June 2012
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Fuck America
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youngmanhattanite:
You have probably heard of the Ohio Cub Scout leader who was forced to resign for being a lesbian. My brother recently shared this with his 7-year-old son who, in addition to being in the Cub Scouts, has a friend with two lesbian moms which required its own explanation a couple years ago. Now, my enlightened nephew reacted to the latest news by telling my brother this: “Dad,...
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anniewerner:
I went to a Her Girl Friday event about learning How To Pitch, and these are my notes, for posterity (unedited):
Her girl Friday how to pitch
What you have to say is more important than how you feel about it
I care about all of the wrong things.
Cold calls work!
Do stories not topics
theopedproject.org
No is abump on the way to yes
Don’t internalize...
taoistdrunk:
“Girls, girls, get that cash, if it’s nine to five or shaking your ass; ain’t no shame, ladies, do your thing. Just make sure you’re ahead of the game.”
— Missy Elliott
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You’re walking. And you don’t always realize it, but you’re always falling. With each step you fall forward slightly. And then catch yourself from falling. Over and over, you’re falling. And then catching yourself from falling. And this is how you can be walking and falling at the same time. -Laurie Anderson
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“Peoples’ stories are fucking boring,”...
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Watchrickycamilleri:
bbook:
Today, we check in with Michael Delaney, Will Hines, and Connor Ratliff of Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre’s The Stepfathers.
The Stepfathers Are Gods of Improv Comedy
It’s the last of the BlackBook comedy series I did with Andrew Krucoff. This time, we tackle long form improv and try to condense it.
If you missed the previous four…
Thursday: Joe Mande...
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"I think a lot of people out there don't like... →
Lita Ford don’t give a fuck about Lil B. Why should you?
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Watchrickycamilleri:
Totally J/K with Joe Mande and Noah Garfinkel by me and Andrew Krucoff for BlackBook Magazine.
Have you ever touched someone’s penis because you were curious about a crease in their sweatpants?
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redneckzilla:
I’m going on a mission! Here is where I am going!
So it finally happened. I finally am going to go out and put on my nametag and shave my mustache and tell people that they can be gay and God will still love them and that women are powerful like gods and that we’re all gonna be saved in the end because God loves us and provides for us so do you want to read a Book of...
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Watchtylercoates:
bbook:
This week, we’re bringing you video interviews with some of the biggest and most-respected names in New York comedy. While many think of comedy shows as cheesy affairs featuring lame stand-up comics and two-drink minimums, a new crowd of performers are changing the game by hosting their own shows to showcase their own talents as well as those of their friends, colleagues,...
bmichael asked: I guess there is a downside of relentlessly jokey lit-dude culture after all?
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C.F. Lederer
thenotes:
Cecilia wrote a screenplay that’s better than anything I’ve done. Not that what I’ve done is any good. Some people don’t read what I write and have the tactlessness to start a conversation about why and when and where they didn’t read it—though for some reason even this banality is colored by positive assumptions and great excitement about what remains to be read in some anticipated...
ninety9:
I think it’s fair in the current student loan discussion to point out that the timing is rather, um, fortuitous. That is, the job market has soured enough that the people for whom opportunity was always a pretty hard slog (the three lower quintiles in terms of income or mobility, who haven’t had a real wage increase in 40 years) are no longer the only ones feeling the effects of a...
“DO I WANT TO BE TALKING ABOUT RIPPING...
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minou:
This student loans thing is actually a real big deal, you guys. I won’t go into a long comparison of the student loan debt panic of late to the sex panic of the late 20th century, mostly because I doubt any implicit and attendant comparison between getting an education (under false premises, but still) and contracting HIV holds up, and further, I wouldn’t want it to, but let me just say...
WatchRicky Camilleri and I did a series of video interviews for BlackBook that profiles weekly comedy shows (one for each day, Monday through Friday) in New York. The first one features Kristen Schaal and Kurt Braunohler who host Hot Tub at Littlefield in Brooklyn on Monday nights.
On a side note, some friends have asked why I did this, as I have not interviewed anyone for publication since Gothamist...
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Worst Shabbos Ever
Virginia House of Delegates rejects gay judge →
“The debate in the House of Delegates was homophobic and embarrassing and showed a disrespect to a chief deputy commonwealth attorney and decorated veteran who was honorably discharged,” said Sen. Adam P. Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Virginia’s first openly gay state senator. “It’s offensive that the Senate wouldn’t even grant Lt. Thorne-Begland the courtesy of a vote.”
Virginia. Still a terrible...
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Jolie Kerr: Friend, Clean Person, BOOK WRITER. →
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THE NEW BOHEMIA
Williamsburg, 1992: New York mag
Lower East Side, 1997: New York Times
Astoria, 2000: Time Out New York
Upper East Side, 2012: New York Observer
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Missed this bullshit yesterday but holy christ. Does this mean Littleneck’s full-belly Ipswich clam roll is the Side B of My War?
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brianvan:
biteofpythias replied to your post: Tumblr Magic 8-Ball
how’d your gig go?
I told a bunch of joke, some of which ran on Tumblr/Twitter earlier (kale as a status vegetable, artisan Brooklyn will collapse when they find the recipes on Pinterest, nothing sadder than a gay couple that can’t afford good furniture, etc.) and got a few chuckles and it was moderately successful! I feel good...
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You Should Say Why You Like Things
bmichael:
I’m no expert, but I believe you should say why you like things.
Now, like I said, I don’t exactly know what I’m talking about here, but it makes sense to me for people to explain or at least describe why they like certain things. Otherwise, life becomes a neverending unPinteresting slideshow of flag planting and aesthetic curation. Life turns into the cultural apocalypse that...
