August 2010
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Bottled in Cork
featuring: Paul F. Tompkins, John Hodgman, and Julie Klausner
This is incredible. Ted Leo is so awesome. And so are all of these other people.
This video reminds me that I miss my pal Eugene who moved to Hollywood to do hilarious things like this. See also.
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NYT: The New Adventure of Old Elaine →
Are you listening, Pammy?
As for me, I’m still all about bringing back the Jerry look. Tucked in button-downs, tapered jeans, and tennis sneakers.
[via maura]
Underrated. One of his best.
brooklynmutt:
NYTimes: Critics’ Picks: ‘Broadway Danny Rose’
A. O. Scott looks at Woody Allen’s nostalgic meditation on small-time show business in New York City.
The blurring of childhood and maturity has long been a theme in Park Slope.
– Douglas Quenqua
NYT: In Park Slope, Sidewalk Entrepreneurs Grow Up
I should be used to the way Americans dress when travelling, yet still it...
– David Sedaris
(thanks, Zach [that’s me!])
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NYT: A Senate Run Brings Professional Wrestling... →
Did you see this piece from last month on Linda McMahon’s Senate campaign, and her involvements with WWE? If she becomes a Senator, I hope Vince calls himself a “genetic jackhammer,” and she falls into a comatose state. And then I hope somebody hits Lieberman with a chair.
WSJ: Urban Outfitters' Chic Storefronts →
Urban Outfitters plans to split the facade of a new store on the Upper West Side into four distinct “storefronts”: a hat store, a hardware store, a neighborhood bar and a bodega.
“The whole idea was to do this kind of ironic statement of lining the building with storefronts that would be reminiscent of independent businesses,” says Ron Pompei, creative director of...
Mates of State - I Will Dare (Replacements cover)
Yup.. that’s Todd Barry on drums.
[via shirtdress]