December 2009
80 posts
“Hip-Hop, R.I.P. Jay-Z became the chief executive of Def Jam Records and bought a...”
– Andrew Gensler, please stop.
Naughtie Behavior | The Decade in Music - T Magazine Blog - NYTimes.com
tothemaxxx:
Charlotte Gainsbourg “Heaven Can...
Fetishizing The Other →
hotdoorknobs:
“Where post-grad meets post-race.”
New group Tumblr with Slaughterhouse 90210, Split Infinitives and Bling Cosby.
“THE FUSILLI WITH RED-WINE BRAISED OCTOPUS AND BONE MARROW AT MAREA This is surf...”
– Sam Sifton seemed to struggle just a bit out of the gate taking over for Frank Bruni as NYT’s food critic. Now he’s coming into his own and I want this.
Critic’s Notebook - Selecting the Year’s Top 11 New Dishes - Review - NYTimes.com
“Interning: This tradition of free labor to enter some creative profession is...”
– NV-C goes to church.
Trends That Need to End in 2010 - The Daily Beast
“Anyway, the opening episode finds the eight meeting, making snap judgments about...”
– Neil Genzlinger, goin’ in on The Real World.
Real World Washington D.C. - NYTimes.com
“It’s just that Cruise — think about it — has one of the best...”
– Wells gets Tom Cruise right.
Knight and Day :: Hollywood Elsewhere
“On page 15, Biskind writes briefly about Beatty’s early (in mid 1959)...”
– Jeff Wells is doing play-by-play of Warren Beatty’s sexcapades as reported by Peter Biskind in his much-awaited (by me) Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America, which is out on January 12.
Those Days :: Hollywood Elsewhere
“In my private life I’m totally the opposite of what I present on screen. I like...”
– I want to be friends with Udo Kier and have him make me some lasagna and give me a rescue dog.
Udo Kier: The Movieline Interview
Ed Norton tricked us all
Pre-millennial feature filmography.
Fight Club (1999) …. The Narrator
American History X (1998) …. Derek Vinyard
Rounders (1998) …. Lester ‘Worm’ Murphy
Everyone Says I Love You (1996) …. Holden Spence
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) …. Alan Isaacman
Primal Fear (1996) …. Aaron
Aughts-ography.
Leaves of...
“New York Magazine: Jason, after just three films you’re already polarizing...”
– Jason Reitman seems like a real mirthless asshole.
Q&A With Ivan and Jason Reitman of ‘Up in the Air’ — New York Magazine
Filmmakers Echo Bob Fosse’s ‘All That Jazz’ →
There is absolutely no peg to this piece about Fosse’s evolutionary editing style—the mark of a real between-the-holidays space-filler—but this is fascinating analysis and reportage from the very sharp Matt Zoller Seitz. Marie Antoinette, which felt empty at first blush, maybe has a bit more going on than I gave it credit for.
“On a day when the Yankees acquired the Atlanta Braves’ ace, Javier Vazquez, to...”
– Kill me?
Roundup - Mets Near Deal With Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey - NYTimes.com
“Prom rap is not the look, Shawn.”
– The Youth of America, According to a Middle Aged Rapper Named Jay, As Told By His Slighly More Youthful Friend Mr. Hudson: “Forever Young,” the Video - New York Music - Sound of the City
“Network anchors are a bit like European monarchs: they don’t really matter much...”
– Gorgeous.
The TV Watch - Diane Sawyer Sets Her Tone as ABC Anchor
Criterion Adds Thirty-Five Films to Stream via... →
Day changer.
katiebakes:
Today I had a lightbulb moment that I can sneak-listen to WFAN at work through my headset. Why I never thought of this before I have no idea. ANYWAY just was treated to this (paraphrased) Joe Benigno gem, w/r/t the Jets:
Benigno: The Jets [winning the Super Bowl] — to go back to the woman thing — are like that girl you just want to have so badly. Benigno: And it’s all you can think...
“In the music business it is every man for himself. This wouldn’t happen in the...”
– Sean Combs Playboy Interview - January 2010 Celebrity Interview - Sean Combs Playboy Magazine
“We always joke about working with Jay-Z, having him do a verse on ‘Crown...”
– Derek Miller, Sleigh Bells.
The Great Unsigned | Sleigh Bells - T Magazine Blog - NYTimes.com
“(I also adore the comparison to John Cazale. What an incredible thing, to be a...”
– Really parsing what is already a parsing of an entry from a blog transposed onto a book from a blog parsing said book here, but three great Gary Cooper movies: High Noon, Sergeant York, Meet John Doe. Was that supposed to be hard, Mr. Lethem?
Vulture Reading Room - ‘The Book of...
This One Goes Out To You Internet Black Hole Where...
I made a list for work, full of songs and stuff. Here it is. Reprinted and tweaked (sorry, Drake!) below.
Albums
1. The-Dream, Love vs. Money
2. Girls, Album
3. Rick Ross, Deeper Than Rap
4. Real Estate. s/t
5. Phoenix, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
6. Drake, So Far Gone
7. The xx, xx
8. Mos Def, The Ecstatic
9. Lil Wayne, No Celings
10. Playboy Tre, Liquor Store Mascot
11. Raekwon, Only Built 4 Cuban...
You Know What’s Gonna Keep Me Warm? Those Degrees....
Chris and I walked down Havemeyer St. a few nights back, on our way to a party for a literary magazine (zine, maybe, though that seems passé) that two of our dear friends curate and edit. We’d just fattened up at an arepas joint. I bit into a chile and nearly had to put a fire extinguisher in my throat. Chris writes about music for money, sort of. Me, too. Though not really, not anymore....
Success of ‘Precious’ Highlights Oscar Absence for... →
Fascinating mostly for the statistics, but sort of staggering in the greater context of meaningless awards.
Dame Dash: “Champions (Presenting Kanye...
“People gotta remember the Clipse were the first guys to rap with Justin...”
– Pusha!
Vulture Goes Apartment Shopping With Clipse — Vulture
This Movie Sucks So Much Disney Didn't Even Buy It...
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice trailer