Reading this review of The Conjuring at Deadspin -- in which Will Leitch confessed the movie scared him so much that he practically wet himself -- had me anticipating a good old-fashioned fright-fest, one that belies the film's distinctly non-scary trailer. I should have remembered that the sportswriter/nascent film critic is kind of a pussy (Buzz ( Read more... )

Remember last year the president of Chick-fil-A said something about how his company supported the Biblical definition of marriage, causing conscientious chicken eaters all over California to promise their gay friends they'd immediately stop patronizing the hateful chicken sandwich provider? But then they'd sneak in trips to the drive-thru because ( Read more... )

A couple years ago I came across this Times article about Marc Maron, a comedian I remember liking from his Conan appearances in the '90s. According to the Times piece Maron had become culturally relevant again by launching an interview podcast that he recorded out of his garage. I started listening, and WTF would eventually become a gateway drug ( Read more... )

By the way, I'm surprised I haven't brought this up yet but it's amazing that Livejournal is still in business. (And unlike Myspace they're doing it without the benefit of a sad $20 million ad campaign fronted by Skateboard P.) Presumably it's ohnotheydidnt and a legion of fringe weirdos in their fifties mostly responsible for the site's present ( Read more... )

see you again soon, chicken sandwich at son of a gun


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I just accidentally figured out how to type words like this: commes des garçons. ¿Adónde? Mötley Crüe ( Read more... )

I have to trek to Beverly hills tomorrow night for dinner with the family at a Brazilian restaurant. (My sister Helen came back from her South American vacation last week and apparently decided we, too, must experience Brazilian cuisine.) I looked up the menu online and it's ten kinds of premium meat, which the waiters will keep serving until you ( Read more... )