rolling WTF moments of 2005

[vesper]

1. finding out that fischerspooner covers the first song from boredoms' vision creation newsun on their forthcoming album. i haven't heard it yet, but TOP THAT I DARE YOU.

[earl grey]

2. i read a few weeks ago that a new coldplay song borrows the riff from kraftwerk's "computer love."

[winterwooskie]

i can't believe that mary timony's next album is being put out by lookout records. matador sucks for not keeping her on board. now she's slumming in mall punk land. :-(

[winterversion]

How 'bout that Sage Francis/Will Oldham collaboration on the Non-Prophets' new album?

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by winterwooskie
i can't believe that mary timony's next album is being put out by lookout records. matador sucks for not keeping her on board. now she's slumming in mall punk land. :-(

with Ted Leo and The Oranges Band? not bad company...

[Dave]

Why you hatin' on Lookout? A fine label run by fine folks who have constistanly put out the records that they like to listen to by people that they like. WTF indeed.
Dave

[9000]

Originally posted by Dave
Winterwooskie is a dick slap

oh snap.

[Paul]

Yeah, Andy Lookout! posts on ILM (more frequently in the past than now) and he's always been a really nice dude. Since the beginning, they've usually released at least one album a year I really like, and the average has gone up in recent years.

[TheSadDebaser]

Lookout! put out the only Bratmobile album I have which is awesome.

[bitterfruit]

Nina Gordon covers "Straight Outta Compton?" WTF?

http://ninagordon.com/audio/straightouttacompton.mp3

[9000]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
Nina Gordon covers "Straight Outta Compton?" WTF?

http://ninagordon.com/audio/straightouttacompton.mp3

a big compton dick slap is much deserved for that one.

[earl grey]

if i caught this right, INXS is selecting their new lead singer via a reality TV show. how far they've fallen...

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by earl grey
if i caught this right, INXS is selecting their new lead singer via a reality TV show. how far they've fallen... They're coming to Atlanta for it (or already came? I neither know nor really care).

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by earl grey
if i caught this right, INXS is selecting their new lead singer via a reality TV show. how far they've fallen...

Speaking of reality TV, I'm thinking of trying out for the Apprentice.

[winterwooskie]

Why you hatin' on Lookout? A fine label run by fine folks who have constistanly put out the records that they like to listen to by people that they like. WTF indeed.

putting out records by people that you like hardly makes them valid, almost every label does that. or is this such a really bad era in music that people putting out albums by bands that they like makes them seem awesome? this is kind of parallel to people who argue that a crappy pop musician is cool just because they actually write their own songs, whereas most do not, in which their cool factor goes up a couple notches.

[tinobeat]

what exactly makes a label "valid"?

you liking the bands on it?

[winterwooskie]

yes. but when most of your roster consists of punk posers then they are not that appealing to me. lookout records is in the same category as epitaph, that fat wreckords thing, and victory records in terms of labels that are crap. regardless of how they put out albums by bands that they like.

[tinobeat]

that's kinda dumb. They're all valid labels that serve a niche in the music world. Epitaph has put out some great records. Fat Wreck? er.. not so much, but they're an important and influential label in that scene.

A crap label is one that fucks its artists over and is doing it to cash in. Any label, no matter what kind of music, is a good and valid label if they do it with integrity. Every label will have skeletons in its closet, but to call Lookout a crap label because you don't like the bands on it is dumb.

[Paul]

As many bad records as Epitaph has put out, I still have to give them love because Mr. Brett is the fucking man! (this task became a little harder during the Offspring years)

All the labels you mentioned used to have a definite musical indentity, just like Sub Pop did, just like Touch & Go did... except they happened to focus on pop/mall punk for the most part. How does your distaste for the label's roster make it any less of a label?

Thankfully, they've been branching out in recent years (although, I could be wrong about Fat Wreck Chords... I don't know anything about them) and given us Ted Leo, The Oranges Band, The Lashes, Communique (Lookout!) and made new homes for Nick Cave, Tom Waits, and Elliott Smith (Epitaph).

Just admit your logic is flawed, and we can move on.

[Dave]

Winterwooskie
You seem to have forgotten that you accused Mary Timony of "slumming in the mall punk ghetto." My response was based on that statement, which I still can't fathom. Maybe I didn't make it plain enough, but what I am getting at is that I feel that Lookout is first and foremost trying to put out the kind of records that they like to listen to by people that they actually like. When you say that "almost every label does this" I'd say: Uh-uh!
I would also say that maybe you haven't investigated the Lookout roster that much as they are a much more stylistically varied label than Epitaph and/or Fat Wreckords (fine labels that have put out some fine records if you ask me*) or the others that you are so keen to lump them in with.
You should get over this hang up of what label a record is on and deal with the records individually. I mean, how do you feel about Rough Trade? But if you really hate every record ever released on Lookout so much that it is going to taint your experience w/Mary Timony's record then what can I say (that I haven't said already)
Dave

*go ahead, ask

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by winterwooskie
this is kind of parallel to people who argue that a crappy pop musician is cool just because they actually write their own songs, whereas most do not, in which their cool factor goes up a couple notches.

I'm a big fan of writing your own shit rather than having it written for you. And being crappy is not good.

[Futureman]

TOP THAT I DARE YOU.

How 'bout the upcoming John Tesh/Dweezle Zappa reunion tour? I also heard that Steve Perry will be fronting the reformed Stooges, but I need to check my sources.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by Futureman
I also heard that Steve Perry will be fronting the reformed Stooges, but I need to check my sources. Close, he will be taking the place of Guy in Guy & Ralna.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
Close, he will be taking the place of Guy in Guy & Ralna.

Not watching the State Of The Union?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
Not watching the State Of The Union? I watched just enough to hear Bush say we need to allow day laborers from other countries to come in and do jobs Americans refuse to take and to stop granting amnesty to illegals (now that he got their votes for the massive amnesty deal he pushed for before). This will make us safer. I swore at him and turned off the TV. He probably couldn't hear me, though.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
I swore at him and turned off the TV. He probably couldn't hear me, though.

What got me cursing was the statement about marriage and the Constitution.

Is it wrong to wish bad things upon this president?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
What got me cursing was the statement about marriage and the Constitution.I missed that comment, luckily.

