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journalismism
Sarah Lacy Is the Interviewer Elon Musk Was Looking For
Uh oh! Silicon Valley journalist Sarah Lacy laughed when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk called a New York Times writer a "douchebag." Now the Times is in a snit and she's calling the newspaper sexist! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Figaro: Sarah Lacy is probably the worst tech journalist in the Valley. She has no style, is pretentious and her questions... 3 Responses | Other threads
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lawsuits
Author Free to Call Women 'Hot Chicks,' Men 'Douchebags'
A New Jersey judge has revealed the secret to calling someone a "douchebag": Make it clear you're just kidding! That's why the Honorable Menelaos Toskos cleared the author of Hot Chicks With Douchebags of defamation.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Sproing: So you mean when I was featured on HotGuysWithTightAbs.com, it wasn't a serious compliment? 10 Responses | Other threads
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dating
Fashion Meets Finance, Is Bored
How was the hellish "Fashion Meets Finance" gold-diggers-meet-broken-men dating event last night? The New York Press' Matt Harvey went to find out! And apparently found an Andre Sparkling Wine commercial, circa 1998: More »
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Comment by Hamilton Nolan: I got this picture from Google but it summed up how I imagine the event. 10 Responses | Other threads
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advertising
Will Ferrell's Banned 'D-Bag' Ad
This little ad for Will Ferrell's new one-man show about GW Bush was banned from both ABC and CBS after outraged viewers decried its profane terminology. Bunch of D's. Watch it below, for freedom: More »
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Comment by CrossWord: They let this ad on the air, and it's way more offensive. 2 Responses | Other threads
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love
'Fashion Meets Finance' 2: Post-Apocalyptic Dating
We may have resurrect the word "Douchebag" for a day, because it's time for another "Fashion Meets Finance" Douche-Dating extravaganza! Jim Cramer will be there! And we have the entire list of attendees: More »
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Comment by Iceland Spar: And where is DismalScience when you need him - I need to borrow a finance person's identity for a few... 7 Responses | Other threads
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we get emails
Farewell, Douchebag
A reader recently suggested that the time has come to retire the term douchebag. We agree. It's been a dear friend, but it's time to find a new word to describe the people we despise. More » -
ronn torossian
Douchebag Flack Files $20 Mil Douche Suit!
Hahaha: Incompetent, litigious superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian is suing a rival for $20 million for calling him a douchebag, on the internet! Hahahaha! This is my favorite story of the holiday season: More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: Is there a college course I can take somewhere about this guy? He seems to be at the epicenter... 1 Responses | Other threads
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donny deutsch
CNBC Douchebag Steals Hedge Funder's Wife
Donny Deutsch, the recently-fired insufferable CNBC host and official Gawker Douchebag, has been photographed in an affair with another man's wife, and it's all over Page Six. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by FormerEnglishMajor: Andrew is kinda the "born on third base" type but at least he worked, wasn't the blow-coke-up-you-nose and flunk-out-of-3-schools type.... 6 Responses | Other threads
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douchebags
Alleged Douchebag Sues Hot Chicks with Douchebags
It's the best blog-to-book news yet. Remember the self-explanatory blog Hot Chicks with Douchebags, which was turned into a photo book (with commentary)? First, three of the hot chicks in question sued, and now one of the douchebags is suing the author and publisher, the Smoking Gun reports. "The plaintiff has been, and continues to be, the object of ridicule in that he... continues to be called a Douchebag by friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employers, and strangers alike." And here's his photo after the jump, as shown in the book. You be the judge.
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By SheilaComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I would gladly berate this guy and defend the authors of the site and book, were I not SO FUCKING... 5 Responses | Other threads
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scandal
Tim Robbins Still Fuming About His Election Day Idiocy
Oh my God, shut up, Tim Robbins! There are few people more insufferable than rich, self-righteous Hollywood liberals. Remember how he thought his name was taken off the voting rolls on November 4 and threw a fit that drew the cops—when the real problem, explained the New York Times very patiently, was that he had showed up to the wrong voting place? He's still traumatized (the rest of us have moved on with our lives), and has written an "open letter" on Huffington Post—the LiveJournal for celebrities—to the Board of Elections: More »
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By SheilaComment by Hey_mikey: Marry Susan. That is all. (I had to break out a T I A for this one). 3 Responses | Other threads
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In Brief
John Mayer, Luddite
"I am not darker, angrier or moodier these days... All that's happened is that I've given up on trying to find a way to use unwanted media as a form of entertainment." That's what the large-headed singer of sensitive fuckjams tells us via his blog. [US Weekly]
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By SheilaComment by es-ki-mo: Sometimes I wonder if John Mayer is just a part of some big, decade-long dare. 1 Responses | Other threads
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Hot Chicks with Douchebags
Hot Chicks With Douchebags Sue Hot Chicks With Douchebags
Hahaha. Some New Jersey girls are pissed because they were caught on camera with douchebag Jersey guys! Three "Hot Chicks" are suing the author and publisher of the fine educational volume Hot Chicks With Douchebags, because they were pictured therein. It's destroyed their reputations, down there in Jersey! Because they were depicted as "females who date dubious men." Outrageous! Here are the actual plaintiffs in question: More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: In my Jersey nabe we call these boys Gottis. You gotta brave 'em to get a big-ass slice at Benny... 15 Responses | Other threads
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not afraid to be servicey
The Sweaty Gatecrashing 'Producer' is Back in Town!
