Just sayin'.
If you are in the Albany area, may I suggested you head over to American Primitive III: Primitivo at the Lark Street BID.
This is the third show by local artist, and man about town, FPR McLain.
In order to avoid any copyright infringement, here is a link to one of the paintings in the show.
El Pintor Quixote - american primitive
Hope to see you there.
Friday, August 5, 2011
50 Movies 50 States
Interesting InfoGraphic
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Three Movies starring Kevin Costner
Three Movies directed by the Coen Brothers
And True Blood as the Representative of Washington State? Not Singles?
Via FlavorWire
Three Movies starring Kevin Costner
Three Movies directed by the Coen Brothers
And True Blood as the Representative of Washington State? Not Singles?
Via FlavorWire
Thursday, August 4, 2011
And I go off on a rant...
Jon Stewart - Atheists 9/11 - Video | Mediaite
One has to ask about the absence of things related to faith...is it such a big deal? I don't know. It wouldn't bother me, but then again, those who it could bother could be self serious douche bags who are further politicizing 9/11 for their own purposes...but I don't know. Let everyone mourn in their own way, and if people are taking solace from something like this at what is ultimately a mourning site for the entire country, and their are going to be a lot of secular memorials, why does anyone give a crap? Oh, right? Some people are not happy about anything and the continued politicization of this site, and that it has taken a decade to do anything with it shows a failure of leadership, of imagination, and of the American Spirit that has supported us during every dark day this young country has experienced. This is a memorial, for those who died that day, and for our country which experienced an unprecedented loss. Let everyone mourn in their own way and stop being so...completely asinine.
I know this may be odd for some because I am...well...not a believer, but sometimes allowing for all beliefs and lack of beliefs to co-exist is more important than the logic versus magic debate.
One has to ask about the absence of things related to faith...is it such a big deal? I don't know. It wouldn't bother me, but then again, those who it could bother could be self serious douche bags who are further politicizing 9/11 for their own purposes...but I don't know. Let everyone mourn in their own way, and if people are taking solace from something like this at what is ultimately a mourning site for the entire country, and their are going to be a lot of secular memorials, why does anyone give a crap? Oh, right? Some people are not happy about anything and the continued politicization of this site, and that it has taken a decade to do anything with it shows a failure of leadership, of imagination, and of the American Spirit that has supported us during every dark day this young country has experienced. This is a memorial, for those who died that day, and for our country which experienced an unprecedented loss. Let everyone mourn in their own way and stop being so...completely asinine.
I know this may be odd for some because I am...well...not a believer, but sometimes allowing for all beliefs and lack of beliefs to co-exist is more important than the logic versus magic debate.
The Only Reason I Know What Bumptious Means Is Because People Have Referred To Me As That
Scrubs Creator Is Very Unhappy About Vulture’s Review of Zach Braff’s Play
A quick personal note to Mr. Brown. This is hopefully coming off as all in good fun (except maybe the “getting laid” thing — sorry). I read your other reviews. You’re talented. You use the word “bumptious” a lot, but since I don’t know what that means, I’m going to let it pass. I will say this, though: In the age of social media and immediate reader reaction, it’s tempting to skip over the fair critical assessment part (your job). I know the euphoria one can get by spewing clever snark out into the world. I’ve done it. But once that five-minute high dissipates, all you’re left with is the knowledge that you were mean. Too mean, Scott.
A quick personal note to Mr. Brown. This is hopefully coming off as all in good fun (except maybe the “getting laid” thing — sorry). I read your other reviews. You’re talented. You use the word “bumptious” a lot, but since I don’t know what that means, I’m going to let it pass. I will say this, though: In the age of social media and immediate reader reaction, it’s tempting to skip over the fair critical assessment part (your job). I know the euphoria one can get by spewing clever snark out into the world. I’ve done it. But once that five-minute high dissipates, all you’re left with is the knowledge that you were mean. Too mean, Scott.
And arbitrary rankings make me happy
Forbes posted their list of America's Best Colleges and Union College is on it.
I was expecting top 40 but I was happily surprised to see it at 29.
For those following along at home, RPI was at 370, SUNYA was at 357, Skidmore was at 69, Siena at 225 and the College of St. Rose was not ranked.
You can read about the methodology here.
I was expecting top 40 but I was happily surprised to see it at 29.
