intersection of ambition and incompetence
Graffiti happens at the intersection of ambition and incompetence: people want to make their mark on the world, but have no other way to do it than literally making a mark on the world.# Dec 14, 2011
Metafilter
How to describe Metafilter to a novice?
Well, say there’s a video with a guy doing high speed rapping about pancakes: Metafilter is great place to discuss….the spatula.
Metafilter user not_that_epiphanius explains exactly why I love Metafilter
# Dec 11, 2011No Content Found
This has been my favourite Christmas song for years now, but it’s got a whole new meaning for me this year.
David Attenborough - Wonderful World
David Attenborough’s version of What a Wonderful World. And you just know he means it.
Nintendo's Miyamoto Stepping Down, Working on Smaller Games »
On the one hand, this is incredibly sad news - the end of an era. But on the other hand, I’m excited to see what he can do with “smaller games”.
# Dec 8, 2011From a Vauxhall Velox
Her mother read her mailAnd her Dad was a Policeman
Which I must say worried me
But some things have just got to be
So we passed very fast like ships in the night
Or cars in a contraflow system
– Billy Bragg, From a Vauxhall Velox
Not only is this a perfect simile, it’s goddamned ballsy to drop a term like “contraflow system” into a pop song.
# Dec 7, 2011Who's Afraid Of Lana Del Rey? - The Awl »
If you’re as baffled by the whole Lana Del Rey as I am, this is a good place to start. I just wish the author had expanded it a bit more - five lengthy paragraphs about the ways in which people are hating her, barely a mention of why.
# Dec 7, 2011Fan-designed Criterion Cover for Exorcist III
“I have dreams of a rose, and a long flight of stairs. Incidentally, who is this Damien you speak of?”
If I could have one wish, it would be that Blatty got the chance to assemble his original cut of Legion, the way he envisioned it before studio meddling turned it into The Exorcist III. Despite the final versions flaws, it’s still one of my favorite movies.
It might be a hot mess, but Exorcist III is still one of the most terrifically creepy movies I’ve ever seen. It gets under your skin and stays there. There are scenes – single shots, even – that still manage to give me shivers when I think of them. It’s criminally underrated/overlooked as a horror film.
This is a much better cover than the nonsense they ended up going with.
# Dec 7, 2011
B-Sides: Is She & Him's Gender-Swapped "Baby It's Cold Outside" Less Date Rape-y Than the Original? »
As a follow-up to the previous post, Bitch magazine asks if having the woman play the predatory role in the song makes it less date-rapey.
I’m going with “no”. This song is inherently sketchy, no matter what way you spin it.
# Dec 7, 2011