I think this shit is hilarious: I mean, there’s pandering to a demographic, and then there’s pandering to a demographic. And this is the latter, don’t you think? I mean,…
Jeff Giles
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So, Tivo. My brother got it for me for Christmas, and I love it. I love it a lot. Hey, I know a lot of the technology we take for…
Jeff Giles
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America is built on simple principles: Everyone should have the same opportunity to get ahead, and everyone has a responsibility to give something back… So begins the paper outlining John…
John C. Hughes
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I’m payin’ off credit cards, so bid on my comics and shit! Tons of good readin’, mint bronze age Marvels, and if you ever wanted to read about Tarzan and…
John C. Hughes
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Okay, I’ve been bugging and bugging my friend Matty to start his blog, ‘cuz he’s fucking hilarious and has about seventy bajillion stories to tell. And now, that lazy HOAR…
John C. Hughes
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Thine subtle humor While others laugh on cam’ra I love you, Frondi
John C. Hughes
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After last night’s little excursion and expirement in BWI, I woke up today feeling a little insecure. I mean, I was probably one of the oldest people at that club…
John C. Hughes
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Blogging While Intoxicated. Apparently, it’s the hip thing to do now. I’ve read several blogs in the past few days where the writer was blogging drunk (which is scary, since…
John C. Hughes
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I admit it. This show gets me every summer. I give up three hours of my week to spend it with Julie Chen, her bizarre body glitter and Silver Surfer…
John C. Hughes
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Thanks for all the IMs and e-mails folks, but I know. This is usually the part where I come up with a bunch of bad “heart” puns made from Bowie…
John C. Hughes
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Strange Johnny Convergence Moment – #52 in a series As an impossibly aggressive junior high school geek, I was obsessed with British sci-fi phenom Doctor Who, specifically the Tom Baker…
John C. Hughes
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Get erect. The incredibly nasty, dirty, skanky, whorish Gravy Train are touring. Nationwide even. Stop what you’re doing NOW and go to here to download “Sippin’ 40z”, then join me…
John C. Hughes
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Liz Phair is 37. I am 36. From 1986 to around 1988, Liz Phair and I lived a mere 10 miles away from each other (she at Oberlin College, me…
John C. Hughes
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After 22 months of biting my lip as the President of the company I work for screamed (at me…at his receptionist…at the guy who stocks the vending machines), today was…
John C. Hughes
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1. The internet 2. Alternative music becoming mainstream 3. (The London) Suede 4. Bowie going industrial 5. That cool Prodigy band with the “cat song” he liked so much going…
Jeff Giles
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Today we look at Kerry’s AIDS position paper, and as usual, our candidate talks a great game. In a sense, one could almost argue that these guys shouldn’t even have…
John C. Hughes
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I had to run some errands on this lovely partly cloudy day: “¢ I stopped first at Fingerprints Records to pick up the new Lloyd Cole CD (“Music In a…
John C. Hughes
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If anyone knows this incredibly hot guy in the green shorts that was at “Lapride” this past weekend, please propose to him for me. He’s obviously into bald whities, so…
John C. Hughes
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Lollipop Thrower Hits David Bowie in Eye OSLO, Norway (AP) – Halfway through his third song at a Norwegian music festival, an object came flying out of the crowd and…
John C. Hughes
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Today, I paid off the last remaining balance of a Visa I’ve had since I was 20 years old and living in Cleveland. It’s done. Over and out. $0.00. I…
John C. Hughes
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Beautiful synchronicity led me to the International Channel where I saw a quickie documentary on artist Takayuki Mitsushima. Mitsushima creates his work using nothing but colored sticky tape on white…
John C. Hughes
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In the winter of 1990, I found myself in Tongduchon, Korea, a smallish military town about 15 miles south of the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, the long stretch of no-man”™s…
John C. Hughes
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Don’t pay her a promised Toyota. Everything about this story is hilarious, from her expression, to the prize, to the fact that she expected honor among Hooters.
John C. Hughes
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A recap for those just joining us. At this point, we had been at the party for about an hour and it was a nice, mellow affair, with about 20…
John C. Hughes
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I have created the perfect rock star…one part power pop, one part classic rock and one part alterna-angst. We shall call her: Alanis Van Morrissey First single? “You Oughta Know…
John C. Hughes
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Via papito1: I hate memes. Honest. But cheggidout: J Jolly O Overwhelming H Honorable N Nerdy ? H Hairy . Name / Username: Name Acronym Generator From…
John C. Hughes
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Let’s look at tragically hip emo kids and street trash, shall we? I have a soft spot for gutter glamour. Slumming? Pining for youth lost? You be the judge.
John C. Hughes
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“¢ Peter Schilling – “The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime)” “¢ Boxcar – “Freemason” “¢ Boxcar – “Gas Stop (Who Do You Think You Are?)” “¢ Boxcar –…