I like how he now claims he's for civil unions but still against marriage for same-sex couples. And what's the difference, I wonder? My guess would be because civil unions would have no legal status whatsoever compared to marriage. Some benefits for legally married same-sex couples in MA are already being denied, from what I've read. Specifically, spousal insurance has been denied with the companies claiming they are based in other states and other states legally do not have to recognize same-sex marriages, thanks to DOMA. I would think that companies must follow the laws of the states in which they are doing business not just the state where their corporation headquarters are based. That may not be legally correct, though. Any lawyers here?

Originally posted by bitterfruit
Is it wrong to wish bad things upon this president? Nope. Oh, wait, that only plays into the hands of our enemies!

[Thor]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
Is it wrong to wish bad things upon this president?

No, it should be done often and with great vigour. Perhaps if all that negative psychic energy is directed at him constantly then the next pretzel will do the job right.

[TheSadDebaser]

The pretzels are unreliable. Perhaps we should enlist either larger snack foods or jawbreaker candies.

[earl grey]

WTF only begins to describe this (http://prussianblue.net/index.html).

[johansen smith]

that album will spawn a hundred ironic purchases.

[bitterfruit]

My favorite is "Weiss Weiss Weisse."

I think I need to sign up their forum and post a link to suicidegirls.com.

[johansen smith]

you know what's really scary, the sample mp3 is really good.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by johansen smith
you know what's really scary, the sample mp3 is really good.

almost as scary as the lyrics to "aryan man awake."

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by johansen smith
you know what's really scary, the sample mp3 is really good.

You mean all three chords and the predictable lyrics? Poor kids are completely brainwashed by rascist parents.


EDIT: I'll be sure to include it as a hidden track on my next mix-cd trade.

[Paul]

Eep! This is horrible!

[johansen smith]

it's about time racists had a KidzBop of their own.

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by earl grey
almost as scary as the lyrics to "aryan man awake."

When I was reading the lyrics to this song, the vocal line to The Guns of Brixton popped in my head.

Even scarier, its an exact match to the verses.

[vesper]

wow that makes me wanna die.

[Thor]

they interviewed these girls in a recent edition of Vice.

[winterwooskie]

in response to patrick and a few others. i am not going to not buy an album because of whatever label it's on but i dislike punk posers mostly and the few labels i mentioned put out way too much crap for me to really see them as a good label regardless of how much they are into it.

[Dave]

Winterwooskie
I think you may be confusing Lookout's output w/other labels, much in same way you might be confusing my comments for Patrick's.
What records on Lookout are you speaking of? The first two Green Day records? The Smugglers? Operation Ivy? Isocracy?

Dave

[cjz27]

http://www.dailyfoo.com/?i=1351


seriously, wtf?

[Paul]

That was actually pretty damned funny.

[Dave]

If you watch the whole the thing it gets funnier. She kicks it out!
Dave

[bitterfruit]

The big girl's cute.

[S M @]

I'll enter this from the 'gwai site:

http://www.koreus.com/files/200502/double-guitar.html

Any label that put out Operation Ivy back in the day is cool, no questions asked.

[9000]

Originally posted by cjz27
http://www.dailyfoo.com/?i=1351


seriously, wtf?


oh shit. made my day.

[earl grey]

not quite a WTF link but this (http://www.petebrush.com/D.html) is pretty damn funny.

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
not quite a WTF link but this (http://www.petebrush.com/D.html) is pretty damn funny.

as wrong as it is, i never get tired of that one.

[earl grey]

Originally posted by 9000
as wrong as it is, i never get tired of that one.

six viewings this afternoon and counting.

[Wallerton]

I guess now we know why justice is blind:

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3030514

[Salman]

I think this tops what Laurana Bobbit did:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4253849.stm

[Wallerton]

On a similar note:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050208/80/fc0ap.html

[cjz27]

badger, badger, badger (http://badgerbadgerbadger.com/)

[3dsound]

Karaoke korean video : Aouch.. my stomach hurt... I was on the floor from beginning to end.. oh my.. that girl on the right is too much....changed my entire perception on the koreans!.. thanks for that! made my day.

[Elijah]

When did he become The Elton? Does this make him the most important Elton that ever lived? WTF?

http://www.ticketmaster.com/

[the Pawnbroker]

He had to choose between The Elton and The John.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by the Pawnbroker
He had to choose between The Elton and The John.
there's a George Michael joke in here somewhere.

[3dsound]

Originally posted by the Pawnbroker
He had to choose between The Elton and The John.

and I thought it was "Sir Elton"

[Elijah]

For a long time now, I've thought it would make a great Saturday Night Live skit if Sirs John, McCartney and Jagger were called into battle.

[Elijah]

It's a slow news day apparently...

[9000]

i'm in disbelief that the cute brooklyn writer (http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/person.php?p=416) was the first cut by the bachelor. the chicago loan officer who got dinged was pretty hot too. jersey skanks ruled the rose ceremony!

[Thor]

Finding out on saturday that the drummer from crowded house hung himself in a park around the corner from my house.

WTF, indeed..

[flo's garage]

http://www.belindabedekovic.com/video_fl_en.htm

she has very nimble fingers...

[johansen smith]

behold the single greatest movie trailer in the history of the universe. and yes this movie starring Tommy Wiseau in a film written, directed and produced by Tommy Wiseau does actually exist:

http://www.theroommovie.com/trailers/roomlarge2.mov

[Elijah]

Originally posted by johansen smith
behold the single greatest movie trailer in the history of the universe. and yes this movie starring Tommy Wiseau in a film written, directed and produced by Tommy Wiseau does actually exist:

http://www.theroommovie.com/trailers/roomlarge2.mov I really didn't believe this could possibly be a real movie, but then I looked it up on IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368226/), and there it was. Not only is it real, but there are apparently legions of fans who think it's a cinematic masterpiece.

This is my favorite user comment: "Thank you Tommy for keeping Ed Wood alive in the common man."

[johansen smith]

that trailer produced two or three instant quotes for me. "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!"

[Patrick]

Was this one already posted?

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/columns/look/11714/

Patrick

[earl grey]

Originally posted by Patrick
Was this one already posted?

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/columns/look/11714/

Patrick

i have to wonder if this guy was fucking with them.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by johansen smith
that trailer produced two or three instant quotes for me. "You're tearing me apart, Lisa!"

Don't be surprised when I list this in my Currently Watching post soon.

