10 years ago today, the NBA saw its darkest chapter unfold. Has the league ever really recovered? It didn’t start with a shove or a fist. It started with a plastic cup of Diet Coke. *** Early this season, I found myself sitting at a Washington Wizards game here in DC. The tickets were fairly cheap on StubHub and I… Read more →
Author: Shimbo
Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together: Taylor Swift’s Decision to Pull Her Music from Spotify Could Alienate Fans
by Morgan Hunt Last week, I experienced a huge tragedy. At the gym I noticed that my Spotify workout playlist was void of a song found on the list nearly a dozen times: Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off”. I went to search for the rest of her catalog and quickly found out that it was gone. After a brief search,… Read more →
Is ‘Fling’ the Thing? Ed Button Reviews the New Social Media Messaging App
by Ed Button There’s a new social media messaging app called Fling, which has been out since June. It’s been advertised on Twitter and while there hasn’t been much more in the way of publicity, it seems to be pretty popular: a month into its release, it reportedly had 375,000 downloads and 150 million “flings” sent out. The idea behind Fling is that it’s extremely… Read more →
To Little To Late: ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ Fails to Make the Grade
by Shimbo Walking out of the theater after screening Dumb and Dumber To, the long-awaited reunion of Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels and the Farrelly Bros., I couldn’t help but feel a little sad, if not slightly defeated. To be sure, this was a film no one necessarily asked for, despite the original 1994 film being a mega-hit, grossing nearly $300… Read more →
A Double Standard for Double D’s? Sara Willis Examines Kim Kardashian’s Latest Nude Shoot
by Sara Willis I don’t know if you’ve noticed but Kim Kardashian exists. And she has a large bum. And a fair sized pair of breasts. And she likes to remind everyone of these little facts on a regular basis. This week she did a nude photoshoot for Paper Magazine, which I’d never heard of until I saw the photos.… Read more →