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Earlier this week, the NYT's issued this correction after screwing up a detail in their retrospective of The Shining, Stanley Kubrick's horror classic: This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: Correction: January 29, 2012 An earlier version of this article incorrectly described imagery from "The Shining." The gentleman seen with the weird guy in the bear suit is wearing a tuxedo, but not a top hat. Yes, that would be [...]

"In certain arty neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Bushwick, some men are twisting their long hair into a form more famously worn by librarians, schoolmarms and Katharine Hepburn. But don't call the male version an up-do or a chignon. Call it a man bun." ZOMG! Can you believe there are dudes in Brooklyn who wear their long hair in a bun ? Clearly, the New York Times has uncovered the most significant story in the early days of 2012.

On the final night of Jam Cruise 10 , "The Spot" blew up. Over the course of the cruise Surprise Me Mr. Davis band mates Nathan Moore and Brad Barr laid claim to a small piece of space on Deck 7 where they would play with any other musicians who wanted in between midnight and sunrise. When I first stumbled upon Nathan and Brad in "The Spot" on the second night of Jam Cruise, the only other person watching was Katie Benevento, but by Friday night there were at least 50 people assembled around the musicians at most points [...]

Give Me Something To Read's favorite longreads of 2011 have been announced; as has the selections from Longform . You know, in case you're looking for something to read over the holiday break.

The Journals of Musan There is a moment when Seung-chul (Park Jungbum), a North Korean refugee living in Seoul, proclaims to his friend Kyung-chul (Jin Yong-ok) that "he is tired." While Kyung-chul ignores his pal's words assuming he just wants to take a nap, it is clear to the audience that Seung-chul's rage is about to boil over. After being forced to work low-end jobs that only pay four dollars an hour, and constantly being abuse by local thugs, Seung-chul can no [...]

Andy Baio goes long on the history and analysis of the supercut meme : When I first started tracking the trend in 2008, almost every example was created by a superfan. Creating videos with hundreds of edits takes a staggering amount of time, and the only people willing to do it were those who were in love with the source material. In the last three years, the form seems to have evolved from fan culture to criticism. Rich Juzwiak may have started the trend by calling out reality TV contestants for [...]

In preparation for this year's customary wheeling out of the widespread media lie [backed by attention-seeking politicians and clergy ] about how some authority or other is trying to "ban" or "rename" or "rebrand" or "prevent people from celebrating" Christmas, usually "because it might offend [Muslims/ethnic minorities/whoever is the current scapegoat du jour]", i've been reading The Winterval Myth, Kevin Arscott 's excellent and forensic analysis of a falsehood that has now been repeated by the British press at least 283 times since 1998. [If only it came in a physical form [...]

More journal pages. Okkervil River and The National. It had to be done. A Stone - Okkervil River Gospel - The National Filed under: Leftovers Tagged: journals , mp3 , Music , Okkervil River , The National

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I still don't know what to make of some newspaper outlets launching new Facebook apps, which seem to be more than just a publicity landing page or fan interaction portal. These seem to be full-blown publishing models. The Wall Street Journal launched WSJ Social on Facebook, a new app that features WSJ content filtered through friends you select as editors. Here's more on launch of WSJ Social by Jeff Bercovici of Forbes . The Guardian and Independent also launched apps , [...]

Frenchies, this evening turn your TV on, Housse de Racket will play an extract of their second album Alesia (out now on Kitsuné) on Le Grand Journal - Canal +. Acclaimed by the critics, the duo, Pierre Leroux and Victor Le Masne, is also on tour in France until december and they will be peforming [...]

Tumblr is basically useful for reposting photos and other Internet junk. But, ShortFormBlog mashes up tumblr with WordPress to create a hybrid news publishing platform. And it looks incredible. The audience reaction and feedback - mostly via Tumblr, but also other social media such as Twitter - is a key part of the site. Catching the eyes of readers with visual design and enticing them to engage with the content is what ShortFormBlog is all about. "I like to think of what we do as sort of a soft approach to more [...]

October, The Journal This art and theory journal from MIT champions itself at the vanguard of modern creativity. Their summer issue focused on themes of film and video. Some articles available free, other through JStor.

It's mighty impressive. The design is uncluttered and reader-friendly. It effortlessly scales based on the browser size, which means there is no need for an "iPhone" or "mobile" version. The site just flows. It may be the first newspaper website that has been designed for the reader and not to squeeze in a ton of cluttered adds or social media share buttons, etc. It's like looking at a news site for adults. It's free for September, but after that, you'll have to pay , unless you're an [...]

Writer Zora Neale Hurston sings and dances with children in Eatonville, Fla., June 1935. Photo: Alan Lomax/American Folklife Center, Library of Congress William Stetson Kennedy October 5 1916 — August 27 2011 (Website | Wikipedia) In 2001 I stopped by Stetson's house, on a beautiful marshland near Jacksonville, Florida. We talked about his 1939-40 recording [...]

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The Daily Dot delivers news about social media communities such as Reddit, Facebook and Youtube the way a local newspaper might deliver news about a city. Fascinating concept and idea. Tweet

The New York Times has introduced its long-delayed Beta620 , a public beta testing site where people can experiment with new products that could eventually make it on NYTimes.com . The site went live earlier this month with seven projects for consumers to try and comment on: The Buzz, which shows how much traction Times articles are getting on social media Times Companion, which lets you summon information on topics in the article you're reading without taking you away from the page TimesInstant, a search page that shows results [...]

Love em or hate em Pitchfork is undeniably the most influential music media outlet currently in existence. This year, they're turning fifteen and celebrating by celebrating themselves. Tweet

CNN Money lays down the convincing charges : The photo above is from a video embedded in a story on HuffPost about Charla Nash, who was attacked by a chimpanzee in 2008. While the video is from the Today Show, you can see AOL has placed the video in their own player based on the "AOL" bug in the lower right. Rather than embed the video from The Today Show, Armstrong, Huffington & Co. are ripping it straight from the TV, cutting the important parts, and placing it in their own player so the [...]

To mark the resignation of Sir Paul Stephenson as head of the Metropolitan Police, the London Times used a record-breaking 164-point bold headline. As Jon Stewart would say, what happens when we land on Mars? [via clusterflock ] Tweet

Read the above (hype)post here A few days ago as I was going through my blog feeds and came across a 2dopeboyz (who are sometimes synonymous with dickriding) re-post by Andreas Hale about Kendrick Lamar. The opinion based piece titled Kendrick Lamar Is The Best Emcee of The Digital Era was his attempt to solidify the artist as the best out since 2008. The cynic in me was curious since I was familiar with a bit of [...]