tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54987012011-12-13T21:53:05.351-06:00A List a DayC'mon everyone loves a good list, don't they? This is the place to find links and commentaries on lists of all sizes and merit. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1106593737425859572005-01-24T13:08:00.000-06:002005-01-24T13:08:57.426-06:00PICTURES CAME AND BROKE YOUR HEART: A quarter-century or so after the Buggles declared the radio star dead, done in by video (in the conservatory with the candlestick), a new poll conducted by British cell phone company 3 seems to suggest that the video star might now want to look into estate planning, as Johnny Cash's haunting video for "Hurt" topped a list of the Top 20 Music Videos of All TimeAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1083611735247590652004-05-03T14:15:00.000-05:002004-05-03T14:18:50.200-05:00Movin' On Up
The big news that you have all been waiting for is A List A Day has now officially merged with a couple of other fine, like-minded, pop-culture blogs. The new home of this blog is here, though the archives and links and whatnot will remain at this current address.
Now what are you doing wasting your time here when you could be wasting it there.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1083185407355103812004-04-28T15:50:00.000-05:002004-04-28T15:53:13.030-05:00Warm Impermanence
Look for some big ch-ch-changes here next week.
AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1083011066828397712004-04-26T15:24:00.000-05:002004-04-26T20:50:46.000-05:00What About Jan-Michael Vincent?
ESPN's Page 2 continues its look at the best all-around athletes, with the list of the 10 Greatest athletes. Jim Brown tops the list, followed by Jim Thorpe and then Dave Winfield.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082999720131598392004-04-26T12:15:00.000-05:002004-04-26T15:10:34.343-05:00Scenes From a Car Wreck on the Way to an Italian Restaurant
Where once he crashed parties on Friday nights, today Billy Joel primarily spends his weekends crashing cars. Joel, who was on his way to pick up a pizza at the time of his latest accident, may want to pay the $2 delivery fee next time, lest he join Harry Chapin, James Dean, and others on the list of Celebrities Who Died in Auto AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082647848846640612004-04-22T10:30:00.000-05:002004-04-22T10:33:47.750-05:00Time on His Hands
As a columnist for a major metropolitan newspaper and blogger, you wouldn't think Eric Zorn wouldn't have the time to list all 100 of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People. But thankfully he (or some intern) did, so I wouldn't have to (I was going to blog it earlier this week, but was pissed to see that Time had blocked all its current content to non-subscribers). AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082587307272304062004-04-21T17:41:00.000-05:002004-04-26T20:51:14.903-05:00Listful
Just got back from a screening of what is sure to be a contender for Best Picture next February, so I'm in a baseball mood. Plus it's been awhile since I alienated non-sports fans, but there have been some intriguing lists popping up lately from the wide, wide world of athletics. ESPN's Page 2 is trying to determine the World's Greatest Athlete (Rocco Baldelli?) and along those lines AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082514865336396012004-04-20T21:34:00.000-05:002004-04-20T21:38:06.280-05:00Marconi Plays the Mamba
Back on Sept. 23, 2003, we noted that Starship's "Knee Deep in Hoopla" deserved to be included on the list of Worst Group Efforts (scroll down to the right date) and now comes the news that Blender magazine has picked "We Built This City" as No. 1 on the list of the all-time 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs. While several of the picks are of the shooting fish in the barrel AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082396632010749252004-04-19T12:43:00.000-05:002004-04-19T12:46:47.826-05:00That's Maxxx With Three X's
While on the one hand it seems wrong to mock anything that has to do with HIV, on the other hand this list of Adult Actors on Quarantine in the wake of two porn industry stars testing positive for the virus last week is just plain surreal. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082317309577143852004-04-18T14:41:00.000-05:002004-04-18T14:44:44.500-05:00Why Is the New Yorker Like a Teacher on Vacation?
