Portlandia… Slacker TV? Season Two – now streaming on Hulu!
Posted on January 5, 2012 | By Christian | 1 Comment
There is a new preview episode of Portlandia Season Two that is now streaming on Hulu - check it out!
Portlandia is a television series that debuted on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) on January 21, 2011. The show, produced by Andrew Singer and Jonathan Krisel, is set and filmed both in and near Portland, Oregon and features Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen as well as Carrie Brownstein, a member of the now-defunct band Sleater-Kinney and current lead guitarist/singer for Wild Flag.
The name Portlandia refers to the sculpture of the same name above the entrance of the Portland Building on Fifth Avenue in downtown Portland. The statue also appears in the opening montage title sequence.
The Textification of American Language
Posted on May 17, 2011 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
A Meandering Rant by Steve Angiolino
TSF Episode 21 – Expressive Textplexing began with a rant from writer, chef, production professional and father-extraordinaire, Steve Angiolino. Listen to the podcast here and read his insights, below.
I am so sick of the textification of the American Language. Of course by now everyone is used to the LOL’s and OMG’s and they are accepted additions to the vernacular. It’s the forty-five year old men who ask about my “avails” for an upcoming meeting. Or the woman who is definitely not in line for tickets to Justin Bieber, telling me she is going to send along the “deets” for a project we’re working on. I’m also sick of the “whatevs,” “probs,” and the “ushe.” Finish the damn word! It’s as if everyone is so overworked and exhausted they not only can’t finish sentences, but they haven’t enough stamina to finish words longer then six letters.
I get it when you are handcuffed by the 160-character limit and you don’t want to buck up the extra five for unlimited texting. That’s cool, I can get behind that, but when you send me an email where the sky is the limit and you can be as verbose as the annoying person on the 5:46 with the cell phone embedded in their ear, then I get annoyed. You’ve got the space, unless your fingers are cramping so hard from carpal tunnel, that you look like that weird lobster boy at the freak show in the county fair, then please take those extra few seconds and finish the words!
Trust me; I’ll be _available_ to get the _details_ _whatever _time works best for you. I won’t quit mid- sentence. I have the wherewithal to read the word right down to the last letter. I’m no Edwin Newman. I’m not on a crusade to reinstate proper American English. I just ask us forty-something’s to give up talking like 15 year olds, madly pecking away on their Blackberries about how hot Tommy looks in his basketball uniform.
Enough already, and that’s enough with a GH and not two FFs.
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Steve Angiolino has finally come to the realization that sarcasm is not a great business model. He currently lives in the Jersey suburbs with his wife and two kids and spends long periods of time staring out the back window of his house wondering, “What’s going on in Hoboken right now?” Steve is easily annoyed and often gets into odd conversations with the elderly at the local ShopRite grocery store.
Food Feeds More Than Fools
Posted on April 1, 2011 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Did you enjoy a nourishing breakfast today? In the last week or so, did you share a delicious meal with family or friends? If you’re in the US, maybe you were fortunate enough to have watched the finale of Top Chef and you considered replicating some of their dishes?
No matter what your approach to eating, please know that there are people in your neighborhood who, for a variety of reasons, may not have access to food today.
I DID say your neighborhood.
Today is April Food Day and bloggers all over the world are bringing awareness to the needs of the hungry. I serve on the board of a charity called FISH of Greater New Haven. Our volunteers deliver bags of groceries to people in need. People who are homebound and can’t make it to a food source, people who have economic stress and can’t afford to purchase food for their families, people in crisis – we don’t ask questions, we just get them food.
What can you do to help?
- Fight hunger in the New Haven by supporting FISH of Greater New Haven
- If you don’t know what or where your local food back is, find out and help where you can.
- For US food relief, support Feeding America.
- For international food relief, support Feed the Children.
From Connecticut or close by? Join me on Sunday, May 1 for the Walk Against Hunger. It should be a beautiful walk through the East Rock Park area of New Haven. Click here to view my fundraising page, join the team, and learn more about the walk.
Thank you for considering others.
Holding Up The Mirror And Laughing
Posted on March 30, 2011 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
It’s a thin line between comedy and tragedy. A thin, beautiful line that, when watching Portlandia, makes me wince while laughing hysterically.
Yes, I was hit on by the body fully-pierced-with-safety-pins guy at the Jim Rose Circus Side Show. No, I didn’t go there. Yes, I considered Clown College after high school. No, I didn’t go there. Yes, I’m strangely attracted to things with birds on them. Yes, I found the crazy Harajuku fashion in Japan all glittery and fascinating. Yes, I have declared things “Over” and, most sadly, have probably been a catalyst for things being over, too.
We love Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel for their absurd and brilliant creation, and we secretly loath them for reminding us of our sometimes lame ways.
~pp
Check Who’s Listening: Ryan Keough’s Japanaid
Posted on March 15, 2011 | By Patty Pino | 2 Comments
Who’s wishing he could be a megapower and patch up the unfortunate situation in Japan? Ryan Keough, that’s who. When he’s not saving the world or creating his web-based talk show, he’s listening to our little, mortal podcast. Thank you, Ryan Keough, from all of us who know you are a superhero-in-disguise.
On a serious note, please click here to donate to help the Japan relief effort. Our positive thoughts and prayers go to our friends, currently in Japan, who are safe but continue to deal with difficult days. Stay strong and healthy.
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