- theuglyvolvo has a wonderful office story that I won’t spoil for you; just read it.
- Oops. They built too many of those stupid Hummers. Thanks, kniwt!
- has a really sweet shot of some young musicians. Aww.
- I grew up watching European animation and loving it, especially Bruno Bozzetto. Someone has collected Flash versions of a few of his shorts, including the wonderful Horror movie one.
- Usually landscape and nature photos leave me cold, but Adamus is freakin’ amazing.
- Using lots of “hip” 1990s design for the “kids”, McDonalds is taking the McRib on a “farewell tour”. Someone should tell them that their food is bacterial and not viral. Plus, the McRib has had more comebacks than Anna Russell. Plus, it’s gross.
- The pharmaceutical industry commissioned a sub-Crichton novel about how terrorists use important Canadian drugs to kill us all. I am not making this up. Makes me wonder in retrospect how much Crichton was paid for Airframe.
- Totally cute little Famicom Micro will make Nintendo fans and all video game aficionados happy.
- Uh, someone found a SUITCASE FULL OF HUMAN BONES WITH A HAT ON IT.
- Religious conservatives who support the Republican party should know that the guys in charge call them “wackos” and manipulate and mock them.
- How to become an outlaw legend, high speed chase style. Not your average chase video. Wow.
- Welcome to sunny Southern California, where parents host “Pimp ‘n’ Ho” parties for their 14-year-old kids.
- Louisiana doesn’t have the $3.7 billion that the feds say is “their share” of the cost of Katrina.
When your best song isn’t yoursr
The following musical artists are best-known for one or more cover songs that far outstrip their own originals commercially and/or artistically, whether they or their fans think so or not. These are in no particular order and may piss you the hell off. I’m not including “interpreter” artists who do almost only covers. Also some of these ‘artists’ really suck and you don’t need to tell me that, mmkay. Add as you wish!
The Lemonheads
Alien Ant Farm
Orgy
Natalie Imbruglia
Bauhaus
Cowboy Junkies
Dillinger Escape Plan
Sixpence None the Richer
Anthrax
Soft Cell
Dynamite Hack
Kim Carnes
Manfred Mann
Quiet Riot (Slade, TWICE!)
Jose Feliciano
good night, mood
- The Palms Hotel in Las Vegas is doing some rebuilding, including custom suites. Okay, “Erotic Suite”, the usual honeymoon thing. But I would seriously pay out for the “Bowling Suite” that includes two regulation sized lanes. Damn.
- I don’t have a big problem with heights, but I think I’ll be avoiding the glass bottomed bridge 4000 feet over the Grand Canyon they’re putting in next year. Ulp.
- Ursi found a giant jpeg of Ground Zero NY from the air at 1016 dpi.
- Here’s a great big pretty site all about playing cards and their history.
Palliative treatment with Oreos is recommended in these cases
- Recent email released shows what a comically villainous frat boy dick Michael Brown is. You got that shirt at Nordstrom? How nice! Now, about that pile of corpses…
- Stay Free really yanked Cafepress’ chain but good. The site for Panexa is hilarious on its own.
- The Harlequin Romance people are branching out. Soon you’ll see “women’s fiction” they’ve produced after a deal with… Oh just click it.
quiz mo’s
Mahalia Jackson, he’s not.
Music for Maniacs is a fine mp3blog for aficionados of outsider music and other oddities. Today’s post revealed one of the main problems “New Religions” or “Cults” have; their gospel music blows chunks.
Submitted for your consideration, L. Ron Hubbard’s music from 1980 for Battlefield Earth. Both of those tracks were intended as “soundtracks” to the novel.
One can easily picture the great man bent over his synthesizer, getting the evil laughter, boop-beep sounds, and ominously cheesy organ sounds just right.
Dear changeng
Were you aware of the Extensible Toy Piano Project?
This fez was made for doffing
- Ladies and gentlemen, meet Samuel R. Delany: human vacuum cleaner. Try not to suck any cock on the way out to the parking lot, Sam!
- Crispin Clover and Courtney Peldon at halloween. You know you have to click it.
- This makes me very happy: a knitted digestive system! Via Pharyngula.
- Independent civil engineering study finds that the NOLA levees failed due to bad engineering made worse by lack of funding.
- Also on the subject of NOLA, the Nine Inch Nails site has some truly apocalyptic photos of the Ninth Ward. Amazing destruction.
The future tipple of bitter lesbian art students everywhere
“In cooperation with the Frida Kahlo family estate, Dorado, Pizzorni & Sons, LLC Importers is proud to announce the launch of Frida Kahlo tequila. This tequila is superior to others because it is elaborated in small batches through a 100% natural, handcrafted and traditional process. We only use the finest quality blue agaves and natural ingredients,” said Jorge Gutierrez, President of Dorado, Pizzorni & Sons, LLC.
“It has been an exciting adventure to develop and launch a product that would characterize my Aunt Frida: her love for Mexico, her strength and her passion for life. Tequila, her favorite drink, accompanied her in the greatest moments of her life,” said Kahlo’s niece, Isolda P. Kahlo. “While searching in the region of Jalisco it was a unique opportunity and a great challenge to obtain the right quality, taste and pureness that would match Frida’s expectations. Always taking care of the finest details, Frida Kahlo Tequila is a Super Premium Tequila that my family and I proudly present to the world, at the level and quality of the tequilas that Frida would definitely expect from her favorite drink.”
Initially, Frida Kahlo Tequila will be launched in three major U.S. markets, including New York, Los Angeles, and Miami, as well as in Mexico, with plans to expand nationally in 2006.
Editor’s note: Frida Kahlo was an alcoholic who drank a bottle a day of tequila. Unsurprisingly, some people are really pissed off about putting her on a liquor label. Via the always useful AdJab.
Edit: namja provides us with their inevitable ad slogan: “Tequila Frida Kahlo: It’ll put hair between your eyes.”
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