Alex Balk: Archive

Couple last things for the day.

• “Pot is what made Cheech and Chong millions of dollars! Who else in the history of movies...

Jul 31st

At random

I had a dream last night that I was elected leader of the British Labour party while Jimmy Doyle...

Jul 31st

Seriously, it’s a very canary-in-a-coalmine feeling.

Jul 31st

Where’s mine?

Jul 31st

There is a joke in here involving five consecutive number...

Jul 31st

NYT or Jezebel? You make the call!

“A familiar chasm separates what women dig from what dudes imagine women dig.”

Jul 31st

I can think of one industry in similar...

“Perhaps no entertainment industry has changed as rapidly as the music business, where CD...

Jul 31st

The next president of the United States:...

The Democratic candidate today invoked a distant — possibly apocryphal — cousin, Wild Bill Hickok,...

Jul 31st

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Jul 31st

As you were.

Jul 30th

List for a listless day.

Today at Radar: • Choire Sicha overcomes his crippling fear of his own mailbox. • I flail...

Jul 30th

These things happen.

ATLANTA - Citing “racist and disrespectful behavior to court staff,” two judges have...

Jul 30th

marklisanti: Just trying to get a piece of the...

Jul 30th

THAT'S where you draw the line?

“CELLAR monster Josef Fritzl’s wife is demanding a divorce — after hearing allegations he...

Jul 30th

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Jul 30th

Las Vegas Debasement

We’ve got a very nice Q&A with Beautiful Children author Charles Bock today. It’s a...

Jul 29th

Great Moments In iJournalism

Jul 29th

Isn't this sort of like telling your new...

ninety9: 146 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Congress to formally apologize for slavery.

Jul 29th

The Internet.

“While it was formerly the ideal vehicle for lengthy games of faux-Scrabble with people one...

Jul 29th

Dear Reader: In today’s fast-paced internet...

Jul 29th

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Hahahahahaha! (Thanks to reader Ellen.)

Jul 29th

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Jul 29th

Let's start a meme!

Category is “Songs That You Can No Longer Hear Without Somehow Imagining Them Playing During...

Jul 28th

Breaking

BAKERSFIELD, California (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who has watched...

Jul 28th

America is Waiting

How come no one informed me of this? Anyway, here’s what unbridled joy looks like when it...

Jul 28th

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I don’t recall one single thing I ever learned about geometry, but I can remember every...

Jul 28th

On the plus side...

Mr. Sicha has signed on for another five-day stint. So there’s that. And, really, that’s...

Jul 28th

It's going to be that kind of week,...

Admit it, you’ve been concerned about Ashley “Kristen” Dupré, the hooker who...

Jul 28th

“First of all, if you know ‘women [who] are not taught...”

Jul 28th

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Jul 28th

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Question from an old person (for I am old): What are the kids of today less likely to be able to...

Jul 27th

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Jul 26th

Okay, this bitch of a week is IN THE...

You guys stay safe! If you come across some poor inebriate who has passed out in a pile of his own...

Jul 25th

Cahiers du cinéma

David Cho really missed his calling. UPDATE: Cho, who is generally the type to hide his light...

Jul 25th

Finally, my alcoholism contextualized.

“Professional blogging is not glitzy or glamorous; why does no one believe this? I have no...

Jul 25th

Jokes which were funny at the beginning...

• “Hey, I’d like to get a raise from Nick, can you make an announcement that you hired...

Jul 25th

A "Showroom Dummies" caption would have...

Is this the beginning of the end for Julia Allison?

Jul 25th

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I wanna say I first heard this on Fluxblog, but who really remembers what happened a hundred years...

Jul 25th

Fucking Thursdays

I just spent 20 minutes writing a fucking post about Dustin Goddamn Diamond. Can you imagine how...

Jul 24th

Van Halen Cheese

Sorry, I got nothin’ today.

Jul 24th

The bears are back.

And they’re adorable.

Jul 24th

While an ailing economy may bring fewer...

