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Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Dum Dum Girls Song: “Jail La La”

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    Internal

    Please don’t miss today’s video interruption: Scarface as a School Play.

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    Scarface as a School Play

    Holy fudge… (via Philadelphia photographer @colinmlenton)

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    Is Music Less Sacred?

    “But for all the joys of such wizardry, I’ve been experiencing a creeping sense of dread recently when it comes to iTunes, a dark hunch that technology has impoverished the actual experience of listening to music.” Rumpus contributor Steve Almond…

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    Auto-Tune the News #10: Turtles

    How’d we miss this one? Anyways, here you go, the latest from The Gregory Brothers.

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    Chat Roulette Funny Piano Improv #2

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    Internal: Funny Women Update

    The Funny Women Submission Guidelines have been updated. They are now funnier, contain better spelling, and include a few important logistical updates. Interested in submitting? Click here.

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    Mamet on Writing

    “QUESTION:WHAT IS DRAMA? DRAMA, AGAIN, IS THE QUEST OF THE HERO TO OVERCOME THOSE THINGS WHICH PREVENT HIM FROM ACHIEVING A SPECIFIC, ACUTE GOAL.” An all-caps memo from David Mamet to the writing staff of a canceled TV show (The…

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    Tune of the Day

    Artists: Avi Buffalo Song: “Remember Last Time”

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    China’s Media Crackdown

    Earlier this week Google pulled out of China. The Chinese government is now seeking to “control how Chinese media portray Google’s decision.” The Washington Post has “reprinted the government’s instructions” to domestic news sites. “The instructions were obtained and translated…

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    “Why was such criminal behavior tolerated?”

    “This month, Pope Benedict XVI wrote a pastoral letter of apology — of sorts — to Ireland to atone for decades of sexual abuse of minors by priests whom those children were supposed to trust. To many people in my…

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    Orson Welles Reads from Moby Dick