Should have added this to the original Instant Film post. It’s available here: http://shop.the-impossible-project.com/shop/film
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Polaroid Film Back On Sale This Week →
With an assist from Lady Gaga, The Impossible Project pushed new black-and-white film back on the market this week, promising that color film is coming soon. However, apparently some of the endearing aberrations of the film have been (accidentally?) fixed.
“The colors feel quite different,” Cookman says. “They are not crisp and clear and [it] has a certain retro feel to it in...
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Greta Gerwig's Breakthrough Performance in... →
I think A.O. Scott is the only person in the world who likes Greta Gerwig more than I do:
Instead, what Ms. Gerwig does in “Greenberg” confirms a suspicion that began to bubble up through the diffidence and indirection of movies like “Hannah Takes the Stairs,” “LOL” and “Nights and Weekends,” all of which she made in collaboration with Joe Swanberg. Ms. Gerwig, most likely without intending to be...
Huts: Awesome. My friend is stuck in the freight elevator at work and has to wait an undetermined amount of time for the repair guy to get here.
Huts: We are dropping him beer and trailmix.
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MGMT's Congratulations Streaming on NPR.org →
Even though it’s not out for another three weeks.
EDIT: Disappointed that Paul McCartney doesn’t make an appearance.
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What’s in the David Foster Wallace Archive? →
The New Yorker takes a look into the new David Foster Wallace archive at Texas announced last week. Lots of annotated books, drafts, his dictionary, and a few letters. (Love the glasses and mustache on the Cormac McCarthy author pic.)
Also, the article on DeLillo’s archive also at Texas, including letters they sent back and forth.
When Exaggeration Isn't Enough
I’ve noticed a disturbing trend in rhetoric: the use of the word “literally” in figurative statements. Example from an A.V. Club commenter: “It literally made my brain explode out of my skull Scanners style!” The paradox of this sentence figuratively made my brain explode out of my skull. Mars Attacks style.
Exaggeration is used to get across a point. Modifying a...
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“Sam woke around 3:30 p.m. and saw no emails from Sheila. He made a smoothie. He...”
– Tao Lin, Shoplifting From American Apparel, pg. 1
elizagain asked: When are we ever going to start a band, and what do you propose we call it?
Will Leitch's Roger Ebert Story →
If you haven’t yet, go to Deadspin and read Will Leitch’s article about his relationship with Roger Ebert. The quote below appears in it. It’s a warm, decent, wonderful story that will make you want to be a better person. I say this without the slightest bit of hyperbole.
“I’ve been around a long time, and young men, if there is one thing I know,...”
– Roger Ebert
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The Net Generation, 1974-193 →
This ran in the Globe about two years ago but Joshua Glenn describes the generation of those born from 1974-1983, such as myself, as the Net Generation.
Socially speaking, Netters were the first American generation in a century or more to successfully merge a strong proficiency with technology and coolness/attractiveness… The prime fictional example is Seth Cohen on “The O.C.”...
Mad Men's Michael Gladis Reviews His Co-stars'... →
Apparently, the cast of Mad Men independently all grew beards during the show’s off-season. Michael Gladis—aka Paul Kinsey—reviews/mocks eveyone’s facial hair.
