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posted by jjray at 10:41 PM PST - 16 comments

They were one of history’s greatest teams. But by the late 2000s, Pro Vercelli were entrenched in the lower leagues, their glorious past forgotten. Until one day, a man bought a video game. Read the uplifting saga of a small-town Italian club, an unknown American manager, triumph, betrayal, passion, and several extremely good recipes, from start to finish [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese at 6:31 PM PST - 26 comments

The use of movable type in China is now a rare business. Invented in China by Bi Sheng during the Song Dynasty, movable type was created as a system to print lengthy Buddhist scripture. This traditional method has mostly been replaced by offset and digital printing, but lately, there has been discussion about collecting these existing artifacts and setting up printing museums or digitizing the complete fonts.
posted by netbros at 4:48 PM PST - 10 comments

Siggi Eggertsson -- Illustration, Typography, Animation, Graphic Design. Some examples -- Cutthroat Capitalism, Berlin, Peter and the Wolf.
posted by puny human at 3:43 PM PST - 7 comments

Stephen Fry on "What I wish I'd known when I was 18" (30 minute video; transcript) [more inside]
posted by rollick at 2:58 PM PST - 108 comments

Ritual of the First Date, Circa 2010. [more inside]
posted by special-k at 2:57 PM PST - 72 comments

Andrew Garfield is the new movie Spiderman, meaning despite internet campaigns and some lukewarm support from Stan Lee we'll never see this: Donald Glover as Spider-Man. Meanwhile the much delayed (and somewhat insane sounding) Spider-Man musical still stumbles on.
posted by Artw at 2:36 PM PST - 46 comments

Was Obama's decision to invade Afghanistan a mistake? Michael Steele, chair of the RNC seems to think so. Republicans and Democrats alike are irked and confused by his comments.
posted by justkevin at 2:32 PM PST - 128 comments

The New York Times reports that anime-style "Circle" (or "Big Eye") lenses are currently gaining in popularity, thanks to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance video. [more inside]
posted by zarq at 1:31 PM PST - 59 comments

(NSFW) Don’t act gay when acting in gay porn? Escort/exotic dancer Devon Hunter describes his experience signing up to “act” in gay porn for Sean Cody, a label specializing in young, trim, hairless guys. But hey – don’t act gay while you’re having gay sex! “ ‘So you guys don’t like gay guys, then?’ ‘No! No, it’s not that. It’s just that straight guys sell better.’ [...N]ow I was suddenly suspicious that I was being paired with [performer Fuller] so that I could be ‘the lucky gay guy’ to bottom for such a hot, straight stud.” It’s only one side of the story, of course, and manifestly NSFW.
posted by joeclark at 10:42 AM PST - 122 comments

La Central de Abasto de la Ciudad de México "sprawls across a 327 hectare site on the eastern edge of the D.F., dwarfing fellow wholesale food markets such as Hunt’s Point (24 hectares), Tsukiji (23 hectares), or even the massive Rungis, outside Paris (232 hectares)." [more inside]
posted by SpringAquifer at 9:13 AM PST - 3 comments

Saturday morning... Mimosa anyone? How about getting a little buzz and do some wafflizing. Don't drink? Go traditional. Chicken & waffles? Head over to Roscoe's!
posted by shockingbluamp at 8:28 AM PST - 33 comments

I presume it is your intention to start upon a Vaudeville career. How to Enter Vaudeville: A Complete Illustrated Course of Instruction by Frederick LaDelle. [more inside]
posted by .kobayashi. at 8:18 AM PST - 17 comments

Ever wonder what reporters, editors, and producers discuss when shooting the breeze?

#5074
Reporter after pretending to be sympathetic to union official taking a $2 pay cut: "Wow, I'm so two-faced I scare myself."

posted by pyrex at 7:54 AM PST - 14 comments

Silly old Grace Jones is, what, now -- 62? You remember her. Yeah, but how about recalling this -- her 'Walking in the Rain'? Remember that? Just a copy, a bad one. Of a bad song, by eighties New Wave droners Flash and the Pan. Yecch. Songwriter? Diminutive George Young, there with the Chinese eyes and cigar. Born in Scotland, he was taken with music and especially the British invasion when he was a teen. Earlier, he was a guitarist for the mid-sixties group The Easybeats, who recorded an absolute classic, 'Friday on My Mind,' which he co-wrote. He's still the short one there, incidentally. David Bowie famously covered it, on Pin-ups. Anyway, his folks moved to Australia while he was still in his teens, which in parts explains why the Easybeats are considered the greatest sixties group from 'down under.' Hey, who knew? And who knew this? George's little brothers did even better than he did, Rock n' Roll wise.
posted by toma at 5:40 AM PST - 58 comments