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by Patrick
Was this one already posted?

http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/shopping/fashion/columns/look/11714/

Patrick

If this was followed up by a description of graphic violence involving high-priced call girls, it would be a perfect update of American Psycho (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679735771/qid=1113426307/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-4402910-6141634) for the '00s.

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
i have to wonder if this guy was fucking with them.

then i wonder if all the guys on the L-train are fucking with me.

[dola]

What’s the most-played album in your iPod?
"Right now it’s Arcade Fire, Citizen Cope, and the Libertines."

Ugh. Sure John Zorn doesn't get you ready for the day like Arcade Fire, but at least numbnuts like that and i won't share those, "yeah man, f'n rock" moments underneath the same bright star.

[tinobeat]

The Wedding Singer to become Broadway Musical (http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/ae/3136178)

has the well really run so dry?

[Elijah]

http://www.americawestandasone.com/video.html

[winterversion]

where are all the spoofs of this?

[bitterfruit]

Girlfriend forced me to watch "Shall We Dance" (terrible movie btw) and there's this awful cover by Peter Fucking Gabriel of "The Book Of Love" by The Magnetic Fields.

It's one of my favorite songs and now it's been tainted.

[Paul]

My mom was watching that the other day and I heard it while I was in the kitchen. Didn't think it was so bad, really.

[Funk]

According to this thread (http://216.220.96.163/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2725&perpage=15&highlight=&pagenumber=28), Paul actually bought a physical copy of a recording, which is the shockingest thing I've heard all year.

[9000]

mmmm, mmmm, good (http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm)

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by 9000
mmmm, mmmm, good (http://www.blacktable.com/gillin030901.htm)

Wow, that is vile.

When the pruno bar opens on the LES next week, we can move this to the Matador Guide to New York thread.

[9000]

Originally posted by the Pawnbroker

When the pruno bar opens on the LES next week, we can move this to the Matador Guide to New York thread.

yep, and it will only be $12 by the glass.

[9000]

man dating (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/fashion/10date.html?ex=1114056000&en=51a3a612055bef88&ei=5070)

easy on the wine, fellas.

[S M @]

Originally posted by 9000
man dating (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/10/fashion/10date.html?ex=1114056000&en=51a3a612055bef88&ei=5070)

I guess the WTF part about that is does anyone actually analyze and get uncomfortable with hanging out with male friends like that??? Does anyone here have any friends that would NOT want to know why they were getting a divorce if they were in that situation?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Yeah, do "straight" guys really stress over this?

WEIRD

[9000]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
Yeah, do "straight" guys really stress over this?

WEIRD

that's got to be one of the flakiest pieces the times has ever run, and they have some serious clunkers in their more fluffy(no pun) sections.

no stress here. i'm gay as a flute amongst my straight compadres.

[earl grey]

phil spector's hair. (http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41178000/jpg/_41178541_spector1_bodyap.jpg)

[9000]

Originally posted by earl grey
phil spector's hair. (http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41178000/jpg/_41178541_spector1_bodyap.jpg)


this guy is making it punk rock again to rock a mohawk (http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1756&e=1&u=/050607/481/ny11906071829)

[Dave]

Dude, it's almost a devilock. Maybe a devilhawk?

[9000]

Originally posted by Dave
Dude, it's almost a devilock. Maybe a devilhawk?

call it anything 'cept a fauxhawk, dude!

imagine that guy in the pit with his hatchet and brass knuckles, man. you SO don't stand a chance!

[S M @]

This isn't really a WTF link (maybe loosely), but it's the funniest thing I've seen in a while. If anyone hasn't seen it yet, it's a puppet dog laying into a bunch of MJ fans outside the courthouse.....

http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/31636/

I hope no one's offended by this, it shouldn't be funny, but it certainly is.

[bitterfruit]

The best Triumph footage I have seen is when he was harassing a bunch of Star Wars fans in NYC (?). The MJ shit is pretty funny though.

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
The best Triumph footage I have seen is when he was harassing a bunch of Star Wars fans in NYC (?). The MJ shit is pretty funny though.
proof that Robert Smigel is one of the best TRUE improv comedians working today.

[johansen smith]

http://www.jinxedmedia.com/tomcruise.gif

[miss understood]

http://www2.thrashermagazine.com/mt/archives/nikeflyerthreat.jpg

[Patrick: fix yourself a drink before clicking on that link.]

[Patrick]

WTF?!? Dischord should sue. PA

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Same thing I said on another board!

[Paul]

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-06/23.shtml

Pitchfork talked to someone at Dischord about what they might be planning to do, but they don't know for sure yet.

Of all things to bastardize in the name of advertising... Minor Threat? FUCK!

[9000]

Originally posted by miss understood
http://www2.thrashermagazine.com/mt/archives/nikeflyerthreat.jpg

[Patrick: fix yourself a drink before clicking on that link.]

skate culture has always appropriated iconic images. i'd guess the intention was good even if it failed terribly here.

edit: i didn't realize it was nike who was appropriating. i figured it was some skate tour.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by miss understood
http://www2.thrashermagazine.com/mt/archives/nikeflyerthreat.jpg

[Patrick: fix yourself a drink before clicking on that link.]

Clearly an IP issue. Did they think that no one would notice?

[Paul]

I think it would be a slam-dunk legal case. Obvious attempt to recreate the same image, except with a blue hue instead of a red hue. "Major" obviously replacing "Minor." I should hope that, no matter which judge this goes before in the entire country, Dischord would walk away with a handsome settlement. A blind horse could render a correct verdict in a case like this, even.

But... you never know what kinds of things can happen when you've got a bankroll the size of Nike's.

[japanese_moon]

found this on some message board...
http://www.lomblad.net/rob/archives/blogimages/jesus.jpg

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by japanese_moon
found this on some message board...
http://www.lomblad.net/rob/archives/blogimages/jesus.jpg
Conan O'Brien was obsessed with these a few years ago on his show.

[Salman]

Their's a whole bunch of other statues here:
http://www.catholicshopper.com/products/inspirational_sport_statues.html

Some are a bit disturbing.

[S M @]

Jesus being coach might be OK. Jesus as equipment manager could mean they'd all be wearing sandals.

I also didn't realise that thing in Thrasher was a Nike ad. That's unbelievable. Of course it had to be Minor Threat, it couldn't have been any of the other skater favoured bands from then. I wonder if whoever put together the ad even knew what he was doing (meaning knew about the whole MacKaye/Dischord background behind it). Reason number 678 not to buy Nike. Their products suck, too. I remember when Mats Sundin was endorsing them, he soon had to stop wearing their skates they were so bad. Of course, they solved this problem by just buying all of Bauer (reputable equip. manufacturer). Bastards.

