January 2012
63 posts
Another Fucking List: My Favorite Films of 2011
I waited until December 31 to write this because I am not a working film critic and I think of the waning weeks of the year as some sort of race against the clock to squeeze in as many viewings as possible. I watched the little-seen-or-cared-about sex romp A Good Old Fashioned Orgy—not actually terrible, by the way—this afternoon because it was released during this calendar year. And still,...
December 2011
27 posts
Big L, “Clinic (Shoulda Worn A...
“Like Rick Ross said, “Am I really just a narcissist / Because I wake up to a...”
– Bad romances, late nights and feelings galore
Tyrone’s Top 50 Rap Tracks Of 2011 →
A perfect list, not in the way that I agree with all (or even most) of the choices, but the economy and discovery at work is great. Easy to return to, several things to file away. So Many Shrimp, still crazy after all these years. “Vulcha”!
“I’ve got to put a little effort into it. I try to do the best free product...”
– Albert Brooks on Twitter.
The Oral History of Menswear Blogging →
rawkblog:
I wrote this. It took over a dozen interviews and half as many weeks. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to chat and Sean Fennessey for editing it down from a billion words.
Thanks to David for a deeply insular and well-reported story.
Jonny Greenwood: “Future Markets”
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“Basically, Fiat looked around the landscape of pop culture and recognized that...”
– David Wain
'Make Me a Mitt Romney Weeble!' →
Longreads: GQ's Sean Fennessey: My Top Longreads... →
longreads:
Sean Fennessey is the editor of GQ.com. (See more stories on his Longreads page.)
I’ll try to follow a few guidelines for the sake of imagined objectivity, so, no friends; no GQ pieces; no pieces published before January 1, 2011; no stories pseudonymously submitted by my mom; no…