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What I mean by that is I think a lot of what enabled Woody to be a director and to learn the craft of directing as quickly as he did — and regardless of how anybody measures this in time, he did learn quickly — I think part of what permitted him to do that was that he had done stand-up for such a long time. Because what stand-up does to you — I like the way I say this, as though I had done a lot of stand-up myself, but it makes sense — is that someone who has to respond on the spot to how the audience is reacting should be able to do likewise on the set. Onstage, he can milk a moment if the moment is working and, if it’s not working, he realizes he has to let go of that and go someplace else.
Louis C.K.’s New Louie Editor Susan E. Morse Compares Him to Her Old Boss, Woody Allen — Vulture
Actually, it’s more like Vulture trying to shoehorn comparisons as much as possible…but a good read anyway if you are a Woody Allen and Louis CK fan.
Source: vulture.com
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Underrated 80s-90s hip hop by Renegade Soundwave. This stuff is starting to sound obsolete-fresh to me these days.
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Would love Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto to produce some of today’s hip hop like Iggy Azalea or something.
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Sometimes, one thing leads to another and you’re googling for Das Damen’s “Bug” video. Vintage SST stuff.
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They may shower with their clothes on, so they don’t have to see themselves.
Transgender at five - The Washington Post
I know, I know. Poignant story about transgender children, but I read that sentence and my immediate thought was Tobias Fünke in cutoffs crying in the shower, a.k.a. nevernude.
Posted on May 24, 2012 with 1 note
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Hum “Stars.” The opening chord is sooooo fucking ’90s.
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Fists and feet were responsible for 745 murders in 2010, or 5.7 percent of all murders that year, according to FBI statistics… . It doesn’t even take an experienced brawler to punch someone to death: An 11-year-old California girl appears to have killed a classmate with her bare hands in a February fistfight.
You are a deadly weapon.
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Decay had begun to show in some HP offices. Mice skittered in the corridors. Spiders fell from cracked ceilings. As the company cut back on trash pickups, detritus piled up, and in one location workers took garbage home in their cars. Upon arrival, Apotheker was informed that HP was missing 85,000 chairs. The figure was so farcical that he had to check to make sure it was right. It was.
How Hewlett-Packard lost its way - Fortune Tech
This article on HP’s recent troubles reads more like European history of constant warfare and shifting alliances.
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He lets the sorry truth land: “White woman’s life is valuable.” He then asks the audience to help him remember the point he was originally getting at: “What’s his name—Joran van der Sloot? We find out he was a serial kill—man, he kills women, that’s what he do,” he says. “What’s the girl in Aruba?”
“Natalee Holloway!” people shout out.
“But the one—he just killed the girl in Peru, what’s her name?”
Silence.
“Exactly!” he says. The audience cracks up and breaks into applause, simultaneously chagrined and excited to have sprung that trap he’s set for them.
Why Comedians Were Afraid of Patrice O’Neal — New York Magazine
Patrice O’Neal had so much comedy left in him when he died a few months ago. Sometimes, when I have problems with dumb guys, I ask the Obi Wan ghost of Patrice to guide me.
He made comedy dangerous with his no-holds-barred honesty. Very few dare to do that much less be successful and well-liked because of it. Patrice O’Neal is one of the very, very few famous people I never met whose death makes me feel like I had a personal loss.
Posted on May 21, 2012 with 1 note
Source: New York Magazine
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Mike Birbiglia short film featuring Terry Gross of Fresh Air. Just keep watching. It will get way funny.
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