Jul 24th

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Jul 24th

Can you guess? Click through.

Jul 24th

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Jul 24th

Like when Belichick coached the Jets...

Sigh. This fucking day.

Jul 23rd

Torpor

BREAKING: I am too lazy to take the elevator downstairs to buy a slice of pizza.

Jul 23rd

It's early still...

but I think Neel may have already won the kicker of the day award.

Jul 23rd

Puzzling.

Correction of the Day: “Because of a production error, some copies of Wednesday’s paper...

Jul 23rd

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Jul 23rd

The generation game.

For your morning amusement: Read the following passage and see if you can guess the current news...

Jul 22nd

Maybe it was a band?

Sometimes when I’m out drinking and I have an idea that I know I’m not going to remember in the...

Jul 22nd

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This is probably my favorite version of this song.

Jul 22nd

Oh, yeah, we hired someone.

This should be fun.

Jul 22nd

Is it only me...

or is today just not happening for anyone else out there?

Jul 21st

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davidcho: Dancing Grimace Brought to you by the people who made Dancing Bear; I consider this...

Jul 21st

“The initial name of the show, “Let’s Talk Sandwiches”, was...”
— Joey (TV series) - Wikipedia...

Jul 21st

“We worry too much about sending people to prison. So what if...”
— Howard Jacobson

Jul 21st

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The more that I think about it, the more I realize we should have synched up the Pimp C part of this...

Jul 21st

If this were "The Flintstones" I'd be...

But first, some administrative business: At some point in the near future, Choire Sicha will...

Jul 18th

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Every time I used to play this song at the Gawker offices Doree would make vomiting noises and...

Jul 18th

Man.

“The Batman’s ‘The Batman’ voice, which is crucial apparently to his element...

Jul 18th

We were particularly fortunate to have the talented Maura...

Jul 18th

Jessica Roy, final thing.

“Along the way we plucked up a couple of n+1 interns, underage Lolitas in slutty...

Jul 18th

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This one’s for Iris.

Jul 18th

They also both like Fleetwood Mac!

“The blog girls like Emily Gould may not know where to draw the line but they seem more akin...

Jul 17th

Choire Sicha — my FORMER BOSS — signals that his...

Jul 17th

And that’s not a comment on Gessen or his book. Say...

Jul 17th

Great moments in heterosexuality.

Kordell Stewart When his sensitivity and distant nature prompted questions about his sexuality, the...

Jul 17th

One usually falls back on the "honor...

but NO. I am WAY SEXIER THAN BLAGG. I will concede Neel though.

Jul 17th

Just wondering

doree: Why do you get a tax credit if you buy a hybrid car, but you get no tax credit if you don’t...

Jul 17th

I feel so much better about my recent...

I think I have this.

Jul 17th

johncarney: When we were young. Mock my sensitive side all...

Jul 17th

No one to root for.

Of course we all love it when rich people are thwarted in their efforts at douchebaggery, but this...

Jul 17th

Barack vs. Balk: Who trains harder?

“Barack Obama was working out at my gym this morning… Obama ran a full body workout....

Jul 15th

We debated whether or not “most scandalous” was...

Jul 15th

And now she's dead.

My grandmother passed away yesterday morning; I’m going up to Boston late tonight for the...

Jul 15th

Seriously, CAN I GO BACK ON VACATION PLEASE?

Jul 15th

“Others complained that balloon-sellers were an easy mark for...”
— Can I go back on vacation...

Jul 15th

It would have been nice if I could have...

Would this have been any funnier if I had Photoshop abilities? Eh, probably not. I blame it on...

Jul 15th

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Jul 15th

Julia Allison's Masterpiece

NonSociety, the new venture from former Star editor-at-large Julia Allison, launched today. You know...

Jul 14th

If you're scoring at home

Total time it took me to go from “Hey, whatever, it’s just a blog” to “FUCK...

Jul 14th

I haven’t clicked through, but if this is at all...

Jul 14th

The Neverending Choire

A quick perusal of the site reveals that my absence had almost no effect on its quality, and, in...

