Wired’s “Rippy Awards”: Tired, Expired
[ 3 Comments ]Posted on January 28, 2009 by admin in Music
Wired.com has proven once again that having been very hip and cutting edge at one point doesn’t mean you’re very hip and cutting edge now. But I’ll give them an ‘A’ for conceptualization regarding their First Annual Rippy Music Awards. The piece suggests that someone should fill the gaping hole in music awards that programs [...]
Wired.com has proven once again that having been very hip and cutting edge at one point doesn’t mean you’re very hip and cutting edge now. But I’ll give them an ‘A’ for conceptualization regarding their First Annual Rippy Music Awards. The piece suggests that someone should fill the gaping hole in music awards that programs like the Grammy Awards fail to fill. Unfortunately, Wired also fails to do so in the piece linked to, but it’s nice to see that a major media outlet has at least mentioned the problem. This has been a disappointment for me for a while; the last time I actually watched the American Music Awards for instance, was when Jamiroquai
See Dick Roll. Roll Dick, Roll
[ Comments Off ]Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin in Comics
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Tuesday Torture For Young Urban Failures
[ Comments Off ]Posted on January 27, 2009 by admin in Editorial & Opinion
See you in the unemployment line?
That image at left, aside from being an interesting abstract grid pattern, is a bunch of cars that haven’t been sold. More interesting shots like it at The Guardian. As a dirty trick, and in honor of the growing ranks of the unemployed, I decided to move our Monday Demotivators to Tuesday. Now, after not looking for a job on Monday like you said you would, you’ll come here Tuesday morning thinking it’s safe, and waste yet another day playing stupid on line Flash games. It’s okay, jobs suck anyway. Although if for some reason you’re hell-bent on having one, the skills you’ll need for Candystand’s Grid might come in handy if you want to work on the country’s new energy grid plans. Moving on: with a name like Boomshine, I was hoping for something a little boomier or shinier, but people seem to love it. Probably because of the cheesy Windham Hill-esque
Keeping An Eye On Obama
[ 5 Comments ]Posted on January 26, 2009 by admin in Politics
Well, the Bush administration started off with heart surgery and pretzel-induced faceplants, and went out in a wheelchair hot on the tail of a shoe toss. So what can we expect of our new president? Well, his first potential gaffe (bungling the oath a little) was actually not his fault, and they took care of [...]
Well, the Bush administration started off with heart surgery and pretzel-induced faceplants, and went out in a wheelchair hot on the tail of a shoe toss. So what can we expect of our new president? Well, his first potential gaffe (bungling the oath a little) was actually not his fault, and they took care of that right away. Otherwise, his mere presence has inspired hope and patience in millions (watch and read about the Purple Tunnel of Doom if you haven’t), and his transition into power has had an air of dignity and statesmanship that has been missing for awhile. His greatest concern now should be the millions of people like you and me, who took him at face value, and have a new-found hope in the future. Like any politician, he made a lot of promises to get our vote, and I for one will be keeping an eye on him, especially since he managed to disappoint and anger me before I was even able to cast my vote for him. To help you keep track of the myriad promises he’s made (around 500 to be specific), check out PolitiFact’s Obamameter, where they track them by categories like No Action, In the Works, Stalled, Promise Kept, Compromise, or Promise Broken. No word yet if they’re going to track the Obama’s fisting behavior.
Only An Ignoranus Would Believe In Reintarnation
[ Comments Off ]Posted on January 25, 2009 by admin in Lifestyle & Culture
When I recently wrote about media that appears to be unaware of its own irony, I was convinced that there must be a word for that concept, maybe in German or French. I couldn’t find one, so in my lame attempt at making up my own, I came up with “ignoronic”. Which reminded me of [...]
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When I recently wrote about media that appears to be unaware of its own irony, I was convinced that there must be a word for that concept, maybe in German or French. I couldn’t find one, so in my lame attempt at making up my own, I came up with “ignoronic”. Which reminded me of DailyCandy’s Lexicon, made-up words that were shared for free on their site between 2002-2006. Well, ignoronics strikes again. Daily Candy has released a book