March 11, 2009
I get an illicit thrill anytime I find my childhood touchstones acting in an adult fashion. There's something so wrong yet so right when a Muppet is acting sexually or cursing like Joe Pesci. And this Miss Piggy and Peaches mashup by waambat is so very wonderfully wrong. Previous examples: Pulp Mupp...
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March 10, 2009
A mashup by FAROFF featuring The Beatles' Get Back, LCD Soundsystem's Daft Punk Is Playing At My House and The Kinks' You Really Got Me. A fine mix of the songs and the videos. (Link via Media-Digest)...
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March 09, 2009
My friends at Dose.ca are giving away 15 free iTunes tracks of new artists to watch. FREE! And by free, I mean legal downloads. Featuring music by:A.C. NewmanBlack KidsDeerhoofThe Duke SpiritK'naanLate of the PierLos Campesinos!Passion PitPlants and AnimalsSons and DaughtersThe WalkmenWhite LiesWill...
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In the opening credits of the Watchmen, accompanied by Bob Dylan's song The Times, They Are A 'Changin', the credit sequence shows a brief history of masked heroes. The scene that stood out for me was the party for Sally Jupiter’s retirement from The Minutemen, which is based on Leonardo da Vinciâ...
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March 07, 2009
Some people have been waiting to see the Watchmen on film for more than 20 years, me, I've been waiting to see it for about two months. I think I have the better end of the deal. I watched the Watchmen yesterday and saw a brilliantly faithful adaption of the graphic novel, with some scenes matching ...
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March 04, 2009
Inspired by the Nerdist's call for Nerd Collages, I threw together my own. In retrospect there are a few things I would have added, but I'm pretty pleased with the result. Ok, here are the nerdy details, clockwise from bottom left:Axis & Allies board gameDouglas Coupland: Generation XTrivial Pur...
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March 02, 2009
Winston Zeddemore: Hey Ray. Do you believe in God?Dr. Ray Stantz: Never met him.Winston: Yeah, well, I do. And I love Jesus's style, you know....Winston: Hey Ray. Do you remember something in the bible about the last days when the dead would rise from the grave?Ray: I remember Revelations 7:12...?An...
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March 01, 2009
From a thread on Reddit, that said: If you watch the movie Jaws backwards, it's a movie about a shark that keeps throwing up people until they have to open a beach. Over 1000 comments followed. Here are just a few of my favourites: If you watch Scarface backwards, it's about a man who gives up cocai...
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February 26, 2009
This is the best trailer mashup I've seen in ever. Futurama, Watchmen, Jesus Zoidburg! Thanks to Topless Robot for alerting me to this piece of joy, and for the headline "The world will look up and shout "save us," and I'll whisper, "bite my shiny metal ass." Here is the official trailer, should you...
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February 25, 2009
Weird Fetish Prostitute Ronald Only Gets Two Customers a Year Homeless Ronald Ruins Your Day From Unreality's The 20 Most Terrifying Pictures of Ronald McDonald Ever. "So yeah, Heath Ledger + Childhood Fears + Google Images = this post." I too have an obsession with McDonalds and even, while taking ...
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