Go figure...

My current playlist

2007-02-13T01:04:00.000Z

Ah-ha
The return of the world's most unreliable blogger...

Yes yes yes, it has been a while, let's just say I like to polish a gem before I put it on show, anyone who says otherwise may very well be right but I bloody well can't hear you... la-la-la.

What I can hear however are some bloody good stonking choonz...

I'm not sure how many of you have yet discovered the beautiful Maccabees, their song first love is just brilliant (thanks to Shots Ring Out for that clip)... but, a while ago when I first came across them, their myspace page told the story of how they knew Jesus had plans for them... as much as I liked the song, alarm bells were definitely ringing. I left it though, told people about the song and omitted the god-bothering stance they had, thankfully most people don't even understand that Maccabees itself is a biblical reference. However (as anyone who followed the link to their page will now know) the story of Jesus bringing them all together has since vanished ... speaks volumes. Good tunes and looks aside... I'm watchin yous.

Just by sheer coincidence here are some more good-looking boys (I was a cub scout) with good tunes... that picture does them no justice... you have to watch the rather cute, cheap and simple vid that accompanies their excellent single 'Pink Squares'.

This next lot (Cold war kids) don't sit well on the pretty pile but they do make a pretty fantastic noise more here, Hospital Beds is one of my faves.

The Draytones hmmm... I have no idea what they look like but check out 'keep loving me' that is one kick-arse tune, fucken love it.

It's not over yet covered by the Klaxons... Fucken love the Klaxons... saw them live and it was bizarre; new rave indeed. I nearly died when they played this song, brilliant, and one of the supports were the ever fabulous Metronomy.

Tokyo Police Club have just recently appeared on my radar; I heard the song 'cheer it on' on the ever-excellent (and coolest surname ever) Steve Lamacq show which was also where I heard the new Malcolm Middleton song ' A Brighter Beat' which is just one of the best tunes I have heard in like forever... my only criticism? It's well too short.

Is it just me or does anyone else find this video hilarious? Don't get me wrong it's a nice song... but the end of the video just cracks me up everytime I watch it. Similar on the funny with this story...

After the funny comes the sad.

A Welsh View

2006-12-10T14:29:00.000Z

I fucken love the Welsh, I used to go camping in Wales when I was a kid; we lived on the borders and drove over regularly. Pistyll Rhaeadr was my favourite spot, I cannot recommend it enough, much like A Welsh View, easily one of the most succesful British Blogs ever.
All of the links in this post have been gleaned from there and I have been sitting on some of them for a while... The oldest one goes back to the beginning of August!

Ahem. So yes, he likes his toys, gadgets and gizmos like most boys.

He retains a childlike fascination for the workings of the universe and the natural wonders of the world around us and I like that.

He is often cool beyond cool, and I cannot stress enough how fucken cool some of the shit this guy pulls out actually is (only if you follow that link to its ultimate destination you will note that the costume is no longer available I think you'll see why here - I hope he wins).

Anyways back to throwing praise upon Mr. Gale, I mean he introduced me to Threadless come on!

He provides some of the best funny too, and like any good geek, he loves his web. What I particulalrly like about that picture is the run-down building of discontinued blogs and I must admit that I too have been guilty; when I started blogging I switched from (abandonded) another blog to this one. I feel it might be time to call it a day on this blog too, I don't seem to have the enthusiasm I once did or the readers. On A Welsh View recently he noted that by posting those pictures of Britney Spears' crotch his traffic surged massively, personally I won't stoop to such methods just to bring in traffic so worry not dear viewer you won't even see Britney's name on my blog let alone her fanny.

Do you think two mentions will be enough?

This blog should probably be on this list.

So there you have it a bit of an all-rounder, he even does educational, potentially useful and fundamental basics.

Kudos my friend, now if only someone would teach him how to get his links to open in a new window...

Anyone for a cockatoo?

2006-12-09T20:09:00.000Z

Anyone who doesn't know about b3ta is missing something special in their lives.

Linkbunnies is also worth a check, I mean any site that links to tv go home has to be worth a shitload of something.

This is funny, but only the first three times you watch it.

Give up your dreams, you're too late.

Don't you love it when shit like this happens stoopid believers. Ha ha!

Oh hell let's laugh at the gays while we're at it. Hmmm.

Now for something educational, why not learn a little of a different language?

Ah what the bollocks, back to the funny, followed by some very funny, ending with something bordering on the criminal, and you thought episode one was bad?

Think on.

Venom

2006-12-07T17:15:00.000Z

So here, if you haven't already seen it, is your first (if slightly blurry) glimpse of Venom from the forthcoming Spiderman 3. Official site here.

There was an unofficial version of the trailer doing the rounds for a while, you can still catch a really bad quality version of it here on Google video, but it has been (sort of) released officially and you can catch a better quality version here, (not a trailer) only blink and you will totally miss it. I have to admit I liked it when they gave him the black costume (in the comics) but I also liked it when they reverted to the blue and red, have to say though I'm pretty glad I'm not still reading comics. Maybe in one of the 'proposed' further 6 movies they'll do a cross over to the Iron man movie(s) much in the way they are introducing the Silver Surfer in the next Fantastic Four movie ready for his own feature. Maybe. Hopefully not though.

Speaking of the Fantastic Four any geek worth his weight in trading cards has already seen the fantasticar... snigger. Still, actually really excited about that one, all for the Silver Surfer... can't fucken wait till we get our first look at that bugger.

Been goin a bit gaga for images from this fucker too. I want to be ten again.

Do I swear too much?

In other film related chicanery went to watch Pan's Labyrinth as it opened the day after my birthday and it is beautiful, harsh and brutal at times but pretty too. Better quality version of the trailer here.

Next I have a couple of film-related articles which I never got round to posting at the time they were current. Go figure. I think anyone who reads this blog (all three of ye) knows what a lazy bastard I can be.

First one was an article on Channel 4 buying Fox's film archive and the second was from Neil Gaiman on film adapting comics, or something like that. It doesn't really matter what it's about it's Neil fucken Gaiman man.

Finally someone should really consider severely maiming Nicholas Cage, he's only good playing stoopid so if he were truly retarded we'd all be a lot better off, I say this not because he's playing Ghost Rider I'll reserve judgement on that and I'm not precious on the character anyways, but to remake the Wickerman as badly as he did he should have been SHOT until he was dead of it. Again that is not why I want him taken out; this article talks about how he want's to play another hero of some sort, who cares right? Oh but despair and quake ye mighty fools... it also mentions in this article that he is REMAKING Bangkok Dangerous NO NO NO NO!!!!

YOU BASTARD!

Bangkok Dangerous is one of my favourite films of all time and it is astoundingly beautiful on every level. I urge anyone with even a modicum of taste to check out the original and boycott that evil bastard's attempts to destroy another cinematic landmark.

Cage wise up, you're shit, anything you touch turns to shit (Correlli's mandolin? Adaptation? Need I go on?) sell the rights to someone who could make an english language version that is worthy of the original, even you gotta know you're gonna make a pigs arse of it.

I WILL hunt you down and pin back your eyelids and make you watch your own crap for all eternity... don't think I won't.

You cunt.

In the world of science

2006-12-03T14:28:00.000Z

It was a whole year ago when I blogged about the 'roma' garden pest control system, and at the time someone I showed it to said it couldn't be real based solely on the fact that if this technology existed then surely the military would commandeer it... well now it seems they have.

All our problems solved? I don't think so and I can't even be arsed to say why... go figure.

What? Sorry I've forgotten what I'm supposed to be doing.

Meanwhile... in the natural world this is pretty amazing whereas this is just kinda cool.

Mystery Christmas

2006-12-02T17:18:00.000Z

Look at the cute lil Scooby crismus decky... aah.

I found the pic whilst searching for Mystery machine pictures as I wanted to express my disappointment that this wasn't brightly decorated with huge orange flowers... yah boo.

Speaking of mysteries I love articles like this mostly for the comments that people feel they have to make, I especially like it when 'well-educated' readers leave comments with atrocious spelling and start little hate wars... I spend more time than is good for me reading those things...

Although it has to be said that I have been absent for nearly one whole month (honestly tho' I don't think anyone has noticed) it has not been due to immersing myself in silly internet pettiness, although by and large... it probably is. Go figure.

Government sucks, Catholics still don't understand how to 'love thy neighbour' and if you think you're being really clever; chances are you're not but then we live in the kind of world where by the power of mass-hysteria vested in the pedo-finder general sees anyone speaking with any sense or rationality (and basic truth) trampled beneath the marauding feet of the local pitch-fork weilding mob but then most people get all manner of things wrong, fascinating.

Yay random linkage!

This was very strange as it was first reported and didn't really become any less strange once things had been cleared up. Sad.

Another really sad story... and someone has decided that Jack the ripper was none other than Freddie Mercury! Thats' right blame the gays.

This was a great story, god bless 'er.

I am usually not one of those 'celeb' obsessed bloggers but somethings are too good not to post, marvlious.

Also on the too good not to post can I point you towards this very not safe for work video of the very sexy Stefan Postma getting bummed by his girlfriend... lovely. What however is not so lovely and not safe for mental stability let alone work is this... yeah I'm sorry but I had to do it.

That is all.

Metamorphosis

2006-10-04T14:24:00.000Z

One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gnarls Barkley found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin.

And it was glorious.

Well everyone by now probably know who Gnarls Barkley are but not everyone will have seen their videos; Crazy being the song that launched them a la Zane Lowe, the first time I saw this video I was kinda impressed by how beautiful it is. Then they released Smiley Faces and the video though clever enough, aint a patch on the song (link courtesy of the wonderful www.dirdybirdy.com). Once again they have released a great video to accompany their new single and y'all have to see it: Gone daddy gone (link from www.milkandcookies.com).

Int that great?

Almost as great as this or this aw; they dead now.

Bless.

Slow week

2006-09-05T00:52:00.000Z

There is probably no justifiable reason for posting a Pet Shop Boys video, but I like the skittles and you just gotta check out Chris's hair... oh dear. I assume their lettering is correct.

You just gotta laugh or have a moan or cry, Cos sometimes things is just wrong, sometimes, just beyond.

