September 2008
43 posts
What Tammy Believes
Ever since I began this site, my kid sister Tammy has been pestering me about it. Telling me what I should and should not be writing about. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve screamed at her, “Get your own Tumblr, Tammy!” She never does. Her excuse, “I wouldn’t even know what to write about.”
Being the big brother that I am, I’ve decided to force allow Tammy to write her own posts from...
Internal Affairs
Episode 9: Planted
An Office
Thursday, 4:46 p.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Stevens sits at his desk carefully studying the papers with the Director’s symbols. He quickly brings his hand to his mouth, letting out a belch which brings a look of repulsion to his face.
Stevens: That damned beef jerky.
The Main door is heard opening and...
“I don’t believe you’re actually free to choose your neighborhood...”
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- Martin Scorsese, when asked where else in New York City he’d like to live, in the 40th Anniversary Issue of New York magazine.
Notes on Gossip Girl S02 E05: "The Serena Also...
This show needs a real theme song.
“I want to experience a night with Chuck Bass.”
Guzzlers be gone!
Senior Year*sparkle*sparkle*sparkle*
Beverly Hills Chihuahua: Friday!
The precocious kid from One Tree Hill is running in a corn field! Look out!
Grunge corduroys.
“Shut up, Humphrey.”
“You’re either in for the full ride or you’re out.”
...
MBV Live Links
DaveCromwell, who was kind enough to comment on one of the My Bloody Valentine posts from last week, left some awesome links to videos he shot at the band’s “Amazing” September 22nd show at Roseland Ballroom.
For those who didn’t get the chance to see the group, I recommend watching these videos while standing directly behind the engine of a jet preparing to take off to...
TumblrRumbls: Will There Be "Internal Affairs"...
TumblrRumbls, the famed Tumblr media news site, got the chance to speak with the creator of the critically-acclaimed surreal mystery/comedy series, Internal Affairs, as well as its publisher, What A Fool Believes, last week. We at TumblrRumbls, admitted fans of the series, in all our giddy geekdom, focused entirely on trying to get information about the plot, rather than ask about a second...
Internal Affairs
Episode 8: Ronco
An Office
Thursday, 12:31 p.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Stevens sits at his desk in front of his laptop reading something online. He scrolls down and laughs at what he reads. The main door is heard opening and in walks the “Jump Rope Man” with a large neon pink jump rope. Stevens eyes him suspiciously. The...
Internal Affairs
Episode 7: Symbolism
An Office
Wednesday, 9:40 a.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Stevens is bent down reaching for the handle of the slightly open bottom drawer. Suddenly the file cabinet starts buzzing and humming, as the alarm clock goes off in the top drawer. Stevens is startled and curses before yanking open the top drawer. He pauses...
TumblrRumbls: Inside "Internal Affairs"
TumblrRumbls, the famed Tumblr media news site, had the opportunity to talk briefly yesterday with the creator of the critically-acclaimed surreal mystery/comedy series, Internal Affairs, as well as, the series’ publisher, What A Fool Believes.
The show, which began on September 18th, had it’s mid-season episode published today, and we at TumblrRumbls, admittedly big fans of the...
Internal Affairs
Episode 6: Followed
An Office
Wednesday, 9:28 a.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. The intern Stevens enters with swollen red eyes while looking around nervously. He quickly goes to his desk, sits down and stares in the direction of the main door. He sits twitching in his seat for several moments before he hears the main door open. He...
Thoughts, Utterances and Things (Barely) Overheard...
“I can feel my esophagus rattling!”
“‘Soon’!”
“Aural Masochism”
“I need a cigarette.”
“I’m so glad you said that. I need one too.”
“It’s the loudest thing I’ve ever heard. The only thing I can compare it to was when the jets would take off at EAA.”
“I went to the drugstore, I...
Internal Affairs
Episode 5: A Proposition
An Office
Tuesday, 2:15 p.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Stevens sits at his desk with his head in his hands. His laptop beeps as another e-mail enters into his inbox, but he does not look up and respond. To his right, the file cabinet emits low radio static. The Director enters from the main door holding a long...
TumblrRumbls: Initial Reviews of "Internal...
The surreal mystery/comedy series Internal Affairs, about a young man assigned by a temporary agency to work at an office where strange activites involving the office’s director begin to occur, which is published on What A Fool Believes, has been receiving great reviews despite the, thus far, poor ratings, TumblrRumbls, the famed Tumblr media news site, reports.
