29 January 2010

just 'cause

one more.


new yeah yeah yeah's video for 'skeletons'.

DJV'S Speekehs.



Red Wire Black Wire "Breathing Fire"

Thanks to mtv for jamming this one into my brainspace.

i like this song and this video.


local natives - airplanes

it's real hard being vampire weekend, ok?

VW's ezra koenig got acted like a spoiled, upper-middle-class white kid when he read this article asserting that he was a spoiled, upper-middle-class white kid, by twittering some cute responses.

I'm asked how it feels to be called a WASP-y, insensitive, rich kid. I answer honestly. I become a WASP-y, insensitive, rich kid in denial.

(via)

GTL.

now that the dust has settled on the first season of mtv's jersey shore, we can fill our empty lives with remembering the good times. nymag compiled a reader-voted top 10 list of catch phrases from the show. enjoy:

10. "I went on one ride, God bless me, it's fuckin summah!" —Pauly D (13 points but, more importantly, this was a Vulture reader write-in!)

8. It's a tie between:
"Unbelievable, huh, Snooks? It's so hard to find a good man these days. That's why I date women." —Pauly D (15 points)
"Have I got girls every day? Have they not been pretty? Some days no, some days yes." —Mike "the Situation" (15 points)

7. "I feel like this is beneath me. I'm a bartender. I do great things." —Angelina "Jolie" (17 points)

6. "My hair's windproof, waterproof, soccerproof, motorcycle proof. I'm not sure if my hair's bulletproof, I'm not willing to try that." —Pauly D (19 points)

5. "I would give her dick and bubble gum. I would send her a picture of my dick and a pack of bubble gum and say, 'Chew on this!'" —Ronnie "Sweetheart" (26 points)

4. "I told him to put me down because I'm not trashy. Unless I drink too much." —Nicole "Snooki" (28 points)

3. "I necessarily didn't want to bring back any zoo creatures whatsoever. These broads probably smelled the food at the house." —Mike "the Situation" (31 points)

2. "Gym, tanning, laundry. You know, that's how they, like, make the guidos." —Vinny (44 Points)

1. "You know what? You're excluded from dinner, then. You're excluded from Surf-and-Turf Night. You're excluded from Ravioli Night. You're excluded from Chicken-Cutlet Night." —Mike "the Situation" (60 points)


NeRd ALeRt!



most of you are likely aware that a competition to design a pedestrian bridge to the new volkswagen factory in chattanooga has been brewing down south. well, WAR EAGLE! 'cause a team from auburn won! michael glenboski and dylan cook took the $2,500 prize for their tiered bridge and tower which referenced VW's mid century ad campaign 'think small' :

"the jurors were enchanted by the entry’s clever mocking of a VW 'think small' advertisement and by the 182-foot tower that rises from the bridge. in their proposal, the students urged VW to 'think tall.'"

can't say i lurve the design, but congrats anyway!

oops, forgot that link [nytimes]

truer words ain't never been spoke



in an interview with yale daily news, denise scott brown said this when asked if she had any words of wisdom for aspiring architecture students:

"Architecture is a difficult career. You probably shouldn’t be an architect unless you absolutely have to because it’s a hard career, you will never earn very much, you’ll work long hours, it’s not up to you when you work, and it can be very heartbreaking when everything you want to do you find you can’t do."

this is a woman who in 1991, along with her husband robert venturi, won the highest honor an architect can win, the pritzker prize. if after all that, this is her perspective on the profession, we are defs all screwed.

i'm sorry...

...that i'm only blogging about my own fame.

here's a good story from the other half of 2Pz, and from the great state of tennessee. they got SNOW today! i know!!  like one-eighth of an inch it looks like!

and guess who can't drive in it without running off the road. joel (or maybe joel's friend). oops!

oh, finally.

looks like the masters of yesterday's newsNY1 finally decided to take a look at the internet or a newspaper or something.

"stand clear of the clucking chicken." oh pat kiernan. i love you so much.

omgomgogmgomgomg!!!!!


THAT's keith olbermann discussing the 2Pz chicken story...


...and THAT's the 2Pz URL displayed on national television.

i'd like to take this moment to expand my goals. we are currently in talks with the 4th hour of the today show. seriously. that's (kind of) true. in addition, i'm hoping to see our story on SNL's weekend update with seth meyers tomorrow, and the soup tonight. fingers crossed still!

thx bunz!

28 January 2010

they tell me...

...i'll be on this news at 8pm. i don't know if i have this channel, but you can watch online.

UPDATE: channel 156 on time warner!

the much awaited AP story!

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's transit agency is investigating a video posted online that shows a man kissing and snuggling a live chicken aboard a subway.


