It fucking blows my mind that Die Antwoord is a real rap group. These are 3 goofy looking people from South Africa who rap about being Ninjas and other equally awesome subjects. This is like rap that is specifically tailored to get huge on the internet.
Also, I’m pretty sure TsimFuckis (otherwise known as alien boy) is in the second video.
Tags: rap
The northeastern United States is in the process of being hit by a gigantic snow storm. Baltimore, the city I call home, is at the epicenter of this gigantic storm. There’s at least a foot and a half of snow on the ground already, and the storm is supposed to hang around until tomorrow morning. Check it out.
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Tigers Jaw’s sound is reminiscent of bands like The Get Up Kids or early Taking Back Sunday – not so much musically as in the overall “feeling” of the album, which I know is a very generalized statement but just trust me – after you listen, you’ll know.
I catch myself listening to The Sun way too often and repeating “What about your friends? What about your friends? Do they make you happy?”
p.s. Their singer’s voice is the definition of melancholy.
Download: Tigers Jaw – Tigers Jaw
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Tags: emo, indie, pennsylvania, punkSorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been ill since friday – which included lots of puking, defecating and one trip to the ER. FML.
A few of these blew my mind. Particularly this one of a young Christopher Walken.
The House Behind the House – A family discovers a lavish hobo lair hidden in the forest behind their new summer home.
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Tags: celebrity, cocoon, hobo, sleepThis is a continuation of Kris’ “favorite movies of 2009″ list. Part 1 can be found HERE.
I had recognized the cover of this film from something my friend August had posted somewhere online and decided to check it out based on that simple recommendation. This film, based in France (and also in French), follows the seemly worthless life of Andre (Jamel Debbouzeis) as he is at his wit’s end and decides to end his pointless life. He is “saved” by a beautiful woman, Angela (Rie Rasmussenwho would normally have nothing to do with a loser like himself, but seems to have been dealt a worse hand then he. They meet as both are attempting suicide by jumping off a bridge and end up sticking together after Angela pledges her servitude to Andre after he saves her from drowning.
The story line is sort of an unconventional love story centered around values of self-worth and redemption. There is somewhat of a twist at the end of the film as Andre finds out more and more about Angela as the film unfolds. In the end, a man who at first appears worthless to himself and everyone around him rises above and beyond his capabilities.
I would consider this an “art film” and if you don’t have an open mind or an hour or two to set aside I wouldn’t bother with it. I found out about this film from some “most scandalous films” list or something like that. It is mostly known for a scene in the movie where Chole Sevigny performs fellatio on (at the time boyfriend) actor/director Vincent Gallo. The scene was appare (more…)
Tags: best of 2009
Apple announced a new device called the Ipad today – which is basically a 9 inch iphone with a nice UI that can browse the Internet, play videos and run apps.
I’m excited to see where comics and graphic novels will fit into the fold when this device blows up and everyone on the planet owns a digital book device. Imagine a comic book where each pane is animated and the text bubble from an explosion explodes across the screen as you flick your finger across the word. Nerd boner.
Chug life did an excellent post on Ampere, a hardcore/punk/screamo band from MA, which features download links for all of their releases. So many splits! Definitely pick up All Our Tomorrows End Today - 11 songs that blaze by in 10.5 minutes of intensity.
Taken directly from The Skeptical Hypochondriac
“Dan Buettner studies Blue Zones, areas where people tend to have the longest lifespans. In this article and video he explains some of the things he’s discovered.
We found that all five Blue Zones possessed the same nine lifestyle characteristics. Among them: a low-meat, plant-based diet (all of them ate a lot of beans) and a ritual of “downshifting” each day. They experience the same stresses we do — kids, health, finances — but they managed it through daily prayer, meditation, ancestor veneration or city-wide happy hours (like the Sardinians).
The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives. They walk to the store and to their friends’ homes and they live in houses set up with opportunities to move mindlessly. They do their own yard work, hand-knead their own bread dough, and, in the case of Okinawa, get up and down off the floor several dozen times a day.
There’s more, but you probably want to walk around the block a couples times before reading it.”
