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Wednesday , September 1, 2010
Last Night I Started Reading Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays for the Millionth Time
(L: not the cover on my copy of the book. R: poster for the movie, which I'll probably never see.)
"Once she was on the freeway and had maneuvered her way to a fast lane she turned on the radio at high volume and she drove. She drove the San Diego to the Harbor, the Harbor up to the Hollywood, the Hollywood to the Golden State, the Santa Monica, the Santa Ana, the Pasadena, the Ventura. She drove it as a riverman runs a river, every day more attuned to its currents, its deceptions, and just as a riverman feels the pull of the rapids in the lull between sleeping and waking, so Maria lay at night in the still of Beverly Hills and saw the great signs soar overhead at seventy miles an hour. Normandie 1/4 Vermont 3/4 Harbor Fwy I. Again and again she returned to an intricate stretch just south of the interchange where successful passage from the Hollywood onto the Harbor required a diagonal move across four lanes of traffic. On the afternoon she finally did it without once braking or once losing the beat on the radio she was exhilarated, and that night slept dreamlessly."
I've never been able to do that.
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Friday , July 23, 2010
Mad Men Season 4, with Special Guest Stars...The Beatles!
You know what heaven's like? Heaven's like this place where you get to watch Mad Men all day, only it's being acted out right before your very eyes, although not in a "live in front of a studio audience" sort of way. It's all TV-dreamy and beautiful and there's no Jon Hamm or Vincent Kartheiser but there are John Lennon and Paul McCartney - because the MAD MEN ARE BEATLES! That's how it is heaven, and also in this post, which is our happy little way of marking Mad Men's impending arrival at a magical time called 1964.
Can you imagine how fun heaven's going to be, when you get to interact with the Mad Beatles in the midst of their Mad Beatle-ing? "Nice forward-thinking on the Admiral Television campaign, Paul McCartney!" you might say. Or, "Hey, Joan Holloway-Harris, can I get more sploshing flange on this Aqua Net mock-up?" Our favorite Mad Beatles episode is probably the one where George "Peggy Olson" Harrison gets dragged into the Belle Jolie focus group and then he and John and Paul head up to the top of the double-decker bus and George plays "Raunchy" note-perfect and Don Draper's like "All right, Peggy - you're in the band." WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE?
Anyway here's the Mad Beatles cast list, swiped from the special heaven-only version of IMDB.com:
JOHN LENNON AS DON DRAPER
PAUL MCCARTNEY AS PETE CAMPBELL
GEORGE HARRISON and LINDA MCCARTNEY AS PEGGY OLSON
RINGO STARR AS KEN COSGROVE
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Wednesday , July 21, 2010
Love: Old Books/Magazines/Matchbox Covers/Postcards from Wackystuff's Photostream
This is my favorite Flickr! Ever. And not just because I feel so cosmically connected to Betty Draper and duckbill platypi these days.
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Tags: Betty Draper, depression, dogs, Donnie & Marie, duckbill platypi, pickles, pigs, pippins, ponies
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Tuesday , July 20, 2010
Love: Crystal Head Vodka
Seriously, what Bringer of Darkness doesn't want a bottle of vodka in the shape of a human skull? I actually would probably dump out the vodka and use it for orange juice instead, because I'm a big posh baby and only like to drink Grey Goose. And I like the idea of a glass skull on the breakfast table in one of those sunny, Scandinavian-style kitchens I see in the design rags.
It's quite odd to see Dan Aykroyd pimping Crystal Head Vodka on their website. I guess they're going for the adventure/artifact angle instead of the lifestyle-of-the-super-hot-goth one.
Tags: Bringer of Darkness, Crystal Head Vodka, Dan Aykroyd, vodka
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Wednesday , July 7, 2010
Ringo's Best Birthday Ever! (Courtesy of Paul McCartney) Paul awoke, his heart all aflutter. Today was his friend Ringo's birthday, and Paul would give Ringo the grandest, gayest, most gala birthday celebration the sweet young lad had ever known! Oh how Ringo's sad blue eyes would twinkle and glimmer, when he laid them upon all the delightful birthday treats Paul had prepared! Paul could hardly contain himself, just thinking of the boundless and unparalleled joy he was about to bring to Ringo's simple heart. He went right to Ringo's room, woke him with a boisterous yet perfectly pitched solo rendition of "Happy Birthday to You," and told him of his first treat of the day: Ringo would be allowed to cook and serve breakfast to all the Beatles, and even pour their tea! Ringo was overjoyed, as pouring tea made him feel quite tall inside. While the Beatles enjoyed their breakfast, Paul put on his headphones and listened to his Astro-Beatles mix, but a special sub-playlist made only of songs written by him. It was so good!
