POPMODERNE.de - The Big Schlepp

Monday, 26. January 2009

HOT: THE NEW BLOG IS OPEN!

Over at popmoderne.wordpress.com!

Tränen, Danksagungen, Kommentar zur Zukunft von Antville und so kommt noch.

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Saturday, 10. January 2009

MOVIES: WATCH MORE COOL DOCUMENTARIES FOR FREE

Harry says: "Our friends at Cinetic Media are doing a great service which allows folks like me and you to embed some really high quality Documentaries on a site - your site - or even this site! And right now there's just 6 fantastic Docs, but if you embed it on your Myspace, Facebook, personal website, from time to time they may change, add and flush the content out. "

They got "Confessions of a Superhero" right now! Awesome film!

by -stern-, 14:53h

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Computing: ADD BACON TO THIS BLOG!

In case you want bacon: bacolicio.us

by -stern-, 14:50h

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TV: CAB CALLOWAY SINGS "HI DE HO MAN" ON SESAME STREET

YouTube : "Sesame Street has had guest stars from nearly all eras of the 20th century. It's extremely hard these days to find an entertainer with the impact and talent of someone like "Cabby" Calloway."

More "Muppets" on this Blog.

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Wednesday, 7. January 2009

DEUTSCHLAND: KRAUTS WANNA ROCK

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ART: MANIFESTO

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Tuesday, 30. December 2008

TV: VIDEOS

The Old Video Archive is over here. I will start a new one soon and let you know.

by tommyblank, 15:07h

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HOT: PREPARING THE RELAUNCH

This space will soon be an archive plus some personal updates here and there. The new blog is under construction and will be announced SOON!

Update: OK, maybe not thaaat soon!

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Tuesday, 16. December 2008

Science: WILDLIFE PHOTO OF THE YEAR

National Geographic: "Man and right whale size each other up in the winner of the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition's underwater category, announced on October 30.

"The whales were highly curious of us. Many of these animals had never seen a human before," Skerry told National Geographic.

Photographed off New Zealand for National Geographic magazine (more photos from the magazine article), the whales shared top honors with a comical, quizzical monkey, eagles in an air battle, and a battling lizard and snake, among others. (The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News and National Geographic magazine.)

by tommyblank, 15:21h

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MOVIES: SLINGSHOT HIP HOP

Sounds like a really interesting documentary. Check out the Homepage: "Slingshot Hip Hop braids together the stories of young Palestinians living in the West Bank, Gaza and inside Israel as they discover Hip Hop and employ it as a tool to surmount divisions imposed by occupation and poverty. From internal checkpoints and Separation Walls to gender norms and generational differences, this is the story of young people crossing the borders that separate them."

by -stern-, 12:58h

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Monday, 15. December 2008

MUSIC: ANTVILLE MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2008

Vote now!

by tommyblank, 17:37h

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3D Design: SQUID GIRL

Art of Pullpo

by tommyblank, 16:34h

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Computing: WIE BITTE?

Meine YouTube Favorites haben ihr Maximum von 650 erreicht.... Mehr geht nicht, sagen die von YouTube. Her mit einer neuen Lösung, sage ich. Naja, das aktuelle Widget auf der rechten Seite ist noch frisch bestückt. Da spielt ein Astronaut Schlagzeug, George W. wird mit Schuhen beworfen, die Hobbymasters machen Kindern Angst und Musik ist auch dabei. Geht für heute noch.

by tommyblank, 16:28h

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MUSIC: MARCUS SINGT "FICK DICH"

Kettcar covern Frittenbude und man kann den Song für umsonst aus dem Internet "saugen".

Mehr in der Frittenbude selbst.

by tommyblank, 16:24h

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3D Design: WORLD WAR

Watch it at Vimeo - Vincent Chai - Homepage

Neatorama: "Check out this excellent animated robot fight scene set in the year 2045. Vincent Chai produced this for his final project at the University Of Hertfordshire. It doesn’t end like you think it will."

by tommyblank, 16:05h

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MOVIES: WOLVERINE - X-MEN ORIGINS - THE TRAILER IS OUT!

Wolverine - Origin Pictures, Images and Photos

Don't try to watch the crappy version of the trailer on YouTube, bub! It will appear on MySpace a little later today! Snikt!

Update: It's there and it looks sweet!

