January 2009
92 posts
Sex, Drugs, & Post-Grad Ennui At St. Elmo's →
Don’t fuck your best friend’s girlfriend, and other salient bits of advice.
(at This Recording)
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Jurassic Park
I’m watching Jurassic Park, which still has the most seamlessly realistic CGI of any movie to date. Which is getting embarrassing, since it was made in 1993. I said, “You can still tell what is computer-animated and what is a puppet but it is edited so well that you can just accept that there are fucking DINOSAURS”
In the words of This Recording columnist and bloggeuress Sarah...
My Life Would Suck Without U
Molly: Kelly Clarkson is the musical Pam Beesly
Tess: Pam from The Office?
Molly: bc also they both worked with Steve Carell.
Molly: In 40 Y.O. Virgin, when he yells KELLY CLARKSON
Tess: we both know that's a stretch
Tess: but they have a similar vibe, also known as
Tess: "relatable because they eat ice cream and have longings"
Molly: exactlyyyy. Bridget Jonesy
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“So I came home, said: ‘Wow, the supermarket is fantastic, it’s my...”
– Bruce Springsteen
Chuck Bass/Ed Westwick (for Liz C at Joe Blog)
for my dear friend and associate Joe Blog, with love and squalor
“Sorry if my voice sounds a bit odd, we were just doing this crazy shoot for ‘Rolling Stone’ and they made us pretend to have a pillow fight so the feathers got everywhere and now I keep thinking that I’ve got some stuck in my throat.”
“I’m a 21-year-old in New York and New York is like...
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blurring the lines between facts and fan-fiction at This Recording
“But there was more to being an intellectual than a manner of speaking, more even...”
– Richard Yates, The Easter Parade
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HEY LADIES AND GAY DUDES:
Bret or Jemaine?
bret for his animal sweatshirts and the hair helmet
Clearly Jemaineian.
“Of all the performances I’ve ever done, that was my unbelievable moment. I’m just so excited. I’m thrilled and completely full, I feel like I did when my daughter was born, like the first time I got arrested - I’m feeling every emotion right now. If my mother wasn’t dead this would kill her.” - Bettye LaVette
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MR: Let me ask you one question. CW: Yeah. MR: Where did the dinosaurs go? CW: They’re sitting in the tree outside.
Christopher Walken: You wore headgear, right? Mickey Rourke: I wore it most of the time, but lots of times I didn’t. Then, I think it was around my eleventh fight, I started having some memory-loss issues. I took a neurological exam, and they said, “Well, you should stop fighting now.” And I kept begging them for one more fight, one more fight, and the doctor said to me,...
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“Phenomenal Cat” by The...
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“Strange Relationship” by...
Dreams really do come true, thanks to Jaimie
Announcement
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The Sequel
Potentially in response to Ernest Hemingway’s six word short story: “For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn,” the following was just sighted in Echo Park: ”Twins Stroller 4 Sale” (cardboard sign posted on a double stroller parked on a traffic island)