Simon H.

George Carlin is remembered for his unique and quintessentially New York voice, his coruscating mastery of the English language and his devastatingly funny insights into such timeless human follies as war, class, moral hypocrisy, God and golf.

Live from the NYPL presents an evening to honor the publication of George Carlin's posthumous “sortabiography” Last Words (written with Tony Hendra).

Whoopi Goldberg will host an eclectic gathering of comedic and cultural icons and friends who come together to celebrate George Carlin’s life, art, extraordinary half-century in comedy and broad cultural influence with readings, anecdotes, memories, personal tributes as well nostalgic selections from some of the greatest performance art of the 20th century - by the guest of honor himself.

From the New York Public Library's website.

It's not a Christian restaurant - it's a crappy chicken fast food joint. It has no business butting into personal politics, especially with its money. Bigots, regardless of religion, are disgusting and should be boycotted.

Anti gay rights groups are on the wrong side of history, and are going to end up looking just like the south did during the civil rights movement. And, strangely enough, their reasons were/are exactly the same - the bible 'said' that blacks weren't equal somehow, and that it was Christian duty to keep them in their place. Interracial marriage was a threat to 'real marriage', and 'how can we explain the fact that they have to be treated equally to our children' argument was somehow valid. It's eerily similar to all of the arguments we're hearing from "loving Christians" today.

The real shame is that Christians somehow accept the bigotry of others and say that, "Oh, well, you know its their right! That's just their interpretation of the Bible!" I don't think Jesus was very unclear when he said to love your neighbo rs.

And why shouldn't people be outraged? They already have to deal with this crap from "Christians" who want the entire country live their lifestyle. "Oh, the gay lifestyle is being shoved down our throats!" I call bull. What's really happening is that pseudo-Christians are power hungry bigots that have some inexplicable need to repress those who have different beliefs. It is unacceptable, hypocritical, and childish. People should stop using Christ as a shield for their hateful beliefs. They should just man up and say, "You know, I hate gay people." Because that, my friends, is the truth.

Needless to say, I am outraged. It's a despicable thing for them to have done, and even worse for the majority of Christians to sit by the sidelines and accept something like this, and then be surprised when people are pissed when you tell them that they are lesser people, who are evil, and are going to hell.

Chic-fil-a, and all those who support something like this, should be ASHAMED. And, people who don't support it but say that this sort of behavior is acceptable should be even more ashamed.

Yup, I'm outraged and disappointed. I suggest that Christians shouldn't be allowed to marry because I don't BELIEVE that they should be able to.

How could I ever explain straight, Christian marriage to my children?

— Jon Savage, my business partner. Love that guy, couldn't have put it better. Also, buy this shirt.

I found an old Polaroid Land Camera SX 70 Alpha 1 at an antique shop.

It looked damaged, but after some research and the precious help and advices of Tom of The Impossible Project forum, I managed to make it work again.

I then ordered my first pack of PX film for SX70 camera, and waited.

These shots are the results of my first pack of film. The 2 first ones obviously failed, but I'm so pumped to have a working SX70.

We are the Weapons of Mass Creation. WMC Fest 3 took place on June 8-11, 2012 in Cleveland, OH. For more info visit wmcfest.com

Directed by Aaron Freeder Produced by Go Media Creative Director and WMC Fest Founder: Jeff Finley Custom Typography by Brandon Rike, Carolyn Sewell, Joseph Hughes, Nate Utesch, and Jeff Finley

Special thanks to Jesse Sloan, Joseph Hughes, and Todd Gauman for [their] tireless work.

So I already wrote a recap about Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2012. Here's the video recap.

Via Pitchfork.

It's awesome: the people handling the youtube channel of David Bazan have posted the entirety (?) of the "Alone at the microphone" DVD online. The sound quality is not always the greatest, and the video is only 360p, but man do I like that guy, the way he sings, the way he writes, and what he says about all of it.

Today's blast from the past: Duality by Slipknot.

As I wrote earlier on Twitter:

To whoever decided to cancel #CSIMiami but keep Survivor and The Amazing Race: FUCK YOU.

I mean, come on. How can you justify cancelling a TV show with great plots and a real story and at the same time justify keeping Survivor on? Or any reality TV for that matter? And I'm not even talking about NYC 22, which I thought was actually a good show with lots of potential. And House.

Also, it appears that the people at Fox, who seem smart enough to let shows like The Simpson, American Dad and Family guy still run, are suddenly becoming brainless like in their newsroom, and buy a new season of Glee.

SERIOUSLY?

• Photo by David Caruso. © All rights reserved
• Source of the cancellation/renewal list: The Washington Time Communities