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January 15, 2008 10:35 PM

Didja know Metafilter's own hermitosis has been writing articles for AMC's website (mostly in the MonsterFest blog)? Hey check it out, it's ColdChef! (With awesome photo)

Some other recent gems (though not so Metafilter related) - hermitosis asks Bruce LaBruce "Exactly how gay IS this zombie movie?" Answer: "It's pretty gay."

Plus, a tender examination of Selma Hayek's facial hair.

posted by nanojath to MetaFilter-related at 10:35 PM (37 comments total)

That is an awesome photo.

Yay hermi! Yay ColdChef! Yay Metafilter!
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 11:40 PM on January 15

This just in: "Awesome!"
posted by Jofus at 12:41 AM on January 16

If I squint my eyes, it looks like Coldchef's wearing a very small tie...
posted by MaryDellamorte at 12:42 AM on January 16

Go, hermitosis! Thanks for pointing it out, nanojath.

Who took the photo, ColdChef? I wuv it.
posted by taz at 1:13 AM on January 16

I think I would like Coldchef to undertake me, when the time comes. Do you do outcalls?
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 1:22 AM on January 16

That should be ColdChef's profile picture. Heck, I would support mathowie letting that photo appear beside every post ColdChef makes. Maybe with a cute little word balloon coming away from it.
posted by Mikey-San at 1:24 AM on January 16

Very spiffy.
posted by gomichild at 2:08 AM on January 16

Nice.
posted by Faint of Butt at 3:34 AM on January 16

That's really cool, hermi.. but couldn't you do better than Bruce LaBruce? He's such a pretentious git it makes my teeth hurt. Christ, even Sky Gilbert is less annoying.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 4:00 AM on January 16

Awesome. Congrats hermitosis!!!
posted by typewriter at 4:38 AM on January 16

The Chef is looking sharp, but this is the shot that should be laser-etched into his tombstone.
posted by planetkyoto at 5:21 AM on January 16 [2 favorites]

Thanks for posting this nanojath! I was unsure if posting the ColdChef piece myself would be okay.

It's too bad they didn't use all of his answers; the piece was trimmed down considerably in the end. But that's how these things work, I guess. Originally I linked to his photoset of memorials, too. I'll be lucky if the rest of my interviewees are anywhere near as helpful and interesting as ColdChef.

...but couldn't you do better than Bruce LaBruce?

Hey, I just go where the zombies are :)
posted by hermitosis at 5:22 AM on January 16 [2 favorites]

Congratulations hermitosis (I am an AMC addict!), and smart move interviewing the handsome and suave and always fascinating ColdChef. If anyone reading this hasn't heard the Mefi podcast that featured him stop whatever you're doing and just listen. In my experience it and a light box and a little daily exercise are a fail-safe remedy for seasonal affect disorder.
posted by melissa may at 5:56 AM on January 16

interviewing the handsome and suave and always fascinating ColdChef.

Don't be fooled. He's shifty, that ColdChef. he mailed me narcotics paraphenalia once.
posted by jonmc at 5:58 AM on January 16

This is so many layers of awesome. Bonus awesomeness if you've heard the podcast interview with CC and can read his answers in his fantastic accent.
posted by boomchicka at 6:21 AM on January 16

Holy crap, very cool hermitosis!
posted by Stynxno at 6:53 AM on January 16

Sweet. Ass.
posted by cortex at 7:07 AM on January 16

I'll be lucky if the rest of my interviewees are anywhere near as helpful and interesting as ColdChef.

I felt that way about the MeFi podcast. Luckily I was wrong.
posted by jessamyn at 7:13 AM on January 16

Good on ye, lad!
posted by brujita at 7:28 AM on January 16

"interviewing the handsome and suave and always fascinating ColdChef.

Don't be fooled. He's shifty, that ColdChef. he mailed me narcotics paraphenalia once."

Me too.

And I used it.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:07 AM on January 16

Me too.

Me too, and I shared mine!
posted by jessamyn at 8:16 AM on January 16

Congrats, herm!
posted by klangklangston at 8:27 AM on January 16

Dang it, I always get left off the narcotics paraphernalia list. I bet you guys all went to the planetarium without me, too. I love the planetarium and narcotics too you know. Stop bruising my feelings.
posted by melissa may at 8:29 AM on January 16 [1 favorite]

ColdChef sent me a copy of Brill's Content. Was I supposed to smoke it?
posted by cortex at 8:39 AM on January 16

Yay! I love AMC!
posted by spec80 at 8:48 AM on January 16

Congrats to all!
posted by stagewhisper at 8:59 AM on January 16

Very nice. Congrats to both of you.
posted by sleepy pete at 9:24 AM on January 16

Paraphernalia? What paraphernalia?
posted by MrMoonPie at 9:36 AM on January 16

Two of my favorite dudes, making good at LAST.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:38 AM on January 16

That's not the only ColdChef interview on the web. This one, by Cowboy Sally, lacks the great photo, but is sexier - including my favorite quote:

"The joke around our house is that the men can do our wives' hair and makeup for them, but only if they lie down and close their eyes."
posted by tizzie at 10:15 AM on January 16 [4 favorites]

From tizzie's link:

... a friend who works as an undertaker-cum-"catch-all" at his family's funeral home.

Man, undertaking is a way different job than I always thought.
posted by sleepy pete at 10:26 AM on January 16 [1 favorite]

"I pin all the pallbearers..."
Like wrestling or butterfly collections?
posted by Cranberry at 11:59 AM on January 16

Thanks again, hermitosis! A few years back I was interviewed by TCM about the original version of "The Long Hot Summer."

Remember, if you work for a cable movie channel and you need bland and non-offensive opinions, I'm always available and my rates are reasonable.
posted by ColdChef at 4:00 PM on January 16

Yep. I knew hermie before he was cool.

Wait. Are you cool yet?
posted by The Deej at 4:01 PM on January 16

AMC? Aww I thought he was writing for All My Children! Tease.
posted by CwgrlUp at 5:13 PM on January 16

how does one undertake cum?
posted by matteo at 7:40 PM on January 16

First figure out how to overtake it. Then just do the opposite.
posted by hermitosis at 8:26 AM on January 17 [2 favorites]