December 2009
Why Studios Keep Cranking Out TV Remakes, Despite... →
“The identity of a hit TV series is so intimately tied to the original stars, style and attitude that made it a hit in the first place that any deviation from that creates a real sense of aesthetic dissonance,” said Robert J. Thompson, a professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University.
“This may be one case where an established brand is more a liability than an asset. In...
With Ads, Music Downloads Sing a New Tune -... →
“FreeAllMusic.com, which began a test version for invited users on Dec. 22 and plans to open to the public in January, will allow users to download songs, which may be copied and shared — unencumbered, in other words, by digital rights management restrictions.
In return, instead of paying 99 cents a song as on iTunes, users must first watch a 15- to 30-second advertisement…
For...
“Reflection is useless, the world is senseless. Evil is its only permanence.”
– American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis.
Thanksgiving-Comets.
Oh my god there's assholes everywhere. Pretentious...
-andrew jackson jihad.
Mac from Always Sunny opening a real bar in Philly →
itsalwayssunny:
chelseam:
Via The Iladelph comes word that Rob McElhenney—probably better known as Mac on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia—has bought a bar in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood along with his wife Kaitlin Olson, who also plays Dee on the show.
On the popular FX show, McElhenney owns a bar with the other characters, and the fictional bar is called Paddy’s Pub. To add to...
“I love women—ayy!”
– Asher Roth
[oops: http://terrancedean.blogspot.com/2009/12/asher-roth-admits-he-is-gay-rapper-from.html]
(via ctatum)
synecdoche:
I WOULD WALK 500 MILES
but like,...
Nickelback's How You Remind Me was the most...
cjernigan:
ohyeahfacts:
So if it felt like you heard that song a million times, it’s because you did. 1.2 million, to be exact.
(source)
FML.
DC City Council votes to legalize gay marriage -... →
“But for anyone who loves television, who adores it with the possessive and...”
– Emily Nussbaum for NYMag.com in “When TV Became Art”
Britt shared this with me on FaceBook a while ago. We’re both lovers and defenders of TV *fist pump* and I keep thinking about how well this article summarizes some of the conversations we’ve had about how TV has become such a great story-telling...
Natalie Portman will take on Jane Austen and... →
yesss.