Came across the trailer for the Black Dahlia the other day and got all goosepimply from the expert use of one of my all-time favourite tracks ever - Dirge by Death in Vegas, sublime man, anyways I was reminded of the short clip that accompanies the song on the album The Contino Sessions which shows gun fatalities in America in one day and then had trouble locating it on the web (technical problems - services have been resumed). Whilst searching for it I inevitably found the video that went with the single release but I also discovered that the bird singing on it is Dot Allison from One Dove!!! All this time I never knew or questioned... go figure.

Not sure that I'd bother going to see this though when there's fresh Gilliam on offer.

That is all

Milk and cookies

2006-09-02T13:33:00.000Z

Apart from being just the best bedtime combo ever; Milk and Cookies is just one of the best websites out there...

I mean seriously, where else would anyone be considerate enough to point us towards such a niche market as fart-lighters?

The hard-working boys over at M&C's are constantly reminding me why the internet was invented, fucken genius.

If handy bit's and bobs or well cute and funny don't do it for ya how's about a reminder of the brilliance that is Ok Go?

This last link is just out there but it didn't come from Milk and Cookies; truth is I can't remember where it came from but I had to put it somewhere.

You can find the link to Milk and Cookies in the links list on the right.

Think again...

2006-08-29T20:48:00.000Z

Think bunnies are cute?

Sure... then check out this website of bunny yawns... disturbing isn't the word... I'm with Anya from Buffy... bunnies is some scary shit... check out the General from Watership Down (No.6), the devil-bunny (No.18), demented bunny (No.22), tortured bunny (No.25), bugs bunny (No.63) and the yin and yang bunnies (No.49)

With top scary going to (No.64) the bunny that hides amongst the toys and jumps out at the least expected moment just to gnaw yer face off... I'm gonna have nightmares...

These on the other hand are very cute and even though the science behind these green rats is all very interesting (especially if you happen to be an endangered species) I think the wider implications are not to be overlooked; colour-coded pets and blue-skinned babies will be all the rage come 2012... I can hardly wait.

Assuming we live that long... I think the best thing about this article is that it also provides a link to a history of failed prophecies... nice.

Is this what they mean by tragicomic?

Finally and totally unrelated to anything previous in this post, is this little tool to tell you how much your blog is worth (thanks to Neil Gaiman for this one) and I'm worth more than I thought... yay me!

Magic

2006-08-16T18:27:00.000Z

Fairies tend to be elusive little buggers at the best of times... so imagine my surprise upon reading this article, following up on it and actually witnessing the phenomena for myself... magic!

As is this and I really wanted one until I read this article... and I can't get the image of me struggling underneath whilst slowly ripping my belly-button piercing out amid pools of blood... cos I would be that stoopid.

Just like believing poets... or that God is good... or Capitalism works... suckers.

Mushrooms however, do work, vodka is bloody great... and Hollywood need to stop making remakes... talentless demograph-worshipping tits.

Finally, make a note to check carefully next time you watch the Wizard of Oz...

Fairy in the picture above came from this site...

and things that make you go hmm...

Go figure.

Borat

2006-08-11T18:50:00.000Z

I have to admit, although I love Borat I wasn't particularly enthused for a full-length feature... especially after seeing this which is the current trailer, only then I found Egotastic which is a little (actually way too much) celebrity-obssessed to me; but what they do have is this version of the trailer... and now I would actually go and watch it... piss-funny.

Gay

2006-08-09T23:10:00.000Z

Gay gay gay, the world's bloody full of it... funny but.

More funny though are the 'kids in the hall' and I'm so happy lil bits keep poppin up all over the place (mostly pistolwimp - Yay!) anyways I'm sure you're gaggin to see some more so here is terriers and then here is nipples followed swiftly by a man of destiny ...lovely.

I found this ages ago but due to an extreme and rampant bout of laziness I never posted it... this too (don't touch it), and this and finally this, I have to go lie down now...

Only... ANYONE who can get hold of a set of these should get in touch with me cos I (really really) want them...

Shit floats

2006-08-07T21:49:00.000Z

God love 'im

'E's only gone an' done it again... Jarvis of the Cocker has made another anthem for the prole... and it's fucken BRILLIANT!!!

It's called Cunt's are still running the world and this little article popped up after much listening of said track and I only wish I had 63 million uninterested third degree 'friends'...

As opposed to just crybaby (if ever a name fitted).

Might I point you towards your own species of down..?

Love and piece and out.

That is all.

Best email ever...

2006-07-15T17:28:00.000Z

Every Thursday I get a little email that gets me more than a little excited... It comes from the god-like beings over at PopBitch, anyone who is not already on their mailing list should remedy that situation immediately and then just sit back and wait for the goodies... who could ever forget this memorable picture of Celebrity Big Brother contestant Pete Burns? Beautiful.

This week's offerings though are beyond gold... Big Brother's Imogen aint as boring as you thought... Grace on the other hand just goes from vile to ridiculous.

There was also the usual bits of goss to be had; sparklers such as Cheryl Tweedy's (Girl's aloud) admission that she wanted 50cent to come on her face... classy them newcastle birds...

There was also this link to 1500 80's videos which is good if you're needing your A-ha fix...

Plus helpful survival tips: "You can't eat the liver of a Polar Bear as they contain so much vitamin A they are toxic."

That's not all, even the joke was fantastic:

"Sophie Ellis Bextor was found head-butted to death in the apartment of a French footballer. It was murder on Zidanes' floor..."

chucklsome more than incontinence pants time...

And if all that wasn't enough to convince you how great they are there was also this.

Best Email EVER.

It is contagious...

2006-07-06T18:38:00.000Z

The picture above is of the lovely Regina Spektor, you may know her from her work on the second Strokes' album or you may have heard her song 'us' on tv as it is featured on an advert for Sky (the one with the guy on the skateboard) and I like it... it reminds me a lot of Joanna Newsom... Whilst on the music front here is some long awaited news on Portishead's next album... Yay!

Musically related are these secret wall tattoos, I'm not 100% what the involvement exactly but Joss Homme (Queens of the Stone Age) has some culpability...

No more musically inclined links as we move on to more general trash...

Came across this website recently Fark.com which has some kick-arse stories that the bigger publications may miss... Genius is a word I am not afraid to use... although holding myself up to be one does somewhat diminish the term...

A bit like the 'war' on terror...

Or Scotland's P.R.

Not like the rest of us Brits get off any lighter in this document... how funny...

As was this although this confuses me as I'm gay, I have one older sibling and she aint no brother... what happened to me?

But then science and nature are wonderous indeed

Go figure.

Love Film?

2006-06-24T13:11:00.000Z

Want free stuff?
Well who doesn't?

I have been having a ball this summer with tonnes of free dvd's, Heaven.

Basically it's all off the back of those free i-pod giveaway sites, ever the hopeful I wouldn't mind blagging myself one of those. Well basically what happens is you sign up to one of these links:

Freepay or

i-podnano

and participate in one of their offers or more if you feel the need, I took part in four offers in total, firstly because i-podnano refused to credit my first offer and although initially they corresponded with me about the problem, upon sending the proof they requested they then stopped all communication. So really I wouldn't recommend their service as being any good. So I had to take another offer and this time it was credited, but, then I came across Freepay who are offering an actual i-pod as opposed to the weedy i-pod nano. I had to do two offers with them too but only because the first computer I applied on had security measures in place to prevent my application as being recognised.

Anyways the offers I mostly took part in were dvd rental trials and I would recommend you do the same, however be warned about Screenselect as they are really bad; two days to select a title and four days to post whereas Love Film are FANTASTIC: you'll barely be a day without films, I would suggest if you take these trials up that you get the top range package as you will get more films at a time, of course make sure you give yourself enough time to pull out so you don't get charged ( be aware that at weekends - films aren't processed) I say this again in relation to Screenselect who are dodgy robbin cunts... excuse the French...

So go on click on the links, set up an account (Freepay) and rob some free dvd rentals, if enough of you do it (I only need 5!) I should be expecting my i-pod shortly in the post... oh by the way the last offer I took up was with Gala bingo (U.K.) and they match your initial bet up to £10 - I won £200 so if yer feeling lucky (and the offer is still there) try that link.

So there you go begging for a free i-pod, I feel strangely dirty and hopeful, or is that because it's Saturday?

I don't think I have anything else for this post except... did anyone see these: ohmigod I am too excited, somebody slap me.

Something to make you smile

2006-06-19T17:42:00.000Z

Well hopefully anyways.... first up has to be the photo, it happened months ago but I've been so busy and lazy by varying degrees that it's only happening now for me... Go figure.

Weebl and Bob are still busy hammering away... who knew?

Have you seen the new X-men villain el chupacabra?

Some more old Kid's in the Hall.

U.S. Military make war with love.

Sickipedia collects tasteless jokes for those of us whose only interpretation of p.c. is personal computer...

Have you got any ass-pennies? Probably yes...

Finally in this completely disjointed post of pure links and little rhetoric I give you access to the stars.

Enjoy.

Science corner

2006-05-06T20:01:00.000Z

Well where better to start my post in Science corner than with this little piece: God is dead after all, only in a godless world; read Americanised global economy, also known as hell, that this sort of behaviour would even be considered. It reminds me of the time that, in the guise of 'helping' third world countries with donations of drugs, some 'first' world countries dumped loads of out of date drugs that would actually cost the poorer countries millions to dispose of legally... that's western charity for ya, go figure. Then I came across this little piece that only reaffirms my belief that drugs should be legalised and taxed; take control away from the crimelords, stop making criminals of normally law-abiding citizens, lose some of the glamour of the forbidden and pay for treatment of those who abuse drugs and end up being abused because of their drug dependencies. Imagine though what the tax income on that one man's habit would have been...

You may be wondering why the picture of Divine in Pink Flamingos? Well let me put you out of your misery, a while ago you may remember I blogged about the gay penguins in a German zoo being allowed to remain a couple (found the post unfortunately the link has died), well now we have two male Flamingos in union and apparently making a great success of parenting that's SO funny: butch pink flamingos! Look at flamingos though, all I can say is I'm surprised it took this long... maybe no-one was watching close enough or maybe it's only now becoming acceptable in bird society to peck open those closet doors. Ain't science wonderful?

