“So many huge celebs stanning for Pink, they must know better who has the talent.”

“It doesn’t matter who has more stans or celebrity stans, they’re all putting work into performing, recording, and pleasing their fans.”

Who is Stan? And why has his name become a noun and a verb?

Stan, as it turns out, was a man who adored Eminem to the point of insanity, obsessively writing fan letters to the Grammy-award-winning American rapper, record producer, and songwriter. But when Eminem failed to respond to the letters, Stan became crazed, eventually driving himself–and his pregnant girlfriend–off a bridge. Soon after, sitting down to answer some fan mail, the prolific rapper realized that if he had responded to the letters only a week earlier, he would have prevented the sensational suicide that was blaring on every news station.
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I love it. But I can’t find a goof place to get it. Anyone have any suggestions where I could get good authentic Mexican food in DC? B Palmer, the Editor-in-Cheef of the Georgetown Indy is willing to pay for your dinner and cabfare if you can name the best Mexican restaurant in DC. She’s a terrible date, but I guess she’s easy on the eyes

It’s Monday, so if you’re one of the six people that read this blog, you know what that means. Mashup TIME!

This one’s Vampire Weekend vs. Miike Snow. I ejoy this one. So should you.

I think Nicolas Cage is one of the greatest actors of our generation. He gets mad props for Face/Off, Con Air,  Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation. He gets some props for The Weather Man,  National Treasure and Lord of War. And, he has baffled us with the atrocities that are Snake Eyes, Ghost Rider and The Wicker Man. That being said, I think it’s about time The Daily Monthly celebrates Cage’s lesser known acting career:  Japanese commercials.

Nic Cage, selling something (?) to Japanese people (?)…

Nic Cage selling three(?) more things to more Japanese people (?).

Cage sings about Pachinko, sells Sankyo.

Ron Artest is my favorite basketball player of all time.  From his jersey number 91 (wtf?) to his ridiculous hairdo to his penchant for knocking out fans mid-game, I think there’s little not to love about Mr. Artest. Now, being a hoya, there’s even more:  The first single from his newly blossoming rap career is entitled “GeorgTown Girl.”Artest cranks the fuck out of his auto-tune (which is probably for the best), and he spits lines like “touch, touch touch her” and “Artest likes to pop bottles/You don’t even got to be the next top model.” Bear in mind that Artest went to St. John’s, not Georgetown, he’s from Queens, and he’s never even played for a team in the D.C. area.

Bravo, Ronnie boy.

Sometimes I forget how tightly the Internet has become woven into all of our lives.  You’ve heard it a thousand times before: Social networking, the death of journalism, online TV content and google’s expanding big-brotherishness are just factual parts of our cultural landscape by now. But, there was a time when the Internet was this ambiguous entity no one quite understood or quite knew what to do with (READ: Pets.com).

It was a time when a twelve year old Julia Stiles could explore the world of hacking where “curiosity and imagination equals power,” where you were judged by what you “say and think, not by what you look like.”  Hope you like the vid…

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.  Without the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, we would never be able to enjoy the wonders of McDonald’s, baseball, cheese grits, The Hills, “Back to the Future” part I and II or even this very blog.  So, here’s The Daily Monthly’s celebration of Chrissy Columbus. Forever we’ll be in your debt, C-bone.

Despite my taste in music that is typically pretty far on the snobbish end of the spectrum, I’ve been defending Lady Gaga’s songwriting prowess since I first sunk my teeth into “Just Dance.” There’s no doubt she knows how to produce a good track, and there’s no doubt that she always makes for a good interview. But, I’m never quite sure if Gaga is a base, fame-obsessed musician who just happens to know how to produce a solid dance track, or if she is a genuine artist who has created a persona that truly taps into the ethos of our self-obsessed myspace-ing/facebook-ing/twitter-ing generation.

This video is just fodder for my difficulties in pinning down what Lady Gaga is really about.  Her rapport with Paris Hilton seems completely genuine, but it’s hard to believe that the chick who has been churning out hit after hit could actually think that Hilton’s debut album was even listenable. I’m not sure if this video horrifically shows us who we Americans really choose to adore, or if this is a rare artifact of one of our most insightful celebrities playing off of one of our decidedly dumbest ones.

