This morning, Starbucks was closed. It isn’t a national holiday nor is it a day of remembrance for the holocaust that Starbucks has visited upon everything culturally relevant or interesting over the past decade and a half. It was just closed.
Archive for December, 2009|Monthly archive page
Good Morning, Battery Acid
In Junk Food Vegetarian on December 31, 2009 at 5:22 pmSongs That Are Not On My iPod
In Music on December 28, 2009 at 4:04 amTaylor Swift “You Belong With Me”
Nelly “E.I.”
Cascada “Evacuate The Dancefloor”
Chris Brown “Forever” — it’s still not okay to listen to his music, right?
Miley Cyrus “Party In The USA”
Enrique Iglesias “Be With You”
Jesse McCartney “Leavin’”
Ke$ha “TiK ToK”
Rick Ross “Hustlin’”
Mariah Carey “Honey”
Dido
Let’s just be clear about that.
Another Year: Another Opportunity for Self- Loathing
In Gender Studies on December 26, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Bah, Football
In Sports on December 25, 2009 at 9:33 pm
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Start the season underfeated? Check. Mount an impressive comeback to level at .500? Check. Destroy your fan base by blowing 8 solid weeks of goodwill on a Christmas collapse? Checkin’ that one twice.
The Myrrh Diet!
In Junk Food Vegetarian on December 21, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Maybe those Magi weren’t so crazy after all? Myrrh, one of the only three Christmas presents Jesus ever received, was reported to have potential health benefits, including lowering bad cholesterol. It joins some pretty interesting company.
Rockette Exclusion putting the “Bah Humbug” in Christmas
In Gender Studies on December 20, 2009 at 7:28 pm
Merry Indie Christmas
In Music on December 19, 2009 at 5:23 pm
courtesy bustedtees.com
Songs for the season are never in short supply. But you can’t listen to Flaming Lips and Regina Spektor all year only to switch to Bing Crosby and Brenda Lee for six (eight?) weeks. A playlist, with some thoughts:
