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2009

June 61
May 63
April 57
March 53
January 66

2008

June 47
May 51
April 59
March 76
February 100
January 94

2007

September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
I love the smell of New Book in the morning.  (solo in...
Mar 25th
“I doubt I’ll ever feel the sort of intimacy that forms...”
— Text messages from straight...
Mar 24th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO (LIKE, STRAIGHT FROM MY ITUNES’ MOST PLAYED) presenta:  ...
Mar 24th
“Then suddenly, before I know it, I begin to laugh. It was...”
— The Guardian tries its hand at...
Mar 24th
Nobody wants to tell that story. Nobody wants...
Mar 24th
“… In which sort of universe can Andrew McCarthy be...”
— Late night text messages from...
Mar 23rd
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Nicolas Cage, lost in translation, mid-Nineties. 
Mar 23rd
In addition to drawing “personalized” autographs like...
Mar 19th

And now, give it up for the Soft Boys!

X_Factor: Mi sono fatto convincere ad andare all'anteprima di (omissis). In questo periodo riuscirebbero a farmi ballare il limbo vestito da Tenerone.
Io: Hai la spina dorsale del diavolo.
X_Factor: Il diavolo fa le spine dorsali, ma non gli adattatori.
Mar 19th
Warch Watch
Gratuitous Andy Warhol does “Love Boat” shot, circa 1985.
Mar 19th

Camminare, nuotare, thedrums,...

weekendance: Ovviamente siamo troppo fichi per poter ancora ascoltare un pezzo che pure Linus dice...
Mar 19th
“Vi rendete conto di quanto sarà facile convincere la gente a...”
— Popular reaction to the Tropic...
Mar 19th
This just in: we love movies.
Mar 19th
Warch Watch
And the first international anti-Internet-cynicism day ends up right where it should.  I...
Mar 18th
Warch Watch
A’ight, let’s kick it up another notch:  The Millennium Mambo opening shot. 1) Best....
Mar 18th
Warch Watch
Um, it’s three in the afternoon around here, which means that the first annual Hey, Internet,...
Mar 18th
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The ME TOO Corner (Line-Dancing Zombie Edition) Presents:  The “Blood is as sweet as...
Mar 18th
“Though the great bitches of Hollywood were dressed to kill...”
— Julie Burchill, “Bring...
Mar 18th
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Today, March 18th, has been decreed the official Hey, Internet, Stop Being Such Cynical Effing...
Mar 17th
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, in Canada, means...
Mar 17th
It isn't a matter of getting to know your...
Mar 17th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO (Country Feedback) presenta:  The Modern Lovers’ “Pablo...
Mar 17th
“- Oh yeah, he made the movies he wanted to make. But he made...”
— Comment madness occasionally...
Mar 15th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO (LOOKIT MOM, I’M SO INDIE) presenta: “End Of The...
Mar 15th
“The proper response to societal collapse should always...”
— The comment madness that...
Mar 14th
We've been together for a year and a half,...
Mar 14th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO (CHILDHOOD FLASHBACK) presenta:  The “Cupid” scene from...
Mar 14th
“Tra l’altro, non so voi, ma io, a meno che tra un anno...”
— Ohdaesu plays up the...
Mar 14th
Lindsay Lohan, Candy Girl extraordinaire.  ...
Mar 14th
“… In “Hard Target” Woo worked with Van...”
— The A.V. Club staff seems to...
Mar 13th
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L’angolo del PURE IO (LIKE, LITERALLY) presenta: “The Boy With The Thorn In His...
Mar 13th

Rob Thomas and His New L.A. Friends:...

kekkoz: The CW is developing a contemporary spinoff of Aaron Spelling’s seminal 1990s teen soap...
Mar 13th
The scandal of Olivia Newton-John: 12...
Mar 13th
“In later novels by Palahniuk in which the protagonist...
Mar 13th
“Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end...”
— The always uplifting Naomi...
Mar 13th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta: Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, trailer and featurette.  [ Not to...
Mar 13th
It's a Hard-Knock Life in Filipino Jails...
Mar 12th
“I don’t want to be angry while I’m watching a...”
— There’s only one Stacie...
Mar 12th
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Chan Marshall’s three-minute scene in My Blueberry Nights.  [She does manage to pull off the...
Mar 12th
“I’m proud to say I started the Chinese flavor, when...”
— … and starring...
Mar 11th
 Japanese horror movie posters are the new Natalie...
Mar 11th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  “Soulja Boy” / “Can’t Touch...
Mar 11th
E tutti in coro: "my first wife... was...
Mar 10th
“Area Codes In Which Ludacris Claims To Have...
Mar 9th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  John Legend and Stephen Colbert, “The Girl Is...
Mar 9th
Manifestazione a Chioggia, ieri.  I dettagli qui; o, se...
Mar 9th
Bedroom Walls, "In Anticipation Of Your...
Mar 8th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  “It Won’t Be Long” according to Franz...
Mar 8th
David Sedaris, and the book he signed for a fan.  ...
Mar 8th
“Then the cameras venture inside a call centre - for Powergen...”
— Charlie Brooker on call...
Mar 8th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta: “Things To Do When You’re Back, Back In The New...
Mar 8th
Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake (and...
Mar 7th
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L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  “Whole Wide World”, Stranger Than Fiction-style....
Mar 7th
“… Tra l’altro, basta conoscere vagamente la storia...”
— Bucknasty, Giuliano...
Mar 7th
Jim Sturgess is the new Natalie Portman (*).  [ *...
Mar 6th
Tutta la mia attuale personalità si regge...
Mar 6th
“Homeboy” con Mickey Rourke: poetica trash della white...”
— SMS maschili, collezione...
Mar 6th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  The “Faith” scene from Rules of Attraction,...
Mar 6th
What Would Chan Marshall Do?
Mar 4th

All we are is dust in the wind, dude.

Manu: Sto guardando "Il Conto E' Chiuso", remake metropolitano di Per Un Pugno Di Dollari, con Carlos Monzon come protagonista.
Violetta: Right on.
Manu: Che bello poter dire, "è lavoro". Mi fa sentire utile all'umanità come una macchina per affilare il burro.
Mar 4th
“Dear Delta Customer Service, We wasted a whole Saturday...”
— - not that I was demanding a...
Mar 4th
(via morgenstern)
Mar 4th
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  Il trailer di “Once”, sweded-style. ...
Mar 3rd
“… Si comincia così, e si finisce con remake di film di...”
— Valido, autore della chat qui...
Mar 3rd

Don't fool with gender roles unless...

Violetta: Su IMdB ci sono interi thread dedicati alla appreciation delle sopracciglia di Jim Sturgess, la civiltà occidentale è alla frutta.
Valido: Aiuto.
Violetta: Mi ha fatto tornare in mente le tue considerazioni sui film (tipo commedie, rom-com etc) in cui i maschi si comportano come ragazze.
Valido: "Definitely maybe" con Ryan Reynolds e' decisamente il primo esemplare cristallino inoppugnabile del trend che ero arrivato a temere.
Valido: Non so lui come si comporta, ma trattasi di rom-com con tutti i crismi con protagonista maschio...
Valido: ... tipo Bridget Jones al contrario, tranne che lui non e' sfigato...
Valido: ... e giuro, il poster e' identico a "Bridget Jones' Diary" ma a sesso invertito.
Violetta: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Armageddon.
Violetta: Almeno potremo raccontare agli abitanti del futuro che abbiamo fatto in tempo a vedere "Commando".
Valido: Davvero. Oh, ma sai che qua in Inghilterra c'e' la festa piu' patetica della storia?
Valido: Si chiama "Leap day".
Valido: C'è stata venerdi' scorso, ed e' il giorno in cui tradizionalmente sono LE DONNE a proporsi ai maschi.
Valido: Non so da quanto esista, ma e' gia' discretamente radicata.
Valido: (e direi che e' l'espressione massima del suddetto trend)
Valido: Ti rendi conto di che razza di feste hanno bisogno?
Valido: Gia' me la vedo - dal regista di "Notting Hill", la prima rom-com al maschile ambientata durante il leap-day.
Violetta: (sto male)
Valido: Un successone mondiale.
Violetta: Con Hugh Grant -
Violetta: - no, aspetta, con JAMES MC AVOY che fa il protagonista sensibile.
Valido: Ti immagini tra vent'anni...
Valido: ... i quarantenni di allora...
Valido: ... che commossi ricorderanno il finale del film in cui Jessica Alba si dichiara a James McAvoy durante il leap day come la scena piu' romantica che abbiano mai visto?
Valido: Tipo "sapessi quanto ho pianto".
Mar 3rd
Warch Watch
L’angolo del PURE IO presenta:  “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, Across The...
Mar 3rd
… As Amelie Gillette put it, “her house looks...
Mar 3rd
YOU LOVE ME: All-purpose, anytime phrase. A...
Mar 3rd
“Davanti al cimitero della mia città è parcheggiato un...”
— Stranger Than Fiction,...
Mar 3rd
Warch Watch
Joe Wright’s Atonement, acted out with sock puppets.  “Ceciliaaaaaaaaaaa!”    ...
Mar 2nd
“… E’ una scelta stilistica che mi lascia...”
— Ohdaesu has a bit of a quarrel...
Mar 2nd
Warch Watch
The New Pornographers, “The Laws Have Changed”.
Mar 2nd
Varese va, Varese va, Varese va.
Mar 1st
“This was a case of celeb overload - there’s just too...”
— PlanetOut’s Gay Tv Blog.
Mar 1st
… And starring JT as, um, himself ? (info and...
Mar 1st
“Hey, thanks for selflessly traveling thousands of miles to...”
— (Ten Beloved Characters, Ten...
Feb 29th