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Sunday, 14. December 2008

MOVIES: MEGAVIDEO - ONLINE MOVIES IN QOOD QUALITY

Check out Star Wars III-Revenge Of The Sith or Iron Man for example. There are way more movies if you check around the site.

by -stern-, 20:16h

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MOVIES: HEADCHEESE

HEADCHEESE -PART 2 - HEADCHEESE -PART 3

dignan00: "Co-produced by Kim Henkel, co-writer of the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre with Tobe Hooper, HEADCHEESE is a short 16mm experimental/horror film by Duane Graves and Justin Meeks. It features many locations from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre as they appear today. It is much in the vein of Richard Kern, David Lynch and classic horror movies of the 1920's such as those by Sergei Eisenstein. Synopsis: "Nestles the viewer cozily within the diseased mind of a serial killer as he confronts the lurking demons that have driven him to madness and murder." Look for their other short works on their YouTube channel at dignan00 or visit www.greeksproductions.com for more information!"

by -stern-, 16:00h

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PRODUCTS: CTHULHU LEGO

Wicked!

More Cthulego Pictures from someone else

by -stern-, 15:49h

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PEOPLE: BETTIE PAGE - DEATH OF AN ICON

Patrick's Present Pictures, Images and Photos

Manohla Dargis in the New York Times - Always Comfortable in Her Own Skin: The art critic John Berger once wrote: “To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognized for oneself.” I’m pretty certain he never met Bettie Page, naked, nude or otherwise."

latimesblog: "Hugh Hefner, who knew Bettie when she was young and when she resurfaced, told AP yesterday: "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society. She was a very dear person.""

by -stern-, 14:55h

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POLITICS: THE MULTI KILL VEHICLE (MKV-L) - LOCKHEED FINALLY PRESENTS THE FLYING KILLER ROBOT

Yes, it does sound like "Terminator", but it's real!

Check out the hover test in the video. It's pretty frightening.

Terminator-like Killer Robot Unveiled by U.S Government:"Lockheed is the world's #1 military contractor, and responsible for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes, the F-16, the F/A-22 fighter jet, and Javelin missiles.

In the event of an enemy missile launch, a carrier vehicle would be fired into space to unleash hordes of weapons, which would then lock on to their targets and destroy them.

Specifically, the plan is to mount one or more MKVs onto carrier missiles, which would launch into space to engage enemy nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles at the apogees (or peaks), of their trajectory arcs, the Pentagon said.

The MKVs would then break off from the carrier vehicles and shoot at enemy warheads with big bullets, "kinetic interceptors" in military-speak, before dropping back down to Earth.

The weapon is the latest addition to the US's controversial missile defense shield, formerly referred to as "Star Wars" when first announced by the Reagan administration in the 1980s at the height of the Cold War.

The US Missile Defense Agency said that rival defense contractor Raytheon, is also working on its own multiple kill vehicle program."

Multiple Kill Vehicle Completes Hover Test (PDF)

More about this at Closing Velocity

From engadget

by -stern-, 14:38h

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POLITICS: JELLO BIAFRA - OPEN LETTER TO BARACK OBAMA

Read the whole thing at alternativetentacles.com!

"IRAQ – TRY THIS!

The closest thing to a solution I have heard was offered clear back in April 2004 by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (www.oic-ico.org). The OIC is comprised of 57 Islamic countries ranging from West Africa clear over to Southeast Asia. At their annual meeting they found six member nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Yemen and Morocco) willing to pony up enough of their own troops (approx. 150,000) that our troops could have gone home! Who slammed the door on that one? Colin Powell, on the grounds that having the Islamic soldiers under UN command instead of Americans was out of the question.

WHY??!? Wouldn't a neutral force of Muslim peacekeepers make a lot more headway than the disaster we've made? Wouldn't they at least command a lot more respect, resulting in a huge drop in violence? Surely the non-stop carnage and Iracketeering we have spawned is Exhibit A that we need to get over this colonialist illusion that other countries' problems can only be solved by Americans. The OIC's proposal for US withdrawal and peace in Iraq must be revisited immediately, and also considered for Afghanistan.