Apparently not only has there been more than one big bang but life on our planet dips in accordance to the solar system, fascinating. Strangely (or not so strangely having watched stories almost endlessly repeat in a bid for recognition on the internet for some while now) I blogged about this story a while ago and yet here comes the sun again... (one of the few decent Doves songs), and despite there being a survey recently to disprove horoscopes, there is some evidence to suggest (as I have always maintained) that availability of light at certain times of the year can indeed affect our personality depending upon when we are born.

One of the things you have to love about science is the constant shifting of boundaries when presented with something new, and let's face it: people who express little knowledge of something offer more belief than those who claim full knowledge. As Voltaire said:
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
So who is right and who is wrong? Don't read anything into the way I have presented those arguments, only wouldn't it be cool to scare some people a la 'War of the Worlds' and possibly in my role as social guardian to warn people of the possibilities?

Whatever...

So to the end of the post... and these are the sort of advancements I like to see science making.

Ten penny mix

2006-05-04T17:11:00.000Z

I came across this website which some may consider to be a tad morbid but does however have some classic last words of famous people among my favourites are Joan Crawford who apparently said:

"Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me."

to her housekeeper, Oscar Wilde's left us with the enigmatic:

"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."

Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary apparently (who knew?) delivered the classic though:

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."

He should have asked the Cosmos (no it's not another celebrity/fashion magazine) for some inspiration, although as always in these matters I advise caution and be careful what you ask for, funny thing was through sheer curiosity I wanted to find out what the spanish word for lightning was and came across this useful website that considers bizarre little phrases such as: 'he was struck by lightning' to be needed by anyone wishing to engage in conversational spanish. Another spanish-type phrase that I assimilated this week was: 'Diabolus in Musica' which was in an article about the devil's note, fabulous. Speaking of sacrilege, I wouldn't normally condone anyone covering Pixies songs but Frank Sinatra does 'em proud and the Bee Gees keep true to the source. So no problems there then.

What with there being no Glastonbury this year it seems there's a bit of a scramble on tickets for other Summer fezzies which is a shame but then when Glastonbury returns it's aiming to be a little bigger, so maybe there'll be more chance of getting a fucken ticket next year. God I hope so... better stick that one out to the cosmos... and then get onto making and baking some snacks to take with me... I'll probably need some sausages... and some sweets that could inspire another generation of asbo's to run riot wif no respek'. On the plus side; it might actually teach the yoof how to spell the words they abuse on a daily basis.

Worry ye not, for as we speak big brother is upping his arsenal, but it will we be voiced by some slob with an estuary accent screaming 'Shaadaap!' at everyone.

Escape the stress of it all by floating along the skyline with your face in your groin. Listening to your free i-pod nano; sadly this offer is only available in the U.K. and you do have to participate in one of their offers to be eligible, but just do what I did and pick the free dvd trial cos then you get free dvd's for a month and you get a free i-pod nano!

Marvellous.

Things to make and do

2006-05-02T18:41:00.000Z

It's been a while since I've been here, I am such a busy boy.

Well you've no doubt spotted the picture of Spiderman in his black cossie, looking lovely; any excuse to use that photo really. No I'm not gonna talk about the film as it isn't quite relevant yet but I did want to post a link to this site that has quite a few pictures of some of the shooting and this is my particular favourite.

I only came across them as I was originally looking for a picture of the X-men and got distracted in geek heaven, unfortunately for those of you who do not share my comic obssession this portion of the post will hold no interest so flick on down to the '*'

Firstly I want to know what this 'other' film is as we all know about the wolvie and mags films and neither of them interest me but this third might... anyone know anything?

Found this really bad interviewer onset for the final scene's shooting of X-3, totally bad camerawork too. Funny artwork and dodgy billing there's better bloody actors in the film than that pair... I was excited to hear of this clip of 'the fastball special' and I nearly cried with laughter at the cheapness of the sentinel... or rather the sentinels head... way to cop out man... closer it gets to this films release, its looking more and more like a major farce. Won't stop me from seeing it though...

* Resume reading:

Other things I will be watching for sure are Channel 4's season of offensive comedy.

If they are in production of a film version of Paradise Lost then I'm going to read for the part of the devil... and probably sacrifice some chickens to make sure that I get it.

One thing I have already seen and would like to pass on is this sweet lil animation called Vincent.

One thing I will probably not be watching (no matter the fondness we hold in our hearts for him) is K-9 on his new adventures.

The BBC are holding some sort of seminar thing for people (like moi) who self-publish and stuff with the net... only it seems they are having diffculty in finding people who would attend... even after the offer of £50 to anyone who goes... think I might just pop along there and then spend the money on one of these.

Bric a brac a blog

2006-04-17T19:05:00.000Z

This post is a complete mish mash of junk; various things that probably wouldn't support a post on their own but can meld together here in a beautiful mixed-up melody.

Lets start off with this ingeniously simple flash animation on the evils of peer pressure and one-upmanship and the crass individuals who perpetrate such an environment, I would like to say you know who you are, but you're so self-obsessed you can't see past your big fat arse or head. The source of this clip is the ever wonderful fat-pie.

While on the subject of animation I came across this odd little film and this rather wonderful piece which can only whet your appetite for the forthcoming live action Transformers film... no? Just me then.

A smooth leap then from animation to coloured snow... seamless, quickly onto alcoholic houseplants and you hardly noticed the transition did you?

You may be wondering what the picture of the stormtrooper is all about, well I was checking out the prices of fully assembled costumes recently and unless I get myself a new sugar-daddy... I aint getting one of these.

Although if I push it, I will definately be getting a set of these.

Science and religion

2006-04-10T15:38:00.000Z

Oh here we go again, one of my favourite subjects; creationism up for a 'chinning' courtesy of the Royal Society, god love 'em. I know I'll definately be tuning in.

Not that you can argue with people of 'faith' take this recent study on the power of prayer... better still read this version and you will see the time-honoured tradition of sheer idiocy in the name of god:

"Bob Barth of Silent Unity, said the results didn't shake his confidence in prayer. "People of faith don't need a prayer study to know that prayer works," he said."

Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves... religious zealots are really really stoopid, but the more stoopid they are, the more intelligent people will turn their backs on organised religion, so it's all good as far as I'm concerned. Although I am interested to hear what a once prominent scientist has to say about religion, so over to Albert.

Also of interest this week has been the story of the Judas gospel although reading this article I am confused as to the timing of the whole thing, the most interesting article related to this story has to be this one, yeah just what are they hiding? One of the more startling links within this article points to this and I can't help but see similarities with scientology: Archons indeed.

By the way if any of you out there are interested in which religion the likes of Spiderman, Daredevil or Batman adhere to you can find out here, smashin, just super.

Finally we have this 'revelation' which makes perfect bloody sense to me.

Go figure.

Scary biscuits!

2006-04-08T16:12:00.000Z

I don't suppose it's escaped your notice but we could have a real-live were-bunny on our hands...

In other strange animal news a monkey trained to move a robotic arm by thought alone... does what any self-respecting monkey would... and flings his faeces.

Toad problems in Darwin have prompted this genius scheme; Australians and free beer, what could go wrong?

Koala's and crocs are the last animals in this post, but what is it with the Aussies? I'm so moving to the southern hemisphere...

If only to escape 'thought crime' or sheer absurdism or such culturally highbrow events as the launching of the butt-bottle rocket which despite my concerns for the iq levels of today's youth is actually really funny, really, and it's always good to laugh at other people's stupidity.

Insomniacs Ball

2006-04-04T02:43:00.000Z

It has been more than a fucken age since I went to any fezzie of any sort but an indoor fezzie in London? This is a first, and I like firsts.

My fantastic friend Ann has, in her divine wisdom bought me a ticket for the insomniacs ball and I'm kinda excited; it goes on until 6 the next morning so Friday Morning I'll be walking home along the river Thames sometime in the sunrise, people passing me on their way to work and I'll be pissed... nice, classy like.

So who's on I hear you ask (that was you right... the voices haven't come back... right?) well there's tonnes, a total shitload of new bands Art Brut are pretty good Battle too Black Wire are up there but check out their .tk domain and the free domain offers it's all slightly odd if you ask me... there was another band that are playing here with the same tag Komakino and they is also very good. Not only are Cazals pretty decent but they have a nicely designed website; all funeral parlour Victoriana. Another band with a really pretty website are the Good Shoes but it is also worth popping along to their My Space page and check out the video for we are not the same here, sweet lil indie boys (link courtesy of the beat surrender)

To 50's obsessives The Pipettes love the look love the sound, can't help but think of Sarah Blackwood from Dubstar (remember them?) when I hear the blonde do her bit, apart from the nose job she would have needed and the fact that she is now in Client, I'm pretty sure it's not her.

Another band with the .tk suffix are the Holloways and they are fantastic. As with any fezzie though there is some shit on too... British Sea Power, Vincent vincent and the villains great name, crap music. Dustin's Bar mitzvah, inspired name, rubbish music.

Shame they couldn't swap one of them for The Crimea scroll down for the new video or get it here. Or even the brilliant The Automatic; speaking of new videos, I had an email this morning from Video-C for the new Wigwam single. Wigwam for anyone who doesn't yet know are 80's pop icon Betty Boo with Bassist from Blur; Alex James and what the hee-haw it's kinda fun. I like the nonsensical bits in the middle where she makes mad cat-like noises and the video is funny if slightly reckless; encouraging violence against policemen, like they haven't got enough of that already >snigger<

So this year is already lining up to be a goodie first this fezzie and so far I've got tickets for the O2 festival on the night with Bauhaus, Goldfrapp and Depeche Mode; tickets to see the Knife at la Scala and Radiohead at the Hammersmith Apollo... nice... NEXT!

Bumping Uglies

2006-04-01T02:09:00.000Z

This is a photo of the father of Bjork's latest output in every sense of the word; their offspring should prove interesting to say the least.

Suffer the little children, come unto me.

Well aside from providing a physical being from their creative output they have also managed to construct Drawing Restraint 9 which looks beautiful but deconstructing it into useful information may prove difficult, but then you get the feeling it is intentionally so.

