I first noticed this trend about six years ago, when I came across a (since terminated) blog called “horsehater.com.” The site’s arguments were incendiary and unusually violent. It was co-created by Alex Blagg, a mustachioed comedian now trying to make money by claiming he’s already rich (or something like that). I asked him if the horse hatred he pioneered had now become normative.
“I think you’re onto something really big with this one,” Blagg said from his estate in Los Angeles. “David Milch is clearly obsessed with promoting the horse agenda. Luck? All about horses. Deadwood? A lot of horse stuff. NYPD Blue? Some police horses in there. Milch is basically the Leni Riefenstahl of horse propaganda. And he’s not the only one in Hollywood with a pro-horse agenda. Seabiscuit, Secretariat, War Horse, Sex and the City 2… I definitely think hatred of horses has gone more mainstream, mostly as a backlash to Hollywood and all the fat cat pro-horse lobbies shoving horses down our throats.”
”—Chuck Klosterman in Grantland, on HBO’s new series Luck, hating horses, and my radical past
Internet, your surprises never cease to delight me.
(via)
The Christmas Spirit. (Taken with instagram)
Janu-wear a Goatee
Febu-Manchu
Mar-Chinbeard
April-ly Big Chinbeard
May-be I’ll Have a Hitler Mustache
June-ibrow
Jul-I Miss My Hitler Mustache
Augu-Still Just Gonna Keep Rockin’ This Sweet-Ass Hitler Stache
Soulpatch-tember
Muttonchop-tober
Mo-vember (Hitler Stache Optional)
Decem-Burt Reynolds
With Actors… “Wow, it’s like REALLY sunny in LA.”
With Showbiz Execs… “There’s a lot of sunshine here, but we think people would like it to be even more sunny.”
With Writers… “We get it, it’s sunny in LA. Sunshine is so hack.”
With Producers… “Okay, but we don’t have the budget to CGI in some clouds, so stop being so precious and figure it out.”
With Agents… “Everyone really seems to be into the sunniness. The sunshine is great. We’ve always loved sunny. Rain can be cool too, though. Also snow. I love snowboarding. Hey I gotta jump on another call.”
With Directors… “Check out my time-lapse Vimeo of the sunshine fading to sunset with palm trees silhouetted in the foreground.”
With Bloggers… “I hate going outside, too.”
Thx for the recs, Joe!
—Guy I Went to Junior High With, On Facebook