We must end not just our military occupation of Iraq, but our economic occupation NOW. Iraq is not ours to sell, and neither is its oil. Your promise not to leave any permanent US military bases in Iraq is a good start. But you have also backed leaving US troops in Iraq to "protect American assets like the Green Zone." The Green Zone is not our "asset." We stole it and we have to give it back. "

by -stern-, 14:28h

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MEDIA: BLOGS TO READ ON A SUNDAY

Oddee! With more than 3 million pageviews per month, Oddee serves quality entertainment focused on oddities: the odd, bizarre and strange things of our world! Be amazed!

Los Angeles Times - Hero Complex: Breaking comic book news and the offshoots they inspire - for your inner fanboy

Animation Archive : We are building a museum, library and digital archive for the benefit of animation professionals, cartoonists, designers, students and the general public.

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Saturday, 13. December 2008

BOOKS: DAS SCHMUTZIGE HEILIGE

"Der ,Schmutz', den in ihren jeweils verzerrten Wahrnehmungen die Spezialeinheiten von ,C.S.I.', das postsexuelle Kino und die Nichtraucherinitiativen angewidert wahrnehmen, ist das Unreine dessen, was noch vor kurzem das alltägliche Heilige der Kultur gebildet hat."
Aus Robert Pfallers "Das schmutzige Heilige und die reine Vernunft. Symptome der Gegenwartskultur" (Fischer Verlag)

taz: "In seinem neuen Buch denkt der Kulturhistoriker Robert Pfaller über den heiligen Ernst des Spiels, schmutziges Rauchen und "Die Reifeprüfung" nach."

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Friday, 12. December 2008

MUSIC: LEGO HIP HOP

Formatmag: 20 Classic Hip Hop Album Covers Recreated in LEGO

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DEUTSCHLAND: EUROPE WITHOUT GERMANY

Interesting story at Strange Maps – Europe Without Germany : "Is this what a Europe without Germany could have looked like? For starters, it doesn’t resemble the Kaufmann map (cf.sup.) And it’s unknown which basis in fact (or fiction) it might have. But the re-drawn borders don’t look like an occupation so much as an absorption: German toponyms have been rendered in the idioms of each conquering country."

Via IO9: Maps Imagine Post-War Europe Without Germany

by tommyblank, 13:47h

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PEOPLE: RESIDENTS.COM

The website has changed a bit. If you wanna know the true identities of the greatest mystery band of all time (you will probably be pretty disappointed!), go to one of their shows in time, hang around the bar and look for a small group of people having exactly one drink together while watching the audience from the back. That's their little ritual before they go backstage to put on their costumes.

by tommyblank, 13:44h

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POLITICS: WAR PROPAGANDA

A Collector’s View has a good collection. Some new stuff you might not have seen plus golden oldies like "Duck and Cover".

by tommyblank, 13:39h

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PRODUCTS: GET A STYLISH SHAKESPEARE BUST REMOTE CONTROL

Item# WILLY
$315.00

Redhotphones.com: "Shakespeare statuette with hidden remote control to open your Batcave, turn on your music, or anything else.(...) In the Batman TV show, when Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson were in the library in stately Wayne Manor and needed to go into the Batcave, Bruce would tilt back the head of a bust of William Shakespeare.

by tommyblank, 13:38h

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Wednesday, 10. December 2008

POLITICS: "MAD" PREVIEW FROM THE "HUFFINGTON POST"

Click for a bigger version.

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Tuesday, 9. December 2008

MEDIA: IWITNESS

Picture taken from mobile video on CNN: "This is mobile phone footage of a teenage boy allegedly being shot in Greece."

Honestly, I don't see how this picture can prove anything.

by tommyblank, 18:03h

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POLITICS: CRASH TEST DUMMIES

Brennende Schaufensterpuppen in Athen

From here: www.ireport.com

by tommyblank, 16:34h

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ART: D*FACE

Art of Dface

Hypebeast about D*Face's aPOPcalypse Now Exhibiton: "The show’s focus on pop culture led to several pieces referencing topics such as superheroes from both the world of DC Comics and Marvel as well as popular pieces in our current cultural landscape."

by tommyblank, 14:42h

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MOVIES: A SHOW CALLED "MY DVD COLLECTION"

Watch The Show. It's user generated content, it's fresh, it's wild, it's all the bullshit bingo in the world...

What I really like is the guy's special "my dvd collection" series. Here's the latest episode:

Dude, you're cool.