For those following along at home, RPI was at 370, SUNYA was at 357, Skidmore was at 69, Siena at 225 and the College of St. Rose was not ranked.
You can read about the methodology here.
Keywords
And the keywords that got people to AFM...and made me giggle a little bit.
We have a new Herman Raju this week and it is...
1) Futile cynicism/(futile cynicism)/what is futile cynicism
2) tobias funke/tobias funke business card/I blue myself Is it me or are there a lot of latent Arrested Development fans out there? (which brought people to this post)
3) being okay with being alone
4) contemplative mountain This one was weird.
5) justin beiber haters only care when you make mistakes
and I should have prepared myself for this one...
"jp & ashley stephanie"
We have a new Herman Raju this week and it is...
1) Futile cynicism/(futile cynicism)/what is futile cynicism
2) tobias funke/tobias funke business card/I blue myself Is it me or are there a lot of latent Arrested Development fans out there? (which brought people to this post)
3) being okay with being alone
4) contemplative mountain This one was weird.
5) justin beiber haters only care when you make mistakes
and I should have prepared myself for this one...
"jp & ashley stephanie"
Randomness for a Thursday Morning
I love this version of this song...
The Naked and Famous are so listenable and this is just another reason why everyone should go to Austin at some point.
Both Nirvana and the Strokes have tribute albums out right now. I have been effusive in my praise for Newermind and I am giving the Strokes tribute album a chance over the next week or so.
From the NYT:
Despite its abbreviated career, Nirvana was the most important rock group of the 1990s; all the while this Seattle band — especially Kurt Cobain — expressed nothing but reluctance. The Strokes, young, beautiful, fashionable and from New York, appeared to crave fame in a way that Nirvana didn’t, and yet “Nevermind” is the album that went platinum 10 times over, nine more times than “Is This It.”
Paying Tribute to Nirvana and the Strokes
I came across this piece on the Awl yesterday (Was Aaron Swartz Stealing?) and it was great. Maybe it was great because I did not know anything about it, even though I understood the players and the game itself, and it made me think that I have been spending too much time on the wrong type of media since I stopped being a full time professional geek. I wonder if it would have had the same effect, since I am a big fan of the CopyLeft movement as well as the belief that "information wants to be free" even when we are required to pay for the delivery system. It is worth the time to read it, even if you are disinterested in the topic.
On Facebook, I linked to a number of articles but these two stuck out, and made me think when I was in a bout of severe insomnia last night...
From the always funny The Onion: Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough Concessions By Both Democrats And Democrats Alike which was funny because it is true. More to the point, it has been one of the long time failings of the left to compromise to the point of not being true to their beliefs in the hope that the right will give a little. Though the policies advocated by the left often succeed as the reactionary conservatives die off.
And then there was this from the NYT as well...
Teaching Kids How to Break Up Nicely
Late last month, 200 teenagers from Boston-area schools gathered to discuss the minutia of Facebook breakup etiquette. Should you delete pictures of your ex after splitting up? Is it O.K. to unfriend your last girlfriend if you can’t stop looking at her profile? And is it ever ethically defensible to change your relationship status to single without first notifying the person whose heart you’re crushing?
My quip about this was, "Interesting...also why I plan to keep my relationship status hidden from now on...at least until they add "Is Hopelessly Self Involved" as a setting."
When someone asked if it was not a standard setting, I had to respond with, "Not yet, but I keep lobbying for it...someday I hope that mainstream America will recognize my love for myself as a valid choice and that I will be entitled to all the benefits that people in "couple love" have."
It is about Singles Equality folks, it is a basic human right.
And then, while I was reading, I returned to Bon Iver, which I had not listened to since it first came out a couple of weeks (longer than that, surely) ago...such great music with such painfully sincere lyrics.
Have a great day, everyone. Hopefully, today will be as interesting as yesterday was.
The Naked and Famous are so listenable and this is just another reason why everyone should go to Austin at some point.
Both Nirvana and the Strokes have tribute albums out right now. I have been effusive in my praise for Newermind and I am giving the Strokes tribute album a chance over the next week or so.
From the NYT:
Despite its abbreviated career, Nirvana was the most important rock group of the 1990s; all the while this Seattle band — especially Kurt Cobain — expressed nothing but reluctance. The Strokes, young, beautiful, fashionable and from New York, appeared to crave fame in a way that Nirvana didn’t, and yet “Nevermind” is the album that went platinum 10 times over, nine more times than “Is This It.”
