Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Documenting History

Guys, I just read something real important on imdb that you should know about the 2009 film Year One:
When Oh is hanging upside down in chains and begins peeing on himself, you can see a hand appear on the bottom right side of screen in the shot where pee runs down his face. Oh's hands are chained behind him so this mysterious hand cannot be his own.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Le Selfie

The French translation of the word "selfie" is "égo-portrait" which is just about perfect. It's like finding out that the French word for "facebook" is "kid-photos" or that Peter Mansbridge translates to "vapid-cueball".


Saturday, April 26, 2014

ZOMG TMZ FTW! WTF?

Kudos to TMZ for shining more light on contemporary racism with one youtube clip than the 103 clubs devoted to identity politics at my university. TMZ could be the new Larry Flynt when it comes to exposing the hypocrisy of the rich and powerful.

By the way, amidst all the recognition Donald Sterling is getting for being a terrible person because he is racist, we should add he is also a terrible person for thinking he's entitled to tell his girlfriend who she can and cannot hang out with in public.


Boycotting the Clippers is basically a moral imperative now. The market must demonstrate that the team is significantly less valuable in Sterling's hands than it would be in someone else's. That's easy for me to say since I don't have any standing as a season-ticket holder that I'm giving up or any playoff games that I'll be missing but ending racism isn't all voting for Obama and watching The Wire, Clippers fans.

And every basketball fan can join the boycott. Sterling benefits from revenue-sharing like every NBA owner so you are lining his thick racist pockets anytime you consume an NBA product until he sells. If he won't sell voluntarily then we need to convince the other 29 owners to force him out. Good thing the Stanley Cup playoffs are on right now.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Lyrics for Thomas D'Arcy's "Credit!"




LYRICS:

They were lying when told you, told you
You can be anything you want
Getting all your hopes up so high
Gonna fall down, fall down hard
These kids, they got another thing coming
Can’t all be, all be best
Gonna hit the ground, hit the ground running
Gonna fall down, fall down fast

If you want less headaches
You better sell your soul
If you want more credits
You better play some roles
If you wanna be a big shot
You better set more goals
If you just don’t get it
You’re gonna end up broke

Everyone can’t have their dream job
There’s only so much food
It’s a small world that we live in
And we take up so much room
All these kids with their sense of entitlement
Gonna grow up pissed
Keep thinking they deserve what they got
When it goes to shit

If you want less headaches
You better sell your soul
If you want more credits
You better play some roles
If you wanna be a big shot
You better set more goals
If you just don’t get it, get it
You’re gonna end up broke

Take em up higher
To make em fall further
You take em up higher
To make em fall further

If you want less headaches
You better sell your soul
If you want more credits
You better play some roles
If you wanna be a big shot
You better set more goals
If you just don’t get it
You’re gonna end up broke