It seems to take me about a week nowadays to get through a profile in the New Yorker, so I apologize if this has been blogged to death, but in reading the profile of Boondocks cartoonist Aaron McGruder, this passage stood out:
"Most of the time, though, they work on the pilot for Fox. It's been twenty years since 'Fat Albert,' the last black AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082316297549582092004-04-18T14:24:00.000-05:002004-04-18T14:27:52.686-05:00Thank You, You've Been a Great Audience. Please Tip Your Waitresses
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Greatest Standup of All Time is...Richard Pryor. It's hard to argue with much of the top 20, though I would think Seinfeld deserved to be higher, while I never got the whole Roseanne thing. Chris Rock at No. 5 surprised me, especially ahead of Cosby and Murphy, but after watching his latest HBO special AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082149991188211302004-04-16T16:13:00.000-05:002004-04-16T16:16:04.546-05:00And Then There We're 20
Comedy Central has posted another update to its list of the 100 Greatest Standups of All Time, and we are there with Nos. 21 to 40. Phyllis Diller becomes the seventh woman on the list, landing at No. 35 and surprisingly Bob Hope, the Don Sutton of Standup, finishes at No. 25. And although Jay may beat Dave in the ratings, Dave presumedly will beat Jay on the list, as LenoAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1082073389737373712004-04-15T18:56:00.000-05:002004-04-15T18:59:21.590-05:00Take My List, Please
Since record numbers of y'all keep landing here after Googling "Comedy Central list of the 100 Greatest Standups and since between a killer deadline and filing my form 4686 (so lame, I just loaded the Turbo Tax software I bought in February on my computer today), I've got little time for list-finding, I thought an update on Nos. 41 to 60 might sate you. Some of the big names AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081998518611022572004-04-14T22:08:00.000-05:002004-04-14T22:11:30.280-05:00Of Bobcats and Buttons
Comedy Central has listed Nos. 61-80 from their list of the 100 Greatest Standups of all Time, and a restless nation can sleep easy tonight knowing that Sinbad, perhaps next to Condi Rice, the greatest alum of my wife's alma mater, in No. 78. Carson, Cosby, Hope, Seinfeld, Emo? Who will be No. 1? This update, in cidentally, is for the benefit of the dozens of you who have AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081884320421161042004-04-13T14:25:00.000-05:002004-04-13T14:28:10.513-05:00They're Biggest Rivals Are the Adams Gags
While the Jefferson Muzzles may sound like the name of a high school basketball team, they are actually an annual award given to those individuals and institutions that aren't down with the First Amendment of the Constitution. The list of this year's Muzzle winners includes Baseball Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey, CBS, and a host of other AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081875580258422042004-04-13T11:59:00.000-05:002004-04-13T12:03:14.763-05:00Reading Is Fundamental
A bunch of folks, including Roger Ebert, Robert Birnbaum, and Jessa Crispin, rif on their Ten Favorite Novels over at Professor Barnhardt's Journal today. Glad to see my favorite book make Tod Goldberg's list (go ahead and guess which one) and Vanishing Point by David Markson, which I just picked up at the library this morning, make Adam Finley's list. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081786719586835202004-04-12T11:18:00.000-05:002004-04-12T11:21:46.606-05:00Funny 'Cause They're True
Expect to see a lot of brick walls this week as Comedy Central joins the list-making crowd with five hours of The 100 Greatest Standups of All Time. I couldn't find the list published anywhere, but I have it from a reliable source that a certain melon-smashing yuckster should be very pleased with the results.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081786166888859862004-04-12T11:09:00.000-05:002004-04-12T11:22:12.590-05:00Thank God for VH1!
What better to distract us from the news of the world than another list from the cable channel that mine as well have invented numerical ordering, Video Hits One. While The 100 Most Outrageous Celebrity Moments, seems a better fit for E!, you can't help but be amused by such an exercise. Besides, it's hard to build up too much outrage about a list where 80% of the outrageous AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081784199923372812004-04-12T10:36:00.000-05:002004-04-12T10:39:59.450-05:00Can't Seem to Get My Mind off of You
In contrast to Weird "The Hardest Working Man in Showbiz" Al (see post below), no one, and I mean no one, enjoys a good vacation like our president. While we were being reminded last week by Condi Rice's testimony that the president spent the month of August 2001 on his ranch reading old Archie comics and not his PDB, Bush was not in the White House monitoringAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081716554302064972004-04-11T15:49:00.000-05:002004-04-11T15:52:02.293-05:00The Show Must Go On
On the one hand, you have to admire a man who shortly after learning of the death of his parents, decides to still go on stage and delight his legions of fans in Mankato, Minn., fans with "Eat It," "Another One Rides the Bus," and "I Lost on Jeopardy." On the other hand, there's something slightly psychotic about a man who can go on stage and perform "Like a Surgeon," "Hey AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081529239510507682004-04-09T11:47:00.000-05:002004-04-12T11:22:35.200-05:00I Wish That I Had Nick's Girl
Because then I would be betrothed to the hottie at the top of this year's Maxim Hot 100 List. OK, I'm as bored with here as the rest of you, but I have a sworn duty to mention this stuff. Incidentally, if you just thought the Maxim list was something of a wanker's dream team, think again. "The Hot 100 is a barometer of the hottest women in film, TV, music, sports andAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081452664808500342004-04-08T14:31:00.000-05:002004-04-09T09:04:20.843-05:00The Bush Administration Was Prepared for an Attack by Werewolves, Though
According to this New York Times story about Condi's appearance in front of the 9/11 commission this morning: "Ms. Rice asserted that there was 'no silver bullet,' or unmistakable clue, to the impending Sept. 11 attacks." She also went on to state that there was no "garlic necklace," "chunk of Kryptonite," or "bucket of AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081370506688954092004-04-07T15:41:00.000-05:002004-04-09T09:04:39.966-05:00Lists Aplenty
Got some good ones today...
