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Politics, sports, media, university, culture. In no particular order.

5.20.2007

So lazy

Pitch a show for Cuban and HDNet (like an apprentice knock-off!)

LeBron seeks more information on Darfur

Why WAS I Not Informed About Bruce Lee?

Russert is kind of weird about horn honking:

I have not honked my car horn since September 11 as a gesture of respect to all of them. 9/11 also gave me a whole new insight into my Dad and why he left school in the 10th grade to enlist after Pearl Harbor.

What is this love of white players in the NBA? (P.S. Slate sucks!)

A heartwarming story of racism and xenophobia out weighing Bush loyalty

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thinking about films

  • Reds (1981)
  • Shampoo (1975)
  • Raw Deal (1986)
  • The End of Suburbia (2004)
  • Our Brand Is Crisis (2005)
  • Tokyo Story (1953)
  • Le Doulos (1962)
  • The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
  • Amazing Grace (2006)
  • The Professional (1994)
  • Close Up (1990)
  • The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
  • Ten (2002)
  • Baran (2001)
  • Monsoon Wedding (2001)
  • Pather Panchali (1955)
  • C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
  • Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)
  • Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
  • Chunhyang (2000)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
  • Transformers (2007)
  • The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)
  • A Better Tomorrow (1986)
  • Sicko (2007)
  • Stand and Deliver (1988)
  • This is Spinal Tap (1984)
  • Good Morning! (1959)
  • Rashomon (1950)
  • Fireworks (1997)
  • Escape from New York (1981)
  • The Andromeda Strain (1971)
  • Time to Leave (2005)
  • Witness (1985)
  • Knocked Up (2007)
  • Children of Men (2006)
  • Chinatown (1974)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • All the President's Men (1976)
  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • Vertigo (1958)
  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)
  • Army of Shadows (1969)
  • The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
  • The Twilight Samurai (2002)
  • Cafe Lumiere (2003)
  • I Shot Jesse James (1949)
  • 5x2 (2004)
  • Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
  • 61* (2001)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • Footlight Parade (1933)
  • Deewar (1975)
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)
  • Grindhouse (2007)
  • Caché (2005)
  • Killer of Sheep (1977)
  • Singin' in the Rain (1952)
  • Alphaville (1965)
  • Chungking Express (1994)
  • Provoked: A True Story (2006)

books supposedly reading

  • The In-Between World of Vikram Lall - M.G. Vassanji
  • The Last Season: A Team in Search of Its Soul - Phil Jackson
  • Playback - Raymond Chandler
  • Redeeming the Wasteland: Television Documentary and Cold War Politics - Michael Curtin
  • Radio, Television and Modern Life: A Phenomenological Approach - Paddy Scannell
  • The Selling of the President - Joe McGinniss
  • Fearless Jones - Walter Mosley
  • Falling Man - Don DeLillo
  • The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley - Malcolm X
  • Persepolis 2 - Marjane Satrapi
  • Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi
  • Hard News - Seth Mnookin
  • Movie-Made America - Robert Sklar
  • Walkin' the Dog - Walter Mosley

Wikipedia reading

  • Cinéma Vérité
  • Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
  • Saraswati
  • Ashwin Sood
  • Charles de Gaulle
  • French Fifth Republic
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  • Propaganda Due
  • Banco Ambrosiano
  • George P. Burdell
  • Physical attractiveness
  • Edward James Olmos
  • Gold glossary
  • Black Friday (1978)
  • Bob Hill
  • Cat Power
  • School System of The Wire
  • B. F. Skinner
  • Edwin Stanton Porter
  • Adrienne Shelly
  • Eadweard Muybridge
  • Sally Quinn
  • Wii
  • Charles Coughlin
  • Loyalty Day
  • Kinetograph
  • Deepti Naval
  • Luis Posada Carriles
  • Don Imus
  • Retcon
  • Perfect Storm
  • Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
  • Little Armenia, Los Angeles, California
  • Overton window

sites to rock out to

  • Chron of Higher Ed - News Blog
  • Crooks and Liars
  • Daily Howler
  • Deadspin
  • Defamer
  • Eat The Press
  • Eschaton
  • Free Darko
  • Glenn Greenwald
  • IFFLA
  • Ken Burns Hates Mexicans
  • LA Murals
  • LA Observed
  • Lostpedia
  • Media Channel
  • NBA.com Blogs
  • Newshounds
  • NPR Check
  • Orcinus
  • Passion for Cinema
  • Piled Higher & Deeper
  • Rate Your Students
  • Rude Pundit
  • Sepia Mutiny
  • Simpsons Archive
  • Slaves of Academe
  • TAPPED
  • TBogg
  • Television Without Pity
  • The Big Lead
  • The Rude Pundit
  • Tim Goodman
  • True Hoop
  • TVNewser
  • University Diaries
  • you-are-here

history (is what hurts)

  • ▼  2007 (75)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (8)
    • ►  June (12)
    • ▼  May (15)
      • Maybe during the offseason LeBron can get that Dar...
      • Cat Power video!
      • Isn't 50% of 146,000 troops 73,000 troops?
      • So lazy
      • Jerry Falwell, beat again by Larry Flynt
      • Lost better be good tonight!
      • It's hard out there for a television tech
      • And Gordon Brown is dreamy
      • Maxine Waters doesn't have time for this shit
      • About that fire
      • The Queen in the house
      • How do you start a film festival?
      • "I felt good about myself"
      • Grading isn't about the money, it's about the pass...
      • Happy May/Loyalty/Mission Accomplish Day!
    • ►  April (15)
    • ►  March (24)
  • ►  2006 (24)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  October (11)
    • ►  September (9)
    • ►  July (1)