Paying Tribute to Nirvana and the Strokes
I came across this piece on the Awl yesterday (Was Aaron Swartz Stealing?) and it was great. Maybe it was great because I did not know anything about it, even though I understood the players and the game itself, and it made me think that I have been spending too much time on the wrong type of media since I stopped being a full time professional geek. I wonder if it would have had the same effect, since I am a big fan of the CopyLeft movement as well as the belief that "information wants to be free" even when we are required to pay for the delivery system. It is worth the time to read it, even if you are disinterested in the topic.
On Facebook, I linked to a number of articles but these two stuck out, and made me think when I was in a bout of severe insomnia last night...
From the always funny The Onion: Obama: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough Concessions By Both Democrats And Democrats Alike which was funny because it is true. More to the point, it has been one of the long time failings of the left to compromise to the point of not being true to their beliefs in the hope that the right will give a little. Though the policies advocated by the left often succeed as the reactionary conservatives die off.
And then there was this from the NYT as well...
Teaching Kids How to Break Up Nicely
Late last month, 200 teenagers from Boston-area schools gathered to discuss the minutia of Facebook breakup etiquette. Should you delete pictures of your ex after splitting up? Is it O.K. to unfriend your last girlfriend if you can’t stop looking at her profile? And is it ever ethically defensible to change your relationship status to single without first notifying the person whose heart you’re crushing?
My quip about this was, "Interesting...also why I plan to keep my relationship status hidden from now on...at least until they add "Is Hopelessly Self Involved" as a setting."
When someone asked if it was not a standard setting, I had to respond with, "Not yet, but I keep lobbying for it...someday I hope that mainstream America will recognize my love for myself as a valid choice and that I will be entitled to all the benefits that people in "couple love" have."
It is about Singles Equality folks, it is a basic human right.
And then, while I was reading, I returned to Bon Iver, which I had not listened to since it first came out a couple of weeks (longer than that, surely) ago...such great music with such painfully sincere lyrics.
Have a great day, everyone. Hopefully, today will be as interesting as yesterday was.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
My Top 25 Songs of the 2011...so far (July)
Here is the list for July. It isn't that I forgot about it as much as I forgot about it...
1) Modern Man - Arcade Fire
2) See America Right - The Mountain Goats
3) Down By The Water - The Decemberists
4) Southwood Plantation Road - The Mountain Goats
5) Peg - Steely Dan
6) Circles - Bob Mould
7) America - Simon & Garfunkel
8) No Children - The Mountain Goats
9) Modern Love - David Bowie
10) Gaper's Delay - Holy Roman Empire
11) Today - Smashing Pumpkins
12) Dry the Rain - The Beta Band
13) Falling to Pieces - Faith No More
14) Oceanographer's Choice - The Mountain Goats
15) Freedom - Wham!
16) This Is The Day - Ivy
17) Choose Drugs - Julianna Hatfield
18) Girls Like You - The Naked and Famous
19) Jump in the River - Sinead O'Conner
20) Queen of Apology - The Sounds
21) Ricki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
22) Bring One The Night/When The World Is Running Down - Sting
23) Sax and Violins - Talking Heads
24) O Girlfriend - Weezer
25) Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
I find this interesting because the year is now more than half over and only three or four songs are from the last five years. Maybe I am becoming more of an old than I thought that I was.
I would love to see what is on the list of 25 most played songs on some of my friend's iPods.
1) Modern Man - Arcade Fire
2) See America Right - The Mountain Goats
3) Down By The Water - The Decemberists
4) Southwood Plantation Road - The Mountain Goats
5) Peg - Steely Dan
6) Circles - Bob Mould
7) America - Simon & Garfunkel
8) No Children - The Mountain Goats
9) Modern Love - David Bowie
10) Gaper's Delay - Holy Roman Empire
11) Today - Smashing Pumpkins
12) Dry the Rain - The Beta Band
13) Falling to Pieces - Faith No More
14) Oceanographer's Choice - The Mountain Goats
15) Freedom - Wham!
