Tuesday, November 18, 2008

if you watch one youtube video all year

make it this one:



sweet jesus this is statistically impossible.

in case you wanna watch it

paramount just released the official, high-res versions of the new star trek trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/startrek/

Monday, November 17, 2008

abortion contest

TAKE SIDES.

battle of the late-90s alterna-rock songs about regretting an abortion:

-"the freshmen" by the verve pipe


-"brick" by ben folds five



personally, my vote goes to "the freshmen," but it's close.

thoughts?

Sunday, November 16, 2008

and so it's come to this

timeline:

-10:37pm: i am opening wikipedia to read about the star trek reboot
-10:38pm - 1:45am: i am reading lots of other articles on wikipedia, each leading to another.
-1:46am: i somehow am reading about budd dwyer.
-1:47am: i watch a video of budd dwyer killing himself at a televised press conference.

good night, internet!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

rise above my station

i have no history of child abuse, and yet, as of late, i can think of few songs better than "hast thou considered the tetrapod."




the only other song i can listen to these days is "love and affection."




oh, and also this wonderful and forgotten gem: a live medley/mashup of "love and affection" with "sweet jane," all performed by a largely forgotten group called two nice girls.




i guess this is a music blog sometimes?

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

also: found on the internet


not made by me. but appreciated by me.

seriously, a guy named barack hussein obama II.

did anyone else choke up at...

...the sight of jesse jackson with tears streaming down his face and his fingers in his mouth, like a child?

not to mention the scene at NBC election central afterward, when tom brokaw, ann curry, AND chuck todd all had to fight back tears of emotion. only brian williams stayed calm, but that's because he's brian fucking williams.

seriously—tom brokaw.