This comes primarily (I say primarily and I 'prolly' mean exclusively) from "Pink is the new blog" a blog I first encountered upon my heady introduction to the world of blogging, and has remained a constant source of decent info (lost spoilers especially) ever since, but then I doubt anyone who reads blogs isn't aware of the lovely Trent and his o.c.d.-like ramblings of Mrs. Federline, as the guy is uber-blogger and without him I would not have known this film OR it's soundtrack existed.

Anyways... on with the post, there is an old quote which goes something along the lines of: "art is knowing who is conning who..." Although OBVIOUSLY I am gonna go see it; I love Bjork, I love foreign films, decent cinematography and I'll buy any old shite so long as it's purdy or well done.

While the soundtrack may be one of the finest things Bjork has done (not my words as I've never heard the whole thing although the snippet you get with the trailer is beautiful and enticing) Matthew Barney is in my opinion... not.

Now don't think I'm bemoaning the fact that people with great minds and personalities get laid because if we all followed a Hollywood body ideal we would none of us get any and I would get even less... but Bjork fucks ugly guys (God bless ol Goldie) what can you say?

Although I am reminded of the old favourites: ' beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone' and my personal fave: ''The saying that beauty is but skin deep is a skin deep saying'

I know...

I'm mean...

I'm purdy... but only in name...

Go figure.

Chikinki

2006-03-23T16:59:00.000Z

Just the one band in this post, as opposed to a whole host of new music; Chikinki, they aren't even that new to be honest, I first heard all eyes well over a year ago but they never seemed to catch which is a shame cos they do some good stuff.

The video for Assassinator is quite cool and funny and they get nekkid...

If you wanna check out their music there are various places to preview, such as their web-site Chikinki click music then listen to music and scroll to the bottom for All Eyes the video is pretty bog-standard but the tune is sublime, if you want more then some kind person has posted some live stuff over at myspace and X-Fm have posted a few live sessions.

All fall in love with them NOW!

S.H.D

2006-03-13T16:52:00.000Z

Sexual Harassment Dalek...

Tom put him down... that's not for you...

What is he doing? Well when he's not fondling mass-murdering cyborgs he's reading the dictionary. There are a lot of sites decicated to the best doctor who (ever) so if like me you revere La Baker you should check some of em out.

On the subject of relative cool this little gem was brought to my attention by the uber-cool Neil Gaiman, how great would it be to have secret passageways, or better still, somewhere to put them.

More uber-coolness in this inspirational little piece, maybe it's just me but I've always been fascinated by colour-blindness, if you couldn't give a tiny toss don't click the link.

For the web enthusiasts of little to no skill (amongst which I have to number myself) there will soon be a new website tool to kick the sorry arses of all other website tools right off the field of play. If you would like some tips on how not to annoy potential visitors to your site there is a list here and on reading it I have to agree wholeheartedly with every point bar one, and even then only because I am guilty of it myself; No. 12 the dark page, another website I have www.dirdybirdy.com is black with red text and I like it, I really do; it's slightly menacing and to be honest the website was set up with a limited choice of designs and I liked that design the most, it's a collaboration site as there are two of us who work it and even the imbecile I work with likes it... I don't see what the beef is. Get yer eyes tested if you can't see it, you might be colour blind.

>snigger<

Go Figure.

The walls have mice... the mice have ears

2006-03-13T13:43:00.000Z

The title is the original saying from war propoganda posters that was eventually shortened for modern usage into 'the wall have ears' well the job of spying it seems, is firmly back with the mice.

All the items in this post are utterly un-related apart from a single thread of weirdness that permeates them all.

Any excuse to ridicule religious nuts is always welcomed as is the chance to highlight some spectacular stupidity.

While quite sad (especially for the guy who has to help him up the ladders) this is kinda gross.

This is just stoopid and this is funny as fuck whereas I don't really see the point of this but we like to think we're helping.

Music news

2006-03-11T15:19:00.000Z

Currently I is listening to Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger, constantly that is, it's a class album and I urge everyone to buy a copy. The best tune on it has to be Once a Glimpse but all of it is fanfuckentastic, anyways on with the post:

Check out the new Gorrilaz video El Manana it's quite sad; it's a follow on where the feel good inc. video left off with the helicopters chasing after the windmill,I really liked that windmill, I wanna live in a windmill or a lighthouse, bastard helicopters.

I was quite excited to hear about this planned radiohead covers album and can't wait to hear Sia's Paranoid Android, but, erm I don't know who any of the others are, anyone who does, feel free to leave a comment or email me purdy@dirdybirdy.com.

The lovely Milkandcookies.com has once again caused pant-leakage with this invaluable little gem of The Flaming Lips and Cat Power performing together and this funny little video from the lovely Milla Jovovich, it's a good video but the song isn't one of her best... didn't know she recorded music? well then you should check her out cos some of the tunes are actually really bloody good.

If anyone saw the recent NME awards show you will have seen a young guy who goes by the name of Plan B and although I hate rap (it's way too aggressive and hateful - I think Dylan Moran summed it up best in his monster dvd) I thought that this guy was fucking excellent I have also heard snippets from the album and I was well impressed to hear the opening of the first song cos he's sampled the beginning of Pyramid Song by Radiohead and it's nice. If you didn't catch the performance there is a video of it on the NME media player (link on right of NME home page) and it's well worth registering for. Alas the fly in this otherwise beautiful ointment is his choice of single; you can catch the video here I saw this ages ago could've been like a year ago or something and I thought interesting video but the song is fucken dreadful: 'stab you in your eye though with a biro' God Grow up man, there is a difference between gritty reality and glorifying violence, I only hope that his gigs are full of hateful bastards like himself and someone shoots him cos that's the sort of shit this crap promotes, anyways other than this single some of his other stuff is quite good and clever but I have a funny taste in my mouth for promoting him when I really all-consumingly HATE the single. I think I'll write a rap about it.

You can also listen to the new Delays album on the media player and the new sound has me creaming in me knicks.

Doesn't scan?

2006-03-11T15:00:00.000Z

April 29th 2005 I posted about the first male pregnancy and nothing has been disclosed since... I would imagine that the actual birth would get some sort of coverage so I thought I would check out the website to see what progress had occurred only there doesn't seem to have been any, if anything he looks smaller rather than fuller. So off I trotted to the FAQ page and the first question is about his due date... only there isn't one, now I'm definately no mathmetician but if he was impregnated (I assume, before I heard about it to blog it) around the time I posted the blog then hasn't he been pregnant for 11 months?

How does that work?

Weird and wonderful world

2006-03-11T13:55:00.000Z

This picture is a new kind of lobster just recently discovered in the South Pacific (that's the ocean not the musical) and isn't he odd and strangely cuddly looking... unlike the large lobster recently found in Tasmania which is just scary and quite gross.

Other recent discoveries in the world of science include a survey that seems to indicate that ugly people are more likely to commit crimes... which seems like a totally preposterous conclusion to draw from such a survey as there are many factors why people commit crimes, mostly poverty, addiction, peer pressure, but there are people who commit crimes without even knowing it depending what strange and often archaic laws remain in place; one of my favourites is that all London cabbies have to carry a bale of hay by law, a remnant of times long passed when horses pulled the cabs. Then there are the people who know the law and use their knowledge to engage in morally dubious business practices, lawyers for instance, and finally there is the fact that power corrupts and politicians pass more and more legislation to grant themselves more and more power and control, oh but then thinking on it >woof< look at Michael Howard or Anne Widdecombe (god bless 'er and all who sail in her) maybe there is some truth in the ugly theory after all, two words: Cherie Blair. Whilst on a crime-related theme I have to admit I was impressed by this burglar's M.O. ingenuity like that has to be admired but I wonder what he would have done confronted with this particular aroma.

It's always good when you read things about your own personal vices having benefits of sorts.

A while ago I blogged about the Philip K. Dick robot and then shortly after it went missing... how the fuck do you lose something like that?

W.T.F.? no seriously though, what the fuck?

This is cool though, this is odd, aproaching David Icke odd, this is fascinating and it's good to see that scientists can think outside of their firmly defined boxes once in a while.

Finishing this post I am gonna link to some amazing images that are also from some very interesting articles. Enjoy x.

P.S. stop wanking.

X-men Ah-gen

2006-03-09T22:32:00.000Z

Yeah the title is a hard 'g' as in again but metered to match X-men... least I think so, feel free to differ and moan about it to someone other than me coz I don't give a shit.
And so with such friendly introductions let's proceed with the post:

Firstly everything I've posted about the film before seems to be true and there are more revelations here but I think some of them need to be taken with a pinch of some salt substitue as salt is bad M'kay and the picture above is Rebecca Romijn-Stamos who plays Mystique after her encounter with the anti-mutant gene serum... god that's even dull to say/type but without her mad make up (she looks SO fucken cool in the comics with her little skimpy dress cossie thing and skull belt buckle) she is fucken hot... pretty lady.

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that I am a comic book geek and whilst not as vociferous as some (although read on and make up your own mind) of the 'fanboy' generation I do have my reservations about the upcoming X-Men movie, namely the first two films.

What I think many of the comic book fanbase needs to realise is that Hollywood needs the comic book industry for ideas it is rapidly falling short of and a captive market audience that will slavishly devour whatever product is heaped upon it but in the process of studio interference etc and the drive towards fiscal rewards many things are lost and forgotten primarily, in my opinion that they are using mass-marketing techniques on a crowd that will not tolerate it and why? Because in general the comic book aficionado is already outside of the mainstream, we maintain our elitism for a reason; it means we differ from the rest of society but not on the grounds of socio-economic status or any of the usual trappings; it is as we are intellectually naked (like everyone is) but we are admitting it and enjoying our social exclusion with the background of some very fine artistry (in my time it was John Romita Jnr., Marc Silvestri, Brett Simpson and Mike Mignola) and when elitism is punctured by crass popularity the object of our affections becomes destroyed. (the following examples are very U.K. based - sorry)

Dandy Warhols killed their cool with a vodafone advert that opened them up to everyone and now they're shite.

The Ordinary boys were on the verge of cool when Preston went into the celeb big brother house and now they are the biggest bunch of toss regardless how good the music is.