Slant Magazine presents the 100 Greatest Music Videos, and aside from the listing the entire Madonna catalog save, say "Papa, Don't Preach" and "Into the Groove," it's a thoughtful list, omitting some of the standards like "Sabotage" and "Losing My Religion," in favor of long overlooked classics like "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Voices Carry." AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081201664406939202004-04-05T16:47:00.000-05:002004-04-05T16:50:26.263-05:00I Need Love, Not Games
Condi (no e), Condi, Condi...20 things you might not know about Condi Rice, to which we'd add: 21. She's a lying tool. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081178476380159302004-04-05T10:21:00.000-05:002004-04-05T10:23:58.340-05:00Yankee Hotel Detox
Wilco's Jeff Tweedy (reg. req.) joins the long list of musicians who have spent a little time in rehab.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081137406102377242004-04-04T22:56:00.000-05:002004-04-04T22:59:27.110-05:00What About Bob?
Monday at 1:00 EST, tear yourself away from the Cubs-Reds opener for the chance to lash out at Jay Kernis, the guy at NPR who demoted Morning Edition's Bob Edwards, in a live chat. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1081022262408370192004-04-03T13:57:00.000-06:002004-04-03T14:00:22.043-06:00TMFTML's New World Headquarters?
Rumors are swirling that le sphere de blog's favorite anonymous alcoholic is packing up his U-Haul and heading to San Antonio.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1080925054148823202004-04-02T10:57:00.000-06:002004-04-02T11:00:13.233-06:00A Day Late and a List Short
We fell for about a dozen April Fool's Jokes yesterday, before looking at a calendar, so despite it being April 2, for the gullible amongst us, we thought this list of the Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes Of All Time might still come in handy.
On an unrelated, we have a babysitter tomorrow night and are looking for a good movie. Already saw "Eternal Sunshine..." (AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1080873361906100592004-04-01T20:36:00.000-06:002004-04-01T20:38:40.076-06:00The Levee Is Dry
I had this pseudo-intellectual RA at South Quad my freshman year at U of M, whose dorm room featured this big, ridiculous poster with the lyrics to "American Pie" printed in some fancy font as if Don McLean was some poet for the ages. I can only imagine how many times after us frosh kiddies had gone out to get blitzed on $2 pitchers at Rick's, she and some select RAs would fire AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1080831305966709252004-04-01T08:55:00.000-06:002004-04-01T08:57:44.233-06:00Hate and Loathing of New Yorkers
From easy marks like the Donald to worthy inductees like Chuck Klosterman, the New York Press has compiled a list of the 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers. Most of the marks are on the money, but we have to take exception with the inclusion of David Cross, Eric Alterman, and Choire, plus given his perfromance yesterday and the fact that he only cost us $27 in our AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1080762912237384032004-03-31T13:55:00.000-06:002004-04-01T08:59:50.170-06:00They Call Me the Seeker
I'm back from three weeks in the sun and suffering from the effects of missed deadlines, stacks of bills, a lost cell phone (traveling with a family of four and roughly 15 bags, I suppose I should be thankful that was all I lost), and a 60-plus degree temperature drop. Thank you to those of you who kept checking in and apologies if some of the coming posts have been AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1080087009696686982004-03-23T18:10:00.000-06:002004-03-23T18:44:37.796-06:00Standing on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona...
Well, actually I am sitting in a Borders in Scottsdale, Arizona, taking advantage of T-Mobile's one-day largesse in allowing me to escape the nightmare that is dial-up. Anyway, for the dozen or so of you who keep checking in just to make sure I'm not dead, I thought you deserved some lists.
List: The 25 Television Shows that TV Majors Should Know (and AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1079538756096751732004-03-17T09:52:00.000-06:002004-03-17T09:55:00.153-06:00Funny, Ha-Ha
Stereogum and Adam both weigh in on EW's list of the 25 Funniest People.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1079498964743263902004-03-16T22:49:00.000-06:002004-03-16T22:51:46.873-06:00Virgil, Quick, Come See
The Sun-Times may have pegged the Batmobile as the top TV car, but according to McKeel Hagerty, president of Hagerty Insurance, a Traverse City, Mich.-based firm that specializes in collector car insurance, Bo and Luke's General Lee is Hollywood's No. 1 car. Still in Scottsdale (through the end of the month), so sorry for the sporadic updates.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1079069605173656622004-03-11T23:33:00.000-06:002004-03-13T12:14:33.593-06:00Take Off Your Rainbow Shades
Blogging from beautiful Scottsdale, where a corner without a mall isn't a corner. Found the In 'N Out Burger yesterday, though, so things are going well. Anyway, I'm breaking in my new Dell and using dial-up, so expect things to be slow round these parts the rest of the month.
In list news, EW has anointed Chris Rock as The Funniest Man Alive. The whole list is AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078764426546623392004-03-08T10:47:00.000-06:002004-03-08T10:52:11.763-06:00Bad Company
From Amazon:
Customers who bought titles by Jayson Blair also bought titles by these authors:
Stephen Glass
Michael Wolff
Joe Eszterhas
Ken Auletta
Arthur GelbAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078504376961319182004-03-05T10:32:00.000-06:002004-03-13T12:15:47.326-06:00I'd Like to Thank the Academy
Today is PHANTASTIC LIST FRIDAY! at McSweeney's. Be sure to scroll down to the third featured list, which was submitted by one damn clever fellow.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078500748081485422004-03-05T09:32:00.000-06:002004-03-05T09:34:39.030-06:00What's New Pussycat?