16) This Is The Day - Ivy
17) Choose Drugs - Julianna Hatfield
18) Girls Like You - The Naked and Famous
19) Jump in the River - Sinead O'Conner
20) Queen of Apology - The Sounds
21) Ricki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
22) Bring One The Night/When The World Is Running Down - Sting
23) Sax and Violins - Talking Heads
24) O Girlfriend - Weezer
25) Running With The Night - Lionel Richie
I find this interesting because the year is now more than half over and only three or four songs are from the last five years. Maybe I am becoming more of an old than I thought that I was.
I would love to see what is on the list of 25 most played songs on some of my friend's iPods.
Let them listen to Cake...
I don't know what this song popped into my head this morning, but it did and has stayed there for two hours.*
You're welcome, world.
*Edit: Yes, I do remember, it happened because HJ77 told me that she hoped that I would survive while I was waiting for my coffee to brew. So, it is her fault.
And I may watch an episode of this show.
Report: Two and a Half Men to Kill Charlie Sheen's Character - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com:
"Slamming the door on any possible return from Charlie Sheen, the ninth season premiere of Two and a Half Men will feature the funeral of Sheen's on-screen persona, Charlie Harper, Deadline reports.
The episode, which will tape in front of a live studio audience on Friday, will show all of Charlie's ex-girlfriends in attendance at the service."
If he is dead, it may be worth it. If they can manage to kill ducky and the fat kid, that would work out even better for me.
September 19th, folks...
"Slamming the door on any possible return from Charlie Sheen, the ninth season premiere of Two and a Half Men will feature the funeral of Sheen's on-screen persona, Charlie Harper, Deadline reports.
The episode, which will tape in front of a live studio audience on Friday, will show all of Charlie's ex-girlfriends in attendance at the service."
If he is dead, it may be worth it. If they can manage to kill ducky and the fat kid, that would work out even better for me.
September 19th, folks...
Is Dawson's Creek the Brook that Bounds?
From Facebook (courtesy of @jonathanrnash):
"Facebook report from a friend in Philly: Today as he was riding his bike along the Schuylkill, he stumbled upon the set of the movie "Backwards," starring James Van Der Beek. The scene was a rowing race. And the crowd chanted: "Union! Union! Union!""
From the IMDB entry for Backwards:
When a fiercely competitive thirty year old rower fails to make the Olympic boat for the second time, she takes a coaching job at a school where her boss is also her ex-boyfriend and struggles to adjust to life off the race course.
Please tell me that this is not going to be Union's introduction to the bulk of the country.
Union folks, any opinions?
"Facebook report from a friend in Philly: Today as he was riding his bike along the Schuylkill, he stumbled upon the set of the movie "Backwards," starring James Van Der Beek. The scene was a rowing race. And the crowd chanted: "Union! Union! Union!""
From the IMDB entry for Backwards:
When a fiercely competitive thirty year old rower fails to make the Olympic boat for the second time, she takes a coaching job at a school where her boss is also her ex-boyfriend and struggles to adjust to life off the race course.
Please tell me that this is not going to be Union's introduction to the bulk of the country.
Union folks, any opinions?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Bob Mould Gets Meta
Bob Mould covering Sugar's If I Can't Change Your Mind...
Bob Mould "covers" Sugar
Here is the original video...
It was, as Bob states, an "amazing" video.
Who knew that Husker Du was a huge influence on Bob too?
This is more than a little awesome.
Bob Mould "covers" Sugar
Here is the original video...
It was, as Bob states, an "amazing" video.
Who knew that Husker Du was a huge influence on Bob too?
This is more than a little awesome.
This is a great idea!
Big-City Barbecue: 101 Places to Satisfy Your Urban ’Cue Craving -- Grub Street New York:
"To put our Big City Barbecue list together, we turned to chefs, food writers, and journalists whose opinions we trust. We combined their picks with our own expertise to make choices in all of our Grub Street cities — New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Philadelphia — as well as the country's other major metropolitan areas (with a few classic, all-time favorite 'cue joints thrown in for good measure)."
The Manhattan version of the Dinosaur made the list, as well as Hill Country (which I really want to try).
I think I am going to try the SoPo in South Portland very very soon.
The list Chuck's Hole in the Wall in Seattle...which is surprising because it isn't great. Certainly not one of the best in the country.
I have eaten at a couple of the Kansas City places, and yes, they are worth going to Kansas City.
You can see the entire list here.
