My name's Ned. I'm a Philosophy major at NYU, a writer, a lit nerd, a lapsed Jew, and a politics junkie.
X-Sen. Harry Reid | The Next Right
I know virtually nothing about the guy running against Harry Reid in Nevada other than that
1.) He’s a Republican,
2.) He evidently likes The X-Files,
3.) If he wins, the Democrats get a new Senate leader.
Two out of three ain’t bad. Guy With X-Files Ad for Senate!
Struggling artists, take heed:
If you find yourself lacking exposure or money:
1. Drop the pretty shit.
2. Change your name to something that contains mildly recognizable phrasing but still induces head-scratching.
3. Wear something that covers your whole face but not your legs.
4. Start (or at least - don’t deny) hermaphrodite rumors.
5. Align yourself with other artists that used to be talented before they started marketing their face as a brand. (Yo Nick, Imma let you finish, but…)
6. Merchandise! Show it in your video!
7. Profit!
(via thedailywhat)
Damn straight. The medley doesn’t do a whole lot for me, but the lady’s obviously talented, and it’s still preferable to watch a show where the music is the point rather than incidental to the laughably elaborate costumes.
Being at NYU is giving me a serious case of Gaga fatigue.
You’re currently reading a Tumblr, which means odds are that you’re a hipster living in Brooklyn and already know this, but I’m going to come out and say it anyway: the AV Club’s list of the best music of the 00’s is really good. I mean, sure, there are some notable absences (no Creek Drank the Cradle?), but there’s no album on the list where I had no idea where they were coming from. And it’s leading me to some really great music I missed the first time around.
For example: I didn’t try jumping on the Kanye West bandwagon until around the Graduation era, so I never gave The College Dropout a listen until this week. And who ever knew that Kanye used to come of as a thoughtful everyman instead of a grandstanding douche (answer: everyone but me)?
I’m making a project of working my way through as much of the list as I can. It’s the best popular music education I’ve had since reading It Still Moves.
Trying to steer clear of Palinpalooza as much as I can this week, but watching this video I was once again struck by the fact that this woman was almost Vice President of the United States.
Sleep tight, America!
In which negative connotations are painted to things, whatever that means.
Anything from The Wire, these days, Insta-reblog.
Why would any American not watch this? The truth yall.
The 100 Greatest Lines from The Wire
I mean, I can’t not post this, right? (via Pat Healy)
