"Bubble Wrap® has been a source of fascination for people of all ages since its invention. Now, finally, there is a web page dedicated to this most entertaining packing material." Ha, ha, this is really something. Just great if you got nothing else to do.

Visit the incredible Mr.Quintron on the web if you haven't yet. And if you get a chance to see him or his wife Miss Pussycat and her world famous puppet band, Flossie and the Unicorns, go there.

If you're researching b-movies you don't wanna miss BRIANS DRIVE-IN THEATER. Links and tons of information on cheesecakes, low-budget superheroes and beach boys from the 60s, Tarzan, Hercules etc. Another good site would be badmovieplanet.com. I also liked Oh, the humanity, a site dedicated to the worst movies ever made. Oh, read their review of the legendary Star Wars Holiday Special. No, we can't offer you a free download of the Star Wars Holiday Special ourselves, but we like being found by people who have googled their way all the way over here

Great portal with cool links to incredibly strange music.

Get the original fonts for your own mock-versions of products like Coke, Pepsi, Burger King, McDonalds, Pez, The Matrix etc. Great free collection for Mac and PC. Go to DaFont

"The New Censorship does not work by keeping things secret. Are our leaders liars and criminals? Is the government run by wealthy corporations and political elites? Are we all being slowly poisoned? The answer is yes to all of the above, and there's hardly a soul on these shores who doesn't know it. The reign of George II practically revels in this perverse transparency. Oil policy created in backrooms with lobbyists from Enron and ExxonMobil. Naked pandering to the electricity industry in rolling back clean-air mandates. Accounting firms such as Arthur Andersen buying even "watchdog" liberal senators such as Christopher Dodd. Elections rigged with brother Jeb's connivance in Florida. All of the details are utterly public, reported in newspapers, television newscasts and books, yet it's perfectly safe for this stuff to be known. The genius of the New Censorship is that it works through the obscenity of absolute openness. Iraq-gate wasn't a secret. The real secret is that it wasn't a secret, and certainly wasn't a scandal. It was business as usual. The betrayal of a public trust is a daily story manipulated by the media within the narrative confines of "scandal," when in fact it's all a part of the daily routine and everyone knows it. The media makes pornography out of the collective guilt of our politicians and business leaders. They make a yummy fetish of betrayed trust. We then consume it, mostly passively, because it is indistinguishable from our "entertainment" and because we suspect in some dim way that, bad as it surely is, it is working in our interests in the long run. What genius to have a system that allows you to behave badly, be exposed for it, and then have the sin recouped by the system as a resellable commodity! I mean, you have to admire the sheer, recuperative balls of it!!!

outtake from "The New Censorship", an essay in "The Middle Mind, Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves" by Curtis White

"To judge from the excited build-up, Saddam Hussein will be killed very soon. Once his location is identified, the spectacle of his death can soon be orchestrated. To have the greatest impact, perhaps it will be televised in all time zones on a weekday, avoiding the competition of weekend sports. There must be burnt offerings and a triumphal revelation of the corpse. For an insecure America, this killing will be a "ritual of blood," a "compact of fellowship" – terms used by West Indian sociologist Orlando Patterson in the context of ritual lynchings in the Old South." full story by Tom Hayden on AlterNet

Check out this clipping from a 1999-Donald Duck-Story by Don Rosa! Do we have to rewrite history again now? "Don Rosa, Attack of the Hideous Space Varmints / Reisende durch die Ewigkeit. In: Onkel Dagobert, Bd. 20. Stuttgart: Ehapa, 1999. Muss die Geschichte des 11. Septembers schon wieder umgeschrieben werden? " gefunden auf'm Kutter

Ach nee, Max Goldt ist mit im Internet und zwar vor allem mit Texten aus dem mehr als legendären Fanzine "Ich und mein Staubsauger". Die alten Sachen sind natürlich cooler als diese flügellahmen Gags, die unter Katz und Goldt in jedem Stadtmagazin zu sehen sind. Sollte mal einer schreiben, daß die eigentlich scheiße sind. Wegen dem guten, alten Fil werden dauernd Abos gekündigt, aber diese seichten, auf feingetrimmt getrimmten Witze dritter Klasse scheinen sich großer Beliebtheit zu erfreuen.

-gefunden zwischen Erbsen, Schleim, Milben, Maden und Engerlingen

Whew, can't wait 'til Stinky brings these movies by K. Gordon Murray over to my house.

