February 2012
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January 2012
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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →
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CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super Sonics” Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…
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HuffPo screws up on picture of pregnant woman...
There are some good journalists at Huffington Post — but a lot of content on Huffington Post isn’t exactly well-researched. For example, this post titled, “What’s wrong with this picture?”
The picture shows a wife of a US Army veteran welcoming her husband back from Iraq. She is pregnant.
He was on a 12 month tour, so obviously that means she conceived the baby...
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WatchSome really great photos and a lot of brutal photos. These are MMAFighting.com photographer Esther Lin’s favorite MMA pictures from 2011.
If you don’t like to see blood or people getting hit… this probably isn’t for you. In there are a number of great photos that aren’t of people being hurt. The one of Roy “Big Country” Nelson grinning is probably my...
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Mashable blows it on post wondering if Twitter...
Mashable is, well, it is something. I occasionally click on the links from Mashable’s Twitter account but generally the things that Mashable writes about don’t interest me all that much. Politics, however, is in my wheelhouse.
It does not, however, appear to be in the wheelhouse of Mashable.
Mashable posted an article asking, “Can Twitter Predict the Iowa Caucus?”...
December 2011
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WatchThis happened in a Dutch Cup game between Ajax (pronounced Aye-ax) and AZ Alkmaar (which sounds like a bad guy from a Disney film).
A fan came onto the field and tried to attack the AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado; the Costa Rican keeper noticed the fan was coming at the last second and beat the fan the punch, er, kick. Then for good measure got a couple of other kicks in.
Somehow, the...
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WatchAn update on Louis CK’s online special. I wrote about the special earlier this week and the worries about torrenting (basically a form of downloading files illegally) cutting into the profits.
That doesn’t seem to have affected Louis CK too greatly; he announced on Jimmy Fallon’s late night show (clip above) that the special has made over $1 million. That is over 200,000 people...
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Torrenting from Louis CK
Louis CK did something awesome. No, not his stand up special, “Live at the Beacon Theater” which I have not seen yet (but that likely is awesome). Not his unique, groundbreaking TV show Louie (which is awesome but not what I’m talking about).
No, he decided to go outside the traditional power structure of, well, comedy and film his stand up special himself. And distribute it...
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WatchParents Keep Deceased Son’s Memory Alive Through His Awful Tumblr
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?uestlove regrets playing "Lyin' Ass Bitch" for...
?uestlove, the drummer for the great rap band The Roots which is the studio band for Jimmy Fallon, spoke to Pitchfork about the firestorm that followed after The Roots played “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” for Michele Bachmann when she appeared on Jimmy Fallon.
He said he was “deeply sorry” that people were offended and said that the song was supposed to be about Bachmann’s...
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November 2011
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Fugazi puts 130 concert recordings online;...
When I hear about bands recording and releasing their concerts, the two bands that come to mind are Pearl Jam and The Pixies. A function of my generation, I suppose.
Something that was lesser-known (or perhaps unknown, I’m not sure) is that Fugazi “fastidiously” recorded their concerts — hundreds in all. And now the band is putting the recordings up for download on their...
WatchDoctor Who Christmas special trailer: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe.
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WatchThe November 9 Republican debate in 100 seconds, via Talking Points Memo.
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How the @nytimes uses courtesy titles
It all started with Louis C.K.
Specifically, an article in the New York Times Arts Beat blog* about how the prolific and hilarious stand up comedian Louis C.K. is going to stream his next stand up special on his website instead of going to HBO, Comedy Central or Showtime.
I posted this excerpt over at True Blue LA, a blog about the Los Angeles Dodgers**:
Louis C. K., the star and creator of...
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October 2011
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WatchHow headlines for Occupy Wall Street are created.
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Tom Hanks' brother Jim Hanks does the voice for...
Tom Hanks, of course, does the voice of Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story movies. But he’s a big star and can’t be expected to do the voice work for Woody in video games and TV shows, so Disney and Pixar have to get someone else to impersonate Hanks.
Enter another Hanks, Jim Hanks.
From the Pixar Wiki:
Hanks performed the voice of Woody in all of the Toy Story...
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WatchEvery zombie kill in the first season of The Walking Dead.
September 2011
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WatchAwesome. I saw The Shins do this live a few years back when they played at Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque. Maybe the coolest encore ever.
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Was David Iglesias really the basis of lawyer in...
I was working for the New Mexico Independent when the Inspectors General report came out about politically-motivated firings of United States Attorneys during the Bush administration. One of those attorneys was the United States Attorney in New Mexico, David Iglesias.
Iglesias was allegedly fired (it will likely never be definitely proven although much evidence points to it) for not pursuing a...
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Thoughts on the end of Rescue Me
Note, there are spoilers of the finale in here.
Rescue Me was a frustrating show to watch. It had such great promise and reached such great highs. But it was also hard to watch when it sunk about as low as a drama could go.
The women were written badly. People were forgotten within half a season of dying. Plots were forgotten even quicker.
But, man, when the show was on, it was on. The scenes...
August 2011
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WatchMan U runs roughshod over Arsenal, 8-2.
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Four-time lottery winner (probably) gamed the...
Winning a large jackpot is a once-in-a-lifetime thing for most lottery winners. Winning over a million dollars four times? Yeah, that’s not luck.
Houston Press summarizes a subscription-only Harper’s Magazine story on Joan Ginther, the “serial lottery winner” who just happens to have a PhD in math from Stanford University:
He says she’s figured out the algorithm...
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Bryan Cranston
The Weekly Alibi had a great feature on Breaking Bad and a great interview with Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston about the character of Walter White, his career and the city of Albuquerque.
Here’s what Cranston had to say about Albuquerque:
You bought a place in Albuquerque. What do you like most about living and working here?
We came to Albuquerque out of financial need, because of...
July 2011
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WatchNew Beastie Boys Video for “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win.” Directed by Spike Jonze.
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WatchJustin Verlander sets his teammate on fire. Yup.
SB Nation Detroit gives us the details:
Former Twins pitcher Bert Blyleven was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Blyleven is known best for his outstanding pitching, but he was also quite the prankster during his playing days. One of his favorite pranks was the hot foot, which involves a teammate’s shoe being set on fire...