Yawn at the Apocalypse
Former AmeriCorps NCCC Team Leader. Public radio junkie. Aspiring school psychologist. Biscotti connoisseur.
Jan 28
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Jan 27
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I don’t think Feeny would approve of this photo
It’s amazing how douchey he suddenly looks just by association.
“ I think my politics are really based on the idea of empathy and alienation. Those are the two things I’m always writing about. I think those are really political things.
— John K. Samson
The Muppets deleted scenes - Muppet Wiki
Some scenes that did not make the final cut and will hopefully make it to the DVD
Disney really should have released a Directors Cut on the DVD.. efjgnioesrngoirengorengretngtrg… One more merchandising blunder for this amazing film..
I personally have always found Wanda Sykes to be insufferable and couldn’t be any happier that she was cut from the movie.
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“ The cops had picked them up for vagrancy just before dark…Why could the police throw a man in jail just because he didn’t have any money or an address? What if the man didn’t want any goddamn money or a fuckin’ address? Where was all this freedom they bragged about?
— Donald Ray Pollock, The Devil All the Time
“ …you’re supposed to miss the other person, even if they’re only gone for twenty minutes.
“ It was his newsletter, and it was under his name, so he always got to see the final product. … He would proof it.
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Ron Paul’s former secretary (and current supporter) Renae Hathway • Discussing the perceived-racist newsletters that went out under his name, and he has largely disowned since then. If he edited the newsletters, clearly this would contradict what Paul himself has said about them. The Paul campaign denies these allegations, but this should get this back in the news cycle for a full week. source (via • follow)
**My comments: The article proves that, while Ron Paul may NOT be racist, he has no problem using racist (and homophobic) rhetoric to gain followers. Also good commentary in The Atlantic.
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My Favorite Records: Alec Baldwin
Steely Dan: “A Decade of Steely Dan”
Becker and Fagen, like Paul Simon, are among the few rock artists who have joined poetic lyrics to great music with almost Sondheimesque skill. (Honorable mention: Talking Heads.)
Stevie Wonder: “Songs in the Key of Life”
Stevie Wonder’s seminal two-record album, the culmination of his blend of funk, soul, and ballads, has some of the most romantic music of all time. (Honorable mention: any love song sung by Marvin Gaye.)
The Beatles: “With the Beatles”
This album will be fifty years old next year, yet the Beatles’ originality, passion, and virtuosity remain undiminished, if not enhanced. (No second prizes after the Beatles.)
Sondheim: “Assassins”
Stephen Sondheim is responsible for many of the greatest musicals of the past half century; this odd, ultimately haunting collection of set pieces is my favorite. Take your pick between the original recording, with the great Victor Garber and Jonathan Hadary, or the 2006 revival with Michael Cerveris and Denis O’Hare. (Honorable mention: the original cast recording of “Les Misérables,” with the remarkable Colm Wilkinson.)
- Above, the first four entries on Alec Baldwin’s list of favorite records. Read the rest of the list, and listen to Baldwin’s Mix Tape on Spotify.
Photograph by Martin Schoeller.
1) Steely Dan. Yes.
2) That blazer. It looks like it’s made from some combination of a tarp and melted, re-purposed pennies.
