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O Josh Marshall, giver of grief, sender of scorn, sultan of smug, distributor of disdain, WE RECEIVE THEE!
Blogger of bloggers Josh Marshall had himself a time this weekend, following the story of Todd Petruna who wrote up a whole bunch of lies about singlehandedly beating back Jihad and Other Fine Tales of Heroism, and then sent them to his best friend, The Internet.
You can find the full fable at the link above, [...]
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‘The Whole Thing is Fucked’
Patrick from Titus Andronicus had a pretty shitty Halloween, which inspires some deep thinking on the hipster set, which inspires criticism, which we agree with wholeheartedly. Blogging!
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Caucasian sober guy, in attempt to represent, misrepresents.
OH BOY! What a morning for one-offs.
Martha Stewart showed up at Brooklyn Flea this weekend. Beeooooorrriiinng.
Except, I wonder if she’s familiar with the Brownstoner blog — which I’m not allowed to read because I didn’t pass the requisite credit check — because if not, she might be confused as to why this guy self-declares as [...]
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Going Native
Its CMJ, fer chrissakes, which means that poseur indie kids from all over the damn country descend on our fair city with hopes to copulate with poseur indie kids from our fair city. Hat tip to FREEwilliamsburg for pointing out a few resonant craigslist gems. Here’s our take:
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The Skint hooked it up today
If you don’t already, you should start reading The Skint. Thanks to those guys, I’m going to go watch Garrison Keillor, fresh out the hospital, read from his new book tonight. I don’t even think I like the things he writes, its just that in light of his stroke a few weeks ago, you get [...]
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WE’RE HAVING A CONTEST
First read this. See you in a minute.
If you didn’t read that, let me tell you how it boils down. Basically, that site you love to hate, Look at This Fucking Hipster, couldn’t get enough of its actual subjects to sign the waiver for their upcoming (surely to be deck as fuck) book, so they’re [...]
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Happy Gilmore @ the Putting Lot
We’ve been meaning to check out The Putting Lot, the abandoned space turned miniature golf course in Bushwick. Tonight they’ll screen Happy Gilmore, the fourth film in a series that included golf greats Tin Cup and Caddyshack. Film’s at 8:30; come early to play a free round on their nine-hole course, each of which was [...]
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New York I love you, but you’re bringing me down.