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Archives for April 2009

The Daily Loper – April 30, 2009

April 30, 2009 by Lopy

Nobody’s Fault But Swine Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • Microsoft and Verizon reportedly cooking up an iPhone competitor
    The long rumored Zune phone could soon be a reality.
  • Poll: Swedish pro file-sharing party gains support
    No really, in Sweden there’s a political party with a pro file-sharing platform.
  • Disney signs onto Hulu
    About time.
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The Daily Loper – April 28, 2009

April 28, 2009 by Lopy

Domo Arigato, Mister Roboto Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • What’s Alan Watching?: Chuck: Chuck vs. the Ring: Greatest American hero?
    Alan Sepinwall on last nite’s amazing Chuck season — NOT SERIES!! — finale.
  • Colbert Study: Conservatives Don’t Know He’s Joking
    This actually seems more like a joke on Liberals who think that Conservatives are too irony-impaired to understand satire. Which is wrong. That said, we do wonder why any politician would go on his show not fully knowing what it is.
  • Supreme Court Rules that Government Can Fine for ‘Fleeting Expletives’
    Fucking bullshit.
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The Daily Loper – April 27, 2009

April 27, 2009 by Lopy

I Can’t Be All About Spelling and Shit Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • Jim Jarmusch Wanders On in ‘The Limits of Control’
    Gratuitous Jim Jarmusch article. Because we can.
  • Toho chairman to step down
    Or, in today’s Godzilla news…
  • White House apologizes for low-flying plane
    Perhaps this wasn’t really the best idea, all things considered.
  • Fox sticking with schedule instead of Obama
    While we would love get all political and crazy, we can’t. Not every network has to carry every Obama speech. Also: we’re kinda pissed that this is going to push back Better Off Ted for another week.

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Tweets in Space!

April 23, 2009 by Jim Connelly

Because you are absolutely nobody or nothing if you don’t have a presence on Twitter right now, NASA has gotten into the game. This week, they announced that one of their astronauts — Mike Massimino — is going to be using the Twitter from the Space Shuttle.

Top that, Oprah and Ashton!

In any event, Massimino — tweeting under the admittedly awesome nom de twit of “Astro_Mike” — is a relative newbie to the Twitter, so you can only imagine what he will be tweeting.

Well, luckily, you don’t have to. As it turns out, Medialoper is currently beta testing super secret software that allows us to go and retrieve tweets from the not-too-distant future, and I’ve compiled a list of some of the things that Astro_Mike will be sharing with a waiting world.

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Filed Under: Social Media, Unexpected Results Tagged With: Ashton Kutcher, NASA, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter

The Daily Loper – April 23, 2009

April 23, 2009 by Lopy

Can You Be Awesome? Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • British singer Bragg blasts EU copyright extension
    That would be Billy, Billy Bragg, doing the people’s work.
  • Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
    Not trying to brag, but we totally aced Eng: 102 – Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking.
  • McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview.
    Awesome! Most of us have met the prerequisites.
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The Daily Loper – April 22, 2009

April 22, 2009 by Lopy

It Stoned Me To My Soul Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • British singer Bragg blasts EU copyright extension
    That would be Billy, Billy Bragg, doing the people’s work.
  • Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
    Not trying to brag, but we totally aced Eng: 102 – Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking.
  • McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview.
    Awesome! Most of us have met the prerequisites.
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The Daily Loper – April 21, 2009

April 21, 2009 by Lopy

Do You Mind If I Get Right With This? Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • Chuck, Chuck vs. the Colonel: The most Awesome episode in the history of Awesome
    Save Chuck!
  • Need cash in a pinch? New iPhone app ‘ATM Hunter’ has you covered
    Nice one! Though, in a weird way, a few years too late, as when even taxis take debit cards, we don’t carry that much cash anymore.
  • Does the ‘N’ in ESPN stand for Northeast?
    Coming up on Baseball Tonight: We compare the dietary habits of the 2009 New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox with the dietary habits of the 1949 New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
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The Daily Loper – April 20, 2009

April 20, 2009 by Lopy

If Air Conditioning Could Help Us Pick Up On Girls, It Would Be Worth The Bills Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • Chuck: An open letter to NBC to save it
    Amen.
  • Clear Channel Coming To The Very Halting Realization That It Pretty Much Screwed Up Radio
    Weallll, radio was screwed up long before Clear Channel came on to dominate it; all they did was take all of the bad stuff and hyperintensify it.
  • Karl Rove, Twitter Creep
    As much as we’d love to let the headline stand alone, the underlying article — Meghan McCain whining about being followed by Karl Rove on Twitter — is the height of inanity and cluelessness. Public forums means you’re making public statements. If you don’t want people to read what you have to say (or you want to control who reads), go private. It’s not rocket science.
  • Facebook | Medialoper
    Haven’t done this in a while: Facebook peeps, become a Fan of Medialoper!

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18 Musical Moments to Die For

April 20, 2009 by Jim Connelly

The Hold Steady, Wiltern, Los Angeles, Nov. 25, 2008

It’s been a couple of months since I’ve done one of these, but I’m back!! In black. (Which is a terrible choice, because it’s, like, 150 degrees today.)

This time, on Musical Moments to Die For, we have two of the greatest cover versions of two of the greatest songs ever recorded; druggy people writing songs about their drug problems, and casual rockstar sexism.

We also have the usual 80’s indie obscurity, and run the gamut from catchy artsy sophistication to catchy dumb-ass stomping crapola.

This is the eighth in a series: The first one had 25, the second one had 24, the third one had 23, the fourth one had 22, the fifth one had 21, and the sixth had 20, and the seventh had 19.

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Filed Under: Music, Musical Moments To Die For, That's What I Like Tagged With: Aimee Mann, Byrds, English Beat, Gomez, Grand Funk, Husker Du, Jonathan Richman, Lemonheads, LL Cool J, Radiohead, Smokey Robinson, The Hold Steady, The Jam, The Libertines, The Smiths, The Sweet

The Daily Loper – April 18, 2009

April 18, 2009 by Lopy

Sent To The Attic Edition

Today’s links of interest:

  • The Zune for e-book reading—plus a few words on Microsoft Reader as the wrong fashion statement
    Note: it’s possible to do an entire article about the Zune with really mentioning the Zune. Who knew? David Rothman enters a plea to Microsoft, should the Zune reader rumors come to fruition.
  • Iran Convicts U.S. Journalist Of Spying
    NPR reporter Roxana Saberi convicted in Iran. This is sad, awful news.
  • Spam ‘produces 17m tons of CO2’
    So many jokes, so little time.

Filed Under: The Daily Loper

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