What Would Chuck Klosterman Do?

"What you see, when you log on to your Tumblr, is a soul-exposing microblog, using the postmodern..."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:10:16 +0000

“

What you see, when you log on to your Tumblr, is a soul-exposing microblog, using the postmodern artistry of .gifs and witty one-liners to compose searing cultural criticism. What everyone else sees is the following:

10:09 AM: I LIKE AMY POEHLER
11: 45 AM: I LIKE AMY POEHLER
1:00 PM: AMYPOEHLER.GIF
3:45 PM: WHAT IS UP WITH MY HAIR?
6:00 PM: I LIKE AMY POEHLER

”

- IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S TRUUUUUUUUUE.

Rookie » The Five Stages of Fandom Grief

"I remember when I first saw my parents as real human beings, like not just ‘parents’, a label that..."

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:47 +0000

“I remember when I first saw my parents as real human beings, like not just ‘parents’, a label that carries this responsibility that you’re a person who just knows how to handle everything that happens and you don’t have your own life and emotional problems. Having had more life experience now than when I was a teenwolf I can think of how insane it must be to be bringing up kids and having your own life and experiences. When you feel fucked up or heartbroken or stressed or pissed off, disappointed, if work is tough, if relationships are tough, if someone you know has died or is dying, if you have an illness or a private problem and there’s someone who loves you very much and totally relies on you for pretty much everything but doesn’t consider any of those things as possible stresses in your life, how must that feel?”

- Teen Wolf | My Ignorant Youth

OUTFIT LUST. (via Retro Style and Fashion with Sleigh Bells GQ...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:52:43 +0000

OUTFIT LUST.

(via Retro Style and Fashion with Sleigh Bells GQ February 2012: Wear It Now: GQ)

<3 (via xkcd: Car Problems)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:47:00 +0000

(via xkcd: Car Problems)

"I went straight to iTunes and bought her new release “Born To Die” in toto (how often do I do..."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:34:25 +0000

“I went straight to iTunes and bought her new release “Born To Die” in toto (how often do I do that??) because it was more than a collection of songs or a performance, it was a phenomenon. Maybe all the more so because she’s not overwhelmingly talented. The minute I hear the whisperings of “how dare she,” I’m interested. I don’t have to like it, it doesn’t have to be worthy.”

- Liz Phair on Why Lana Del Rey Scares Rock’s Boys Club - Speakeasy - WSJ

“Stana has the perfect ’40s body; she has the...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:24:52 +0000

“Stana has the perfect ’40s body; she has the world’s best… shoulders.”

(via Castle Spoilers: Castle on E! News Discussing ‘The Blue Butterfly’)

Your favourite memes reimagined as vintage movie posters....

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:55:47 +0000

Your favourite memes reimagined as vintage movie posters. Glorious.

(via mememovieposters)

Love this. (via www.ohmz.net » If Wonder Woman were a...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:42:12 +0000

Love this.

(via www.ohmz.net » If Wonder Woman were a Disney Princess. )

"It’s not the kind of drawing where you’re trying to get their eyes in the right place, you’re just..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:24:40 +0000

“It’s not the kind of drawing where you’re trying to get their eyes in the right place, you’re just trying to tell somebody something as directly as possible. It’s non-drawing, in a way. It’s somewhere between handwriting and drawing.”

- David Shrigley interviewed by author Dave Eggers – Time Out London

photojojo: Jocelyne Grivaud recreates Barbie as famous works of...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:12:07 +0000

photojojo:

Jocelyne Grivaud recreates Barbie as famous works of art, we love these!

Via Beautiful Decay.

WANT. EVERY. THING. (via Paul & Joe | Shop Paul & Joe...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:21:58 +0000

WANT. EVERY. THING.

(via Paul & Joe | Shop Paul & Joe for lips, hair and make up | ASOS)

"People are more likely to assume that a woman didn’t write her songs, or that she must have had..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:59:41 +0000

“People are more likely to assume that a woman didn’t write her songs, or that she must have had help. People are more likely to assume that a woman had her clothes picked out for her. People are more likely to assume that a woman has someone planning her career for him. And in EVERY case, people are more likely to assume that any of this matters. People gloss right over the fact that Anita Pallenberg dressed The Rolling Stones. Or that someone else gave The Sex Pistols their name along with their wardrobe. That someone dressed The Clash. That Joy Division didn’t have any say over how their first records sounded. That Nirvana reluctantly allowed Sub Pop to release a cover as their first single. That Elvis Presley never wrote a song in his life. That Bob Dylan changed his name. That the manager of The Beatles insist they trade their leather jackets for suits. That The Velvet Underground were managed and influenced by Andy Warhol. That Berry Gordy controlled every single thing that came out on Motown until 1970. That The Byrds, or The Eagles for that matter, didn’t play on their early records. All of those artists are, aside from a minority of dissenters, seen as authentic and real.”

- Music columns | Everything Is Plastic - The Corrupting Ideal of Authenticity | COLLAPSE BOARD

"[W]hen I was studying monetary theory in the early 1990s, I never thought I’d have to explain..."

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:15:47 +0000

“[W]hen I was studying monetary theory in the early 1990s, I never thought I’d have to explain quantitative easing to 6 million people watching the 10 o’clock news. At the end of a long day, even pronouncing ‘quantitative easing’ consistently can be a challenge… I call it ‘dumbed-down highbrow’. I don’t always manage it, but it’s very satisfying when you feel you have said something that the experts would recognise, but the ordinary viewer can understand.”

- This is actually my favourite thing about my job. Although I’m very glad that monetary policy is only a (albeit the most difficult) part of it.

New masters of the media universe | feature | Business | The Observer

"I say – when nature has gifted you so perfect a metaphor, don’t fight it. The once proud seat..."

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:20:01 +0000

“I say – when nature has gifted you so perfect a metaphor, don’t fight it. The once proud seat of democracy slipping gradually into the mire, brought down by its own overweening heft and further undermined and unsettled by the march of progress? Do nothing. Just enjoy.”

- Lucy Mangan: Dong! Time’s running out for parliament | Life and style | The Guardian

BEAUTIFUL. songbytoad: More Star Wars fun.

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:12:52 +0000

BEAUTIFUL.

songbytoad:

More Star Wars fun.

(via ModCloth Blog » Blog Archive » Nail Klub: Megan’s...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:15:49 +0000

(via ModCloth Blog » Blog Archive » Nail Klub: Megan’s Marvelous Marbled Nail Tutorial)

SO. CAN’T. WAIT.

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:05:03 +0000

SO. CAN’T. WAIT.

Pretty much reblogging for the attention of Lilit. Who is...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:51:45 +0000

Pretty much reblogging for the attention of Lilit. Who is currently on the other sofa.

"I like to think that there is kind of a Clark Kent thing going on with what I do."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:23:10 +0000

“I like to think that there is kind of a Clark Kent thing going on with what I do.”

- Craig Finn of the Hold Steady on ‘Clear Hearts, Full Eyes’ - NYTimes.com

"Molly works because, while Watson is “the audience”, Molly is every woman of a certain..."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:36:53 +0000

“Molly works because, while Watson is “the audience”, Molly is every woman of a certain age sitting at home on the settee fantasising about running their hands through Benedict Cumberbatch’s hair. Which is basically what I’d have been doing if I wasn’t in the show… Also, I think most people have experienced the agony and the ignominy of unrequited love… I’ve never thought Molly was an idiot. She just really, really loves him.”

- Louise Brealey: ‘I don’t think Molly is really Sherlock’s type’ | From the Observer | The Observer