As “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” plays on the stereo, MARK and STEPHEN put down the tray of drinks as OMAR, GREG, and ERIC approach. Noting the movement inside…

Here is the new official video for Antony and the Johnson’s cover of Beyonce’s “Crazy In Love.” (Many live videos have been floating about for a while.) Pretty much a note-for-note carbon copy of the original.

I used to believe that the Boomers were civilization’s most self-obsessed generation, but the recent raft of reflections occasioned by the passing of John Hughes made me realize that maybe no one group of people has a…

Arguments In Favor Of The Ivy League

“A kind of middlebrow ‘Simpsons’ written by public university grads rather than the Harvard…

Last week we noted the great many parodies that have been made over the years of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album cover. But as you know, The Beatles have an even more famous album, with an even more famous cover image, that…

Look out! Crazy woman on the loose!

This JC Penney — New York Times — Cintra Wilson thing is turning friend against friend! And also, from the comments: “Next time I’m in New York I’m going to walk into Prada on a Saturday afternoon (with about 3 Bloody Marys on an empty stomach) and loudly ask where their Plus…

You should know that Awl contributor Tom Scocca is guest-hosting on Deadspin today! Something something “Orioles,” something something “man bites dog.” (I don’t know, sports.)

Stop Giving Crazies Ideas, Lefties

And there you have it, ladies and gentlemen of the left. Keep quiet or your president dies.

Dear Bill Wasik: I am totally convinced! I have now spent $9.99 on your book for my iPhone Kindle app. Hey. Also the interview thingie with Simon Dumenco was excellent. I heartily endorse that others should buy And Then There’s This as well. Yours, The Awl.

A group of angry elderly people at a senior citizen center in Brooklyn yelled at Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) during a town hall meeting about health care yesterday. Then they ate him.

How does one handle the perennial task of writing an article about the superficiality of news in the month of August? One option is to rerun the same article ad infinitum. Or you could just get meta!

Between them, at least, these items contain the key elements of a silly season…

Oh, you know, I was rather hoping they would ignore this topic. Because now, oh dear, the Internet will be ablaze with: LIBERAL JEW NEW YORK TIMES COVERS UP OBAMA’S DEATH PANEL HITLER SQUADS! Also they blame it all on the Washington Times…

And why the hell shouldn’t they? Everyone else does. Anyway, the folks at BlackBook went over to Scores and asked the employees to assess the president’s performance thus far. The answers may… hey, is it time to go yet? It’s so nice out! Sorry. Anyway, the answers may surprise you!