Arctic Monkeys god bless 'em; (hate that I might have aided the phenomenon) loved loved loved the music but now they are 'everyone's' I have no interest in knowing more; conglomerate corporatism doesn't understand the need for things to maintain their personal closeness and the search to provide 'individual' mass production will only be acheived by making us all the same consumer, which (I hope) will never happen but it is what business wants: an easy sell. It's all about making the most amount of money, there is no product loyalty, there is NO consumer loyalty and so from this blatantly anti-capitalist rant here are the links >heh!<

This was the latest from the original source of the leaked script and what I loved about this page was that the link they post to: Miss Lady Venus was dead within hours of them posting that 'we' need not worry about things like dead links etc. Yeah great...

Anyways back to the topic of the post... you can catch the official trailer for the new (and allegedly final - of this three film storyline) here and it aint that hot.

Things that really bug the shit outta me though (and here comes the fanboy!) are the character fuck arounds like Rogue: can't fly aint invulnerable or super strong, no former relationship with (her step-mom) Mystique, Iceman (A FOUNDING FUCKING MEMBER!!! In the 60's!!!) is a teenager... FUCKEN WHY???????

The new fuck arounds come with Psylocke... one of my favourite characters until they fucked her over with a new japanese body storyline crap... she was English and I kinda liked that... and she was weak and strong and now she has been apparently HIDEOUSLY misrepresented...

My opinion for what it's worth (even though I WILL see the third film -even with the shite Colossus suit... check the trailer and Leech isn't green or odd looking and tha sucks like greedy bastards) is that all of the X-men films are SHITE.

So there.

Placebo

2006-02-16T21:14:00.000Z

Ah so the lovely Mr. Molko n ko are back yay I hear you say! Well wait until you've heard the new single (only this and the official site site suck a bit in the quality stakes... nice quality hi or crappy low... no midrange or the option to download it at your own speed but playback in high quality WHICH SUCKS by the way); it sounds like old album filler crap Uh-oh! God I hope the rest of the album is better, usually each album has been preceded by an excellent first single, this does not in my opinion, bode at all well, still as long as he's cute I'll still go see 'em live.

Finally the Knife's Silent shout video has been placed online you can find it half way down the page here (U.K. that is - other countries will have to check their own Yahoo music sites to see whats on offer).

Totally non-music related but honestly check it out WTF??

Finally totally unrelated to any of the other subjects in this post is this.

Geek Alert!

2006-02-16T20:02:00.000Z

You have been warned...

Lets start with something that every computer user should be aware of, and move swiftly on to something I think every photographer should know about, ending this section of shoulds: with something that should be read by anybody interested in science; it's a blog the way they should be and it's bloody interesting and it's handled bloody well if ya ask me.

Who'da thunkit? Mainly that the 'Dick robot' is not what you were really hoping it would be... but its' still bloody cool.

News that Aardman are branching into CGI.

Ending with a small collection of bits dedicated to 'the best supporting character... everrr'.

Place your votes now for laziest blogger... everrr.

Oh my!

2006-02-16T18:37:00.000Z

Well anyone with half an inkling will tell you that C3-P0 and R2-D2 are like totally gay, check the photo above to see R2 taking a whole foot!
Well in the recent flurry of excitment over the 'mainstreaming' of gay issues in America, this is where we're at now.

Although I would encourage you to check out this warning firstly, before watching any film...

And whilst on matters homo it's really heartening to see couples sticking it out.

And as Anyone knows the gays do good interiors; and I do dubious links but check out the heating that I WANT in my house...

This last story just shows that Google are 'gay'! (worst link ever...).

BTW the film clips were found on this excellent site: Milk and cookies.

More music

2006-02-14T20:00:00.000Z

PJ Harvey is undeniably a goddess and her new song is classic Peej.

On the other end of the music spectrum; Madge has been gettin about a bit lately and I think her disco sound is ok but the 'disco dancing granny in a leotard' look is so no go.

The Cardigans have a new song out and I don't know I love the Cardies but this is all fart and no substance, the video has a cool look but it's a confused song that's nowhere near as clever as their older stuff.

Of course because it's Valentines day I am gonna include a brief history for you, and remember romance kills.

Aliens in the attic

2006-02-14T19:52:00.000Z

Who doesn't have one nowadays?
They're all the fucken rage, oops no wait sorry they just went out... again... too slow.

Ok Go

2006-01-31T16:48:00.000Z

Ok Go get the title for this blog purely based upon the new video a million ways it's funny as all hell, shame the guy in the glasses is the worst dancer cos they is some slick moves boy...
The song's quite good too. Whilst searching for the full video I came across this rather cool site, which in turn lead me to this one where I saw this and it reminded me I have to get the 8" design your own Qee.

The now well established Arctic Monkeys have released a new single and the opening riff is fantastic. You can check out the whole video here, this Video-c site is quite good (whereas gigwise.com have a better selection they even have idiot pilot who never get covered anywhere bless 'em, lovely boys) but slightly annoying in the respect that some videos are only snippets and you vote for them... I don't know if voting means that they will then go on to post the full versions but if it does then you all have to go and vote for the Knife's new song and the Delays too, or if you can't be arsed to wait then you can catch the full video for the Delays new song Valentine here. The Knife however I fear we are just going to have to wait for.

The Sunshine Underground however do get a full video posting so it's worth checking them out... and not just because the drummer looks cute, although speaking of cute Four day Hombre has just become my new boyfriend, only I'm not sure how to break the news to him... if anyone has his phone number... mail me.

He sounds a bit like Elbow. There is a bigger and better quality version here.

The final piece of music is from Sia, I love this girls voice and this video is brilliant; I love that polaroid/animated technique.

Hopefully the posting will be more regular from now on. Adieu.

Fridgehenge

2006-01-31T16:29:00.000Z

How quaint, I want one (although I don't think it would fit on me balcony) and I only learned of it from this rather interesting article on Stonehenge and I have to say I agree with the guy.

Whilst on learning new things I discovered some very interesting facts about scorpions, the fact that we are long overdue a magnetic pole reversal and if I dig a hole straight down from my house I would end up out in the ocean off the south-east coast of New Zealand... better pack a dinghy then.

Finally in this post I include for your erudition this.

Tom Cruise is Gay!

2006-01-31T14:37:00.000Z

Gay, gay, gay, gay, gay.

I can't believe the guy has muscled into censorship, what a wanker; I assume most of you know about the South Park episode where Tom Cruise is encouraged to come out of the closet, I only assume as I posted about it in December.

Well we in the UK will never get to see this episode as big ol' gay boy (Tom Cruise if you are wondering) has decided for us. What a cunt. A big gay cunt that is.

At least the link is still alive although I do wonder for how long... UPDATE: the WHOLE episode can be seen here.

Thank the lard we still have the divinely sane Andy Dick.

Bye-bo

2006-01-31T13:59:00.000Z

Sad sad news, the Aibo gone byebo.

Console yourselves here.

Or have a wee giggle at the "Chewin' the fat" gang doing Star Trek. Big thanks to A Welsh view for this one.

Set phasers tae Malki.

God hates fags, but the odd cigar is ok

2006-01-31T13:26:00.000Z

Ohmigosh people it's 2006 and we are entering the new dark ages, we'll call it dark-lite, and thanks to the new Narnia film I think Disney is the new Devil. Meh, don't believe the hype.

Now I am usually in favour of people turning their backs on organised religion but I find it really depends what they're stomachs are turning towards.

I found this odd site the other day which I initially thought was funny: Anakin Skywalker as Abraham come on small chuckles at least... but then you think about how much work has gone into it and you realise it's serious and very very scary. Although I do like these pictures from the Sodom and Gomorrah episode.

I recently came across the Kenyan Times and I must say it strikes me as being a highly intellectual read.

And it's not that I'm into mocking other people's belief systems... but I am.

For bad men to do bad takes nothing, for good men to do good, it takes nothing; for good men to do evil it takes religion.

Dodo Ogopogo Quagga Cadbury

2006-01-18T23:52:00.000Z

Ok so here we go...
I hate to re-iterate but it's all down to economy of time... mostly laziness; but then sleep IS important... more important than anything I know, although some things do drip through into one's conciousness. Whilst others evade it completely.

Some though, no matter the construction or origin, deserve better than this.

Crop circles again

2006-01-18T22:57:00.000Z

And worse than being a repeated subject it is a repeated picture with only the slightest modification... but again with the lazy... Go figure.

Anyways... on with the post...

Recent(ish) news from a 'crop circle expert' opens new conspiracies...

Whilst revelations from the KGB Files finally made public do nothing to solve the issue either way.

Resolving my own issues however I have included in this post two other possible posts without creating new pictures or story links... which I know are tenuous at best, but this way I needn't care for even that tenacity...

And so on with the post...

Let's dip into the scientific community seein' as how we are almost there already; there has been a marvellous breakthrough in the world of geek technology... when they make one of Ben Cohen I'll be there...

Sorry where was I? Oh yeah... Science stuff some of which can be deemed useless by personal need and some of which exceed all lifestyles.

Some of which are just car-crash news, some sympathy votes, something I should've posted a wee while ago and some things no-one can escape.

Whilst finishing on something that should worry/cause riotous laughter to anyone reading it.

Long Holiday season

2006-01-18T22:36:00.000Z

Am I the world's laziest blogger/person? It has been a month almost since my last post but what can I say? I have had plenty to blog about, but now I have thrown most of it away as old/uninteresting news due to the lack of desire to work hard... I apologise to my regulars but learn now that I am a lazy bastard and forever hold your piece...

Anyways...
I welcome myself back with enthusiasm as I always enjoy seeing myself...
And I would like to introduce my faithful followship to the delight that is Max Cannon, I'm not sure how often the work is updated but there are some real fucken gems in there;

Red Meat

My favourite character (and it is hard to pick) has to be Milkman Dan.

Check 'em out tho' some are piss yourself funny.

X-men 3

2005-12-17T19:09:00.000Z

I have been storing information ever since I first read the script leakage way back in June on aint it cool news.
I have diligently kept track of all the false leads and red herrings strewn on the path to this production, and I am happy (now that the teaser-trailer is online) to finally present my thoughts on the up and coming X-men 3.