Quick, who is the greatest Welshman or Welshwoman of all time? Chances are, the first person you think of is Tom Jones, but then you dismiss the thought, thinking surely there's a greatest hero to the people of Wales than the gyrating lounge singer. Well, now that we have a definitive list of 100 Welsh Heroes, I'm glad to say Jones is not Wales top hero--he's No. 3, behind AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078463614693894272004-03-04T23:13:00.000-06:002004-03-04T23:15:45.390-06:00If They Would Have Been Just Humorous and Not Plush Finger Puppets, It Would Have Sufficed
Is there any better annual list than Passover's Ten Plagues? Well, just in case the impact of blood, lice, vermin, etc. is losing its impact at your seder table, you can liven things up with these Ten Plagues Finger Puppets. Me, I'm upgrading to the Plush Plagues Bag, which includes "a very sad head - for AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078423704656302832004-03-04T12:08:00.000-06:002004-03-04T12:10:35.123-06:00To the Batmobile
In honor of the big-screen remake of "Starsky and Hutch," (Side note: Is it me or are you really starting to hate Ben Stiller. I know he's playing a role as the sour guy on "Curb" or at the Oscars, but that whole persona seems like its replaced what vestiges of his real personality remained after all the lousy film roles he's taken over the years.), the Chicago Sun-Times TV AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078369146392367022004-03-03T20:59:00.000-06:002004-03-03T21:01:15.326-06:00Dude, I'm Getting a Dell!
That's the good news. The bad news is it took me most of the day to figure out which one to get (an Inspiron 5100, for those scoring at home), so nothing new again today. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078287651333631242004-03-02T22:20:00.000-06:002004-03-02T22:22:59.840-06:00Still Here...
Late nights (the Oscars, followed by a Monday of insomnia which a "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" and "Brining Down the House" twofer didn't ever cure), actual work deadlines, and a vague feeling of sickness, have contributed to the lack of blogging the last few days, but I'll try to make up for it tomorrow. Fair warning to the dozen or so regulars, I'm on a psuedo vacation from the 9th AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1078086613480431412004-02-29T14:30:00.000-06:002004-02-29T14:36:13.686-06:00Holy Moses!
Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" topped the box office list this weekend, with a $76.2 million opening that proves America is ready for more violent, anti-Semetic films. I hear Gibson, along with his co-writer, are busy at work on a sequel, where, get this, Jesus rises from the dead. Oh, those Hollywood types, what will they think of next?AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077834232096099642004-02-26T16:23:00.000-06:002004-02-26T16:25:55.390-06:00Worst News Ever
Oral Sex Shown to Be Linked to Mouth CancerAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077741352837713772004-02-25T14:35:00.000-06:002004-02-25T21:40:57.233-06:00If It's Not Scottish, It's Crap...
And you won't find it on this list of the Top 50 Scottish Films. "Trainspotting" is No. 1, and rounding out the top five are "Gregory's Girl," "American Cousins," "Local Hero," and "Whisky Galore." We're betting "So I Married an Axe Murderer" just missed the cut.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077735004479505342004-02-25T12:50:00.000-06:002004-02-25T21:41:10.483-06:00We the People, in Order to Prevent Any Gay Unions...
Talk of President Bush's bold new plan for turning over power to the Iraqis, capturing Osama Bin Laden, reviving the economy, weaning us off our dependence on foreign oil, and curing cancer is predictably dominating the headlines today, but apparently somewhere in his groundbreaking policy initiative , he also announced his support of an AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077734777383232592004-02-25T12:46:00.000-06:002004-02-25T12:48:19.140-06:00The Early Favorite to Win for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2005 Oscars
Do you think he'll thank Himself? AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077652178584476682004-02-24T13:49:00.000-06:002004-02-24T13:53:57.936-06:00Two Crucifixes, Way Up
In their twin rave reviews of Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" (a.k.a. "There's Something About Mary's Kid") in today's Chicago Sun-Times, both Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper make the argument that the film is not anti-Semitic because the lead character, Jesus, was in fact not killed by anything the Romans or the Jews did, but by God himself.
Ebert: "The libel that the AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077642884054200732004-02-24T11:14:00.000-06:002004-02-24T11:18:03.843-06:00"Survivor" Spoilers
Do not click here if you don't want to find out who is next on the unofficial Survivor All-Stars elimination list, which so far has been four-for-four in predicting who will be voted off the island.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077573699965304542004-02-23T16:01:00.000-06:002004-02-23T16:03:40.483-06:00Next on Fox: My Big Fat Lethal Pentothal Drip
According to a new poll commissioned by the little-seen Trio cable network, Osama Bin Laden heads the list of people Americans would want to see executed on live TV. Twenty-one percent of those surveyed said they would tune in to see Osama voted off the island, while only 18% would tune in to see Saddam Hussein fired, err, fried, and just 5% would AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077558632254676452004-02-23T11:50:00.000-06:002004-02-23T12:06:27.936-06:0020 Million Cliff Richard Fans Can't Be Wrong
Despite being responsible for what it judged to be the second-worst pop song of all time, Britain's Channel 4 has determined that Cliff Richard--who couldn't get arrested on our shores even for selling short on his ImClone stock--is the UK's Ultimate Pop Star, having beaten out lightweights like the Beatles and Elvis for top honours (that's the way AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077220651660204692004-02-19T13:57:00.000-06:002004-02-19T13:59:28.140-06:00How About Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk"?