"These have got to be the sleaziest, most disturbing, most shamelessly degenerate films ever made. Yet they were made for kids, and tots in the 60s were propped in front of them by the busload as their parents went and did other things. It should be noted that the winner of a rather gratuitous wrestling match is rewarded by a kiss from Little Red Riding Hood." -reported by Stinky the Skunk

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND HER FRIENDS LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD AND THE MONSTERS The Queen's Swordsman

Der Flashmob an sich ist so 'ne Art Medien-Lieblingsthema von Spiegel bis zu Hans und Franz . In Amerika, wo jeder zweite Bürger inzwischen überlegt, nach Kanada zu emigrieren, sieht man in dieser duften SMS-Bewegung gleich was total revolutionäres.

Wenn Menschen sich verabreden um sinnlos einem Zug zu applaudieren fällt aber nicht gleich das ganze System zusammen. Als Ami muß man sich da aber wohl inzwischen an den kleinsten Strohhalm klammern....

Schlimm eigentlich nur, daß sich die Sponti-Studenten des neuen Jahrtausends so wahnsinnig harmlose Sachen ausdenken, die sofort als Flashmob zu erkennen sind, daß jede Fachverkäuferin sofort nickt und sagt: "Aha, hab ich was bei Exklusiv drüber gesehen. Studentenulk und so." Gegenüber APPD-Action von dunnemal oder die Eroberung Friedrichshains auf dem Seewege durch entschlossene Kader der KPD/RZ hat man es hier wohl nur mit ein paar gelangweilten Nerds zu tun, die nach der Uni total geil Karriere machen.

Lesen wir mal rein, was für Samstag in Berlin geplant ist: "Flashmob am 2.8.2003 19:47 Uhr -Unter den Linden Höhe US-Botschaft

19:47 Alle erscheinen vor der US Botschaft UdL, wer hat mit Radio in voller Lautstärke und auf Radio Eins (95,8) eingestellt. Alle schwenken dabei Fahnen wie verrückt 19:48 Alle applaudieren wie verrückt! 19:49 Alle Trinken etwas (bevorzugt Sekt) und prosten dabei "auf Natascha" immer wieder 19:50 Alle Fotografieren wie verrückt alle anderen wenn möglich mit BLITZ!

Dresscode: Hut oder Baseballcap! Dann bitte alle sofort in Luft auflösen!"

Ein Zeitloch von drei Minuten soll geschaffen werden, wo man mal zumindest eine temporär autonome Zone angestrebt hatte. Etwas Applaus will man spenden. Und dann noch vor der Botschaft des Satans. Die Jugend ist leicht zufrieden zu stellen. Hauptsache rin inne Medien und dann gleich Container-Talkshow und Carport mit eignem Wagen. "Provozieren kann man ja nicht mehr" und "nicht so negativ ein" den Arsch aufwärts. Ihr verschwendet wertvolle Stunden eures Lebens mit der altbackensten Form von abgeschmacktem Situationismus, den man sich vorstellen kann. Wahrscheinlich nennt man das dann noch Spaß und hat ganz viel Fun. Alle fotografieren sich gegenseitig, hui, whew! Wie wäre es mit Clownskostümen und Zielscheiben auf der Stirn? Soll nich einer sagen, daß die Flashmobber vonne RAF keine Ziele mehr hätten, wenn sie denn noch flashen würden.

Der letzte Mob in Berlin war eh nur ein Gag von Radio Eins und es dürfte nich lange dauern bis man Flashmobs per Guerilla-Marketing auch irgendwie sponsoren kann. Hier,noch mehr so Typen! Xmob plant den größten Flash Mob Berlins und strebt den weltweit größten Mob an." Termin: 20.09.2003, 10:00 Uhr.

You're not supposed to play with your food, but then again you would miss out on a fun sparetime-activity: Making animals out of wurst. Just click a pic and follow the instructions. Those folks in Japan, always good for a surprise! Found with a little help of elephantville, the home of happiness and great recipes

Deshalb gehört der Verein zur Förderung des Heavy Metal in Bayern gehörig unterstüzt. Schon allein um Kommerzveranstaltungen steuerlich als Kulturförderung abzuwickeln. Warum auch nicht. In Berlin ist ja auch jede illegale Kneipe im Prinzip ein Kulturverein zur Förderung von Förderprogrammen jeglicher Art. Trotzdem, evil, evil, wenn das der Satan wüsste, Freunde!

"The Chaos Communication Camp is an international, four-day open-air event for hackers and associated life-forms. The Camp features three conference tracks with interesting lectures, workshops and other stuff.

7/8/9/10th August 2003 near Berlin, Germany (Old Europe)

You can participate! Bring your tent and join our villages. The Camp has everything you need: power, internet, food and fun. The 60.000 square meter areal features enough space to camp and a nice lake to swim and do nautic experiments.

