I'll probably quit doing this too

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:01:38 -0500

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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:23:11 -0500

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"I also like MacBooks. You can really do stuff on them, you know. Like see how many followers you..."

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:09:06 -0500

“I also like MacBooks. You can really do stuff on them, you know. Like see how many followers...

andrearosen: ryanbrown: Regarding this assertion: People...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:31:29 -0500

andrearosen:

ryanbrown:

Regarding this assertion:

People don’t turn to their cameraphone because they’re share-happy egotists, they do it because the actual press has an appetite for what they’re releasing, and, sometimes, will even pay for it.

I’m pretty sure no one is going to pay for this “sighting”, also pretty sure the simple delight in ‘publishing’ something warrants enough justification for the “share-happy” thesis.

First!

Any press validation is incentive enough, even in the case of celebrity sightings. A girl was flipped off by Michelle Trachtenberg a few weeks ago and called Page Six herself to report the incident. Trachtenberg denied it and there were no witnesses, but here’s a citizen “report” that the Post deemed suitable to run.

Sure, it’s definitely incentive enough - but its not the impetus for the phenomenon on a whole, not by a long shot. There’s an undeniable instinct to prove one’s very existence in the act of commiting something to permanence: “If I had an opinion, and no one was around to hear it, did I really have an opinion?” etc etc. I’m sure, in the realm of breaking news and “celebrity journalism”, that mainstream acknowledgment (compensation even!) plays a more significant role, but its not a singular cause… and, in the grand scheme of the vox populi represented via our fun new technologies, it’s an outlier at best.

(via think4yourself) “The camera really changed the way we...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:14:00 -0500

(via think4yourself)

“The camera really changed the way we behaved… and they weren’t even real cameras”

Regarding this assertion: People don’t turn to their...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:17 -0500

Regarding this assertion:

People don’t turn to their cameraphone because they’re share-happy egotists, they do it because the actual press has an appetite for what they’re releasing, and, sometimes, will even pay for it.

I’m pretty sure no one is going to pay for this “sighting”, also pretty sure the simple delight in ‘publishing’ something warrants enough justification for the “share-happy” thesis.

First!

fek: It’s like I can feel Katie slapping her forehead across...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:15:54 -0500

fek:

It’s like I can feel Katie slapping her forehead across the East River. Fuckin’ Sundays!

Win:

Melissa Johnson, “known for her sardonic humor and love of dark, gory films and burlesque” was surprised when she fell for chipper Timothy Lagasse, an “endlessly upbeat designer and fabricator of puppets” who works for shows like Sesame Street. (Dude, what is the Times’ deal with the Sesame Street hard-on? Also, hello perverts who found this page by Googling Sesame Street hard-on!)

Sam Bush and David Grisman - “The Girl from North...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:08:00 -0500

Sam Bush and David Grisman - “The Girl from North Country”

I’ve been rummaging through a ton of old possessions in preparation for a move to a new place (don’t worry, I’m actually going to be closer to my coffee shop) and came across a box of old cd’s I had never ripped or thrown out. They are, for the most part, ALL high quality live bluegrass recordings. Most even have tracks for the chatter between songs.

This song is from a set that Grisman and Bush played together sometime in the early 2000’s (aughts?), and perfectly epitomizes my former obsession with the mandolin. It’s also ruined ANY other interpretation of this Dylan classic for me - I just can’t hear anyone sing this sweet melody without the accompaniment of the mandolin.

I’ve uploaded the entire disc for some old friends, you can download it here: http://drop.io/sambushdavidgrisman

(apologies, I don’t have the setlist/track listing anywhere anymore)

the kids at facebook DO have a sense of humor

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:53:16 -0500

the kids at facebook DO have a sense of humor

Dicktowel.com NSFW, obviously.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Dicktowel.com

NSFW, obviously.

kmase: Are you ever suspicious that birdsong is actually ratsong, like when you hear it at...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:23:00 -0500

kmase: Are you ever suspicious that birdsong is actually ratsong, like when you hear it at...

blakewhitman: Like I said before, he had no idea. FRACK!

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:16:05 -0500

blakewhitman:

Like I said before, he had no idea.

FRACK!

notice that the battery is NOT water damaged by has a red line...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:54:29 -0500

notice that the battery is NOT water damaged by has a red line through it.

Working on getting my phone replaced. Learning ALL SORTS of new things:

hi okay so this was a bit tragic. my girlfriend and i were on the phone and she broke up with me and i was crying, thus making water get into my phone but i was a bit to preoccupied at the moment to realize what i was doing. now the buttons on my blackberry storm don’t work the only way i can turn my phone on is by taking out the battery.

[sad, via]

fek: youngmanhattanite: We got a book deal. Alternately: “I...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:37:45 -0500

fek:

youngmanhattanite:

We got a book deal.

Alternately: “I Used To Be On FameGame.”

damn.

itsalwayssunny: (via grittypix)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:24:17 -0500

itsalwayssunny:

(via grittypix)

khong: no rly DO NOT ENDANGER FLIGHT SAFETY

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:34:34 -0500

khong:

no rly DO NOT ENDANGER FLIGHT SAFETY

Looking for Micheal, artist from Williamsburg - w4m (Williamsburg)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:26:57 -0500

Looking for Micheal, artist from Williamsburg - w4m (Williamsburg): w4mbk: Looking for Micheal,...

Homicide on Lorimer St

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:34:06 -0500

anastasiafriscia: neighborhoodr-williamsburg: A gunman shot and killed a man on Lorimer Street...

Update: my phone is presently in a tupperware container filled with rice, sitting on top of my oven...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:28:27 -0500

Update: my phone is presently in a tupperware container filled with rice, sitting on top of my oven...

"Who is likely behind the Juarez, Mexico murders?"

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:28:29 -0500

murray:...