Now that the estate of Johnny Cash has rejected any plans to use "Ring of Fire" for a hemorrhoid-relief product, Matt over at Low Culture has a helpful list of asstastic alternatives including "I'm on Fire" and "Brown Eyed Girl."AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077213140348442392004-02-19T11:52:00.000-06:002004-02-19T11:58:11.216-06:00Jenny Update
EBay has suspended the auction of 212-867-5309 while it determines if individuals or the phone company own the rights to their phone numbers. But it's not to late to bid on this equally valuable item.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077136352260566392004-02-19T11:42:00.000-06:002004-02-19T11:48:01.483-06:00The Poster Featuring Hutton Gibson reading The Protocols of the Elders of Zion Is Sold Out
But Hutton's son Mel is among the list of celebrities pictured with what is presumedly their favorite books in those posters you often see encouraging people to read at the library. The whole collection of posters is now available for purchase, and its amusing trying to guess what book celebs chose to be AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1077060248383646542004-02-17T17:24:00.000-06:002004-02-17T17:26:02.746-06:00I Love the 80s...a Little Too Much
Can't afford the $80,000-plus it will cost you on eBay to make 867-5309 your own? Just take a look at the list of some of the fine merchandise piggybacking on the 867-5309 bidding frenzy. For instance, without the cachet of the 212 area code, you can get Jenny's digits in Fayetteville, N.C. at a considerable discount. Others are trying to piggyback on the Jenny AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076699081062264632004-02-13T13:04:00.000-06:002004-02-13T21:16:28.060-06:00That Waddling Town
On the heels of being named one of the country's fattest cities, comes news that My Kind of Town is also the least Heart-Healthy City in America. Hartford, Conn., has the healthiest hearts in the U.S., but since the Whalers left, let's face it, Hartford hasn't been the same, coronary blockage or free-flowing arteries. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076627721480081652004-02-12T17:15:00.000-06:002004-02-12T17:25:31.373-06:00Joltin Joe Has Left and Gone Away
So he wouldn't have to see what has become of the legacy of the movie whose ubiquitous, not-quite-title song name dropped him all those years ago.
1. As if we needed any proof after such 90s-era hits as "Outbreak" and "Mad City' that Dustin Hoffman has no shame, the actor will be reprising the climactic scene from "The Graduate" for an Audi commercial. The AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076540222937749372004-02-11T16:57:00.000-06:002004-02-11T16:58:50.700-06:00America's Greatest Rock Critic
Steven Ward, the music critic at the (Baton Rouge, La.) Advocate, says you can have your Outkast and your White Stripes. According to his 2003 Pazz and Jop ballot, the year's best album was none other than Styx's "Cyclorama." Predictably, Ward is the only critic of the 700-plus surveyed to mention the Styx release, but just to show that he's not out of step with AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076529279055491082004-02-11T13:54:00.000-06:002004-02-11T13:56:26.700-06:00Emerging From the Gutter
We've admittedly been pretty lowbrow lately, which is entirely a different animal from being Lowenbrau, which begs the question: Do they even make that stuff anymore? There was a time that "Here's to good friends, tonight is kind of special..." was ingrained in our collective consciousness. Last I saw some of the Lion's Brew was in Passau, a small German town, back in AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076521893153965562004-02-11T11:51:00.000-06:002004-02-11T11:53:20.763-06:00Bitch Sort
Bunsen's got the a list of attributes that either belong to Courtney Love or a Westminster Dog Show entrant and its up to you to sort between the two bitches. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076433730903305962004-02-10T11:22:00.000-06:002004-02-10T21:18:17.153-06:00Reagan Beats Mondale!
In results about as surprising as the 1984 presidential election results, Outkast dominated this year's Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, taking the top slot in both the album and singles categories. Here are your Top Ten Albums and Singles:
ALBUMS
1 OutKast--Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Arista)
2 The White Stripes--Elephant (V2)
3 Fountains of Wayne--Welcome AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076361258320194622004-02-09T15:14:00.000-06:002004-02-09T15:19:08.903-06:00Noooooooooooooooooo!
As if we Chicago Cubs fans haven't been put through the ringer this past year, on
last night's episode of "The Simpsons," our beloved Ron Santo was made the butt--literally--of a joke.
In case you were watching something else, the episode took place at the woefully understocked Springfield Library, where Bart, Lisa, Milhous and Marge have gone to look for materials for the AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076359488075270782004-02-09T14:44:00.000-06:002004-02-09T14:47:08.360-06:00What a Padraig It Is...
Our apologies, but we harbor a hidden secret: We are actual golf fans, so pardon the momentary indulgence.