[johansen smith]

has anyone considered that maybe Nike DID pay to liscense the image?

[Paul]

Dischord says they didn't, and they'd probably know.

[Paul]

I should point out that I'm anti-crummy ad bastardizing in this argument rather than just strictly anti-Nike. They make a comfy running shoe, that's for sure.

[johansen smith]

well then.


also, my Nike IDs lasted me longer than any shoe I have ever owned.

[S M @]

Originally posted by Paul
They make a comfy running shoe, that's for sure.

Not to be difficult, but I don't know a single serious runner that wears Nikes. Not that there probably aren't some somewhere, but if you go into an actual runner's store, they almost always (around here) don't even carry them, even if they carry their shorts/socks/whatever. I wouldn't even bother mentioning that, except to point out that it's not out of an anti-fashion stance that I think they bite. Their foray into hockey gear was typical, put all resources into buying endorsements (adveritising) to try to sell a hastily assembled product.

Even though I'm sure some of their stuff has to be good (basketball?), to me they just epitomise the worst kind of style-over-substance, 'wear this and you'll have worth as a person' adveritising/marketing that I think is really low. Sorry about the rant, I don't like them at all.

[Paul]

Originally posted by S M @
Not to be difficult, but I don't know a single serious runner that wears Nikes. Our ideas of running shoes are probably way different. I don't go around in serious high-end "real" running shoes. Hell, I've only even gone jogging one time this year. My shoes are all-purpose runner"ish" shoes.

EDIT: Off topic slightly, but the multitude of boutique shoe shops you have in Toronto is mindblowing. I wish I'd gone up there with money last time, because I'd have come home with about 15 pair of all kinds of kickass shoes.

[bitterfruit]

I tried running on a treadmill once wearing hi-top Chucks. Got some strange looks.

[S M @]

^ I'll see your Chucks on a treadmill story, and raise you to 8-hole Docs with shorts (on a treadmill). I got some looks, too, including from myself when I looked in the mirror. I would never normally do that, but it was a while ago and I was horridly out of shape, so I felt pressure to do something even though I forgot my shoes. Never again, though.

Paul, yeah, it's hard to imagine that the city couldn't be well served by, say, only ten shoe shops like that, but apparently not.

[Dave]

I know a lot of you are young and the folks over at pitchfork are even younger, but in case anyone didn't know there were many pressings of the Minor Threat 7", of which that image was the cover. So they didn't even "change" the color, making this even more lame.
Lame.

Dave

[Miss Tasty Princess]

First press was red. I think there was also blue and green and maybe yellow. Wasn't each press run 1,000? Or was the first 2,000? The main thing is mine is red. :)

[Paul]

Give this man a prize!

[Patrick]

the order is:

red
green
yellow (I think this is the rarest)
blue

Patrick

[Miss Tasty Princess]

I found this at http://www.breakmyface.com/bands/dischord.html

• 1st pressing — red cover, yellow label (1000)
• 2nd pressing — yellow cover, light blue label (1000)
• 3rd pressing — green cover, silver label (1000)
• 4th pressing — blue cover, silver label but no slogan under Dischord (2000)

[Thor]

Mindbending Software Inc (http://www.mindbending.us/mindbending1.htm)

[japanese_moon]

Claude Tinguly: "My kids were the hell screaming, fighting, arguing the full program everday, that's over now ..."

yeah, beacuse they're some f-ed up sociopath whos plotting your murder!!!!!!!!


this is the best one!

Ken Parkot: "It seems that my son makes it to university, unbelievable he just attended a public school, that software is . the best since Jesus Thank god !"


The electrolizer?!? Have we been transported to the 60's!?!?!?

theres no way this can be real. I don't believe it.

[Patrick]

Originally posted by Mr.HCI
I found this at http://www.breakmyface.com/bands/dischord.html

• 1st pressing — red cover, yellow label (1000)
• 2nd pressing — yellow cover, light blue label (1000)
• 3rd pressing — green cover, silver label (1000)
• 4th pressing — blue cover, silver label but no slogan under Dischord (2000)

The question is - which pressing went where? (i.e. did most of the yello ccouple make over to Europe, etc.)

PA

[Patrick]

Originally posted by Patrick
The question is - which pressing went where? (i.e. did most of the yellow pressing make it over to Europe, etc.)

PA

[Paul]

http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v2/letter/index.html

I think the "by skaters for skaters" sentiment was a little unnecessary, but whatevs.

[bitterfruit]

Originally posted by Paul
http://www.nike.com/nikeskateboarding/v2/letter/index.html

I think the "by skaters for skaters" sentiment was a little unnecessary, but whatevs.

Nike doesn't play games when people use their iconographic swoosh logo. "Sorry" just isn't enough.

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by bitterfruit
Nike doesn't play games when people use their iconographic swoosh logo. "Sorry" just isn't enough.

Exactly. Since I am such a *big* Nike fan, I am sure I can get away with calling my next album Just Do It and using the swoosh logo on my tour posters. Ian MacKaye should sue Phil Knight's ass.

[winterversion]

Since when does Will Oldham DJ?

[S M @]

I kind of doubt Ian MacKaye is looking for Nike's money, and/or wants to be seen suing to try to take it. That's why I think the embarassment of the public apology will be the extent of it.

Not that I think the man's a saint, necessarily, I just think that would be in keeping with trends he's maintained throughout his career.

[earl grey]

http://www.melodicwarrior.com/

wow. (from CSTB (http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/).)

[the Pawnbroker]

Originally posted by earl grey
http://www.melodicwarrior.com/

Another truly amazing dimension of Love is the 4 hour dvd. If you have ever wanted to know what it's like for an artist to compose a song, you'll see it here.

I wonder if this shows Niko's daring nighttime raid on the filing cabinet of Hallmark's head writer.

[bitterfruit]

Copped this (http://video.cgi.cbs.com/video/video.pl?url=cbs/cbs/g2demand/entertainment/mini/lateshow/music/raulmidon.rm) off of Stereogum. I've been trying to do the lip trumpet thing, but I just keep spitting all over the place.

Requires Real Player.

