February 2011
January 2011
Bacon Today →
Daily news on the world of bacon.
Happy belated MLK day! →
Can we elect this man to something?
Mt. Putin Plans Spark Furore (It's Spelled the... →
When Good Times Go Horribly Wrong →
WatchThe complete absence of info about N. Korea on Google maps is creepy as fuck to look at.
Violet Sedan Chair →
The long-gestating viral prank pays off Friday when Fringe returns for its midseason premiere. In the episode, Christopher Lloyd plays Roscoe Joyce, Violet Sedan Chair’s keyboard player, who was once idolized by the sci-fi series’ guilt-ridden mad scientist, Walter Bishop (played by John Noble).
When word leaked earlier this month that LP copies of Seven Suns would soon be popping up in indie...
Classical Music Riots →
—Jay you should attempt eliciting a similar response among Bronwyn’s dedicated listeners by completely assuming News of the Dead responsibilities. I mean the rioting, not the pants-shitting. Or maybe someone who calls in and just bangs their phone against their head repeatedly.
—Amazing! Did anyone else know about these? You combine this with the brown note and we’ve got a...
[This is the Panic Office, section nine-seventeen may have been hit. Activate the following procedure.]
What’s more hardcore than Snowy?
THUNDERSNOWY
E-mails Suggest Bear Stearns Cheated Clients Out... →
—Bankers, epically douchey.
Former Bear Stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Ally Financial have been accused of cheating and defrauding investors through the mortgage securities they created and sold while at Bear. According to e-mails and internal audits, JPMorgan had known about this fraud since the spring of 2008, but hid...
Kelley Williams-Bolar: Mom jailed for wanting to... →
Pot Quiz: Can Medical Marijuana Treat Color... →
Look, Jay!
—Without reading this I’m inclined to say, uh, no. Because I’m still color blind.
—ZING!!
ENRAGED Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, hounded by the media over allegations of orgies and prostitutes, has ranted live on about ‘whorehouse television’ obsessed with the sex scandal.
N.R.A. Stymies Firearms Research, Scientists Say →
Jill Lepore made an interesting reference to the NRA’s political clout in her recent piece on the Constitution:
But the Yale law professor Reva Siegel has argued that, for much of the twentieth century, legal scholars, judges, and politicians, both conservative and liberal, commonly understood the Second Amendment as protecting the right of citizens to form militias—as narrow a right as ...
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!! This conference is melting my brain!!! Every moment...”
– Jay
The Foreskin Chronicles Vol. 1 →
Dear Listeners,
I regret that I will be unable to co-host the show again this week, neglecting my duties and leaving Bronwyn and the ever-capable Tim to shoulder my responsibilities. The call of the foreskin is strong, however, and I know that if I can find this missing piece of Putin’s member, it will be not for my own glorification, but for the benefit of all WFMU-kind. In my stead, I...
AA is Anarchy. No, Seriously. →
Video Games vs. Reality →
"It became necessary to destroy the town to save... →
