February 2012
22 posts
Notices for English Tourists in Gujarat
In an Ahmedabad Hotel:
Is forbidden to steal hotel towels please. If you are not a person to do such thing is please not to read this notice. In a Surat hotel lobby: The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable. In the elevator in Hotel Tex Pallazo, Surat: To move the cabin, push button for wishing floor. If the cabin should enter more...
Metallica Announce Orion Music Festival →
blownspeakers:
ryanmcnutt:
Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, Gaslight Anthem, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Hot Snakes, Titus Andronicus, Liturgy…
A nakedly transparent grab for relevance, sure. But this festival is already the least embarrassing thing Metallica have done since The Black Album.
…Black Angels, Rock Erickson, and the Sword too.
Not to shabby.
Damn. Lookin’ good, festival.
“Whenever I listen to “Under Pressure” by Queen, people think I’m listening to...”
– First World Problems (via epic4chan)
Last night at karaoke, the Weekend Leisure guys had a wheel, with song titles on it. Mostly ’70s and ’80s hits. If you wanted to skip the line, you could spin the wheel and sing whatever came up. At one point, a guy I didn’t know spun...
Dorky Teacher Slays Student In Rap Battle →
standardgrey:
Destruction. Watch all the way through.
YES YES YES THIS IS AMAZING.
January 2012
45 posts
Serious Eats: The Vegan Experience →
blownspeakers:
For any vegans who still follow me (y’all must have really thick skin and hold kittens in high regard), my absolute favourite food writer is going vegan for a month for a column, which also means he’s crafting vegan recipes all month long (he’s about halfway through already).
If I’m ever going to cook something I’ve never cooked before, I search to see if Kenji’s posted a recipe...
“My favourite potato for mashed potatoes is a Yukon Gold, because it looks...”
– Some evil woman on the Food Network just now. (via blownspeakers)
BECAUSE CLEARLY BUTTER IS ONLY USED FOR COLOUR. UUUGH.
Amazing. →
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“The thing that [Jennifer] Egan does that no other American writer I can think of...”
– Richard Rushfield makes a very good point about Jennifer Egan, who I agree is probably the finest literary novelist working today. This point is really crucial for most all writing — I think it’s very important for writing to engage with a wider audience rather than to self-consciously aim to please...
