Results tagged “modernhumorist”

MTV on R. Kelly's trials.

"I like lighthearted people, not people who take themselves so seriously." Besides, he said, "She's really smart!"

Beloved fashion accessory becomes city evidence, as DNA taken from a suspect matches hair found in a do-rag left at a 2002 murder scene. Sixteen year-old DeJuan Brown apparently shot a correction officer and an innocent bystander outside a liquor store in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and left the gun and his do-rag at the scene.

Gothamist remembers way back when, in January 2000, when we first heard about Ginger from Inside.com. It was supposed to be some sort of revolutionary individual transportation device, from the man who designed a wheelchair that could climb stairs. The hype, fueled by inventor-entrepreneur Dean Kamen and the media, drove geeks of all kinds (tech, media, transportation) crazy. And then when the Segway Human Transporter was finally unveiled, response was "Where's my flying machine?"

I love the Neptunes and N.E.R.D., and they do have a very hot sound, but the over-Pharell-ization of music today makes things a bit...boring? The Neptunes are the hottest producers these days, but case in point: Beautiful, Snoop Dogg's new song with Pharell Williams (the most visible member of The Neptunes/N.E.R.D.). It's tight and sexy but it gets predictable. This quote by Sasha Frere-Jones in the Village Voice's Pazz and Jop ('Tune versus Tim, as in Timberland) issue says it all:

The Observer's Jason Gay finds out how Dan Rather "bagged" Saddam chat. The Texan has had a very long and storied career, but to a generation, he'll be the inspiration for an R.E.M song. Take the Dan Rather Simile Quiz on the Modern Humorist. Conservatives feel Dan Rather is Rather Biased.

Modern Humorist has that recently auctioned index card that J.K. Rowling, aka creator of Harry Potter, Inc, wrote 93 words on, regarding the upcoming book.

Modern Humorist take on the weapons inspectors. Journeys with Saddam