http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/ Interestingness, curated – picking culture's collective brain for innovation, inspiration & brilliant ideas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-125410 You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You: The Believer Book of Advice | Brain Pickings Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:12:32 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/#comment-125410 [...] Always Sunny in Philadelphia to quasi-indie comedies from the likes of Judd Apatow to blogs like Stuff White People Like, many of which have been so successful they’ve even gotten book [...] [...] Always Sunny in Philadelphia to quasi-indie comedies from the likes of Judd Apatow to blogs like Stuff White People Like, many of which have been so successful they’ve even gotten book [...]

]]> http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-125174 Blog-Turned-Book Success Stories: Part One | Brain Pickings Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:00:35 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/#comment-125174 [...] nearly two years since Christian Lander’s brilliant, relentlessly funny-cause-it’s-true Stuff White People Like first drew critical acclaim from hipster pundits alike. The blog was so brilliant, in fact, that it [...] [...] nearly two years since Christian Lander’s brilliant, relentlessly funny-cause-it’s-true Stuff White People Like first drew critical acclaim from hipster pundits alike. The blog was so brilliant, in fact, that it [...]

]]> http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-9766 Indie Film Meets Indie Music: Noah and the Whale's "The First Days of Spring" | Brain Pickings Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:50:22 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/#comment-9766 [...] — from The Ditty Bops‘ fantastic pop-out album design, to Jill Sobule’s clever fan-funded record, to the Darwin Song Project, to They Might Be Giants‘ children’s album. At a time when [...] [...] — from The Ditty Bops‘ fantastic pop-out album design, to Jill Sobule’s clever fan-funded record, to the Darwin Song Project, to They Might Be Giants‘ children’s album. At a time when [...]

]]> http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Top 5 Sites for Mindless Fun | Brain Pickings Wed, 14 May 2008 04:36:16 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/03/14/context-vs-controversy/#comment-659 [...] items who came to be after Republican presidential candidate John McCain did. Part This Land, part Stuff White People Like, blatantly ageist as it may be, the concept is brilliantly [...] [...] items who came to be after Republican presidential candidate John McCain did. Part This Land, part Stuff White People Like, blatantly ageist as it may be, the concept is brilliantly [...]

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