This Recording

We have been thinking about romantic gestures a lot this week because we finally got around to watching the series finale of Gilmore Girls and it seriously punched us right in our crying hole. This brought back memories of finales past. Now that we have some space on The Sopranos, I think the only thing missing from that finale was a moment of true desperation, the likes of which we saw when Tony tossed A.J. into his closet in the penultimate episode. Instead, A.J. gets off scot free–he doesn’t burn to death. He survives his ambivalence.

The end of The L Word was a nice moment that we discussed in our celebration of that show.

At the beginning of the episode Jennifer Beals sees this crazy sign that leads off the post you’re reading, and she’s like whoa. Then she steals it to be part of this sculpture her deaf girlfriend is working on. Life in the art world happens so fast.

This is our links time, though.

This post has several nice nuggets.

This is one of the best websites ever in history.

Crazy photos of a wall of ice.

Lots of great links and songz here. (Counting Stars on the Ceiling)

Happy Father’s Day. I am speeding home to Connecticut to see my dad as you read this, the sordid tale of one father.

This picture of Courtney Love literally made us jump. It’s like looking at what would have happened to Sylvia Plath if she had survived her suicide attempt.

The powers that be want Max Silvestri off the internet, and quick. (Max Silvestri Wants This Inside You)

There’s a lot of Passive Aggressive Notes hype: here, at Wired, plus Gawker.

Kobe’s leaving L.A., soon enough.

“The Bank” — Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton

“How My Heart Behaves” — Feist

Carla Blumenkranz on Anne Fadiman in BookForum.

Fun tracks from the band Emily in Love. (Sound Gymnastics )

Dumb articles that use the word modern liberalism a lot are already appearing. I don’t want to hear that word in that election. Big problem in politics right now is that people’s collective memory reaches back like five seconds. Nazism could almost reemerge, people would be like, “We know we’re heard this somewhere…” I’m sure we could bring back paganism if we tried hard enough.

We realized what this couple — Jim Carrey & Jenny McCarthy — reminds us of. It’s exactly like in The Office, when Jan is like, “My therapist told me to trust my instincts.” Jim Carrey’s therapist was like, “Don’t worry about what your friends think, if you have fun when you’re with her, that’s all that matters, really,” and he was like, “You’re right. I have to admit I’m attracted to her,” and Jenny was all like, “Helllloooo I’m in the room.”

Our blogroll has many delighful finds, but here’s some of our recent entertainments:

songs from Keep the Coffee Coming

You have to be patient with Hi-Fi Popcorn, but they do have some content.

Interviews from Kate Greenstreet.

The World Naked Bike Ride. Huh.

Al Pacino on Dancing With The Stars? Bob De Niro getting into the hotel business? Please God, make the pain stop:

After FoxNews.com reported Thursday that Jolie tried to ban the Fox network from the red carpet of her new film, “A Mighty Heart,” and forced reporters to sign lengthy contracts before speaking with her, Jolie tried putting the blame for her overbearing behavior on her advisers.

The contracts – which reporters had to sign in order to snag a few sound bites from the much-publicized mother of four – stipulated the journos were not allowed to “ask Ms. Jolie any questions regarding her personal relationships.” They also insisted, “The interview may only be used to promote the picture . . . The interview will not be used in a manner that is disparaging, demeaning, or derogatory to Ms. Jolie.”

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In “A Mighty Heart,” Jolie plays Marianne Pearl, the widow of kidnapped and beheaded journalist Daniel Pearl. The Wednesday night premiere was “meant to support” the organization Reporters Without Borders, which ironically “fights against censorship and laws that undermine press freedom.”

Horseless Press has a new chapbook out. You are not going to want to miss this one, and it’s only $5. That’s ridiculous. It’s going to be worth eight times that.

Everything you wanted to know about GodonFilm2007. (Red Admirable)

I really don’t think dolphins can be “killed,”; unless they want to run Chyron on CNN when I have a cheeseburger. There’s pretty much a limitless supply of dolphins. With that said, I did not kill these dolphins.

You can’t leave your Nobel Peace Prize lying around these days.Visit the main hub of things over at the Hype Machine.

How did we miss a blog called Cocaine Blunts?

We also did a little redesign which is still a work in progress. We turfed Brittany Murphy because I was tired of Molly giving me shit about her literally every single day.

“When We Get Famous” — Math and Physics Club

PREVIOUSLY ON THIS RECORDING

Will covered Creeley pretty well.

We discussed the attraction between Tom Brady and that hunk of man-woman, Gisele.

We covered the Paris Hilton tragedy with all the sensitivity you’d expect.

Poor Jane’s addiction.