Gawker 
Enter your username and password.
-
more about #jonathanames more comments → MissNormaDesmond: Why is anyone giving the guy shit over this? He in fact didn't whine, he made good-natured fun of himself the whole time, including characterizing hi... more » BowlingForDollars: Seriously? The man creates and sells a TV show to HBO, and it never occurred to him to go buy a TV so that he might actually watch it? What a moron. ... more » SanjivaniChrysippus: Who is that handsome 19th century Jewish man? more » JacquesPaysan: Just FYI, Ames totally has a TV. I have a friend who housesat for him once. Fucking, precious, oversharing douche. #jonathanames more » ms_priestypants: I'm going to get a twitter account and start hinting about a pony. And a new mac. #jonathanames more » SpyMagician: Dear Mr. Ames, Your TV show needs snappier pacing and editing. The wit is there and the jokes are there but they shockingly fall flat. Us #jonathanames more » snugbug: Ames, you're a writer. Words are your sacred weapon. Why do you abuse your weapon as such? Does it save you that much precious time to lower-case "i" ... more » MrInBetween: He seems tortured by the sudden prickly suspicion that there are millions of thoughtful people such as himself who will refuse to watch his quirky li... more » m4ximusprim3: He looks very woodsy and thoughtful. My guess is that he is not. #jonathanames more » jrhys: I think this skews older than 'Conchords' - more like Gilmore Girls meets Columbo. In an age where swifter uses Devo songs, I think it's not a 'hips... more » ChicagoSaphique: What are these "hepsters" you speak of? Are they like "hep cats?" more » Id_Molotov: Anyone else think that clip was pretty damn funny? Haven't seen the show, but if you're gonna take it down, try and find a shitty clip. As far as hi... more » AndPreciousLittleofThat: Christ. If Raymond Chandler was still around, he'd have flown to NYC, taken the script and shot it in the gut, and then proceeded to get drunk on gim... more » RonMwangaguhunga: The annoying baby carriages cluttering the Brooklyn street. Nice touch. A good beginning. more » TheologicalSong: sure, y'all, throw your reductive labels around, attempt to pigeonhole all heart and soul out of somebody's sincerely personal vision,'cause, clearly,... more » -
#urbananthropology
Jonathan Ames Learns What Twitter's Good For
Twitter's not all narcissistic minutiae and celebrity retweets: Jonathan Ames used it to obtain a TV, from his employer, via "whining." More » -
#deathofcool
Will Bored to Death Alienate Its Hipster Base?
HBO's new series Bored to Death has a self-referential hero, tons of inside New Yorker jokes, and heaps of self-conscious cool. But it's also a mystery series. Just who is going to watch Miss Marple meets Arcade Fire? More » -
#television
You Will Probably Watch Bored to Death
The trailer for HBO's Bored to Death, a show created by Jonathan Ames starring Jason Schwartzman and Zach Galifianakis about a Brooklyn writer living out his dream to be a character in a Raymond Chandler novel, is now online. [HBO.com] More » -
#rumbointhedumbo
Jonathan Ames Beats Craig Davidson, Makes Out With Fiona Apple
Last night in the sweaty morass of Gleason's Boxing Gym, a crowd of weird literary types gathered around a boxing ring. Famous pervert-alcoholic-author Jonathan Ames was set to fight Craig Davidson, Canadian author of pugilist novel "The Fighter." At 43, more than a decade older than his opponent, Ames was technically the underdog. But the crowd was in his corner. His friend Mangina was there, with the fake leg, wearing a flesh colored unitard and a fake vagina. Sitting in the front row was none other than 90's chanteuse Fiona Apple, looking anxious. Why was she here, we wondered to her face. "Because Jonathan is my boyfriend." Oh? It looks like Ames won before he even started. But Fiona couldn't help him when the bell rung for the first of three two-minute rounds. But maybe she helped him win! Laurel Ptak was there to capture the carnage, the victory and the moments of tendresse. More » -
