MetaFilter posts tagged with Onion

Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles

mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:38:06 -0800

"Like most people, I was initially confused by EMI’s decision to release remastered versions of all 13 albums by the Liverpool pop group Beatles, a 1960s band so obscure that their music is not even available on iTunes." -- Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles

It Fish Time!

vivelame — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:07:19 -0800

In rather unsettling news, it appears that a chinese corporation bought one of America's most reliable news sources. For now, the editorial line doesn't seem to have changed, but will it last?

The Onion Vs. President Bush

Del Far — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:28:06 -0800

The whole eight years of Bush in Onion articles. (Via)

One Button. Endless Possibilities.

miss lynnster — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:20:06 -0800

OMG! It's THE NEW MACBOOK WHEEL! Squeeee!

Art Imitates Life

djseafood — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:29:38 -0800

When art imitates life. The Onion once again.....

Trying to rape the viewer into independence

chuckdarwin — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:56:04 -0800

17 Notorious Living, Working Cinematic Provocateurs. The Onion A/V Club strikes again.

Tearless Onion.

Lutoslawski — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:26:57 -0800

Now this is progress.

Gap Unveils New 'For Kids By Kids' Clothing Line

445supermag — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:17:28 -0800

When life imitates Simpsons (i.e. skittlebrau), it's generally funny. With the Onion, not so much.

What did the Potato say to the Onion…

French Fry — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:32:04 -0800

Potato and Onion are the stars of their very own Web Comic! It started with an off-color quasi joke and never let up. They Dressed Up Wore Disguises, Got a hip new look and even fought zombies… With Zombies!

"If the news goes down too easily, it can't be good for you."

amyms — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:58:01 -0800

Amusing Ourselves to Depth: Is The Onion our most intelligent newspaper?: "While other newspapers desperately add gardening sections, ask readers to share their favorite bratwurst recipes, or throw their staffers to ravenous packs of bloggers for online question-and-answer sessions, The Onion has focused on reporting the news. The fake news, sure, but still the news. It doesn’t ask readers to post their comments at the end of stories, allow them to rate stories on a scale of one to five, or encourage citizen-satire. It makes no effort to convince readers that it really does understand their needs and exists only to serve them. The Onion’s journalists concentrate on writing stories and then getting them out there in a variety of formats, and this relatively old-fashioned approach to newspapering has been tremendously successful." The article is based on the premises of the late media critic Neil Postman, especially from his book "Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age Of Show Business."

The only editorial cartoon worth reading

KokuRyu — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:14:05 -0800

Kelly returns. Ward Sutton (aka "Kelly") and his wonderfully sublime editorial cartoons are back in the Onion. Sutton's website. Sutton is so dead-on that his Kelly cartoons leave many confused. Interview of Mark and Ward Sutton at Mother Jones.

The Onion News Network

srboisvert — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:26:00 -0800

The Onion News Network. The Onion now comes in a tube.

Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence

Afroblanco — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:50:06 -0800

Wikipedia Celebrates 750 Years Of American Independence. Founding Fathers, Patriots, Mr. T. Honored.

Random Rules

ND¢ — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 06:01:31 -0800

Random Rules , a new[ish] feature of the Onion: A.V. Club. They ask a rocker/writer/comedian/whatever to set their MP3 player to "shuffle" and comment on the first few tracks that come up. This probably could have been very boring, but it actually ended up kind of interesting. See Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse call Belle and Sebastian a “one-fuckin'-trick pony”. Enjoy David Cross waxing poetic about R.E.M.’s Murmur. From the main link, read the description of the raw sexual chemistry that existed between David Berman of the Silver Jews and the actress that played Ginger on Gilligan's Island.

Life immitates art, with Aloe!

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:30:14 -0800

"F*ck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades." Gillette's annoucment that they're making a five-bladed razor, complete with two aloe strips, is only humorous given its similarity to the Onion article that made such a device famous.

Making New Fake News

Robot Johnny — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:46:17 -0800

How the Onion Got a Facelift , and in the process offered their full news archives from 1996 to the present available online for free. The Onion A.V. Club also finds a new home.

Lonely, Hateful, Bitter, Insane? or Defendable?

Peter H — Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:14:35 -0800

The Dave Sim Misogyny Page - and a recent Onion interview. I find Dave Sim (comic book artist, notable for long-running, multiplevolume C e r e b u s) to have deeply troubling, almost poisoned ideas about women.(despite his efforts, these bitter screeds are almost unexplainable,unless someone here can explain them, that is - please!)Beware if you've never read them. And laugh with me, an apparentlyweak male-feminist (and lovin it!) if you have. Viva la Void.

Yumbo!!!!

archimago — Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:01:35 -0800

The writers at The Onion A.V. Club recently emptied their coin purses and embarked on a quest for budget-friendly snacks. Would you eat something called Treet? Let the buyer beware.

ManOnTheFsuckingMoon

srboisvert — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 04:13:47 -0800

Neil Armstrong. The awful truth. In 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man to walk on the moon, uttering the immortal phrase, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Or did he? Previously suppressed footage discovered by blogjam shows that Armstrong's reaction was a great deal more uninhibited than history suggests, and that a hasty editing job was needed to prepare the astronaut's moment of glory for broadcast. So here, for the first time, is the unedited NASA film from the triumphant Apollo 11 mission. [Maybe NSFW]

Obligatory Onion Link

crasspastor — Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:41:34 -0800

This is just too funny. Check it out. The Onion is soooooo good!!!!

Not the onion, but may cause tears

soyjoy — Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:27:57 -0800

The Onion keeps getting funnier In this week's edition, Antonin Scalia bans the media from covering his acceptance of a free-speech award, and also tells Americans "Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires." Haw-haw! Get it? Oh, wait a second...

wondergirl — Mon, 03 Sep 2001 09:44:46 -0800

I wish I were happy... Who says money can't buy happiness? Katy and Greg would beg to differ.

solistrato — Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:37:19 -0800

"Hello. I'm Christopher Walken. If my video, Weapon of Choice, featuring the Fat Boy Slims, does not take at least seven of the nine moon men, I will personally journey to each of the voters' homes and I will ask them to explain themselves. Then I will slice off extremities until they suffer as I will suffer if my dance moves are thus summarily dismissed." Pause. "I could really go for a hot dog."

solistrato — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 17:17:32 -0800

The Onion returns! Now, if only they'll print more Smoove B...

wendell — Tue, 12 Dec 2000 17:30:16 -0800

What The Onion doesn't tell you… is that his atttempt to cash in his punchcard was invalidated when the counter clerk noticed that the 7th punch had left a hanging chad. Now you know… the REST of the story.