[earl grey]

apparently richard ashcroft will be singing "bittersweet symphony" on stage with coldplay this wknd at the big live 8 concert in london.

i must make sure i don't hear it. i still like that song a lot, i'd hate to have it ruined for me...

[Salman]

This is pretty fucked up:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4661059.stm

[Paul]

Fucked up is an understatement. The day we finally rid the world of fundamentalist activism and terrorism is a day I doubt any of us or our children will see, though. I just hope we can keep it from being worse than it already is.

[earl grey]

extremely. hope any and all londoners out there are OK.

[Thor]

No more or less fucked up than the daily slaughter in Iraq.

[pabost]

Originally posted by Thor
No more or less fucked up than the daily slaughter in Iraq.

Probably more fucked up, actually.

[S M @]

Originally posted by pabost
Probably more fucked up, actually.

I hope you're just saying that you think that today's London death toll is higher than Iraq's daily average. But I hope a lot of things.

[Paul]

Can we agree it's all fucked up?

London slightly more, though, because these were just innocent people on their way to work who had nothing to do with what's going on in Iraq. The majority of deaths in Iraq are in zones where warfare is already taking place and are, for the most part, people who are participating in the warfare.

[tinobeat]

Originally posted by Paul
The majority of deaths in Iraq are in zones where warfare is already taking place and are, for the most part, people who are participating in the warfare.

yes, lets agree that its all fucked up, a tragedy in every respect.

however, to suggest that the only Iraqis getting killed are the ones involved in actual warfare is pretty misguided. the "zone where warfare is taking place" is most of the country, and most Iraqis aren't taking arms...

in any case, its a tragedy on all sides, and makes me wonder when sanity will finally be restored.

[Thor]

Originally posted by Paul
London slightly more, though, because these were just innocent people on their way to work who had nothing to do with what's going on in Iraq. The majority of deaths in Iraq are in zones where warfare is already taking place and are, for the most part, people who are participating in the warfare.

Paul, an enormous amount of civillians have been killed in Iraq since combat began. Like, thousands upon thousands. Check out here (http://www.iraqbodycount.net) for some stats.. even if they're exaggerating the number it's still in the thousands and its murder, every single wayward bomb, every civillian caught in gunfire, etc. Indeed, they estimate 600 civilians killed in April alone.

They are both tragedies and horrors no doubt, and comparison between the two is a stupid endeavour, however, I gotta say, the loss of innocent life in iraq is stunningly, stunningly higher than London.

[Paul]

Look, I'm not trying to diminish the importance of the staggering number of deaths that are taking place in Iraq. War shouldn't even be happening there, as far as I'm concerned.

But Iraq is a warzone. London's not. That's what makes the bombings more of a "WTF moment" in my mind.

[bitterfruit]

I'm surprised that the incident didn't occur during Live 8. They could have caused many more casualties.

[S M @]

Originally posted by Paul
London slightly more, though, because these were just innocent people on their way to work who had nothing to do with...

Currently the daily carnage in Iraq mirrors the above exactly. And to show this isn't knee-jerk anti-Americanism, it's not at this point being done by Americans for the most part.

Can we agree it's all fucked up?

Yes, we certainly can. Sorry if my last post sounded bad, I wasn't in a great mood last night Pabost.... my only point was that a life in one country lost senselessly=a life in any other country lost senselessly, and thinking otherwise is a large part of what leads to stuff like this. Which I'm sure you know.

I think if they'd targeted Live 8 they would've had to beat more security by far, and it would've been possibly a bad PR move among those who aren't hugely appalled already.

[S M @]

This could almost go in the hip hop thread for the last parts, but I helped derail this thread so I'll get it back to the better kinds of WTF..... This is from the Star. I'd link it, but you have to register.

Uniformity: newly chic
McDonald's contracts top designers to refashion its uniforms for a streetwise, hip-hop culture

But the $80 million attempt to make fast-food workers' attire desirable is misguided, analysts sayq


DAVID GRAHAM
FASHION WRITER

The fast-food worker's uniform is dead.

Or does it just smell that way?

This week when the execs at McDonald's announced the company was investing $80 million and contracting the services of an international fashion designer to develop its newest line of street-inspired uniforms, burger flippers across the continent flipped out.

McDonald's is hoping that if the uniforms are cool enough, employees will want to wear them, even when not at work.

Fat chance, say two Toronto McDonald's employees, annoyed that their employer would turn them into walking sandwich boards. So far, the decision affects only employees in the United States.

Paul Vandenburg, a 28-year-old employee at a McDonald's on Yonge St., laughed at the idea of wearing uniforms with labels by Sean John or Tommy Hilfiger. He said no matter what it looks like, he wouldn't wear it outside work. And he doesn't think teenagers would either.

"I don't know why they would want fashion uniforms to stroll outside in," Vandenburg said.

A teenage employee at the McDonald's inside Union Station also balked at the thought of hip and trendy uniforms. "That's ridiculous," the girl said. "Just because I could get away with wearing it outside of work doesn't mean I would."

If McDonald's follows through on its plans, its tactics could spell the end of the fast-food uniform as we know it — a row of spotty teenagers ready to serve in matching polyester polo shirts and tacky paper hats. Uniforms, even the bad ones, are used to promote brand identity and further a sense of unity among staff.

But according to some researchers, they won't help you sell a hamburger.

New York-based Brand Keys is the only research consultancy in the world that specializes in customer loyalty. According to Brand Keys president Robert Passikoff, "the uniforms the employees wear make a .005 per cent contribution to loyalty and profitability. A `clean' uniform makes closer to a 1 per cent contribution. You have to sell an awful lot of hamburgers to make up for the cost of half a million new uniforms." He said McDonald's is dreaming if it thinks new uniforms will boost sales. He calls it "Field of Dreams" marketing. "If we design it they will come ... but don't count on it."

"The desire is to create uniforms that our crews would want to wear outside the restaurant environment," said McDonald's spokesman Bill Whitman. Many of the designers considered for the contract are favoured labels in hip-hop culture. But the face of this world, particularly as displayed on MTV, is fascinated with the high life, with the appearance of wealth, furs, bling and Cristal champagne. You have to ask why anyone would wear oil-soaked, ketchup-stained McDonald's hip-hop streetwear outside the restaurant. To show off that they are in a menial job making minimum wage?

Currently McDonald's uniforms vary among its franchises nationwide, but recent styles include a white "business style" collared shirt with small breast pocket, dark polyester pants and a belt, Whitman said.