The subway rider who took the video said Thursday that it was one of those New York moments she felt compelled to record. 

Kylie Kaiser, a 27-year-old architect from Brooklyn, and two friends boarded the uptown No. 6 train at the 33rd Street station at around 7 p.m. Tuesday.

"He was on his back, rolling from side to side, kissing, hugging and lifting the chicken up in the air," she said.

She said the man was oblivious to everything around him and didn't respond to onlookers.

"It was definitely an only-in-New-York situation," said Kaiser, who moved to the city about three years ago from Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Kaiser said the man looked like he was homeless because he had a shopping cart next to him full of cans and was wearing a shirt with an MTA patch that "looked like he had found it somewhere."

NYC Transit spokesman Charles Seaton said no passengers reported the incident. He said only service animals and those in containers are permitted in the subway system.

Kaiser took video and photos with her Blackberry, got off at the 68th Street stop with the man still on the train and later posted video and photos on her blog. The post was picked up by Gothamist, a local blog network, and others.

"I knew it would be a story people would want to hear," she said. (via)

next stop, 4th Hour!



if i get to meet Hoda and KLG because kylie took a video of a guy molesting a chicken, i might just pee my pants. yes, that is kylie as shawn johnson. i dont know why.

the media circus continues!

UPDATE: i was just interviewed by the associated press. holy moly!

a lady from HR at my old job just called to inform me that someone just called her looking for me to conduct a news interview about the subway chicken!!!!!

brb preparing my statement.

chicken on 6 train...


...in the new york post. that is a halfway legitimate newspaper.

the day i touched the internet


dlisted, obv.

and now im going to blog about blogging... meta


our chicken story goes viral and ends up on nymag, which you may or may not know is my safari homepage. it is also where i steal most of my stories.

the best part is the online relationship brewing in the comments section. ctmol. i die. barf.

that. just. happened.


got on the 6 train uptown last night to find this scene.


that's a chicken.


a live one.


here's a video. you're welcome.

show me your teeth



super cheesy, super gay

RIP J.D. Salinger

UPDATE: yeah who thought the J.D. Salinger RIP post would be getting an update... beloved american treasure to be mourned by all, excluding bret easton ellis.




i can never seem to finish your interminable masterpiece, but still sad to see you go i guess. seriously, ive tried to read it on four separate occasions and i just stop and never resume.

i hope this story doesnt kick chicken on 6 out of the news.

more foolishness from Mimi Cannon

newsflash, memphis is cool


the new york times sent some lowly reporter to memphis, and she can barely conceal her disdain.

me too, melena.

read the article if you want, or read my recap here : memphis... the people are friendly and trashy, you're screwed if you don't want beer, i hope you like shitty bands.

missing the point

the damn liberal media is harping on is this footage of justice samuel alito mouthing "not true" and shaking his head when obama accuses the supreme court of allowing undue influence of special interest corporate money.

they are missing the point. take a look at the front row and tell me that ruth bader ginsberg isnt stealing the spotlight from every person in the room. i for one can't see anyone else except for her.


hey joint chiefs, excited about DADT repeal?



oh hells yeah.

which one of those dudes do you think is not telling, and which ones are not asking...

streaming The Knife


their latest album is streaming on the internet right now if you have the time and the inclination to listen.


i have both.

RIP howard zinn ;*(


he wrote a people's history of the united states, in which he convinced everyone that christopher columbus was a murderous jerk that deserves to be hated for eternity. indian killer.

anyway, RIP.

27 January 2010

spoiler alert!


bo obama's dad is going to ask congress to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" during the state of the union... according to cnn's twitter.


UPDATE: did i miss it? maybe i didnt pay enough attention.

scary bitches threaten french guy


anna wintour and french anna wintour are telling this dude that he should be trying harder to support the fashion industry in france. via.

this is exaclty how i feel

"PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI—less than two weeks after converging upon the site of a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake, american anthropologists have confirmed the discovery of a small, poverty-stricken island nation, known to its inhabitants as 'haiti.'"

...

"'had it not been for this earthquake, i doubt we would have ever noticed haiti at all.'"

[the onion]

the more you know (you're welcome)

hey, who's this pretty little twink? oh, that's just james franco's younger brother dave. he's playing this rich douchey med student on the 9th season of scrubs (i know, i can't believe it's still on either). actually i can, it's totes my guilty pleazh.

not my goodies

this ciara story has given me an excuse to post this video. keep your goodies in the jar where they belong.



also... petey pablo. remember that?

graphic design = architecture

you know what im talking about

also... bahahaha


thanks for the shameless self promotion thomas wilhelm... i want to REPORT THIS

what is kismet doing?





some puppies just can't have nice things.













mothers protect your children


these little ladies from staten island need to rediscover pants.

spotted in the lobby of radio city music hall upon the occasion of the gaga concert.

solange + of montreal



she wore a cape shirt and covered jackson 5s i want you back during their show at the highline ballroom in new york. via

later things got normal when susan sarandon hopped on stage and whipped some dudes dressed like pigs.

big mistake.

everyone's favorite mad men character, sal romano, is off the show.

forever. (don't click that, joel. spoiler alertz retroactive)

uuuuugggggghhhh im so angry!!

