L.Palmer speculates about a hypothesis that the Disney Star Wars films are going to take a page from the Avengers franchise: There are, after all rumors of Boba Fett and Han Solo standalone films. I don’t disagree with these considerations. But I think the sequel trilogy — Episodes VII-IX, will not be those. The premise of… Read More The Star Wars Avengers
He can’t be racist! He gives Money to black people! “I find it ironic that my foundation’s last grant was $50,000 to the Arthur Ashe Learning Center,” Baldwin tweeted. Which is to say, his foundation gave money to a charity named after a black person! So there! TMZ says they can’t hear the racial slur… Read More Alec Baldwin Denies Everything, NYPD Investigates
I suppose we should be grateful that she’s finally not talking about Madonna. Diana and Rihanna began as sensitive, wounded, but appealingly bubbly and good-natured provincial girls who slowly discovered their own photogenic virtuosity and began to conceptualize themselves as living sculpture for the lens. Both developed a false intimacy with photographers and the public… Read More Rhianna is Diana, or Camille Paglia Grasps for Relevance
Over at Quartz, a suggestion that Amazon, which has been making moves toward having physical stores (at present, “lockers” which function like post office boxes where people can pick things up), should buy Radio Shack, which has been faltering in just the way you would expect. It sounds exciting, but it’s a bad idea. The… Read More Why Would Amazon Want a Physical Presence?
I tweeted about this earlier today, but it bears shouting from the rooftops. How heinous do you have to be before someone besides Breitbart notices the assured ease with which you throw racial slurs at people? A credentialed reporter for one of the oldest American newspapers asks a public figure a question on a public… Read More Holy Crap, is Alec Baldwin Racist
While strong in reality, appear to be weak; while brave in reality, appear to be cowardly. -Sun-Tzu I mentioned this the Twit-spat that Justin Bieber started with Black Keys Drummer Patrick Carney the other day. I only marginally cared because I’m a Black Keys fan, and I never intended to pay it further mind. But… Read More Patrick Carney Trolls the Beliebers, Emerges Triumphant.
Roger King wins Twitter: Via Stacy McCain, who’s been beating on the Menendez scandal like it owes him money. Gah! Originally wrote Cruz instead of Rubio. Derp.
Red Sammy — These Poems with Kerosene I wrote about this band before: they’re a tight folk-rock group from Baltimore, and their last album, a Cheaper Kind of Love Song, was a righteous, genre-busting stew. They contacted me a few weeks ago to see if I’d do a review of their new disc. I accept the… Read More Special Review: Red Sammy — These Poems with Kerosene
No, really. 7 Things Democrats Would Have Freaked Out About If Bush Had Done Them Totally on point, even if the gag is repeating. What it Feels Like Being a Conservative On the Internet This is just satisfying.
If you are Catholic, and like me, you ended yesterday, shall we say, gastronomically unsatisfied. Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, is a day both of abstinence and fasting. Abstinence means refraining from something, and Lenten Abstinence is the “no meat Fridays” rule that Catholics routinely remember to forget to remember. But fasting? That brings… Read More Happy Meat Thursday!
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