First-Time Novelist Chuck Klosterman on ‘Downtown Owl,’ His Subpar Farming Ability, and His Adoring Fans (1)
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Photo: Courtesy of Simon and SchusterCultural critic and music writer Chuck Klosterman, who's already won a legion of fervent admirers with his nonfictional books Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story, releases his first-ever novel today. Downtown Owl — which he'll be reading from tonight at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Union Square — tackles some familiar themes (music, death, pot, North Dakota) in typical Klostermanian ...
‘Mad Men’ Star Jon Hamm on Smoking Clove Cigarettes (2)
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Getting an interview with Mad Men star Jon Hamm last evening at the Best Life magazine party at Michael's was akin to getting an audience with the Pope, as his flacks fussed and hovered, and nearly ruined our “We met Don Draper!” moment. Even so, we managed to sneak in a few questions. (Yes, we know we just ran a Jon Hamm Q&A a month ago, but he's Don Draper!) What are you working on ...
The Voice of the Internet in Voice Chat Rooms Is Scary (1)
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Filed under: Humor, Videos, Sex, TechYou might not be aware of this, but chat rooms filled with people actually voice-chatting is alive and well -- and quite scary. The video below is NSFW as it contains some naughty words and saucy themes. Oh, but it's delish! Do you know what happens when a robot enters a sex-chat room and attempts to download the entire internet? Watch the following video and find out. NSFW unless you ...
Girl Talk’s Gregg Gillis on His New Album, Making Listeners Puke, and Why He’s Pretty Sure He Won’t Get Sued (1)
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Photo: Laura Buckman With an impressive knack for cramming hundreds of Top 40 hits into a single track, Gregg Gillis has become the undisputed King of the Mash-up. Musically braiding together Young Joc with the Band, Lil Mama with Metallica, he’s elevated the once-kitschy practice into an art form. On a recent blazing afternoon at Greenpoint Playground, Vulture sat down with the newly scraggly biomedical engineer–cum–party thrasher to chat about his new album, Feed the ...