Either way, here’s the vid so you can decide for yourself.

Narrowly, The Daily Monthly avoided destruction last night.  The enigmatic forces called “iPower” notified us yesterday that our domain would be de-activated by midnight if we did not renew our subscription.  Fortunately, our august Editor-In-Chief, Bee Paulmer, was able to fend off the blighting potency of iPower before she went out and got rejected from The Tombs. As editor of The Daily Monthly, I’d like to personally send out thanks to Bhee for her inscrutable tact.

THANKS BE!

Video Re-Enactment: Polmur vs. iPower

Men’s Sports

Rowing

• 9/27- Head of the Potomac

Men’s 4: 1st, 2nd; Alumni 4 took 7th

Men’s Club 8: 5th, 6th

Men’s Open 8: 2nd

Masters’ 8: 3

Open Single: 4th

Open Pair: 1st, 2nd

• NEXT: 10/18- Head of the Charles (Boston, Mass)

Football

• 9/26- Loss to Howard– 14-11
• NEXT: 10/3 vs. Bucknell (at Bucknell)

Golf

• 9/28- Tied for 6th at the John Dallio Memorial
• NEXT: 10/5-6- Gridiron Classic (at Notre Dame)

Soccer

• 9/25- Beat Villanova 1-0
• 9/27 Beat Rutgers 2-0
• NEXT: 10/3 vs. Connecticut (at Connecticut)
• CONGRATULATIONS Mark Wilber for being named BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week. Awesome.

Women’s Sports

Field Hockey

• 9/25 Beat Rutgers 3-2
• 9/27 Loss to Monmouth 3-2
• NEXT: 10/2 vs. Connecticut (at American University); 10/4 vs. Richmond (at Richmond)

Golf

• 9/28- 11th/15 at the Lady Northern Collegiate in Madison, Wisc.

Rowing

• 9/27- Head of the Potomac

Women’s Open 8: 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th

Women’s Club 8: 2nd

Women’s 4: 1st, 2nd

• NEXT: 10/18- Head of the Charles (Boston, Mass)

Soccer

• 9/25- Loss to Rutgers 1-0
• 9/27- Tied with Seton Hall 1-1
• NEXT: 10/2 vs. Providence (at Providence); 10/4 vs. Connecticut (at Connecticut)

Tennis

• NEXT: 10/2 ODU Tournament

Track

• NEXT: 10/3 GMU Invite

Volleyball

• 9/21- Beat Howard 3-0
• 9/26- Loss to Seton Hall 3-2
• 9/27- Loss to Rutgers 3-0
• NEXT: 9/29 vs. VCU (McDonough at 7pm); 10/2 vs. St. John’s (McDonough at 7pm)l 10/4 vs. Connecticut (McDonough at 2pm)

HOYA SAXA

I thought this was funny.  Miracle Whip has started a new ad campaign pointed particularly at 18-34 year olds.  In doing so, they think a shitty rooftop party in Brooklyn with a kiddie pool is what really gets our appetite going for something with not-quite-mayo on it.  Also, I’m unsure whether the people at Miracle Whip realize how much hipsters suck, and that they clearly don’t eat mayo.

Due to some unforeseen inconveniences (READ: Senior Dis-O boozing) I haven’t been able post this week.  To sate your weekly fix for Internet goodness, here are some time wasters for the weekend.

The most frightening monster every conceived: The Bearsharktopus.

As a follow-up to Anna Cheimets’ article on the beautiful world of burgers, here’s the most deliciously comprehensive catalog of hamburger and cheeseburger genres we have ever seen.

The twelve greatest entertainment-themed cereals ever made.

Eleven of the greatest products ever banned by Wal-Mart.

Pedo-Bear is the cutest creep I’ve ever seen.

Stormtroopers’ 9/11 - DeathStar Truthers are out there.

Just in time for your VCW pregame, here’s VIKING’s remix of Kid Cudi’s “Dat New New.” Happy listening — take a shot of Popov for us.

Kid Cudi - “Dat New New”(VIKING Remix)