Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Yeah I saw it and it was a good musical and all that but come on. “The Case for Hamilton as Album of the Year” Come on. You can find this Hamiltonian idea of hip-hop refracted through rap’s other great works this year. You hear it in the verbosity, the craft, the daringness, the desperate…
As the holidays approach I’ve been feeling less and less like blogging. So I decided in order to best serve the “Cut” readers the most obvious option was having a professional Manservant do my job for me. Meet Conr, my Manservant for several hours, sent as a corporate holiday gift….
Sure the holidays sound fun, but what about the terrifying reality? The constant eating and drinking, the sequinned outfits, the Family Appropriate small talk… and that’s not even considering the most difficult part: presents. Gift-giving is a storied tradition and a complete trap. Rather than spend another year groping blindly for a gift that will…
Look at this thing. Just look at it. This is a thing people claim is “good.” They seem to enjoy that sour, wet crunch of this pukish-green, kinda transparent (?) fake vegetable. People with that bad taste. Trash people. Because this a trash food for a trash person. Not liking pickles is like being the…
Fame and fortune except the fortune part. Oh hi, do you know me? I am one of your Wonkettes, and I am the most famous person in the universe. I am taking a break from having brunch with Taylor Swift, saying “Oh no she di’int” about our ongoing feud with Katy Perry as we drink…
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? How about crying and eating bread by yourself on the floor? That’s what about 72,000 people are planning to do on Dec. 31, according to the public Facebook event Crying and Eating Bread by Yourself on the Floor — one of the hundreds of random hilarious fake events that are taking…
Dreading Thanksgiving dinner conversation? The Post’s Alexandra Petri has three foolproof strategies to get you through your family gathering. (Tom LeGro/The Washington Post) They have clustered around the table. The bird is slain and it lies before you, browned in its own suppurations. You behold it, cold sweat trickling down your face. These next hours…
The average Millennial gets up the crack of noon in their parents’ house and spends an hour looking through thousands of shoddy t-shirts printed with The Smiths and Joy Division to attempt to look good for selfie number one. Fumbling through thousands of cat memes they contemplate: which video game shall I play until 3am…
If you missed last night’s American Music Awards, you mostly missed the usual awards show stuff: a performance by Coldplay, an award sponsored by T-Mobile, Justin Bieber in ill-fitting clothing. But there was one surprise: a new scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Oh, and an a cappella rendition of Star Wars theme music…