Filed under: Arts, Edits | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, Compilations, Kees van Dijkhuizen, Movies, yes more drama
Deaditors at Large
OK, so I obviously didn’t just stumble upon this on my own. I found it through a link on Yes More Drama, the blog of paper deaditors Matt & Maciej. If you don’t know who they are, you should. Either that or I’m getting to old for this and should be put out to pasture. Then again, I guess that comes in May.
Either way, one of the two of them had linked to a post on Slashfilm, a movies blog previously unbeknownst to me, and this was the first post I saw. Now normally I’ll watch a Youtube video for all of 17 seconds before losing interest and moving on to a different 20 seconds of viral video bliss. But this tribute vid caught my attention.
Maybe it was “Sympathy for the Devil.” Or Maybe it was the mandatory in memoriam for Heath Ledger, Paul Newman & Bernie Mac. And maybe it was the fact some Dutch 15-year-old named Kees van Dijkhuizen manged to throw together a pretty fucking professional looking compilation of trailers.
But mostly it was trying to see how many movies I could identify from last year’s releases. I got to 13. Lucky me.
How many can you name?
God movies are awesome.
-PM
The fifth–and final–in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article is the Feature Page from our September 24th issue.
Recognizing Your Humorous Manuscripts
the paper’s Guide To Essential Graphic Novels
bye, Alex Gibbons
Graphic novels are rarely considered pieces of art, understandably, as many contemporary graphic novels are merely longer versions of their poorly written serial-comic counterparts. There exists, however, many talented artists and writers working in the graphic novel realm with the intent of furthering the legitimacy of the medium. This list is certainly not concise, but in the post Dark Knight comic-book world, with Hollywood working to buy up every existing comic-book script, it is important to recognize the seasoned artists of the graphic novel world. Here are five artists whose contributions to the graphic novel world have been extremely entertaining and especially influential. Their dialogues are unique, their illustrations gorgeous, and their messages clear and outstanding. You can find any of these at any variety store, perhaps placed precariously behind serials and back issues of Iron Man, but important nonetheless. Buy em’, rent em’, steal em’, and read em’, these are the paper’s essential, must read graphic novels. (more…)
Filed under: Edits, News | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, gotcha journalism, John McCain, journalism, media, remebering 2008, Sarah Palin
The fourth in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our October 8th issue.
Gotcha!
The Danger of Palin’s War on Journalism
By Bill Donahue
Co-Deaditor-In-Chief
It would be fairly foolish to expect politicians to willingly give straight-forward answers that fully satisfy the questions asked by journalists. They, in their attempt to court voters, are trying with all their might to answer in such a way that is beneficial to their image and does not expose weakness. It makes sense that they would try to change the subject, answer euphemistically, or do anything else to avoid tough questions. This is a sad reality, but a reality nonetheless. (more…)
Filed under: Earwax | Tags: 2008, abe lincoln, Best of 2008, Earwax, Paper Trail, remebering 2008, T.I.
The third in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following review first appeared in our October 28th issue.
T.I., Paper Trail, (Atlantic Records)
By Sam Wadhams
Editor-At-Large
Things have been interesting for T.I. lately. The rapper released T.I. vs. T.I.P., which went platinum. Awesome. Then he got set up on a gun buy by his bodyguard and arrested by federal agents. Bummer. Then he made another album, Paper Trail, the contents of which happen to account for roughly 50% of all music currently played on the radio. He’s under house arrest and looking at serving time in prison starting in 2009. Bummer. Paper Trail goes gold on release. Sweet. (more…)
Filed under: Sports | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, fordham, Fordham Ram, FU, mascot, Ram, Ramses, Ramulus, remebering 2008, Sports
The second in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our last issue of the semester.
Editor’s note: This was the greatest piece of sports journalism to be published during my time as sports editor of the paper. Fact.
I R-Am Legend
From Ramulus To Ramses
A paper Sport’s History
By Alexander Gibbons
Staff Historian
The story of Fordham University’s live Ram mascot, Ramses, his conception, birth, and the details of his life, has forever been a topic of intense debate amongst the scholarly elite. (more…)
Filed under: Edits | Tags: 2008, Best of 2008, corn, corn poop, food, remebering 2008, sweet corn
The first in a series of very lazy year end posts that, like a good clip show, celebrate our best moments of the year with absolutely no creative effort of any kind. The following article first appeared in our October 28th issue.
Corn
Too Good For God
by Ben McLaughlin
News Editor
Though I sincerely hope that I was not deprived of the luscious nectar of the gods for the first six years of my life, my first tangible encounter with sweet corn was had at my grandma’s dinner table in suburban Dublin. (more…)
