September 2010
“The Mets can’t even do well in the Arab League.”
[via sportsnetny]
Slate: The Wrestler and the Cornflake Girl →
Ring legend Mick Foley explains how Tori Amos changed his life.
WSJ: Is L.L.Bean Driving the Runway?! →
A rainy week like this one requires a great pair of Bean Boots.
It should come as no surprise that great companies with remarkable customer service always succeed.
Previously here, here, and here.
And, most importantly, this.
It’s one of the most agreeable, simpatico, attractive, and therefore completely...
– Jonathan Lethem on Brooklyn
[via leilacohanmiccio]
Marty Adickman - Dating Advice from the Rabbi
I went to high school with his son Cary. I’m shocked I haven’t seen more people I know on Old Jews Telling Jokes. I’m sure shirtdress will appreciate this.
[via oldjewstellingjokes]
newyorker:
We’re on the iPad! Jason Schwartzman demonstrates The New Yorker iPad app in a video directed by Roman Coppola.
NYT: ‘Best Game Ever’ Broadcast Found in Bing... →
This is remarkable. One of the coolest articles I’ve read this year.
I was in Pittsburgh last month. It’s a gorgeous city that’s probably overlooked by many, and thought to be a place that time has passed by with the decline of the steel industry. But on the contrary, The City of Bridges seems to be going through a renaissance.
Going to see a ballgame there was simply the best...
Speaking of wrestling, there is no better real-life heel than the genuinely evil Billy Mitchell.
[via gettingtoknowbrian]
This is the promo video package that aired before the main event at Sunday’s WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view. Watch this clip, and you’ll understand why I enjoy professional wrestling: It is simply the greatest storytelling spectacle that exists.
WWE always does a great job with these, but this package is done extraordinarily well. It starts off with showing legendary champions...
Splitsider: Old Jews Telling Jokes Getting a... →
Nag & Noodge, eh? I’ll tune in, but I’d rather have a weekly Old Jews live show.
Thanks for the heads-up, Adam.
The dress codes of pro wrestling? →
I take all credit for this.
[via putthison]
Film director James Cameron is adapting his 1994 action/comedy spy movie True...
– Cynopsis
Consider it DVR’d.
Social Courtesy, Jesse Thorn & Jordan Morris
from The Sound of Young America Live in NYC DVD
[via jordanmorris]
MEDIA Magazine: The Age of the Superconsumer →
Angeline is my Hollywood counterpart at HUGE. Ditto what she said.
angelineasaurus:
My day job revolves around working for a digital agency called HUGE. We were named one of AdAge’s fastest growing agencies and have designed sites such as Pepsi’s RefreshEverything.com, JetBlue.com, CNN.com & IKEA.com. Our founding partner and ECreative Director, David Skokna, guest edited this issue of...