did anyone read the CIA thing this week
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
no but you have my attention
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
i read it
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:48 (eleven years ago) link
i usu skip steve coll ish tbh
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
i have not read it but am planning to
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 March 2013 16:49 (eleven years ago) link
grady did you read it?
not yet
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 29 March 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
Did not know Iron Lady piece was gonna be a William finnegan joint. I fuckin love him.
― Jeff "Skink" Baxter (Jon Lewis), Friday, 29 March 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
s f-j is p offtm generally in this jt piece, but 'friends w/ benefits' is not at all 'terrible' cmon bro
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah friends w/ benefits was way worse than merely terrible
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
never felt more alone than when balls deserted me
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
movie requires you not only have a tolerance of flash mobs but find them absolutely wonderful. it was better than no strings attached, at least the leads were fun.
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
Requiring Kunis and JT to "make love" to serious music to signify their commitment to Something Lasting And True was gross imo.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 March 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
xp def agree flash mob is worse than terrible but thats just like the last ~10 min iirc? it's a p funny movie til then
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
plus c'mon who doesn't remember semisonic did 'closing time'
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
What's wrong with Steve Coll?
― Leeena Dunham (Leee), Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:14 (eleven years ago) link
he has a bit of a coll
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
golfclap.jpeg
― Look, Brian, about the afro wig... (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
The story about the Horace Mann pedo was crazy.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
i know!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
as for Kriakou, I kept thinking of Kevin Bacon in JFK mode playing ("Oh bring ON those muthafuckas with dere college degrees. I got nuthin to HIDE").
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
Literally crazy -- the main guy (Berman) sounds totally deranged.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it was pretty nuts, i like when he ranked himself 27th all time
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
i read half of the cia thing and found it kinda boring, update
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:28 (eleven years ago) link
is y i skip those mostly
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
the part in the horace mann article where the author gets this response from one of berman's protegé's that is written in the exact same excruciatingly florid style as his master was amazing
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
i love cult shit
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
^^^YES
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
he reminded me of people i knew when i was a teenager, without the abuse, but that same way of drawing hapless teenagers in and making them feel elite and super-special and then leaving them totally bereft a little while later.
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:55 (eleven years ago) link
It was an incident out of an Auchincloss novel.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
this weird seductive art-infused semi/pseudo-genius personality type that is all a shell around a core of pure selfishness
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
i liked how the author just printed eveyones assertions that the guy was a genius until then end when one of his ex students was all he was just making top ten lists and didnt really get art at all
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
"People don't understand," Gene told me. "People think of child abuse as a moment in a shower, like Sandusky. They don't think of it as essentially abducting and brainwashing. This was a cult of art, literature and music, a cult that was revered in some circles. And being in a cult is seen as a sign of weakness."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
also his novel lmao
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
no surprise that Berman was a writer of laughable floridness ("especial"!).
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
i knowww xp
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
and he lived with four former students and the girlfriend of one of them wtf!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
the fact that it took place at this august institution that was so full of itself but really had no better idea than anyone else wtf is going on w/life was pretty interesting
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:07 (eleven years ago) link
catholic church imo
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:08 (eleven years ago) link
yup
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:11 (eleven years ago) link
the amount of time Berman put into the grooming of these kids is def the creepiest part to me. that he could control them even in adulthood is terrifying
and that 'rebuttal' letter showed how he was still wielding his ego over them even now
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:24 (eleven years ago) link
big fan of the Gina article
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
the what
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:41 (eleven years ago) link
wall-to-wall Gina http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/25/130325fa_fact_finnegan?currentPage=all
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
oh meant to read that
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah very interesting
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
ya it was good
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
shes a real messed up person
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
aren't we all ~
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
i would not want to be the daughter of lang hancock
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 March 2013 22:31 (eleven years ago) link