July 2009
47 posts
7519.) Disappointing people seems to be the only...
exspectator:
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Congratulations, welcome to the fucking human race.
nick, this is awesome. please do this all the time every day. you are keeping me amused in this long last hour of work.
g4 tv’s inspector gadget trailer.
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Screeching Weasel, The Sword, Silversun Pickups on... →
punknewsorg:
The track listing has been announced for the soundtrack to Jennifer’s Body. The film is the second from Juno writer Diablo Cody and stars Megan Fox. The soundtrack is due out August 25,…
this soundtrack makes me a little nauseous. i don’t know how the hell screeching weasel ended up in the middle of this.
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oakland passes tax on medical marijuana →
i wish i was in oaksterdam celebrating.
here’s will arnett being awesome and reading an excerpt from are you there god? it’s me, margaret on late night with jimmy fallon (i know, i know).
Dark flash photography →
science:
New Scientist:
Dilip Krishnan and Rob Fergus at New York University have bult a “dark flash” camera which floods a scene with infrared and ultraviolet light that is invisible to the human eye. The image is crisp, but the colours are strange.
More here. (h/t)
Punknews' Ben Conoley and Suburban Home Records to... →
punknewsorg:
Punknews Interview Editor Ben Conoley has announced the upcoming publication of Food Not Songs. The cook book is to be published in 2010 by Suburban Home Records and will feature favorite recipes,…
okay, i totally want this.
the office
Dwight: Jim, Jim, Jim. Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim, Jim.
Jim: Oh hey, Dwight.
Dwight: I am gonna be your new boss. It’s my greatest dream come true. Welcome to the Hotel Hell. Check in time is now. Check out time is never.
Jim: Does my room have cable?
Dwight: No. And the sheets are made of fire.
Jim: Can I change rooms?
Dwight: Sorry, we’re all booked up. Hell convention in town.
Jim: Can I have a late checkout?
Dwight: I’ll have to talk to the manager.
Jim: You’re not the manager even in your own fantasy?
Dwight: I’m the owner. The co-owner. With Satan!
Jim: Okay, just so I understand it, in your wildest fantasy you are in Hell and you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil?
Dwight: Yeah, but I haven’t told you my salary yet.
Jim: Go.
Dwight: Eighty thousand dollars a year.
cake wrecks - copyright unfringement →
i would recommend not looking at this while eating your lunch, because you may choke on it while laughing, like i just did.
roger ebert: i am a brainiac →
wherein he defends his critique of transformers 2, and verbally smacks down the brain trusts who thought it was the best movie ever.
this paragraph in particular was really interesting:
A reader named Jared Diamond, a senior at Syracuse, sports editor of The Daily Orange, put my disturbance eloquently in a post asking: “Why in this society are the intelligent vilified? Why is education so...
5087.) I am so afraid of failing that I don’t even...
exspectator:
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Every day of my life.
oh christ, this. i am constantly worried that i’ll live with my parents and work my average job making average pay forever.
i told you again and again, i would last in one place too long. - discount
Against Me! to start pre-production on new record,... →
punknewsorg:
In a post to the recording engineer forum, Gearslutz, veteran producer Butch Vig commented on recording plans for the next Against Me! album. Apparently Vig will again be recording the band and…
ugggh. butch vig also produced new wave, an album i just pretend against me! never even made.
i really hope this next album will be different.
Yahoo Music ranks 25 greatest punk rock logos →
punknewsorg:
Yahoo! Music has published an article ranking the 25 greatest punk rock band logos. The list is topped by the Black Flag ‘bars’ logo, and other iconic logos such as the The Misfits skull and…
there are definitely some bands missing here.
but, my favorite part is the fact that the offspring somehow manage to be on this list (at number 11, no less!) despite the fact that the author...
spencer pratt: 9/11 was an inside job →
okay, that’s it.
these two are not serious. this is just an epic fucking prank being played on everyone.
maybe spencer is the next andy kaufman. i don’t know.
why am i not working for suburban home records?
suburbanhome:
Today the suburban home crew are bottling whiskey for Stranahans Colorado Whiskey. So stoked. Will be posting updates and photos