is a 25 year old writer. i write for the Vice blog and do a couple record reviews for Bust Magazine. email me at nedhepburn AT gmail DOT com.
tv & new media agent: Brandon Martinez at Abrams Artists / / / / /
i auditioned for a production of Hedwig, many years ago. the guy made me take off my shirt and sing into a broom. afterwards, he made me tea, hugged me, and promised to call. to this day i’m still not sure if i was auditioning for the part of Tommy Gnosis or that was a first date.
"If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it kills you too but there will be no special hurry."
Reblogged from syntheticpubes.
Diane Savino, New York State Senator, raddest speech in the world on gay marriage.
via davidpress and robhuebel.
Reblogged from dave's notebook..
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Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come On Eileen”
Good friends
Good friends know when to bring out the alcohol and make you feel alright.
My best friend of, like, what is it?, 8 years?, brings out the liquor cabinet and makes you two Vesper Lynd cocktails (from James Bond!!) google the drink it’s amazing, and talk about good things the rest of the night.
I dunno, man. Good times. I needed this.
Rules.
#407: never play Scrabble with a pretty girl.
#407a: ‘Tazza’ is totally a fucking word.
FIRST JOBS.
my first real job was working at a pizza place when i was 16. they made me clean the bathrooms and then make the salads, in that order, and they blasted Papa Roach (as was the style at the time) in the kitchen. we never had any customers, and i quit after a week after they made me pay for my shift meal because “your suburban ass can afford it”.
my first job after the pizza place was at “The Gap”. it was a magical time filled with promise and khakis, vim and vigor, and sweatpants for twelve dollars and ninety nine cents. on the second day, they made me sort out the bras and panties in the back stock. it was on that day that i discovered the average bra and cup size is a 34B. also, on that day, i found out that when you’re being introduced to your fellow employees, sitting on a folding chair in the dimly lit stock room in the back of the store up to your elbows in bras and panties might not be the best first impression to make. people would come back, and i’d be sorting the panties left and right. i remember thinking “this is work, and i will be doing this for the rest of my life”.
one time, the lead singer of the popular local band Smashmouth came in. the store was instantly abuzz with the news that a local celebrity had entered, and many of the other employees came to see him in person. they remained away from him, looking busy, but constantly looking over because THERE was the SINGER from SMASHMOUTH. i was working at the front, by the belts section. he came up to me and said “do you have a large belt”. i sheepishly replied “yes, yes, i do” and picked out a belt that i thought might be worthy of his size, stature, and local standing.
he put on the belt and walked out of the store without paying for it.
gpoyw.
bros.
this is my pick for album of the year. its so, so, so good. i wish there was a super badass funk album that i could put up instead, but i just kept coming back to this one the whole year.
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Toots & The Mayals “54-46 Was My Number”
