July 2010
16 posts
How not having a car became Hollywood shorthand... →
perpetua:
This is interesting to me. Like, it’s not at all surprising given the intense car culture of L.A. in particular and the rest of the United States in general, but from my perspective as a 30 year old man who has never had a driver’s license and has lived the majority of his life in or around New York City, it’s actually weird to me that most people have to drive. I’d be perfectly happy...
Inception & Love King: The-Dream Is Real
Like The Wizard of Oz and Dark Side of the Moon, The Fellowship of the Ring and (a/k/a Led Zeppelin IV) and Toy Story and Toys in the Attic, the dreamy action flick Inception, by Memento, The Prestige and The Dark Knight director, Christopher Nolan, starring a bunch of dudes my girlfriend has make-out fantasies about, and Love King by R&B artist The-Dream, sync up to create a mind-blowing...
1994 Called
An office. Josh sits at a desk working. Phone rings. Josh answers. Josh: Hello? Caller: I want my bands back. Josh: Excuse me? Caller: I want my bands back. Josh: Who is this? Caller: 1994. Josh: What is that? Like a handle or something? Caller: It’s a year. Josh: You’re the year 1994? 1994: Yeah. Josh: How are you calling me? 1994: With a magical tool called a Cellular Phone. Josh:...
The Books: “A Cold Freezin’...
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M
She was calling herself M now. It generated even more fear across the globe than her first name had. People were wondering if the new name meant that the villainess was an entirely new, even more terrifying creature. Like the robot and grizzly bear hybrid she had cackled about when she took over the airwaves the New Year’s Eve before last. Others thought it was something much more...
