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what shookout said. all I kept thinking about while watching that was what an incredible waste of time that class was, how that was a bush league lecture idea that I would expect at Cambridge Junior College and not Hah-vahd Law. At one point, you can see a student's laptop and she's surfing the net when the instructor's dad is rambling on.

― don weiner (don weiner), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)

There's a reason Harvard is sinking in the ratings, guys.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

I like Nick, but I kept wanting to jump in there and tell his story for him, since he didn't seem to be doing a very good job at it himself.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 23 October 2006 19:46 (nineteen years ago)

writer not being a very good public speaker shockah. Nick seems VERY young...jeezus, do the kids these days really say "like" that much? I thought it was just my niece. Who is in 4th grade.

if that video is representative, then all I can say is that Harvard must have been very easy for you D.P.

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― don weiner (don weiner), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

jeezus, do the kids these days really say "like" that much? I thought it was just my niece. Who is in 4th grade.

People have been complaining about kids using "like" for, like, 30 years.

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:17 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe this is a class.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

Nick is right about NBA Jam, though. Cool game.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

I like how the professor describes M.I.A. as "rising to pop stardom."

― mike powell (mike powell), Monday, 23 October 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

she's gonna be huge, fellas!

― gear (gear), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

Do you have to be holding a microphone to speak in college seminars these days?

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

People have been complaining about kids using "like" for, like, 30 years.

Yes, and most grow out of doing it ad nauseum by the time they've finished high school, if not before them. Or so I'd thought. I'm not talking about casual use of the idiom, which is now commonplace. I'm talking about using "like" as a pause in diction when you appear to have no clue what the fuck you want to, like, say and shit.

― don weiner (don weiner), Monday, 23 October 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

So what do you say instead: "ummm" or "y'know"?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:00 (nineteen years ago)

I usually pause and don't say anything.

― Young Fresh Danny D (Dan Perry), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

"dude"

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

student: "How would you feel if the reporters on the staff of the NY Times took the same approach? If they said: I'm going to toss my notions of objective journalism, to the extent that those still exist, out the window and I'm going to explore through the art form of newspaper publishing how I personally feel about writing and what that means?"

Nick: "I think that sounds great!"

― I.M. From Hollywood (i_m_from_hollywood), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

yeah this is pretty gross to me.

― deej.. (deej..), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/76/Colbert-truthiness.jpg/250px-Colbert-truthiness.jpg

― struttin' with some barbecue (jimnaseum), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:39 (nineteen years ago)

bio for one of the professors of that class:
I was born and raised in Cambridge, MA. I graduated from Cambridge Rindge & Latin high school in 1994. I graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Folklore & Mythology in 1998. Not knowing what to do, I entered Harvard Law School from which I graduated in 2001. While in law school I became interested in computer science as well as the reasons why I had not been interested in computer science in high school and college. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at Harvard.

― john, a resident of chicago. (john s), Monday, 23 October 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

The sad thing is that Nick is still more articulate than I am.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 23 October 2006 22:44 (nineteen years ago)

"internet jungle"

― am0n (am0n), Monday, 23 October 2006 23:16 (nineteen years ago)

john s that certainly is a triumph of navel-gazing there

i almost went to rindge! i bet he was in the pilot program instead of fundie

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Monday, 23 October 2006 23:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2006/03/29/mar25_watson_faces_4.jpg
http://www.clintonfranciscans.com/Stop_the_Hate.jpg

― R.O.Q.U.E. (RoqueStrew), Tuesday, 24 October 2006 06:42 (nineteen years ago)

seriously, if I had a nickel for every time I said "like" or "ummm" with a bright light in my face & staring out at a roomful of people who are staring back at me, I'b be, yeah, rich.

― Eggzakly Huhh? (zachary v.), Thursday, 26 October 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

a roomful of people in a classroom, that is. strip club is another story.

― Eggzakly Huhh? (zachary v.), Thursday, 26 October 2006 00:46 (nineteen years ago)

A cute story!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Thursday, 26 October 2006 01:01 (nineteen years ago)

jeezus, do the kids these days really say "like" that much?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/scoob_shag.jpg

― Edward III (edward iii), Thursday, 26 October 2006 14:54 (nineteen years ago)

xpost— The old guy in Blade is Kris Kristoferson (though I probably spelled his name wrong).

