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I’m back from New York. Actually, I came back Monday night, but I’ve had a lot of work-related drama since then that I’m still recovering from. Also, my sleep schedule’s all screwed up, and my RSS feed has been overtaken by bloggy young Democrats. So expect more postings starting tomorrow, including the Lady Gaga essay I promised.
In the meantime, here’s some quick newsy things that I’m catching up on:
This awesome-sounding tour, which may be coming to a town near you. [via $pread]
Stefano DiMaria’s famous English son EJ might be the Soap Hunk of the Year. I’m starting to think I might agree. He is kinda hot by soap opera standards. [via Hunk du Jour, who normally posts shirtless pictures of shiny people I've never heard of but who went with Adam Levine and Barack Obama these past two days.]
Todd Solondz is making a sequel to Happiness, one of my all-time favorite movies. Although in general I don’t like really gross comedies, Happiness has both Cynthia Stevenson and a really funny joke about a Tamagotchi* dying. On the other hand, I hated Solondz’s Storytelling movie so much that I haven’t seen anything he’s done since then, including that movie where eight different people played Dawn Weiner’s cousin. [via Art Fag City]
Elisabeth Venticelli pretty much echoes all my thoughts about bleak Swedish fiction, the new Democratic applause-o-meter, and Miley Cyrus’s See You Again.
The Manic Street Preachers might be an interesting choice next time you need to teach a gender studies class. [via Condemned to Rock and Roll]
Banksy’s been in New Orleans. [via Wooster Collective]
Kris Van Assche would like to remind you of those Levi’s ads circa a wicked long time ago.
And, finally, my alma mater’s getting poppy.
[*I just had to look up how to spell Tamagotchi. Jeez, I'm getting old.]
