December 2011
“When Miranda July tried to explain why she and Brownstein had stayed friends...”
– Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia” : The New Yorker (via howtowork)
just finished my best of 2011 mix
hit up my ask box if you would like a copy! spreading good music gives us good karma, yes?
“Up until that morning, whenever I heard the word “plantation,” I’d thought...”
– Why we still can’t talk about slavery
this piece is really powerful and important. the south is so complicated, and a lot of articles about racial and social dynamics in the south seem reductive or incomplete, but peter birkenhead really nails the nuance and historical and social precedent of our...
“(This season, a couple launch a business based on the catchphrase “We can pickle...”
– pretty sure this forthcoming “portlandia” sketch is based an an actual afternoon in my life. i hate to waste brine and we have all been there so don’t even front.
this entire “new yorker” profile of carry brownstein is really interesting, actually, and well worth a...
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No. 20: It’s not hard to get Emile DeFelice riled... →
fairtradegothic:
It’s not hard to get Emile DeFelice riled up. Just mention Paula Deen, the so-called queen of Southern food, who cooks with canned fruit and Crisco. Or say something like “You don’t look like a Southern pig farmer.” He’ll practically hit the ceiling of his Prius.
Because there are a few things…
cracker barrel is such a bland representation of southern cooking that i...
“First they came out with Uggs,
and I didn’t speak out because I didn’t wear...”
– It’s a stretch, but the intent is there. (via aldoushuxtable)
really wanted a pair of pajama jeans until a woman on my mom’s hall at school told her they lost elasticity fast! no thanks!
best pass-agg from a january 1979 feature on...
“When John (Ritter) first met (wife) Nancy, she was a successful commercial actress making triple the income he was. Now he makes five times what she does.”
“Now with an apparently rock-solid marriage, a hit comedy film and proof on film that he is as adept at drama as he is at comedy, what’s next for John?”
“From there she moved to Ball State University in...
“While listening to the live radio broadcast of the memorial service, a classmate...”
– The Dear Leader Is Dead, Again
“Hey. If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have...”
– Clark W. Griswold is the 99%. (via coketalk)
Where Hot Wings Are "Sassy" | The Classical →
Nellie’s is the best sports bar the end. On the real, this piece about the rise of the gay sports bar is really interesting and the community at nellie’s never fails to make my heart grow three sizes. AND THE FOOOOOOOD OMG.
Also, I read this on instapaper. Follow me there and give me good things to read!
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“Two of the defendants, Jeanette Ogle and Randall Sorrow Jr., both in their 20s...”
– New York Times | In Georgia, Pecan Thieves Find Windfall, at $1.50 a Pound (via rachael-maddux)
“Nut theft has long been a reality here in the nation’s pecan belt. It has become such a way of life that a south Georgia rapper, Hawkdogg, even has a song about it: ‘Crank Dat Pecan.’”
(via...
“So far, most of the eulogies of Christopher have come from men, and there’s a...”
– katha pollitt has a really nuanced remembrance of christopher hitchens. “So many people have praised Christopher so effusively, I want to complicate the picture…”
“where burrito”
– GOOD staffers received a shipment of anti-hangover patches hours before our open-bar holiday party. These are their stories. (via amandahess)
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