November 2011
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Disabled animals. Boom. →
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OH MY GOD, YOU GUYS THERE'S A TUMBLR DEDICATED TO... →
If there’s one about disabled animals and I haven’t been alerted to it, we’re going to need to have a talk.
I’m a little disappointed in you. All of you. Now go to your room.
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I saw some movies at the Philadelphia Film...
“My Week with Marilyn”:
Can you make a movie about someone so iconic, whose look, voice and movements can be so easily accessed? No matter how well Michelle Williams faked it, it would always seem artificial.
The answer to the above question can’t be a blanket-statement “no” becuase there have been other successful biopics about actors. Where would we be without...
October 2011
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Chestnut Hill's Melissa Fitzgerald films... →
From the Daily News, Oct. 31, 2011.
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It was Philadelphia’s birthday yesterday, and mine today. Coincidence? “And then god said, ‘Let there be Molly!!’” (with two exclamation points cause that’s how god rolls).
Here’s my favorite birthday message so far:
beastplunder-deactivated2012012 asked: of steel. Its a hard song, a cold song, its urban and the relationship which is related in it is far from loving or perfect. Its an exchange like everything else in that song. Its like the city and all its bustling commerce has imprinted itself on the lives of Eddy, the speaker and his lady. Its sad, its glorious, its ill-fated.
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I still fucking hate "Meeting Across the River."
I was trying to make a Springsteen playlist on Spotify to commemorate a new museum exhibit at the National Constitution Center. But that meant that I would have to include all of “Born to Run” except for “Meeting Across the River,” possibly the worst song ever on the best album ever. Other people like it: It inspired a goddamned book, which I’m sure is terrible...
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Philly.comments →
phillydotcomments:
Darwin. End thread.
— suporma
This is the best Tumblr — quotes from newspaper’s website with no context — of ever. Above is my favorite.
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What I've learned from watching TV: "Veronica...
If you hold you suck on a spoon while you cut onions, your eyes won’t tear up. Definitely learned this from the episode of “Veronica Mars” when her mom gets out of rehab and they’re making tacos and they talk about how they need to have proper music to go with said tacos and it forces to Keith to break up with Wallace’s mom.
God, Veronica’s mom was such a...
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At Midtek, Michael McGettigan sells paper journals... →
From the Daily News, Oct. 24, 2011
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'Gossip Girl' ad mocks lack of Jewish characters →
I’ve always thought the most inaccurate part of “Gossip Girl” is not the sex, drugs or debauchery, but the fact that they have no Jewish characters. Please, rich, old money on the Upper West Side Upper East Side and we haven’t had one ep centered around a Bar Mitzvah yet?
If this were real life, the characters would actually be named Charlie Basstein, Blair Waldorfbaum,...
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You can buy the jacket Ryan Gosling wore in... →
My birthday is on Friday. I’m probably a small.
This has been quite the Gosling filled day, hasn’t it?
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WatchWhoa, Rebecca Cole (keyboardist) looks exactly like Shirley Henderson.
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Typographer Ryan Gosling →
This must stop.
But I don’t really want it to.
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'The Mighty Macs' shows a view of fabled... →
From the Daily News, Oct. 21, 2011.
C+!
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Here's what to see at Phila. Film Festival →
From the Daily News, Oct. 21, 2011.
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Television Revelations: "Suburgatory" edition
So, Malik on “Suburgatory” (pretty good, wish it had more teeth but I like everyone in the cast, especially Carly Chaikan who is neck-in-neck with “Awkward.“‘s Molly Tarlov/Sadie Saxton with best TV megabitch):
..Also played Randy Wagstaff on “The Wire”:
…Which is particularly hilarious because in the show, he is a member of a...
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Taste test: Philly cops sample Federal Donuts →
From the Daily News, Oct. 20, 2011.
I can’t believe this idea actually worked: I took two cops to this new fancy doughnut spot in South Philly. Shout out to Det. Murray and Sgt. Hoyt, who rep two of the more dangerous neighborhoods in the city; they were great sports and very sweet.
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Haley Joel Osment stars in 'Red' in Philadelphia →
From the Daily News, Oct. 17, 2011.
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David Sedaris, humor-writing superstar →
From the Daily News, Oct. 13, 2011.
The best parts of this were off the record but I was curious so I let him stay off the record. The second best part is this:
Q. You’ve always been open about how everything you write is 97 percent true and 3 percent embellishment, if only because of what you remember. If I was going to embellish one thing about this interview, what would it be?
A....
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Tattle: Rihanna gains 'sexiest' title →
From the Daily News, Oct. 13, 2011
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DISABLED DOGS →
God, I love disabled animals.
H/T Emily
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Tattle: Sacked Hank pens a song →
From the Daily News, Oct. 11, 2011
FYI: The best part of this is that Kanye West showed up at Occupy Wall Street yesterday.
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Oh god, I need to go outside more
My favorite part of tonight’s “How I Met Your Mother” was the “Friday Night Lights” joke.
But you can skip season two!
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Tortilla It →
mccullarmebad:
I made a new tumblr called Tortilla It. Basically I’m going to wrap everything I eat in a tortilla to determine whether or not tortillas make everything better.
Since I eat burritos at least 3 times a week this won’t be that much of a lifestyle change.
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Fun with analogies
Mayor Nutter : Occupy Philly :: My Parents : When I got my first tattoo, showed partially as an act of rebellion and independence and they said, “Oh wow, that’s so cool.”
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Occupational Therapy →
From the Daily News, Oct. 7, 2011.
Awesome co-worker Lauren McCutcheon and I wrote a list of tips for the Occupy Philly people, including where to find public bathrooms, what movies to study up on and what songs they should learn on their acoustic guitars. God, I love writing charticles.
UPDATE: Goddamn, people are unhappy about this article. Man, senses of humor are great, not to mention the...
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Well, that was a terrible phone call to have to...
In yesterday’s piece about Warren Messing, the ‘star cop.’ I wanted to illustrate how he was this easy-going guy while simultaneously shoe-horning in biography. So I included this anecdote:
He launches into stories easily, interjecting that “heh, heh, heh” laugh even when he’s recalling something like a standoff with a former mental patient who butchered a...
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Star Cop: He was Liz Taylor’s bodyguard
From the Daily News, Oct. 5, 2011.
Found this guy after Liz Taylor died in March. I loved him so much, I agreed to interview him during my vacation. He called me today to thank me for doing the piece (which, believe me, never happens) but took issue with the fact that I called him stocky. He’s muscular! Not chubby! I wish they were all like...
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“Of Salman Rushdie, who once gave him a terrible review in the New York Times, he...”
– Maurice Sendak continues to prove his insane awesomosity. (h/t Vulture) 