March 2008
29 posts
“I wouldn’t mind coming back as a Bond villain.”
– Sean Connery (via PR-Inside)…we can only dream.
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WatchSNL: Punched! (via hulu)
Saturday Night Live is doing impressive things with Hulu so far. The decision to go with only clips works much better for SNL than it does for other shows, and I think that a focus on individual skits can only be good for the show. It also allows them to appeal more to the 18-25 range that typically isn’t watching tv on Saturday nights and uses video on demand more...
2008 Best Music Poll: Mike Fiore →
Vote for Mike on the best music poll, every vote helps. Make sure you hit “Cast your ballot” and enter your email or it doesn’t count.
“They set forth in a crimson dawn where sky and earth closed in a razorous plane.”
– Cormac McCarthy, from Blood Meridian. His language and syntax is more nuanced and demanding in this novel than the others I’ve read, The Road and No Country for Old Men, but it is also more rewarding. “Razorous” appears to be a creation of his, as I’ve been unable to confirm...
“Obama has a genuinely independent mind, he’s a terrific listener and he...”
– The Obama I know — chicagotribune.com
There are several reasons I’ve been migrating into the Obama camp since the summer, but this is probably the most important: from everything that I’ve read about him, heard from him, and seen while I was in DC, it seems clear that he puts a...
Watcherockappel: This St. Patrick’s Day, Brad Neely once again proves that he’s a fucking genius. BRING THE GOLD!!!
Dropkick Murphys - Finnegan’s Wake
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“It’s the beat generation, its béat, it’s the beat to keep,...”
– Kerouac, from Desolation Angels
Joy Division - Dead Souls
From the bonus disc of...
Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth →
Pretty horrible story being reported here about the Alberta tar sands project, including the fact that “Producing a barrel of oil from the oil sands produces three times more greenhouse gas emissions than a barrel of conventional oil”.
Also, it’s probably a negative when two former workers chime in to describe the project’s atmosphere as being like “Mad Max”...
WatchBreak.com launches a new series, Bro Search, starring Dax Shepard. It’s about a social network for finding best bros - actually looks pretty funny so far.
WatchAnonymous Philanthropist Donates 200 Human Kidneys To Hospital | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
The Onion Video section has been consistently brilliant - the production is slick, and the “anchors” are great. I wonder what kind of money they’re sinking into this?
WatchArrested Development, Larry Mittleman - George Bluth’s video surrogate.
The Microphones - The Moon
From 2001’s The...
“Barack Obama supports the basic principle that network providers should not be...”
– Obama’s official stance on Net Neutrality, one of the reasons I’ve ended up firmly in his camp. (via Wired)
WatchAlfred Hitchcock Presents: Whodunit (via hulu: Whodunit: Alfred Hitchcock Presents)
Finally got a beta account at Hulu*. Pretty impressed so far; the video quality and selection is better than the network sites. The networks are also (finally) capitalizing on their extensive back catalogues. Fox has the entire series of Arrested Development on there, and there are some great old shows like...
“If you want to laugh at somebody, try laughing at the sheep out there who go to...”
– Gecko45, aka “The Mall Ninja” (via Shrine of the Mall Ninja » LonelyMachines). This page is hilarious and terrifying. And hilarious.
