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I'm going to make a not-so-shocking confession: I love Scarlett Johansson.
I realize that it's a tremendously controversial position to stake out, especially when you've read my blog for all of one post and have firmly affixed yourself to the idea that I hate women, but there it is. I admire the hell out of her acting, she's painfully beautiful, and in all her interviews she comes across as carefully sculpted out of pure awesome. In my dreams, I see the two of us alone in my golden submarine, while up above the waves my doomsday squad ignites the atmosphere.
Anyway, she's done an album of Tom Waits covers that I like an awful lot.
Sayeth Listening Post:
Combine Esquire's "sexiest woman alive," the much-loved music of Tom Waits and producer Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio fame with guests like David Bowie and members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Celebration, and you have pretty much the perfect recipe for a much-anticipated release.
Her label, Warner Music, has partnered up with imeem to let all of us unwashed masses listen to the album in its entirety before it is released later this month. Bully on WMG for embracing all of us onliney listening types, instead of treating us like criminals:
This album isn't for everyone, and comments at Listening Post are 100% hating on it. Eliot says, "I can't get behind every track on the album ('Fannin Street,' for instance, is a bit of a dirge)". I'm not crazy about "I wish I was in New Orleans," but I like a lot more of the album than not. It feels haunting and lush, with Big Sonic Heaven candidates throughout. If you enjoy Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, Massive Attack, My Bloody Valentine or Portishead, I think it's worth a listen.
Even if you don't like it and want your five minutes back after a couple of tracks, I hope you'll join me in applauding a major label for embracing this model. I hope this represents a step toward sanity from the recording industry mafia.
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Guido: If Mike Rowe died and you were there... Like if he died from natural causes and just went to sleep and died... Would you have sex with him?
Bitch: Hmm, I mean, I don't know, I'd have to like take a peak.
Guido: You mean you'd look at it?
Bitch: Yeah, maybe touch it.
Guido: But would you have sex with him?
Bitch: Roberto! It wouldn't be hard!
Guido: But what if he got hard and then died... Would you have sex with him?
Bitch: Maybe, but like why do I need to do that when I can just... You know... Ohh nevermind.
Guido: Oohh because you'll be doing all the work anyway? You could just buy a blow up doll.
Bitch: Exactly, so why do I need to hump Mike Rowe's dead body?
--6 Train
Overheard by: wet willy
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Behbeh: 'alo! Jost poppin' in fo' a spo' o' tea!
Cat: Right oh, just getting the teacops out now! [rattle rattle rattle]
Johanna S. found this photo from several terrific ones over at Uber Cats slide shows
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Adolescent son to father: I'm worried about the essay section.
Father: Just BS it and you'll be fine. If you're like me you should be pretty good at BS-ing. Just write something like: "The current political situation in blah blah really makes me contemplate the mysteries of life."
--1 Train
Overheard by: bildita
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[Speaking into drive-thru window speaker]
Um, I'll take the beady eyes/stuffed animal combo...
...with finger monches
Oh, and paws up for dessert. Thannnnnnnnnks.
Drive to the next window, Eva H. Bone Appetit!
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The Daily Coyote, friend of Teh Qte™, recently reported PUPPIES. And now SOMEbody's getting a new BABY SISTER:
(sniffing ensues)
Yay Spring! It does make me wonder where Eli stands on all of this, though.
We've seen Charlie with Eli before. Many thanks, Shreve!
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What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You? - What kind of music do you like... and what does it say about your personality?
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What Element is Your Body? - Is your body watery and relaxed? Or fiery and passionate? Take this quiz to find out.
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Well-dressed young black guy: Excuse me sir, do you happen to have a cigarette?
Surfer guy: Motherfucker, you're in New York City. Of course I have a cigarette.
--13th & Broadway
Overheard by: rpk
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So apparently Jerry O'Connell was on the Howard Stern Show this morning, and claimed that I bullied him when we made Stand By Me.
