July 2009
The Onion: Rickey Henderson Disappoints Nation... →
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“Universal and Illumination Entertainment (Horton Hears a Who) are partnering to...”
– Cynopsis Kids
Oh please please please let this be awesome. The Lorax was my favorite Seuss book. They need somebody awesome to play The Onceler. I’m gonna say Ed Norton. And Philip Seymour Hoffman as The Lorax himself. DO IT.
Brownstoner: Changing of the Guard at Tom's →
Tom’s in Prospect Heights is under new management, and it’s going to start opening on Sundays!
WatchTrailer for Sufjan Steven’s The BQE
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The Andy Rooney Game
What happens when you watch only the first line and last line from an Andy Rooney segment? A slightly more coherent Andy Rooney segment.
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Stars - Big Fight
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Craig Wedren - Higher Higher
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NYT: Why Short Al, Talkative Fan, Calls No More →
From the Sunday Times a few weeks ago. A spectacular piece on legendary Short Al.
Despite his nickname, Short Al stood tall in the pantheon of overnight callers to talk shows on the New York sports radio station WFAN-AM.
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Mr. Kaufman agreed to meet at a diner near his daughter’s apartment. He had already had his morning bagel, so he ordered coffee and coconut custard pie. Immediately,...
Time Out New York: Own This City - Life in New... →
“Pity me, I live in the nicest neighborhood in the city,” says Joshua Rothkopf, TONY’s senior film writer. Fighting words? Not really. “Cobble Hill is a paradise of artisanal restaurants, independently owned shops and lovely residents in sundresses. Where do I go? And still avoid the Smith Street drunkies and interlopers? You so want to click through.”
It seems Mr. Rothkopf lives one block...
Paul played this, one of my favorite Beatles...
Ben Folds Five - The Battle of Who Could Care...
The New Yorker: Poster Girls - Advertising Mad... →
Then she announced an activation coup: the Mets had just agreed to designate a “Mad Men” seating section at one of their games.
“Get out of here!” Theano Apostolou, the head of publicity, said.
“The exciting thing is everyone in our section is going to have a fedora,” Beyer went on. “Of course, the band around it will have to be Mets colors.” The marketers cooed: happiness.
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I subscribed for the five-movies-at-a-time thing...
Lee, don’t make me unfollow you.
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Brooklyn Heights Blog: LIRR Excursion Celebrates... →
I WANNA DO THIS.
The Strong Buzz: Strong Place →
Awesome, another new restaurant opening up right around the corner form me. This one seems to be right in my wheelhouse, and from the same people who own another my my fave places in the neighb.
“I think right now they have to stand pat, and if they get to the [trade]...”
– Steve Phillips on what the Mets should do on tonight’s Baseball Tonight on ESPN. If they get to the deadline? Is there a chance that won’t happen? They will suffer even more injuries, and the team will cease to exist by July 31st?
Paul Anka - Mr. Brightside
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Islands - Rough Gem
SUMMERJAM.
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