Loaded Questions

Nowadays everyone must love (or at least pretend to love) pleasures that were supposedly once disdained or taken for granted: dive bars, street food, trashy films. But knowing, sophisticated attempts to replicate those things often traffic in their own kind of snobbery, confusing condescension with authenticity.

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:58:09 -0500

Nowadays everyone must love (or at least pretend to love) pleasures that were supposedly once disdained or taken for granted: dive bars, street food, trashy films. But knowing, sophisticated attempts to replicate those things often traffic in their own kind of snobbery, confusing condescension with authenticity.

Your single-serve blog of the day: Access Main Computer...

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:22:03 -0400

Your single-serve blog of the day: Access Main Computer File. Pictures of computer screens in movies.

The DOS Museum

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:17:35 -0400

The DOS Museum:

David Rees makes fun of your tired heritage bullshit

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:16:33 -0400

David Rees makes fun of your tired heritage bullshit

logisticalnightmare: 12 States of America

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 11:25:14 -0500

logisticalnightmare:

12 States of America

The insides of submarines.

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:10:53 -0500

The insides of submarines.

Sorry Pakistan.

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:47:09 -0500

Sorry Pakistan.

The new Beans track about dressing well. More people should rap...

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:33:06 -0500

The new Beans track about dressing well. More people should rap about this subject.

“It seems that there’s a computer that makes most of the decisions for you — it changes a lot of the rules, it removes a lot of the skill,” said Ken Koury, a competitive Monopoly player and coach who informally settles rule disputes for others.

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:42:36 -0500

“It seems that there’s a computer that makes most of the decisions for you — it changes a lot of the rules, it removes a lot of the skill,” said Ken Koury, a competitive Monopoly player and coach who informally settles rule disputes for others.

Subject to Change opening night, at my office Friday. The show...

Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:01:00 -0500

Subject to Change opening night, at my office Friday.

The show is up until March 18th. Stop by and say hi.

RIP Brian Jacques

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:27:49 -0500

RIP Brian Jacques

Dear Microsoft, When the cool kids are making music videos...

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:04:14 -0500

Dear Microsoft,

When the cool kids are making music videos using your products, it’s generally a sign that you’ve done something right. Please don’t fuck it up.

Regards,

John

Suit. infographic courtesy of nymag.

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:23:57 -0500

Suit.

infographic courtesy of nymag.

I’m in Australia. Please stand by.

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:01:31 -0500

I’m in Australia. Please stand by.

My Office is Having a Art Show. You should come by.

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:42:58 -0500

My Office is Having a Art Show. You should come by.:

SUBJECT TO CHANGE - FEBRUARY 11-MARCH 18, 2011

Fathom+Hatch present Subject to Change: New York artists explore a culture in flux.

February 11-March 18, 2011

Opening Reception: Friday, February 11, 6-10 p.m. @ Fathom+Hatch Offices - 287 Spring St., Ground Fl., New York, NY

SUBJECT TO CHANGE invites a collection of New York artists to investigate the mercurial nature of contemporary life. Frenzied technological advancement, population growth, and unprecedented globalization have placed us in a state of constant flux. The effects—on our aesthetics, our aspirations, and our collective desires—are too often lost to the casual eye. These artists, working in media ranging from print to sculpture to video, offer a highly personal commentary on the truth and texture of what we are losing and gaining in a world co-defined by what is now, and what is next.

Featuring works by Daniel Arnold, Morgan Blair, Rob Corradetti, Anthony Cudahy, Jessica Findley, Jesse Hlebo, David Horvitz, James Moore, and Kate O’Connor.

Public viewing hours: Noon-6 p.m. M-F.

The Williamsburg beer bar is part of a larger effort by Duane Reade to recognize — and capitalize — on the fierce identity and local needs of many New York City neighborhoods.

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:31:00 -0500

The Williamsburg beer bar is part of a larger effort by Duane Reade to recognize — and capitalize — on the fierce identity and local needs of many New York City neighborhoods.

Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising is your new...

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:19:26 -0500

Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising is your new advertising/media/tumblr meme.

True. though.

Seriously, for all the kids who have been on this Witch House thing for a minute now (I’m...

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:42:00 -0500

Seriously, for all the kids who have been on this Witch House thing for a minute now (I’m looking at you Gatekeeper, Salem, oOoOO et al), please find yourself a copy of Mentallo and the Fixer’s 1995 masterwork “Where Angels Fear to Tread”. Then listen. Then repeat.

Here’s a head start.

Thanks, Nielsen

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:36:00 -0500

Thanks, Nielsen

The web is not, despite the desires of so many, a publishing medium. The web is a customer service medium. “Intense moderation” in a customer service medium is what “editing” was for publishing.

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:44:44 -0500

The web is not, despite the desires of so many, a publishing medium. The web is a customer service medium. “Intense moderation” in a customer service medium is what “editing” was for publishing.