December 2011
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Dec 29th
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This 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...
Dec 23rd
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An 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...
Dec 22nd
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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...
Dec 15th
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Parents Keep Deceased Son’s Memory Alive Through His Awful Tumblr
Dec 2nd
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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...
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
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