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Arts
February 27, 2008
Why 'Be Kind, Rewind' Sucks
Before I begin my tirade, I feel compelled to offer the caveat that I fell asleep for a solid 25 minutes between the first and second acts of Michel Gondry's new flick Be Kind, Rewind. That said…fuck that piece of shit movie, and all of its childish optimism about the ability of people to band together to do what's right.
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Varsity Letters
February 22, 2008
March 6: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on March 6 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Andy Mendlowitz, Spike Vrusho, and members of the New York Daily News sports investigative team will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Mendlowitz will describe his eight months spent among Ireland's finest amateur athletes, Vrusho will recount some of the most exciting brawls in baseball history, and the Daily News team will recount their investigations into performance-enhancing drugs.
Media
February 21, 2008
Fug-ging Censors
Strangely, the most interesting part of a recent blog post on the New York Times website about a paper-bound anthology of blog posts is not the incredibly meta- nature of the discussion. Nor is it the fact that the anthology's introduction includes the phrase "the stink of the link." Instead, it's the Gray Lady's refusal to print the name of one of the blogs included in said anthology because, according to City Room blogger Sewell Chan, it is "just this side of unprintable, at least for The New York Times."
Media
February 20, 2008
Lindsay Monroe
If you want some cheap amusement, check out the comments section of any site that's talking about how New York Magazine got Lindsay Lohan to strip down and pretend to be Marilyn Monroe. There, amongst the vitriol about how this decade's mildly talented sex symbol is way lamer than that decade's mildly talented sex symbol, you'll find lots of snarky comments about Lohan's surprisingly un-bodacious body:
Sports
February 15, 2008
What Is 'It Is What It Is'?
There were many bizarre quotes from Roger Clemens's and Brian McNamee's testimony before a congressional committee—"Mr. Clemens bled through his designer pants" and "Mr. Clemens, according to your account, Mr. McNamee injected your wife in your bedroom without your knowledge" were some of the better ones—but the one that has caused the most confusion is a line from McNamee's taped phone call with Clemens: "It is what it is."
Sports
February 5, 2008
Would The Catch By Any Other Name Be As Sweet?
When David Tyree brought down Eli Manning's pass with 75 seconds left in Super Bowl XLII, everyone and their mother (well, at least mine) recognized it as one of the most important plays in Super Bowl history. But when the game ended, the controversy began. Not because it wasn't a catch—every super-slow-motion replay showed that Tyree's helmet-aided, back-breaking, Harrison-humiliating grab was indeed a reception. But because no one could decide what to call it.
Varsity Letters
February 5, 2008
Gelf's Varsity Letters: 2/7 Interviews
Three sportswriters will be speaking spoke at a free Gelf event in New York on Thursday, January 3, at 8 p.m. Come by Thanks for coming by the Happy Ending Lounge to hear writers Ira Berkow, Cecil Harris, and Jay Neugeboren read from and discuss their writing.
Sports
February 4, 2008
It's a Manning's World
If the last Giants drive of Super Bowl XLII was as shocking to you as, say, a racist Panda ad, then you were not alone. With just over three minutes left in the ball game, you could have gotten 40:1 odds on Eli Manning becoming the night's MVP. But after a series of impressive scrambles (and one amazing catch by David Tyree), Manning became the hero of the night, and shed much of his reputation for being soft and, well, not so good.
Sports
January 29, 2008
Rogerclemensreport.com: Another Uninspiring Defense
It's unclear who Roger Clemens and his agents are trying to convince of Clemens's anabolic innocence with their recently posted statistical analyses over at rogerclemensreport.com. What's pretty clear, though, is that they won't succeed. With 49 pages of convoluted notes and graphs, they've fired a fastball well over the heads of any casual fans who are open-minded enough to try to find a historical precedent for Clemens's late career revival. At the same time, though, the hurried report uses outdated stats (wins and losses, and ERA) that most sabermetricians would disdain.
Varsity Letters
January 24, 2008
February 7: Gelf's Varsity Letters
Gelf's Varsity Letters sports reading series returns to New York on February 7 at 8 p.m. At this free monthly event at a Lower East Side bar, hosted by Gelf, Ira Berkow, Cecil Harris, and Jay Neugeboren will read from and talk about their work, and take questions. Berkow will recount the life of famed sportswriter Red Smith, Harris will reveal the history of blacks in tennis, and Neugeboren will read from his fictional account of a college-basketball player expelled from the sport he loves because of scandal.
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