Archive for April, 2009

Ike Reilly Assassination

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

Music You Might Like: Ike Reilly Assassination, painfully honest Americana from Chicago. He/they sound like Bob Dylan and Roger Waters raised an Appalachian orphan. Via KBOO’s World Music show (huh??)

“The City of Tomorrow”

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

Via Cartoon Brew, enjoy Aussie tea company Bushell’s predictions of what the world of tomorrow would be like, way back in 1941.

“Front Runners” trailer

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

I had to bully Matt into renting Caroline Suh’s documentary about the race for student council president at Stuyvesant High, i.e., America’s best high school. “You loved ‘Election’!” It’s great. Check out the trailer. Student elections are a fascinating microcosm of real world politics, even if these kids’ poise and maturity sickens me.

James Hetfield: “Put some pants on!”

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

Metallica’s “Guitar Hero” promo, too funny.

Alan Moore reads Rorschach’s journal

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

Alan Moore reads Rorschach’s journal. What a… rich accent.

“Silence of the Lambs”: the Lego musical

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

Enjoy (?) Silence of the Lambs: the Lego Musical. Warning: strong language, disturbing concepts, a song you will be humming for days.

Everything is Terrible: my new fav site

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 by Aabra

Move over, Gawker. Not so fast, Digg. What’ve you done for me lately, Fark? There’s a new kid in town: Everything is Terrible, delivering up steaming chunks of obscure, hilarious, g’dawful videos of… * Walkin’ with the Lord– for health… * How moms use the Internet. From the comments: “I like how the production value [...]

Link Dump

Monday, April 27th, 2009 by Aabra

* Matt the sci-fi fan is convinced this human-avian-swine flu outbreak spreading to the US is the beginning of the zombie apocalypse. * If it really is zombies, what skills do you have that would be useful in a post apocalypse world? “i can make a shotgun out of my a*s and three pine cones”. [...]

Photo Phriday

Friday, April 24th, 2009 by Aabra

* America’s Greatest Achievement, 1969 vs. 2009. * Matt the multiple choice hater’ll appreciate this recent Savage Chickens: * Dig this Dethklok vs. Goon alt cover of half Nathan Explosion, half the Goon. Stick me in the middle, mrow… * I try to understand my mom’s religion but that new bishop is so anti-Rebel… * [...]

Link Dump

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 by Aabra

* Exclusively online shoppers like me destroyed Thomas Friedman’s wife’s family’s malls. Yes, yes, yes! The world is flat… broke, jerk! * Former President Bush turning into that dude from Revolutionary Road. * The Obamas’ 2008 tax returns reveal that they gave 6.5% of their gross income to charity. That’s not bad, not bad. By [...]


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