It's list-swiping, meme-making time
To lighten things up and to steal from Echidne as often as possible, my verision of her list "Why, Despite Everything, Humans Should be Given a Second Chance", an all-pop-culture edition.
1) The enduring popularity of Motown's music.
2) That the Lord of the Rings trilogy was good enough to please fans of the book and people who've never read it.
3) Concert poster art
4) Enduring affection for retro pin-ups--you can check out Feministe's constantly changing header for really nice examples
5) Friday cat blogging
6) "The Daily Show" and "Dave Chapelle Show"
7) The rockabilly revival
8) PT Cruisers
9) The Food Network
10) Chuck Taylor Converse
11) Cheap regional beers
12) Disco balls
13) "Curb Your Enthusiasm", for letting us all know that there really is a George Costanza out there
posted by Amanda Marcotte at
2.2.05
4 Comments:
#2 was pretty impressive. I'm surprised I haven't heard more mention of how difficult it was to please the science fiction/fantasy fans, since we're a community that regards nitpickery as a fundamental ethical principle. :)
I'm also personally grateful to the LOTR movies for bringing to light the heretofore obscured fact that there are a lot of women who like a) fantasy, and b) skinny guys with long hair. Curiously, the significance of this seems to be lost on a lot of immature male fantasy gamers who can't stand elves because they're "girly."
On #5: maybe I should borrow a digital camera. My rarely-updated blog could use some content, and the cats around here keep trying to crawl into the fan on my PC, in a desperate bid to survive the cruel California winter.
2/02/2005
Damn, I did not know that. Well, I drive a Toyota Echo, which gets like 38 mpg, so I do my part. Also, I drive mostly very short distances. It takes me a month to go through a tank of gas, if not longer.
2/03/2005
I just rented a PT Cruiser to go birdwatching...didn't want to put the mileage on my car. And yes, it gets very low mileage. It's actually very roomy and comfortable inside, though.
I was going to do a somewhat similar post a while ago, but it was going to be on what made me feel patriotic. Because I find it easy to lose sight of the things I really do love about this country. They're mostly geological and cultural, natch...everything from Krazy Kat to Bix Beiderbecke to Zion Canyon...
2/03/2005
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1/14/2006
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