Seven Things That Are Happening While Scientology’s Super Bowl Ad Plays on a Grainy Monitor in the BackgroundA black sphere the size of a softball flies into a darkened alleyway across the street from a store with televisions sitting in the window. It expands until it threatens to touch the walls; then, abruptly, it vanishes, … Continue reading
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A Brief Essay on Overlength This weekend, I have seen three different things that were far too long. Here they are, in the order I enjoyed them. (Spoilers ahoy.) TOO MANY COOKS What is it? An 11-ish-minute long segment on Adult Swim’s bizarro 4 a.m. slot, “Infomercials,” where the network (already fairly free-form and lenient … Continue reading
You’ll titter. Then you’ll chortle. Then you’ll guffaw.(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
Today in cool.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
So I wrote about this the other day, because it’s partly an ad for the new Call of Duty. Like pretty much everything, the more you learn, the less clear-cut it seems, and I want to say simply that you have three choices when it comes to waging contemporary war. 1) Conscription. Draft young men … Continue reading
Banksy installation under the High Line. Basically it’s a gallery exhibition with two large paintings in it, on public property, with yellow caution tape guarded by huge guys in uniforms who only let in a few people at a time. The paintings are colorful anti-authoritarian little numbers. Again: Banksy has stationed guards on public property … Continue reading
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cJesus Is a Liberal Democratwww.colbertnation.comhttp://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:368914Colbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo Archive Most Christians seem to be stuck in a time warp where the most recent cultural touchstones available are the Narnia Chronicles. Somebody please notice Stephen Colbert, practically dripping with righteous anger during what is maybe … Continue reading
Piff, the Magic Dragon on Penn & Teller. Very funny magician, pretty great trick; if you don’t want to know how they did it, skip the bit from 6:40 to 7:00.(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