The traditions of fast-food uniforms run as thick as a burger joint grease trap.

Since the 1950s, uniforms have been used to promote safety and neatness, and as a means to save workers' own clothing from grease splatters and ketchup stains. Employees are made to feel thankful because they save wear and tear on their own wardrobes. And some critics suggest employers often use uniforms as a benefit to offset wage increases. On the benefits list on the McDonald's Canada employment website, free uniforms are second, above "discounts on McDonald's food at your restaurant all the time."

But as long as there are Catholic schoolgirls rolling up their kilts into miniskirts, there will be fast-food workers resenting hairnets and cheap fabrics.

They may complain that uniforms suppress their individuality and the cheap fabrics itch.

But branding experts predict that no matter how much employees like their new uniforms, they will not want to wear them to school or out to the clubs.

"Good luck," said Bev Tudhope, chief executive of Interbrand, the largest brand strategy and design firm in the world. "They are dreaming in Technicolor if they think that any kid would want to identify themselves with McDonald's. I can see it working in the store. But not outside — and you know they are going to brand the uniforms with an identifiable colour scheme or those golden arches or some form of the company's graphics. If they don't there's no benefit to having staff wear the clothes away from work. And it's not a uniform."

Barbara Atkin, fashion director at Holt Renfrew, said people don't want to advertise what they do for a living. "Branding is about performing and people don't want to perform all the time. When we get off the stage, we want to go back to who we are, to become real again."

Tudhope suspects McDonald's is trying to "steal brand equity" from the designer it chooses. McDonald's has approached top designers, including Tommy Hilfiger and Sean "P. Diddy" Combs.

Other possibilities include the preppy Polo Ralph Lauren and Abercrombie & Fitch, Italian designer Giorgio Armani and the too-cool-for-school hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons label Phat Farm.

Many say the redesign is aimed at countering the bad publicity that resulted from Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me film, said Anne Roggeveen, marketing professor at Bobson College in Wellesley, Mass.

It already uses hip-hop and other music to sell burgers and promote its brand. McDonald's hired music mogul Steve Stoute, who runs Translation Consulting and Brand Imaging, to secure the connection. McDonald's has also recruited singers Justin Timberlake and Destiny's Child to chant its new "I'm lovin' it" campaign.

McDonald's has also offered royalties to rappers who include the "Big Mac" in their lyrics. Theoretically artists would receive a royalty based on the number of times the record is played on radio.

The company has given its menus and its ads a makeover. And in further efforts to reshape the brand as hip and active, even the cheesemeister himself has been given a new look. Ronald has emerged from clown boot camp leaner, energetic and hipper in a fierce red jogging suit.

[Thor]

Originally posted by Paul
Look, I'm not trying to diminish the importance of the staggering number of deaths that are taking place in Iraq. War shouldn't even be happening there, as far as I'm concerned.


yah, i understand. It's all so fucked up.

I'm surprised that the incident didn't occur during Live 8.

An unfortunate footnote to all of this is that the live 8 thing in combination with the G8 conference caused the major press outlets around the world to take a serious, widespread interest in the poverty of africa... that coverage has vanished in the wake of the 7/7 murders.

On a lighter note, George Bush crashed into a scottish policeman and fell off his bike, which made me laugh.

[johansen smith]

I think we can all get behind this, though.

[tinobeat]

Meat even bitterfruit could eat! (http://www.new-harvest.org/faq.htm)

[Paul]

Food already has enough tampering going on, but now they're creating "meat" in labs? Ewww.

[the Pawnbroker]

I like this part best:

Why would anyone want to eat cultured meat?
We have no fucking idea why anyone would want to eat cultured meat. We're afraid to even taste it yet.

[9000]

punks not dead?

[japanese_moon]

I just heard that Michael Dahlquist of Silkworm died yesterday in a car crash.

[george]

this headline is simply too funny:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=1&u=/nm/20050717/en_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc

[johansen smith]

Originally posted by george
this headline is simply too funny:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&e=1&u=/nm/20050717/en_nm/leisure_boxoffice_dc
this picture is what really took it to the next level:

[S M @]

Originally posted by george
this headline is simply too funny:


I have to admit it took me a minute to get this. But it was well worth the wait. And yeah, even if I'd never gotten it, the pic would've made it well worth the time.

[japanese_moon]

I'm splitting up with my girlfriend and she's trying to take all the good c.d.'s, and my cat.....damnit!

[johansen smith]

could be worse, my ex took my digital camera when she moved out!

[Paul]

http://whitestkids.com/video/emf.mov

Unbelievable: The EMF Story

[johansen smith]

lousy band, amazing dancers:
http://boss.streamos.com/download/xc37dr2/okgo/amillionways/amillionways_v300.mov

[vesper]

black dice's new album cover (http://girlieaction.com/Band%20Pages/black%20dice/blackdice-cover.jpg).

-edit-

potentially NSFW, i guess?

[apeshite]

black dice's new album cover (http://girlieaction.com/Band%20Pages/black%20dice/blackdice-cover.jpg).
Holy objectification, Batman!

[the Pawnbroker]

black dice's new album cover (http://girlieaction.com/Band%20Pages/black%20dice/blackdice-cover.jpg).


Hope they don't try to advertise in Paste.

[Salman]

''Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don't know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.'' - Rafael Palmeiro, March 17th.

[Salman]

Jeff Mangum came out of hiding and sang "I Have Been Floated" and "Shaving Spiders" with the Olivia Tremor Control yesterday in NYC.

Details (http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001002224)

[johansen smith]

Yacht Rock
http://channel101.com/shows/view.php?media_id=1337

[vesper]

i don't know why anyone (including myself) hasn't mentioned the biggest WTF of the year, r kelly's "trapped in the closet 1-5." and probably the biggest WTF of that being in episode 1, when the husband checks under the bed, behind the shower curtain, in the dresser, and then the closet.

[johansen smith]

those songs and especially the music video are pretty much the greatest achievement of our generation.

[9000]

the r. kelly trapped in the closet stuff is mad genius. i'm totally captivated by the videos and can't wait for next set of songs.

[vesper]

i really wish they had found some way to tie in all of his concept videos -- like the gay lover was Mr. Big from "down low" or something.

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Which character in the videos pisses on little girls?

[johansen smith]

that's from "Trapped in the Golden Shower pt. 1"

[bitterfruit]

Picture of Hunter S. Thompson's cannon setup here. (http://markpincus.typepad.com/markpincus/2005/07/posting_from_th.html)

[Thor]

That's some cool shit right there..