Who's Priyantha Silva? Funny you should ask. He first appeared in 2006, described as a "drunken leech who feeds off of Manhattan's more exclusive social scene. As a semi-professional gatecrasher, he poses as Conde Nast editors, claims to be a producer, and like a true ass, pulls the 'do you know who I am' routine at doors." Ruh-roh: we got a tip from a lady—as is often the case with our favorite outlandish cads—saying she met Silva at a recent film festival and was saved from his clutches by doing some pre-emptive Googling. How's the game going for the tax-evading, reporter-threatening con artist that Conde Nast once had to pull an investigation on? More »
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By SheilaComment by Unfun: I wonder if he's ever gotten laid, and if that has anything to do with the crazy. 11 Responses | Other threads
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sex wars
Paul Janka Extends His Reach
CNBC covered the "Sugar Mamas & Boy Toys" speed-dating event, and we noticed a picture of a young gentleman who... AHHHH no! It's sexually over-aggressive date-a-holic Paul Janka! He's infiltrated yet again. Let's do a body-language analysis: More »
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By SheilaComment by abe_frohman: At least they properly placed him at table D. So many words describing him start with that letter! 4 Responses | Other threads
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nostalgia
One More Thing: Douchebags in Movies and TV
In honor of this week's total meltdown of our economy—and the fact that Bush/McCain expects us to pay to bail out the fuckers who caused it—let us focus on the stripe-shirted, bottle service-loving, date-raping, trust-funded, Ivy League pieces of human waste who made it happen. Don't get too caught up in the mercurial definition of "douchebag" when selecting clips of horrible people in movies and TV, since it's a rather recently popular term. Just think of the douchebag as anyone who hasn't really earned their own money, has horrible taste, is insanely crass, and gets off on being a shit to other people. We've had them all through the ages. Because there is no way an uninspired idiot like Jakob Lodwick could have invented them just to categorize himself. I'll get us rolling after the jump. Update: Forget the "moneyed" part. Douchebags exist in every social strata, and some of them are female as well. More » -
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More Dirt on Girl-Threatening Actor Vince Gallo
"Vincent Gallo lives in the building next to mine. My doorman says that Vinny constantly comes home so wrecked he can't find his own building, and insists he lives in my building."
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By SheilaComment by hydeordie: Actually he doesn't drink so this is obviously a lie. 3 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
The End Of Bottle Service At Last?
