February 2012
67 posts
east-coast-bias asked: I'm interviewing for a spot in the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at Syracuse University tomorrow, and I'll be using you as an inspiration for what I would like my career to look like upon graduation. I really enjoy your work for GQ, so hopefully mentioning you will be something that helps me get into the program. Also, I really do enjoy your work for GQ, I wasn't lying about that...
nightbusriddim asked: dope tumblr yo
bakedandshameless asked: Almost two months ago, the thesis of your anti-Califonication piece read "the only interesting asshole is one who does not know that he is a colossal asshole," which was then qualified with "The second you start acknowledging, celebrating, and reveling in your bad behavior, is the second you cease to become useful." I'm curious where you think Kanye West falls in the...
poemsvsvolcano asked: Hey Sean, I've been a big admirer of your writing for quite some time -- & particularly have come to find your thoughts on film, when you make them available, to be among the most keen around. Anyway, writing you now just to give you an e-tip of the hat for championing RANGO, which I otherwise never would have bothered to see. I just saw it. & it's, of course, kind of perfect....
A long conversation with Chris Chulack, a dude... →
“The Mets are projected to have the largest single-season payroll cut in Major...”
– Bloody hell.
WatchThe-Dream, “ROC”
And while we’re scoring videos, + ∞ points for the skee ball look here.
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WatchFrench Montana feat. Diddy & Rick Ross, “Shot Caller (Remix)”
Minus 5 points for Wale cameo. Plus 1,000 points for all of the other things.
The Gary Oldman Story That Almost Wasn't →
Oren Moverman’s Criterion Collection Top 10 →
Much easier to process Rampart’s flashing, impressionistic pacing when you read his account of these films. His brain flickers.
21 More Photos That Show What Joe Biden Is Really... →
This is pretty special.
Mets' Niese Breathing Easier, Feeling Lighter →
This is a brief story about a pitcher getting a nose job and it’s great.
“I love “Sex and the City,” I think I’ve seen every episode. I like “Glee.”
– Julian Fellowes, showing his ass.
“Silicon Valley, where engineers in khakis write software code, might not at...”
– Blogger Uses Rap to Teach Pithy Business Lessons
Speaking of ledes, this is the worst one I’ve read in some time.
“As a child I feared the day the world would be taken over by robots; these days...”
– Crash course in how to write an interesting lede for an album review by Lindsay Zoladz.
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Rob Corddry Joins 'Pain And Gain'; Michael Bay... →
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Gore Verbinski Reveals The Top Ten Inspirations... →
“[Winning an Oscar] is not important to me. In fact, I think that if you go about...”
– Nicolas Cage talks in a deeply Cage-ian way to Mike Ryan
My Debt to Ireland →
By JJS
Someone Get These Two a Room. Preferably Together.
“[I’m] staying with my ex-boyfriend. I live on his couch.” -Lana del Rey
“He has his own couch.” -Josh Lin, brother of Jeremy Lin
Alderson Gets Funny About the Mets' Money →
How Many Times in This Life Does One Get to Share... →