February 2012
WHICH REMINDS ME
The Mild Revolution is playing at the Starving Artist in Keene, NH
this weekend. I will be there. WILL YOU!?!?
But seriously if you live far away, the good news is that I will shoot
lots of good quality video and you will be able to watch it!
And the Starving Artist is BYOB, which is just the greatest thing ever.
We talked about doing a comedy show there at some point…we still...
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jonpernisek asked:
“Oh Rosie. Sometimes I think she forgets her turn as The Cat in the
Hat in ‘Seussical!’. You played a cat who wears a hat, cool your jets!
I agree with your observations. News commentary should definitely be
taken on a case-by-case basis. Ultimately I think the Cheney/Vader gag
irritated me because it simply wasn’t funny. Very MAD Magazine or...
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jonpernisek asked:
“I remember watching an episode of Maddow’s show in which a story
about Cheney involved a picture of him dressed as Darth Vader with
accompanying theme music. Between that and Olbermann’s dreadful ‘Worst
Person in the World’ segment I came to the conclusion that MSNBC was,
in its own way, capable of being just as smug as FOX. Do these...
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smithzette asked:
“Zac. I have been trying to imagine sexual positions involving an
aspirin clenched tightly between one’s knees. Is this aspirin thing
actually a metaphor for not having sex? Because I don’t think any of
these potential sex positions could be deemed contraceptive.”
Yeah did you know that Santorum’s campaign staff is made up of...
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I feel like Republicans have maxed out on polarization, right? I mean
how much more insane could they get? Making non-procreative sex
illegal? Getting rid of all governmental agencies? A 100% income tax
on incomes below 250,000?
The danger is that Democrats could get just as bad. I don’t know how,
exactly, but I used to never think that MSNBC could become as
ridiculous as Fox. And...
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Vanishing Marginals Theory
Olympia Snowe is retiring from the Senate, which is another example of
Vanishing Marginals Theory at work. Basically, it is the theory that
as political climates become more and more polarized, moderates are
pushed out. Either because they lose elections or decline to run.
Problem is, as we saw during the Health Care debate, moderates are
where the governing happens. So as we lose more and...
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jonpernisek asked:
“I can definitely see the argument from all sides, which makes it an
intriguing discussion. And I just remembered how the show has
established that Mitchell and Cameron met at an orgy, so there ya go.
Gay sex! Mission: Ghost Protocalled. I do think if I had an adopted
daughter with a guy and planned on adopting a second child I would
just refer to him as my husband....
Oh, I wanted to note (have you guys figured out that Tumblr is
basically my notebook now?) that there’s basically ONE paragraph, in
the middle of Mockingjay, where Suzanne Collins gets vaguely political
with her vision of the future.
Katniss is looking out over a ruined landscape and thinks about people
who came before her and says, like, “Obviously they didn’t care about...
So something happened in Mockingjay (I’m in the last third of it or
so) that actually upset me. I was sad over a side character who died!
Which totally caught me off guard! Nothing in the Hunger Games has
brought out like any emotion in me until now.
One thing that bugged me, when I was scanning around looking at Oscar
tweets, was people observing that Rooney Mara seems to have been
infected by Lisbeth Salander (the same way Bill Murray and Johnny Depp
were reportedly unable to shake HST from themselves for a while). I
mean this is definitely true about Mara, she even says so herself, but
how did it occur to people looking at her in a...
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jonpernisek asked:
“I agree regarding ‘Dwight!’. Also, if it’s not called ‘Dwight!’ they
shouldn’t bother shooting a frame. The gay element of ‘MF’ doesn’t
satisfy a lot of gay viewers because the couple is seen as being
largely asexual. What I don’t think they’re willing to accept is that
some (many) gay couples...
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jonpernisek asked:
“Many of my friends aggressively dismiss P&R as an Office clone
despite never having seen a single episode or acknowledging that a
show can evolve beyond what it sets down in its first season. Modern
Family seems to be much less polarizing. Despite its random forays
into dark territory it’s the fluffiest diet soda comedy on TV, easily.
So, question: Are...
