I have a strange family

Thought those of you that know my family might get a kick out of this. I couldn't stop laughing for twenty minutes after this mainly because of Jason.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1375495882

Cool videos and you can preorder the hardcopy...

All kinds of badassery

The camera angles help, but this shit is still fucking incredible.

Snake Oil Salesmen

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Bush League Justice: Partisan Corruption of the DoJ

Dan Abrams of MSNBC discusses the politicization of the Department of Justice during the Bush years. Prepare to get your rage on.

You tryin' to help Ike?

Ike Turner is dead. Ike in better days.

First five minutes of the new Alien vs. Predator

Why the fuck would Predators keep face-huggers on their starship?

hipster olympics

It's too long but funny.

Politics explained...

It's short and gave me a laugh.

Carl's Pissed

about Michael Vick's punishment.

Hey Guys! Let's all feel embarrassed for someone else!

Yep. That just happened.

Looks like they played it...

Zeppelin. Stairway. December 10th, 2007.

Also:

Whole Lotta Love

Kashmir

Apparently, they jammed No Quarter, but I cannot find it. So here is fuckin TOOL doing it.

JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser

This looks like something that Jabba's boys might roll in.

The Serpent's Wall

A Ukranian girl takes us on a virtual tour of some World War II battlefields near Kiev. See also her trip through the excluded zone around around Pripyat and Chernobyl.

Old, but good.

Cool posts, Chris

Glad to see that this thing still generates some interest. Here's a question for everyone: aside from OJ and whiskey, what should a guy do to get over the flu? I've heard about drugs you can take, but they appear to be prescription only.

In case you didn't know already...

So yeah, deal with that.

Jon inspired me. Kinda.

Only kinda 'cause I'd estimate that I'm thinking about Radiohead for at least 6 hours a day. For real though, this shit rocks. Mad energy. Dig the 90's style.

Airbag, Jools Holland, 1997:

Paranoid Android, Jools Holland, 1997:

Congressional Democrats Were Aware of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Well, if it wasn't abundantly clear before, it should be now: they are all a bunch of political opportunists.

Monster Island

A serialized novel available online in its entirety for free. Zombie-fiction.

Nobody Does it Better

Radiohead.

Infamy

On the morning of December 7th, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the US Pacific Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor. They rolled 1's and 2's, but forgot to bring a transport with dudes, and so missed out on that solid 1 IPC gain.

My kind of Party

Another Albert Hofmann Original

Children's programming used to beat ass.

Now, the kids just have Barney and Friends, and are a bunch of drooling Mongoloid fucktards as a result.

Clip from the new movie Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Tim Meadows tells Dewey to stay off drugs.

BCS and Porn

Carl talks about the most important decision of your and my life.

Pretty much illegal as fuck

Yeah - check out the band list - there's some really good stuff there. I know you all will only use the download links to replace CDs that you've already purchased but simply misplaced. Fuckin' - look at the Gilmore disc -it's the one from the show I was talking about a couple weeks ago. Oh, and B - there's a Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum CD there so you can replace the one you "lost."

New Ink

pretty cool.

Coolest watches ever.

I must own one or, actually, several of these.

Australia Needs to Harden the Fuck Up

Chopper Read tells it like it is.

God is an American

I'm afraid of the world.

oh hell yeah

everyone should get this

After centuries of waiting:

NSFW. Watch the commercial after entering the site. Sure to be the hot item for Christmas '07.

Back Hair Design

Feel bad for the person who had to do this for him.

Food timeline

Find out when your favorites dishes came into being.

Everwars

Nifty little RPG, save without the RP. You create a character, and fight other members, attempting to go up in ranking and gain more powerful stuff. Also, if you sign up, I get stuff for my guy.

Radiohead Randomizer

Hadn't seen this before.

This is just fucking awesome

"Stumble upon" is simultaneously enriching and ruining my life.

Neocortical simulation

Hey Copland! Whadda ya think?

Videogame Madness

Dig this guys game room. Fuckin' A, right?

