Bizarre! I was just settling in to collect my May Twitter-links for a big Unrequired Reading when I discovered that last month’s load o’ links never went live! So here’s all of April’s great stuff! I’ll post May’s tomorrow!<\/p>\n
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It’s time for another month’s worth of Twitter links, dear readers! If you want to follow along, I’m at twitter.com\/groth18<\/a>!<\/p>\n First, the retweets:<\/p>\n RT @mookiewilson86<\/a> (paul raff): David Koresh had a better homestand than the Mets.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @ESQStyle<\/a> Esquire Style: And the best-dressed male guest at the #RoyalWedding<\/a> is… not David Beckham.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @felixsalmon<\/a> (felix salmon): Wherein Martin Amis blathers on for 4,000 dutiful but unnecessary words<\/a> about Christopher Hitchens.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @kylevanblerk<\/a> (Kyle van Blerk): Client request of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @simondoonan<\/a> (Simon Doonan): Creative factory: Simon Doonan, My Faves<\/a>!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @GreatDismal<\/a> (William Gibson): “WE HELPED YOUR GRANDAD GET LAID”<\/a> #daytonbootsvancouver<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @mattzollerseitz<\/a> (Matthew Zoller Seitz): “‘After Hours’ exists to prove that ‘Taxi Driver’ actually displayed some restraint<\/a>. @notjustmovies<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @JPosnanski<\/a> (Joe Posnanski): In honor of touching CNN story, I write a little more about Nick Charles and a moment I’ll never forget<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @asymmetricinfo<\/a> (Megan McArdle): Why Europe won’t develop as an independent military power<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @kottke<\/a> (kottke.org): Hilarious fake TLC promo<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @kylevanblerk<\/a> (Kyle van Blerk): Bored at work. Photoshopping Bieber’s head onto things<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RT @questlove<\/a> (?Love of The Roots): Man. Not even “OJ Guilt” is the proper colloquialism for what I feel after eatin Cinnabon.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n And now, the links!<\/strong><\/p>\n NBA Action: Bet On It<\/a>! #IhadSpursandMagicinthefinals<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Ah, #vodka, with your “marketing gimmicks that make getting drunk seem like a gateway to fame and fortune<\/a>”<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The bowling alley of the #Frick<\/a>: it’s no basement of the Alamo, but still.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n There’s now a computer as dumb as my boss<\/a>. #thatswhatshesaid<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Joe Queenan goofs on the #gehry glut<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Is anyone at the #royalwedding sporting a monkey-tail beard<\/a>?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Via @khoi, abandoned Yugoslavia monuments of awesomeness<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Xanadu comes back to life<\/a>! (Will #MichaelBeck and @olivianj<\/a> be at the opening?)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Xanadu:\u00a0More of disaster than @XanaduMovie<\/a>? #likedecoratinganuclearreactor #bringbacktheAlexander’smural<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n In the movie, I see Billy Bob Thornton as the local, and Pesci as the mobster<\/a>: #greateststoryever #trustme<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n “Tefillin: it’s like Jewish blood pressure.<\/a>” Go, @MitzvahTank<\/a>! #areyouJewish?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Will nobody think of the #pistachios<\/a>?!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n #AllStarSuperman never should’ve released the sun-eater<\/a> from captivity:<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The Walk of Shame goes #StreetStyle<\/a>, via @sartorialist<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n So VCs are like the AIDS activists<\/a> of our time?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I’m all for taking advantage of gorgeous chicks<\/a>, but sheesh! #modelscam (via @felixsalmon)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n #HaroldBloom and his “elite Europhile glasses<\/a>” #agon<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Eat lead<\/a>! #staedtler and #fabercastell at war<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Every so often, I remind myself why I find contempo literary fiction useless and stultifyingly dull<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Go read this #BenKatchor interview<\/a>! Nownownow! #CardboardValise (just plow through the “what is comics?” section)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @felixsalmon delivers a (much appreciated) Jonathan Franzen smackdown<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @witoldr<\/a> on the secret language of architects<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n This #Houdini article<\/a> escapes from the need to write in complete sentences. #escapeartistry<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I guess I oughtta get around to reading #GeoffDyer sometime<\/a>, huh?