Below are quotes from some of the...
Internal Affairs
Episode 4: Bud Cort?
An Office
Tuesday, 10:22 a.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Stevens sits at his desk listening to music through headphones connected to his laptop, tapping his foot and nodding his head to the rhythm. On his desk is a steaming cup of tea and a small pile of papers. Suddenly Stevens feels a vibration through the floor. He...
“Is that my Concorde out on the water?
Looks gooooood!”
– - What I hope Kevin Barnes is shouting at the beginning of “Id Engager”.
Sure, the line seems far-fetched, but look at this picture:
Now tell me you can’t see these people flying in a retired French supersonic passenger airliner tricked out with neon and strobe lights, a...
Internal Affairs
Episode 3: The 3 Foreigners
An Office
Monday, 1:57 p.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Stevens sits at his desk typing away on his laptop computer. He picks up a cup sitting on his desk and takes a drink. He sets down the cup and looks at the pile of papers next to his computer. He shakes his head. Director enters standing in the doorway of...
Great Jones Cafe (feat. Mark Ibold*)
This evening, after the typical misdirections I follow upon ascending the subway stairs and entering a neighborhood I’m merely acquainted with, we, my girlfriend and I, arrived at 54 Great Jones St., home of Great Jones Cafe.
Great Jones Cafe is a Cajun/Creole restaurant located in the East Village. It’s the kind of place that’s the size of many kitchens and dining rooms...
Internal Affairs
Episode 2: Calligraphy
An Office
Friday, 9:43 a.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. Enter Stevens who slowly walks to his desk while staring at the file cabinet to the right of his desk. He takes off messenger bag and jacket, lays them down on his desk, without taking his eyes off of the cabinet, before sitting down and turning on his laptop...
Internal Affairs
Episode 1: Ginger Ale
An Office
Thursday, 2:31 p.m., early April.
Row of open cubicles across from a doorway to a conference room. At the last desk, across from the conference room door, sits an intern named Stevens. His desk is bare except for a messenger bag, laptop computer, notepad and pen. Stevens sits gazing at three cans of Canada Dry ginger ale he sees sitting on the window sill of...
TumblrRumbls: WAFB to publish "Internal Affairs"
TumblrRumbls, the famed Tumblr media news site, reports today that What A Fool Believes has procured the rights to publish one 11 episode season of the surreal mystery/comedy series Internal Affairs.
The series, originally created in April 2006 and mired in legal limbo until August 2008, is about a young man assigned by a temporary agency to work at an office where strange activites involving the...
On the Fingers of Blair Waldorf
“Digits of the rich and idle: the look of miniature columns carved from alabaster and the tactility of baguette dough from La Maison Blanc. Their exquisite nature is carefully nurtured by a life of pampering and leisure, deigning to touch nothing but rare and precious metals, plush fabrics from extravagant designer garments, the brilliant and puissant porcelain of bone china and the...
Righteous Kill
Happy Friday everybody!
Today on What A Fool Believes we have a very special guest! Director Jon Avnet!
Jon began his career as a producer in the late 70’s. His production credits include Risky Business, Less Than Zero, The Mighty Ducks, Inspector Gadget and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In 1991, he directed his first feature film, Fried Green Tomatoes, and has since gone on...
What Are You Listening To?
Welcome to another installment of What Are You Listening To?!
I ask a random person on the street what song they’re listening to on their iPod, Discman, Walkman, radio, etc., and then discuss it with them.
Today’s listener is Paul Willis.
Paul is a freelance graphic designer. Originally from Schaumburg, IL, he moved to New York after graduating from the School of the Art Institute...
Weezer Question for Wednesday
Yesterday, I listened to Weezer’s self-titled debut for the first time in many, many years. It’s still really, really good. Anyways, when the first jangly sounds came through my headphones, I immediately sent my younger brother an email informing him that I was listening to “My Name Is Jonas”.
Back in 1994, I spun the hell out of this record, often in my...
What Tammy Believes
Ever since I began this site, my kid sister Tammy has been pestering me about it. Telling me what I should and should not be writing about. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve screamed at her, “Get your own Tumblr, Tammy!” She never does. Her excuse, “I wouldn’t even know what to write about.”
Being the big brother that I am, I’ve decided to force...