"To put our Big City Barbecue list together, we turned to chefs, food writers, and journalists whose opinions we trust. We combined their picks with our own expertise to make choices in all of our Grub Street cities — New York, Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Philadelphia — as well as the country's other major metropolitan areas (with a few classic, all-time favorite 'cue joints thrown in for good measure)."
The Manhattan version of the Dinosaur made the list, as well as Hill Country (which I really want to try).
I think I am going to try the SoPo in South Portland very very soon.
The list Chuck's Hole in the Wall in Seattle...which is surprising because it isn't great. Certainly not one of the best in the country.
I have eaten at a couple of the Kansas City places, and yes, they are worth going to Kansas City.
You can see the entire list here.
And I am a better person for it...
As I was buying baby arugula for today's lunch salad ("It is a veg-etable"), my eyes wandered to this magazine on the rack at checkout.
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
Ashley and JP are together but JP still loves Stephanie?
What now?
Apparently these people are the winners of "The Bachelorette" which is apparently some sort of reality show. Where the winner finds true love and C-list celebrity.
It was fascinating that these people are famous, but then, when trying to find out who they were, it became more frightening for me.
People are obsessed with this coupling. (And by people, I mean the thousands of posts, and comments that a quick Googling of "JP Ashley" pulled up.) I read for a while and with each next and each post I felt more and more sad for the Republic.
I know people who have multiple cats, an old collection of "Cathy" memorabilia, and a belief that they will find "the one", are good people in their hearts, and are probably good with children, but...and this is a problem with celebrity culture to begin with, are showing an unhealthy fascination with someone else's relationship.
Courtesy of Guyism.com
A brief survey of some of the comments (People.com seems to be Ground Zero for this meme (who reads People.com anyway?))showed a level of knowledge and intimacy with these "characters" that I found creepy (in the Batesian sense) in a very real way. Maybe it is because I a becoming (or I already am) an "old" or maybe it is because it is NOMB, but I do not understand the fascination with other people's relationships. Sure, I will make a joke about someone famous (all I can think about is Brad and Angelina...are they still an item?) but I have no more knowledge than it being a bit that some hack stand-up uses to get a cheap laugh and to show that he is just like us. But the comments from people showed a level of knowledge about strangers (and characters) that I do not have about some (all) of my best friends. I have a for instance here, but it really does not matter, and after typing it out it read as being mean spirited (and I did make a joke about Cathy fans earlier that I thought was just fine, so...yeah, it made me feel not-so-good). The converse to this is that people who talk with me every day do not have the knowledge of my romantic entanglements either.
I know that this is not a new development, and that people were reading "Look" back in the Fifties about Rock Hudson and his lovely wife, (Yeah, how about that for digging a little deeper for a celebrity story.) but the difference is that there is now a large group of forums for people to redirect the flow of their angst and anxieties about their own moribund relationships into the public sphere and that is a very bad thing.
Maybe I am too late to the party on this one, and maybe other people have offered better thought out thesis about why this happens (Maybe? Yes to both.) however, it struck me differently than any other pop thing has in a long time. I had no clue who these people were and when I found out about them, I became concerned about "the kids these days".
I do not know what that says about me (actually, I have a really good idea about what it says but that is for me and my therapist) but I think that I am a better person for not knowing who JP and Ashley are...but I wish them luck, apparently the whole world is watching.
Edit at 11:54 am: WTF? Vulture has a piece about this show? (which just posted and links to a longer Slate piece.) I thought it was fringy or for people in flyover country or women with a) multiple cats or b) a lot of good guy friends but are just searching for the "one". Argh. The Slate post may have blown my entire thesis, if I could figure one out.
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE?
Ashley and JP are together but JP still loves Stephanie?
What now?
Apparently these people are the winners of "The Bachelorette" which is apparently some sort of reality show. Where the winner finds true love and C-list celebrity.
It was fascinating that these people are famous, but then, when trying to find out who they were, it became more frightening for me.
People are obsessed with this coupling. (And by people, I mean the thousands of posts, and comments that a quick Googling of "JP Ashley" pulled up.) I read for a while and with each next and each post I felt more and more sad for the Republic.
I know people who have multiple cats, an old collection of "Cathy" memorabilia, and a belief that they will find "the one", are good people in their hearts, and are probably good with children, but...and this is a problem with celebrity culture to begin with, are showing an unhealthy fascination with someone else's relationship.
