Opinion
RIP Anita O’Day
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Shout to Ms. O’Day, feminist rebel of the swing set: RIP. Anita O’Day means nothing to me for her scatting. But she means a lot to me for her slanguistics: she gave my tio July a name. He was an Escobedo by birth, the eldest of my mom’s sisters and brothers. During WWII, he enlisted; […]
GAS. FACE.
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This guy is a grade-A racist d-bag, and as far as I’m concerned Seinfeld’s response is no better. Fuck a Seinfeld rerun — these guys are over. The don of Gabe Said We’re Into Movements dot blogspot dot com points out this incisive and “sadly pertinent” Seinfeld parody from an actually-funny show, In Living Color.
intimate coworker linguistics
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“Thirty-something rapper in the house. Just passed him downstairs.” “What’s he wearing?” “Salmon-colored vest.”
Readership Demands Answers
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bushprincess_29@hotmail.com writes: what the hell is this website???? Cowboys and bloody poodles dont go together!!!! Poodles are for city slickers and Cowboys are well, Cowboys. they are country boys not city slickers. Please explain. . . . This is a very good point and, as the webmistress and editor of this website, I can definitely […]
Letters RE: INTERROBANGIN’
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Regarding Jay-Z as “Black Republican,” and my recent Pitchfork column, Barton Bishop wrote a very interesting letter: Loved your last column in Pitchfork. Am also strangely obsessed with “Wind It Up.” Though – And I could be going out on the wrong limb here, but – perhaps the “Black Republican” Jay-Z refers to isn’t the […]
next-level like the parachute won’t open
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I was once stuck in a K-Hole for three days that was strikingly similar to this video
Things That Happened
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I woke up and Katy had written me the following in a very enthusiastic email: “I saw a dead Tasmanian Devil on the side of the road. A crow was eating it. Not a joke.” Last night I went to a fancy dress-up party. Everybody looked great, even the people who made a mockery of […]
playing with fire
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Last week, two days before the Britney breakup announcement, I had the opportunity (???) to sit down with Kevin Federline and discuss his new album, Playing With Fire. Excerpt is as follows: KFed: The album is here to stay. Have you heard it? JShep: I have. I’ve been listening to it all day today. KFed: […]