[Thor]

Spiritualized mainman Jason Pierce is recovering after an illness left him close
to death - NME.COM (www.nme.com/news/113078.htm)

[apeshite]

New York Times on 7/29/05: "I.R.A. RENOUNCES USE OF VIOLENCE; VOWS TO DISARM"

Granted this is kind of stale news by now...and a "good" WTF at that...but I'm still reeling from the reports. The IRA--who arguably popularized guerilla warfare in the 20th C--is reforming its ways as Islamic terror cells spring anew around the world in the 21st C. Is anyone else struck by the perversity of this irony?

[Thor]

it's very interesting. no doubt there'll be renegade IRA groups/members who'll continue the fight in a violent way, though..

[apeshite]

i don't know why anyone (including myself) hasn't mentioned the biggest WTF of the year, r kelly's "trapped in the closet 1-5."
Cliffs Notes for the videos (compliments of the NY Times). http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3100

[Futureman]

There are no words to describe it...

The Goddess Bunny (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bunny_tapdancer.html)

[Paul]

There are no words to describe it...

The Goddess Bunny (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bunny_tapdancer.html)I've got some words: "fucked up"

[japanese_moon]

There are no words to describe it...

The Goddess Bunny (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bunny_tapdancer.html)

there are not even words for how much that scared me...OH MY GOD

re-edit: sometimes something so Grotesque and terrifying comes along that it keeps you up at night, something so unsettling that it causes your brain to lapse. Thats what that video did to me. I will never forget it, so thanks, yeah, thanks a lot.

[the Pawnbroker]

There are no words to describe it...

The Goddess Bunny (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/bunny_tapdancer.html)

Who knew Marilyn Manson could tap?

[earl grey]

a friend of mine who just saw coldplay was whistling the melody to kraftwerk's "computer love" this weekend, except he had no idea kraftwerk had anything to do with it.

i suppose this was inevitable, but it still kills me.

[Fiona]

http://www.roadrecs.com/stock/shopping.php3?start=1&action=4&artist=LESBIANS%20ON%20ECSTASY

Team Dresch AND Tracy Chapman sampled on the same record? Wow.

I'm going to see Kraftwerk in a few weeks time - wonder if they'd drop a few bars of 'Talk' into 'Computer Love'...

[bitterfruit]

Thanks to One Louder for the link, this is funny. (http://ni9e.com/blog_images/cyhsy_web.mov)

[Fiona]

Well it's quite the achivement when you make David Brent's moves look good...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/clips/brent/dancer.shtml

[LaBrenzo]

This is pretty weird...right up there for W.T.F "moment" of the year:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/people/love-child/2005/08/22/1124562785709.html

[9000]

shred: http://www.edromanguitars.com/featured/images/BCR_89249_950.jpg

[vesper]

"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability. We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."

a little old by now, but wtf generally (http://mediamatters.org/items/200508220006), not so much specifically (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Robertson#A_controversial_public_figure).

[Miss Tasty Princess]

shred: http://www.edromanguitars.com/featured/images/BCR_89249_950.jpgA guitar for fans of amputee porn?

[the Pawnbroker]

A guitar for fans of amputee porn?

I was going to ask if it came with a humbucker/chastity belt.

[9000]

via gawker: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/25/AR2005082501818.html

[johansen smith]

Kanye West on the Hurricane Relief Telethon. If you haven't heard about it yet, you will.

[bitterfruit]

Kanye West on the Hurricane Relief Telethon. If you haven't heard about it yet, you will.


http://ifox.sitesled.com/kanye.avi

Edit: The look on Mike Myers face when Kanye says "George Bush doesn't care about black people" is priceless.

[Paul]

The Rawker: http://www.therawker.com/index.php

The story behind this guy, as relayed to the webmaster through the guitar shop employees, is hilarious. But he remains a total enigma.

HCI or Bitterfruit: He's supposedly from the ATL. Either of you guys seen him before?

[bitterfruit]

The Rawker: http://www.therawker.com/index.php

HCI or Bitterfruit: He's supposedly from the ATL. Either of you guys seen him before?


Never seen him. Pretty funny though.

[Salman]

The Rawker: http://www.therawker.com/index.php

The story behind this guy, as relayed to the webmaster through the guitar shop employees, is hilarious. But he remains a total enigma.

HCI or Bitterfruit: He's supposedly from the ATL. Either of you guys seen him before?

Yeah, this was pretty funny.

[Futureman]

A Modest Mouse covers album.

The link (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-09/07.shtml)

[japanese_moon]

A Modest Mouse covers album.

The link (http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-09/07.shtml)

I just heard "Tiny cities made of ashes" It's definitetly something worth checking out.

[apeshite]

Apparently, hurricane survivors have no love for Dick:
http://www.jossip.com/gossip/hurricane-katrina/breaking-go-fuck-yourself-mr-cheney-20050908.php

[bitterfruit]

http://www.boston.com/news/weather/hurricanes/multimedia/globe_map/

[vesper]

that girl from the Real World Austin "covering" DMBQ for SXSW.

and better, ann coulter going, "oh new yorkers won't help relief efforts post-katrina" and, when called out on nyc firefighters being some of the first in NO says, "yeah, of course. nyc firefighters aren't new yorkers; they're americans." OH WAIT THAT'S COMPLETELY TYPICAL.

[tinobeat]

http://www.boston.com/news/weather/hurricanes/multimedia/globe_map/

jeezus christmas. thats fucking crazy.. all the way to framingham...

[johansen smith]

Onion article comes true:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/14/news/fortune500/gillette/index.htm

[tinobeat]

"The Schick launch has nothing to do with this, it's like comparing a Ferrari to a Volkswagen as far as we're concerned," Chairman, President and Chief Executive James Kilts, told Reuters.

no he di'int!

[apeshite]

Onion article comes trueWhoa, since when aren't Onion articles true?

[Miss Tasty Princess]

Onion article comes true:

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930

http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/14/news/fortune500/gillette/index.htmHeck, SNL had a fake ad for a triple-blade razor back in the 70's!

[the Pawnbroker]

I'm writing a brief that cites to a case involving 50 Cent.






And it's not a criminal case.

