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No Refuge from Old Cliches
Posted on March 4, 2008 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentI really thought David Carr of the Times was with me with its blog posting “No Country for Old Metaphors” but, alas I was wrong.
His employer fares no better: “No Country for Old Hatreds”
It’s a damn epidemic.
No Country for Old Jerseys
No Country for Old Glory
No Country for Old Dictators
No Country for Old Cows
No [...]
AP drives me to drink
Posted on February 1, 2008 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentRemember when we used to watch WWF on Saturday (or was it Sunday) on Free TV? Back when Andre the Giant & Sergeant Slaughter roamed the canvas, bouts were scheduled for “one fall” & 3 of 5 wrestlers hailed from “Parts Unknown”. I do, at least. I don’t remember much else, except that if somebody [...]
Read More..>>Power Rankings: 10 Reasons I hate a Village Voice article
Posted on October 10, 2007 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentAs Young MC once said, “break it down for me, fellas”. And so I do. If only.
Reading this piece of Village Voice “I’m slightly more aware than the supposed hipsters I’m pandering to” journalism, I struggled1 to continue to the Okkervil River payload promised in my goolge alert. But dammit. Three paragraphs of what is/is [...]
Judged by the company you keep
Posted on August 23, 2007 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentSo if you wanted to sell yourself, I mean, really sell yourself, why not list that you know me?
Disclaimer: I, on the other hand, may not necessarily claim to remember you, though I’m sure it was real, Larry…
Iconic?
Posted on May 24, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentThus spake the Associate Press (at ESPN.com) [emphasis mine].
NEW YORK — The Upper Deck Co. has made a pitch to buy The Topps Co., a bid that would join two iconic baseball card makers that have sold sports memorabilia to generations of fans young and old.
And if you trust wikipedia:
Upper Deck Company, LLC (colloquially as [...]
Believe That
Posted on January 10, 2007 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIt isn’t as if “reporters” haven’t long be regurgitating press releases in tech publications, but Ryan Faas earns his distinction as Today’s* BMK Jackass©:
There truly is no better word than revolutionary to describe the device [iPhone], which is slated to ship in June pending Federal Communications Commission approval.
- taken from his article at Computerworld, purportedly:
the [...]
The Most Pointless “Commentary” Ever?
Posted on November 16, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“To all the moviegoers of India, I apologize for not giving you the chance to despise me. And I mean that in the best possible way.”
Read More..>>Funny…I think I read the same thing in Pitchfork last month.
Posted on August 10, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“This single scientific paradigm hegemony has resulted in a privileged ‘regime of truth’ as well as ladder of success that scientists must align themselves to for industry recognition.”
Read More..>>If “if” was a fifth…
Posted on August 9, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentLiterally: “If Stephen Hawking could play guitar, he would most definitely be a member of Omaha band Cursive.”
Read More..>>It’s all very involved
Posted on May 10, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentNot sure what it takes to be qualified as a “spokesman” these days:
“This is not the first time he has had a milestone home run,” Blake Rhodes, a Giants spokesman, said of the team’s resident slugger. “So we have taken precautions to make sure everyone’s safety is involved.“
Don’t you feel safer already?
It’s good for the En-vir-on-ment
Posted on April 26, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentDigging through my (postal) mail backog, I see that DEMOCRAT JANET REILLY has sent me a 16 page (plus glossy front/back) novella to explain her Environmental Plan for a Healthier California. Good on her. Oooh cool! It looks like it’s part of her “California 2.0″ platform. l33t
Read More..>>Narrowly Beat Out “Place Caption Here”
Posted on March 5, 2006 - Filed Under
| 2 CommentsWorst caption ever?
Read More..>>Potential Past
Posted on January 19, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentIn addition, Orwell to consider the juice.
Royals vice president of communications David Witty said the team cannot comment on potential steroid activity, past or present, because of Major League Baseball policy.
Are You A Douchebag?
Posted on January 12, 2006 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentAt BMK HQ, we realize you may share our need to align yourself with a social movement or failing that, a demographic. As a public service, we offer you this quiz to easily determine… Are You A Douchebag?
1. Did you take this quiz?
o No = 1 pt
o Yes = 5 pts
o You [...]
When similes attack
Posted on December 12, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“Changing technology has left the CD single, like the parrot in Monty Python’s pet shop, pining for the fjords, still standing only because he was stapled to his perch.”
Read More..>>In which the pitchfork reviewer MUST NOT write “ring true” because that would be, you know, overused - even if the result is even worse
Posted on November 14, 2005 - Filed Under
| 1 CommentBright Eyes gets away with sounding like Bright Eyes because he’s Bright Eyes; David Dondero sounds a lot (sometimes exactly) like Bright Eyes but comes off okay, in part because he wears his quavering death-rattle un-suburbanly, and his steamer trunk’s pasted with enough regional labels for the traveling folk-rocker stance to ring authentically.
Read More..>>My eyes literally popped out
Posted on November 10, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a Comment“The song embodied the style of the show, as Oberst, bathed in blue light, bawled out the first few bars unaccompanied before the rest of the group joined with a cacophony of harmony.”
Read More..>>Cheap (!@l!s
Posted on July 14, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentAs if the offer of a larger penis wasn’t enough, now I have to put up with this crap too:
David
If you have been contemplating a career change, an ideal time to make your move would be right now. Many firms are in hiring mode. With partners and clients on vacation, it will be easier for [...]
New Category: Words (In Print) I Hate
Posted on May 31, 2005 - Filed Under
| Leave a CommentCharter Member: "Natch"Maybe because I’d read it before I heard it. Or maybe it is too much like ’snatch’. IRREGARDLESS, a Word (In Print) I Hate.As you were.
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