“About as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” this artist may be the only composer to collaborate and perform with Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones, and Lady Gaga.
Archives for June 2011
Movies: The RZA Might Be G.I. Joe 2’s Blind Master
The Wu-Tang Clan’s abbot is in talks to pick up the katana as the blind brother who brought the way of the sword to Snake-Eyes and Jinx.
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #011, “A Minor Inconvenience”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com
Small-Talk Topics for Guys
Left to fend for yourself at a party? Joe Donatelli has some tips on how to small-talk like a master.
The 10 at 10
99 is never too young to do anything for the first time.
Games: Team Fortress 2 Is Free To Play, But Is That Price Too High?
You may not need anything to start playing the newly revised Team Fortress 2, but you might to *keep* playing it …
Have You Ever Had a Nudnik Hug?
‘Each morning, our bedroom door swings open as small boy and smaller stuffed animals enter. Sock-covered feet carry said boy to me and small arms lift themselves wordlessly.’
The Fear of Asking for Help
Recently on this blog I posted a piece about the game Duke Nukem Forever, and it’s fair to say a lot of people had trouble understanding it. Thanks to the kindness and effort of my fellow contributors it’s now been fixed, for which I am extremely grateful. The problem is, it shouldn’t have happened, if…
Humor: Nobody Puts Skywalker In The Corner!
Now you know even more about why the Dark Side was so attractive — nobody abbreviates your name!
This is What a Masculist Looks Like
Trigger warning for brief mention of rape. Google Docs, which I’m composing this post in, does not recognize the word “masculist.” Nor does Chrome; nor does OpenOffice. It’s a new word, though not, I think, a new concept, and I think there’s room for it to become as recognized, as accepted, and even as derided…
Do We Really Despise Whitey?
Despite his horrific crimes there seems to be more than a little glamor in the Irish mob boss.
Why Pink Nail Polish Is A Masculist Issue
Why the fuck can’t men wear pink nail polish? I have never actually been able to get a good answer to this. The conversation along those lines goes something like “because they’ll get laughed at,” and when I ask why they get laughed at they’ll say “because it looks ridiculous,” and when I ask why it looks…
On Libido, part three
Trigger warning for discussion of rape. In my two previous posts on the subject, I talked a little about the ways that gendered societal ideas about libido fuck with people. Men are expected to be constantly-horny fuckbeasts, and women are expected to not want sex all that much, but trade it for things they do…
Music: Spin Digital Discs on Turntable.fm
Wanna DJ for a crowd without all the equipment, learning and whatever? Live in the US? Turntable.fm has you covered!
A Red, White, and Green Gold Cup
In the sea of multiculturalism that surrounded Saturday’s Gold Cup between the U.S. and Mexico, Elliott Turner writes, some things are still simple.
EXCLUSIVE: Movies: Don’t Count Out John Stewart As Green Lantern Yet!
Actor Nick Jones Jr. drops tantalizing tidbits that the fate of the Green Lantern John Stewart might not be sealed just yet!