December 2011
27 posts
“The reason why Fox News feels so threatened by Jon Stewart is because his...”
– Jon Stewart Spanks Fox News in the Year-End Ratings
The average Fox News viewer is 65 years old???
Here’s a prediction: after Roger Ailes retires, Fox News will steadily decline in the ratings, and people will say it’s because of his absence. But in fact it’ll just be a demographic inevitability.
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“Brooks writes that “companies are finding that they can get by with fewer...”
– Yglesias (via pegobry)
“Copyright infringement is illegal, and like many things that are illegal...”
– Matt Yglesias (via pegobry)
Matt Langer: Today’s edition of Things I Read that... →
langer:
Today’s edition of Things I Read that Very Nearly Brought Me to Tears on the Subway, this time via Ron Suskind’s The Confidence Men:
Dick Fuld, who had joined the company in 1969, two years ahead of Carmine, took him aside.
“You know, Carmine,” he said, “I think this will be the last time a…
“St. Vitus, a new metal club, opened in the late spring near the northernmost...”
– Ben Ratliff, NYT (via magnificentruin)
This place is righteous
“Just purchased remaining spots for #allamericanmuslim for next week. The show is...”
– Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons • Revealing (via Twitter) that he had purchased the spaces that Lowe’s had vacated when they backed down to pressure over their advertising on the TLC reality program “All-American Muslim.” According to his rep, he bought two spots, but hasn’t decided what to put in...
“This week’s thwarted vote represented a further step in Constitutional revision,...”
– ‘A Process That Is Running Out of Control’: The New Nullification Crisis - James Fallows - Politics - The Atlantic (via felixsalmon)
“The twentieth century, represented by Zamyatin and Orwell was wary of the...”
– Empty Internet : Computational Culture (via jomc)
“When I’m stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort:...”
– David Bowie Interview - Chameleon of Rock - Esquire (via hotdoorknobs)
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross reports from... →
When the Satyagraha listeners emerged from the Met, police directed them to leave via side exits, but protesters began imploring them to disregard the police, walk down the steps, and listen to Glass speak. The composer proceeded to recite the closing lines of Satyagraha, which come from the Bhagavad-Gita (after 3:00 in the video above): “When righteousness withers away and evil rules the...
“Judging from the photographs I’ve seen, Zaha Hadid’s new opera house in...”
– Lebbeus Woods (via thepapercity)
Anyone following me needs to read this.
(via stripesandplanes)
Im not a huge Lebbeus Woods fan (although his drawings are immaculate), but this, this is brilliant. And, totally refreshing from an architect with some renown.
(via praxismakesperfect)
50 Mixtapes You Need Now →
tan3000:
Spin Mag
Watchmerlin:
“…and that failure’s no success at all”
Bob Dylan- “Love Minus Zero/No Limit” (~1966)
Poor Donovan.
see: Roderick on the Line Ep. 11: “Everybody Knew What Mr. Finnell Did”
Poor Donovan is right. But he becomes incredibly endearing when he offers to help clean up the glass on the street.
How Frank Luntz is teaching Republicans to talk... →
austinkleon:
The evil DoubleSpeak genius Frank Luntz is up to his old tricks:
1. Don’t say ‘capitalism.’ 2. Don’t say that the government ‘taxes the rich.’ Instead, tell them that the government ‘takes from the rich.’ 3. Republicans should forget about winning the battle over the ‘middle class.’ Call them ‘hardworking taxpayers.’ 4. Don’t talk about ‘jobs.’ Talk about ‘careers.’ 5. Don’t say...
Watchinterweber:
Parents Keep Deceased Son’s Memory Alive Through His Awful Tumblr (Onion News Network)