A brief survey of some of the comments (People.com seems to be Ground Zero for this meme (who reads People.com anyway?))showed a level of knowledge and intimacy with these "characters" that I found creepy (in the Batesian sense) in a very real way. Maybe it is because I a becoming (or I already am) an "old" or maybe it is because it is NOMB, but I do not understand the fascination with other people's relationships. Sure, I will make a joke about someone famous (all I can think about is Brad and Angelina...are they still an item?) but I have no more knowledge than it being a bit that some hack stand-up uses to get a cheap laugh and to show that he is just like us. But the comments from people showed a level of knowledge about strangers (and characters) that I do not have about some (all) of my best friends. I have a for instance here, but it really does not matter, and after typing it out it read as being mean spirited (and I did make a joke about Cathy fans earlier that I thought was just fine, so...yeah, it made me feel not-so-good). The converse to this is that people who talk with me every day do not have the knowledge of my romantic entanglements either.
I know that this is not a new development, and that people were reading "Look" back in the Fifties about Rock Hudson and his lovely wife, (Yeah, how about that for digging a little deeper for a celebrity story.) but the difference is that there is now a large group of forums for people to redirect the flow of their angst and anxieties about their own moribund relationships into the public sphere and that is a very bad thing.
Maybe I am too late to the party on this one, and maybe other people have offered better thought out thesis about why this happens (Maybe? Yes to both.) however, it struck me differently than any other pop thing has in a long time. I had no clue who these people were and when I found out about them, I became concerned about "the kids these days".
I do not know what that says about me (actually, I have a really good idea about what it says but that is for me and my therapist) but I think that I am a better person for not knowing who JP and Ashley are...but I wish them luck, apparently the whole world is watching.
Edit at 11:54 am: WTF? Vulture has a piece about this show? (which just posted and links to a longer Slate piece.) I thought it was fringy or for people in flyover country or women with a) multiple cats or b) a lot of good guy friends but are just searching for the "one". Argh. The Slate post may have blown my entire thesis, if I could figure one out.
Looking forward to TDKR
As you know, I have a thing for Batman, and I really enjoy the Nolan vision of Batman that has been presented in the first two films of the series...TDK was a great film and probably my favorite comic book film (with the first Iron Man and, surprisingly, Captain America rounding out the top three, in that order) and I really enjoyed the Knight Saga arc from the comics.
And the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises looks great.
See? There is a bunch of information about how the story should work and what it is about without giving away the entire premise. I want to be surprised when I walk in to the theater. I want to be filled with the sense of wonder that TEA has when he sees these films because he is not so infected by pop culture malaise (there will be more on this particular issue in another post) and being spoiler free is a good way to maintain that.
But this is the age of ubiquitous connectivity it is impossible to avoid spoilers...or at least difficult.
And when I saw this article pop up on a friend's Facebook wall, I had to take a look.
Tom Hardy’s Bane Is Scary, Bald in ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Set Photo
Accompanying the article was this picture:
(Plus, it was written by Will Leitch, whom I love, who has started writing for Yahoo apparently. How did I not know this?)
And it was a plea to avoid spoilage or at least keep the folks from Pittsburgh away from the set...at least that was part of it.
Anyway...
Will it be possible for me to avoid the stories about the movie or will I be too tempted by every bit of fanboy news that comes through the tubes?
Is it better to wait and be excited or to know what you are getting into?
And the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises looks great.
See? There is a bunch of information about how the story should work and what it is about without giving away the entire premise. I want to be surprised when I walk in to the theater. I want to be filled with the sense of wonder that TEA has when he sees these films because he is not so infected by pop culture malaise (there will be more on this particular issue in another post) and being spoiler free is a good way to maintain that.
But this is the age of ubiquitous connectivity it is impossible to avoid spoilers...or at least difficult.
And when I saw this article pop up on a friend's Facebook wall, I had to take a look.
Tom Hardy’s Bane Is Scary, Bald in ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Set Photo
Accompanying the article was this picture:
(Plus, it was written by Will Leitch, whom I love, who has started writing for Yahoo apparently. How did I not know this?)
And it was a plea to avoid spoilage or at least keep the folks from Pittsburgh away from the set...at least that was part of it.
Anyway...
Will it be possible for me to avoid the stories about the movie or will I be too tempted by every bit of fanboy news that comes through the tubes?
