May 2015

@chambermonster stalking the Huxtables

Crushed ice is nonsense.

Every time an obnoxious turd gets kicked off Twitter, his little turd pals’ misappropriation of the word “censorship” is kind of adorable.

Geico is now doing prop plane aerial advertising in Philadelphia, and I am going to find the persons responsible and remove their skin.

“…what is politics but a way of enforcing ideological values over merely rational ones?” newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

Like a fine wine, Faith No More fans only get better with age. rdio.com/comment/818184/

A great post from Simon Pegg on nerd culture, self-infantilization, and consumerism. simonpegg.net/2015/05/19/big…

My dinner date for this evening seems to be having second thoughts.

In my utopia, people treat sidewalks like streets. Walk right, pass left, move in a straight line, don’t stop in the middle.

I think it’s fair to say that Faith No More had run its course by the time the band split up in 1998, and seventeen years later, Sol Invictus finds the guys pretty much picking up right where they left off, which renders the album sadly inessential. This is not to say that it’s bad, especially by reunion record standards, but none of its songs are likely to become classics, and some probably should have… See more →

It’s only Tuesday and there’s already a pretty strong I ❤️ NY vibe to this week.

Danny Tamberelli, Windhammer, Lane Moore, Mike Maronna

Last night I was the designated @usairguitar sherpa for judges @hellolanemoore, @michaelcmaronna, and @dtamberelli. They are THE BEST.

brb youtu.be/mMnaukMOJ34

Now is a good time to remind everyone that the death penalty is barbaric, and we should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing it to continue.

My cereal box gave me a free poster of the absolute worst Star Wars movie, so happy Friday I guess?

I really hope @Brownstein_Grp makes more of these great Philly signage prints. Lots of folks would love to have them. underconsideration.com/fpo/archives/2…

For those of you who deny that The Simpsons jumped the shark 15 years ago, can we agree that it’s over now? theverge.com/2015/5/14/8604…

Web designers: If you, like I, somehow didn’t know about CSS counters, here’s a use case that will improve your life: 456bereastreet.com/archive/201105…

IMHO, if you’re a person who knows better, it is not okay to ever use dumb quotes or dumb apostrophes. Not in email, not in texts, not ever.

Shopping for athletic shoes is fun because almost every single pair is completely hideous.

“Every single human life is the result of a woman’s incredible transformation and sacrifice.” Happy Mother’s Day! thenib.com/mom-body-51fde…

Many motorists are finding reason for dissatisfaction in Brooklyn this evening, which they indicate by tootling their locomotive horns.

Day 1 of Couch to 5K! /cc @bigmediumjosh

If Boxing Is the “Sweet Science,” What Are These Sports? thenib.com/if-boxing-is-t…

I guess Mad Men – by some accounts, television’s aesthetic pinnacle – is riding out this end-credits-set-in-Arial thing to the bitter end.

A sad, eloquent assessment of Baltimore as a microcosm of the USA. thenib.com/targeted-in-ba…

Color me impressed that @ChamberMonster managed to keep a secret for 2+ months, and tonight we’re seeing Stephin Merritt!

After being a Wussy fan for a few years, I only just now noticed that this song borrows liberally from the Undertones’ “Teenage Kicks.”