Hey! Remember the time Patrick Stump, the lead singer of Fall Out Boy, wrote and produced his synthesizer-soaked solo album “Soul Punk”? No? That’s because it was awful. To the singer’s credit, high five for trying to move his musical needle from pissed “punk” to a more positive vibe, which he said he did because […]
Author: Jackie Mantey
What does one drink when one is named Pants?
In our quest to take over the world–or at least make our own world a tiny bit more fun–my comedian boyfriend and I have revived his crazy famous live talk show “What’s Up Columbus?” Our first installment is at 9:30 p.m. this Thursday, June 27, at Wild Goose. Five dollas to make you holla… about […]
Four personal opinions the Boston Marathon bombings changed
Tragedy and trauma quickly evolve the ways we think, personally and communally. For example, the 9/11 attacks convinced Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey to get back together. So, well, perhaps we should always take our reactions with a grain of salt, but here are four things I feel differently about since the tragic Boston Marathon […]
Why that new Dove Real Beauty Sketches commercial is annoying
One of my favorite Columbus comedians Laura Sanders has this great joke about the Dove Real Beauty campaign. It’s much better when she tells it, but the idea is that while the ads’ overarching “believe in yourself no matter what you look like!” message is one she can get behind, it’s pretty frustrating for anyone […]
Internet win of the week: April 18
Cool shit I found online this week. A series of fave importance. “Run Like Hell” Here’s the story: Women were not allowed to run in the Boston Marathon until 1972 thanks to Title IX. The theory was that women were biologically unequipped to handle the physical demands it takes to run so many miles. But […]
Internet wins of the week: March 6
Cool shit I found online this week. A series of fave importance. Thoughtful: Robert De Niro on getting lucky This video is of the entire Q&A interview “Sunday Morning” did with the movie star, but you’ll find the winning play in the first three minutes of the interview. The interviewer asks De Niro how he […]
Making Space
Making space I look longingly at other people’s windows. Not inside, just at. And by now it’s more of an eye tick than a look. Solace comes to me in this practice– this practice that is a habit. It began long ago as an unconscious solution to a very conscious problem: Lack of space. When […]
The three best songs with the name Jackie in them
My favorite story about myself is, of course, one that I do not remember. Self-romanticized myths lead every great autobiography. I have had 26 years to inject my own bloated (pun! you’ll see…) self-congratulatory expectations into this story: The story of my being trained to produce poo in a potty. It was a hot July […]