"Reax Quotes"

Churches having a “Mass for Employment” is not a...

Feb 1st

Roubini: “The risk of a near-depression...

Jan 31st

“Are newspaper staffers pains in the ass? Absolutely. From...”
— This must be why people often...

Jan 30th

“As we drove around we were followed by a car and a station...”
— From a Slate article about...

Jan 30th

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Sufjan Stevens— “Chicago” (Acoustic) (via michaelikesit)

Jan 30th

And Another One Bites the Dust

I hate to admit it, but I sort of enjoyed Page Six Magazine, included free in each issue of the New...

Jan 30th

“I like to have newsprint on my hands in the morning. I like...”
— CNN anchor John King, in...

Jan 30th

I Don't Know What My Reaction Should Be...

AntiKris just confused me with Richard Blakeley. That’s mostly good, right? I shouldn’t...

Jan 29th

On this weekend's bday schedule:

antikris: brianvan: “It’s like facing Manny and Ortiz back-to-back in the lineup” (Actually,...

Jan 29th

FishBowlNY: "Will The New Yorker Fold Next?"

Jan 29th

Can Someone Explain to Me...

…the Tumblrette fascination with Peter W. Knox? I don’t get it at all. Thanks in...

Jan 28th

Upon seeing the above, I almost sent a note to Andrew...

Jan 28th

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Bon Iver— “Blood Bank” Perfect for a day like today.

Jan 28th

CBS' Online Team Wants to Get Back into the...

Jan 28th

Fewer Requests for Super Bowl Media...

Jan 28th

Nick Denton Looks at Buying Struggling Online...

Jan 28th

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From last night’s “Flight of the Conchords,” I present the song I’ve been...

Jan 26th

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Since I’m in the sharing mood, I would like to thank a friend for pointing me to this: Seal...

Jan 26th

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David Bowie— “Life on Mars” I would say that I am in a Bowie mood today — as...

Jan 25th

Last Night In Dodge

caro: …we saw check-ins from Limelight, the Fillmore East, Danceteria, the Triangle Shirtwaist...

Jan 25th

“We often read books that we think we ought to read or that...”
— Nick Hornby, in the...

Jan 25th

“The star system, however imperfect, has become entrenched...”
— Via an excellent Wall Street...

Jan 25th

“I always try to write a song so that if I had written it 50...”
— Smokey Robinson in the current...

Jan 25th

As we undergo Dodgeball’s last throes, it’s...

Jan 25th

The view from Connecticut two weeks ago. So serene and...

Jan 24th

“[Real estate] just is, and maybe it always has been, the...”
— Lockhart Steele in...

Jan 24th

Can our nation's op-ed writers...

…stop using the “perfect storm” metaphor and disabuse themselves of the...

Jan 24th

Forbes: "The 25 Most Influential Liberals In...

Jan 24th

“[Newsweek editor Jon Meacham] sees his audience as...”
— With this type of audience,...

Jan 24th

Obama to GOP Today: "I Won" (The "Get Over...

Jan 23rd

“While Maureen Dowd’s party on Sunday evening in D.C....”
— Gabriel Sherman at New York...

Jan 23rd

When I was growing up, my parents used to raise West...

Jan 23rd

“To respond to the 24-hour news cycle, the show has developed...”
— A look inside at how...

Jan 23rd

One Person's Reasons Why She Doesn’t Like...

Jan 21st

“To love is to risk not being loved in return, to hope is to...”
— Simply, to have not loved is...

Jan 21st

NYT: "From Books, New President Found Voice"

Jan 21st

Correcting & Replacing

letuslive: “Also, this inauguration was over four times as expensive as any previous...

Jan 20th

This is a less-than-subtle nudge to one of my favorite...

Jan 20th

"Josh Marshall is the Anti-Nick Denton"

For a while, I’ve been working on an article with this title, showing how some sites —...

Jan 19th

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Bon Iver’s beautiful “Skinny Love.” (Via La Blogotheque.)

Jan 19th

“I think there is something very, very sad if you…have...”
— Wise words from Hugh Hefner,...

