Tuesday, July 26, 2011
See if you can catch the punchline Jon Stewart deploys that brought a smile to my face:The Daily Show - Armadebtdon 2011 - Nonfiction Captain AmericaGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Politi…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:45AMOh no, I don't actually have a strong opinion on the subject. I feel as though I don't understand quite enough about how customers (and in this scenario, they are customers, not community me…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:33AMSaturday, July 23, 2011
If you read my review of Bubble & Squeak and thought, "Man, I need to see what he's talking about," well you can! Because it moved on to the finals, you can see it tomorrow! Details here.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:04AMA brand new primary doc that should be kept for posterity's sake: the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell.It certifies three things:We listened to the recommendations.The military put together al…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:13AMThursday, July 21, 2011
Apply to be a writing fellow with Createquity. Writing for Ian remains to this day some of the best writing I have ever produced, thanks to the mentorship and drive for excellence which Ian …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:25PMSo, apropos of my post a little bit earlier on the end-of-episode reset, 99 Seats probes whether re-staging a show is the same as rebooting a comics franchise.I'd like to draw a distinction …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:58AMWednesday, July 20, 2011
An absolute must-read:I recently talked with Carole Swann, an actor currently recovering from a violent accident, which resulted in a broken humerus bone, incurred while rehearsing a play. W…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:04PMPipeline Productions and Samuel French's Off-Off Broadway FestivalpresentBUBBLE & SQUEAKBefore I sat down to write this review, I got quite heartening news that Bubble & Squeak had a…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:22PMMonday, July 18, 2011
Crazy days we live in:Credit cards mean less bills (the Mint didn't make any $10 bills last year!) and Coinstar means less coins.Many of our favorite hip-hop albums couldn't have happened in…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:30AMAnd not well for St. Ann's. The court ruled that St. Ann can't use the Tobacco Warehouse to build a new home. Back to the drawing board for them. This might mean them leaving DUMBO.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:28AMFriday, July 15, 2011
I was just now watching an episode of Star Trek's Original Series (Operation: Annihilate! if you really must know), and I realized that there's something fundamentally different about the wa…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 01:02AMTuesday, July 12, 2011
Via Dave Weigel:If you're just a little tired of the debt ceiling story, take a break and absorb the glorious weirdness of "Son of Strelka, Son of God." Scientist/audiophile Dan Warren used …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:20PMSaturday, July 9, 2011
I don't mean they ran out of money (although that did happen). I mean they seem really bankrupt.Here's the kind of response Paul Mullin got when he reposted their call for ideas:Keri Healey …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:21AMThursday, July 7, 2011
From a Constitutional scholarship angle, GOP Representative Mike Lee is pretty accurate when he says that Timothy Geithner can't ignore the debt ceiling:By the way, NPR's Planet Money did a …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:38PMThere's really nothing in our space of the blogosphere like Createquity. These last months they've really stepped up their game: check out this post as a great index of all of the incredible…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:09AMWednesday, July 6, 2011
You know the story: GOP Congressman risks man's life by doing an illegal maneuver in a plane, FAA decides to only lightly slap him on the wrist, GOP Congressman responds angrily at the idea …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:00PMThe scourge of the US Military (here, here, and here) has a new Swiss political party to destroy it:They are very much not joking, unfortunately.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:19PMTuesday, July 5, 2011
Isaac raises some excellent points in his response to the open letter from Nick Olivero, whose show got taken down by copyright lawyers after he violated his license to mount a production of…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 09:38AMReviving this ol' format now that I'm back on the regular-blogging bandwagon.New stories told in new ways:A comic-book about augmented reality, told in a comic book form with a UV flashlight…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 08:24AMDavid Kotok uses Oklahoma! as a lead-in to discuss America's distorted grain policy, and American Exceptionalism.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 08:19AMMonday, July 4, 2011
Adam Hanft's "You Can Be Rich, Powerful, Arrogant, Horny, and Right."Until a full trial runs its course, there's not much we can say about Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Evidence still hasn't been …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 12:43PMVia the Guardian:"We didn't have any input into the film, but we saw Mr Spielberg and he was a straightforward and very nice man," said [Tom] Morris[, War Horse's co-director]. "He was telli…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 10:55AMSaturday, July 2, 2011
In case you blinked and missed it, the governor of South Carolina (GOP Governor Nikki Haley) used a line-item veto to erase the state arts commission, but the funding was quickly restored by…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 11:51AMFriday, July 1, 2011
Yeah, okay, gimmick. Fine. Still, it's cute. I think the deadpan honesty of the man sells it, rather than just making it a gag.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 04:56PMTwo great experiments on the East River are showing mixed results.First up, the East River Ferry (previously here). Update:City officials are happy as clams with a new East River commuter fe…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:08PMThursday, June 30, 2011
Sorry, forgot to show you the video! It's also a primary doc.Here's what winning looks like:And here was his response:
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 06:12PMHey everyone, remember how Stephen Colbert was forming a SuperPAC? Well, he just got his permission from the FEC. There's a danger that Colbert will set a precedent that will allow FOX to sp…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:46PMUh oh. Some wrote a long and passionate post about how their show got taken down by copyright:Due to certain artistic choices implemented by myself – the director – Boxcar’s production…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 05:19PMEarlier in the year, the Supreme Court ruled that if you submit scientific evidence during a trial, the technician or doctor who performed the testing must be made available as a witness to …
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 02:35PMWednesday, June 29, 2011
The infamous "f***ing golden" tape is available for a listen.Listen closely to the way Blagojevich says the word "repugnant." Over and over again, the issue is not getting money; it's not ab…
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 03:56PM 
