Notes of a Defeatist

From Pitchfork: Black Keys Talk Signing to Nonesuch, New LP

“When we initially signed to Fat Possum, they were affiliated with Epitaph. Since then it’s just completely changed. We wanted… a label that had better distribution but wouldn’t fuck us up. Nonesuch… I’d say other than Fat Possum, they’re like the most incredible label. They’re a [...]

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God bless our brave billionaires.

From From the Onion’s AV Club “Not since Gigli has the [...]

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In the new issue of FHM magazine, Ice Cube bitches that Oprah hasn’t invited him on her show.

“I’ve been involved in three projects pitched to her, but I’ve never been asked to participate. For Barbershop, she had Cedric the Entertainer and Eve on, but I wasn’t invited. Maybe she’s got a problem with hip-hop. ... [...]

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If you haven’t started watching Rescue Me, which starts it’s third season May 30, here’s a funny as hell short that’ll motivate you to tune in.

tags technorati : Rescue Me, Denis Leary, firefighters

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White Castle has “angered the undead” with its new garlic cheese sandwich.

First it was theme park rides and now it’s prison.  What are short people to do? I guess sexually assualt children because they’ll only get probation (if they live in Lincoln, Nebraska).

From CNN.com:

“I’m assuming a short inmate would have a much more difficult [...]

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Police raid science fiction sex cult

Durham Police are investigating a sex slavery sect operating in a north-eastern suburban town, whose members model their sado-masochistic relationships on a series of 1960s science fiction novels.

tags technorati : Science Fiction, Trekkies

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Friend of the site, Craig Davidson (author of Rust and Bone) has a been popping up around the net chatting  about Rust and Bone, the horror genre, writing, fighting Dr. Phil, and a whole lot more.

from identity theory.com

               You’re pretty [...]

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Enjoy it before NBC yanks it. Free PR for one of their new shows scares the bajeezes out of them.

The show looks great. Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford are funny as hell and look like they’ll have good chemistry together.

I can’t wait to see more and there certainly isn’t enough T.V. I can say that [...]

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I Joined a Teenage Sex Club

tags technorati : Sex, Teenage, Club,comics

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ABC to Become J.J. Abrams Land

Even before Abrams’ film directorial debut, “Mission: Impossible 3,” opened in theaters May 5, his agent and lawyers had been offering studios the chance to bankroll a new “creative collective” — a major stand-alone label that would employ many co-creators, story editors, staff writers and producers with whom Abrams has [...]

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