These are the search phrases that people used to find my website today:
Over the course of this week I will be posting Kris Fulton’s Best Movies of ‘09 list – which isn’t really a best movies of ‘09, but more of a “here are the best movies I’ve watched in ‘09″ list.
Kris is most well known for being the singer of the Baltimore screamo band Age Sixteen but he’s also an excellent photographer and a writer (as well as being an awesome dude).
I decided to break his article into a series of posts because each film is written about extensively and I don’t want the homepage turning into a wall of text. Thanks for contributing Kris!
“I’ve always enjoyed the experience of watching films since I was a kid. My family had a pretty extensive VHS collection growing up so there was always something that I could find that I hadn’t seen yet or couldn’t appreciate before. After going through an art program and taking a handful of classes based on analyzing film, I’ve come to love it even more. There is definitely a difference between a “good” film and a “great” film. Most audiences can appreciate a good film but I think that there is a level of nerdom that comes with picking out great films. I hope to someday take more classes on the art of film, until then I settle with obsessively watching films and even going the extra mile of watching “the making of:” ’s, listening to commentary from directors and actors and doing research of the films on wikipedia and imdb.
A lot of really good films came out in 2009 as did a lot of bad. I actually didn’t end up seeing most of them due to how much I hate going to the movie theater nowadays. The combination of the ridiculous ticket prices and disrespectful people talking through the movie or constantly kicking my chair is a huge turn off for me. I feel like a 50 year old man asking the kids next door to stop throwing their ball across my yard and then hopping over to get it, thus crushing my prize winning summer squash, but I just rather not spend $10 on an overall unpleasant experience. Not to mention that there are few movies that I would even want to spend that much money on watching anyway.
Long story short, I’ve really come to enjoy Netflix especially after they finally added their “Watch Instantly” feature to Apple computers. There I have access to thousands of movies, some of which I’ve always have wanted to see, some which I should have seen but haven’t, some that I never would have watched in a movie theater, and others which I stumble upon randomly.
Since I haven’t seen a lot of the movies that came out in 2009 yet because they aren’t on DVD yet or I haven’t gotten them in the mail, I figured that I would go back in my Netflix history and suggest 10 movies that I saw in 2009 and think are worth the readers of this blog to take the time to view (out of my humble opinion) if you haven’t already. Each will have the link to it’s respective imdb page if you want to find out more about them.”
This was one of the many movies that I have wanted to see at one point, but just forgot about for whatever reason. A “coming of age” movie loosely based on the true life of director Cameron Crowe’s (Fast Times at Ridgemont High (book), Jerry McGuire, Vanilla Sky) experience as a writer for Rolling Stone. Crowe started writing for the magazine as a teenager as does the lead character William Miller (Patrick Fugit). The story portrays what you may think of a typical “rock n’ roll” lifestyle of touring bands in the 70’s and this introverted, naive teenager who becomes a part of it and experiences several life lessons in an otherwise atypical environment.
I think what I liked most about this movie was (more…)
Tags: best of 2009“Punknews.org and Paper + Plastick have teamed up to auction off some great stuff for the Haiti disaster relief effort. These auctions are verified by Limited Pressing and all proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.
Check out the discussion on Punknews and if you have any questions, contact us.”
They’ve already raised over $2,500 dollars. If you’re looking to fill in some gaps in your record collection and support a good cause check out some of the auctions.
Here are some good ones to start with:
+ Thursday – Full Collapse (Test Press)
+ My Heart to Joy – Seasons in Verse (White LP)
+ Fall Out Boy – Take this to your Grave (Test Press) – this is just for you Zac
My friend Kris, who will actually be contributing to this blog in the near future, sent me a very disturbing/amusing video of a man who spent 6 years injecting silicone into his penis.
Over the past 6 years has penis has morphed into a fleshy blob roughly the size of a bowling ball. It is so large that he is unable to pee while standing up and his ball sack touches the water in the toilet when he sits down.
Apparently he can still have an orgasm, but not through penetrative sex, which makes me wonder if he feels like a wizard rubbing a crystal ball while he masturbates.
Tags: freak on a leash
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