T.R. Bennington: While you seem to think your political opinions are still perceptive and edgy, they’re mostly recognizable as the default liberal opinions of the LA set you hang … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
Remember when Canadian game shows gave out ‘prizes’ of JuicyFruit gum? (NSFW)
I'm likely over thinking this, but: There IS a wearable "club" vibe that responds to music and voices. (So I've heard, OK?) (I don't go to clubs...) Given the all-around corniness and ineptitude of the … [Read more...]
Today in Trayvon Martin™: If Obama had a son, would he look like this?
Come on! He was just lookin' for some Skittles! [Read more...]
Rush Limbaugh’s ratings are actually up — and other talk radio news this week
UPDATE -- I was hoping someone would isolate this clip and upload it, and now they have! Especially relevant in light of Trayvon Martin™ *** Check out the [Read more...]
‘Mad Men’: Crossing the Young & Rubicam
Hmmmm... I may have to start watching [Read more...]
’10 Hatefacts for Those Who Hate Facts’
Gavin McInnis: Yes, some people are born with big bones and others have a disease called “burns less calories than they take in,” but anyone who’s visited China in the past … [Read more...]
Another dangerous right wing theocratic nutjob er never mind look over there!
‘Nyeah, get me! I’m an ‘ilk’!!’ (/Leo Gorcey voice)
Scaramouche mocks Queen Christina of Upper Canada. There really is an SCTV for everything: … [Read more...]
‘But what pisses me off is that many of these same negroes just a week ago…’
Writes BlackInformant: ...were begging me to help them buy a dang rake for their Farmville game…all while Black kids were killing themselves wholesale on the norm. Now all of a sudden, cue up "Fight … [Read more...]
‘Rick Santorum’s bold stance against pink bowling balls’
Great. Is the teasing fair? Well, sure, a bit. The color of a bowling ball isn’t terribly important. If a kid wants to use a pink bowling ball, the worst we can say is that he has … [Read more...]
Courtney Love was right, and Alex Cox is a coward: ‘Sid and Nancy’ (1986)
Courtney Love stalked director Alex Cox, insisting correctly that she'd been born to play Nancy Spungen. She flew to England on her trust fund money to audition. He gave her a minor part in … [Read more...]
Adrienne Rich: troublesome crazy woman finally dies
Canadian poetry generally being superior to American poetry, I found Rich's work the usual Yankee-style, uninspired, tedious chopped-up prose, freighted with faux profundity and all those boring classical allusions American poets seem unable to write without (a poem about pushing ones broken down … [Read more...]