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There are still pragmatic Catholics fighting the good fight, but why the hell does anyone still listen to the Vatican? nyti.ms/dVKbbt

So is there anyone that actually wants this shit, then? Besides "Real America" dipshits that never fly and have never been within 1000 miles of a terrorist attack?

It’s like a grown-up fort!

Completely outstanding @creativemorning talk from @zuckermanstudio today. musicthebook.com

This is such a strange move. I wonder how big a release they’re planning, because there can’t be much overlap between the 3D crowd and the subtitles crowd, regardless of the arguable potential for the former to be enticed by BR’s unorthodox brand of ultraviolence. A shitty American remake wouldn’t have surprised me, but a 3D’d American theatrical release (of any size) ten years later is not something I ever saw coming.

Clue was a great movie to grow up with. I was drawn in at a young age by its slapstick and wordplay, there was always something new to discover in its absurdly Byzantine plot, and I understood more and more of its cultural and political references as I got older. It was probably the basis for my years-long fascination with the McCarthy era. I’m surprised this piece makes no mention of Murder By Death, the… See more →

Oh, fuck you.

This Rock Band 3 ad is abysmal: youtu.be/_Ri-S1Yrzyw I honestly don’t understand how stuff like this gets made. RB3 deserves better.

One of our rules of thumb or guiding principles is that the writing has to be about—I don’t know if this makes sense when I describe it in words, but the writing has to be about the audience. The writing can’t be about me. It has to be about everyone.

Ordinarily I’m not interested in celebrities being out of touch with reality, but these two just keep getting nuttier.

This is for those of you poor fools who labor under the illusion that you are or one day will be good at something.

“The hipster moment […] did not yield a great literature, but it made good use of fonts.” nymag.com/news/features/69129

It has long been noticed that the majority of people who frequent any traditional bohemia are hangers-on. Somewhere, at the center, will be a very small number of hardworking writers, artists, or politicos, from whom the hangers-on draw their feelings of authenticity. Hipsterdom at its darkest, however, is something like bohemia without the revolutionary core. Among hipsters, the skills of hanging-on—trend-spotting, cool-hunting, plus handicraft skills—become the heroic practice. The most active participants sell something—customized brand-name… See more →

Ouch.

This year was the least of the eight OIAFs I’ve attended, but I’m glad to see The External World took away the big prize, since it was definitely a standout. Too bad you can’t see any of it online. I’m likewise happy to see the excellent Goodbye Mister Christie win the best feature award. It was the only feature that interested me this year (Phil Mulloy is the shit, and his films are very much… See more →

The biggest project I ever worked on is publicly available today. It is called Rock Band 3. I recommend you buy it. amzn.to/99DwrB

Fuck. Yeah.

This is fucked up beyond belief.

I couldn’t care less about basketball, but I laughed out loud multiple times reading this.

One of my favorite Samhain songs, but it has always bummed me out that the studio version sounds so terrible (as was the case with a lot of Samhain stuff, really). I think I’ll record my own version.

Hoping the mystery of Tommy Wiseau is solved in my lifetime. The latest chapter: The House That Drips Blood on Alex. shar.es/0A4kB

Gorgeous.

I can’t put my finger on what I like so much about this poster. I do know that something about its seemingly random noise invited me to explore it, and that the actual information is easily discernible despite that noise, thanks to a clear focal point and succinct text.

As I read this, I was trying to select more quotes to share, and I quickly realized that all 3600 words of it were valuable and quotable. Just read it.

Man, I might have hoped A.V. Club would be above the whole “quote the snippet where he talks shit on the beloved famous people!” thing, but at least it linked to the rest of the interview, which is great. As much as Albini usually kinda comes off as a dick, I can’t say I disagree with him. And regarding his own past dalliances in the mainstream music biz, I’d really like to know what he… See more →

Juggalo culture is unlikely to ever hold any appeal for me beyond morbid fascination, but damn if this lengthy interview didn’t make make me go, "You do your thing, Violent J. High five."

Treat your eyes to lostworldsfairs.com, courtesy of @jasonsantamaria, @fchimero, @TrentWalton, @weightshift, and @davatron5000.

Opening and closing paragraphs are gold.

Oof. @philebrity has unearthed a CDNOW corporate video from 2001, featuring four seconds of a zombified dot-com era me: youtube.com/watch?v=IXGlAef43…

Forgot to share this before. The attention to detail here is astonishing, right down to replicating each character’s every costume change. It pretty much recreates the entire movie, attempts to fill plot holes, and provides hours of gameplay (thanks to numerous Easter eggs, achievements (medals), and other secret goodies), all while staying true to what makes The Room such a wonderfully inept phenomenon. Of course, that means it’s also essentially mundane and boring, but, perhaps… See more →

Suddenly smitten by the shape of the Anchor Steam bottle. I can’t stop looking at it. It’s wonderful. And yes, I’m sober. anchorbrewing.com/beers

Pleased as punch that Dio and The Smiths are coming to @RockBand next week. rockband.com/zine/singles-dio-hat…

Of all the stuff I worked on at Harmonix, this is easily the thing I spent the most time on.

O_O

Okay, I want one.

There’s some pretty entertaining analysis in here.

I knew Windhammer was a Silverhawks character, but this description of his is pretty fantastic.

Bummed I’ll be out of town when @brooklynbeta goes down, but that just means there’s more room for you: brooklynbeta.org

The true story behind @mike_ftw’s perfectly succinct “I’m not angry, I’m from Philly” t-shirt: philly.com/inquirer/world_us/…

In her latest Dodecafile post, @ChamberMonster takes on lock picking: dodecafile.wordpress.com/2010/08/…

Yep.

Wow, Justin Bieber slowed down 800% is surprisingly lovely.

The @usairguitar season is over, but the interviews continue. Here is @morganholzer’s conversation with Windhammer: popten.net/2010/08/air-guitar

This pretty much just happened to me: youtube.com/watch?v=EHSoN8t6x…

Jesus.

Very sad to hear that the Khyber in Philly stopped doing shows. I saw so many awesome bands there over the years. citypaper.net/articles/2010/07/29…

“Look, you’re already used to Windows. Stick to what you know. Switching to Mac would probably totally freak you out.” microsoft.com/windows/windows…

I put deleted scenes on the DVD, and of course I could’ve gone back and put those scenes into the film to make it longer, but I just didn’t want to. If I’d done that, I would’ve gone back and corrected a bunch of things I would have done differently. Better to leave it alone.

Exactly. Someone introduce this man to George Lucas.

Wikipedia gets a lot of shit for being so democratic, but this infographic does a good job of describing why I think it’s awesome.

Ugh.