October 2009
60 posts
“Bikini Kill is more than just a band or a zine or an idea, it’s a part of the...”
– From Bikini Kill: A Color Activity Book Zine #1
September 2009
45 posts
“I can’t believe he fell for that whole ‘fake film festival’...”
– This Is Our Roman Polanski Post.
Polanski
Yeah, I adore and revere Chinatown, too, okay? Guess what? There’s no provision in the law for eluding punishment for drugging and raping thirteen-year-olds because you happen to be a kickass director. Not even if you’re a kickass director who has suffered unimaginable personal tragedies in the course of his own life. Not even if the judge of the case in question was of doubtful...
“Good ideas turn into good designs fairly quickly. If you catch yourself fiddling...”
– Ryan Singer
Bruce Springsteen, “If I Should Fall...
“Calisthenics, shower, and breakfast. Then I water the garden because it is dry....”
– Old favorite: The Occasional Diary Entries of German Director Werner Herzog
“The Rogue Film School is not for the faint-hearted; it is for those who have...”
– Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School
“To my mind, most people go through life recoiling from its best parts. They miss...”
– Carolyn Porco
“It’s pretty obvious that Hollywood isn’t going to take the risk to...”
– Richard Linklater, on getting Me and Orson Welles to audiences
Drinking Skeptically
dawnowar:
I really enjoy the drinking skeptically events because they are free-form and there is no lecutures or directed discussion. It really is about connecting with like-minded people in a very social way. Because I think we all need that.
In fact, I’m convinced now that all the new media douchebaggery is going to drive people towards making more concrete real life connections and that the...
“I heard you were going to erect a gold statue of yourself in your hometown of...”
– Nick Cave
“You don’t know very much about girls. The best ones aren’t as good as you think...”
– The Lady Eve
“I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I...”
– Katharine Hepburn
“What Lego loses is what makes it so special,” he says. “When you have a less...”
– The NYT supports my “Lego theme sets aren’t as fun and creative as the plain bricks” theory.
“A friend warned me not to read any more Kerouac in college or I’d end up...”
– I’m living proof that this does in fact happen. Of course, I did go back. Sorry, Jack.
WatchThis is for Ed.
“OK, here’s a problem that is holding back feminism and you see it on the...”
– Diablo Cody
“When someone says they are against feminism, my first response is, really what...”
– Feminism - What You Don’t Know Could Fill A Handbook
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