1. There goes our childhood: After 30 years and 200 million iterations, Sony is retiring the cassette Walkman. [via Mashable]
2. It was a busy weekend for Kanye. First he made a surprise appearance at Pitchfork’s #Offline Festival on Saturday night at Brooklyn Bowl, then he premiered his self-directed 34-minute long video for “Runaway.”
3. Word is that longtime supporter Jay-Z will be partnering with President Obama on his 2012 re-election campaign, news that seems a little premature if not all that surprising. [via NYP]
4. The Awl just launched a sister site aimed at women that’s called The Hairpin. We find that so much easier to say! [via NYT]
5. Alex Borstein, the writer and voice of Lois on Family Guy, has made a deal with FOX to “develop, write and executive produce two pilot scripts in which she might appear.” [via THR]
Bonus link: This Is Officially the Largest Collection of Belly Button Lint in the World
We spotted this handy little list thanks to a blogger called Firmuhment who engages in creative dialogue with internet readers by writing, drawing, and scanning thoughts into a Tumblr account. It also has some of the hugest image dimensions we’ve ever seen on a weblog. In this particular installment, he/she/it breaks down his/her/its RSS feed into bite-size morsels. Any guesses what meal Hipster Runoff would be?
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What’s a gal (or guy) to do when confronting a rude mother-in-law, backstabbing best friend, moral dilemma, or sexual misadventure? Turn to the experts, of course. We’re not sure there’s much book learnin’ involved in spouting social wisdom, but agree or disagree with these sages’ advice, someone needs to be the boss. Of course, no one’s infallible, so we’ll be running a regular feature breaking down some of the advice penned each week and putting in our own two cents. For which we will charge five cents, Lucy-style. Away we go! Read More »
Today at Flavorpill, we discovered our new favorite iPhone app. We made a mental note never to land on Shepard Fairey’s bad side. We lusted after this colorful calendar. We argued about this list of the worst blockbusters ever. We wished we hadn’t thrown away all of our old cassettes. We laughed out loud over Frank Bruni’s top 20 one liners. We knew this wouldn’t end well. We wondered how The Awl got Ryan Adams to write their theme song. And more importantly, who we can get to write ours (we’re looking at you Das Racist). We were stressed. We met the real family Evelyn Waugh based Bridehead’s Revisited on. And finally, we weren’t sure what to think about this Tiesto/Tegan & Sara collab from his upcoming studio album Kaleidoscope. Any thoughts?
District 9 is currently sitting pretty with a nearly unprecedented 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It doesn’t come out until tomorrow, and as far as we can tell, the New York Times hasn’t reviewed it yet, so all of this attention is resulting in some major hype. The sci-fi film from first-time director and Peter Jackson protege Neill Blomkamp takes place in South Africa, where aliens complicate an already-tense societal racial divide. District 9 is bringing out exclamation points and hyperbole in critics, who, judging by their tone, haven’t seen a movie this good in…a long time. Check out our favorite lines from the reviews after the jump. Read More »
