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From the Washington Post: But after Palin spoke, the crowd exited the arena to a somber reminder...

Nov 1st

Cut Copy, Of Montreal, Deerhoof to remix ......

Nov 1st

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When the invading army of robot Lou Begas comes to take over the earth, this will be the last thing...

Nov 1st

Supremes Court Upholds Stopping In The Name...

Oct 31st

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Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy demands to know where Stephen Colbert’s American-flag lapel pin is....

Oct 31st

Bruce Springsteen's free Halloween song

Oct 31st

“Television networks needed a hit, and Barack Obama gave them...”
— NYT

Oct 31st

“If you bleeped this movie for broadcast TV, it would sound...”
— Roger Ebert, on the profanity...

Oct 31st

The last days of David Foster Wallace

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Norah Jones performs Wilco’s “Jesus, Etc.” The lack of slide guitar kills it,...

Oct 31st

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New Pornographer A.C. Newman’s “There Are Maybe 10 or 12,” the first track to be...

Oct 31st

Whimsy in Baltimore.

Oct 31st

On the reliability of Wikipedia

Oct 30th

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Bloc Party reluctantly performs an acoustic “This Modern Love” for the Takeaway Show....

Oct 30th

Pitchfork finally reviews the new Blitzen...

Oct 30th

“There are guys who went out to the primaries in November,...”
— Matt Bai. Political reporting:...

Oct 29th

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Oct 29th

Stuff Journalists Like

Oct 29th

A new 'Mystery Science Theater' DVD release

Oct 29th

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Oct 29th

“I’ll be proudly voting for Barack Obama. (Or, for all...”
— Seth Stevenson, Slate...

Oct 29th

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Oct 28th

“Insurgents Retake Southern Areas Of Fallujah (TWO STARS!)”
— Gawker’s take on Lee...

Oct 28th

Bill Keller flies coach

And has a sense of humor. From his “Throw Things at Bill” session yesterday: “I...

Oct 28th

Netflix's 'Watch Instantly' comes to Mac

Oct 28th

Josh Groban performs Smashing Pumpkins: The...

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Kids rap about the election over a beat from T.I. “We can talk politics all night … and...

Oct 28th

DFW did leave a suicide note

Oct 28th

“We never thought this day would come.”
— Tony Jacobs, Dr Pepper’s vice...

Oct 27th

Microsoft Ad Campaign Crashing Nation's...

Oct 27th

mollyknight: Oscar the Grouch. My favorite. File this one...

Oct 27th

New Podcase: The Wedding Singers

Oct 27th

New Podcase: Whoops edition

Oct 26th

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Oct 26th

“He reminds me of E. E. Cummings a little bit.”
— Ryan Adams, unpersuasively, on...

Oct 26th

Obama Purchases Ad Space On Side of McCain’s Bus.

Oct 25th

Soderbergh to direct 3D rock musical of...

Oct 25th

So where do I buy that new MacBook?

From Apple’s start page today: No on Prop 8 Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and...

Oct 25th

“I have the impression that a great many gay people are...”
— Roger Ebert, following a mild...

Oct 24th

Read me, write me, show me, bite me

Oct 24th

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about-today: Ben Folds Five, “Narcolepsy.” Watch the whole concert (seriously, do it)...

Oct 24th

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mollyknight: The incomparable Chris Thile covering Wilco’s “Poor Places.” And it’s way better than...

Oct 23rd

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What if John Woo, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson made commercials for McCain? The best, by far, is the...

Oct 23rd

More costume ideas than you will ever read...

Oct 23rd

“Did he really just compare pressing a burger down on the...”
— From a review of Eat Me: The...

Oct 23rd

Bar trek. (T-shirt)

Oct 23rd

Depressed Carpet Cleaner Turns Vacuum On...

Oct 23rd

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Oct 23rd

Stream the title track from "Chinese...

Oct 22nd

Stream the new Ryan Adams

Oct 22nd

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Cold War Kids perform “I’ve Seen Enough,” a strong track from the...

Oct 22nd

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DJ Moule’s “Fa Fa Fa Good” mashes up James Brown’s “I Feel Good”...

Oct 22nd

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Cut Copy performs their single “Lights and Music” for Pitchfork. Six months after it was...

Oct 22nd

Transgender issues are confusing

Oct 22nd

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Of Montreal reimagines their great, twitchy “Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse” as a...

Oct 21st

“She dances in the dark — and dresses there, too.”
— Mr. Blackwell on Bjork’s...

Oct 21st

Crumbler is having trouble thinking of a Halloween costume...

Oct 21st

“It’s funny, because a lot of people think that if you...”
— Now where would they get that...

Oct 21st

David Sedaris on undecided voters

To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the...

Oct 21st

Freefall

Total paid circulation of The Baltimore Sun: Sept. 2001: 292,034 March 2004: 277,947 Sept. 2007:...

Oct 20th

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New Lucksmiths!

Oct 19th

“We may one day look back on this presidential campaign in...”
— Los Angeles Times

Oct 19th

Light posting over the weekend

As Casey attends a wedding in San Diego. Congratulations to Nate and Rani!

Oct 17th

Sample the new Eminem

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Lil O’Reilly is back, and he’s yelling at Barney Frank. “Gay gay gay gay gay gay...

Oct 17th

Andy Roddick auctions off nude tennis lesson

Oct 17th

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John McCain: also spectacularly funny. (via)

Oct 17th

Man Dives Haphazardly Into Conversation Like...

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Barack Obama: mind-blowingly funny. (via)

Oct 17th

One last link about Joe the Plumber

Oct 17th

For its 25th anniversary, Vanity Fair chose the best 25 news...