Jan 19th

“[H]e said the fact that the real mayor’s name was in the...”
— How scary is this? The person...

Jan 19th

WSJ: Think Twice About Deleting "Annoying...

Jan 19th

Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the childhood favorite...

Jan 17th

“A British man has finally solved the Rubik’s Cube after 26...”
— Perhaps the saddest news item...

Jan 17th

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Sufjan Stevens— “For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in Ypsilanti” As...

Jan 17th

Slate: Understanding Why People Don't Join...

Jan 16th

This image is key to understanding why the media has...

Jan 16th

Dodgeball, We Hardly Knew Ya

Jan 15th

After reading both the New York Observer article on Rex Sorgatz (and the ensuing Gawker article that...

Jan 15th

Least Surprising Survey Findings Ever:...

Jan 13th

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Velvet Underground— “Stephanie Says” (By request, damn good song.)

Jan 13th

“A fat helping of reality was dumped in our laps. All those...”
— Ms. Melissa Lafsky on what the...

Jan 13th

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There is simply nothing better than the “Blues Brothers”— here’s their...

Jan 13th

“Imagine a baseball writer snorting at a question about the...”
— Via a wonderful column by...

Jan 12th

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The stand-out sketch from last night’s Saturday Night Live— “Saving...

Jan 11th

Sometimes it’s nice to call it an early night (ie. before midnight) and rewatch some old...

Jan 11th

I'm on dodgeball!

soupsoup: (via nickmcglynn) I forgot Dodgeball still existed until I got a friend request from...

Jan 11th

“With the worst economy in decades compounding a fierce...”
— Via a dead-on piece by Alan...

Jan 10th

Happiness is running while snowflakes dance around you and...

Jan 10th

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Vampire Weekend— “Everywhere” (Fleetwood Mac cover) Rediscovered this song thanks...

Jan 9th

“So it is with (mixed emotions; ill-disguised glee; a...”
— Media Layoff Mad Libs (choose...

Jan 8th

“The sports section is called the “toy department” by those...”
— From a much-recommended...

Jan 8th

"Happy Birthday (And R.I.P), Dear Old Black...

Jan 8th

What a NYC-based Red Sox bar must resort to when both the...

Jan 8th

Jon Friedman's Special, Special World

Jon Friedman of MarketWatch, today: “Stuart, on the show and in [Al] Franken’s...

Jan 8th

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Sadly, I have been replaying this 4-second clip from “Pineapple Expresss” all day.

Jan 6th

“The big picture is that we are on the Canadian Border. And...”
— Paul Soter, confirming the...

Jan 6th

Servicey: Tips on How to Avoid Embarrassment...

Jan 6th

Recommended reading.

alexbalk: Three great financial pieces from this weekend that you may still be reading because...

Jan 5th

New Meme: Fresh Cup, Move Down

I think a new meme needs to be made, an offshoot of the “white whine”: the employed...

Jan 5th

“My journalistic headwaters couldn’t be more old technology....”
— Jim Bettinger, director of the...

Jan 5th

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My Morning Jacket— “Rocket Man” (Elton John cover) I’ve been listening to...

Jan 4th

“You can eliminate all the limos and velvet rope events you...”
— Former studio executive Marty...

Jan 4th

“Four in the morning, DeHaan on the bridge. With the tugs...”
— Fitting for a Sunday morning,...

Jan 4th

“A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you’ve been...”
— Paul, Beautiful Girls (via...

Jan 4th

Simply: Yikes.

Jan 4th

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“Let’s go get ‘em.” Love this new trailer for the fifth season of...

Jan 3rd

“Any problem on Earth can be solved with the careful...”
— A wonderful line from...

Jan 3rd

Finally started using Genius last night— and I...

Jan 3rd

"Bush is a Book Lover"

Jan 2nd

Oh, Favored Scarf, Where Art Thou?

I seem to have lost the scarf — which I just got for Christmas! — the night before last...

Jan 1st

(Via yahara)

Jan 1st