Pamela Ribon

Month: July 2009

  • Shack Talk w/ Liz Feldman: Judd Apatow and Adam Sandler

    Two things I learned from watching this week’s Shack Talk with Liz Feldman: 1. Liz Feldman loves dick. 2. My Adam Sandler impression is way better than I get credit for.

  • good lord, grizzly bear.

    Just when I’d finally gotten over my PTSD from the “Black Hole Sun” video, this. No? Eyes and creepy Aphex Twin manboy faces don’t do it for you? Try this one, then. Yeeeeeeeeeee.

  • black cab sessions and slow club

    Official Secrets Act from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo. Au Revoir Simone from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo. and my new favorite obsession, Slow Club:

  • Dear CW

    Dear CW

    I’m not so sure your ads for Reaper are such a good idea. Driving down Barham the other day, I saw this billboard and thought a show I used to work on might be releasing a new box set. Well, to be honest, my first thought was, “Is Dane Cook doing some kind of joke…

  • I love a new ISBN…

    GOING IN CIRCLES Format: Trade Paperback Published: May 18, 2010 Dimensions: 384 Pages, 5.31 x 8.25 x 0 in Publisher: Simon & Schuster The following ISBNs are associated with this title: ISBN – 10:1416503862 ISBN – 13:9781416503866 From the Publisher: A heartbroken newlywed finds salvation in roller derby in this touching and hilarious new novel…

  • in my ears:

    The Sounds: Crossing the Rubicon Sonic Youth: The Eternal Regina Spektor: Far Discovery: LP Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix Moby: Wait For Me Johann Johannsson: Fordlandia Spoon: Got Nuffin

  • books and books and books

    Charles Baxter: The Soul Thief David Livingstone Smith: Why We Lie: The Evolutionary Roots of Deception and the Unconscious Mind David Mazzucchelli: Asterios Polyp Lucy Knisley: French Milk Jorge Luis Borges: Collected Fictions Gabriel Garcia Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude

  • Activating Chao Camp: Absence of Dignity

    July 4th Weekend, 2009: a bunch of fools descend upon Anna Beth Chao’s home in Monroe, Louisiana for four days of beer, music, Sonic, and whatnot. Anna Beth, Allison and Pamie talk about a number of issues, including the state of their hair (or lack thereof), their superpowers (or lack thereof), and dignity (or lack…

  • Making a Spectacle of Myself

    Making a Spectacle of Myself

    As I prep to write my story of this past weekend’s bout, I figured I’d stall with these two stories. One: I got glasses. They’re only for reading, working, and driving at night, but that basically means they’re for every single second of my life. This is a big deal for me, as I used…

  • just read/reading/will have done been already read:

    Chris Ware: Acme Novelty Library #19 Benson Bobrick: Knotted Tongues: Stuttering in History and the Quest for a Cure Mike Carey, Louise Carey, Aaron Alexovich: Confessions of a Blabbermouth Alain de Botton: The Art of Travel Geraldine Brooks: People of the Book Adam Haslett: You Are Not a Stranger Here Michel Houellebecq: The Elementary Particles