June 2010
22 posts
Hilarious discussion of Renee Fleming crossover...
Seth: What were the dullest moments for you?
Zack: The Mars Volta cover (I can’t believe I just typed that), “With Twilight As My Guide,” is pretty deadly. And I was shocked that “Hallelujah” was just seven and a half minutes long —it feels at least double that. A lot of the record is just soo effing lugubrious.
Seth: HAH. I will rep for two songs on this, and two songs...
“How drag queen clothier Vincent Cuccia and others are finding a place in the...”
– Now, that is a niche business - Crain’s New York Business
“A group of 51 German millionaires and billionaires founded a Club of the Wealthy...”
– Blog: German Millionaires Volunteer to Pay ‘Rich Tax’ - CNBC
“Despite its name, the British Petroleum brand was originally created by a German...”
– It’ll always be “British Petroleum” to me - Salon.com
“The City continued on its inexorable march to glossy mediocrity. Bloomberg, the...”
– Lost City: Goodbye to All That
Could Christine Quinn be any more of a hack?
For a woman who used Pedagogy of the Oppressed for her initial swearing-in as a New York City Council Member instead of a Bible (I was in attendance), Christine Quinn sure shows how much wanting higher office can make one drop all formerly-held beliefs and go all “Mother Teresa is awesome” on us. Remember Quinn is an out lesbian who was once head of the Anti-Violence Project. Now...
“Think of it as a kind of prehistoric Prada: Archaeologists have discovered what...”
– Armenian Cave Yields Oldest Known Leather Shoe - NYTimes.com
I am not making this up. This is the actual beginning of an article in the Science section.
“George Bush admitted yesterday that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed...”
– George Bush admits US waterboarded 9/11 mastermind | World news | guardian.co.uk
