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“In the Hipster Runoff universe, the only acceptable...”
— This perceptive Nick Sylvester...

Feb 1st

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I know I said “Blood Bank” might be the best thing Bon Iver has done, but lately...

Feb 1st

Department of You're Welcome

“The Urkel Dance was a novelty dance that originated in the episode Life of the Party. It was...

Feb 1st

111 Year-Old Lizard Reproduces. Congratulations to Larry...

Feb 1st

There Goes Another One

One of the pleasures of working cops on the weekend is answering the main newsroom phone line. This...

Feb 1st

LA Times killing local section

Jan 31st

London at Night, one in a series by Jason Hawkes

Jan 30th

Department of WTF

“Pepsi has 2-3 minutes of time in the game, with 30-second spots averaging $2.6 million, and...

Jan 30th

Kurt Warner Requests HBO Be Blocked At...

Jan 30th

“Cardio for Indie Rockers” might be just the...

Jan 30th

Stream a new Arcade Fire track

Jan 30th

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The Gay Alphabet. X is for cross-dress! (via)

Jan 29th

After He Finished Extracting Eight...

“Her stomach was huge, indescribably huge,” Dr. Henry said. “At a certain point,...

Jan 29th

I resent that! And reblog it. (via Ellen)

Jan 29th

Tumblr as sketch comedy

Jan 29th

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This 1981 report on newspapers going online offers its share of jaw-dropping time-capsule factoids: ...

Jan 29th

“Especially in the first two seasons, we were doing jokes...”
— Mayim Bialik on Blossom, which...

Jan 29th

M83 perform 'Kim & Jessie' on Conan

Jan 29th

“From earliest childhood I was charmed by the materials of my...”
— John Updike, romantic

Jan 28th

Blagojevich Claims Behavior Was Just...

Jan 28th

The 25 Things Meme

There’s a fun meme going around Facebook right now. It’s called 25 Things and is...

Jan 28th

livejamie: The Wi-Fi fan.

Jan 28th

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themattsmith: So, Auto-Tuning a baby is such a fantastic idea that I’m using it in a track. This...

Jan 28th

“In walks these three girls in nothing but bathing suits....”
— The opening paragraph of John...

Jan 27th

Yes. (Evidence this is not overkill.)

Jan 27th

The Best Part of Ron Rosenbaum's Assault...

… Was his assault on Jeff Jarvis: Besides, some people still take Billy seriously. Just the...

Jan 27th

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Ought-nine is already the Wrens’ most productive year in more than half a decade. Hot on the...

Jan 27th

“Cancer, diagnosed in 1996, recurring in 2004 — she...”
— Hank Stuever, in his...

Jan 26th

Radiohead to perform at the Grammys

Jan 26th

Six-word memoirs of love and heartbreak

Jan 26th

A composite photo splits Manhattan into how it looked in...

Jan 26th

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It’s Hipsters in Space! “Earth used to be cool, but now I would only go there on a...

Jan 24th

A version of Street Fighter II that can be...

Jan 24th

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The Walkmen perform “On the Water” in the back of a van driving around New York City. I...

Jan 24th

France to buy every 18-year-old a newspaper...

Jan 24th

This story about unfortunate British place names (Crapstone,...

Jan 23rd

The inevitable Aretha Franklin's hat Facebook...

Jan 23rd

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We like to call this little lucha libre clip “The Internet vs. Journalism.” (via)

Jan 23rd

Movie Montages You'll Never See at the...

Jan 23rd

“She told me that sometimes when she listens to the songs she...”
— Frightened Rabbit front man...

Jan 23rd

'Veronica Mars' movie to happen

Jan 23rd

If Karm City Was a Place We Would Buy A...

Have you ever woken up one day to find out that Oprah has designated you one of her favorite things?...

Jan 23rd

Ricky Gervais Was Right

Crumbler faves Wall-E and Rachel Getting Married were pretty much shafted. But make a movie about...

