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Chad VanGaalen - TMNT Mask
the collected musings of ms. rachel b. doyle
A 25-yr-old journalist drifting through various cities, whims, boîte spots & airports.
I ditched Manhattan and weak dollar writing gigs for Berlin, euros and everything else. There are a lot of things I miss about America, namely bargain books, Law and Order reruns and Forever 21. But otherwise: Easyjetsetting around Europe is totally awesome. I have a lifestyle column at the music magazine I work for, feel free to check it out here.
I ditched Manhattan and weak dollar writing gigs for Berlin, euros and everything else. There are a lot of things I miss about America, namely bargain books, Law and Order reruns and Forever 21. But otherwise: Easyjetsetting around Europe is totally awesome. I have a lifestyle column at the music magazine I work for, feel free to check it out here.
Jun 29
» German soldiers 'drink and complain too much to fight Taleban'
Maybe I should be a little more supportive, since ze Germans granted me a 2year visa extension today, but this article is HILARIOUS.
Jun 25
A Celebratory Dance From Minsk: Just stand back and watch him happen!
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Debbie Dovale - I’m My Own Doctor
Jun 23
A first look at Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, to be released in 2010, with Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, and Anne Hathaway as The White Queen.
Jun 13
» The 5-Point Weekend Escape Plan: Madrid
My love-letter to the city, as channeled through New York magazine.
Jun 12
“Police Slog Through 40,000 Insipid Party Pics To Find Cause of Dorm Fire”
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Sally Shapiro - Miracle (new, great and reminiscient of Desireless’ Voyage Voyage!)
Jun 11
Jun 08
(via craytonc)
“ I don’t sell crack, yo. I ain’t movin’ no bricks or none of that other shit. I ain’t shoot nobody in like…since the early 90’s, man. How long you gonna be 40 years old and actin’ like you still sellin’ cracks and you on the block and you doin’ this and you doin’ that when times is more serious, man. We in a fuckin’ recession, B!
— Ghostface Killa
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Spiritizualized - Come Together
May 28
The cranky yet amazing oldsters from web series Breakfast at Sulimay’s review Common and Bon Iver to hilarious effect. Also, check out their adorable take-down of Animal Collective; “this group is not gonna get very far from Baltimore, MD!”
May 26
» Culture of Bling Clangs to Earth as the Recession Melts Rappers' Ice
I knew I was gonna read this story soon, I just didn’t think it would be on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. Yay for journalism ice-cream!
May 20
“ Afghanistan, despite having no cases of swine flu, took its only known pig, a gift from China named Khanzir, away from the friendly goats and deer with which it grazed at Kabul Zoo and placed it in solitary confinement.
— Harper’s Weekly