Jul 14th

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But you’re not here nor there, you’re somewhere in between And don’t get me...

Jul 14th

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Jul 13th

The Return of the Native

So. The vacation. I won’t bore you with pictures or descriptions or—God forbid—video, but I do want...

Jul 12th

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Much like everyone else’s, my list of the ten greatest songs ever is continuously changing depending...

Jul 12th

This, just now, was the best part of my whole vacation. Did...

Jul 12th

Make vacation go now.

Alright, Tumbltards, that’s about it for me. I’m going to go unwind a bit (READ: drink...

Jul 3rd

While the internal workings of Gawker...

I really feel like everyone can enjoy this image.

Jul 3rd

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Albert Hammond, Jr.’s Yours to Keep was the most pleasant surprise of 2006. His new...

Jul 3rd

I’m sure it’s not going to generate a ton of...

Jul 3rd

Back when the shoe was on the other foot, Choire Sicha would...

Jul 2nd

Bear Rub For Hipsters

It’s probably a VERY GOOD THING that I’m taking vacation next week.

Jul 2nd

I don't know how we got on the bear...

but this photograph is profoundly exciting.

Jul 2nd

Even I have limits

So, no, you cannot headline a piece about Madonna imparting her wisdom of kabbalah to another man as...

Jul 2nd

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You know who should write a book? Lawrence should write a book.

Jul 2nd

This is a straight-up excerpt/gallery, so really the only...

Jul 2nd

I give Cho a lot of shit.

No apologies, just a statement of fact. And all of it’s deserved. But I do have to say that...

Jul 1st

An Extremely Brief History Of Blog Feuds

File under things which took three hours to boldface.

Jul 1st

Identity Politics

I was always deeply amused when Gawker commenters would accuse me of being wacky performance artist...

Jul 1st

marklisanti: “Suddenly, a dying David Crosby appears and...

Jul 1st

The fun never stops.

Our features editor is on vacation this week. I just forwarded something to her and the...

Jul 1st

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When the clip jockeys from Red Lasso describe something as MUST-SEE, well, you’ve got to take...

Jul 1st

And now it's a place where old ladies do...

I live around the corner from this, and I’ve always wondered.

Jul 1st

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Milestones of any sort always seem ridiculously arbitrary; the idea that we’re going to give special...

Jul 1st

Alex Balk

2009

2008

Couple last things for the day.

At random

NYT or Jezebel? You make the call!

I can think of one industry in similar...

The next president of the United States:...

List for a listless day.

These things happen.

THAT'S where you draw the line?

Las Vegas Debasement

Isn't this sort of like telling your new...

The Internet.

Let's start a meme!

Breaking

America is Waiting

On the plus side...

It's going to be that kind of week,...

Okay, this bitch of a week is IN THE...

Cahiers du cinéma

Finally, my alcoholism contextualized.

Jokes which were funny at the beginning...

A "Showroom Dummies" caption would have...

Fucking Thursdays

Van Halen Cheese

The bears are back.

Like when Belichick coached the Jets...

Torpor

Recommended reading.

It's early still...

Puzzling.

The generation game.

Maybe it was a band?

Oh, yeah, we hired someone.

Recommended reading.

Is it only me...

If this were "The Flintstones" I'd be...

Man.

Jessica Roy, final thing.

They also both like Fleetwood Mac!

Great moments in heterosexuality.

One usually falls back on the "honor...

Just wondering

I feel so much better about my recent...

No one to root for.

Recommended reading.

Barack vs. Balk: Who trains harder?

And now she's dead.

It would have been nice if I could have...

Julia Allison's Masterpiece

If you're scoring at home

The Neverending Choire

The Return of the Native

Make vacation go now.

While the internal workings of Gawker...

Bear Rub For Hipsters

I don't know how we got on the bear...

Even I have limits

I give Cho a lot of shit.

An Extremely Brief History Of Blog Feuds

Identity Politics

The fun never stops.

And now it's a place where old ladies do...