October 2008
WatchIn The Know: Has Halloween Become Overcommercialized?
Watchmarco:
MTV Bleeps File Sharing Software Out Of Music Videos:
MTV’s new video hosting site is apparently bleeping out the names of file sharing sites in Weird Al Yankovic’s famous 2006 song “Don’t Download This Song.” The opening verse to the song goes as follows:
Once in a while maybe you will feel the urge
To break international copyright law
By downloading MP3s from...
Attn fatmanatee:
fatmanatee:
afghanistanbananastand:
If you do Buster, please do the post-seal-bite Buster. And please take pics. And you have to talk about how your mom’s “still got it” all night.
I didn’t realize how many ideas you could come up from Arrested Development… it’s really absurd. Calls for a theme party, in fact. I won’t hold it so close to Halloween, but it’s definitely something I’ll keep in...
bunnynico:
New Order ~ Ceremony
This is why...
Bacon and provolone on Honey Oat with lettuce,...
magicmolly:
A boy and a girl get on the train with Subway sandwiches and sit across from each other. The boy aims a rubber band at the girl.
BOY: I’ma hit you. My aim is impeccable. (Pause) I learned that word today.
GIRL: If you do I’m gonna attack you like a lion. I’m gonna bite you and scratch you on your lip.
BOY: You scratch my lip and I’m gonna hit you in ya face.
GIRL: (Shaking her...
WatchWhat’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
If I had infinite money...
cbeth:
…I would have Thomas Newman score my life, and Morgan Freeman narrate it.
What a fun idea!
I’d have John Adams (American contemporary composer)score it, and Christian Slater narrate it.
Too Legit to Quit (1991)
After dropping the “MC” from his stage name, Burrell released Too Legit to Quit (again, produced by Felton Pilate) in 1991. Burrell took the opportunity to answer his critics on certain songs on the album. Though the album was, by and large, no better accepted (critically) than his first, sales were strong (over three-million copies) and the title track was a hit. Another hit came soon...
There is a small pat of butter sitting on my desk. It is encased in a wrapper and reads: “Grassland / UNSALTED BUTTER.” Only when it reads, the first part is much larger than the second. Ingredients: Cream, natural flavoring. It is room temperature now. This won’t last long.
Sonic Youth Live at Battery Park - July 4, 2008 →
perpetua:
WFMU has archived a top-notch recording of Sonic Youth’s excellent free concert at Battery Park earlier this year. It’s a great show covering a lot of classics, including “Schizophrenia,” “100%,” “Bull in the Heather,” “Skip Tracer,” “Jams Run Free,” and about half of Daydream Nation.
Oooooohhhhhh shit no WAYYYYYY!
I am excited doubly cuz I was there that day.
50,000 purged from voter rolls in Georgia →
biteofpythias:
This makes me literally sick to my stomach. This is voter fraud. This is disenfranchisement. This is targeted voter suppression in urban and democratic leaning districts. For those of you making hay about ACORN and purposely misleading to possibility of some rogue voter registers creating “mickey mouse” registrations that would then be voted on - if you don’t read this and realize...