― js (honestengine), Thursday, 26 October 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

where's our boy now??

― gershy, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:25 (eighteen years ago)

making up the rent

― elan, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:56 (eighteen years ago)

In terms of music writing, Nick is in the Wire a lot these days. He wrote a very nice Epiphanies column a few months back, and does the hip-hop column every two or three months.

― Mark Rich@rdson, Monday, 12 May 2008 03:57 (eighteen years ago)

http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid58849.aspx

― beta blog, Monday, 12 May 2008 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

I've seen him turn up in Spin a few times.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 12 May 2008 18:55 (eighteen years ago)

In terms of music writing, Nick is in the Wire a lot these days. He wrote a very nice Epiphanies column a few months back, and does the hip-hop column every two or three months.

-- Mark Rich@rdson, Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

disgraced. such a shame ;_;

― deej, Monday, 12 May 2008 19:24 (eighteen years ago)

I predict a wry Ott.

-- Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 23:45

― am0n, Monday, 12 May 2008 21:12 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

I really miss this guy/didn't think what he did sounded totally heinous

― balearific, Monday, 13 July 2009 09:35 (sixteen years ago)

In terms of music writing, Nick is in the Wire a lot these days.

oof, that's gotta hurt.

― FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson), Monday, 13 July 2009 09:39 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/pWa0dZMHYeE/0.jpg

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/01/07/financial/f175833S15.DTL&tsp=1

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 8 January 2011 05:17 (fifteen years ago)

http://cdn1.newsone.com/files/2011/01/340x_sgobbo.jpg

― buzza, Saturday, 8 January 2011 05:19 (fifteen years ago)

Rob grew up in Princeton, New Jersey where he would often ditch school to attend gallery openings in Chelsea at the ripe old age of 16. After attending Haverford College, where he received his BA in Politics, he moved to the East Village. Committing himself to two years with Teach For America, Rob divides his time traveling to the South Bronx and freelance writing. Some of his interests include traveling to dangerous places in Eastern Europe, photographing ugly dogs in Tompkins Square Park and playing with his new frozen margarita machine.

― buzza, Saturday, 8 January 2011 05:25 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1838474963/mr-dream-goes-to-jail-0

Matt Morello, Adam Moerder, and Nick Sylvester are MR. DREAM, a punk band based in Brooklyn.

― am0n, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:45 (fifteen years ago)

that is not good

― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:48 (fifteen years ago)

― am0n, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:49 (fifteen years ago)

If dude needs anything right now, it's probably to be left alone.

Whatever you think of his writing (or alleged ethics), he's still a part of our little online community, and I think we should give him a little respect.

― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Wednesday, March 1, 2006 6:25 PM

― am0n, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:51 (fifteen years ago)

our li'l online community

― am0n, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:51 (fifteen years ago)

awesome writer, and if that's the ep i bought digitally a year or two ago, it's pretty good

― markers, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:52 (fifteen years ago)

ksheeeeiiiiiit

― am0n, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:53 (fifteen years ago)

i don't know that emoticon

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markers, you should hear 10,000 bands in every city or town in the world!

― basedketball (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:53 (fifteen years ago)

he's a better writer than drummer

― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Friday, 4 February 2011 18:56 (fifteen years ago)

In this week's issue, John Cassidy writes about online social networking—quoting a Yalie named Matt Morello about the "agonizing" process of choosing bands to list in his Facebook profile:
So what's there now? Albums by Babyshambles, Lady Sovereign, Marxy, and My Bloody Valentine, respectively an indie rock thing, a grime thing, a twenty-minute album released on my friend's record label that's brilliant and heard by practically no-one, and a canonic album from the late 80s.
The "friend's record label" is Beekeeper Records

― zvookster, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:43 (fifteen years ago)

yalie? isn't sylvester a harvard man?

― da croupier, Friday, 4 February 2011 19:55 (fifteen years ago)

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