Archive for July, 2007

TV’s best summer

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 by Aabra

Which was the best summer on TV: * Suzanne Somers (Real name Mahoney.) Jiggly, giggly star of that campiest of ’70s shows, Three’s Company. No particular powers, other than a horrid laugh and the ability to earn an income without any discernible talent… * Jaime Sommers aka The Bionic Woman. She had bionic hearing, bionic [...]

Hail Seizures

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 by Aabra

I’ve used chaos theory to find new music more times than I care to admit. Example: The headline “Chief Justice Roberts Suffers Seizure” inspires someone on Fark to post the sick website “John Roberts, Do You Have Epilepsy?” which I forward to Matt, who complains that he’s now blind and stuck on the floor, which [...]

Pop so baroque

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007 by Matt

My head is swimming with loads of crap, not the least of which is a week’s worth of writing sql scripts. So, how about a little diversion? How about a video of 60s kissed pop with a British movie actor, an electric sitar, lots of dancing, and a bushel of drag? Yes, my friends, Belle [...]

What you missed at Comic Con 2007

Monday, July 30th, 2007 by Aabra

So, so jealous of these bastards attending Comic Con. Imagine getting to see, in person, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright, Alison Bechdel, Eric Powell talking Chinatown (oh!), a Dark Knight teaser trailer, Nick Cage’s terrifying emo son, Futurama movie teasers (Ooh!), or Matt Groening revealing that Ralph Wiggum is his fav character. Curse anyone with [...]

OPB’s “In House”, Sat & Sun at 9 pm

Monday, July 30th, 2007 by Aabra

Matt’s fallen quite in love with this new show on OPB called In House. It’s Portland artists or musicians coming to Portland. Elk City, Wilco, Bishop Allen– it’s like they hooked a radio up to Matt’s brain. ———————————————————————— * For my fellow Oregonians… * Oregon Trail in 60 seconds. I can has dysentery? * Did [...]

Narcissa casting, with our usual call for nudity

Monday, July 30th, 2007 by Aabra

Calm down, fans– Naomi Watts denies the Narcissa casting rumor. She’s too young– Helena was born in 1966, so the Narcissa actress must appear younger, right? How ’bout… * Tilda Swinton, born 1960? Getting a little old to play Narcissa, but damn good at being evil. * Joely Richardson, born in 1965, who meets both [...]

Half-Blood Prince: the musical??

Monday, July 30th, 2007 by Aabra

* Ooh! Rowling reveals that Ron becomes a— well, I don’t want to say anything ’til y’all finish reading the 7th book. * Rowling also reveals that she originally intended for Tonks to– but, again, don’t want to give anything away. * Just to torment fans of musicals, the complete lyrics to Les Magiciens, a [...]

Films we’d like to see the Film Crew tackle

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 by Aabra

In celebration of The Film Crew bringing riffing back (We love you guys!), let’s take a closer look at some of the more infamous star vehicles that crashed and burned: The Conqueror, a possibly cancer-causing flop starring Susan Hayward, Sir Agnes Moorehead, and (ugh) John Wayne as Ghangis Kahn. Watch, if you dare, this five [...]

Beef: it’s what’s rotting your colon

Friday, July 27th, 2007 by Aabra

Saw this billboard somewhere in NE Portland: … And just couldn’t help myself. ———————————————————————— * Something Awful’s Photoshop Phriday celebrates pinball machines. * Eradicate the worst font in the world– ban comic sans! * Future Me allows you to send messages to your soon-to-be self, or you can just read everyone else’s drunken entries. * [...]

MSTie is back, as the Film Crew!

Friday, July 27th, 2007 by Aabra

Hot dog! MST3K’s Kevin, Mike, and Bill are riffing away again, as The Film Crew!! Watch two minute previews of: * Wild Women of Wongo, * Giant of Marathon, starring the eternally greased Steve Reeves; * Killers from Space, and * Hollywood After Dark, featuring a then 30-year old Rue McClanahan as a teenage stripper. [...]


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