What's for lunch?

A Turkey "Cubano" (Rye Bread, Yellow Mustard, American Cheese, Sliced Dill Pickle, Roasted Turkey), Kettle-Cooked Salt and Pep Krink-Kut chips, and a Ginger Beer!

11 Biscuits!

iPad?!?! ctm.

that sounds like an apple sanitary napkin is all.




follow this liveblog of the iTampon, being revealed as we speak!

looks like a big iphone to me. just sayin'.

totes necessary.



kim kardashian will be riding around miami in this armored limousine, while her husband plays football in the super bowl.

oh yeah.

i meant to show you this picture a couple of weeks ago....


i found this giveaway pile in erin macb's "hallway" (story of her life, right?!). jk, in her actual hallway. though i can't imagine why anyone would want to part with this very specific yet diverse collection of items:

five (5) dr. phil self-help books
abs of steel on VHS
an instructional dog-training VHS
two installments of the harry potter storybooks
and the best, obvi: another self help book, entitled taking charge of your fertility.

all for FREE Free!!!

"growlers have been around since christ was a child."


that's what she said.

Growlers — 64-ounce glass vessels that look like a moonshine jug — have become the beer accessory of the moment. And the jugs, filled at taps in bars and stores, are not just the toys of the bearded, flannel-shirt, beer-geek set. (via)

andy coopy real estate news


Globetrotting newsman Anderson Cooper will soon be able to cool his heels in an old Greenwich Village firehouse -- complete with brass fire poles -- that he's turning into a new home, The Post has learned.

The century-old building on West Third Street was nominated this week for a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, a status that Cooper can use for a slew of tax breaks if his renovations maintain the firehouse's historic façade.

Neighbors have seen Cooper visiting the firehouse regularly since it was sold in September for $4.3 million by the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, which operated the private Fire Patrol 2 out of the building beginning in 1906. (via)

keekerz speakerz timez a millz!

yesterday i put my entire ipod on shuffle on acci, and just left it that way. i got through about 175 songs in one day, out of 7281. then i thought,, shew. why not go all the way? i'll keep you abreast of any faves that show up in my earz. let's get started:

peter bjorn + john - paris 2004
gwen stefani - wonderful life
the national - baby we'll be fine
the roots - don't say nothin'

son of a.


i hope someone gets to rape the benefits of this. thx sj.

what are you doing tonight?


watching the state of the union address probably. check out the huffington post's drinking game!

Obama says "let me be clear"
Do one shot
Obama says "change isn't easy"
Do one shot
Obama says "make no mistake"
Do one shot
Obama says "Let me be clear, change isn't easy, make no mistake."
He's screwing with you to get you drunk, so five shots
Joe Wilson yells something
Do two shots
Obama yells back
Finish the bottle
Obama says "jobs"
Do one shot, two if you're unemployed
Obama says "health care"
Do not drink, you will not be given a replacement liver
Nancy Pelosi claps like a seal
Do one shot
Nancy Pelosi becomes a seal
STOP DRINKING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Obama mentions Bo
Put beer in your dog's water bowl
Michelle Obama wears a slinky dress
Go immediately to the HuffPost Style page for close-ups
Joe Biden nods-off/laughs inappropriately/starts talking before the speech is over
Do three shots
Obama uses the term "Congressional leadership"
Do two shots carefully as all that laughing will make it difficult to swallow
Obama says he's "fighting for you"
Do one shot, two if you believe him
Obama mentions Haiti
Text “Haiti” to the number 90999 and donate $10 to the Red Cross

26 January 2010

you know what i love

the BEYONCE verse on Lady Gaga's Telephone. so h2d. i know you already know.

gchatz with thomas wilhelm

thomas: art bar in the west village

me: yeah i have been there. it is good

thomas: i have to do everything on my own! i can't depend on you for nothin'

me: quit bein a lil biatch

thomas: you you quit

me: i wish i could quit you

thomas: shut you goddamn mouth

NeRd aLeRt!