When Wall Street began crumbling yesterday, the rich bemoaned the loss of their money. Everybody else in New York immediately said to themselves: "Jiminy Cricket, could this be the end of mandatory bottle service in shitty clubs full of rich pricks?" I mean, it was the universal response! Bottle service rules require the purchase of a wildly overpriced bottle of liquor just to enter a club. But early indications are that Manhattan nightclubs may already be putting the $450 bottle of Grey Goose to rest. Dare we even hope?: More » -
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Even Shock Jocks Hate Tucker Max
How much of a total assclown and liar is Tucker Max? Even shock jocks Opie and Anthony can't stand him. When he was first pitching his retarded tome, the boys got so fed up with his obvious fabrications about crapping and sexing that they decided to make Tucker the joke of the day. Watch and enjoy as O&A—ably assisted by comedian Jim Norton—pretend that the proto-douchebag's microphone keeps kicking out. Being a self-obsessed child, of course, Tucker never gets wise to the ploy and keeps trying to tell his story over and over. Video after the jump, plus a link to a NSFW clip of Opie destroying Tucker's book and throwing it against the wall in disgust. More »
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douchebags
My Own Personal Beach Monster
On a personal note, I would like to address the skinny, deeply-tanned, weasel-voiced Brooklyn fuck who set up shop five feet behind me on Long Beach just off Edwards Boulevard yesterday and proceeded to yammer into his cell phone as loudly as he possibly could about the media for two hours straight yesterday. You, sir, are human waste. I know you'll read this. How do I know? Because you said things like, "I've worked as a media professional for the last ten years," and "I just did a little temp work for the Times," and, "Can I do a seminar for, like, all these editors and news executives about digital media?" You suck. You're the worst thing I've ever heard speaking. On the beach? You spout that vile nonsense on the beach?! More » -
memos
How "Life-Changing Fiction" (TM) Works
Author Brendan Halpin wrote a post on his blog using the phrase "life-changing fiction," and soon received a missive from the desk of Christian/inspirational author and NYT bestseller Karen Kingsbury, who has trademarked the term. Now we're using it, and can't wait to receive our own copy of the cute lil' cease-and-desist order. Let's all use it on our blogs, actually. Nobody gets to own a phrase—sorry! (Click to read.) More » -
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Douchebags
Bloggers have been fighting the word "douchebag" for a while now, arguing that it's totally played out. Sometimes we use it anyway, because it's such a specific insult. Radar traces the history of the word, all the way back to Henry Miller. "Are they jerks? Maybe, but that doesn't cover the bow tie. Losers? Yes, but such a tepid term does a disservice to these guys' supreme, majestic lameness." [Radar]
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By SheilaComment by RonnSicTorossian: A couple of thoughts here. 1) In reference to Henry Miller, he produced one of the world's great insults in his... more » | Other threads
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nightlife
"The Reason Why I Have a Laser Card and You Don't"
Nightlife is an ugly business full of pretty people. The rules for 26-year-old clothing designer Matt Levine's new thirteen-table LES bar, the Eldridge, are simple. "Friends and family. That's basically what it is," he told Grub Street. There will be 400 laser-engraved cards distributed to the rights kinds of people, so they can definitely get in. There will be butlers and a "hospitality consultant" and someone to drive you home. It will be closed on weekends. I think we all can imagine what happened next: the comments on the interview have been raging since Monday, and it got even better when somebody claiming to possess one of these very special laser cards decided to step into the fray... More »
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By SheilaComment by deliriousnyc: Why not just throw a party at home? Is the only point of this so that your guests will have... more » | Other threads
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williamsburg
We hear that Williamsboard is some people's entire lives
Writes a tipster about the hipster neighborhood's messageboard, today's thread starts out with "whining about being poor, then it turns into outing your 'best friend's' abortion on the Internet." [Williamsboard]
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By SheilaComment by Solomon Grundy: God, how bad are your reading comprehension skills? Almost everybody in that thread is making fun of her/themselves. It's called... more » | Other threads
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critical stalker
Paul Janka's Class Act Does Not Impress Dudes
Sightings and anecdotes of creepy sexual compulsive/sexually aggressive dataholic Paul Janka are way funnier when written by a dude who could easily kick his ass. That's why we're pleased to bring you this very special Janka sighting from Cajun Boy, who spotted him in Madison Square Park, talking loudly into his cell. "You know how you can come in contact with someone, even from afar, and you just know all there is to know about them immediately, like within a matter of seconds?" he asks, before qualifying Janka as a "cheesedick." Why, yes; yes we do. The overheard phrase that caught his attention? "Whenever I'm at home and I have a girl in my bed..." More »
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By SheilaComment by Imogen Quest (was Percy Bishounen Shelley): I feel unclean just from reading this. more » | Other threads
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paul janka
Presented Without Comment
