And were off! Have a lovely weekend, and well see you back here on Tuesday. Anything good planned between now and then? Anything terrible?---See more posts by Edith Zimmerman1061 comments
Its RAGTIME, kids. Did you catch the recent Audra McDonald profile?---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe27 comments
Hope Diamond Collector Barbie, $89.95 This week, were going to use our allowance for good instead of evil like we usually do. When you buy this Barbie (for me), youre not only making (my) dreams come...
We teamed up with the lovely Victoria Floethe of the documentary series the Desire Project (more info here, and then heres that amazing story about the coat) to make a video about womens lost desires...
From Milwaukee Magazine: “It will not be easy,” Dan had written in his journal. The Gutes had told their family and close friends exactly what they planned to do, and why. They had chosen a method re...
1. So, Ive pretty much known that Ive liked chicks from the time I was 13 on. However, because my spirituality conflicted with my sexuality, I never really acted on it. I went on a few dates with chi...
And here we come, at last, to the selection closest to my dark and twisty heart, Margaret Mitchells hideous bitch-goddess of a novel, Gone With the Wind. Its awful! Its wonderful! Its Marlboro Reds. ...
Every year since 1956, the Eurovision Song Contest has united an entire continent with the power of music and the beauty of poorly translated English. This year’s competition, held in Baku, Azerbaija...
Douglas Adams fans take note! Today is Towel Day. Its pretty much what it sounds like.---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe41 comments
Were a little late on this one, but its important to go into the holiday weekend with some kind of uplifting new song to play on repeat the entire time without stopping. Icona Pop (Facebook, Twitter)...
Us: Hey. The Guy: A lot of people I talk to think that Steve Porcaro left in 1988 and never looked back, but he returned on synthesizers in 2010. Us: Thats cool. We love your infographic! Its really ...
Have you ever looked in your mailbox at the exciting mix of bills, pizza flyers, and junk mail, and thought “man, this sucks?” Or maybe found nothing for the fourth consecutive day because you’ve alr...
“Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors,” Ernest Hemingway once wrote, with typical pugnacity. But are the critics sometimes right? In this occasi...
Go, go at once and read (or re-read) Paul Fussells universally celebrated and INCREDIBLE The Great War and Modern Memory. If you like pairing odd books, try it with a side of Patriotic Gore by Edmund...
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film - David Thomson. Here is where it all begins. This is no typical dictionary — it’s a huge book filled with every important star and director (and a few s...
"I want to promote the concept of the badly written good story. It is writing, but in a sense it doesn’t come from the written word as much as it comes from a storytelling tradition. Which is why...
An Elizabeth Taylor who never married Richard Burton: Anne Helen Petersens new alternate history novel, or a really good British writer youve never read?---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe7 comments
Get out your notebooks, sharpen your pencils, hone your note-passing skills: Laundry School is in session! Were devoting the entire month of May to the subject of laundry. And what fun would Laundry ...
Speaking of sexy TED talks, heres one about sea urchins and other fascinating creatures and micro-creatures of the deep, done vaguely in the style of Isabella Rossellinis wonderful Green Pornos. [Tha...
This post is welcomely sponsored (again) by Skinny Cow. 1. Leprechaun (originally released in 1993). If youre not lucky enough to be familiar with the Leprechaun cycle, its a six-part series about an...
All of these things are very true, but sometimes bikers DO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK, and its the worst. No! Dooring is the worst. So is honking at people on horseback. Why would you do that? Anecdata sug...
"Finally, I pulled her drink away as I refunded her $8, letting her know that it was time for her to leave. She didn’t seem to like that. She grabbed her bag off of the stool, stood up, reached t...
"Guess what, single friends! Youre working too hard. All that angst and stress you feel, never getting to hang out with your pals, not enough time to jet off to India or the Bahamas if you feel l...
Right now an exhibit called "Richteriana" is on exhibit at Postmasters, a gallery located in West Chelsea. As the title suggests, the exhibit is by no means a straight-up reification of Richt...
The Bronx Historical Society has finished restoring the Edgar Allan Poe cottage! Go, go immediately, wear black, paint circles under your eyes, take gruesome pictures. Its what he would want. That, a...
Dear Hairpin! Two close friends of mine are engaged, and theyve asked me to perform the ceremony. Yay! Yikes! They are a smart, creative, uber-cool lesbian couple, and I feel honored that they want m...
"Covered in sparkly sequins and bound with satin, it is sure to turn heads and stand out in a crowd whether walking down the aisle, during pre-wedding pampering, or as luxurious gifts for the wed...
Do you need a new fan for summer because, say, your old white one is so dirty youre almost ashamed to throw it out in front of your own building? The Wirecutter is on top of this problem.---See more ...
I...think it looks a lot like Sucker Punch.---See more posts by Nicole Cliffe292 comments
Marlene Dietrich was glamorous in a way we can’t quite understand. Like Greta Garbo, the woman to whom she is so often compared, Dietrich was otherworldly, her face a mask across which emotion flitte...
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