April 2009
180 posts
“Ecco’s Matt Weiland has acquired Carrie Brownstein’s The Sound of Where You Are in a North American rights deal with Jud Laghi at LJK Literary Management. Brownstein, founding member of the band Sleater-Kinney and author of NPR’s Monitor Mix blog, will describe the dramatically changing dynamic between music fan and performer, from the birth of the iPod and the death of the record store to the emergence of the “you be the star” culture of American Idol and the ensuing dilution of rock “mystique.” Tentative pub date is early 2011.”
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Book Deals: Week of 3/16/09 - 3/16/2009 - Publishers Weekly
Hmm…I might read that. Key word being might.
March 2009
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“When I first picked up the book, I had no idea what to expect. I was doing research for a film and stumbled upon it by heppen chance in the library. I had already read “Fast Food Nation” and was intrigued by what the title already suggested. What I found inside was an ivaluable research tool. It’s a great book! The stories that it details: from the birth of Jumbo Sizes in movie theaters to fast food companies upping the ante on your plate, are really fantastic. It does a nice job of making the facts, people and places accessible without seeming “Holier than Thou.” (And one should never take any book as the “end all be all” solution to uncovering problems - especially one as large as the current obesity epidemic.) I recommend “Fat Land” whole-heartedly to anyone who wants to expand their views when it comes to the way live, eat and think as Americans - something many of us need to do. Greg Critser has hit a home run with this one … AND he can run around the bases without fainting or wheezing!”
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Amazon.com: Profile For Morgan Spurlock: Reviews
Wonder whatever happened to that guy.
“Did your kid eat your entire jewelry box? A toy plane? Do you think you have the craziest x-ray around?
TLC is looking for stories about the CRAZY things kids eat! Email us now if you have a shocking x-ray from your kids unusual snack!” —http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tlg/1094639532.html
TLC is looking for stories about the CRAZY things kids eat! Email us now if you have a shocking x-ray from your kids unusual snack!” —http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/tlg/1094639532.html
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“Sandy Ross, a Scottish Television executive, came up with the concept while skiing in Aspen.”
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Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maybe it is just me, but I find it pretty fucking incredible that she came up with Sherlock Holmes ending up in the 22nd century while skiing in Aspen.
“Application Title: Dogs on Doorsteps…
Creation of Work Began: 2009-02-14
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-08-01 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2009-09-01 (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: Cathy Baker.
Description of Work: A 96 page book featuring approximately 48 photos and text of dogs on doorsteps and walks.” —
Creation of Work Began: 2009-02-14
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-08-01 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2009-09-01 (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: Cathy Baker.
Description of Work: A 96 page book featuring approximately 48 photos and text of dogs on doorsteps and walks.” —
A copyright pregistration.
The poor, cat-allegeric man’s Wet Cats?
“Title: The Ladies’ Guide to the Apocalypse: How to Prepare Yourself for Extreme Unpleasantness and Become a Confident and Kickass Member of the Armageddon Ladies’ Auxiliary…
Creation of Work Began: 2007-07
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-12 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2010-07 (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: Summer Burkes.
Description of Work: THE LADIES’ GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE is a handy, all-gender-friendly guide for emergency situations, sure … but more than that, it’s a fun and informative look around a world traditionally inhabited solely by manly men. THE LADIES’ GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE is a non-fiction survival manual and how-to book (and eventually series of books, TV shows, movies, merch, etc) which is designed to educate people to begin to achieve total self-sufficiency — for themselves and for their families. Whether they know it or not, most women out there would like to rise to the challenge to come through in a crisis — to be a responsible leader, a family-protector, a know-how-to-do-er. With wonky drawings by illustrator Arwen King, this book will show them where to start. And, failing that, at least the book will be ready on the shelf to flip through when the stuff really hits the fan. Certainly, men will read this book, too. Maybe they’re ‘indoor kids’ who’ve never hunted, fished, gotten out of a fistfight, or splinted a broken arm. Or maybe they’ll want to satisfy their curiosity about (or try to debunk) a woman’s way of looking at manly-man things. Either way, men will be charmed by the book’s unique voice — its easy-to-read chapters, brilliant illustrations, and refreshingly blunt and entertaining ‘hard femme’ point of view. CHAPTER SUMMARY Chapter 1: Pack And Prepare: Hunker Down Or Head Out’ Chapter 2: The First Moments Chapter 3: Something From Nothing, Or A Lot With A Little Chapter 4: Navigation Chapter 5: Communication Chapter 6: Movement, Camouflage, Concealment Chapter 7: Food, Water, Sanitation Chapter 8: Tools, Weapons, Life, and Death Chapter 9: Animals And You Chapter 10: Sometimes People Suck Chapter 11: Fires And Shelters Chapter 12: Keep Calm and Healthy Chapter 13: Dealing With Injury Chapter 14: When It’s Over Charts and lists Blank note pages” —
Creation of Work Began: 2007-07
Date of Anticipated Completion: 2009-12 (Approximate)
Projected Date of Publication: 2010-07 (Approximate)
Authorship on Application: Summer Burkes.