The cost for early registration for the aforementioned Paul Janka "Rock Solid Game" dating seminar is $1,485, according to a tipster who thought about registering. "P.S.," Paul writes in an email to me, "See you on the 25th at the Gawker [commenter] gathering…." -
douchebags
Charges Dropped Against America's Most Douchebaggiest Model
The irrationally cocky Russian guy from America's Most Smartest Model has had charges of harassment and sexual abuse dropped by the New York DA's office. Andre Birleanu was one of the dominant personalities of VH-1's America's Next Top Model, a show beloved by all who enjoy hilarity and/or masturbation. He managed to make it all the way to the finals but got beaten out by a blander, boringer, but still freakishly hot guy named VJ. Late last year a 19 year old actress alleged Birleanu grabbed her inappropriately and touched her genitalia at an industry party. A super-hot guy who has an overdeveloped sense of sexual entitlement? That just doesn't make any sense. Birleanu's reading of the situation was quite sensitive. "I didn't molest anyone... I already slept with that girl, so it's strange she would say I touched her inappropriately." More »
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By mr.guyballComment by clucksandfries: @hey_mikey: Ha, yes it is. No, I didn't work for AOL. But I am from that area, I now reside... more » | Other threads
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dimitri the lover
Here, Have Fun With This
Dimitri the Lover may be an incredibly inept (if scary!) pickup artist, but it cannot be denied that he has an awesome website. One of the secrets of his awesome website is his expert use of Shockwave animation, mostly featuring big-breasted cartoon ladies. But because his site is on hiatus or something, you couldn't see all his great work. Until now!!! Because he left his "animation" directory open. Above, a still from one of his more mature works, "Dykes." (Link NSFW, probably?) [Dimitri the Lover] -
urban anthropology
The Internet's 5 Scariest Seducers
Dimitri the Lover is a man with a seduction manual to sell. (Men with "seduction manuals" are the new twentysomething-girl "sex columnists"!) We introduced you to him yesterday, via his awesome "If you're on any sort of medication for anxiety or depression, I'm not interested" voicemail. As the weekend is fast approaching—and because we're not afraid to be servicey—we've gone ahead and compiled a shortlist to some of the worst daters roaming the bars and streets, completely unfettered by shame.
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douchebags
The Man Behind the Worst Dating Events in NYC
Jeremy Abelson's dating events for Pocketchange NYC—such as a cougar-dating night and the infamous Fashion Meets Finance clusterfuck—double as publicity stunts and are always overrun with press. It works pretty well because 80% of us get all outraged by the idiocy of the idea, 10% actually attends the event, and the other 10% is press. Joshua Stein gets to know the hustler in Page Six magazine. Revelations? He calls his redheaded girlfriend "Big Red" and sometimes plays the character of the site's spokesman, a fictional and obnoxious WASP called "Richard Nouveau." More » -
congress
Congressman Spends His Work Hours Making YouTube Clips
Thaddeus McCotter (R-Michigan) spent his time on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday giving a little presentation called "How to Speak Democrat." For example, "progressive" means "regressive"! So witty! And the presentation (shown below) should in no way be seen as the sole thing McCotter has accomplished with his time while he only raised $8,500 of the nearly $1 million he's supposed to raise for the National Republican Congressional Committee. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Mediahohoho: @Mediahohoho: Oy, it's always something: Bolting passenger car bodies onto pickup truck frames was never smart long-term business (although there was... more » | Other threads
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prescott hahn
The Fake Hedgie Who's Conning New York Fashionistas
In a famous scene from American Psycho, pathological investment banker Patrick Bateman shows off his new business card only to be trumped by a colleague's with gorgeously understated typography, raised letters and perfectly off-white stock. The book, made into a movie with Christian Bale, is a bible for psychopathic Wall Streeters. But Prescott Hahn—the fashionista-chasing self-styled hedge fund manager photographed by the New York Post at a douche-dating event—wasn't paying sufficiently close enough attention. We've obtained a copy of the business card he was handing out at this month's Fashion Meets Finance mixer: it exposes him as a conman, and an incompetent one at that! More » -
the second generation
Tomorrow's Douchey Business Leaders Today
"I wouldn't say I have a complete picture of the MBA ranking by female attractiveness," writes somebody calling themselves Markbot, on Business Week's online forum for business schools. However. "Wharton had by far the most attractive women of the schools I visited and Chicago GSB had by far the least attractive women that I visited." User Dabots chimes in, "this can be pretty easily settled by using Facebook." James N., a commenter who probably hasn't been laid since Bush's first term (and that was by accident), adds, "I'd hit up schools in the lower tier. Texas Tech!" Oh, to be free, white, and 21! More » -
douchebags
The Times Spends a Day With Creepy Little Model Hunter
One of the many types of slimy little men we have to purge from our fair city is profiled in the New York Times today. "Some people see models all the time. They recognize these creatures despite their oversize sunglasses and disheveled hair. They can look past baggy shifts and mismatched patterns, beyond gaudy makeup and cheap earrings. These people are called model scouts, and their numbers include Roman Young of Elite Model Management, who chose Union Square as his hunting ground one Saturday in May." The vile "hunt" after the jump. More »
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sex wars
Is Hedge Fund Dater a Phony?