This just in

The Gamecocks have been accepted to the Hanes-Her-Way Fruity Candyass Bowl in Neverneverland. They'll be playing the Universidad del Guamo Fighting Chocolate Unicorn Elves. Live coverage on the Ocho. Don't miss it!

I enjoyed this...

...and chances are you will too.

Carl Brutananadilewski: The BCS is supid!

ATHF's Carl breaks it down.

So then there's this...

It's cool but strange, and I mean strange in the, "huh? what the fuck?" sense.

Chicken fat on Virginia highway causes 4 crashes

what the fuck

This blog needs more half-naked Argentine broads.

This is how I end up getting sucked in: Now with 50% more Hetero!

Mass Effect, ho!

Get some!

Andy McKee

No Direction

Dylan documentary. A few months old...

Who's a badass? This guy:

Fina-fucking-lly

This had better be cool. It's the whole reason I bought that fuckin' Wii.

Badass Mech Sculpture

What a fucking craftsman.

Cool Fractal Documentary

This is a very interesting video with great visuals and backing music by David Gilmour himself. The whole time I watched, I thought someone was just mocking the sound, but at the end they give credit to him. Wail on math nerds.

This is the reason we should all get Stormtrooper armor:

The Grooviest Videos on the Web, GroovyGrooves.com

Happy T-day Mother Fuckers

I'm thankful that BC beat Clemson and that NOLA is still floatin'.

Jazz fest dates anounced - April 25-27 and May 1-4. Lineup still to be determined.

www.nojazzfest.com

Peace out. Enjoy your tryptophan.

Oh yeah, and this...

I fuckin' knew it.

Silly. But damn.

Kick this one for St. Paul

And this for Minneapolis... Watch Futureshock first(right-hand column, fourth from top). See if you can follow the logic of "Bleip Clicks," or check out Simone's constipated vibe in her Simon room. Whatevs.

Sucksville

You guys were right - stumble upon kicks ass.

Not sure how useful this is...

...But it's fuckin' dope.

Radiohead: Spring/Summer '08

Woot.

Lebowski Paraphernalia

Here's the source page. It has several other funny Lebowski related items that you might find amusing.

Interesting Chart

This is amazingly accurate.

facebook lifting spirits... or not so much

look at the two words you have to type to sign up for facebook...

im not sure if this is true or not but it came from digg.com

Labour MP Tony Benn on the National Heath Service

From Michael Moore's Sicko, a film which I have yet to see. Here is the Wikipedia entry on the NHS, which addresses some of the criticisms of the service.

Badass Hand-Carved Wooden Case Mod

Word.

DiceWars

A simple and fun strategy game. This should tide you over until the next epic A&A session.

oh so true

and quite funny

Telecom Immunity Update

From the Dodd campaign (7:00 EDT):

1. Within the last hour, the Senate Judiciary Committee just reported out a FISA bill that DOES NOT include retroactive immunity for the telecom companies that helped the Bush Administration spy on Americans.
2. This means the Judiciary bill moves to the full Senate WITHOUT the dangerous language included.
3. Retroactive immunity will, however, surely be introduced as an amendment to the FISA bill.
4. If needed Senator Dodd will filibuster any amendment seeking to add retroactive immunity to the underlying bill. By filibustering, he will force the opposition to find 60 votes to pass the provision.

we were having a discussion about the 57

I cannot find the article i made reference to earlier but here is a version that has two different possibilities.

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question27556.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_57

I think we're all guilty of at least one of these mistakes...

Another fine article from cracked.com

STUMBLE UPON Best Firefox add-on

check it out.. i think you get 1 email from them when you first sign up and maybe on every three months or so after that.. so dont worry about signing up its worth it..

Barry Bonds in the Minors?

King Kaufmann from Salon discusses a recent offer to the slugger.

Pirate Cripplers

From the Precious Roy Home Shopping Netwerk. Whateva.

Official "In Rainbows" album cover

I'm posting this for sake of continued expression of my Radiohead obsession; and hopefully, indulging yours.

Zach Galifianakis

One hour of Galifianakis. Via Metafilter.

