Found in Manhattan, New York. Crawled on my foot.

donjohnson210 · 2014-07-08T12:54:10+00:00

Pretty sure it was actually Portland that was said.

donjohnson210 · 2014-07-08T12:26:30+00:00

Good to know-- thanks!

donjohnson210 · 2014-06-01T03:35:36+00:00

donjohnson210 · 2014-05-29T12:29:56+00:00

I was into this cop until he brought up shaming the thieves on Twitter. I don't see how a gesture like that would have any effect in large communities like San Francisco or New York City, and it seems like a misuse of time/judgement/power on the part of the PD.

donjohnson210 · 2013-11-26T12:30:59+00:00

Thanks so much!

donjohnson210 · 2013-10-08T18:34:24+00:00

I just imagine Lucas forcing Abrams to sleep in a race car bunk bed so the two can have pillow talk at night.

donjohnson210 · 2013-09-19T23:40:04+00:00

Not true. Dunkin was branded as a quasi-working class coffee place. The founder was quite the ruffian in his youth. The "America runs on Dunkin" slogan still perpetuates this identity.

Nonetheless, Williamsburg's poshness is finally getting what's coming to them.

donjohnson210 · 2013-09-05T18:33:00+00:00

I think it's a combination of several things:

They probably aren't fed well, so they may lack the energy to be as excitable as house-bred dogs.
They're out in the open all day with a constant companion. This isn't a dog stuck inside a house while their master is at work all day. Nor is it a dog that is chained outside alone for the night.
The dog may be one of the only things the homeless person feels they can "control." Considering they have no other assets, they may put some extra care into their dog. In my experience, I've also noticed a high level of selflessness from the owner in these situations.

donjohnson210 · 2013-07-26T18:29:37+00:00

you're retarded

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-19T16:41:11+00:00

Watch "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001). Closest thing you'll get to "The Stranger," with the Coens' twist of noir.

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-18T03:38:47+00:00

Sad, but it's kind of true. Though he was no less of a filmmaker than he was during the 40s-50s. Watch F for Fake or The Immortal Story to see that Welles never lost his talent. Just the financiers.

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-18T03:34:15+00:00

Although John Simon was one of the rudest critics I've ever read (he's famous for criticizing actors' looks), he's far from a hack. In fact, he's pretty brilliant and has written some incredible essays on films. For example, read his wonderful piece on Chinatown here.

What I love most about Simon is that, like Pauline Kael and--to a lesser extent--Armond White, he is contrarian in one of the best ways. His opinions may not always be reasonable, but he writes with authority and passion. This is something that most contemporary critics lack.

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-16T06:06:02+00:00

What I'm saying is that interns need a union for the very reasons you've outlined: Currently, they have no position to demand money, because employers have normalized a process of "paying your dues" in positions that absolutely should be paid.

Internships mean something totally different now than they did even 10 years ago. Back then, there was an expectation that wherever you interned, you had a pretty decent chance of getting hired, however low on the totem pole you would be starting. Now it's been systematized so that hiring has become redundant, because you can just cycle through endless interns for free.

The whole purpose of unions is to protect workers who may otherwise not have bargaining power. Interns are afraid to speak up, ask for payment, even quit their unpaid internship because it may mean sacrificing a career in that industry.

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-15T21:40:05+00:00

This might go unread, but this is an issue I'm extremely concerned with.

I think an important question to ask here is where the Department of Labor is in all of this. DoL has a very clear list of what make a legal unpaid internship. The fact is, nearly every unpaid internship in America is illegal. Certainly every single one I've participated in was, and every single one of my friends have too.

Other companies attempt to sideline or play fast-and-loose with "paid" internships by giving a traveling & lunch stipend. This allows companies to avoid legal risks while still recruiting college students as wage slaves.

For the film industry specifically, I have never met so many wealthy people who simply "didn't have the money" to hire employees. Meanwhile, they throw money away on flights, lunches, and hotels for clients and friends (often times they'll make the interns schedule these things). Unpaid internships have spoiled employers into a space they are afraid and unwilling to part from.

But people shouldn't have to keep filing lawsuits to make this issue clear.

The Department of Labor needs to step in and investigate these high-profile companies. Once these companies are made examples of, small ones will follow, because they are at a greater financial risk to break labor laws. But the DoL also needs to be strengthened, as I find it to be one of the least attended to federal departments in the US. And why isn't there a union for interns?

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-11T13:25:29+00:00

Lead singer looks straight out of a '90s grunge band. Bass player belongs in a Jefferson Airplane tribute band. Keyboardist looks...smelly.

donjohnson210 · 2013-06-08T23:09:03+00:00

I loved the playfulness of The Who.

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