Scene: Bunch of folks sitting around, “The Rake’s Song” by The Decemberists playing in the background. I profess my love for the song.
GIRL: I think it’s disturbing that you, as a father, love that song so much.
ME: I think it’s distubing you can’t tell good writing when you hear it.
Here’s the Saturday Night Live performance which banned Elvis Costello from the show for twelve years, all because he changed his mind live from doing “Less Than Zero” to do “Zero Zero.”
Why the hell are we talking about BioShock 3, when BioShock 2 hasn’t even been released yet? Why are people worried that the third installment may or may not be in Rapture when we haven’t even had the chance to revisit the place a second time? Christ. Also, seeing that multiplayer BioShock 2 won’t impede on the single-player [...]
I can’t be the only one who has the feeling this video will be pulled from YouTube once reports of a mall murder rampage by a man with retractable wrist claws begin airing on CNN.
(Via This Is Freaking Ridiculous)
So many things I want, so little cashflow. But at least I have until October to save up for these Kubrick figures from the upcoming Where The Wild Things Are movie, awesomely directed by Spike Jonze and equally awesomely written by Dave Eggers.
(Via carlovely.com)
Seeing as my musical culture developped in the 90’s, I feel inclined to post “I Want You To Know“, the brand new tune by the recently reformed Dinosaur Jr. J. Mascis never looked so pale yet sounds just as awesome.
The Dickens URL for cookingzombies.com would be http://dickensurl.com/7871/The_civility_which_money_will_purchase_is_rarely_extended_to_those_who_have_none
One of my favourite native Canuck bands is The Great Bloomers. And it is wonderful that they are following up on their wonderful 2007 EP with their first full-length entitled Speak Of Trouble, upon which the driving “The Young Ones Slept” can be found.
Swine flu is pretty bad. But it’s…
better than Swan flu
dryer than Swim flu
tastier than Swill flu
not quite as fun as Swing flu
not over as quickly as Swift flu
not as fun to keep as Swag flu
just as absorbant as Swab flu
not better at 3-point shots than Swish flu
not as hard to read as Squint flu
not as [...]
Hot diggity new Sonic Youth named “Sacred Trickster” from their new album coming out in June. Is it me, or does it feel just perfectly refreshing? Remind me to tell you about the time Thruston Moore shook my hand and told me it was soft.
The Star Wars universe isn’t not gay. Hell no. We can talk about the gays here. Not just the straights.
The Star Wars universe isn’t gay. Hell no. No gays here. Just the straights.
From the website:
Bakon Vodka is a superior quality potato vodka with a savory bacon flavor. It’s clean, crisp, and delicious.
(Via this is freaking ridiculous)
I believe there is an exact correlation between the outbreak of swine flu and Twitter’s surge in popularity.
Here’s a lovely song entitled “False Alarm” by The Wooden Birds, set in this afternoon to help you relax with its acoustic smoothness and soft harmonies.