I am slightly disappointed that the mutant Leech will not be the small green mutant that we comic readers are familiar with... we have already seen Artie in the second film and he wasn't pink with big eyes (which is a real fucken shame - it's probably the best thing about the pair) but then I was slightly pissed when they played with the storyline and destroyed Rogue... in fact I've gotta admit I don't think the first two films where what X-men films should've been but hey ho...

Anyways, on with the links the title of the film appears to be the last stand, and I understand it to be the last of the X-men films if Halle Berry is to be believed... there is a small and unsatisfactory image gallery here. The official teaser trailer is here.

There is a cast gallery here although not all characters have been disclosed; Angel as we know is to be played by Ben Foster, Kelsey Grammer as the Beast and Vinnie Jones as the Juggernaut.

I was sceptical at first about Ben Foster but after seeing the trailer I have no more doubts, I was enthusiastic about Kelsey Grammer as I felt he really had the voice of Hank but on seeing the pictures and trailer I am not convinced: he looks like a bad wookie dyed blue, they should have given him ebony black skin or a very dark blue so as not to make him look like a joke... which he does.

As to Vinnie Jones as the Juggernaut... I thought it was laughable and it is... he is way too small even though he's bigger than I thought he would be.

So according to the spoilers cyclops gets fried and then Xavier (seemingly) follows... judging by the trailer, I would say this is true... check the funeral scene... no prof X. Maybe cos it's his funeral.

According to some sources Wolverine takes charge, according to others Storm does. Either way I really hope they don't have the pair of them shagging cos that would just be WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!.

There are some hints as to what may be seen in the third movie in this article of things left hanging from the second movies production pieces; the danger room for instance and maybe Archangel (Angel after dark manipulation) will make an appearance in this film as some pieces have already reported.

Finally there are these two small spoof movies.

UPDATE:

There is so much out there that it's hard to remember what it is I'm blogging, needless to say further revelations have come to light and others I had forgotten to post the first time, will now be disclosed.

We got a cutie playing multiple man (which is probably how it should be - something intrinsically cute about a boy named Jamie) we have Omega Red and Gauntlet, a possibility of Dazzler, Avalanche and the Scarlet witch.

Ok so I'm getting excited again.

The holidays are coming

2005-12-16T00:54:00.000Z

So what do you buy for that special person in your life?
How about the ultimate accessory?
The perfect(?) alarm clock?
Or the ultimate soft toy?
Planning ahead you could always buy them the most techno-headed pest control system I have ever encoutered... and I fucken want one even though slugs can't actually reach my balcony.
Again with the Go Figure...
Well it has been a while.
x.

Animals

2005-12-16T00:04:00.000Z

There has been some glee displayed over the recent discovery of a new animal species in Borneo, but as this article and my own previous posts have pointed out; discovered by science and known about are entirely different things...
Although there are always freak occurences of all kinds, and hey it keeps life interesting.
Just pity the poor Kangaroos.
Go figure...

How to build an igloo

2005-12-15T22:28:00.000Z

Who wouldn't wanna build an igloo?
Well, you can thank me with money, blond boys and money to buy blond boys when you see what I have for you here.

Loosely related I have this great article on inuits suing America... and in a world not controlled by the corrupt, they'd have every chance of winning... Oh what's that? God WANTS America to steal the world's oil and destroy mankind along with possibly all life on this strange experiment of Earth?

Good for fucken God... or do I mean the American economy?

I mean... here is the sort of violent incident caused by rampant global capitalism... shocking, I'm sure you'll be forced to agree.

Whereas here we have further proof that magic/religion is nothing more than a lack of scientific understanding.

Science found this and hopefully science will find a way to deal with it before God does... unless of course God will, then we can all just sit back on our fat arses and do nothing... Yay religious ideaology...

Finally on this post I have a strange and funny story that has absolutely nothing to do with anything else in this post but I had nowhere else to put it so it is going here and that's the end of it...

right?

Science bits

2005-12-02T21:47:00.000Z

The picture above relates to the first story purely as it was a nice piece of photo-manipulation, and I love a decent faked photo.
Apparently they have now found that Viagra cures lung disease!
Giant Camels, cures for baldness, robot helpers (Soo want one of these), teen deterrent, star trek door, the science of swearing and the ULTIMATE paper plane.
Don't say you never learn anything from my site...
Finally though is an article that I came across ages ago and I think is really interesting though it may be a little long for some people's taste.

Happy

2005-12-02T21:29:00.000Z

I came across this small animation and although it's quite funny I wasn't overly impressed, what did grab me was how similar to a happy tree friend the little bunny is; Happy tree friend shop (UK).
How about human transforming Transformer suits?
Get yourself a personalised trauma.
Find a new conspiracy theory.
Which superhero are you?
Wanna see Buffy doin Britney?
How about Tom Cruise coming out of the closet?
Maybe I need to change tack and blog daily or change content if I'm ever gonna make it onto the top 500 blog list...

Odds n sods

2005-12-02T21:12:00.000Z

A little bit of a fortean type post for this one...
Let's start with this strange article about killer wives in a small village.
Which bleeds nicely into this odd occurence of killer squirrels... (first crack squirrels in Brixton and now organised gangs... keep an eye on the squirrels guys - something aint quite right).
And giant worms don't make me feel any better I can tell you.
Finding out that Britain is full of fraudsters comes as no shock to me but if I spontaneaously combusted I would have to admit surprise.
Lastly is a link to a quirky little website called post secret where people do exactly that, some are quite heavy, and some are really funny.

Short film spot

2005-11-19T17:21:00.000Z

Most of you will no doubt be aware that the teaser-trailer for Superman returns has hit the net, and if have already seen it, you'll know how fantastically unspectacular it is... I hate to say it but this film looks like it could be really dull... and whose decision was it to go with the leather-look cape? Wrongness of an unimaginable scale
I'm praying it's better than it looks otherwise Bryan Singer will single-handedly destroy my entire childhood... like that bastard Lucas tried to do with episodes 1-3,

Still, I survived that...

In other super-powered escapades I recently blogged about the Spiderman 3 villains (Thomas Hayden-Church (Sideways) as Sandman and Topher Grace (that 70's show) as Venom reportedly) that Kirsten Dunst let slip, well the first photo is out and it's the Sandman alright...

The rest of this post is filled with short films and that's all that holds them together...

Bill Hicks tackles creationism,

Cartman tackles the issue of ginger

and finally this piece is actually kinda rubbish... but what does impress me is that it was made entirely without a camera, which makes it something else.

Talk about your ultimate obstruction.

Odd sods

2005-11-19T16:55:00.000Z

These links are related by no other means than I found them interesting, cool or just plain strange.

Firstly the BBC have unveiled the new Cybermen, although the legs look really odd and clunky to me...

Someone is turning Hunter S. Thompson's send off into a film, which will either be ubercool or quite, quite strange.

Strange but not inexplicable is the case of the green puppy... what is inexplicable is how I think I can just link those two stories together...

Having read the article, I thought the idea of a portfolio life was for me until I realised you needed at least one skill in order for people to pay you, unfortunately most people don't count high drug tolerance as a 'skill'.

Maybe I'll launch a toy-line...

And I think to myself...

2005-11-19T16:20:00.000Z

...What a wonderful world...

Strangely enough this post isn't about the new King Kong movie; the picture is of King Kong because a study has recently discovered that giant apes once (fairly recently) roamed the Earth.

Other strange science has soldiers following odours...

Who'da thunk that Fruitflies were so aptly named?

Who doesn't love a cool invention?

Although I love it more when science tells us good stuff and sucker-punches small-minded moralists, who think they know better.

I do not like it when corporate powerplay impedes learning.

Finally on a barely related note, I took a geek test after finding it on another blog, if you want to find out how geeky you are you can find the test here. If you have any desire to know how geeky the test rated me then you can find my results here.

Angry kid

2005-11-07T19:52:00.000Z

A while ago when Angry kid was first unleashed there was a little hype that failed to ignite any great fires and on watching most of it you would be hard pressed to describe it as outstanding in any respects,

But,

today I saw this and I can safely say it is quite outstanding, if only for it's use of the word butt-plug.

You can find out more on Angry kid over on his website.

And it never hurts to link to Aardman animation's home page.

Inventors' corner

2005-11-07T19:36:00.000Z

Who doesn't love a good idea?
I'm all for innovation and the advancement of humankind and I would like to draw your attention to this rather perfect little idea.
Anyone who's had to deal with a squeaky toy and a dumb dog will recognise this to be directly from a higher power, you can order them here.
Whereas, do a lot of new discoveries lend themselves to anti-terror applications or is just an indication of the times?
Judging by this fear is the new black.

Most rubbish show... ever.

2005-11-07T19:20:00.000Z

It's a shame that the most watched programme on the Living channel is Most Haunted/Most Haunted Live, as it is really shoddy and ANYONE who returns to it after one viewing should be boiled in their own bum...
The 'medium' is thick as fuck; he researches the locations beforehand and STILL flails around repeating the same rubbish time and time again and he's totally the worst actor you have EVER witnessed and you know it's all staged, but it is EVER so satisfying when someone who works on this sort of show exposes it for the sham that it is.

But then the truth is often far from the stories told.

Tinternet Rocks!

2005-11-07T19:06:00.000Z

Ah who doesn't love t'internet, as old Betty on Emmerdale (northern soap set in t'rural countryside farmlandy place) says, t'internet is takin over the world...
Shame Emmerdale's scriptwriters can't extend themselves to callin it the 'net which would save time AND Betty's reputation at being able to speak the English language... think on and look sharp is all I'm sayin... oh no that's Coronation Street innit?
Anyways as we all know the internet has saved our lives, for many many reasons.
Reasons like this.
For stories like this.
And finally because it gives us all magical powers.

Stardust

2005-11-07T18:53:00.000Z

I'm not sure about Matthew Vaughn; I have never seen Layer Cake, and he did nothing more than produce Lock stock, so I can honestly say I know nothing of his work... he recently left the X-men 3 production and now he is working on the adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel Stardust.

