June 2010
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lemoniceforever:
“Byrd’s death also makes senator Daniel Inouye the president pro tempore of the United States. This means that the father of a Dischord Records artist (Kenny Inouye, Marginal Man) is now third in line to the presidency. So consider this an official heads up; don’t come whimpering to me when the guy from Iron Cross is in charge of your oat rations.” — Sam McPheeters. I had no...
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J Church - “Nostalgic for Nothing”
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ninety9:
I think it needs tweaked (too colorful, but if USA Today is any indication, most people won’t be put off by it), but I like the new MSNBC story page. It’s a good start to a discussion, if not the ideal implementation. Definitely too busy overall (color is a big part of that), and even if setting allow users to customize, they won’t. And can’t the bottom tool bar be installed as an...
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So my day consisted of telling a hapless call center worker that I wished ill on her and every person that works in her company, that each and every one of them suffer an equal or greater amount of stress and anxiety that they have caused me over the past four weeks. I also asked for my $48,000 in premiums back. If I’m lucky, I will get one of my requests. I’m truly, honestly amazed no...
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skybarn:
And it’s on the Rolling Stone website, so that’s not protecting their brand or anything.
And? Are you really questioning Taibbi’s points here? I mean, he does add:Let me just say one thing quickly: I don’t know Michael Hastings. I’ve never met him and he’s not a friend of mine. If he cut me off in a line in an airport, I’d probably claw his...
Lara Logan, You Suck →
Big swings with the Taibbi stick:When I first heard her say that, I thought to myself, “That has to be a joke. It’s sarcasm, right?” But then I went back and replayed the clip – no sarcasm! She meant it! If I’m hearing Logan correctly, what Hastings is supposed to have done in that situation is interrupt these drunken assholes and say, “Excuse me, fellas, I know...
How I Accidentally Got 700,000 Fans on Facebook →
Meanwhile, the numbers just kept shooting upwards. Very quickly, I had passed celebrities like Brad Pitt (55,000 fans) and Spike Lee (67,000 fans), as well as entire countries (Spain: 25,000 fans). And as time went on, my book’s page overtook ridiculously famous authors like J.K. Rowling (95,000 fans) and even Dan Brown (499,000 fans). Soon, my book had more fans than New York City (510,000 fans)....
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I didn't have time to waste learning mainstream... →
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nycthe:
Bill Cunningham on shorts. Reporting It Harder.
“I’m talking about the serious stuff you wear during the week.”
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The hangover is exactly as bad as it should be... →
(via justsayjolie) Truer words.
Attn: rendit/youngmanhattanite/ and others! -...
hman:
I may come down to DC for this, foreal.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK July 5, at The Bell House
with TUSCADERO, TRUE LOVE ALWAYS, JONNY COHEN, front room DJ: Andy Comer (Tel Aviv)
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA July 6, at Johnny Brenda’s
THE ROPERS, KEVIN BARKER (Currituck Co.) MC: Jonny Cohen
HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY July 7, at Maxwell’s
THE ROPERS, BLOODY AMATEUR (Tel Aviv/Prosaics)
WASHINGTON, D.C....
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Who Smeared Dave Weigel? →
doublethink:
Foster is pretty much proving (a) that he’s a great reporter/commentator who is just killing it on a consistent basis and (b) that old media is going to slice its own wrists over time as they flail away in irrelevancy and cannibalize their own profession until there’s nothing left for them.
The sooner we replace the fat, entrenched, and corrupt “reporting class” in power at the...
I'm such a retard.
tanya77:
I just installed Google Analytics on a couple of sites I run. JUST.
YM is officially in love with TV’s (and .tv’s) Justine Bateman all over again.
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Traditional Media Is Having A Field Day On Tumblr ... →
YM is officially doubling-down on our previous sentiment.
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The composter-breeders of New York →
The number of graduates has stayed fairly steady over the program’s history, and instructors say they can’t take on many more students than they do now. But interest in composting has mounted over the past couple of years. In some boroughs, the number of applicants to the program has doubled, and most of the instructors have at least three applicants for every spot they can fill.
“Apparently...
flamingokitty:
heymikewaskom:
youngmanhattanite:
Telling the kids makes it official and so like the responsible adults we are, we’ve been putting that off. I don’t know if that makes me feel better or worse, like maybe we aren’t so sure about pulling the trigger. Wife’s big family reunion is next weekend and apparently I’m not going, so we’ll have to talk to the kids sometime before that....
“It was late one night in New York City. A man walked alone through Union Square, empty at this hour. The man felt a pair of hands reach out from behind and cup his eyes, blinding him for a moment. Frightened, he turned around to find Bill Murray, who said to him, “No one will ever believe you,” before walking away into the night. “
YM tried that once and was promptly arrested.
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huffpostnewyork:
“The New York Times is getting ready to join The New Yorker, Life, Blackbook and, most prominently, Newsweek by adding a Tumblr to the list of ways it publishes content. Or republishes content. Or comments on its content.” —A Tumblr for ‘The New York Times,’ But How Will She Use It? | The New York Observer
YM appreciates lamestream media’s efforts to get in...
We're live! →
(via capitalnewyork) YM officially offers congratulations and will be adding this to our daily reading list. For those who wanted to check out that zine article, no password now.
Back in the heady days of the 2008 election,... →
tan3000:
Rachel Sklar via, uh, The Daily Beast
it’s hilarious, because I SWEAR i got on tumblr and was like I am not gonna be doing too much race commentary. I haven’t even made tags for my pet rocks named “race” and “assimilation”. No, no, I was gonna do a leeeetle bit of hip hop work/contributing, but otherwise plan to stay lurking on the tumblrs with nudie pics. But jeez-louize if any little...
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"I don’t even like 'God bless you,' anyway. It’s a... →
molls:
(via kevinbabbles)
Thank you, Kevin. Thank you.
Because the myth was that your heart stops when you sneeze. YM officially approves of social graces based on myths.
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Giving up
doublethink:
Bros, sometimes you just need to give the fuck up. Put the dream on hold, something like that.
I came to the beginning of that road this week, as I realized that one way or another I’m going to have to toil in law firm purgatory (of a different kind; maybe in NYC) for another several years.
The people in the startup scene are just SO FULL of irrational horseshit exuberance that...
Futurama Premieres Tonight! →
comedycentral:
First new episode in seven years, tonight at 10pm / 9c!
Is this the official start of Millennial nostalgia? They grow up so fast.
“Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is in bad shape, but what most...”
– The Greatest Depression has just begun (via azspot)
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TV’s Justine Bateman is not making my day any easier to get through.
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You know YM is having tough times when they refer to Tanya77 as, “TV’s Justine Bateman”, rather than, “New Media/Digital...
“Most Americans know that the U.S. economy is in bad shape, but what most...”
– The Greatest Depression has just begun (via azspot)
!!!!!!! (via tanya77)
TV’s Justine Bateman is not making my day any easier to get through.
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