Description of Work: THE LADIES’ GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE is a handy, all-gender-friendly guide for emergency situations, sure … but more than that, it’s a fun and informative look around a world traditionally inhabited solely by manly men. THE LADIES’ GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE is a non-fiction survival manual and how-to book (and eventually series of books, TV shows, movies, merch, etc) which is designed to educate people to begin to achieve total self-sufficiency — for themselves and for their families. Whether they know it or not, most women out there would like to rise to the challenge to come through in a crisis — to be a responsible leader, a family-protector, a know-how-to-do-er. With wonky drawings by illustrator Arwen King, this book will show them where to start. And, failing that, at least the book will be ready on the shelf to flip through when the stuff really hits the fan. Certainly, men will read this book, too. Maybe they’re ‘indoor kids’ who’ve never hunted, fished, gotten out of a fistfight, or splinted a broken arm. Or maybe they’ll want to satisfy their curiosity about (or try to debunk) a woman’s way of looking at manly-man things. Either way, men will be charmed by the book’s unique voice — its easy-to-read chapters, brilliant illustrations, and refreshingly blunt and entertaining ‘hard femme’ point of view. CHAPTER SUMMARY Chapter 1: Pack And Prepare: Hunker Down Or Head Out’ Chapter 2: The First Moments Chapter 3: Something From Nothing, Or A Lot With A Little Chapter 4: Navigation Chapter 5: Communication Chapter 6: Movement, Camouflage, Concealment Chapter 7: Food, Water, Sanitation Chapter 8: Tools, Weapons, Life, and Death Chapter 9: Animals And You Chapter 10: Sometimes People Suck Chapter 11: Fires And Shelters Chapter 12: Keep Calm and Healthy Chapter 13: Dealing With Injury Chapter 14: When It’s Over Charts and lists Blank note pages” —
A copyright preregistration.
I have to say that I am mildly amused, even if I read this when it is was called The Zombie Survival Guide.
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“- This is a $165 Million problem during a multi-Trillion dollar crisis. As Ian Bremmer put it, Outrage is a Luxury We Can’t Afford. The economy is still horribly, scarily precarious. No matter what you think should be done—stimulus, bailout, neither, nationalization, more regulation, less regulation — it needs to be done soon. We are still in an ugly crisis and badly handled, it can damage the economy so violently that we’ll all be poorer, the vulnerable won’t get food and health care. The stakes are HUGE. And Congress and the President and Geithner should not waste three weeks on this sideshow.”
—Adam Davidson, NPR: Why Covering AIG Is So Hard
“Notice that no one asked, What might Icelanders want to do? Or even: What might Icelanders be especially suited to do? No one thought that Icelanders might have some natural gift for smelting aluminum, and, if anything, the opposite proved true. Alcoa, the biggest aluminum company in the country, encountered two problems peculiar to Iceland when, in 2004, it set about erecting its giant smelting plant. The first was the so-called “hidden people”—or, to put it more plainly, elves—in whom some large number of Icelanders, steeped long and thoroughly in their rich folkloric culture, sincerely believe. Before Alcoa could build its smelter it had to defer to a government expert to scour the enclosed plant site and certify that no elves were on or under it. It was a delicate corporate situation, an Alcoa spokesman told me, because they had to pay hard cash to declare the site elf-free but, as he put it, “we couldn’t as a company be in a position of acknowledging the existence of hidden people.” The other, more serious problem was the Icelandic male: he took more safety risks than aluminum workers in other nations did. “In manufacturing,” says the spokesman, “you want people who follow the rules and fall in line. You don’t want them to be heroes. You don’t want them to try to fix something it’s not their job to fix, because they might blow up the place.” The Icelandic male had a propensity to try to fix something it wasn’t his job to fix.”