Get in touch : announce@camp.ccc.de Official announcements by the Camp crew giving details on the Camp. To subscribe, send mail to announce-subscribe@camp.ccc.de. This list is read-only.

discuss@camp.ccc.de General discussion about the Camp. To subscribe, send mail to discuss-subscribe@camp.ccc.de. Every subscriber may post."

Get your boarding-pass right here!

Don't miss this picture. Strange effect, eh? How did they do it?

ALIEN VS. PREDATOR by Paul W.S. Anderson announced a US-release for August the 6th. What? If that's true, don't you wanna do any promotion? Does the movie have anything to do with the appearances of both monsters in that new Batman-Short Film? found at Batonga News Filmjerk knows even more.

"Wacky Packages are stickers (peel and punch-out) that were released by the Topps Chewing Gum company (and their Canadian partner OPC) between 1967 and 1992. They parodied common household products and were extremely popular among children in the 1970's." Some really insane stuff for fans of weird art.

Tons of postcards! I liked this one and that one and....

Then we got those Lesbian Paperbacks and the covers of them Vintage Paperbacks. Check out this fanzine if you want to know more.

"Concerned that information about your file-sharing username may have been subpoenaed by the RIAA? Check here to see if your username or IP address is on one of the subpoenas filed with the D.C. District Court." Brought to you by the mighty Electronic Frontier Foundation

Bitwaste also started a weblog to report experiences with the RIAA.

"Original dated collectible vintage magazines and promotional advertisements. Ads for automobiles to movie stars, vacuum cleaners to cigarettes. Magazine listings for Life to Saturday Evening Post from Fortune to Time. Old magazine covers, cards, coins, hot wheels, spoons and much more."

Spend an afternoon over at Paperboynews!

"4 Star Trek bands + 2 goofballs + 1 Star Trek Karaoke + you in a sci fi costume = Geekfest 2003."

They're shooting the sequel to Trekkies and it features No kill l, the legendary klingonpunks from Sacramento. How can you rock with all that make-up?

Klingon-karaoke, what next...? Here's a slideshow from the show which can also be seen in the movie.

Retrocrush got a nice exclusive Interview with Randy Jones from The Village People

In case nobody wraps arm around you every once in a while Look a this! Fühlte sich natürlich gleich wieder so ein Spaßvogel animiert....

Guck, ein Geist, der mit Männern redet, die nicht wissen, was sich gehört.

Michael Bully Herbig is a german comedian who produced and starred in "The Shoe of Manitu" which became one of the biggest hits of teutonic cinema ever. He's also known for his tv-show Bullyparade. The show features a series of short scenes called "Unser Traumschiff", a gay parody of Star Trek which will be the blueprint of his 2nd movie. Check the homepage for PERIODE 1. The first pictures and a teaser-trailer are online already. Even if you don't know the language, it's worth a look to get an idea of german post-everything humour. The page is loading little slow. If you just wanna see the pictures go here. Various episodes from the tv-show "Unser Traumschiff", MP3s and some other stuff.

I prefer reloading the Matrix-ASCII before I'd wanna see another sequel of this lame schmock-series.

According to the Wall Street Journal (print edition) from July the 16t, "Georgia said Sea Island has been chosen to host next year's G-8 summit, in line with recent venues from which protesters can be kept easily."

Protesters are buzzing already - Read more

Careful: The FB-eye may be watching. The all-new US-Stasi is everywhere and neighbours spy on each other. Don't read a liberal paper in public. Don't carry around a piece of paper. Paper can be dangerous to your health. Read the tale of fellow weblogger Marc Schultz. That's what I call one fucked up scenario!

Those nice and clean Olsen Twins starring in "So Little Time" are monsters in reality, folks!

"A ragged and misshapen girl officials are calling a "third Olsen twin" was rescued from the basement of the residence of teen superstars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Tuesday, Los Angeles police said.

'The girl has been positively identified as a sister of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, born on the same day in June 1986,' said LAPD Capt. Ellen Yanez, relating information provided in a confession by parents David and Janette Olsen, now divorced. 'The monstrously contorted child was discovered living in conditions that could charitably be described as squalid.' Currently in custody at LAPD headquarters, the twisted, hunched, foul-smelling figure of Ethel Olsen, 17, is drawing both pity and horror from investigators. (...) The Olsen parents face multiple charges of child abuse and reckless endangerment of a minor, but they are also reportedly in negotiations with television executives to develop a sitcom starring Ethel."

Some stories just make me puke. This is the one of them. Ugly Picture ahead! Read the whole thing in The Onion