HARDY!
I LAUGHED OUT LOUD: Inspidered.
THEN I SCOFFED OUT LOUD: But you may have any entirely different take than me.
CELEBRITY D.I.Y. OF THE WEEK: Michael Cera released a lo-fi indie-folk-rock album this week. It’s pretty much what you were expecting/hoping for.
SPARKLES!
DAYUM NATURE! YOU ARE SCARE-EE: Don’t go into the water. Also, gah!
HONESTLY: A lot of people who are having kids really can’t afford to be having them. This is meant as an observation and not to be misconstrued as some kind of argument against having kids. Please read that again.
GENIUS: You’re welcome. This is one of the cooler things I’ve run across. What a way to let your fans know where you’re coming from. And it is all tied into this. I’d take that. Tumblr version here.
BOOOOOO: I very much do not like this attempt to shield people from their own stupidity.
ONCE UPON A TIME:
SINGLE SERVE TUMBLR OF THE WEEK: Angry Birds. No, not that kind. Then there’s this.
ETHNOCENTRIC BASTARD: I try really hard not to be one. I do make the effort. Mostly.
FASTEN YOUR BELT SEAT:
CHEEKY LITTLE MICROBIOMES: They’re making us do stuff.
EXTRA CRISPY? The unwelcome side effect of alternative energy. Yeah, they’re probably going to have to work on this. And it’s not an isolated case. It might be an uncomfortable transition.
NOOOOOOOES: Experiencing these things in real life is on my Bucket List (NY Times link, so you might run into a pay-wall there). Yes, I have a bucket list. But only as of yesterday because of this story. And because I’m serious about seeing these things. Speaking of third rate The Postal Service rip-offs.
PERSPECTIVE: Crickey. If you’re apt to worry about asteroids and related space debris wreaking havoc on our little blue sphere, don’t even think of looking at this photograph.
SKY CANDY:
Asperatus clouds. I don’t know about you but there’s a lot you can think you’re seeing going on there.
THE ASPARAGUS STANK: Come for the science behind the smell. Stay for gems like “humble chamber pot into a bower of aromatic perfume”.
WE ARE EATING OURSELVES TO DEATH: Consequences.
SPEAKING OF CONSEQUENCES: Woe is thee. About as bad as it can get while being completely perfect.
INCOMING!
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Tim Johnstone is Dappered’s music correspondent as well as our resident gatherer of all things interwebs related. He doesn’t really hate people. Mostly.
I don’t think I’m going to do any work today – just sit and watch those Beyonce gifs.
All.
Day.
Best column in a while. That Angry Birds social media is awesome. And thank you for reminding me of Elektronik Supersonik, Long Live Space Race, Long Live Movania!
MMMM…..sparkles.
The NFL wants famous established artists to pay to do the halftime show??? They’re delusional. They are the richest sports league in the world and they want more money…
she be all night.
the NFL is dangerously close to the tipping point, and they’re either too stupid or too arrogant (most likely the latter) to realize it. between over-saturation (thursday, sunday AND monday games; multi-day draft events, televised combines…), post-career health issues, player misbehavior (their off the field issues far outpace any other league), and generally treating patrons like crap (full price for a stupid pre-season game?), they’ll eventually get to the point where people finally say, “ok, i’m good.”
a multi-billion dollar organization asking an act to not only perform for free, but to pay for the privilege is the height of arrogance, not to mention slightly dangerous. if someone like rihanna PAYS money to perform, she damn well is gonna do whatever she wants, however she wants and… hmm… you know what? yeah, NFL. charge people to play. i’ll have my DVR ready.
In total agreement with you Winston. As both a born-and-bred Green Bay Packers fan, it’s weird to feel my attention slipping from football… and moving to soccer. And it’s not because of this past world cup. I started getting into European soccer (mostly Premier League… it helps to know the language) around 2008, and I honestly look more forward to those games, than whatever NFL game is on. Partially due to the over-saturation, partially due to the different natures/watch-ability of the games (hardly any commercials in soccer), and partially due to the overall feel of the culture. I mean, the fans over there sing in unison during the games. It’s pretty cool to watch, even from another hemisphere, on TV.
Add on top of that the concussion issue with the NFL and more and more parents telling their kids “nah, maybe football’s not for you”, and I wonder if the rise of soccer as well as the popularity of basketball won’t start to chip away at the mighty NFL. Especially if they keep throwing their weight around.
But, much of this has been said before. And the NFL just keeps dominating.
So glad to hear so many others are getting into soccer now. I’d like to recommend watching some MLS games, as well! I won’t deny that EPL games tend to be a whole different league… But I, personally, also feel a sort of duty to watch MLS games. If we want soccer to grow in the US, we’ve got to support our own league!
Totally not bashing you for watching Premier League, though. Fantastic matches.
Agree with Joe that a lot of this has been said before, however I believe the two things that will ultimately humble the NFL are: 1) tax-payer driven stadiums, eventually a politician (probably a hard-lining Repub) will make a successful case as to why a city will not front any more costs on a non-municipal stadium and call the team’s bluff. Once L.A. gets a team (which will probably be within the decade), there goes the leverage that every NFL team uses in negotiations.
2) Oversaturation is going to kick the NFL in the ass. When I bring up this point to big NFL fans, they always say “Americans are just gonna want more football”. American Idol is the perfect example here. FOX figured they had a runaway hit, and begin scheduling more episodes during the week that ran longer. Eventually they hit a peak and since then, due to increase of direct competition, increase of overall selection and decrease in talent, ratings have been on decline for the past several seasons. The NFL should take note, Americans always think we want more until we actually get it. Then we move on to the next thing.
Ahh, kids. Let’s turn the dial back to 1987…