What do you know, it seems George W. was right about something--old Europe is obsolete, at least when it comes to the Continent's standing in the world golf rankings. For the first time in the 18-year history of the rankings, not a single, stinkin' European is in AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076351282441768402004-02-09T12:28:00.000-06:002004-02-09T12:41:52.310-06:00Status Simians
In honor of the Year of the Monkey, Retro Crush ranks the 50 Coolest Apes of All Time. Other than replacing a lame dig at Luis Guzman with Homer's helper monkey, it's hard to argue with their list, though there are no doubt quite a few monkeys that are feeling slighted.
Link via Best Week Ever, which despite the show's mandate to "feature comics, actors and musicians providing AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1076124762244836792004-02-06T21:32:00.000-06:002004-02-06T21:34:25.450-06:00I'm Not Uptight, Not Unattractive
It was a slow day, so we'll leave you with the news that in this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly, (available online only to subscribers) John Grisham gets all reflective and rates his own books, which most people stopped reading about a decade ago when they relaized they would all eventually be made into mediocre movies that would pass the time on those AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075991981766217972004-02-05T08:39:00.000-06:002004-02-05T09:38:48.936-06:00Weapon of Mammary Destruction
As Tit Week continues, Maureen Dowd gets credit for that great header. Elsewhere the fall out from Janet Jackson's "wardrobe failure" keeps growing:
1. Janet Jackson will not appear at the Grammys after CBS retracted her invitation. She was scheduled to introduce a tribute to Luther Vandross. In classic blame the victim fashion, Justin Timberlake, he who ripped the AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075920500533455112004-02-04T12:48:00.000-06:002004-02-04T12:50:01.153-06:00TV Tits
Janet Jackson wasn't the first (or last, hopefully) woman to bare her breast on the boob tube, as this list of the TV's Most Memorable Milk Wagon Moments from USA Today illustrates. Hopefully Dick Clark's production company is already busy acquiring all the footage listed, but if you have a favorite small screen sweater meat sighting that's been overlooked why not share? Them comments, AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075913530032011182004-02-04T10:52:00.000-06:002004-02-04T12:50:27.123-06:00Voices Kerry
With his five-for-seven showing in (Til) Tuesday's primaries, it's time for Democratic front-runner John Kerry to keep up his johnmentum and pick a campaign song. Thankfully, the political strategists at Low Culture have some ideas for the junior senator from Massachusetts including Mr. Mister's "Kyrie," Kansas'* "Carry on My Wayward Son," and The Beatles "Carry That Weight," all AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075864957649763282004-02-03T21:22:00.000-06:002004-02-03T21:24:18.076-06:00Jingle Jangle
While everyone remains obsessed with Yabbos Nation 2004, the good folks at ESPN are willing to help us move on by coming out with not just a list, but a megalist, ranking the 120 franchises in the four major sports in a number of categories to come up with Fan Satisfaction Rankings. The reigning NBA champion San Antonio Spurs grab the top overall spot, while the Green Bay Packers, AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075838857560169182004-02-03T14:07:00.000-06:002004-02-03T21:24:46.373-06:00It's the Least We Could Do...
Francis, all you have to do is ask.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075838659480251312004-02-03T14:04:00.000-06:002004-02-03T21:25:01.576-06:00Boob Tube
By now, you've no doubt tired of the news about Janet Jackson's boosom, which according to the gods at Tivo was the highest-paused and rewound moment ever in the service's history. As for the commercials, which, in a word, sucked, Tivo has its list of the Top 10 Super Bowl XXXVIII Commercials, with Bud Light's farting horse (must have been all the Beef-A-Reeno) topping the list, AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075747554731193972004-02-02T12:45:00.000-06:002004-02-02T19:06:39.793-06:00Move Over Jimi, Let Tony Take Over
If you dig the sublime licks laid down on "War Pigs," then you'll no doubt agree with Guitar World's assessment that Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi is No. 1 on the list of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists. Sorry, Pepsi, but Jimi didn't even rate because the editors tabbed him as more of a "futuristic blues player" than a heavy metal guitarist.
And speaking of AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075697540854557622004-02-01T22:52:00.000-06:002004-02-02T19:07:12.153-06:00Bee Real
Corbin Bernsen, Harry Anderson, Alice Cooper, Brett Butler, Eric Roberts, George Wendt, and Vincent Pastore are among the list of celebrities who will be taking part in Fox's next big reality series, Celebrity Spelling Bee. The also-rans and has-beens will captivate us for three nights later this month as they ask the judges for alternate pronunciations We miss the days when Fox would AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075484014332492282004-01-30T11:33:00.000-06:002004-01-30T11:38:28.670-06:00The Flab Five
Men's Fitness has posted its annual list of the nation's 25 Fattest Cities, and it looks like it's only fitting that the Detroit Tigers are on the verge of signing a free agent affectionately known as Pudge, because the Mo in Motown now stands for morbidly obese. Rounding out the top five are a trio of Texans--Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio--and our beloved hometown, Chicago. For AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075425546663507582004-01-29T19:19:00.000-06:002004-01-29T19:22:03.466-06:00Pulling the Plug on Booglaoo
Bunsen has a terrific take on why we must all retire the "[INSERT MOVIE TITLE HERE] 2: Electric Booglaoo" joke used for so many years and for such great comedic effect as shorthand for a lame sequel. To illustrate, he includes the following list of Other Unfortunate Sequel Titles utilizing "Electric Boogaloo" as a Punchline:
--Judgment at Nuremberg 2: Electric AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075398077050359262004-01-29T11:41:00.000-06:002004-01-29T11:43:48.826-06:00New England-Carolina on My Mind
We've been neglecting the Big Game on Sunday because, frankly, the New England-Carolina matchup leaves us, like most, wanting. Still, there's so,e great list-making going on out there in regard to the Super Bowl, and we have a duty to perform.
