FlashForward ended its run with more Emmy nominations and wins than The Wire. That should pretty much destroy any semblance of credibility the Emmys ever had. But other than the Golden Globes (which didn’t do so great themselves this year), there really isn’t another awards show that is taken seriously for television, so we have [...]
Archive for August, 2010
30 Aug
Monday Medley
What we read while Martin Luther King, Jr. was rolling over in his grave…. Glenn Beck hosted his “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, D.C. this weekend, which drew some outrage. Two people not offended, though, were Albert Pujols and Tony La Russa, whose attendance at the event angered NPI-friend Will Leitch. (And don’t even get started [...]
29 Aug
Why I Hate the Little League World Series
I know we’ve reached a bit of a lull in the sports conversation when preseason NFL games are being broken down into minutiae and ESPN: The Magazine is ranking college football tunnel entrances in its latest issue. There’s a reason we all hate August. But I didn’t know it had gotten this bad. This 70-hours-of-Little-League-Baseball-on-a-major-sports-network-over-the-course-of-10-days [...]
28 Aug
Un-Mosqued
In discussions of religious pluralism—like the one going on about the “Ground Zero mosque”—I always find myself in an odd position. I’m generally a fan of diversity and tolerance, but I absolutely hate religion. So even though I risk aligning myself with irrational, hate-mongering bigots like Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin, I still essentially agree [...]
23 Aug
Monday Medley
What we read while boldly enriching our uranium… The highlight magazine story of the week is a no-brainer, with J.R. Moehringer’s GQ glimpse into LeBron James in and around The Decision earned headlines across media platforms. Here’s Moehringer answering questions about his story, here’s GQ compiling some reactions, and here’s Buzz Bissinger angrying up the [...]
21 Aug
Ranking Bob Dylan Songs, #54: Masters Of War
They don’t come much more finger-pointing-y than “Masters of War.” Just a little over a year after The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan was released, Bob Dylan would tell The New Yorker’s Nat Hentoff that his next album (Another Side of Bob Dylan) wouldn’t have any “finger-pointing songs”: “Those records I’ve already made, I’ll stand behind them, [...]
18 Aug
The Suburbs: Review
“Sometimes I wonder if the world is so small that we can never get away from the sprawl…” —Arcade Fire, “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)” “I used to think I was not like them, but I’m beginning to have my doubts…” —Arcade Fire, “City With No Children” When I was 17, I saw Arcade Fire [...]
17 Aug
The Opening Remarks of a Newly Hired Manager Who Was Promptly Fired after His Opening Remarks
“Our primary weapon as a pitching staff, and as a team overall, will be the indiscriminate use of the pitchout. I know, it’s unorthodox, but therein lies its efficacy. We will never be afraid to pitch out. We will pitch out regardless of the batter, the baserunner, the count, the situation. We will pitch out [...]
16 Aug
Monday Medley
What we read while exiting through the evacuation slide…. NPI-favorite Jonathan Franzen (so what if he’s not as favorite as David Foster Wallace…he’s still good) is getting a lot of positive pub with the impending release of his new novel, Freedom. Franzen received Time cover treatment (the article is only excerpted online…cheap, right?) along with [...]
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