Is it better to wait and be excited or to know what you are getting into?
Monday, August 1, 2011
So, is the joke here about the Germans or the French?
Hitler ordered Nazis to make sex dolls so soldiers wouldn't catch syphilis from prostitutes | Mail Online:
"Adolf Hitler ordered the Nazis to develop sex dolls to send to his troops being ravaged by disease after sleeping with French women, it's been revealed.
The synthetic 'comforters' were made from silicone and designed to stop soldiers being laid low with syphilis.
Smaller than life-size, the so-called ‘gynoids’ were to be targeted at the men most at temptation from a ‘quick adventure’ with a French prostitute."
"Adolf Hitler ordered the Nazis to develop sex dolls to send to his troops being ravaged by disease after sleeping with French women, it's been revealed.
The synthetic 'comforters' were made from silicone and designed to stop soldiers being laid low with syphilis.
Smaller than life-size, the so-called ‘gynoids’ were to be targeted at the men most at temptation from a ‘quick adventure’ with a French prostitute."
A song to be angry to..
Ashley asked, on Facebook, about a song to be angry to...and while she wasn't looking for a relationship song, this song was one of the first that popped into my head...
Drill - Go To Hell
She is now singing with KMFDM which is kind of cool.
I also listed:
Undeserving You by Holy Roman Empire
Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
There There by Radiohead (which is really angry when you give it a close listen)
Queen of Apology by The Sounds (which is a bit odd)
Anything that you would have suggested?
(Oh, there is my favorite angry song...by Tool, but I was not going to suggest that.)
Drill - Go To Hell
She is now singing with KMFDM which is kind of cool.
I also listed:
Undeserving You by Holy Roman Empire
Killing in the Name by Rage Against the Machine
There There by Radiohead (which is really angry when you give it a close listen)
Queen of Apology by The Sounds (which is a bit odd)
Anything that you would have suggested?
(Oh, there is my favorite angry song...by Tool, but I was not going to suggest that.)
Cheers & Jeers for a Monday
Cheers to:
1) Seeing an awful movie (Cowboys and Aliens) with a good friend.
2) Realizing that I was reading a book from 1993 and listening to an album from 1992 on devices that were not even conceived of back then. (KSR's Mars books and Smashing Pumpkin's Siamese Dream)
3) Good times spent with friends and family.
4) Excessively long phone calls about nothingness with great people.
5) Looking ahead to being at the beach.
6) MTv turning 30 today.
7) Questionable Content turning 8 today.
8) Saranac's 12 Beers of Summer Sampler
Jeers to:
1) Half Marathon training. I point you to this (H/T to HJ77). Especially the part about running with other people. The reason I ride my bike or run is to be alone. I do not like people that much.
2) Not having any BBQ this week.
3) A deal on the debt ceiling that does not help the underlying issues.
4) Killing Clancy Brown in the first half of a movie.
5) A remake of Footloose and a film (staring Liam Neeson) that is based on Battleship. I am looking forward to Chutes and Ladders.
6) Brooke Gladstone looking like she sounds.
7) Someone taking my idea for a perfect Caprese salad and adding...avocado to it. What is up with that?
8) My sister only drinking Coors' Light.
1) Seeing an awful movie (Cowboys and Aliens) with a good friend.
2) Realizing that I was reading a book from 1993 and listening to an album from 1992 on devices that were not even conceived of back then. (KSR's Mars books and Smashing Pumpkin's Siamese Dream)
3) Good times spent with friends and family.
4) Excessively long phone calls about nothingness with great people.
5) Looking ahead to being at the beach.
6) MTv turning 30 today.
7) Questionable Content turning 8 today.
8) Saranac's 12 Beers of Summer Sampler
Jeers to:
1) Half Marathon training. I point you to this (H/T to HJ77). Especially the part about running with other people. The reason I ride my bike or run is to be alone. I do not like people that much.
2) Not having any BBQ this week.
3) A deal on the debt ceiling that does not help the underlying issues.
4) Killing Clancy Brown in the first half of a movie.
5) A remake of Footloose and a film (staring Liam Neeson) that is based on Battleship. I am looking forward to Chutes and Ladders.
6) Brooke Gladstone looking like she sounds.
7) Someone taking my idea for a perfect Caprese salad and adding...avocado to it. What is up with that?
8) My sister only drinking Coors' Light.
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