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• mapping america’s netflix rentals

  Great interactive graphic from the NYT mapping the top Netflix rentals of 2009 to various zipcodes in major metro areas. New York is predictable: Manhattan watches artsy crap, Jersey and Westchester County watch crap they heard was sophisticated from people at the last wine tasting, and the outer boroughs watch action flicks and minority-targeted [...]

  11 Jan 2010 Nerdery & Sundry, Pop Culture & Memes; one comment. permalink   

• meshugene men

  Promo for the Purim show at 92Y Tribeca*, via Design Observer:

  *-I’ve never understood why they keep the 92Y branding. Tribeca is nowhere near 92nd. The geographic center in my brain hurts.

  23 Mar 2009 & Cetera, Pop Culture & Memes, Telegram Metro (NYC); no comments. permalink   

• bollywood chutzpah

  A Hindi film titled Ghajini is set for release over here this weekend with an exciting plot: a man with anterograde amnesia tries to hunt down his lover’s murderer(s). Oh, wait: I’m pretty sure I’ve heard that plot before. It’s not that I’m particularly surprised by the cinematic plagiarism—Hindi films haven’t come up [...]

  26 Dec 2008 Pop Culture & Memes; one comment. permalink   

• saved by zero, the movie

  If you watch this commercial, you will DIE.

  Savedbyzero! Savedbyzero! Savedbyzero! [via Design Observer]

  22 Nov 2008 & Cetera, Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• literal “take on me”

  A parody of A-Ha’s “Take on Me” in which the lyrics are literal. Band mont-aaaaaaaaage!

  (via, yes, Kottke)

  07 Oct 2008 Music, Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• social networking and cross-dressing

  Dear Don Draper, Do you have any views on men using Facebook?
  Yes, the same ones I have of men wearing brassieres.
  – What Would Don Draper Do #91

  03 Sep 2008 Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• wes anderson and jason schwartzman shop for CDs and DVDs

  YouTube – Wes Anderson and Jason Schwartzman Shop for CDs and DVDs. Pretty sure I’d be deep in debt after such a shopping trip.

  17 Aug 2008 Music, Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• how good is the detail in Mad Men?

  Well, here’s the cast out of costume:

  And here they are in costume. Crazy.
  (via Daring Fireball)

  31 Jul 2008 Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• objectified: the new film from gary hustwit

  Gary Hustwit, the documentary filmmaker who brought us the most excellent Helvetica, has a sorta-sequel: Objectified!
  Objectified is a documentary about industrial design; it’s about the manufactured objects we surround ourselves with, and the people who make them. On an average day, each of us uses hundreds of objects. (Don’t believe it? Start counting: alarm clock, [...]

  30 Jul 2008 Nerdery & Sundry, Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink   

• tony on ted

  Anthony Bourdain, in a new post about driving recklessly and hanging out with Alice Cooper and The Nuge:
  It was inevitable, if you think about it, that I should make television, eat BBQ and play with large caliber automatic weapons with Ted Nugent. It was, I think, only a matter of time. In fact, midway through [...]

  30 Jul 2008 Pop Culture & Memes; no comments. permalink