‘What if…’ Movies re-imagined for another time & place.
by Peter Stults
Places I Haven’t Been (North America) by Evan Drolet Cook (via szymon)
I think I have cracked the Ryan Gosling code.
The line between “hipster” culture and “jock” culture is starting to fade.
Suddenly hipsters are into organized sports and find once indie girls, now “overrated”. Suddenly jocks and business bros are active in Williamsburg on a Saturday night and are into bands like Wild Beasts and Tallest Man on Earth. I was once at a bar in Philly when a Neutral Milk Hotel song came on the speakers and this group of drunk pink polos started grabbing at each other, high fiving each other and generally being obnoxious as they sang along, bud lites in hand and eyes tightly closed.
“This song is the the fucking best, man. I love the album.”
In “hipster” culture, its ironic to wear a baseball cap and drink beer at a sports bar while suddenly being interested in hockey. For jocks its finally cool to admit that there is more to life than the Dallas Cowboys, cars and boobs (but not a whole lot more). Being indie is sexy and main stream now. The 80s are over. The cold business brat is over. Being cool, is uncool.
I personally welcome the change. The sooner “hipster” generation gets over them selves and admits that they never heard of The Shins until they saw Garden State, and jocks can open up and write poetry, the sooner I can come out and say that I read mostly the Post over the Times because it has more pictures in it.
And that’s why Ryan Gosling is so perfect right now. He is the perfect mix between tender heart, silent creative genius and Brooklyn speaking buff jock. He is a hybrid of what everyone wants to be. Take off the glasses and the ukulele and he really is just a very very talented good looking buff Hollywood DUDE. But add the band, the masculine nonchalant necklace and a dog and you’ve got an ARTIST.
amandalynferri: Mari nails current culture!
(Source: ryangoslingaddicted)
“Mr. Cody, them freezy pops I snuck in my backpack are unfrozen, but hit me up if you want somethin’ blue to drink.”
(Source: ghettohikes)
Postcards from Space: Why Black March Is a Really Fucking Bad Idea →
This is stupid as hell for all the reasons postcardsfromspace lays out. 10,000 boycotting people will not hurt DC Comics. But 10,000 boycotting people can destroy independent artists.
I know people are mad and want to take instant action, but use your brain for chrissakes
To the people proposing this:
You dumb bastards. You know who this’ll hurt? Not big media. Not on any significant scale.
No, the people this will really fuck over are the EXACT same people SOPA and PIPA would fuck: Creative professionals; small publishers; independent businesses.
If you…
HEY GUYS, LETS MAKE APRIL THE BIGGEST CONSUMER SPENDING MONTH EVER
How about go see a local production instead of the movies or buying DVDs, going to see a local band instead of buying/downloading CDs and music, just fucking get off your ass and support artists surrounding you instead of the ones on the other side of the country/world earning millions with all their fat-cat producer/CEO mates
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.
— Steve Jobs (via shaneguiter)
Kids These Days of the Day: With the help of producer Rob Sharpe, 8-year-old Juliet sets her sights on the Australian hardcore scene with a brutal, no-holds-barred track about how much she loves her dog Robert.
[thanks ryan!]
HOLYSHIT! (via amandalynferri)
what-the-hell-how-is-this-so-cute of the day
winonaryderscrazyeyes: Homework is important, but I made this powerpoint instead you know?
