Aug 27
Oh man, I just remembered Despair, Inc.’s Demotivational poster line. This one’s definietly my favorite. I know some may find them depressing but, their practicality and sense of humor is a million times more motivating then some cute saying, as this one points out.
Aug 26
Opentape: just barely not Muxtape
I’m sure that you, like everyone else misses Muxtape, the online mixtape sharing site that has since been shutdown while they “sort out a problem with the RIAA.” Well there’s good news because there is now Opentape, a blantant rip off of Muxtape, at least in it’s layout, which looks almost exactly like dear ol’ muxtape. The main difference between the two is that you have to host the mp3s on your own server, which I suppose makes it a little different for the RIAA. Opentape seem to be pretty up front about their inspiration:
Opentape’s creation and design are proudly inspired by Muxtape’s success and sleek interface. We were sad with it’s untimely shutdown and wanted to let the web mixtape movement continue.
Anywho, when I get the chance I’ll try setting up Opentape on my server, but hopefully muxtape will come back soon.
Hands on a Hard Body
Kottke’s made two (1,2,) different posts about this documentary of a contest in a small Texas town.
The yearly competition pits twenty-four contestants against each other to see who can keep their hand on a pickup truck for the longest amount of time. Whoever endures the longest without leaning on the truck or squatting wins the truck. Five minute breaks are issued every hour and fifteen minute breaks every six hours.
It seems like a pretty boring subject for a documentary but the filmmakers do an incredible job putting it together, and it turns into a great look the limits of human endurance. They’re helped out by a great cross section of people in the competition and in particular one fellow named Benny who won the contest before and offers really acute insights into the experience, especially as the contestants entire their third and fourth day without sleep.
The entire film is available on Google Video, and I can’t reccomend it enough.
We need more blogs about "ladies who munch" & puff pastries
I had no idea my buddy Lauren had a blog but it’s pretty hilairious. Just take a look at her catergory list:
* BBQ (1) butch (1)* buttocks (3)* puff pastry (1)* drugs (2)* ladies who munch (1)* bruiser (2)* judgment day (1) * christian bale (1)* needles (1) * fussy (2)* gross (3)* birthday (1)* brother (2) * emotional (1)* family (3)* fancy (2)* fear (2)* fitness (1)* happiness (1)* holidays (2)* ill (1)* love (2)* Mama (1)* party (1)* sweat (1)* tears (1)* travel (5)* tv (2)* work (2) * Worry (4)
Anyway, if you’ve ever been curious about the daily struggles of a busy New York publishing executive, her blog is the place to turn.
Things got a little crazy, one thing led to another and before I knew it I was having sex on the grave of my dead dog.
— JJS
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Aug 25
A billboard for The Daily Show outside the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport welcoming the arrival of the delegates attending next week’s Republican National Convention.
Oh man do I love Jon Stewart.
Happy Birthday To Everyone, Ever
I don’t know what the explanation is, but August 25th is apparently the most popular birthday ever. November 25 was an especially horny day for a lot of people apparently. I’ll resist making some obscene pun about Thanksgiving and stuffing the turkey, but you get the idea.
So anyway Happy Birthday to the following people I know:
- Lauren Rouleau
- Stephanie Vosk
- Matt Barre
- Bryan Paul
- Melissa Anderson
- Sean Casey
and anyone else I don’t know, too.
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Speaking of amazing songs…
Pavement- Gold Soundz
This is pretty much the best summer song ever. Nothing else really even comes close. I don’t know why I waited so long to post it this year.
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Masters of The Hemisphere- “Anything, Anything”
A pretty amazing song
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Aug 24
This could be either the best or worst idea ever.
Sometimes when I’m riding on the subway I try to peak at other people’s ipods to see what they’re listening to. As I was doing this yesterday the thought came to me that maybe there’s a way you could sync up ipods to those LED belt buckles, so that they would display what song you were listening to, that way everyone could see! But then I thought that might be one of the worst ideas I’ve had in awhile. Aug 23
I have such a soft spot for accordions. I stood and listened to this guy for 15 minutes today. It can sound so beautifully sad and mellow with the right type of song. You know, the kind of stuff Tom Waits and Beirut does. I’m not so much into the Polka.
I took some other photos of Boston and put them on Flickr. This one is my favorite.
I’m so glad to finally see a Democrat with balls making it to the national stage. Biden is not a man who minces words.
Great introduction to Joseph Biden and his capability for impassioned oratory.
Aug 22
Patton Oswald fondly recalls the ridiculous hilarity of 80’s heavy metal bands; in particular the bands who could rock so hard they gained super powers in their videos. The best of which had to be Damn Yankees, who, in their video for “High Enough” were able to deflect bullets with the power of their guitar solos.
If you’ve never watched said groups in action you can watch this handy montage for reference:
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