Under the posit that the Panthers are the most anonymous team in the NFL, Slate offers up the 10 Moments in Carolina AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075322181836401372004-01-28T14:36:00.000-06:002004-01-28T14:37:55.746-06:00Weapons of Mass Delusion
In light the recent comments made by chief weapons inspector David Kay, who by not finding evidence of WMD's in Iraq will not be eligible for a pink Cadillac, USA Today has a list of George W. Bush's evolving pronouncements about the Iraqi weapons program. Overall Bush is starting to sound about as sincere on this subject as Cleveland Indians minor leaguer Kazuhito TadanoAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075315298221129672004-01-28T12:41:00.000-06:002004-01-29T19:22:24.796-06:00You Can't Spell Crap Without Car
I was somewhat disappointed to not see the Chevy Citation, the car on which I was ushered into the motoring class, make the cut for Forbes.com's list of the Worst Cars of All Time. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075310041468963402004-01-28T11:14:00.000-06:002004-01-28T11:15:35.513-06:00Just a Small Town General, Campaigning in a Lonely World
The Washington Post publishes a list of the Democratic candidates' musical favorites, which includes the startling confession from Wesley Clark that despite dropping an Outkast reference in his Rock the Vote commercial, when he really wants to get into the groove, it's Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and not "Hey Ya" that he dials up on AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075227854306955132004-01-27T12:24:00.000-06:002004-01-27T12:49:40.186-06:00Oscar Trivia
Here's a list of tidbits and nuggets about this morning's nominations. One they missed: the cold shoulder the Academy gave to "Cold Mountain" means this is the first time since 1991 that Miramax has not had a Best Picture nominee. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075223019672168792004-01-27T11:03:00.000-06:002004-01-27T11:05:12.856-06:00Oscar, Schmoscar
Uncle Grambo has finally weighed in on his list of the best films of 2003. This has to be the only top 10 list to include Oscar-nominated fare such as "In America" and "Lost in Translation" alongside such art-house faves as "House of 1,000 Corpses" and "Final Desitination 2."AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075214229352141742004-01-27T08:37:00.000-06:002004-02-16T09:20:33.140-06:00And the Nominees Are...
Radiohead, The Darkness, The White Stripes...WTF, oh, this is the NME Music Awards Shortlist.
Here is a full list of the Academy Award nominations (and no Jack White wasn't nominated here, too). Early must-see moment, Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara reprising their roles as Mitch and Mickey to sing the Oscar-nominated song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow" from "A AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075153559043745552004-01-26T15:45:00.000-06:002004-01-26T15:47:30.890-06:00Breakin' 3: Papal Boogaloo
Mel, next time maybe you should have your protagonist do a little buttspin before he is nailed to the cross.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1075136653757224462004-01-26T11:04:00.000-06:002004-01-26T11:05:45.936-06:00Sex? No Thanks, I've Got to Pick Up My Mom's Dry Cleaning
For years, bored teens faced with no better alternatives have turned to sexual intercourse to relieve the mind-numbing tedium that comes with not yet having reached your third decade. Thankfully, a team of social scientists in the employ of Guideposts for Teens, have, after countless hours of research, compiled a list that should virtuallyAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074921296919274072004-01-23T23:14:00.000-06:002004-01-26T11:08:29.856-06:00Hot XXX Action, as Seen on Oprah: Work From Home, Get Bigger, and Get Out of Debt with the Lowest Insurance and Mortgage Rates by Getting Your Online Degree from an Online Pharmacy selling Viagra
According to AOL, these are the Top 10 Spam Subject Lines.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074884499996864482004-01-23T13:01:00.000-06:002004-01-23T13:04:38.700-06:00Someone Is Killing the Great Morning Kids' Show Hosts of My Youth
First there was the sad news that Ray Rayner had gone to the visit the great Cuddley Dudley in the sky and then comes word that Captain Kangaroo has gone down with the ship.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074876699182804972004-01-23T10:51:00.000-06:002004-01-23T10:53:07.716-06:00Happy Pie Day!
There's a Baker's Dozen Ways to Celebrate at the American Pie Council site, to which we'd like to add: No. 14. Watch a double feature of "Twin Peaks" and "Basic Instinct."
Seriously, if you want some great, great pie, you could do worse than Crane's in Fennville, Mich., Betty's Pies in Two Harbors, Minn., or the Norske Nook in Osseo, Wisc.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074869128798720082004-01-23T08:45:00.000-06:002004-01-23T08:47:57.483-06:00Directing Traffic
A couple of our favorite bloggers have big and new exciting projects, so we thought we do our part and guide you dozen or so hapless regulars here at ALAD their way.
