full regalia.

fantastic mr. (the, henry) fox.

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:10:40 -0400

fantastic mr. (the, henry) fox.

"I had also seen the finale for Spaced between the first and second seasons. It reminded me of The..."

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:55:00 -0400

“I had also seen the finale for Spaced between the first and second seasons. It reminded me of The Wire and these shows that take a deep bow and say, “Thank you for watching a great season of television,” and it accomplishes the same thing as a cliffhanger, which is to increase your excitement to see the next season. So I was intent in the first couple episodes of the first season: “Okay, second season we’re ending… we’re just gonna take a bow.” It ended up not happening. There’s a little cliffhanger aspect to the end of the second season. But I’m all the more determined to do it in the third season.”

- Dan Harmon talks through season two (a year ago) with Todd VanDerWerff on the AV Club. Prescient stuff.

Vertigo. Check out the many other cool film posters by...

Fri, 18 May 2012 22:25:00 -0400

Vertigo.

Check out the many other cool film posters by London-based illustrator Claudia Varosio.

things that the new york times advocates you buy.

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:38:18 -0400

Frequently I joke with my family about one day decorating my apartment in Rococo opulence and manly taxidermy. Those two aesthetics may seem at odds, and that’s because they are. Which is exactly why I have for so long found great humor in the idea of my “Rococo House of Plaid and Nightmares.”

Rewind to about three years ago. I began to realize that my twisted sense of décor schemes were actually being embraced by the hip in Brooklyn, more specifically: bars with bearded men and Zooey Deschanel lookalikes. I’m not saying I trendspotted - no, I will not take credit for this, nor is the idea of hanging dead animals on your wall and liking vintage stuff new - but all of a sudden it seemed like every store, shop, cafe had some kind of flea market find. Long live the well dressed artisan!

So I find it spectacularly in keeping with the Grey Lady’s tradition of discovering-ridiculous-things-they-like-to-masquerade-as-trends-two-years-too-late in the name of journalism. I should note that I only attribute this kind of mockery towards their Style sections, and I’d be a liar to say I don’t read these articles.

So, to save you the trouble of having to read about rich people, and to lament the loss of my RHoP&N (because now I’d be trying too hard to be hip), I would like to present you with the NYT’s List of Things to “Prop” Your House With, Or, How to Create an Etsy Account if You Don’t Live Close Enough to the Brooklyn Flea:

1. Books Arranged By Color: and stacked. Alphabetization is pedestrian.

2. Vintage Typewriter: Come on, NYT you’ve already done this one before

3. Edison Bulb: So your apartment can be as dimly lit and rustic as EVERY SINGLE RESTAURANT IN LOWER MANHATTAN AND ALL OF BROOKLYN AND PARTS OF HIP QUEENS(!)

4. Terrarium: “You guys have weird reactions to stuff” … and legos also used to be simple. Tell me about it, Professor Kane.

5. Monogrammed Towels: “A necessity only if you’re forgetful or you share your home with 46 other people.”

6. Taxidermy: Even cool people like Sting.

7. Le Creuset Pot: you don’t have to get married anymore to have a fancy pan sit unused on your stove! (Bonus points for a color that matches and/or complements your blender.)

8. Bar Cart: Don Draper has one!

9. Fresh Flowers: because you have $25 to burn every 4-5 days.

10. Vintage Fan: because your brownstone in Carroll Gardens certainly doesn’t have central A/C.

There you have it! The top 10 s~~uperflous purchases~~ easy fixes and lifestyle changes you can make for the low, low price of ~~your originality~~ like $2,000 to be stylish and ~~hood rich~~ look cool. I’d like to add that they left off vintage seltzer bottles and murphy beds (you actually really want to click on that one). But then again, with the murphy bed you couldn’t show off your re-claimed wood headboard and vintage linen duvet.

Hope you all have fun re-enacting the bougie shopping scenes from Midnight In Paris!

Your eyes do not deceive you: this is cold brew on tap. Stubbies...

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:28:17 -0400

Your eyes do not deceive you: this is cold brew on tap. Stubbies are so 2011.

Audio

Wed, 09 May 2012 22:53:34 -0400

nprfreshair: Audio is now up for our show-long Maurice Sendak...

