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Internet
February 9, 2009
Bacon Gets Internet Famous
We like bacon—it's super tasty (especially the thick strips they serve at Peter Luger's). But apparently there are some people who, well, really like bacon. Chief among them has got to be the guy who is eating nothing but bacon for this entire month (and, yes, he's still at it). He's not alone, though: bacon has exploded onto the web.
Arts
January 30, 2009
Pay No Attention to that Reviewer Behind the Curtain
Inspired by an aside in Terry Teachout's excellent biography, The Skeptic: A Life of H. L. Mencken, I'm currently working on an essay about Mencken. While researching this project, I stumbled across a reminder of the book establishment's small-world-ness.
Varsity Letters
January 29, 2009
February 5: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on Thursday, February 5, at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, David Harris, Will Leitch, and Jon Wertheim will read from and talk about their work, and take questions.
Arts
January 26, 2009
If You Seek Amy
The third track of Britney Spears' new album Circus is the linguistically cunning title "If You Seek Amy," which would be cleverer if the preceding lyrics weren't the otherwise nonsensical "All of the girls and all of the girls are begging to …" It would be even more clever had the Canadian band April Wine not released the song "If You See Kaye" in 1982 and had Aerosmith not copied that line for their song "Devil's Got a New Disguise" in 2006. Nonetheless, Spears's potty mouth has gotten her just what her P.R. team wanted: a livid reaction from the Parents Television Council that will invariably spike sales of her comeback album.
Politics
January 24, 2009
About That Biden Oath
Much has been made about Chief Justice John Roberts flubbing the inaugural oath of President Obama. The two "fox-trott[ed] all over the oath of office," according to Slate. Conspiracy theorists claim that Roberts was exacting revenge for Obama's vote against him during the Justice's confirmation hearings in the Senate. And an op-ed in the New York Times supposes that Roberts was channeling his inner grammarian.
Sports
January 24, 2009
ESPN.com Sells Out Its Best Feature
For a long time, ESPN has willingly whored itself out to brands looking for nifty product placement slots. (A cold Coors Light, anyone?) But one of its forays into the advertorial waters is bewildering, at best. The folks behind ESPN.com have taken what has long been one of their best features—the SportsNation poll that shows how respondents in each US state reply to questions—and turned it into an ad for, of all things, windshield-wiper blades.
Politics
January 21, 2009
Five Suggestions from the Inauguration
The inauguration of a new president is a grand thing, and Gelf had fun hanging out in Washington and Tweeting our thoughts while we waited on line. For future inaugurations, though, we've got a few suggestions that may make the crowds more bearable and the party more rockin'. (1) Tickets should be given away Willy Wonka style.
Politics
January 19, 2009
The Inaugural Twitter Inauguration
Tuesday is a historic presidential inauguration: the first that will be Tweeted. Gelf's own Michael Myser—the Hack in our weekly Hack & Flack podcast—is in Washington to experience the inauguration and to say what he sees, in bites of 140 characters or fewer. He'll report on crowds on the trains and the Mall, early morning wake-up calls, parties at the bars, and tears—maybe his—during the swearing-in. Follow his updates after the jump.
Non-Motivational
January 13, 2009
The Non-Motivational Speaker Series Returns January 22
Stocks and bonds and Collateralized Debt Obligations, oh my! The Non-Motivational Speaker Series returns to New York's Lower East Side on Thursday, January 22, at 8 p.m., to explain everything you ever wanted to know about the financial crisis but were too petrified to ask. At hand will be Amit Chatwani, author of Damn it Feels Good to Be a Banker; Katy Lederer, former hedge-funder and author of Midtown-mulling poetry anthology The Heaven-Sent Leaf; and Daniel Gross, Slate.com's Moneybox columnist and author of Pop! Why Bubbles Are Great for the Economy.
Full article » | by Adam Rosen
Sports
January 13, 2009
G Is for Gelf
In case you missed it, Lil Wayne and Jackie Robinson made like hangovers and resolutions, joining forces to help ring in the New Year. The unlikely duo were featured in an irreverent and enigmatic ad campaign that showcased professional athletes accompanied by Lil Wayne asking, "What's G?"
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