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SO I have been watching Modern Family, like I have almost finished
season 2. I like it, but I think the first two or three episodes were
the best and they never got that good again.
You know how people refuse to watch Parks & Rec because they complain
about the documentary format? Why do I only hear that about P&R and
not this show? Is it just an easy excuse? Is “I don’t...
I have not seen any interviews with the cast of the Hunger Games, but I would sort of like to see them now! Any good ones out there yet?
babydentures said: you should check out natasha...
It’s here: http://natashavc.tumblr.com/post/14813977472/what-makes-a-good-rape-scene-if-we-are-to
And yeah, good points all around. I just didn’t find it remotely arousing? And like, I am a dude who finds Rooney Mara attractive, generally. I agree entirely with NVC on the points but not about this specific case.
And yeah, Dr. Melfi. That was so awful. And in the end she decides not...
kirious said: Reminder that the Oscars are a fake,...
O fo sho. But like, isn’t that true of basically every award? It’s basically a self-serving publicity move for whatever given industry? ARE THERE ALTRUISTIC AWARDS? Did you see that episode of Friends where Joey and Phoebe have a bet about whether or not charity can be selflfess?
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Trigger Warning But Serious Question
OK so on the /Filmcast they were talking about the rape scene in David
Fincher’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. One of the hosts was saying
that he was made uncomfortable by the fact that David Fincher seemed
to be like, enjoying depicting the scene. I don’t know exactly how one
conveys that they AREN’T enjoying themselves through direction (though
I think Michael Haneke has...
Addiction in Mockingjay
Despite previous reductive shit in the Hunger Games, like the racism,
and the sanctity of life stuff, it’s pretty cool to see the
matter-of-fact treatments of addiction, especially in Mockingjay.
Haymitch’s addiction is barely condemned, and Johanna’s painkiller
thing is even more accepted by the book.
Right now she & Katniss are training, and are both injured in their...
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YO
PARTY DOWN, which is a great fucking show, is going to be pulled from
Netflix Instant in two days. Starz and Netflix’s contract has expired
and Starz is leaving. So that means all of the Starz Play list is
getting 86’d, but it’s not a big loss on the whole. The only one that
really hurts is Party Down. SO IF YOU HAVEN’T WATCHED IT YET, GO WATCH
SOME OF IT! POST HASTE!
jonpernisek asked:
“I think a lot of people are justifying Meryl’s win by saying ‘Well,
true, she already has a few, but she hasn’t received one in such a
long time!’ Which is clearly the best reason to give someone an Oscar.
Ugh, I’m glad I didn’t watch the actual telecast. Are there any songs
you would have liked to see get a nomination? That there...
jonpernisek asked:
“Curious to hear your thoughts regarding Meryl’s win last night for
‘The Iron Lady’. I don’t know a single person who has seen this film,
and the reviews were largely middling to negative, so what happened?
I’m thinking the Academy threw it to her just so they won’t have to
pull a Plummer later on, and by that I mean ‘give an...
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I just remembered that David Foster Wallace-referencing video Michael
Schur did for the Decemberists
and also the fact that the show he says inspires Parks & Rec more than
anything else is The Wire
and the fact that he keeps casting ex West Wing cast members
and the fact that he says Ben Wyatt is inspired by The Mayor Of Casterbridge.
It’s like he has a direct line to every...
Why You Can't Hate Mumford & Sons, In The End
One. They got popular—hugely, stupidly popular—mostly through a
single live performance. WHICH WAS VERY GOOD. Sorry Avett Brothers,
but you guys biffed that one. But how often is music even approaching
a meritocracy? I’m looking at you, Lana!
Two. Rock radio has been having an identity crisis ever since. “Can I
really use my ‘rock’ voice to introduce this...
Just had a wave of wrath and bitterness roll over me. Whoa. I HATE
EVERYTHING HA HA MONDAYS AM I RIGHT?????
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OSCARS
So! I don’t really give a fuck who wins what at the Oscars. I think it
is shaping up to be another boring gangbang of a movie I don’t really
want to see that much (King’s Speech last year, The Artist this year).
The Oscars make me jingoistic. Fuck European movies and European
sensibilities! Okay, I’m not only like this at Oscar season.
