What if Bob Dylan Wrote Every Popular Song Ever?
Marie Bardi · 02/10/11 01:00PMThis video imagines a world in which "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "All Along the Watchtower" weren't the only famous Dylan standards. Could it be that "My Humps" was originally inspired by a "lovely lady-lump" Joan Baez had on her back?
Michele Bachmann On China's President: 'Hu's Your Daddy'
Jim Newell · 02/10/11 12:48PMIt's an exciting day for the conservative movement! Perhaps even the most exciting day of the year, right up there with Guy Fawkes Day. The 10,000-attendee Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off this morning in Washington, and it will run through Saturday. It's the Republican party's most important gathering every year, and it's especially vital in years, like this one, when there's a large crop of potential presidential candidates to size up.
Top Chef: The Hamboogler Comes Up Empty Handed
Marie Bardi · 02/10/11 12:40PMAmerican Idol: The Great Frisco Freak-Out
Richard Lawson · 02/10/11 12:39PMAhh, finally. Last night was the final round of auditions on this, our tenth adventure on the groaning Idol merry-go-round. Shanti. It was fitting that the last city was San Francisco, a place of thin sun and cool, crisp hope, but also of strange and looming mountains, of underfoot tremors, of, as Tony Kushner taught us, great millennial brokenness and yearning. It's the perfect place for Idol's blend of triumph and tragedy, though last night they focused a bit more heavily on the tragedy.
Watch a Couple with Several Bags Run to Catch a Speeding Train
Richard Blakeley · 02/10/11 12:35PMA couple take extreme measures to board a moving train along with six or seven bags just outside of Yangon, Myanmar.
Boxer Dog vs. Dalek Robot
Marisa Gladstone · 02/10/11 12:25PMMany things that can rub your dog the wrong way, laser pointers, vacuum cleaners, robots...but it's always pretty adorable to watch.
New Documentary Float Features Fascinating Paper Plane Competitions
Madeleine Davies · 02/10/11 12:15PMThe trailer for 'Float,' a documentary about the lives of aeromodelists, is a beautiful short film in itself. Who knew that competitive paper plane construction could be so moving and intense?
The View Gets Fired Up Over the Resignation of the "Craigslist Congressman"
Whitney Jefferson · 02/10/11 12:00PMLindsay Lohan Goes on the Defensive in Jewelry Store Theft Case
Brian Moylan · 02/10/11 11:58AMYou're Messing Up Our Neat Little Racial Categories
Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/11 11:50AM
What has happened to the neat and tidy racial divisions placed unto our planet by god himself? I'll tell you what's happened to them: lots of fucking. We can no longer tell who's what just by looking! We can no longer trust our suburban redoubts to be lily-white! We can no longer make convenient racial jokes secure in the knowledge that no one in listening range belongs to one of the ethnicities being mocked! Nooooooo!
James Blunt Admits He "Writes Gay Music"
Leah Beckmann · 02/10/11 11:50AMNick Swardson Makes His Oscar Predictions and Plugs "Black Tron"
John Trowbridge · 02/10/11 11:30AMHosni Mubarak Could Step Down Tonight
Jim Newell · 02/10/11 11:07AMLucha Libre Wrestler Slams Midget Gorilla Mascot
Leah Beckmann · 02/10/11 11:05AMPumped with the adrenaline of a big win, this Lucha Libre fighter doesn't seem to be satisfied with his victory alone. You know what they say: it ain't over until the midget is ricocheted across the ring.
Which Two Closeted Actors Were Making Out at the Super Bowl?
Brian Moylan · 02/10/11 10:58AMBoth these gay TV studs are in the closet, but they were in each others' arms in Dallas. This Twilight star's ex says he's impotent because of steroids. This gay actor recently had a fling with woman. Does he need to go back in the closet?
The Daily Publishes Its Photo of Maybe-Nikki Finke
John Cook · 02/10/11 10:49AMMan Uses Floppy Discs to Play 'Phantom of the Floppera!'
Madeleine Davies · 02/10/11 10:45AMRather than let old floppy discs collect dust, one YouTube user used them to create an organ-esque version of Toccata & Fugue. It's the 'Phantom of the Floppera!'
Fancy Club's Anguished Debate: Are We Rushing This 'Women Are Equal' Thing?
Hamilton Nolan · 02/10/11 10:21AM
The Century Club in Manhattan is a throwback to the romantic days of yore, when men of arts and letters would gather in private wood-paneled rooms next to roaring fires to discuss the intellectual issues of the day. Like how inferior women are! The Century itself started admitting women in 1988, thanks to a court order, but now the woman-issue has reared its pretty little head once again.