—Wall Street on the Tundra | vanityfair.com
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“The teenage Hackney brothers started playing R&B in their parents’ garage in the early ’70s but switched to hard rock in 1973, after seeing an Alice Cooper show. Dannis played drums, Bobby played bass and sang, and David wrote the songs and contributed propulsive guitar work, derived from studying Pete Townshend’s power-chord wrist technique. Their musicianship tightened when their mother allowed them to replace their bedroom furniture with mikes and amps as long as they practiced for three hours every afternoon. “From 3 to 6,” said Dannis, 54, “we just blew up the neighborhood.”
—Death Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk - NYTimes.com
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“Sounds like the IHC is a venue for promoting the doctrine of demons - i.e. New Age Religion. Not surprising. The Word says that in the last days there will be a large falling away and that false Christs will appear to decieve many. Looks like Sony Pictures is controlled by Satan. Not surprising.”
—Infowars commenter NewAgeReligionIsDemonic
“how is this wackY? Sony Pictures is teaming up with Theosophy which is Rockefeller affiliated through Lucis (Lucifer) Trust. thats fuckin scary man.. You all know Zeitgeist is illuminati propaganda right? If you didnt then I’m really glad Alex put this here because that is very important when understanding the NWOs plan.. In addendum a pyramid is thrown up over the sun. Look up theosophy seminars theres one i found that talks about the maitreya and all that bullshit it will be the NWO religion.. even some UN guy says no one will enter the new age without taking a luciferian initiation.. this shit is fucked man”
—infowars commenter Matt
“Los Angeles is 72 suburbs looking for a city.”
—Dorothy Parker
Concept art for the Homey the Clown movie →
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This is important.
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“The other day, Nurse Toadstool and I talked in the break room over reheated mushroom casserole. She appeared sad. She mentioned turning a Goomba away because his health insurance wouldn’t give him enough gold coins for treatment. Then I realized why the same viruses continue to appear again and again. Each time we turn a patient away for financial reasons, not only are we denying care to the poorest creatures, who often need it the most, but we’re putting the disease back into the world, where it continues to spread. Furthermore, the patients I do treat get hooked on my expensive medicine. Mushroom Kingdom’s health-care system has turned into a sick, addictive game.”
—McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Dr. Mario Weighs In on Universal Health Care.
hapax legomenon
noun • a word occurring only once in a given collection of writings
From Ancient Greek ἅπαξ λεγόμενον (“(something) said only once”).
Hey asshole, we speak English in this country. They’re called nonce words.
I’m pretty sure a nonce and a hapax are not the same thing.
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“Henry Rollins returns to the station where he got his start in radio, hosting a KCRW music show that will feature “a great mix of all kinds from all over from all time.” It will air live — on air at 89.9 FM and online at KCRW.com — Saturday nights from 6 to 8 PM starting March 7. Each show will also be available on demand until the next show airs.”
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Holy shit! Holy shit! (Now, if only they could get Jonesy.)
Things Warner Bros. would greenlight for Zack Snyder
hcc:
Rush Hour 4
…But I Wouldn’t Do That: The Meat Loaf Story
Speed Racer 2
Fart Machine: A Musical
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Might be the best This American Life parody ever.
The banking crisis, lucidly and thoroughly explained. →
thislife.org
375. Bad Bank
The collapse of the banking system explained, in just 59 minutes. Our crack economics team—the guys who explained the mortgage crisis, Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam Davidson—are back to help all of us understand the news. For instance, when we talk about an insolvent bank, what does it actually mean, and why are we giving hundreds of billions of dollars to rich bankers who screwed up their own businesses? Also, two guys go to New Jersey to look at a toxic asset.
Other shows on the financial crisis: Giant Pool of Money and Another Frightening Show About the Economy. And you can get daily updates about the financial crisis on Alex and Adam’s Planet Money podcast and blog.
These recent episodes of the Planet Money podcast go into more depth on the issues in this week’s show:
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I get so inundated with new music that I forget the perfect albums with the exceptional songs that pull you through the most upsetting and joyous moments. I’ve been listening to this song on repeat in particular.
“To the East” by Electrelane
Like this song. Sorta regret not staying for them when I went to go see BYOP a few years back.
“Charlize “Charlie” Edwards finally has it all: a house in Silverlake, L.A.’s hippest neighborhood, two fabulous best friends who always have her back, and a great (though hectic) job as the personal assistant to Hollywood’s hottest movie star, Drew Stanton.”
—Macmillan: Misery Loves Cabernet: Kim Gruenenfelder: Books
Amazon.com: I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Inadvertent Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups: Sharon Eliza Nichols: Books →
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Is this the first book based on a “popular facebook group”?
List of fictional moles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
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The most important entry on Wikipedia.
I’ve come to the realization that I am pretty sure that GIF Party is biographical of my life.
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