Oct 17th

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Oct 16th

Plumbing the depths

Oct 16th

The most important voter in America

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Probably the key moment in tonight’s debate. (via)

Oct 16th

'Rainbow' economics

Oct 15th

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“Gold for Bread,” another new one off Blitzen Trapper’s forthcoming Furr. Between...

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The video for Of Montreal’s “Id Engager” appropriately features cross-dressing,...

Oct 15th

'Best Week Ever' takes on single-host format

Oct 15th

Crazy Cat Lady: The Board Game. Makes a great gift for...

Oct 15th

“I wanted to call it Fudge Packer.”
— Elton John, on what he wanted...

Oct 15th

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Oct 15th

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sazerac: Wilco with Fleet Foxes perform “I Shall Be Released” by Bob Dylan I’m digging all the...

Oct 15th

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Beyonce’s new single pays homage to the glorious Bob Fosse / “Walk it Out” mash-up...

Oct 14th

“Take Georgie Fruit, a character Barnes introduced on Of...”
— Of Montreal frontman Kevin...

Oct 14th

Did Milan Kundera spy for the Czech...

Oct 14th

Dubious Justification of the Day

“No one knows exactly what compelled 47-year-old Daniel Sullivan to bodycheck Noel [Gallagher]...

Oct 14th

This chimp is raising a baby tiger. What did you do with...

Oct 14th

Take that, Thomas Friedman!

Oct 13th

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Oct 13th

Surgeon general adds snuff to the Tobacco...

Oct 12th

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Crumbler’s been a little too quiet lately. So this one of the best songs I’ve heard this...

Oct 12th

“According to Michael Elliott, the British-born editor of...”
— Lionel Barber on the future of...

Oct 12th

It's never too late too learn

Oct 11th

“Let’s just say it: Gay culture is on its way to...”
— Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer...

Oct 11th

“They just kept listening. Then one of the boys was simply...”
— Lil Wayne, New Orleans, and...

Oct 11th

ryanbrown: talkinghead: stalk: 11th grade. Continuing our...

Oct 10th

“We conclude that, in light of the history of pernicious...”
— The Connecticut Supreme Court,...

Oct 10th

“Interpreting our state constitutional provisions in...”
— The majority opinion of the...

Oct 10th

Welcome to the bungle. Chinese Democracy emerges Nov. 23,...

Oct 10th

How to back up your Tumblr

Oct 10th

“When this is all over, certain half-dead words will need to...”
— George Packer, on campaign...

Oct 10th

From a brilliant L.A. gallery show in which artists were...

Oct 10th

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I don’t even know what this is about — someone allegedly gave Sen. Norm Coleman some...

Oct 9th

Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne's house

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Hillary Duff buys herself a huge gay following with this PSA, which reminds kids not to say...

Oct 9th

“For some of the shows politics is their bread and butter....”
— Conan O’Brien, on why...

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Oct 9th

“When Sarah Plummer’s pharmacy changed her monthly...”
— An old lady, in a hilarious...

Oct 8th

A useful reminder in a hyper-partisan time, now available as...

Oct 8th

How Springsteen's "The Rising" came to be...

Oct 8th

From a photo stream of tiny animals in human hands. (via)

Oct 8th

Thom Yorke turns 40 today

Oct 8th

All the Debate Commentary You'll Ever...

Pete sent me a running commentary on tonight’s debate, via text message: 10:06: Why does...

Oct 8th

The Magazines Endorse

Today Esquire and The New Yorker released their endorsements in the presidential race, both lengthy...

Oct 7th

“I don’t have a problem discussing the topic of somebody...”
— Queen Latifah, all but coming...

Oct 7th

To exuviate these words would be...

The Collins English Dictionary plans to remove these words and others from itself in order to make...

Oct 7th

The Will & Grace spin-off that its stars'...

Oct 7th

In surveys, readers say they like Crumbler but would read it...

Oct 7th

DJ Earworm mashes up Radiohead, Kanye

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“The premise behind this new video series is simple and ingenious. Take old music videos and...

Oct 7th

These kids have no manners!

Former executive editor of The Washington Post Len Downie was online today to chat about the...

Oct 7th

“If you want to start throwing fire bombs, you don’t...”
— Democratic strategist Jenny...

Oct 6th

Ladies and gentlemen, the Northwestern...

Oct 5th

The 'Infinite Jest' tour of Boston

Oct 5th

If announcing that you’re Superman is wrong, then I...

Oct 5th

Heaven just got a little more Rama Lama Ding...

Oct 4th

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In their U.S. TV debut, Cut Copy performs “Lights & Music” on Carson Daly. I love...

Oct 4th

Truth in Advertising Dept. (via)

Oct 4th

The Coke side of death

Oct 4th

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caitlinmarie: A very handy, applicable scale for this day in age.  To what degree is your...

Oct 4th

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Oct 3rd

Breast Cancer Launches WNBA Awareness Month: “Leading...

Oct 3rd

Netflix's Watch Instantly coming to Mac this...

Oct 3rd

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Julianna Barwick’s remix of “Reckoner,” part of the Radiohead remix project. This...

Oct 2nd

You don’t have to be a Star Wars dork to love these...

Oct 2nd

“Japanese cooks, however, consider toasted rice overcooked...”
— The New York Times on rice...

Oct 2nd

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Lil O’Reilly on the gays: “Your dirty sex makes God send hurricanes!” Somebody get...

Oct 2nd

Cat Power's new covers record

Oct 2nd

“Cannibals and Christians, A History of the Republican...”
— Norman Mailer’s original...

Oct 2nd

Katie Couric asks Sarah Palin what...

Palin: I’ve read most of them, again with a great appreciation for the press, for the media. ...

Oct 1st