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the new york magazine cover article this week is about the elite echelon of bloggers who rule the universe. well, maybe not the universe. just the web. anyway, boing boing is apparently the most linked-to blog on the web, so they refer to its creation in 2000 as a milestone in blogistory. what they leave out is that boing boing has been around much longer than that. i had a link to boing boing on my extremely bare bones geocities home page in 1996. and apparently, as far back as 1988, it was a paper zine.

but the same thing i thought about boing boing when it was just another boring website is true now that it's a scintillating blog -- it's filled with useless crap and is a total waste of time to read. there are inevitably real jewels in there, but as new york mag describes, they've got 5 bloggers just posting anything they can come up with for 12-14 hours a day. it's not as barebones and overwhelming as metafilter, but at least metafilter doesn't attempt hipness, really.

so, anyway, i'm always happy when someone finds something cool on boing boing and points me to it. that means they've done the work for me. because when i try to read the page myself, my eyes utterly glaze over.

segev has fallen asleep in front of the menus of the chappelle show season 2 DVD. so for about 45 minutes, my life has had the soundtrack of "what's the best show on tv? chappelle show! woo-hoo!" and lots of harmonica jams. but if i turn it down, or god forbid off, segev will wake up and be cranky.

and i don't remember if i posted this this morning or not, and i'm too lazy to go check. but segev and i are definitely getting married on september 2nd, the saturday of labor day weekend. wish us luck in planning this damn thing.

this version of alice in wonderland was my absolute favorite as a kid. now you can get a bootleg DVD copy of both parts. and for a pretty reasonable price, too!

the headline on this story made me laugh out loud. i don'tlike "raw" as much as "delirious", at least partially because of his ridiculously misogynistic rant that contains that very quote. but delirious is tied for my favorite stand-up movie ever, alongside eddie izzard's "dress to kill". delirious is still not out on DVD. this is a crime.

the icon on this entry was chosen in honor of eddie murphy's deep-seated homophobia. and, you know, his dalliance with a transexual hooker. he was only giving him a ride home, people! and he doesn't have any intention of letting johnny gill rub him the right way, oh no!

woo hoo! david cross is opening a bar on orchard street. yeah, fuck you, pianos! and a tinkle DVD? so many ways to waste money!

paramount is working on extras for season 2 of twin peaks, even though the set hasn't been officially announced yet. of course, this is after i spent about $25 on bootlegs of the spanish dvd release. oh well, they're pretty crappy quality and don't have the cover art and extras an official release would. plus, amazon's finally posted a release date for seasons 1 and 2 of newsradio (took them long enough). this means this year may offer twin peaks season 2, the muppet show season 1, fraggle rock season 1, newsradio 1 and 2, and (i hope) the state what a year that would be! i continue to keep my fingers crossed for sifl and ollie, which someone called to ask about at the store yesterday but you can only get bootleg. plus we've got angel season 5 in february, south park season 5 in march, and the sopranos season 5 probably in december. soap season 3 comes out next week, and that's my favorite season, but since i'm getting rid of my first two seasons because of disuse, i don't think i'll be buying it. even though it includes alien burt, jodie's adorable baby, and lots and lots of billy. there are also rumors about a daily show dvd coming out, although i have no idea how they'd manage to put a whole "season" of a four-times-weekly show on a disc. i guess it depends on what they're calling a season.

ok, for all last-minute-buyers-of-presents-for maggie, i just discovered this, the holy grail of internet comedy: 100 strongbad emails on DV-fuckin-D! am i a HUGE nerd that i want this SO bad, but i know if i get it for myself segev will be disgusted because it's totally all available for free already? but it'd be, like, all of them...without clicking...and stuff. god, i'm lame.

happy muppet news for me! the jim henson action figure pictured in my icon is finally actually going to be released! and word on the street is, fraggle rock season 1 box set next fall! i know this is interesting to no one but me. shove it.

dude, who knew that kindred: the embraced was out on DVD? i'm conflicted about whether i should put it on my wish list or not. i mean, i kinda want to see it again, but i don't think i need to OWN it. maybe i'll add it to my netflix queue.

i need more freaks and geeks now. i've exhausted the first disc, all the commentaries and special features. i am in love with jason segel. seth rogan and martin starr crack my shit up. little john daley grew up and became a funny, cute voice on the commentary track. linda cardellini is in scooby doo movies. i need more.

MOVIES:
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. segev doesn't want to see it; he
says it's a rental. i think he's out of his mind. must see now.
-Dawn of the Dead. sarah polley in a cheesy horror flick. that's a night out.

TV:
-Deadwood. mostly i just want to see what david milch uncensored is like.
-Newlyweds. i love jessica totally irrationally, but i was sad nick didn't get
his husky puppies.
-Newsradio. i have them all on tape. don't you wish you did?
-The Daily Show. always and forever. jon's been getting rowdy lately. and
am i the only one who finds rob corddry vaguely...sexy? in a similar vein,
don't even get me started on the superhottness that is steven colbert!

VIDEO:
-School of Rock. i never got to see it, and i can't find my blockbuster card!
argh! i've grown slightly tired of jables, though.
-The Last Unicorn. just out on dvd.

MUSIC:
-N.E.R.D., Fly or Die. is ?uestlove drumming on this album like he did on
the last? i *heart* ?uestlove. and pharrell, i'm slightly ashamed to say, is
my secret boyfriend.
-"Take Me Out," Franz Ferdinand. EVERYBODY was just all "franz
ferdinand, franz ferdinand." i downloaded it a while ago, and i finally
gave in and listened to it. and my toes won't stop tapping.
-"They," Jem. I've had this for a couple months now, but the jump-ropey-
type chant is just beyond catchy. all the other songs on her ep are junk,
though. here's hoping for the new album.
-Afghan Whigs, 1965. greg dulli may have the sexiest voice ever. sorry,
maynard.
-Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism. i have gotten over my hatred for
their name and embraced the pretty.
-The Cure, Join the Dots. covet.

BOOKS:
-Dancing Barefoot, by Wil Wheaton. i really like his web page, and there's
good word of mouth on this book, which is only just out on amazon.
-Cremaster Cycles, Matthew Barney with essays by Nancy Spector. big and weird.
-Box Office Poison, by Alex Robinson. i ripped through this one and hated
when it ended.
-The Sandman: King of Dreams, by Alisa Kwitney. shiny. so so shiny.