Oh, yes, more people talking about their dvd collections on YouTube....

Dude, they stole your idea!

by tommyblank, 01:02h

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Monday, 8. December 2008

POLITICS: LIVE RIOTS IN ATHENS AND OTHER CITIES IN GREECE

Greek Internet Riot 2.0:

"Official" Griots Live Twitter

Indymedia Deutschland
Greek Indymedia is down right now
indymedia.org.uk

Thibet on Twitter : "police NOWHERE in athens except Maximou str and in front of Parliament. everywhere else CHAOS, major fires in Calirois Str
athens downtown under huge looting operation... fires everywhere, extensive damages to all shops, trapped people among looters"

athineos: "Kolonaki, an "upper-class" district of Athens, is being looted and torn apart, especially streets Voukourestiou and Skoufa."

Athens Live Twitter
Videos on YouTube
"Official" Pictures on Flickr
Pictures on Flickr

ThessTV - Videos from Thessaloniki

1.0
Spiegel
CNN: "See images of anarchy on Greek streets »
Videos on CNN
CNN: Dozens hurt as Greek riots spread
New York Times - Anti-Police Riots Continue in Greece

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PEOPLE: WAR IS OVER (IF YOU WANT IT)

It's been 28 years today.... It's John Lennon Day. Shut down your computer and do something to make this world a better place.

Posted by the very underestimated and very misinterpreted Y0K0ON0

Did you see the Official Beatles Channel on YouTube?

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Sunday, 7. December 2008

MUSIC: BEST BAND 2008 - THE COWBOY KILLERS

Mike Ellison (guitar,harp), Sully Morland (washboard), Charlie Booth (banjo)

The Cowboy Killers are from New York, but they're currently stranded in big, bad Berlin. I have seen these fine young men many times this year and killers they are indeed. They get any place and any age dancing in three minutes.
If they play live around the corner, go and see him. And if they don't, go and book them for your parties and venues. Meet them on MySpace over here!

You can buy their cd almost exclusively at a joint called "The Room" on Graefestr. 77 in Berlin-Kreuzberg where they also play for a beer and burger every once in a while. Support these guys and get them as a support, all you big boys playing the big places ! They're really phantastic!

April'08 - Sunday-Afternoon at Lohmühle Berlin:

by tommyblank, 19:05h

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ART: VICTOR ASH BACK IN BERLIN

...just taking pictures!�: "Guess what? Victor ASH returned to Berlin for a new Mural.

After his Astronaut in Kreuzberg his new Project is showing some “falling Graffiti-Painters”…
Here´s a quick preview (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6). (Here for his Website)."

Interview with Victor Ash in English

by -stern-, 17:52h

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MUTANTENWELT: IN IRLAND SCHÄTZT MAN KLARE WORTE

Irish Independent: O'Leary: 'Take them out and shoot them'

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O'Leary has vowed to sack the board of Aer Lingus should his €748m bid to buy the former State airline be successful.
(...)
Mr O'Leary refers to them as "Bertie's pals, political appointees or trade union representatives" who know nothing about running an airline.

Rounding off his damning assessment of Aer Lingus's directors, the Ryanair chief, in typically cavalier fashion, calls for the various board members -- with a few notable exceptions -- to be "taken out and shot" describing them as "useless".

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Saturday, 6. December 2008

MEDIA: MAD'S TRIBUTE TO THIS YEARS'S BIGGEST IDIOTS

Via Slashfilm

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Comics: "THE MAXX" BY SAM KIETH (MTV ODDITIES)

I really loved the comic and that show and it's unique simple style. The animated series is out on YouTube now. Not the best quality, but it's not out on dvd and the VHS tape is sort of rare.

Wikipedia: "The Maxx is an American comic book and character created by Sam Kieth and published by Image Comics. The comic book spawned an animated series that aired on the MTV network.

The series follows the adventures of the titular hero in the real world and in an alternate reality, referred to as The Outback. In the real world the Maxx is a vagrant while in the Outback he is the protector of the Jungle Queen. The Jungle Queen is similar to the Maxx in that she also exists in the real world as Julie Winters, a freelance social worker who often bails the Maxx out of jail. While the Maxx is aware of the Outback, Julie is not, though it is integral to the story of both the Maxx and Julie."

Sam Kieth's website seems to be dead.