Jan 22nd

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Portland Mayor Sam Adams explains his relationship with a 17-18-year-old to the Oregonian editorial...

Jan 22nd

Some people apparently think we need to calm down about...

Jan 22nd

Something that made me clap my hands and say...

Jan 22nd

“I make it intact to the Mayflower—site of the Human Rights...”
— Seth Stevenson’s account...

Jan 22nd

Told you. (via)

Jan 21st

New Podcase: Protest!

Jan 21st

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Today was one of those few days in your life where you thought, well, even if I should die tomorrow,...

Jan 21st

“While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in...”
— The quote that graces the...

Jan 21st

You have not seen the last of this hat, America … It...

Jan 21st

“It’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to...

Jan 21st

Jan 21st

Stream the new Springsteen

Jan 20th

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Did I wake up in parallel universe AGAIN today or did the Grammys actually do something cool? Cheers...

Jan 20th

Dammit Microsoft, leave "Creep" alone!

Jan 20th

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thedanimal: “Nothing happens in the world? Are you out of your fucking mind? People are murdered...

Jan 20th

daveholmes (via Boing Boing)

Jan 19th

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Still not 100 percent sold on Fleet Foxes, but “Mykonos” is a great song, and I’m...

Jan 19th

Arizona vs. Philadelphia.

Jan 19th

All aboard the bandwagon!

Jan 19th

“Not only have the Arizona Cardinals never been to a Super...”
— Leitch, on what a Cardinals...

Jan 19th

“If you are on a cell phone, FUCK YOU. XOXO...

Jan 18th

Kind of a big deal

Jan 18th

“Having enlisted the help of “mad scientist”...”
— Franz Ferdinand, discussing...

Jan 18th

tylercoates: (via ameliamagritte) This movie finished...

Jan 18th

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copycats: “You Can Call Me Al” by Jens Lekman originally by Paul Simon (posted by karenabad)

Jan 18th

I'm inching closer, Mr. Obama.

mollyknight: About to fly from Philly to Baltimore, which is absolutely absurd as it’s roughly the...

Jan 18th

Top-rope fireman’s carry FTW. (via fadychamaa)

Jan 17th

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livejamie: Justin Timberlake - Bigger Than The World New JT leak, hell yes. ** He sounds kind...

Jan 17th

In Which A Pitchfork Writer Catches Us...

One of the downsides of mocking other people on the Internet is that eventually the person you are...

Jan 17th

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A musical investigation of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” finds its basic...

Jan 17th

“Nelson and his cohort need to get out of their...”
— Colson Whitehead, brilliantly...

Jan 17th

In the interest of full disclosure, here are...

Jan 17th

Stream Merriweather Post Pavilion

Jan 16th

My favorite detail, so far, from the plane crash coverage:...

Jan 15th

To promote their awful show, the Grammys created this...

Jan 15th

Turns out you can actually download that new...

Jan 15th

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Haven’t pondered this question since high school: When does grinding become inappropriate? A...

Jan 15th

Ryan Adams to quit music

Jan 15th

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Harvey Milk “Hope” speech excerpt. It’s painfully earnest and two months late, but...

Jan 14th

There are more. (Thanks to Kyle)

Jan 14th

“My mother always taught me to never give up and shoot for...”
— 10-year-old reporter Damon...

Jan 14th

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It’s early, but here’s our vote for ad of the year. (You have to watch till the end, but...

Jan 14th

The Day in Music

Somehow I find it vaguely depressing that when I return to my RSS reader after a mere 10 hours away,...

Jan 14th

Part two of our series, Sometimes They Get Hungry Hungry....

Jan 14th

Stream Kelly Clarkson's new single

Jan 14th

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Impossible-to-pronounce folkie Bon Iver returns with “Blood Bank,” the title track from...

Jan 13th

Gorgeous poster for Arizona’s own Calexico.

Jan 13th

The Wrens have a new song!

Jan 13th

“Oh, don’t even mention him. He doesn’t exist. He just does...”
— Literary critic/god Harold...

