Daily affirmations of a word mercenary
Proof that life is scarier than fiction: Michael Jackson photo [via Kim] and article [via Philo]. Ladies and gentlemen, that is the face of someone suffering a severe case of Body Dysmorphic Disorder.
Watch The Androids’ video, Do It With Madonna, in which drag queens dressed as Madonna, Christina, Britney, Kylie, and Pink are serenaded by the band. The lyrics kill me:
When Britney sings it sounds amazing
I like her belly and her butt
But how would you like to be with her?
She’s always hanging with her mum.
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A friend of mine had a fantasy about starting a magazine called No Brow, a non-ironic lifestyle journal about trashy pop culture. None of this “I like the A-Team because it’s so, like, stupid that it’s funny?” crap. Fuck that — some of us want intelligent discussions of “stupid” entertainment!
He asked who was interested, and [...]
Today I received my absentee ballot from Seattle. Apparently there was a scandal about how late they were mailed out, but I got mine just in the knick of time. I will be mailing it in tomorrow, and I hope you will all be voting as well.
Perhaps you’ve heard that Arnold Schwarzenegger has been getting [...]
Guy Ritchie, Madonna’s husband, directed both her new video (where she appears to be in a political torture chamber), and her new movie (where she plays a rich super-bitch marooned on a desert island who is violently subjugated by a former servant). Notice a common thread? Between the video and the film, Madonna is kicked, [...]
Michael Jackson or Justin Timberlake? You decide.
[Added: anyone who doesn't have free NYTimes account can read the article by clicking the MORE link below.]
Did I ever tell you about the time my photo was in Life magazine? No shit! It was for an article about Phish in 1996. The title of the article was “Why is this woman swooning over this man?” On the left hand page was the above photo of me at a show in Vancouver, [...]
Just indulged in the guilty pleasure of seeing “Charlie’s Angels.” I hate to admit it, but it was totally fun. Clear to see how “The Matrix” permanently changed action films.
In other news, today I got a call from a guy checking references (one of my writers had applied for a job) and was like “Do [...]
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, is in bookstores now.
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