Regarding "Prescott Hahn," the "hedge fund manager" ID'd by the Post at the Fashion Meets Finance douche-dating event in a pink shirt—we're not buying that he's managing any hedges. The website for the company he claims to be the "owner" of, Kensington Square Capital Management, is one big 404 error. (We also couldn't find record for it—no Bloomberg profile, no website, not on any list of financial advisory firms.) Update: We hear from a school chum that he's merely a one Tom S., intern, Columbia '10!
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By SheilaComment by ChrisRixBlows: @ADismalScience: Reg D exemption filings . . . more » | Other threads
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douchebags
Sex and the City: A Douchebag's Perspective
So intrepid douchebag Morty White figured that the release of the Sex and the City movie would be the perfect excuse to call up a few of his SATC-loving ex-girlfriends and make fun of them. Isn't he hysterical? "My first call was to Janet. She won the prize for bringing up Sex and the City the quickest—54 seconds into the date, to be exact. We went out on our date in 1999 and haven't spoken since (not including the three messages she left on my answering machine). It took a while for her to warm up to me over the phone, but she finally agreed to play ball:" It begins... More »
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Comment by cave princess: i don't think a one date person goes into 'ex' category. seriously, i think you have to be a 'girlfriend'... more » | Other threads
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fight club
"Public Fighting is For Everybody"—Even Hipsters
And I Am Not Lying reports on a public Fight Club-type affair in Union Square last Friday, drawing a large crowd: "All kinds of people: old people, moms with strollers, skateboarding teens, foreign tourists throwing Euros around... A number of shirtless, scraped-up men paced the perimeter of the circle, alternately refereeing and answering questions. The rules were simple: find a partner, get in the ring. No face shots, tapping out ends the fight. No settling scores, just fighting for the fun of fighting." Our favorite fight? Two skinny hipsters! The accompanying video is sort of like watching a cockfight, if the cocks were scrawny, bobbing chickens. Which one will defend my honor at Hugs? [And I Am Not Lying] -
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Raingear 2.0 for Douches
During my very brief stint at a fashion magazine, my boss sat me down one rainy morning and said, "I'm about to give you the most important advice you're ever gonna hear from me." I listened, soaking wet from the morning commute. "You're gonna need to buy some rain gear," she continued. "I don't care if you think it looks ugly. You gotta do it. And get some rain boots." Haven't done it yet, but... may we interest you in the next generation of rain gear? It's like an isolation-pod for your head. Staying out of the rain? Great. Looking like a total control-freak dork? Um... priceless. More » -
douchebags
From Paul Janka's Ex
Sure, it's one thing to watch sad, sad man Paul Janka make an ass of himself on Dr. Phil. But no matter how much you shout at the screen, he can't hear you. Well, problem solved. Comedian Heather Fink, who briefly dated Janka until he answered his door tossing-off, helpfully informs us that Janka will be at The Cake Shop on Ludlow Street Monday night at 8:00. As part of a comedy show? After the jump, Fink tells Dr. Phil all about what romance with a gross person is like. More »
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the second generation
A Rogue Williamsburg Kickballer Explains It All
The bad seed of Brooklyn's hipster kickball league speaks! Even though it was reported so on their website, the team known as "Prison" isn't kicked out of Williamsburg's kickball league after all. "Just me," former kickballer Robert L. confirms. "I told [38-year-old Brooklyn Kickball commissioner] Kevin Dailey he was a fat fuck and to go sniff coke. Then pushed 2 people who surrounded me and threatened another guy. I can only apologize that jocks picked on people in high school!" There's more to the story: just like every punk show in high school, this one was broken up by... you guessed it, violence from a straight-edger!
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Who Is the Clumsy "Indie Rock Dreamboat" Heartbreaker From This Week's Modern Love?
This week's Modern Love, the column in the NYT's Sunday Style section, bucked a trend. It's supposed to be about modern love, duh, but it's usually about adopting babies and cancer. This week, it actually was about modern (text-messaging) luv, with an essay by a young woman about her awkward flirtation with a frustratingly immature but totally cute indie-rocker boy in Brooklyn. Title of essay: "Was I On a Date or Baby Sitting?" HEY OH! "I asked my musician friends what they knew about him. Joanna, a singer, summed him up: 'He's an indie rock dreamboat. His voice is transcendent and he writes lovely lyrics. He has a nice face, he has a kid and he tours a lot. He's a star in his world.'" Oh, perfect: the conveniently unavailable guy who "goes on tour" a lot. Of course, we'd all love to know who the dude is and what band he is in. Thanks to a tipster, now we know!
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