Tue, 08 May 2012 23:32:00 -0400

nprfreshair:

Audio is now up for our show-long Maurice Sendak tribute. I cried. You might want to have tissues handy.

and all the wild rumpuses are quiet tonight.

ask an archivist.

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:24:25 -0400

ask an archivist.

rohmygod. This hurts my eyes it’s so great. The Archives...

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:11:30 -0400

rohmygod. This hurts my eyes it’s so great.

The Archives Dept. discovers a rare photo of Rolf, the mandolin-playing terrier who was featured regularly on Art Nudnick’s Musical Managerie, Sundays in 1925.

(Via WNYC)

"Young people, always with their computers and their smoothies, am I right?"

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:01:27 -0400

“Young people, always with their computers and their smoothies, am I right?”

- Ruth Graham’s spot on Millennial characterization on some character from Smash - a show I do not watch - via NYMag. I may not know anything about this show, but I do know how to make a smoothie. (Just google it, Gen Xers!)

I suggest you get on this now, because you’re over a...

Sun, 06 May 2012 21:17:00 -0400

I suggest you get on this now, because you’re over a decade late to the party.

robert caro: increasingly becoming my favorite person.

Sun, 06 May 2012 17:59:26 -0400

robert caro: increasingly becoming my favorite person.

courtney love's food diary is exactly as ridiculous as you'd expect, and more.

Sat, 05 May 2012 15:17:00 -0400

courtney love's food diary is exactly as ridiculous as you'd expect, and more.

Crossing the GW Bridge one day in the summer of 2007, my friend...

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:40:00 -0400

Crossing the GW Bridge one day in the summer of 2007, my friend Emma - a diehard Beastie Boys fan - blasted this song as the horizon line of New York came into view. Adam Yauch’s voice on that track in that moment has stayed with me. In addition to all the other awesome songs he and the Beastie Boys have made over the years. The Beastie Boys have been a large part of my New York existence, and today the city has lost a good friend. So this is my open letter to the Beastie Boys; I’m really sad about this, we’ll miss you, MCA.

"It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to use The Waste Land as a come-on. He gets a B+ for that."

Wed, 02 May 2012 22:48:00 -0400

“It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to use The Waste Land as a come-on. He gets a B+ for that.”

- Matthew Hart, professor of English at President Obama’s Alma Mater, Columbia, grades his love letters for NYMag. If you haven’t read the Vanity Fair piece yet, you might as well take some notes from what I’d like to call Sex and the City III: Barry Bradshaw and the post-grad ennui.

retweets = internet fame = NO SHAME

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:54:16 -0400

retweets = internet fame = NO SHAME

going green.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:32:00 -0400

So it looks like the next sustainably-hip-alt-quirky trend is the “Apple Green” Boro Taxi fleet. Making its début this morning, the new cab will roll out on the streets of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, northern Manhattan, and Staten Island this summer.

I’m witholding ~~harsh judgement~~ comment until I can properly process and articulate my reaction upon seeing this. Somewhere an inter-borough commerce clause brouhaha is being stirred…

UPDATE: The Awl has figured out how to articulate my reaction to this.

"I’d say that I love that Buster, even though he was a complete disaster, liked to dress in color. He..."

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:31:36 -0400

“I’d say that I love that Buster, even though he was a complete disaster, liked to dress in color. He liked himself some color.”

- Tony Hale on Buster Bluth in this fantastic AV Club interview.

This is what my name looks like in Balkan Typeface. Try it out,...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:09:17 -0400

This is what my name looks like in Balkan Typeface. Try it out, because there is nothing better than writing nonsense in a Balkan font.

"We’re probably all a little jaded about Tina Fey’s talents at this point, but the episode..."

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:39:00 -0400

“We’re probably all a little jaded about Tina Fey’s talents at this point, but the episode demonstrated once again that she’s a powerhouse. After a month of watching Lena Dunham being hailed as the future of women in comedy and then torn down by online critics, it’s really satisfying to witness a female comedian who’s fully entrenched in the comedy establishment, knows exactly what she’s doing, and doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone.”

- Izzy Grinspan on last night’s 30 Rock, which was not the let down I’d expected it to be! No one seems to be mentioning the cameo by Justin Timberlake (who fancies himself a member of SNL at this point), but I’m glad we all got to see the cast + their friends revive some of the old ridiculous magic. … though thank god Kim Kardashian wasn’t on the East Coast feed - I wonder how Jon Hamm feels about that.