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April 24, 2008

Be prepared to go to bed earlier: Jimmy Fallon will officially take over for Conan
By Ryan Stewart
The rumors have been flying for more than a year now, but Fox News is saying it's now official: Jimmy Fallon will replace Conan O'Brien when O'Brien takes over the Tonight Show next year.

Nothing about this can possibly be good.

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Comedy, horror, uh-oh

April 24, 2008

Mental Detox Week
By Will Spitz

Happy Mental Detox week! Yeah, so Mental Detox week began on Monday and I have yet to actually turn anything off - or at least the things that AdBusters, who launched the original TV Turn-Off week (now renamed Mental Detox Week) back in 1994, want me to. AdBusters has changed the guidelines to be both more forgiving and more inclusive.

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music, film, Flashbacks

April 24, 2008

Flashbacks: how Al Gore’s favorite book hurt his campaign chances, animal testing controversy, and the mad, mad world of Miss Baby America pageants
By Ian Sands

PLAYING FAVORITES
5 years ago
April 25, 2003 | Brent Kendall analyzed how a presidential candidate’s declared “favorite book” can affect his campaign chances.
“The 2000 election demonstrated precisely how candidates' book choices play right into the media's preconceived storylines--for better and for worse.

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Flashbacks, From the archives, Harvard University

April 10, 2008

Flashbacks: A pen with the “genetic essence” of Abe Lincoln, eloquent words for a Red Sox legend, and Daniel Pearl on earthquake etiquette
By Ian Sands

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL AND IT’S BEEN PENNED IN FLOURESCENT HUES
5 years ago
April 11, 2003 | Camille Dodero looked at how city surfaces were providing "a canvas for public expression" concerning the Iraq War.
“In the cavernous front lobby of Simmons College’s Main College Building, there’s a bathroom-graffiti-style debate unfurling on a long scroll of white paper.

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Flashbacks, From the archives, Old News

March 31, 2008

The Stupidest Bike Lane
By Will Spitz
Last week, Slate's video editor Andy Bowers posted a video of his self-nominated "Stupidest Bike Lane in America," a lane in Western Los Angeles that runs a mere 275 feet before disappearing suddenly and completely amidst busy LA traffic - sort of a "Fuck off" to bikers from LA road officials. The video:

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film, i love my bike, In poor taste

March 20, 2008

Guitar Hero DS revealed
By Ryan Stewart

Yup, there it is. Guitar Hero DS Edition. IGN has the scoop.

There's something goofy about the button placement. We'd probably have to see a demonstration to truly visualize how it would work. It doesn't really seem like Guitar Hero, though, maybe more like Melodica Hero or something. We also wish Harmonix was involved with this, they match up with the DS aesthetic better than Neversoft.

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Guitar Hero, video games, wtf

March 03, 2008

The Plus Side of Being a Model?
By Sharon Steel

I'm delighted that the Telegraph decided to feature Crystal Renn, an extraordinarily successful plus-size model, in a feature today. But here's what I don't get. This is how writer Judy Rumbold opens her piece:

To be honest, I expected Crystal Renn to be bigger. All right then, fatter. In the mind's eye, the term 'plus-size model' is liberally coated in doughnut batter, and I had her down as a gloriously buxom woman-mountain.

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beat downs, Fashion, Gimme a break

February 28, 2008

When A Size Zero Simply Isn't Good Enough
By Sharon Steel

Model Ali Michael, backstage at Anna Sui, via Style.com

Christina Binkley's style piece in today's Wall Street Journal arrived just in time to close National Eating Disorders Awareness Week -- and also to remind me of the fact that as much as I love fashion, shit is fucked up.

Ali Michael is 17-years-old.

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Celebrity, Fashion, Gimme a break

February 21, 2008

Flashbacks: pre-Iraq war jitters, that damn smoking ban, and the growing clout of the local Hispanic community
By Ian Sands

RAIN ON THEIR PARADE
5 years ago
February 21, 2003| Seth Gitell wondered if the imminent invasion of Iraq could turn into a quagmire of urban combat like the 1993 debacle in Mogadishu, Somalia.
“There are scores of optimists (mainly in the Pentagon) who believe the Iraqi army will evaporate into the ether. According to this optimistic scenario, the American entry into Baghdad will resemble the Allied liberation of Paris in 1944.

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Flashbacks, Local, Things we never expected to see

February 21, 2008

A world gone mad, indeed
By Carly Carioli

Wait for it . . .

LINK: http://producten.hema.nl/

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teh internets, Twilight-Zone shit, wtf

February 15, 2008

UPDATE: Guitar Hero Aerosmith edition is very real
By Ryan Stewart

From the inbox, updating a previous item:

WORLD RENOWNED RECORDING GROUP AEROSMITH ROCKS THIS WAY TO GUITAR HERO®: AEROSMITH®
Epic Collaboration Creates First Music-Based Game to Feature One Band
Santa Monica, CA – February 15, 2008 – Fire up the fret board, crank the amp to 11 and get ready to rock this way with Activision, Inc.

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music, Guitar Hero, Updates

February 14, 2008

Daily street art: the Valentine's edition
By Caitlin E. Curran
Maybe it's just my inner cynic creeping out, but Valentine's Day seems like a holiday created by greeting card companies to make everyone feel bad about themselves. Okay, that's my totally subjective (and pretty much completely false) take on it. According to Wiki, though, the first mass-produced Valentines hailed from Worcester, Mass.

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artsy fartsy, Awesomeness, boston street art

February 04, 2008

Patriots: Nobody's Perfect
By Carly Carioli

As always, in times of trouble, trial, and tribulation -- no less THE SINGLE WORST LOSS IN NEW ENGLAND SPORTS HISTORY -- we look to . . . Hannah Montana. Oh, Miley, what would you sing to a town writhing in misery this morning? What have you for the vanquished 2007-08 New England Patriots, a team whose season is destined to replace "Casey at the Bat" as the tragic, cautionary sports tale of all time?

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beat downs, Football, Patriots

January 15, 2008

"We Are the Way to Happiness"
By Sharon Steel

Apparently, the "way to happiness" isn't a Project Runway marathon or a really good, healthy relationship or a nice vacation or your dream job. It's Scientology, 'course! And Tommy Cruise is here to explain it all to you over the eerie strains of the Mission Impossible soundtrack. Gawker is currently hosting an exclusive Cruise Scientology Indoctrination video, and we urge you to go watch the entire thing.

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Celebrity, choose your own adventure, Clips

December 20, 2007

Oh crap (Spears content).
By Carly Carioli

Ellee spread the word over on Slop earlier (complete with a fantastically crafted illustration - Ellee, you are a Photoshop genius), but Pat Lyons*, over at the NYT's Lede blog, considers a entirely different aspect to the story:

"The father of the child is variously reported to be 18 or 19 years of age, and she is 16.

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Bald Britney, breaking the law, Celebrity

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