“Bookended by 9/11 and a financial wipeout, the first 10 years of the century will likely go down as the most dispiriting decade Americans have lived through since World War II. Can the next one be better?”
~~Just a pick-me-up for your Thursday~~
This is how I imagine the phrase "these women are fantastic" being spoken:
A Hollywood screenwriter successfully pitches an idea for a The Hours-type ensemble piece full of women, and the studio hands him a list of names of Oscar-winning actresses. Seeing his dream come to fruition, he can barely contain his glee, and the list is like the experience of being a child in a giant toy store.
“I just… I… I don’t even know where… I… THESE WOMEN ARE FANTASTIC.”
I hate filler "lol's."
Actually, I hate “lol” in general (much prefer “haha”). But if you say something like “Hey, I’m ___, what’s up? lol” I’ll just get pissed off. I DON’T BELIEVE INTRODUCTIONS MAKE YOU LAUGH OUT LOUD, SIR.
Next time it happens I’m gonna make it immediately awkward by saying “Why are you laughing at me? Am I ugly? Are you laughing at me because you think I’m ugly? Please just leave me alone if you’re going to be mean. I can’t believe there are people like you in this world.”
benjaminryancossum
You sarcastic fucker. I can see you now, “liking” everyone’s posts just to be a weird goofy bastard and I’m loving every spoogey moment of it.
Today is Benjamin Cossum Day.
And there I was thinking I was special.
My top ten favorite albums of the decade (Part 2)
5. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
Probably the most acclaimed rock and roll album of the decade (this, along with OutKast’s Stankonia are the two most likely albums from the 00’s that you’ll see on magazines’ “best albums of all time” lists), The Strokes combined Julian Casablancas’ Lou Reed-like drawl and lust for life lyrics with simple guitar-driven melodies that heralded the revival of garage rock in popular music.
Best track: “The Modern Age”
4. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
Okay, I’ll get this out of the way right now: I like Neon Bible more than Funeral. I didn’t really want to include more than 1 album per artist on this list, but Arcade Fire seems as good as any other pick for two. Neon Bible is grandiose (some may say overblown) with atmospheric production that serves up a lot more epic dread than its predecessor. It’s only fitting that many of their live shows took place in old churches.
Best track - “Intervention”
3. Bruce Springsteen - The Rising (2002)
Released less than a year after 9/11, Springsteen’s first album with the full E Street Band since 1984’s Born in the U.S.A. brought the Boss back into the forefront of popular music after a decade of flying under the radar. Springsteen’s ruminations on love, bravery, loss, and hope in the face of tragedy made The Rising a triumph, perhaps popular music’s strongest response to the events of that fateful day.
Best track - “The Rising”
2. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America (2006)
With Boys and Girls in America, singer Craig Finn takes us on a series of vignettes of what it’s like to be young in the 21st century - from the isolation of “Stuck Between Stations” to the exhilaration of “Massive Nights” to the desperation of “You Can Make Him Like You,” The Hold Steady perfectly captures the conflicting emotions of teens with uncertain futures but big dreams. Not bad for a group of guys pushing 40.
Best track - “Stuck Between Stations”
1. The National - Alligator (2005)
Brooklyn-based indie band The National had their breakthrough with their third album, thirteen songs filled with loneliness, regret, and the feeling of clinging to something, anything, before you’re inevitably swept away. It’s not the most cheerful album, but ultimately more honest and influential (on my own writing) than anything else I’ve heard this year. The cover art is in black and white, and I don’t hear the music any other way.
Best track - “Abel”
I hate when most people spell the "Inglourious" in Inglourious Basterds as "Inglorious."
Like, if you’re gonna go through with Tarantino self-indulgent misspellings, you can’t go halfway.
i’ve been meaning to watch that
is the incorrect spelling of bastards something to do with the film?
No, it really has nothing to do with anything other than Tarantino just misspelling it for the hell of it. It’s not like that movie The Pursuit of Happyness, where the misspelling has a reason behind it.
what’s the reason behind that?
i haven’t seen that either, is that a good film?
I haven’t seen it either, but it apparently has to do with Will Smith’s kid misspelling “happiness” in some assignment or art project. I heard good things about the movie though, my mom was a big fan.
I hate when most people spell the "Inglourious" in Inglourious Basterds as "Inglorious."
Like, if you’re gonna go through with Tarantino self-indulgent misspellings, you can’t go halfway.
i’ve been meaning to watch that
is the incorrect spelling of bastards something to do with the film?
No, it really has nothing to do with anything other than Tarantino just misspelling it for the hell of it. It’s not like that movie The Pursuit of Happyness, where the misspelling has a reason behind it.
