quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

"(Williams, Anna's last name, is a portmanteau of her parents' surnames.)"

i don't really have any problems with this review but it's just funny to me that they describe scott ian as "young"

http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/01/21/movies/21roundup-LEMMY_RVW.html?src=twr

/ I wish I had more time to argue on the internet about it./

You don't hear this every day!

I know, right? Rest assured, I'd be right here arguing with all of you if I was unemployed.

that awl post is incrediblolz

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/19/nyregion/19about.html?_r=2&ref=nyregion

apparently murray hill is starting to lose its coolness

love that awl post

that awl post needed a little more bieber

Indeed, whenever she is asked where she lives, Ms. Katz answers Murray Hill, “but I say it with a sarcastic tone because I’m making fun of myself.”

classic!

worst generation ever!

http://zeitgeistfilms.com/billcunninghamnewyork/trailer.html

tho, i love bill cunningham

Man, me 10 years ago would hate that so much, and me now thinks it looks at least alright.

This unfocused superficial story (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/fashion/weddings/23FIELD.html?hp) actually asks whether Prince WIlliam is getting married now because his rapidly receding hairline could soon lose him his heartthrob status. Never once brings up the fact that, you know, being heir to the throne of England might work to his dating advantage, hair or no hair.

that movie looks awesome xp

"Winner Best First Documentary, Abu Dhabi Film Festival."

^real award!

heir or no hair

quiddities and agonies of the ruling class circa 1874:

"'Nigger Day' in a Country Town"

http://www.theawl.com/2011/01/the-black-people-as-a-class-have-no-thought-for-the-future

NYT reports on a show about a city that they cover all the time wondering why the city got that reputation. Indeed:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/us/24portlandia.html

This unfocused superficial story (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/fashion/weddings/23FIELD.html?hp) actually asks whether Prince WIlliam is getting married now because his rapidly receding hairline could soon lose him his heartthrob status. Never once brings up the fact that, you know, being heir to the throne of England might work to his dating advantage, hair or no hair.

haha, this is just a cosmopolitan article, complete with all the PhDs.

they're not nubian ibexes, but...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-food-and-farm-alpacas-taxes,0,3057373.story

Title: A Textured Palette Without Much Paint

Commits every sin of bad art writing in first three paragraphs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/arts/design/28jensen.html?ref=arts

You're not helping your cause any, dude:

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/a-beginners-guide-to-unemployment/

Theodore Ross is the author of the forthcoming book “Am I a Jew” and a contributor to the blog Dadwagon.

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/02/09/opinion/townies_theodore_ross/townies_theodore_ross-thumbStandard.jpg

Hahaha, "Am I a Jew" is in itself such a classic quiddity and agony of the rolling new york times ruling class

That was a tiny big overwritten, but it wasn't annoying and he doesn't seem personally unlikable. And I was interested to read about what being fired from Harper's is like and I had never heard of these green not-virtual offices. I don't think we're supposed to feel sorry for him. The surreal-confusion thing he used to anchor the piece didn't totally work, but the article is like 500 words so whatever.

Bit not big effing autocorrect

Yeah actually I don't mind this guy. Also I do appreciate his subtle takedown of the misuse/overuse of the word "surreal," regardless of whether it fit.

this is not quite on-topic (but note 'fine restaurant' passage), but i had to post it here because it's such a weird front-page link for them:

search-result manipulation expose!

it looks like the times INVESTIGATED j.c. penney and narced on them to google and google has PUNISHED them

'New York Times' Moves All Content You Won't Give A Shit About Unless You Make At Least 'New York Times' Moves All Content You Won't Give A Shit About Unless You Make At Least $200K A Year Into One Convenient Section00K A Year Into One Convenient Section

came here to post that

whaaaaat is this http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/fashion/20Modern.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

I dunno, I like that one? It's pretty archly self-aware.

I don’t normally believe in love at first sight, but at the end of that first lunch, I wanted to offer Victoria my sperm.

And I like the little details.

On the outside Victoria was poised, like the banker she is. But the cuticles on her elegant fingers were cracked and scabby, so I knew she had been nervous. I held her hand. She let me.

Are artisanal donuts the new muffins?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/dining/reviews/23unde.html

doughnut plant is og

new one in chelsea!

I swear by Doughnut Plant's tres leches doughnuts. Or was that dulce de leche? Whatever. It was awesome.

Haven't been to Peter Pan in ages. When I moved to Queens there was a place called Alpha Donuts that was just like Peter Pan, but then the donut guy moved back to Greece and they started buying them wholesale, leaving just an archaic charming shitty diner.

I was just there yesterday actually (we found a place in sunnyside btw)

yeah the donuts are just donuts, I like the atmosphere tho

Congrats.

places I will not miss: champion, food dynasty

south sunnyside grocery store options are surprisingly great!

sorry not gonna make this a queens thread

I recently ordered from then went to "Real Sante Fe Steakhouse". Weird place. Going for the gringo chips and margarita crowd but still authentic at the same time. They have tacos al pastor, on a spit with pineapple on top, and in the window they had this weird big pan in which they were cooking pig's ear for tacos. I had a good burrito and an ok steak. Decent delivery alternative to De Mole.

We should probably start a Queens thread.

we always walk by there on the way to de mole, it looks nice but maybe a little pricey?

def need a queens thread, what should it be called?

"54-46, that's my number"?

perfect

that is strangely close to my address

that would tell you that 54th Street is your cross street. See, easy? Or 54th Road. Or 54th Place. It's hard to tell sometimes.

I didn't even notice you were responding to the "what should it be called"!

i think that is the only thread i have ever actually had a hand in naming!! i am quite proud.

Haha it's 54-46 Was My Number but okay!

i don't think there's actually a canonical name, laurel! i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54-46_That%27s_My_Number

Oh, sorry, E! I guess whatever link or record or whatever I learned the name from must have been the re-release.