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May 1st
I think he's got to pick a woman or a...
May 1st
Clues.
ninety9: Secret note to @everyone: I’m in the kitchen, making out with @girlfriend, wearing...
May 1st
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youngmanhattanite:
c/o New Voices. See you Sunday.
Dying from the awesomeness.
May 1st
God yes.
May 1st
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Happy Birthday, Duke Ellington
Apr 29th
We tried to fight the good fight, but it seems like you just...
Apr 28th
This week: karaoke!
UPDATE: If you didn’t read this...
Apr 28th
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I’d forgotten all about this great John Hiatt song—I don’t think he’s ever...
Apr 28th
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If you lived in Austin circa 1995 and were a habitué of the Horsehoe Lounge on South Lamar, I am...
Apr 28th
Click on them awl! Hahaha, get it?
Hey, remember back when I actually had a job (you might not, it was during the Bush administration)...
Apr 27th
allthecoolkids:
I wrote for The Awl. Pretty sure my...
Apr 27th
Things I am too lazy to Google.
Is it possible that no one has opened a bánh mì shop called “Viet Nom Nom Nom” yet?
Apr 27th
Game Misconduct
When we watch sports when we’re not rah-rah, or bored, or channel-flipping, we’re watching to see...
Apr 27th
Please enjoy the debut of The Awl's crossword...
Apr 22nd
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A friendly tastemaker told me I might enjoy Vulture Whale. Turns out he was right. Give a listen.
Apr 22nd
Stick with this one, it makes some important...
Apr 21st
Here’s my favorite bit of early reaction to The Awl,...
Apr 21st
Old, slightly smarter, presumably less...
Pretty great interview with Jason Giambi.
Apr 21st
The Awl
Yeah, so there’s this thing. Have a look.
Apr 20th
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If there were any justice in this world, Robbie Fulks would be one of this country’s most...
Apr 19th
Get well soon, Danny Ainge. Also, WHAT THE...
Apr 17th
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The Jazz Butcher, “Next Move Sideways”
Apr 17th
You know what this is like? Imagine if you convinced your prudish mother that a giant vibrator was...
Apr 16th
"As long as there are guys in Brooklyn who...
Apr 16th
Uh oh.
Apr 16th
Do not click if you do not want to cry.
Apr 16th
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Kirsty MacColl, “Caroline”
Apr 16th
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Apr 15th
History lessons.
“Texas did secede in 1861, but the North’s victory in the Civil War put an end to...
Apr 15th
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Press play on the audio when the video hits 1:50 and you’re good to go.
Apr 14th
You should go to this.
Apr 14th
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Elis!
Apr 13th
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Northern Picture Library, “Catholic Easter Colours”
“We don’t call each...
Apr 13th
"Berlusconi inspires Italians to dream they...
Apr 13th
Amazing. READ.
Apr 11th
whatevs:
What if Criterion released video games? [via...
Apr 10th
It's true, we're so lame!
“Every white person lives in New York for three months.”
Apr 9th
The ONE time in my life where $575...
French liquor giant Pernod Ricard SA is close to a deal to sell Wild Turkey bourbon for $575 million...
Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
Journalism: the future is now!
Apr 6th
marklisanti:
Via Joshuah Bearman’s Twitter: “Sitting in...
Apr 6th
This one’s too easy, right?
Apr 6th
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Fuck all that, we’ve got to get on with these.
Apr 6th
This is a pretty great lead.
“You want a cup of coffee?” drawls Nan Goldin. Yes please, I reply. “Great –...
Apr 6th
I know we've got a bunch of April still to...
Apr 5th
This thing looks like that thing.
Apr 5th
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I don’t know that I can get behind the all the critical jizzing that saw East Bound and Down...
Apr 5th
It's so magic.
I’m in a cab heading down 7th Avenue and all of a sudden, no warning, I’m weeping like a fucking...
Apr 5th
Seriously, I need help.
Last night I had an incredibly bizarre dream about a new invention which was called The Remblr and...
Apr 4th
Apr 3rd
" I might not brag about doing posts...
You should be reading James Poniewozik’s Twitter.
Apr 3rd
"We call on Mayor Bloomberg to ride a dragon...
Apr 3rd
I think we might not get as a rapid a...
So how long do you think it’ll be before we start hearing “If we had just given all...
Apr 3rd
Here's a simple technique that will save...
Carry around an empty pack of cigarettes, so when people try to bum off you, you can say,...
Apr 3rd
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Even if you find vegans both comical and pitiable, you should still buy this book, and I’m not...
Apr 3rd
My Own Private Iowa
The ruling is viewed as a victory for the gay rights movement in Iowa and elsewhere, and a setback...
Apr 3rd
I see where she gets it from.
Q:What is the best way to show your mom you love her and appreciate her? Doree’s Mom: Buy her...
Apr 2nd
"Obama is great, but that treasury secretary...
Apr 2nd
White woman, hugged by black woman, hugs back
Apr 2nd
I don't want to give anything away, so all...
Apr 2nd
Yeah, the British papers.
“But one thing is certain. That iPod better have some good songs on there, because if past is...
Apr 2nd
Hmm. I would have thought that whole...
“Watching Obama is a psychiatrist’s delight. Here we have a middle-aged man with no...
Apr 2nd
International relations.
“THE occasion was momentous and fashion hopes were high, but when Michelle Obama met the queen...
Apr 2nd
NYT Mag editor Gerald Marzorati on what’s required of...
Apr 2nd
Although this bearded freak comes close.
It’s open season on Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Mark Bowden’s lengthy feature in the May Vanity Fair...
Apr 2nd
Let's see if we can find a stupider...
“Unless Lula recognizes that everybody, rich or poor, black or white, educated or not,...
Apr 2nd
Guy’s obviously a star, but I think he really raised...
Apr 2nd
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When is the Night of 1000 Lindseys?
Apr 2nd
This is about a year old, but I think Neel...
Apr 2nd
Trouble is my business.
Toward the end of his life Chandler said, “The story of our time isn’t the story of war or the...
Apr 1st
You should go to this. It is THE Greg Garry.
Apr 1st
See and raise.
Apr 1st
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The Polyphonic Spree, “Five Years”
Apr 1st
Hence the old cliche, “as tough a photo critic as a...
Apr 1st
The best way to pull an April Fool's prank is...
Apr 1st
“I know at last what I want to be when I grow up. When I grow...”
— Something Happened, which Kurt...
— Something Happened, which Kurt...
Apr 1st
MediaPost: Prepare For Possible Decline In...
Apr 1st
How things work.
NBC approached Mr. Nugent about writing the pilot in the fall, he said, and will decide in May,...
Apr 1st
I can’t tell for certain—the man’s best defense...
Apr 1st