I haven't heard the interview, so I don't have context beyond, "Hey, Jerry says you bullied him when you made that movie," and normally, I'd just laugh this sort of thing off because it's entirely untrue, but I'm a little sensitive to being misrepresented, especially on a show like Stern where there are eleventy million listeners.
So.
This isn't true, and you'll shortly see why it's so important to me to set the record straight.
Keep in mind that Jerry was 10 or 11 when we shot Stand By Me, and I was 12, so neither one of us is the most reliable narrator in the world about events that are nearly 25 years in the past, but my memory on this particular issue is crystal clear: River and Corey really picked on Jerry and me, because I was the nerd and he was the fat kid. It wasn't constant -- River and I were pretty good friends for most of the production and remained that way for years after -- and I'm sure there were moments when all of us formed temporary alliances because that's what pre-teen boys do when they're in any social situation like we were, but I never bullied Jerry or anyone else.
I know this to be an unimpeachable fact because I've only been a serious bully once in my entire life. I was 10, and my brother was 6. We were spending the weekend at my Aunt Val's house with our older cousins. My brother and I were pretty sweet little kids, because that's how our parents raised us. Our cousins, however, were not. They were really cruel teenagers who delighted in tormenting us whenever they could, so on this particular weekend, in the interest of self-preservation, I made a cowardly decision to gang up on my brother with them, so they'd leave me alone.
Jeremy had a little parakeet at Aunt Val's, called Mister Feathers. Jeremy adored this little guy, and I thought he was pretty neat, too, but when our cousins thought it was real funny to run their fingers across his cage and scare the shit out of him so Jeremy would cry, I went along with it. Eventually, Aunt Val heard all the commotion and came to Jeremy's rescue. I only saw Aunt Val angry one time in my life, and that was it.
I felt terrible that I made Jeremy cry, because I knew that big brothers were supposed to protect their little brothers, but our cousins were relentless and ruthless in their bullying of us, and on this particular day I wasn't strong enough to stand up for us both. I don't recall why, and I've spent a lot of time over the years unsuccessfully searching for a satisfactory answer, but the best I can do is "I was a kid, I was scared, and I didn't know any better."
The thing is, I learned from that experience. I felt so sick about it, and so guilty (still do) that by the time I was 12 and we shot Stand By Me, it is absolutely impossible that I would have bullied anyone, especially Jerry, who I really liked.
12:12pm: In comments, casbar says:
It wasn't that bad. When asked if any of the other kids were assholes to him, O'Connell said he got along with Phoenix but Feldman and Wil Wheaton would bully him a bit cause it was his first job and he was the youngest. He clarified that it was because you guys were all Hollywood kids so it was some kind of "professionalism" bullying.. if that makes any sense.
Man, that's actually worse than what I thought he said. Corey was an absolute nightmare the entire shoot: totally unprofessional, always looking to be the center of attention, and excessively cruel to me (when we shot the "dog pile" thing right before we discover the leeches, he delighted in jamming his knee into the back of my knee, and that wasn't even the worst thing he pulled during production) so to be lumped in with him in Jerry's memory makes me really, really sad.
NB: I understand that Corey's finally gotten his shit together. If so, good for him, and I don't hold a grudge. It's just that when we made the movie, he was pretty terrible to be around.
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Pizza lady: Next.
[No one responds.]
Pizza lady in loud, harsh voice: Next!
Loud, black girl at the beginning of the line: Okay!
Random NYU student: Wow, the pizza line is rough today.
--NYU Kimmel Center
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Brooklyn family court employee: What's your daughter's name?
Mother: Chicago.
Brooklyn family court employee: Like the state?
Mother: Yes.
--Brooklyn Family Court
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May 13th, 2008: Here's an experiment which could be pretty rad! I'm going to link to the Flickr images tagged "haylookit" here for the next few days, and maybe INDEFINITELY. If you have something you want thousands and thousands of like-minded strangers to see, try uploading it to Flickr and tagging it with "haylookit"! And if you want to see something that some stranger on the internet thought you'd like, click here!
UPDATE: Guys this is awesome.
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