Note to self: bombard casting company with showreels and make overt passes at the casting director.

Apparently he is also married to Claudia Schiffer... who knew?

Does she?

Balls

2005-10-29T20:24:00.000Z

I cannot stress how much I love this advert!
I hate adverts, I hate crappy heavy-handed sales patter every five fucking minutes on the telly... but then sometimes they get it right.

I could watch this all day

also where I normally would balk at any kind of product placement by myself personally (unless tried and believed in) I like this ad so much I have to mention that it is for Sony's Bravia telly... had I the money...

and I found that some guy has posted the day's shoot onto Flikr (which is where I store my photos for this site) I hope he doesn't mind me linking to his page: Sepiatone's photo-shoot shoot.

And the original link I had for this movie died quite quickly, I found it again thanks to these guys:

49Media.com bless 'em. Although since then there have been a plethora of sites spring up with interest in this advert.

I have also found out that the track used is a cover of Heartbeats by the Knife - a Swedish brother and sister duo, I came across in June with the video for pass this on... which I have to say grabbed me immediately and didn't let me go the first time I watched it... the young boy is beautiful (and his dancing ALWAYS makes me smile - and I'm watching this pretty obsessively right now so always is a strong but true interpretation of that which I am trying to convey)... and it's slightly weird... and musically one of the most interesting pieces put out by anybody in a long while... love, love and fucken love! Thankfully I have managed, kudos to these guys (unfortunately I don't speak Svensk) to track it down, for you guys...

If you can't decide which version you like best from the Bravia advert there is this mad fusion to listen to

big help from these guys:

Guavamaffiosa and Gorrilla vs. Bear which is a mightly impressive blog and source of info on lots of cool music... hell I just found two covers of Love will tear us apart (Joy Division) one on Guavamaffiosa by the guy who covered Heartbeats for the advert and then this version by Calexico ...

Best post... ever.

You're havin a laugh intchya?

2005-10-29T19:18:00.000Z

I am obliged to post these short films for many reasons: firstly coz they are funny, secondly because one of them features gratuitous nakedity and thirdly because it's a kids in the hall sketch and I liked the kids in the hall...

Happy Hallowe'en

2005-10-29T19:04:00.000Z

I love Hallowe'en, I love scary shit,
I love kitsch scary shit too lets face it if I didn't then I wouldn't like much about Hallowe'en...
Anyways on with the festivities; you can send a question to the 'Other side',

Or see questions other people have asked, you must check out Shirley Ghostman anyway you can... the guy who plays him is on his way to godhood in my book... not that that's any real endorsment for anybody.

And you may wonder where this is going but stick with it to the 5th round and all will become clear...

Ya gotta love the Evil Clown Generator

Or ya can carve a pumpkin which is a particular favourite of mine... shame non of my friends think so.

They're dead now.

And we must campaign hard to keep Hallowe'en pure of this evil.

Perfection

2005-10-28T22:32:00.000Z

I could cite so many reasons for blogging these links the first has to be 70's nostalgia; two fellas (from the guys over at The Sky Lounge) has the genius (Dan Lane) reference to Battle of the Planets sadly without the kaching sound effect that was pioneered through the show and subsequently employed in various other sword/lens flare dazzle sound effects in the 70's/80's, although you do get the theme tune... result!

I have also on an unrelated note been reminded of some 70's films by the bouncy ball bravia commercial: firstly the silver balls that chased kids around a small (read low-budget) supermarket, and then on the back of that, the film of the wee boy who had a magic tiger t-shirt... until his mom washed the shirt and then he lost his magic powers... more than that I have nothing for you... maybe I'll get back to it... maybe I won't... who can say?

Except for this completely unrelated piece of amazing animation with heavy star wars references... and yet is utterly original and funny and beware the Chubbchubbs.

and

If you are the sort of person who will only watch ONE animation piece this year...

Make sure you don't watch two.

And now for something completly different...

2005-10-28T22:16:00.000Z

A little bit of factual entertainment for you here, otherwise known as trivia...
this tree was not carved by beavers but I liked it and what the hell?
Anyways... I never knew beavers were ever native to Britain...
Other worthy headline news has to go to muppet idol...
whilst the last link could be potentially scary... we don't think so.

or hope so...

Bits n bobs

2005-10-28T22:02:00.000Z

Well Freddie Prinz Jr 'Loves Bobby... anybodies bobby' and I wait for the day his train blows into my port... or did I just mix too many metaphors?
Anyways this is sometimes funny, sometimes politically engaging and often not... stick with it... possibly.

And this is something I came across ages ago and never had anywhere to put it so I'm putting it there...

while this is funny for all the wrong reasons...

Clean but ugly

2005-10-28T21:42:00.000Z

There aint much I can do to make this thing look any better... even by totally surrounding it with an overly distractive background but I like the fact that this years' Tokyo car show has headed towards the green...

Even though this is Damn Uglee!

Whereas this could grow on me.

And here on a loosely related note we have the worlds' smallest car .

While on the science theme we have recently learned that alien abductions could be nothing more than a figment of an over-active imagination.

Along a similar bent I have this short film to show you, I say similar; I mean science mingling with fantasy understand it at your own rate...

And lastly again with the metacafe... it was the first place I saw this scientific demonstration and I wonder if this girl has been mixing her mentos...

Bear

2005-10-28T17:37:00.000Z

Well that's the only name attributed to him that I know of so far, but he's kinda cute n funny sometimes... if nothing else it'll pass a couple of bored hours at work...

I came across him with a new toy I have just discovered called metacafe... more on that later.

anyways I'll post in order of funniest... fourth being least...

and you can find further adventures on the rg studios website

rg studios.

and where it says on the spot animation page that the files are not available they are... just click the picture for a short movie.

Some light relief

2005-10-21T15:34:00.000Z

I think this is quite a cool site... only there are very limited choices you can make for instance the photo above is me... made up in photofit stylee and anyone who knows me, knows I am far better looking than that (it looks a little like Myra Hindley)... nice hair tho' and that is one of the added benfits of this site; if you can find a face that matches yours, you can try out new hairstyles... that's what I spent most of my time doing...
and it only comes in white... skin that is.

This is a cool little film and stuff like this is always useful for any wannabe animators out there all I need now is a camera and a script, and some models and some lighting and stuff and things...

Or of course I could learn flash again and make my own small movies but then I see stuff like this and I think I can't compete with genius... and I also think that geekbot and angrybot are a little too close for comfort...

How cool is this? I want the walls and ceiling done as well...

And finally a few more Family Guy clips...

Gotta love Stewie

More Stewie why the fuck is he English? coz it works...

Peter comforts a friend genius.

God bless America

2005-10-21T14:55:00.000Z

and all who sail in her.

I do feel that the Americans get a particularly bad press but then... sometimes deservedly so

Even Asterix is having a dig but then like I said they bring it on themselves and they can be quite daft and petty.

And what is the deal with the religious zealots? What kind of idiot follows organised religion in the 21st century? Oh yeah Disney... but then if you remember my previous post Phillip Pullman is a sell-out cunt, so who's buying his hollow protestations as anything other than self-publicising... not me.

Does anyone else remember when Ben affleck was cool? I think it was Mallrats and then oblivion... what's he up to now? Right...

And can anyone tell me if Gwyneth Paltrow has ever been cool? Or has she always been a moaning bitch? Although in her defense the end of the article does say that she has now gotten used to living in sodden ol' Blighty (which I believe is an Indian term meaning foreign) but I wish she hadn't... fuck off home love, we don't need ya... or want ya.

But for political balance I am obliged to highlight the good in American society...

erm...

They do Hallowe'en really well... I love Hallowe'en.

It's a daft old worl' no doubt...

2005-10-21T00:03:00.000Z

These links could only be provided under the same banner as they are almost all too totally ridiculous...

Talking shoes is only one of the titles put forward so far for the Imelda Marcos musical

Torchwood is the spin-off from the recent Dr. Who series and if I have one complaint (even as a gay man) is that it was far too sexual and more than that far too gay... so to make a series of the really gay character who was the captain guy is utterly absurd and hopefully unwatchable... cos god knows I'm not gonna watch it, but I would hate to think I had missed a good thing... doubt it's gonna happen tho' Russell wise up and write something decent you wasted old queen... even us gays aint THAT gay.

and breathe.

Oh more news that aint news come on guys... you fuckers are being paid to feed us this shit?

erm although without reactionary elements of society such as these fuckers: This is so on my wish-list I suppose you'd be happy watching endless repeats of animals do the wackiest things with the FANTASTIC sound effects ADDED ON!!!

well here's some Funny Cats.

Scary World

2005-10-20T23:41:00.000Z

And I hate to be the bearer of bad news blogreaders but it is...
A very scary world indeed:

Contract made lets go back on it and have it verified in law... BITCH!

What did you call me??? Oh I see you were only shouting out the name on the side of my chair...

Also in todays madness prisoner sues God erm yeah... like good luck with that an all...

although who could have forseen this.

My final notes on this topic concern some mad Americans...

Is it any wonder the (thinking) world thinks Religious America is CRAZEE?

Or that the rest of them are any more Sane? thank god for stuntcook... >snigger<

shades of Orgazmo?

And finally on this particular post...

$1 million for the capture of a live Bigfoot (£563,347.42) which kinda reminds me of this film I saw when very young and it scared the shit outta me The Legend of Boggy Creek thanks for the link courtesy of Bad Movie Planet, but also I felt it worth mentioning this site has some very pertinent issues we should all take the time to deal with.

Thank you.

Science bits

2005-10-20T23:21:00.000Z

OK this is your update as to what is going on in the world of science; in a very loose interpretation of the word...
Let's start with revisiting an old post

No more heros anymore...

Scotty to be beamed up

James Doohan rest in space god love 'im.

Whereas just to settle an arguement with a friend of mine who I know reads this site...

Hunter S Thompson was fired out of a cannon

but anyways...

it's always handy to have the formula for such things to hand

When you are trying to sound/seem impressive

and it never hurts to keep abreast of the current developments

When you need some conversation at a dinner party

Then there are always more serious things to consider even here on Earth

All I have to say on the matter is thank GOD somebody is taking things seriously.