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n In honor of tonight’s season 2 premiere of #Treme on #HBO, check out this interview with #WendellPierce<\/a> (#BunkMoreland)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n #ChrisElliott has a DAUGHTER<\/a> on SNL? #igrowold<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Dali makes aliyah<\/a>!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Ron Rosenbaum implores us to visit (Joyce’s) Ithaca<\/a> (but not much else). (I admit I’ll likely skip #Ulysses)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I’m awfully happy with my @allenedmonds<\/a>, I have to say<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I look down on my wife<\/a>. #shekicksmeintheshins<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n #Starbury = Jim Jones?<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Is it good or bad that my TV\/movie\/prose diet is so similar to that of #StevenSoderbergh<\/a>? #MillersCrossing!<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n 25 years ago: Graceland<\/a> and the Gatwick Baby<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n “People who drink coffee are different in many ways from those who don’t drink coffee”<\/a> #whataboutgin?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Geoff Dyer on being allergic to David Foster Wallace’s writing<\/a> (his compare\/contrast w\/Federer is great)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n “You look into the fiery furnace and see the rich man without any name”<\/a> #wallstreet<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Neat video of @billy_reid at home<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @simondoonan<\/a> on camp: “I am not the brightest Art Nouveau lamp in the room…”<\/a> #needIsaymore?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n NOLA: The Big Hypothetical<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Fun interview with Glenn O’Brien<\/a>, onetime Warhol employee and current #StyleGuy for #GQ: #howtobeaman #glennobrien<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Ah, get back to me around yer 20th reunion, ya young bastid<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Neat take on Android, Google’s business model, and moats<\/a>.<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Authors and broken promises<\/a>. #Icantgetstarted<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n I would prefer not to poke you<\/a>. #groupmeh<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Um, the good news is that “cancer” doesn’t exist<\/a> (the bad news is that it’s more complex than anyone thought) #uhoh<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Would it have more success if it were called a “scrodpiece”<\/a>? #probablynot<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n “It’s still real to me, dammit!”<\/a> #soareconcussions #andearlydeath #wwe<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n When Antonioni met Tarkovsky<\/a>: #shakeitlikeaPolaroidpicture<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n RPG = Rocket-Powered Genius<\/a> (of design) #rocketpunchgeneration<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @rupaul<\/a> answers all questions<\/a>, except, “What’s up with the mustache?” #dragrace<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n @david_j_roth<\/a> speaks truth to pizza<\/a> (I still don’t understand how @pizzahut<\/a> stays in business here in NJ.)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Is there a Damien Hirst level to unlock? #jeffkoonsmustdie<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n By @mattnycs<\/a>: Vote for the man in the small hat: a rabbi runs for office … in Uganda: Parts\u00a0I<\/a> and II<\/a> #really<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Hot chicks with (old) douchebags<\/a>: #Iblamesociety #Ialsoblamehotchicks<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n No Shakespeare in Topeka<\/a>? #talentnotgenius #billjames<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n #Koppenburg: why I don’t bike<\/a>. #whoneedstheexercise?<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Accidental Mysteries: masked<\/a> #seenandunseen<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n GREAT piece by @comicsreporter<\/a> on a trip to the #centerforcartoonstudies<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Because, as we know from #chrisrock, books are like Kryptonite to… certain people<\/a>: #padandquill<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n The Perplexitude of Hilfiger<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Proto-Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n Darkness at Noonan<\/a>: #tomgoestothebar (happy 60th, Tom Noonan!)<\/p>\n * * *<\/p>\n And I close this month’s edition with a non-link:<\/p>\n “I used to believe that worry was a talisman against something bad happening to you.” thx for the wisdom, @ConanOBrien<\/a> (& @MarcMaron<\/a>)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bizarre! I was just settling in to collect my May Twitter-links for a big Unrequired Reading when I discovered that last month’s load o’ links never went live! So here’s all of April’s great stuff! I’ll post May’s tomorrow! * * * It’s time for another month’s worth of Twitter links, dear readers! If you … <\/p>\n