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.



this video is all computer generated, but they take a trip through and around some recognizable architecture masterworks. it really gets going after about the 2:00 mark, and vimeo is loading slow as hello, so be patient and be rewarded. via

keekerz speakerz


i always wished i had been born erykah badu.

nashville : this weekend


carlisle cullen is going to be there. so is mike newton (yawn). the big one, emmett cullen was supposed to be there, but he isnt going to be there anymore.

incidentally, im going to be in nashville this weekend. im going to a yacht rock concert at mercy lounge on friday night if you want to join in the fun. its MIXY BASH 2010, ya heard.

australian open update


roddick is out because his shoulder tingled (enjoy the shirtlessness)
nadal is out because he was losing and his knee made it impossible for him to win
andy murray wants to win a grand slam for once, but federer is still around... so.


on the ladies side, justine henin is looking good. her inner voice is positive.
serena and venus are probably going to have to play each other to see who gets to the finals. those matches are always much more boring than they should be.

what is kismet doing?


next stop, LONDON

why? because of abbaworld, silly goose.

im on a boat, grammy?

did you know the andy samberg, lonely island youtube sensation i'm on a boat is nominated for a grammy for best rap/sung collaboration? even the satirists aren't sure why... anyway, the grammys are on sunday.



personally, i prefer shy ronnie.

keekerz speakerz


you're going to want to get an earful of the new beach house album, teen dream. it's the best one i've heard in all of 2010. here are some examples of what makes me think that.




UPDATE: pitchfork agrees with 2pz...

25 January 2010

what did you do this weekend?


i did this around 4:30am saturday night.

thx liz!

for your pleasure

i want


these puppies are handmade in istanbul of all places. there is a retailer in austin, tx, and it just so happens that im traveling to a wedding there in march. so now i finally have a reason to save my pennies so i can spend them on something important.

the runaways

i saw a single man last night, and was so happy to see bella swan and dakota fanning in the runaways trailer. looks like its going to be fun. are you going to see it?



she's like the wind

hungry eyes

internet mystery



now people are saying that its maybe xxxtina, maybe goldfrapp, maybe the knife. maybe nothing. not ke$ha though.

injustice


a man in florida was feeding bears. a lady bear didnt like what he was doing, so she walked up to him and slapped the shit out of him when he came outside. the guy woke up and called the doctor, and they ended up killing that lady bear. then the guy was fined for feeding the bears, which is the point that lady bear was trying to make in the first place.

the new PS-1.

SO-IL PS1 Pole Dance from SO-IL on Vimeo.



but where are the chickens?

kewl.


Phineas Gage is legendary for two reasons: surviving a tamping iron through the head before the age of modern medicine (There wasn't even anesthetic in 1848 when he suffered the accident while laying train track.); and sustaining a drastic change in personality as a result of the brain injury. Despite all the medical and psychological studies inspired by this marvel, Gage, himself, has remained an elusive historical figure. All that remains is the spike and his skull, displayed in the Warren Anatomical Museum at Harvard Medical School.



That is, until recently, when Jack and Beverly Wilgus posted a photo, titled "One Eyed Man with Harpoon" to their Flickr page. The image, which they discovered in 1968, was posted roughly a year ago, at which point the story began to slowly unfold online. Commenters, and whaling experts, pointed out that the metal instrument was not a harpoon. Eventually, one commenter named Michael Spurlock wondered, "maybe you found a photo of Phineas Gage?" (via)

dj pauly d



bein' awesome in vegas.

this is going to be good.

congratulations to the new orleans saints and the indiana ponies on making it to the super bowl. as g.animalz astutley pointed out, it will be good because it's 2 southern teams. gulp.


this year, i'm going to pull for the saints for a number of reasons. for one, they've never even been to the super bowl before! and you know how they got h8-e'd a while back, so they could use all the city pride they can get.

secondly, i know that the colts have the ultimate former volunteer for a quarterback, but i was happy to see some of my favorite vols, jabari greer and robert meachem (look how cute!) making some great plays and representing the university of tennessee admirably.



all of this being said, there is one saint that won my heart above all the others, and his name is gumbo. he's the saints' puppy mascot, and he is a saint bernard (like the parish!). keep an eye out for him during the super bowl, though i'm sure you won't have to look very hard. he's a show-stealer. here are some stats:

Name: GUMBO
Breed: St. Bernard
Number: #00
Age: 42 (that's 294 in dog years)
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
Height: 9 Paws (that's 7 feet)
Weight: "How Rude!"

see you in miami, gumbo!

that'll teach him.

As the Derek Dooley era begins at the University of Tennessee, one Volunteer fan is offering up a lasting parting shot to Coach Lane Kiffin.

Knoxville attorney Drew McElroy has filed paperwork with the Knoxville City Council's Public Properties and Facilities Naming Committee to rename a waste water treatment plant the "Lane Kiffin Sewage Center." (via)

thx g!
 
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