http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire Just another kitsch-ka-blogs weblog Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:07:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Because blogging is the art of turning trivialities into news. There are certain things about the original Japanese cooking show “Iron Chef” and its lame American counterpart that we can never really know. For example, we know that ICA host Mark Dacascos is being ironic when he asks the challenger “which ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2009/03/08/marshmallow-battle-triphammers-cuisine-reigns-supreme/ (Scroll down to skip my summary and go straight to the interview) On February 19, a group of students calling themselves Take Back NYU!* occupied the Kimmel Center Marketplace, a dining hall inside a student union building at 60 Washington Square Park South. The 70 initial occupiers (18 by ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2009/03/05/interview-with-take-back-nyus-clara-green/ So I’ve become obsessed with the website This is Why You’re Fat. Every day, the creators of the site (who are they? My heart cries out for an ‘about us’ page!) post pornographically glistening pictures of unbelievable foods—foods that will make you gasp aloud in a mixture of horror and ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2009/02/26/ecco-perche-siete-grasso/ The opinion page of the Cornell Daily Sun has lately been a more exciting place than usual, what with Kitsch editor-in-chief Peter Fritch’s open letter to the SAFC, John David-Brown’s long overdue parody of the irritatingly confessive “25 Things” phenom, and columnists taking sides in the war in Gaza—sometimes in ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2009/02/10/war-is-hellfor-my-eyeballs/ The consensus out there in opinion-land is that Bush’s farewell address was the usual stuff of his speeches—little substance, watery clichéd appeals to sentiment and so forth. Michael Crowley of The New Republic’s “The Plank” called it “pretty weak tea” and suggested that Bush’s body language conveyed shame and contrition. ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2009/01/16/wanted-david-frost/ You say “paranoid technophobic Luddite” like it’s a bad thing… The other day I went into a Blockbuster with only one intention: to rent and enjoy the timeless satire Soapdish. When I couldn’t find it in the “alphabetized” comedy section, I went to consult the clerk, mistress of all blockbusting, keeper ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2009/01/04/no-soapdish-no-thanks/ This came to my attention today by way of The Daily Beast, my favorite news-digest site since Chris Buckley (that's William F. Buckley's son, by the way) used it as a forum to endorse Barack Obama. Johnathan Martin of politico writes that conservative leaders are planning a top-secret evil genius ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2008/10/29/and-this-is-who-theyre-grooming/ Sarah Palin tried to ban books because she is the Chupacabra. In the acclaimed documentary 30 Days of Night, vampires cross the Bering Strait into Alaska to take advantage of the polar winter's month of darkness. Some claim that this stirring portrayal of Josh Hartnett’s struggle to save his ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2008/10/24/this-just-in/ Last night I went to a special live broadcast of Rachel Maddow’s Air America show at the State Theater, and it was grand. It was relaxing, just like listening to the radio, except we were treated to all the artless and fascinating gestures one never gets to see, like Maddow ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2008/09/13/does-rachel-maddow-have-a-girlfriend/ The Internet is amazing. I have discovered astonishing things. Were you aware that, in thirty-one films over the past twenty-five years, Tom Cruise has died only twice? Unless you count Interview with the Vampire, where he plays the living dead. And it's not as if his characters take no physical ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/fire/2008/04/03/i-can-eat-planets/