Even though other 'scientists' just want to fuck around.

Run Piglet

2005-10-11T21:51:00.000Z

It would appear that there is a neo-nazi fascistic movement sweeping through this land

Pig's ear

More idiocy

but this like totally takes the piss...

Poopydoo

2005-10-11T21:43:00.000Z

I love the idea behind the Ig Nobel awards

Poop and the dog's bollocks

and this is a cool illusion

Disappearing fluff

and I think this

Spy Media

is a cool and long overdue service.

Smurf dude!

2005-10-11T21:20:00.000Z

I had,a while ago come across some very strange articles relating to the Smurfs and their allegedly Marxist sensibilities

as you can imagine there is quite a proliferation of Smurf info out there in webland and most of it rather inane crap

Inner Smurf and I am boringly Brainy...

Smurf movie erm, yeah right...

Smurf name Fucking Ebola Smurf? WTF?

S.M.U.R.F

Commie bastards

Who could be Anti-Smurf?

and More

and this has only been put on this blog because:

U.N.I.C.E.F. bombed the Smurfs wonder if it's any indication of the forthcoming movie... let's hope so.

some bright spark has posted the footage here but it's more like a slide show than a stream.

Mad World?

2005-10-11T21:00:00.000Z

Oh it is most definately a strange and wonderful world

Jesus cries

There's always work... for those that want it...

More employment opportunities with interactive exhibits?

All the seeming in Chimera WTF? although I did learn from this article the origins of the word Centaur and that was actually kinda cool, and hey if we're gonna be honest who hasn't woken up next to a fat hairy pig at least once in our drunken lives?

The funnies

2005-10-02T16:04:00.000Z

Well I have posted news and it is Sunday so legally I am obliged to provide funnies...
Although you are not legally obliged to find them funny I'm hoping they will amuse you at least a little

Puberty Pals may be a little base/toilet humour but hey...

Family guy sketch has Chris falling into an A-ha video... worth a giggle

He-man does Four non Blondes however is supremely divinely stupid... I'm guessing a queen with too much time on his hands... but thank god if this is the end result...

Daredevil

2005-10-02T15:55:00.000Z

I like the way that all of a sudden almost EVERYTHING seems to be able to be explained away by a single gene... baldness is the latest gayness was in for a while and I particularly like this one:

Daredevil genes

perfect excuse for any particularly outrageous behaviour one might care to undertake.

No examples come to mind tho'

Although It got good reviews.

the film that is.

Things you need to know

2005-10-02T15:39:00.000Z

Here again in my postion as social defender I provide you with very important tid-bits I really feel you ought to know:

Nannying Fuckers

Jules Verne woulda peed

Air-force Kill Rudolph and pay Santa Comp very important story this.

Power really does corrupt only the innocents suffer.

More survival tips for the impending nuclear holocaust - you may laugh now...

Oh my GOD!!!

2005-10-02T15:16:00.000Z

I fear for the world with this trend towards 'Intelligent Design' (intelligent is not a word stupid people should use).

America wake up to yourself

Leave God for the ill-educated

Or maybe that is exactly what you are doing...

like the socially elitist bastards the higher eschelons of most society produces... yours in particular... fuck the poor and sell them God... its worked for hundreds of years, hell if it aint broke don't fix it.

Read more than just your bible for once, ONCE why re-read a fucken book that many times anyway?

WORD of GOD?!?!?

FUCK OFF you tits it's an ancient political document that was added to and taken away from by (corrupt - but then aint they all) leaders throughout time to further their own social agendas (ooh sexed up documents... what does that remind me of) with very little relevance to the modern world at all...

God is BAD

it produces societies that believe Shit like this.

a small aside:

when looking for pictures to blog with this I found these...

Truly intelligent design.

Go figure.

UPDATE:

Could it be some of these people are capable of rational thought?

Leave it to the Scots...

Eclipse!

2005-10-02T15:06:00.000Z

Well at least it would be if we were gonna get the full eclipse but apperently we aren't and I think it is taking place at some ridiculous time in the morning 8am? dunno never heard of it although I have been assured it exists.

I'll still be in ma pit

And while we're on it I'm intruged to see the results from this mission:

Venus Express

Brokeback Mountain

2005-10-02T14:58:00.000Z

Ah Jakey Jakey Jakey...
Normally that would be enough of a post on it's own in my very honorable opinion...
But this is better...
How you say?

Jake goes Gay

and gets his kit off as well...

One to see at the cinema I think.

And it's always worth checking out the London indie film festival Raindance one of the films on I am definately checking out is Night watch... hope it matches it's hype.

Music Frenzy!

2005-09-24T22:28:00.000Z

I know registering with NME.com is a major pain in the arse but they still provide the best links for new and essentially free music:

N.M.E

in the media player you can listen to the new Franz Fredinand album (not sure I want to I've kinda gone off them)
watch the video for the White Stripes performing live the Dolly Parton classic 'Jolene' (fucken LOVE that song)
Hear The Dandy warhols new album and check this:

Fine and Dandy

Not the dates for the US tour obviously but the boots man the boots...

gotta add them to my wish list...

Hear the new Ladytron album (YEE-fucken-hah!)
and catch the video for this cool new single from the Arctic Monkeys who I don't know much about but I love their new single 'you look good on the dancefloor'

Arctic Monkeys

Asterix and Sean Connery

2005-09-24T22:20:00.000Z

I found this panel from an Asterix comic which appears to have Sean Connery administering to the sage: 'Getafix' (GREAT fucken name) whilst looking for a picture to blog with this link

I thought they were dead!! (well maybe one of them is)

I am reminded of the weeks spent plodding through the library as a child looking for unread Asterix books; I learnt most of my language from these fuckers, well my finely honed sense of humour owes a lot to these books at least.

The revolution will be... Mashed!

2005-09-23T22:13:00.000Z

There was quite a lot of interest given to this story this week:

If you

see what I mean,

it's Fucken Everywhere!

Those though are merely the tip of the proverbial iceberg:

As you can see

from these futher reports

that at times get very in-depth.

I play dead...

2005-09-23T21:59:00.000Z

Reminds me of the Bjork and David Arnold Song (Fucken beautiful) speaks volumes to me...
Anyways anyone in London wanting to take part in these experiments wants to get a wriggle on:

Simulated Haunting

I saw some t.v. program a while ago saying that the whole haunting experience was caused by things like ultra-low sound waves etc. and it will be V. interesting to see how these experiments turn out.
On a completely different and utterly related note: Tim Burton is still giving work to his girlfriend >Ahem<
I mean Helena Bonham-Carter is in Tim Burton's new film:

Corpse Bride

and there is a plethora of information on this production here:

Get a Life?

Like I can talk...

Remember tho' if you listen to people who know nothing, you will learn nothing yourself.

Go figure.

News??

2005-09-23T21:39:00.000Z

I don't exactly call these articles news; Brett Easton Ellis showed us the way.

Psycho Killer Qu'est que ce?

Personally having worked with investment bankers I KNOW this to be true

And this story:

Oddness is Odd

No REALLY??
Still, satisfying to have what you have always known confirmed...
Well it's enough for me anyways.
However things I do not know are always welcome and often utterly fascinating:

The Sun twinned with some other Sun.

I'm going to Barbados

2005-09-23T21:03:00.000Z

Not that I'm ginger or anything... I'm actually a stunning golden blonde...
but the ginger gene is in me (bloody Scottish mother!) and as such I suffer:

The gene that came in from the cold

There was also this odd little story this week which only caught my attention because of the headline:

Web used to capture dangerous spider('s identity)

I can only hope she was a broadband customer...

Another headline I couldn't ignore:

Military in the gays

Best one I ever saw was one year (on a pride march) four queens with big hats and a sign saying 'Gays in the Millinery'

this story I noticed through sheer curiosity i.e. I wondered how many new readers it would con into thinking I was blogging anything worthwhile:

Google blog search

This next story I noticed because I am so concerned with offending people:

Handbook if yer bovvered

and this I noticed because I wondered if I could emulate anything like his success:

Jammy little shit.

The Simpsons

2005-09-23T20:43:00.000Z

Well Finally (or is it too late?)
they have deciced to make a Simpsons Movie?!?!?!?

Simpsons Movie

Thankfully they are using the shows writers etc but even so the t.v. shows have suffered through the years have they missed the boat?

Slightly dated now?

You can get too used to something and anything that was ever fresh about the Simpsons is no more...

Still ya gotta love 'em.
Although I kinda think wouldn't the time be better spent on a Futurama movie?

Go Figure.

Corporate Crap

2005-09-23T20:34:00.000Z

God they're all at it aren't they?
Big companies taking liberties wherever they can be it through our own ignorance or through their own ingenuity at skirting the laws

Thieving Wankers

Which is why it's always handy to have resources like this at hand:

20 things 'they' don't want you to know

Complaining tips.

Fooken Excellent.

Big n' Pink n' Hard or soft...

2005-09-23T20:27:00.000Z

This is quite a bizarre thing to do and it's the sort of art project that I would undertake: something HUGE... I mean in scale I don't care for the success...

Big Buns

Only I worry, doesn't wet wool stretch and sag...

I only say that from having to wear knitted swimming trunks in school, bless me dear ol mum...
She still doesn't know.

Rasta

2005-09-23T20:13:00.000Z

So we have a new addition to the family, or rather they've always been here but we now recognise them as their own person... Marvellous.

New scientist report on Rasta Grass

Only I wonder what the distinctions are (presuming it gets classified etc.) and what this would mean for breeders of cross-strain plants and so on, and ultimately the consumer.

There's a debate about it here

Peanuts at full speed

2005-09-23T20:06:00.000Z

Well that [the title of this blog] is apparently what the translation is for the name of the book in the photo above.

Am I too old to still find fart gags funny?

Nah!

Nothing should ruin one's enjoyment of a good ol' Dutch oven every once in a while, but the reason I am blogging is not just to tell you of my insane joy of farting but because I ran across this article the other day:

Windypops

And you have to read it if only to see what Queen Elizabeth I said to the Earl of Oxford after his self-enforced absence from court, and the best being what General Gowon said to the present Queen... it's such a shame that they don't tell us what her response was...