Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, 1979, mixed media. Brooklyn Museum
This installation is a must know for anyone truly interested in the history of art. Read about it on the Brooklyn Museum website and on Wikipedia.
Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party (Georgia O’Keeffe), 1979, mixed media. Brooklyn Museum
Mac software impressario Phill Ryu brought his controversial MacHeist bundle back for another round recently, this time with one of its former critics in the fold, which means that the old debates about its legitimacy and value have been raging once again. I’ll admit I’ve been a critic of…
WBEZ Chicago Reveals True Feline Identity of ‘Wait Wait’ Hosts
In a move that sent shock waves through the public radio community, Chicago member station WBEZ released a video showing the true identities of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! host Peter Sagal and panelist Paula Poundstone. The Fluffington Post now has conclusive evidence that, after 14 years on the air, the popular NPR news quiz is in fact run by talking cats.
“They’re always behind those microphones. You never actually see what they look like,” says Madeline Carlyle, a regular NPR listener who was angered by the revelation. “This is really just shocking. I’m not sure if I can listen to the show the same way again.”
It appears the unmasking of the kitties is a stunt, aimed at drumming up support for the station’s ongoing pledge drive, though we suspect the listener backlash to this 14-year lie will outweigh the publicity.
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Michael Ian Black’s advice for those attempting comedy & other creative pursuits, as told to The Rumpus (via sarahspy) This is a bit of a Catch-22. In order to give yourself permission to suck, you have to have made a consistent fool of yourself in the past (probably not intentionally), and somehow pulled yourself through without sacrificing too many of your core values. That experience, over and over, teaches you that you can survive failure and gives you the confidence to get near it again, on a bigger scale perhaps. We should talk about how to bootstrap confidence in surviving failure. Maybe this is why awkwardness in youth is a valuable period… I spent so many years falling short of my own expectations of myself that I learned that it’s possible to stay true to values even when you’re failing, and that has given me the confidence I need to stay focused even when circumstances are going contrary to my goals. How else can you learn these things? (via bustr) |
OH SHIT.Entertainers of the Year: The Cast of Bridesmaids
I love this.
My presentation for Women and Film for Chick Flicks went okay today, but I think I really made my point after we all sat down. Wiig made it clear when this movie came out that she was happy if this movie opened doors for other female writers, but to make a movie with a political point was not her intention. I suggested that her movie being assigned for a chick flick project is probably the opposite of what she wanted.
The only two people who had not seen the movie were the only two straight males in the room, which I think speaks for what kind of disconnect there still is with women being taken, er, seriously in comedy.
In fact, when preparing for the project the guy I was assigned the movie with admitted that he hadn’t seen it before and backed this up with a grin and, “I’m not really into chick flicks, if you couldn’t tell.”
I couldn’t even laugh politely. I didn’t give him a bitch face, either, because really in the grand scheme of things what this bro thought about this film doesn’t mean shit to me, but really? Really?
It’s just disappointing that when the majority of a film’s cast is women it’s labeled as a chick flick. It’s downright disheartening that men decided not to see it, despite the amazing critical acclaim, simply because it was labeled as such.
1,700+ bands head down to Austin TX next week for the SXSW Music Festival, including a few of FreeIndie’s favorites. We’ve put together a mix tape to help you prepare.
Gulp a Lonestar, chew on brisket, and grab our SXSW FreeIndie 2011 Mix.
Hands * Royal Bangs * Evan Voytas * MillionYoung * Summer Camp * Gold Panda * Sensual Harassment * DOM * Small Black * Palmbomen * Superhumanoids