The Antic Muse has morphed into the Wonkette, basically a Gawker for D.C., a town which we have a soft spot for after living there for four months in the early days of Clinton Administration, in theory advancing AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074833123212533942004-01-22T22:45:00.000-06:002004-01-22T23:09:35.936-06:00Live by the Net, Die by the Net
Howard Dean was the first presidential candidate to effectively use the Internet, by just as she giveth, she taketh away. Back in the day, his now infamous geography lesson cum pep rally cum terradactyl impression would have been fodder for jokes for a few days or at least by the time "Saturday Night Live" got around to it. Not so in this day and age, where faster AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074810055354086052004-01-22T16:20:00.000-06:002004-01-22T22:51:32.250-06:00Is This Evidence That John Gray Was Right, Men Truly Are From Mars?
Mars Rover Has 'Serious' Communications Problems
AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074809045414921672004-01-22T16:04:00.000-06:002004-01-22T22:51:57.920-06:00So the Pope Walks Into a Multiplex...
OK, so maybe the Pope isn't as big a Mel Gibson fan as first reported. (Papal aides did confirm the Pope enjoyed Gibson's voice work in "Chicken Run"). That doesn't mean you can't get your movie-going advice from members of the clergy. The U.S. Bishop's Office for Film and Broadcasting has released its eagerly awaited list of the Top 10 Films of 2003.
On theAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074795916994304102004-01-22T12:25:00.000-06:002004-01-22T12:28:33.543-06:00More Drunk in Ohio
Apparently, the only drumming residents of the Buckeye State have been hearing lately is that of their temples beating after another night downing Jagermeister.
AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074795471246580072004-01-22T12:17:00.000-06:002004-01-22T12:19:21.123-06:00Mendacious Miss and Civil Charleston
Is there any more worthless list than the typical “America’s Most ____ Cities” or “The Top 10 Most ____ States”? Probably not, that won’t keep us from reporting that Mississippi was recently named the U.S.’s Most Corrupt State, while Charleston was named the Union’s Best Mannered City.
AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074617221782902442004-01-20T10:47:00.000-06:002004-01-22T22:52:13.200-06:00A Bad Day for the Deans
First Iowa, then this.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074549398297858592004-01-19T15:56:00.000-06:002004-01-19T15:58:03.810-06:00Latte Lucre
The Economist has come up with a complement for its famed Big Mac Index, The Tall Latte Index, which list the average price of said drink at Starbucks locations across the globe. Incidentally, that $2.80 latte in Bangor will only cost you $1.93 in Bangkok, but in Switzerland the same drink will set you back $4.54.AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074535394841424722004-01-19T12:03:00.000-06:002004-01-22T12:19:45.403-06:00It's the Hootie Endorsement, Stupid
As Iowan Democrats head to the polls, or whatever it is they are doing tonight in those caucuses, many probably have yet to make up their minds about who to support. As a public service, not only to those in the Hawkeye state but to all voters, Slate has rounded up a list of the the lamest press releases of the 2004 campaign, which includes such attention AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074206875753632662004-01-15T16:47:00.000-06:002004-01-22T22:52:30.716-06:00Gray Begone Days
With the mystery over the disappearance of actor and monologuist Spalding Gray deepening, Bunsen has leapt into action, compiling a list of Famous Monologuists Whom As of This Writing are Still Not Missing, "so that we can better protect one of America's greatest resources: people that can talk endlessly about their lives without the burden of conversation slowing them down."
AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074107162643594552004-01-14T13:06:00.000-06:002004-01-14T13:09:55.513-06:00For the Locals...
New City this week has 10 Chicagoans We Love to Hate including Da Coach ("Because of him, we're characterized as bulky, brutish, blue-collar jokes with slicked-back hair and overgrown mustaches", Ira Glass ("When Glass counts off the chapters in the beginning of every show, it's starting to sound like nails on a chalkboard"), Richard Roeper ("It's pure schadenfreude to watch theAlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1074029433331410472004-01-13T15:30:00.000-06:002004-01-16T10:19:50.060-06:00You Wouldn't Change It for a Sack of Gold...
Having just seen a well-intentioned, but ultimately dull musical adapted from a novel on Sunday, got me thinking about what source material composers, lyricists, librettists, etc. are currently mining in search of the of the next big Broadway hit. Adapting a book, film, comic strip or what have you for the musical theater is a risky proposition, after AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498701.post-1073937906422205342004-01-12T14:05:00.000-06:002004-01-12T23:17:06.043-06:00Doesn't Anyone F'n Knock?
If you came for 2003's Top 20 Nude Scenes, there you go. But if you are a fan of the classics, you will want to also check out Playboy's
10 Most Memorable Nude Scenes, which covers, or should we say uncovers (on second thought, we shouldn't), the last 20 years or so of the finest cinematic undress. AlexGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00600556770040186947noreply@blogger.com0