Seriously, Davy is cute and all, but watch this and see for yourself why I love Mike Nesmith, and it’s not just for those Wite-Out millions.
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quote o’ the day: Carville on Hollywood
Ladies and gentlemen, the Ragin’ Cajun himself:
From the Daily Dish:
Snark Attack! Hollywood secret revealed! Leave it to Democratic spinmeister James Carville, an “executive producer” on the Sean Penn remake of “All the King’s Men,” to explain just what that mysterious job entails. “Sometimes you scratch your crotch. And sometimes you scratch your rear,” the Ragin’ Cajun told ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. “You eat a lot of lunches. … You say, ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m out executive-producing.’ … It’s a great title. And you don’t have to do much.” Keep it under your hat.
lonelygirl15 is the new JT LeRoy/James Frey/Kaavya Viswanathan
from the New York Times via Gawker.
<— lonelygirl15 became a bit of a thang on the Internets recently for her cool, articulate, and moving video blogs about teen angst, hope, fear, and honesty.
Too bad she’s fake.
Honestly, “the lighting is better than most vlogs” is all the critics could come up with before this mea culpa. Did not one person notice that her makeup was professionally done as well? Very few 15-year-olds are that good with the cover stick. This is an historic day in Fake Artistedom.
Isn’t it some kind of felony to impersonate a teenager online? 
I thought the FBI had agents on that…
To Our Incredible Fans,
Thank you so much for enjoying our show so far. We are amazed by the overwhelmingly positive response to our videos; it has exceeded our wildest expectations. With your help we believe we are witnessing the birth of a new art form. Our intention from the outset has been to tell a story– A story that could only be told using the medium of video blogs and the distribution power of the internet. A story that is interactive and constantly evolving with the audience.
Right now, the biggest mystery of Lonelygirl15 is “who is she?” We think this is an oversimplification. Lonelygirl15 is a reflection of everyone. She is no more real or fictitious than the portions of our personalities that we choose to show (or hide) when we interact with the people around us. Regardless, there are deeper mysteries buried within the plot, dialogue, and background of the Lonelygirl15 videos, and many of our tireless and dedicated fans have unearthed some of these. There are many more to come.
To enhance the community experience of Lonelygirl15, which you have already helped to create, we are in the process of building a website centered around video and interactivity. This website will allow everyone to enjoy the full potential of this new medium. Unfortunately, we aren’t programmers. We are filmmakers. We are working furiously to complete the website, and hope to have it up and running shortly.
So, sit tight. You are the only reason for our success, and we appreciate your devotion. We want you to know that we aren’t a big corporation. We are just like you. A few people who love good stories. We hope that you will join us in the continuing story of Lonelygirl15, and help us usher in an era of interactive storytelling where the line between “fan” and “star” has been removed, and dedicated fans like yourselves are paid for their efforts. This is an incredible time for the creator inside all of us.
Thank you.
Yes, and it’s an even more incredible time for the bullshit detector inside all of us.
cheap designer shoes
Don’t let the kids fool you; they are more addicted to shoes than Carrie Bradshaw ever was. When I was little it was Adidas. Pumas were for sorry-ass kids who couldn’t get Adidas and had to wear bowl haircuts because their mothers couldn’t do a David Cassidy/Dorothy Hamill. And if your navy-and-white Adidas shoes matched your navy-and-white Adidas shorts that matched your navy-and-white Adidas satin bomber jacket (Joanie STILL loves Chachi, people!) that matched your white-and-navy Adidas baseball tee, you were totally happening, man.
Now the shoes cost more than I earn in a week and Stella McCartney is designing for them. Somebody should do something.
Somebody has.
from Popbitch:
>> Good sport <<
Will the Starbury change the world?Kids only want to buy trainers if they are super-expensive and exclusive, and top sportsmen can’t be blamed for endorsing top-priced goods. Well, this conventional wisdom is being turned on its head by New York Knicks’ Stephon Marbury.
Kobe, Lebron and Michael Jordan have all put their name to $150 Nike shoes, but Marbury has made it his mission to bring out a line of shoes for poor kids. The cost of the new Starbury shoe? $15. And it’s not just a piece of tat. Marbury is wearing the shoe on court himself.
Sold only in US discount store Steve & Barry’s (which prides itself on enabling a family to be clothed for a year for $100) the shoe has become a word-of-mouth phenomenon. Queues run outside the stores, with a two-item per person limit now enforced on the Starbury range. Marbury‘s aim is to show people just how little it really costs to make high quality sneakers.
“Two hundred to buy a pair of sneakers? That’s groceries for the week,” he says. “History is going to say Stephon Marbury changed the game.”
More:
http://www.starbury.com
Scoble on flamewars for fun and profit
This is brilliant. Someone is paying people to post flamestrikes against Robert Scoble over at Payperpost, and Scoble is all, like, bring it biotches!
Everyone else has cooler flamewars than me.
Payperpost continues its “hit campaign” on Scoble
As long as you guys keep linking to me I’m happy that someone is paying you to post. Heheheh!
Speaking of which, if you wanna get paid to blog there’s a lot better way to do THAT than get paid a few bucks to post. I know of a few companies right now hiring bloggers. I don’t even have to link to them. I bet that within a few minutes someone will post a link to the sites that are listing jobs for bloggers.
For everyone else: PayPerPost is paying people to link to me and make fun of me. Damn, why didn’t I think of that?
;-)
Fuck that. Why didn’t I???
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