memphis news

the mayor of memphis, W.W. Herenton, announced that he will resign office today effective July 10. he has decided to focus his energies on fundraising and campaigning to unseat District 9 Congressman Steve Cohen.

The 5 term mayor is a very controversial figure in local politics, often accused of enflaming already irritated race relations in the city, and appointing friends and supporters (and mistresses) to cushy government jobs. a special election will now be held within 90 days so voters can choose their new mayor. there are likely to be several candidates, and an outright majority is not required to win. GULP.

also, he is under investigation by a federal grand jury for some suspicious real estate dealings.

also the city is better off without him. please dont vote for him for anything else ever.

thriller

michael jackson is dead

RIP dirty diana.

macaulay culkin and corey haim are finally going to sleep well tonight.

but seriously, amazing musical legacy. bat shit crazy otherwise.

what is kismet doing?

naptime

just for fun

99 cents doesn't buy a metrocard

ruth madoff, wife and assumed co-conspirator of ponzi chief bernie madoff rides the subway. like a bitch she sits in the middle of three seats, naturally discouraging anyone to sit to her left or right.

she reportedly snapped at the photographer, "Are you having fun embarrassing me - and ruining my life?" shut the fuck up dyke.

RIP

sweet dreams farrah fawcett. you were too pretty for this earth.

hey, brookyln heights post office!

where the FUCK is my summer issue?

i think i have an idea.

when i find out whoms fault this is...well, you'll all pay. every last one of you!!

hey, nymag!

where the FUCK is my summer issue?!?!

you just charged my bank account for another year, i see. the least you can do is send me what i'm paying for.

thx.

4 nothing.

yayayayayayay!!

yesssssssssss. best. news. ever!

thx liz!

joelz speekerz

look another jenny lewis music vid.

wikihow to paint some pimp cornhole boards, pt.4

Chapter Four - Tuesday June 23 + Wednesday June 24

This is it! I was down to the wire to finish these m'effers for the big Wednesday night cornhole grill out / my eleventh going away party. There was a lot of clean-up effort in these two days that you are not going to realize without maximizing these pics to check the deets. Seen below is the blue board right after the Gray innards app:



Looking closely, you can see the Yellow and Gray elements got a little messy under the stencils. Also, the stripes ran a bit under the masking tape, and the blue board had some kind of ghostly giveaway left and south of cornhole. Cleaning up all this mess was pretty time consuming, I spent the better part of each day hunched over with a hobby brush. But, in the end, they came out just perfect!



Heres a pitcher of the yellow board, with inspiration at right:



And finally, the big group demo! Seen here from left to right are Joe, Angeler, Lee, Jwad, Ben, Kyle (throwing), Matt, B-rad, Phil-YF, and my vacated position at the yella board.



All said and done, Kyle and I ran another undefeated evening, shutting down Phil and Joe 21-13, Chavez and Lee 21-10, and Matt and Jwad 21-17. Here's Kyle finta lay more waste. (Joe was manning the chalk board)



So that about wraps 'er up. At the commencement of last evenings events I formally handed these boards over benjametz. He gracefully accepted the position of keeper and primary caretaker, but I made it clear that the boards are to be maintained as public property, accessible to all yall-stars, come one, come all. I'm gonna miss you guys! Love ya mean it.

BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

conan had some sweet ass animals on his show last night. check THESE out. and keep your eyes peeled for the world's most personable zebra.


part 1


part 2

pOpSicLeS!

find out all the places you can get gourmet, chi-chi, organic-y, hipster-y popsicles. flavors like bluberry black tea. i'll take cherry please.

how starla says her favorite book.

go on. try it.

happy FURSday!

puppy-skin rug.

would you like to have your mind blown?

thought so. this is pretty gd incredible. a guy traveled to every subway station in the city in 10 days, documenting each stop and its surrounding context in writing and in photographs. just remarkable.

my fave stopz:
borough hall / court street
clark street
bergen street

joel's faves:
2nd ave
137th street

what are your faves?

thx mxxx.

blog sneak attack

kylie and i were simul-watching an animal segment on conan when this happened.