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more about #crackups more comments → RollsRoyceRevenge: Now we not only know what the pinhead from "Hellraiser" looked like before the pins, we know what he was doing that landed him in hell. more » Sheila: Um, this is what happens when people (like Jakob) have way, waaaaaaaaaay too much money (and therefore: time) and they spend their days obsessing over... more » raincoaster: Does anyone else look at Fameboy and see this? more » Pope John Peeps II: Most people do not have my resilience Really? Resilience? Is that what you call it? I do applaud the effort. When you're depressed, the most importan... more » Alaska Miller: In order, not in older. more » WackoJacko: When Gawker reports on Lodwick, it at least reminds me of the Gawker of old - I mean the new old Gawker that I hated initially. But now I miss it, alo... more » ocpd301: Twice in my life I have been treated as though I were famous. Once I was at a restaurant in Little Rock and I had to ask what they recommended for ... more » MisterHippity: I reblogged that nude-in-the-preschool-chair pic on my tumblr, with the comment: "Dude, your fameballs are showing." After I did, Lodwick "blocked" m... more » phlox✔: I guess Jakob's next step is to release an artistically ironic solo jack-off video? And yes, I will watch. more » VoxPopuli: So, did he get someone to take that picture of him nekkid in the kid chair or did he try several times using the timer? As awkward as the photo is, I ... more » Airvault: Two years already?!?! Happy anniversary, Gawker! Just think: two whole years regurgitating the same tired observations about a self-centered, self-m... more » contradicto: You know, I find Jakob Lodwick somewhat intriguing. I only started paying attention to him recently -- didn't care to find out more about him when he ... more » mexiback: Parece pendejo. (Pardon my spanish) more » RonMwangaguhunga: True "eccentrics" don't give a fuck about publicity. They just follow their Muse. And that Muse is certainly not a fameball like Julia Allison. more » Mount_Prion: It's like that scene (I can't find on youtube) where Craig does his Dance of Despair using John Malkovich's body for the first time only completely st... more » -
#fameballs
Jakob Lodwick's Guide To The Pressures Of Fame(balls)
Ousted founder of Vimeo, the Original Fameball, and now pointedly crazy internet personae Jakob Lodwick has finally written the definitive treatise on how to deal with the pressures he's experienced from "a prominent online gossip publication." And it's not terrible! More » -
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Jakob Lodwick Auditions for Psycho Blue Man Group Spinoff
When do we force ourselves to look away from Jakob Lodwick's seeming public breakdown? The Vimeo founder shot this insane, angry video beautifully. Could a genuine trainwreck be so intricately choreographed? More » -
#urbananthropology
The Jakob Lodwick Crack-Up Goes Taxi Driver
Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick is now sporting a haircut straight out of Taxi Driver. Which wouldn't be disturbing, except that the young millionaire seems to be having a breakdown that would make a fitting sequel for the gritty film. More » -
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The Scary Knife Rites of an Apostate Fameball
Hipster millionaire Jakob Lodwick can't stop seeking web attention. Yet even the dim lights of internet semi-fame drive him up the wall. So he's left to stab in frustration, in the dark. More » -
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A Fameball's Slow Crack-Up
Jakob Lodwick became a millionaire brokering hipster attention on video-sharing site Vimeo. Now, years later, the former dealer can't stop using, and it seems to be driving him crazy. More » -
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Obama Poised To Shut Gays Out of Cabinet
First he booked an anti-gay pastor for the inauguration, and now the president-elect is expected to shut openly gay candidates out of the two cabinet seats they had a shot at.
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