[Salman]

Not the biggest WTF but...
The Arcade Fire covering "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs:
http://www.iheartmusic.net/mp3/arcadefire-maps.mp3

[9000]

Not the biggest WTF but...
The Arcade Fire covering "Maps" by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs:
http://www.iheartmusic.net/mp3/arcadefire-maps.mp3

ada put out a glossy pop/synth cover of maps last year. granted she's not anywhere near as popular as arcade fire.

[earl grey]

ada put out a glossy pop/synth cover of maps last year.

i just could not get into that cover. kinda biased me against the rest of her album, i think.

[9000]

i just could not get into that cover. kinda biased me against the rest of her album, i think.

i wasn't too into the album either, but i find that her songs fare better when they're lumped into someone else's mix.

[johansen smith]

don't know if this qualifies as a WTF moment, but I was in the Flaming Lips movie last nite.

[tinobeat]

in what sense were you "in" it?

[tinobeat]

Static electricity buildup in a guy's suit sets a carpet on fire... 40,000 volts! (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-09-16T143042Z_01_EIC652134_RTRIDST_0_ODD-AUSTRALIA-ELECTRICITY-DC.XML)

[pinkisthenew___]

(this may have already been said) but.....has anyone heard of the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Man? You know, the blue-collared dancing man!

[bitterfruit]

From del.icio.us

http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/09/school-band-play-endtroducing-with.html

[Fiona]

Clearing out my inbox - I'm sure folk have seen this before but it's priceless.

Excitable goats get stiff (http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/fainting-goats-p1.php)

[bitterfruit]

Rush Album Name Generator (http://www.mikecade.com/betagen.php)

[Paul]

WARNING: Do not follow this link if you are easily grossed out by human waste and general filth.

The worst roommate ever! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/shiroioji/114944.html)

[Miss Tasty Princess]

WARNING: Do not follow this link if you are easily grossed out by human waste and general filth.

The worst roommate ever! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/shiroioji/114944.html)I unconsciously stopped breathing through my nose while looking at that.

[9000]

I unconsciously stopped breathing through my nose while looking at that.

i just got the dry heaves.

[Fiona]

WARNING: Do not follow this link if you are easily grossed out by human waste and general filth.

The worst roommate ever! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/shiroioji/114944.html)
Right, so probably best not to rent your spare room to someone you met on a message board then...

[johansen smith]

at least not a 450 pound lesbian person you met online.

[apeshite]

at least not a 450 pound lesbian person you met online. Um, I would imagine that neither her weight nor her sexuality had anything to do with her behavior. Sounds like she had/has some psychiatric issues. But then again, I'm no professional...

[johansen smith]

oh come on.

[Fiona]

Well it's a wild guess, but I'm sure her weight had something to do with it. Though I'm sure the copy of Spin by the can was a distraction.

Edit: Right, in future I'm not posting in a precaffeinated state.

[johansen smith]

http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov

new trailer for the Shining.

[vesper]

i think peter gabriel really sells it.

[Paul]

The funniest thing I've seen in eons.

[johansen smith]

for those who loved the new Shining, new trailer for Titanic:
http://www.ps260.com/elfollador/Scary%20Titanic.mov

[9000]

removing 6 GB of songs from my itunes in order to successfully synch my ipod for the first time in six months. painful.

[Fiona]

BA looking to charge me EUR620 (that's over $750!) for a one-way flight to my folks' place on Christmas eve. It's the redeye for me!

[earl grey]

removing 6 GB of songs from my itunes in order to successfully synch my ipod for the first time in six months. painful.

i just have a playlist in itunes that contains everything on my ipod - and it synchs to that, not to my itunes library (which is way bigger). you might be able to do that to avoid the pain. (though deciding what to take off the ipod is always brutal...)

[9000]

i just have a playlist in itunes that contains everything on my ipod - and it synchs to that, not to my itunes library (which is way bigger). you might be able to do that to avoid the pain. (though deciding what to take off the ipod is always brutal...)

you're killing me. i should have asked here first.

[johansen smith]

you can set it up so you manually add/subtract songs from your iPod when connecting it to iTunes instead of it doing it automatically.

[Fiona]

you're killing me. i should have asked here first.
Or just read the Getting Started booklet.

[9000]

Or just read the Getting Started booklet.

i don't intend on starting to read those things at this stage in my life.

[tinobeat]

PYTHON EXPLODES TRYING TO EAT ALLIGATOR!!!!!!!1 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4313978.stm)

c'mon late nite crew, I know you're here!

[winterversion]

PYTHON EXPLODES TRYING TO EAT ALLIGATOR!!!!!!!1 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4313978.stm)



WTF indeed.

[S M @]

Oooohhh..... I hate it when that happens. It took me a few minutes just to figure out what's what in that (enlarged) photo.

[apeshite]

PYTHON EXPLODES TRYING TO EAT ALLIGATOR!!!!!!!1 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4313978.stm) Ouch! For some odd reason, this reminds me of The Little Prince. You know, the part of the book where the narrator draws a hat and the prince sees a snake that ate an elephant...

[bitterfruit]

got milf (http://gotmilf.ning.com/)

this message was too short.

[vesper]

i like how clarence thomas has lost 88 out of 102 "MILF battles." shit, eva braun only lost 71 out of 133 (and that's actually much more disturbing).

[Fiona]

Following on from the Ok Go thread, seriously this is the worst band ever ever ever. If they spent as much time on their songs as their synchronised dance moves (and their wardrobe) they'd be huge. I took a video on my mobile phone which anyone who is in dire need of a good belly laugh is welcome to. If I could possibly post it I would.
And to complete their brazen lack of humility they hung around Vicar St hawking punters for email addresses for their uh, database.
Shameless (but ridiculously funny) carry on of the highest order.

[Fiona]

Worked it out! I must be sobering up.
http://s57.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2DXVZPALQ3PMQ01BHNPDW7MGZH
Live from Vicar St this evening...
You can view .3gp files either in Real Player or Nokia Phone Manager.

[johansen smith]

SAMUEL L JACKSON IN SNAKES ON A PLANE
http://imdb.com/title/tt0417148/

[Fiona]

That's an impressive plot outline.
You've got to drawn to a film with an assassin AND a puppeteer.

[the Pawnbroker]

Not posting over the weekend and finding out WOXY is the new Moloze.

[Salman]

Not posting over the weekend and finding out WOXY is the new Moloze.
Yeah, same. Pretty fucked.

[george]

this is awesome: http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov