ellen is the new paula on american idol?

this is weird news. is this one of ellens jokes?

picture frames

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glee officially starts tonight

i'll be watching.

hells yeah

did you know that Kylie and I love Tina Turner like mad crazy.

well she has a live album of her most recent tour (which we attenteded (the second half of)) coming out on Septemeber 28th. You can bet that I will be first in line on Amazon.com to buy that thing since i dont know where else to buy music anymore now that the Virgin Megastore closed.

Tina. Live. Yes.

good one, newsweek.

you can read this amazing cover story here.

that's a good-lookin' typewriter.

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backwardz wednesdayz

gchatz w/ john

john: um, that beatles rock band commercial freaks me out too

when they have that close up on john lennon's messed up digitally inserted face, he looks like a serial killer

me: totes

its so weird

and on vh1 theyve been having all these obscure musicians talking about how the beatles are their favorite band

that's ridic

nobody's favorite is the beatles

john: people just say that

me: that's like saying michael jackson is your favorite

or elvis is your favorite

boooooooooooring

john: it's like saying chocolate is your favorite.

everyone likes chocolate

me: thats like saying the internet is your favorite
or walking is your favorite

john: have a freaking identity

for god's sake

why don't they just grow a pair

me: speaking of god

god's my favorite

john: i'm a huge fan of god's work

really strong stuff
me: ugh
john: ugh

Brooklyn Queens Expressway

Interlude I—Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

snuffles (sufjan) stevens is releasing this multimedia package including a comic book, a dvd, audio of the concert, and some other stuff to present his BQE composition. this is a sample of the dvd, i think.

enchanting.

youre right!

nymag has a new sports section, and they really hit it out of the park with this article on the shabby state of new york public tennis.

its like the last frontier of sports, as players bully and complain their way onto courts, and the "managers" do little to nothing to maintain control.

fix it!

the us open makes me want to play, but i shouldnt have to schlep to prospect park to play tennis.

NeRd aLeRt!

just kidding about that second, uglier design for the new Brooklyn Nets stadium. Forest City Ratner gives SHoP a chance to spruce up the Ellerbe Becket design with improved results. Who wants to take bets on what this monster is going to look like when (if?) it finally gets built. The biggest insult... Frank Gehry chairs in the renderings of the luxury suites. ctm.

george clooney movie

its about being laid off...

Up in the Air Teaser Trailer from /Film on Vimeo.

inside the movie, real people who have been laid off were interviewed and appear telling their stories as people who have been laid off.

happy 09.09.09!!

i'm pretty sure three 9's is the mark of the beast, but so far this day is pretty uneventful. i've scoured the internet for reasons to get excited about it, but so far nothing. i couldn't care less about beatles rock band. in fact, it gives me the creeps, and i want it to get off my tv. and apparently, apple's having some sort of event centered around an ipod...but i can't make any sense of that either. it seems in the UK you can dial 999 if you have a silly emergency.

i did come across a wonderful wikihow with some great ideas of how to celebrate.

here are 2 things i AM looking forward to today:

1) going to see federer, soderling, and oudin at the US open.
2) president obama getting me some healthcare tonight in his big speech.

what are you guys doing with this "calendrical anomaly"?