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Tags: baby carriages, Barker Loves The Beatles, birthdays, cake, Chef Boyardee, Fancy Picnic Voices, feeling quite tall inside, fishing, Florida, flying, grumbly black rainclouds, Harry Potter, Men In Black Alien Attack, Paul McCartney, prank phone calls, Ringo Starr, stuffed animals, sunglasses, sweaters, tea, wizards
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Wednesday , June 30, 2010
Love: Ghost in the Machine
Ghost in the Machine makes portraits out of recycled cassette tape and film - there's Bob Dylan and Ian Curtis and Betty Davis and a buncha nogoodforme style icons, including Kurt Cobain and Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. I would like to commission a David Lee Roth portrait, made from hot pink tape - that can happen, right? Of course it can! Anyway, here's Nick Cave:
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Tags: art, David Lee Roth, Ghost in the Machine, Nick Cave, Tracid Lords, Van Morrison
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("Shhh...don't tell anyone these cool secrets about me," says Paul)
2. Women shoplift four times more frequently than Paul McCartney!
3. Paul McCartney will become gaseous if his temperature rises above -42 degrees Celsius.
4. Paul McCartneyolatry is the mindless worship of Paul McCartney.
5. In Japan it is considered rude to talk with Paul McCartney in your mouth!
6. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn into Paul McCartney!
7. Paul McCartney will often glow under UV light!
8. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase the amount of Paul McCartney in your ear 700 times!
9. The patron saint of Paul McCartney is Saint Eugenie.
10. Koalas sleep for 22 hours a day, two hours more than Paul McCartney!
Tags: Paul McCartney, trivia
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Sunday , June 27, 2010
Happy Birthday To The Two Great New Yorkers Of My Life: Kat Asharya, And Chuck Bass
Not really Chuck Bass but rather Ed Westwick, who reaches the tender age of 23 today. When I asked Kat if she was aware that she and Chuck "I'm Chuck Bass" Bass shared a bday, she replied in the affirmative and informed me that June 27 is also the birthday of her "favorite crazy Swedish monarch from the 1700s." Good to know! Who's your favorite crazy Swedish monarch from the 1700s? Mine's probably Chuck Bass, especially old-school Chuck Bass, aka the "the twinkle-eyed, scruffy-haired, getting-stoned-with-Archibald-in-Central-Park-before-class little rapscallion of GG S1" or - quite simply - Chuck Bass as he was meant to be lived. Happy birthday, Chuck Bass! Happy birthday, Kat! Happy birthday, Kat's favorite crazy Swedish monarch from the 1700s! And happy birthday, JEFFREY LEE PIERCE!
Tags: Chuck Bass, crazy Swedish monarchs from the 1700s, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Kat Asharya
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Thursday , June 24, 2010
Breaking News: "The Capybara's Spats" Is The NOGOODFORME.COM Phrase Of The Day
The capybara's spats! Could ya die? We just learned it from nogoodforme reader extraordinaire Carla; it's a synonym for "the bee's knees" or "the cat's pajamas" or "the snake's hip" or "the eel's ankle" - only way better, cuz WE LOVE CAPYBARAS! Try using it in a sentence, like "Laura Jane Faulds is the capybara's spats, and it's her birthday today!" HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURA JANE! I made you this picture: just pretend you're Tessa and I'm "Caplin Rous" and you're turning 28 not 25 and whatever else you'd like to pretend, about life and capybaras.
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Tuesday , June 22, 2010
Happy Birthday, Kris Kristofferson!
The sexiest dude there ever was turns 74 today. That should be me, whoever that girl is in that photo there. Who is it? I feel like it's someone really obvious, but I'm stumped. And I'm not really dying to have Bob Dylan whisper into my ear, but whatevs, I'll take it. Just as long as I get to go home with Kris Kristofferson, and then we have beer for breakfast. He looks so good, having beer for breakfast.
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