Life Imitates Art, Boxing Edition
An article in the New York Times on a former heavyweight champion’s comeback attempt tells a familiar story. Who’s the boxer?
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My favorite passage from Horatio Alger’s 1867 novel “Ragged Dick”
“I like the name of Dick,” said the young lady, with charming frankness…
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The Raddest Public Art I’ve Seen In a Long While
If you’re in New York, you have GOT to ride the Q train into Manhattan sometime soon. After you pull out of the Dekalb Avenue station, look right. Keep looking. *Through* the window, nimrod.
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The Hipster and the Hippocampus
Why the reason you like your Thundercats shirt now is fundamentally different from why you liked your Thundercats shirt in 2002. Plus: Why ’90s techno will never die.
The Darkest Ending in Video Game History
This game made me hate myself. Bravo, game.
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The Musical Talmud: Chinese Democracy
Axl Rose takes us on a tour de force of international relations and modern Chinese history.
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No More Nazi Movies!
The reviewing establishment says Nazi movies are so over. Oscar says they’re not. I say, let’s replace ’em. No more Nazi movies!
Use The Force, Mr. Miyagi
[Karate Kid Week continues with another–more lighthearted–look at Mr. Miyagi, this one from guest writer Trevor Seigler. Let us know what you think in the comments; our guest writers are perpetually entered in the All-Valley Blogging Tournament of your approval … Continued
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Karate Kid Remake Will Be Refreshingly Karate-Free
The coming remake of The Karate Kid set to star Will Smith’s son Jaden will be less a remake and more a fucking travesty.
Karate Kid Week: My Miyagi Fanfic
Hitler is in SO much trouble.
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