BULLETT

You might be asking yourself, how is the Bullett office surviving the Mercury Retrograde mindfuck? The answer: just barely, with a slew of retro classics (plus t.A.T.u.) to see us through.

Obsessed song:

t.A.T.u.’s “All the Things She Said.” (cc: Ben Barna) -Nick Haramis

“Imagine the Fire” by Hans Zimmer from The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack. I don’t think it appears in the actual movie, but it should. – Ben Barna

The new XX song “Angels” – Sah D’Simone

Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 cover of “Sittin’ By The Dock Of The Bay” – it is such a perfect summer song. – Busra Erkara

Trust’s “Sulk” - Juliet Le Grand Thompson

“Pink Matter” by Frank Ocean – Henry Giardina 

Something we’re disappointed by (in culture)

Almost all of this. – Nick

Fifty Shades of Grey (is America really so hopelessly horny that they would turn to something like  this?) – Idil Tabanca

Restarting the same violence-in-pop-culture debate every time there’s an incident like the one in Colorado. There’s no rationalizing crazy. – Ben

Mitt “Mittens” Romney- Juliet

The new season of Weeds – but then, it’s not like I can stop watching it either. If only Bored to Death was still around. – Busra

A film we’d see in theaters just for the air conditioning

I’ve never seen Al Pacino’s weird, gay S&M murder movie, Cruising, which is playing at Nitehawk tonight. I had the Brooklyn Bangers hot dog last time I was there, which seems an appropriate food pairing for this one. – Nick

I saw Ted and it was not funny! I slept through most of it. – Sah

I’d see Magic Mike without air conditioning if it included a live Chelsea strip show. – Henry

Magic Mike – Idil

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter – James Orlando

Katy Perry 3D. Magic Mike again. – Juliet

The last thing we read

I’m reading “a secret history” right now. – James

Bossypants - I’m learning how to be a boss from Tina Fey. So far the most valuable lesson I learned is to never out-crazy people for being crazy because you might need their crazy ass someday. Because all creative people are pretty crazy without exception. – Idil

The Diary of Geza Csath. He was a Hungarian opium fiend and physician (great combo) who wrote fiction on the side. He also survived self-poisoning and wrist-slitting in what is probably the most intense of all unsuccessful suicides in recorded history.  - Henry

Starting to read A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines because my father gave it to me for my birthday. Last thing I read? US Weekly. – Juliet

Some 5-10 pages of Herman Melville‘s Bartleby the Scrivener on my way to the office this morning. I love how it stays relevant despite the 150 something years since its publication, not to mention it’s full of shrills-of-pleasure lines such as ”Of a cold morning when business was but dull, Turkey would gobble up scores of these cakes, as if they were mere wafers—indeed they sell them at the rate of six or eight for a penny—the scrape of his pen blending with the crunching of the crisp particles in his mouth.” – Busra

“Greg Ousley is Sorry for Killing His Parents. Is That Enough?”  It’s the cover story in the latest New York Times Magazine. I tore through it, and so will you. – Ben