The (almost) complete Sam Kieth checklist

Picture from this great collection of DC Comics Wallpapers

by tommyblank, 19:32h

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HISTORY: LOONEY TUNES - THE DUCKTATORS (1942)

Model Sheet from Wartime Model Sheets. Click for the big version!

File under "Warner Brothers War Propaganda". Watch it at Google Video

Wikipedia"The cartoon takes place on a farm, beginning with numerous animals being shown. After a brief few moments, two ducks (who are expecting a duckling) go over to their egg after it starts to hatch; once the egg has hatched, a baby duck with a Hitler moustache emerges and yells "Sieg Heil!" while giving the Nazi salute. After time passes the baby duck grows into adulthood, holding aggressive speeches toward other ducks and geese; one goose who was listening agrees with him and gives the nazi salute. The goose, representing Benito Mussolini, then delivers a speech to the only listener: a baby chicken who had been forced to stay and applaudes.
(...)
The complete version was made available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 on October 21, 2008."

by tommyblank, 16:36h

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DEUTSCHLAND: FREDDY QUINN - WIR

"Jemand muss da sein, der nicht nur vernichtet...."

Ein wichtiges Stück Schlagerhistorie. Bei jeder Feierei immer wieder gern gehört. Kann man auch gut jede Menge Doktorarbeiten drüber schreiben.

by -stern-, 14:44h

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Computing: CCC CONGRESS 09 - SURVEILLANCE IN TEN YEARS

A big experiment involving 14 chairs coming up at the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (27-29 December, Berliner Congress Centre, Berlin, Germany)

CCC "The Open Attendee Meta-Data (OpenAMD) system and SocioPatterns.org will merge RFID technology with social networking to create live visualizations based on people's locations and interests. For only €10, over a thousand conference attendees can upgrade their badges to participate in a real life incarnation of Harry Potter's "Marauder's Map."

by -stern-, 14:41h

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PEOPLE: R.I.P. FORREST J ACKERMAN - MR. SCIENCE FICTION PASSED AWAY

He must have been a wonderful person. I always wanted to go and see the legendary Ackermanison and interview him about Jack Parsons.

Monsters and aliens are crying.

Harry Knowles has published his "just in case" letter: " in 2003 - Forry sent me a letter contemplating his own impending death that he had asked me to pass on in case he passed away. This is his personal statement and closing thoughts on life that he wished for me to share. Things he wanted to set straight according to his personal beliefs and philosophies. It is especially hard to read today..."

HauntedMuseum: Here are some surviving clips of the interview and the "tour" of his home cum museum.

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Friday, 5. December 2008

ART: STOP MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY

Crazy pictures over at Orschlurch

by tommyblank, 16:08h

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MUSIC: KIDS WANNA ROCK

This is great: WFMU - The Next Generation of Metal

by tommyblank, 16:06h

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TV: THE SIMPSONS - MAPPLE STORE OPENS IN SPRINGFIELD - S20E07

"You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!" shouts Steve Mobs with the Bart Simpson voiceover.

That was definetely one of the best episodes ever. You should like soooo check it out. Lisa gets a Mypod, Bart gets a muslim friend and Homer gets into a lot of trouble. The parody of Steve Jobs was solid comedy gold.

Official website for The Simpsons

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Thursday, 4. December 2008

Comics: AQUAMAN DOESN'T WORK!

NPR: Baggin' On the Sea King, or: The Comedy Meme that Ate Atlantis "Thanks to you, said meme itself — the very act of pointing out that the highly specific nature of Aquaman's power-set would logically circumscribe his effectiveness as a deterrent of crime and administrator of justice (i.e., "The guy talks to FISH!") — is now officially the hoariest, hackiest arrow in the quiver of pop-culture commentary.
Qua humor, it is to our Internet Age what "And what is the deal with airline peanuts?" was to the skinny-necktie 90's.

It is not remotely fresh; it is fresh's antithesis, its polar opposite, its mortal enemy. It's what steps onto the Enterprise wearing a goatee after a transporter malfunction strands Fresh Himself in the anti-matter universe.

"

by tommyblank, 16:28h

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PRODUCTS: SNUGGIE - THE BLANKET WITH SLEEVES

This video is very disturbing. People wearing "Snuggies" scare me. They're like members of some crazy cult.

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