Jon: Mike pitched an Adam Riff™ podcast to me.
Rory: Didn't you develop one three years ago?
Jon: Yup. It floundered, though, like so many of my grander ideas – the Canadian television website, the Slaughter DVD, the Cribsheet mobile app, the quarterly themed magazine… Little Red Hen I am I am.

Jon: Also, I haaaate the sound of my voice.

Jon: You know how orchestras play off lengthy speeches at awards shows? If I ever record a podcast, I want you to listen in and play off any conversation that bores you. Just fade in some classical music on your end.

I'm surprised that a podcast festival doesn't exist yet. Part film festival, part music festival…

Eh?

For the sixth year, AMC Theatres will show all the "best picture" Oscar nominees as a day-long marathon.

The sadist in me would begin the marathon with The Tree of Life, followed by War Horse and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

The Wily Castle theme from Mega Man 2 is quietly a swell pump-up song.

Idea: A dance party at which the DJ plays only remixes of music from Mega Man games. Snake Man theme all night!

Supercuts that I'm too lazy to assemble:
1. All the references to colleges and universities on 30 Rock
2. All the scenes featuring characters eating on Breaking Bad

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The third season of TLC's My Strange Addiction sounds disappointing.

A woman who eats 900 cat treats a day, a woman addicted to her 38KKK breasts, a woman who has been snorting baby powder for over 10 years, a woman who eats tape, a woman who drinks five bottles of nail polish a day — I suppose there was nowhere to go but down after last season's woman who eats her husband's cremated remains.

Also, if you're gonna spotlight a man who dates and makes love to his car, spotlight the one who also fucked Airwolf!

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  Television Series Idea:

The Book of Drugs—featuring cameos by Redman, Ani DiFranco, and Jeff Buckley—

Mike Doughty, the frontman of my favourite band of all time, Soul Coughing, wrote a memoir.

is the story of his band's rise and bitter collapse, the haunted and darkly comical life of addiction, and the perhaps even weirder world of recovery.

Perhaps even weirder, definitely much less interesting creatively.

Today I discovered The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series.

The latest installment:

Socrates would say that Gob's worries about the next illusion, Lindsay's worries about finding a suitable partner in adultery, and Tobias's fears of being nude all fail to consider what is really important. Our crucial concern should always come down to one question: Am I being moral? [source]

Ah so.

On the future of public libraries:

If they digitize their materials, all books would be available on demand, though I imagine you still might have to wait to borrow eBooks, as the alternative would undercut sales.

Libraries purchase eBook licenses – 10 for a best-seller, one for…Final Fantasy and Philosophy: The Ultimate Walkthrough.

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The Year of the Dragon, the Chinese-iest of Chinese zodiac years, begins today.

"Jon, do you have any green shirts?"
"Green shirts? What am I, a Ducks fan?"
"What?"
"Nothing. Uhhh, yes, I have a few green shirts."
"You need to wear a green shirt on Monday, and a green sweater or jacket, if you wear a sweater or jacket."
"Green tops. Got it."
"And you need to wear blue pants, and blue underwear."

My mother is into Chinese astrology.

"This is a dire year for you, Jon."
"I know. I turn 30 in October."
"No, I mean, the Dragon is least compatible with the Dog. Do you have any green cord?"
"Green cord?"
"Every day this year, you need to tie green cord around your waist, like a belt, to counter the Dragon. You can wear a green bracelet instead, if you prefer."
[pause]
"Also, you can't eat seafood on Monday, or chicken eggs."

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The contestants on the next season of Survivor include a little person, a gay Republican, and two men obsessed with Tarzan. Only CBS.

Simmons pitched an all-female Survivor on one of his podcasts.

Idea: An all-bi-polar Survivor. "Wanna know what you're playing for? Mood stabilizers!"

Idea: A Charlie's Angels film starring Alison Brie, Lizzy Caplan, and Emmy Rossum – Charlie's Malachim.

Idea: An all-Jewish-girl variation on The Expendables – Alison Brie, Lizzy Caplan, Emmy Rossum, Dianna Agron, Rachel Bilson, Kat Dennings, Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Mélanie Laurent, Natalie Portman…

Idea: A sitcom starring the M&M characters in M&M's ads – 11-minute episodes on Cartoon Network, perhaps.

Idea: Nutella M&M's. The anthropomorphic one could speak with an Italian accent.

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