I’m pretty sure the moment for giving thanks officially expired some time last night, evaporating in the beer-and-turkey fart clouds rising from all the awful greed fests lined up outside big box stores up and down 82nd Avenue. (And downtown. And Jantzen Beach.) But this video below—and this article linked here—remind me I ought to […]
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Arthur Magazine Raised from the Dead, with Help from Floating World
The news spread quickly yesterday that late, lamented Arthur Magazine has been resurrected. Arthur was a free, bimonthly music and culture publication that also dabbled in incisive political commentary, and when it departed the physical plane—it ceased publication in 2008 and existed on the web for a few years, before publisher Jay Babcock officially pronounced […]
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Gen. Petraeus Bio Given MUCH BETTER NAME by ABC Affiliate
An ABC affiliate in Denver does a story about the General Petraeus sex scandal which involves the general’s biographer who wrote All In. Unfortunately, someone in TV station’s graphics department pulled the wrong book cover off the internet. Watch. You have to admit, that’s a pretty good title, too.via
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Demise of Political Talk on KPOJ Sparks Outrage, Petitions
Listeners and acolytes of KPOJ-AM’s morning radio host Carl Wolfson were prepped for the bad news last Friday, when Wolfson took to Facebook after his show to announce his firing in light of a new direction for Portland’s only reliable bastion of progressive political talk radio. The station, over the weekend, was quickly re-branded as […]
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BREAKING: A Roach is On My Neck!!
…and the stock market took another slight dip today, ending just three points shy of the Dow’s September numbers, and… wait. Hold on… I’m sorry to interrupt, but we’ve got some breaking news from Mercury news reporter Denis Theriault reporting live from city hall. Something… something about a roach crawling around your neck? We wish […]
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It’s Not Just the Business Model That’s Killing Print
Sullivan’s got some interesting thoughts on Newsweek’s decision to cease print publication. But the line of Sullivan’s that stood out for me was this: “When we read online, we migrate to read people, not institutions.” Yeah, sure, daily newspapers have a business model problem. But it’s more than just that. They’re not giving readers the […]
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Your Terrible PR Quote of the Day for Monday, October 8, 2012
“People seem to instinctively know what to do when handed a lightsaber or a bird in a slingshot, so this is a natural combination.” —Colum Slevin, Vice President, Head of Studio Operations for Lucasfilm Ltd., discussing the forthcoming Angry Birds Star Wars
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TV News Reporter Force-Feeds Trolls a Heaping Helping of SHUTCHERFUCKINGFACE
Thanks for the heads-up, Lindy West.
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I Love to Watch Joe Scarborough Suffer
This is the most enjoyment I’ve ever gotten out of a Joe Scarborough clip: “Sweet Jesus,” indeed.
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Can We Just Talk About the Onion‘s Convention Coverage For a Second
… because holy shit it has been great. My favorite up until last night was “John McCain Just Blew His Brains Out During RNC Speech“— While witnesses said that McCain waved, smiled, and “seemed perfectly fine” at the outset of his speech, they noted that minutes into the address the senator paused and glared at […]
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That’ll Teach You for Offering Your Opinion!
In regards to Dan’s “Lying Liars” post in which he slams reporters who call “bullshit” on other reporters for calling “bullshit” on lying liars and the lying lies they lying lie, here’s what happened when one Aussie sportscaster called “bullshit” on the sport of taekwondo during the Olympics. (A must watch for those who like […]