February 2012
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“These ‘ironic post-modern kitsch zombies… finding comfort in the apathy...”
– Dorian Lynskey, “Hating the Hipsters”, a review of Jake Kinzey’s “broadside against hipsters” The Sacred and the Profane.
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Why Gary Oldman should've won Best Actor →
“We’ve both spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another’s systems. Don’t you think it’s time to recognise there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?”
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“The way for the creative community (and indeed, the entire world) to address...”
– Tom and Lorenzo, in concluding today’s “we’re done with Glee” blog post.
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“Whether or not the war was to be blamed for the change, the girl of the present...”
– “Lifestyle of the Modern Girl Condemned”, originally published in the Manchester Guardian, 18 February 1926.
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“When you read a bit of graffiti that says something like ‘Blair is a...”
– David Mitchell, “An internet troll’s opinion should carry no more weight than graffiti”, in the Observer.
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“Q: Have you found that Americans don’t get the plot?
A: Yeah. But a lot of...”
– Gary Oldman on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, interviewed in the NY Times.
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“In 1976 I decided to make a road trip across the US from New York to San...”
– Michael Moorcock, “A Million Betrayals”. Published in The Telegraph, Jan. 15 2006
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blackbutshining:
wingwalker:
I talk about music with my dog all of the time. We don’t agree on most things but she enjoys The Beach Boys and Prince. She does not like noise rock, punk or really anything that sounds aggressive.
What music does your dog like?
the consensus among cats I have known is that they FUCKING HATE aphex twin
Ours seems to enjoy drone music.
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The Quietus: In Defence of Dune, by Andrew... →
/blinks. Somehow I missed this when it was posted at the end of January, or I saw a link and instantly forgot about it. Anyway, worth reading. Seems a bit short, frankly, but Stimpson raises some good points.
Dune’s closest analogue is John Boorman’s Excalibur. At the time of its 1981 release a US critic, while denigrating the film as a whole, noted that “the images have a...
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“I’m concerned OAuth, while hugely convenient for both developers and users, may...”
– Andy Baio:The Perpetual, Invisible Window Into Your Gmail Inbox
Interesting read, and probably something we should be thinking about. (via wilwheaton)
I just went and poked around a bit in my Gmail app settings (and thanks to Baio for providing a direct link in his article) and discovered that at...
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“At the start of the 1980s when the ideas that would coalesce into V for Vendetta...”
– Alan Moore, V for Vendetta and the rise of Anonymous
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“I’ve shared the onigiri (rice balls) that I make with my fellow cast-mates in...”
– Ken Watanabe talking about the time he shared rice balls with Leonardo Dicaprio and Cillian Murphy during the filming of Inception (x)
This is the best story ever. (Reblogged for immlass.) (Also, umeboshi onigiri are my favorite.)
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David Cronenberg: analyse this →
One continues to eyeroll at the journalistic convention of “Gawrsh, this person who makes these FREAKY-ASS MOVIES is a TOTALLY NORMAL PERSON! Who’da thunk it?”
I do like this quote from Cronenberg: “Usually I take three or four years between movies, but suddenly there it was and I wanted to make it. I haven’t turned my back on my past, but when I’m making a new...
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Well, well. Look what I found. →
Tucked away on the Focus Features web site (buried under miles of Flash, but somehow a search for “tinker tailor soldier spy conference room clock” got me there directly): the screenplay for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. By Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan, and nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award.
P.S. I am sure that many fans will be glad to know that the shooting...
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“But oh my god WHY, WHY DID I SEARCH THE TUMBLR TAG, WHY WOULD I DO THAT, WHAT IS...”
– prescription cure for graphophobia: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Welcome to my experience of life as an older fan.
(via immlass)
hangingfire sez: Here is the #tinker tailor soldier spy tag summarized in four bullet points.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH SQUEEEEEEE
OMG TOM HARDY IN A SHIRT AND NO PANTS
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WatchThe Guardian visits a cat cafe in Tokyo, where customers can have coffee and play with kitties.
Warning: Cuteness overload may occur and may induce fits of squeaking and cooing.
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Dorian Lynskey: The tweelight of the gods →
I was going to post a quote from this (it contains gems like, “Innocentese poses as an authentic voice in a world of corporate liars. We’re not like them. We’re your best mate inexplicably treating you as if you’re a 10-year-old girl.”), but fuck it. Just go read it. He starts off with Sainsbury’s renaming of “tiger bread” to “giraffe bread” on the...
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