Tree of Life was an AMERICAN...
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One thing that would be fun about an Obama/Santorum race:
Santorum would OBVIOUSLY go so low and evil with it that I wouldn’t
feel bad at all about the Obama campaign going negative. And they
would DESTROY him. My god, by November Rick Santorum would be a pile
of fucking DUST.
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Creative Insults For Republicans
Washington Insider
Washington Statesider
Washington Reacharounder
Flip-flopper
Sandals-and-socks Wearer
Human Croc
Too Fake
Too Real
San Francisco values
San Fernando Valley values
Black
Anonymous asked:
“I’ve been feeling very stagnate lately. Its as if nothing is going on
and it’s fairly depressing. Any way to get out of this rut?”
Well, you can just wait. Time and experience are the easiest-known
cures for that shit. When I go through that—like, I can almost see it
on the road ahead, right now—I tend to rationalize it away like,...
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Anoymous asked:
“Ive got a philosophical zinger that needs your input desperately Zac!
Original sin, in Christianity, is said to be passed down from the man
to the child so I recently asked my Christian friend why Jesus never
had kids. Since he was devoid of original sin we could have had a
bunch of Jesus Jr.’s! He argued that marriage would have separated
Jesus from God since...
I don’t want to alarm anyone but I found a real-life, male, unironic
Twi-hard at my office.
“What would they do in another movie? Edward and Bella are together,
Jacob is immortal for as long as he phases, Renesmee sort of
understands what she is, the Volturi are contained, the Romanians are
gone…”
Real human words.
BLOGGING FOR ALASKA #9: ON THE GROUND! →
A long time ago, I had an mp3 of TV on the Radio playing “Ambulance”
on a radio station…KEXP or something? But anyway it wasn’t the usual
a cappella version, it was with a guitar and drums and it was SO RAD.
Anybody know about this? Anybody HAVE it?
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Citizens United etc
So the NYT talks about a “new breed of superdonor”—an “exclusive
club” of rich people (like Peter Thiel) who are now a major political
force.
Except I don’t think they will prove to be a major political force!
Every candidate has one—even Ron Paul!—so what it means is just that
everyone will spend more. It’s an arms race, sure, but...
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Whoa
So Peter Thiel is a major backer of a Ron Paul super PAC. I was like,
“how do I know that name?” Then I read the next line:
“He was an early investor in Facebook. He was actually portrayed in
the movie ‘Social Network’ as the angel investor in that movie. He’s a
44-year-old guy, worth lots of money. And he’s given something close
to three-quarters of...
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The Devil And Dick Santorum
If you don’t know by now, a couple of years ago Rick Santorum gave a
speech about how Satan was attacking America. Drudge dug this speech
up and Right Wing folks including Rush Limbaugh have publicly done
that thing where they tug their collar and go “Oh boyeeee.”
Which is weird because isn’t he just saying, slightly more explicitly,
what they have all been...
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Pre-debate polling in Arizona
LIKELY VOTERS (I’d like to know what the UNLIKELY voters have to say)
Romney: 36
Santorum: 32
Gingrich: 18
Paul: 6
And Michigan is about the same, but just flip Paul and Gingrich. PBS
points out that if Romney loses Michigan, the world could fall at
Santorum’s feet on Super Tuesday. HOW FUCKING CRAZY WOULD THAT BE.
Super Tuesday, by the way, is on March 6th. So the thing to...
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Words, words, words
So there’s that part in Hamlet where he says “words, words, words,”
and then maybe he does it a few more times, I can’t remember. It’s a
good line because he’s dismissing whatever shit is falling out of
Polonius’s mouth but also making a larger point about the frailness
and meaninglessness of language.
But I always hated the way Ken Branagh does...
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Words, words, words
I love when they count the times words were used in a debate. I mean,
it’s not ACTUALLY an indicator of anything. Last night during the CNN
debate the word “jobs” was used eight times. “Earmarks” was used over
30 times. That’s from a PBS political newsletter I just joined
because, again, I am back in 1999 Internet-times.
So sure, you can use that to force...
