A/V Club love for the Coens

I love The Onion. They get sarcastic much better than anyone in America should. Their writings show an amazing amount of relation to true-to-life experiences (right now I have Grad Student Deconstructs Takeout Menu on my office door...and what could be more fitting for a culture studies guy?) or an ability to do tasteless without being too cheap (witness the brilliance of Anna Nicole Smith Finally Reaches Target Weight, put out shortly after her death).

For my money, though, their non-fiction offshoot The Onion A.V. Club is often better. Today, for instance, they had proof of their brilliance with this wonderful Primer to The Coen Brothers. I must find some way to see their new film immediately...I am now jonesing.

karate movies in real life

Ever wondered if life in a secret Asian monastery comes close to any of those weird martial arts films? Well, wonder no more! Enjoy these photos from an actual Chinese Shaolin temple.

designing Mario

Here's a cool interview with veteran Nintendo game developer Yoshiaki Koizumi on the perils of designing three dimensional video games. I find it all very fascinating...but then again, my last video game system was an Atari 2600, so I'm very out of date.

this is adult?

Nerve, of all people, has an article on the Land's End catalog. Their take is 100% Nerve. A quote: " The Lands' End fall catalog is porn for the heartsick man." Sure it is...

Sorry for the infrequent updates. I'm back, baby!