The intertubes home of author Robert Lanham

Robert Lanham is the Margaret Mead of the North American Weirdo - Neal Pollack

    == BOOKS ==

• the hipster handbook

• food court druids,
cherohonkees and other
creatures unique to the republic


• the sinner's guide to the
evangelical right



    == ANTHOLOGIES ==

• cassette from my ex

• rock & roll cagematch

• bookmark now

• the subway chronicles


    == RECENT ARTICLES ==

• Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview
McSweeney's

• The random beauty of "25 Random Things"
Salon

• Palin Holds Press Conference to Explain Last Press Conference
HuffPost

• Chocolate & Cheese and Striped Bass
Vice

• The Ten Most Dubious Films included in the Criterion Collection
Vice

• Obama's Silence on "Bruno" Outrages Activists
HuffPost

• Pat Buchanan: 'Lesbian Coalition of America Discriminates Against White Males'
HuffPost

• Giving the Recession the Finger
Salon

• Look at This Fucking Hipster Basher
The Morning News

• Obama Dislocates Shoulder Reaching Across the Aisle
HuffPost

• Maxim's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse
Maxim

• 33 Stupid Sex Tips
Street Carnage

• Rick Warren's Non-Negotiable Worldview
HuffPost

• The Gotcha Effect of Civil Unions
HuffPost

• Macho Ma'am
Radar

• Generation Slap
Radar

• America's religious right: God's own country
The Independent

• Wearing Nothing but Attitude
New York Times

• Why Sonic Youth and Frappuccinos don't mix
men.style.com

• Kafka on the Shore Review
Nylon


    == PRESS ==

• Press Quotes

• Your Life: Highly Classified, By Robert Lanham
  Washington Post profile of Robert Lanham

• Book Breaks Down Evangelical Right for 'Sinners'
Ethics Daily Profile

• Brand Name Bloggers
New York Magazine


    == WEBSITES ==

• freewilliamsburg.com
• evangelicalright.com
• hipsterhandbook.com
• foodcourtdruids.com


    == FRIENDS ==

• lanesisland
• cakehead
• rumproast
• andiamnotlying



    == THE MAN ==

• about robert lanham
• wikipedia page
• myspace
• facebook
• tumblr
• twitter
• hypemachine
• contact me


    == CURRENTLY READING ==




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Real World Deja Vu

Rumors are spinning that MTV's The Real World is coming to my neighborhood. Ironic, since we parodied this very topic on FREEwilliamsburg.com back in 2000 and were served with a cease-and-desist by MTV. am New York quoted me today on the story.

The Web site FreeWilliamsburg.com even ran a parody of a "Real World: Williamsburg" back in 2000. Robert Lanham, the site's founder and author of "The Hipster Handbook," says MTV's choice of Brooklyn as the next "Real World" spot proves it's behind the curve in terms of what's hip.

"What seems absurd is that MTV is seeming to be discovering Williamsburg 10 years after everyone else did [if the show is set in Billyburg, as rumored]," says Lanham.