Jan 13th

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Jan 13th

Bush Spends Day Feverishly Booby-Trapping...

Jan 13th

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It goes without saying, but the world needs more batshit crazy Japanese live-action productions of...

Jan 13th

“In any given election in the state of California, you could...”
— Tom Hanks, who, apropos...

Jan 12th

Armageddon's Choices

(Reblogged from Ross Douthat) Ron Rosenbaum, on the “Letter of Last Resort”: At this...

Jan 12th

“The notion that the enormous cost of real news-gathering...”
— Craig Moffett of Bernstein...

Jan 12th

“We are rooting for Burris to make it into office, since any...”
— Secret best NYT columnist Gail...

Jan 10th

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Old People News features elderly news anchors reading scary/ridiculous e-mail forwards aloud....

Jan 10th

5 By 5 By 1

Fonik’s 5 by 5 meme is blowing up the Tumblnets. At the risk of turning this blog into a...

Jan 10th

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Of course the coolest, ZOMGWTF thing in the history of recorded music had to happen while my...

Jan 10th

New Podcase: Unheard of 2008

In which is discussed: barely heard gems from 2008 that you’ll enjoy well into 2009. Listen to it...

Jan 10th

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Blitzen Trapper’s gorgeous “Furr” gets a nice video with paper cut-out animations.

Jan 10th

Actual Questions Asked of Okkervil River...

Questions courtesy Jessica Suarez, whose deft interrogation is like something out of the Paris...

Jan 10th

This Girl Talk article includes a...

Jan 10th

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Frightened Rabbit go animated in this video for “I Feel Better.” (via)

Jan 10th

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“WASHINGTON — The Army said Wednesday that it had mistakenly sent 7,000 letters with the...

Jan 9th

Casey's Internet is down

Until Saturday afternoon! Kiehl, a nation turns its weary eyes to you.

Jan 9th

“The décor, the clothing, the atmosphere will have you...”
— I want to go shopping with...

Jan 9th

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DJ Lobsterdust mashes “Love Lockdown” with Santogold’s “L.E.S....

Jan 8th

One of my best dog friends is Oliver, who belongs (in the...

Jan 7th

Crumbler: On top of all the latest trends. (via)

Jan 7th

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This collection of the gayest moments from Bromance beggars belief. No wonder bloggers are having so...

Jan 7th

Hottest Surgeon General EVER

Jan 6th

“Get this: You used to get to be a star for writing in the...”
— Hank Stuever, marking the 40th...

Jan 6th

Friends

I wish Gmail would sort your top 20 most contacted list by frequency instead of just alphabetically....

Jan 6th

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Divide & Kreate mash up Leona Lewis’ “Bleeding Love” with the Police’s...

Jan 6th

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Videogum: “Let’s go down to where Kathy Griffin works and slap the cliches out of her...

Jan 6th

“They also took their toll on his private parts, so much so...”
— Nitro, the former American...

Jan 6th

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Jan 6th

Survival Of Autoerotic Asphyxiation Closest...

Jan 6th

In America this is called dating

thedanimal: A gang of scammers who enticed victims with female company on the Internet before...

Jan 6th

New Podcase: The Year in Mash-Ups

Jan 5th

“Gay people are born that way. They didn’t work at...”
— Ricky Gervais

Jan 4th

What to do with your leftover NYE champagne corks: make a...

Jan 3rd

10 questions for journalists in the era of...

Jan 3rd

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“Best video that unintentionally illustrates what working at a newspaper feels like on most...

Jan 3rd

“Writing a book titled “Snark: It’s Mean, It’s...”
— Adam Sternbergh, in his review...

Jan 3rd

The easiest way to see Wilco 100 times

Jan 3rd

“The transformation of the West Village has been well...”
— The thing about that quote is...

Jan 2nd

“The transformation of the West Village has been well...”
— Michael Wilson, in a smart New...

Jan 2nd

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Jan 2nd