Uncovering the site of an ancient zombie outbreak

I just watched 28 Weeks Later, so this is appropriate, I think.

Behold

The Drunkard's Dozen

Whimmy wham wham wozzle!

im scared

really scared

The Entire Star Wars Saga in One Picture

Click above for a larger picture (in a new window) of the coolest star wars collage ever!!

Radiohead Testcast 11/08/07

Radiohead (Minus Phil) cover Bjorks' "Unravel" from her album Homogenic:


Some oddity and DJ work by Thom:


The Band is supposedly doing a live webcast on www2.radiohead.tv this evening, 11/9/07. Interestingly, Donwood made the announcement; details are here and here.

Oh, yeah, that's what it is...

So we were talking the other day, or, err, a couple weeks ago, about the definition of "campy," 'member?
Well, here's what Merriam Webster had to say:

camp
One entry found.

camp[3,noun]



Main Entry: 3camp
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: circa 1909
1: exaggerated effeminate mannerisms exhibited especially by homosexuals
2 a: something so outrageously artificial, affected, inappropriate, or out-of-date as to be considered amusing b: a style or mode of personal or creative expression that is absurdly exaggerated and often fuses elements of high and popular culture [a movie that celebrates camp]

I dunno about you guys, but I wasn't diggin' it - ol' M&W just didn't capture what I thought campiness was. Maybe it's 'cause the definition was too formal - I dunno. So then, enter Urban Dictionary:

1. campy 119 up, 4 down

“Camp” n. or “Campy” adj. refers to intentionally exaggerated thematic or genre elements, especially in television and motion picture mediums. “Camp” style willfully over-emphasizes certain elements of the genre or theme, creating an almost self-satirical milieu. Some of the most popular examples include the James Bond films (exaggeration of espionage activities) and the original Batman series starring Adam West.

Because it strives for satire, intentional camp is likely to have a sophisticated cult following, consisting of the people who "get it." See, for example, the remarks of Mystery Science Theater's Joel Hodgson: "The right people will get it!"

I hated the TV show Alias until I realized how campy it was! Now I think it's great!

There are a couple other definitions in the link for this post, but in my opinion they just restate the first. I'm going with a well done, Urban Dictionary. Any additions/corrections?

R.L. Burnside

It's best and quicker to call 357.

New Dave Chapelle Standup

Kojo's Comedy Club, London.

least used chat e-bbreviations

i laughed

Democrats quash effort to impeach Cheney

Dennis Kucinich brought a bill to the floor of the House, today, calling for the impeachment of Dick Cheney. The Majority Leader arranged for the bill to return to the House Judiciary Committee, in an effort to avoid debate on the subject.

Georgian Police Storm IMEDI TV Station

Footage of the farewell address by anchorman Giorgi Targamadze as Georgian Police shut down the opposition station.

Ron Paul raises $4.2 Million in 1 day

All of these donations were made online and all came from individual donors giving, on average, slightly more than $100 each. Glenn Greenwald discusses the Paul phenomenon.

Assassin's Creed: Next Mutherfuckin Week!

Jam!

The Five Biggest Badass Popes

From Cracked.

NHL Goalie Masks

Sports Illustrated gives us a photo-gallery of personalized goalie masks.

From Metafilter.

kid punches mom over halo 3

wow

The end of an era:

Today:
Friday, November 2^nd 2007
At approximately 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time (GMT -4:00)
Trevor Eugene Michael
GETS MARRIED.


We'll miss ya, man.

Maddox on Fashion

I'll see you cats on the morrow.

While we're talking about Radiohead...

Saw this a couple days ago on Digg.com, and again on ateaseweb.com when chris posted the link.



An In Rainbows/OK Computer relation? Some sort on tenspiracy going on? Binary Code?! What do you guys think?



(p.s. another earlier entry by the same author http://puddlegum.net/radiohead-1010101010/)

Album covers for, you guessed it, "In Rainbows"

I don't know if anyone will find these at all useful, but just in case... Anyway, I got this link from greenplastic.com; it was the coolest thing that site has had on it in a while. Point is, if you're looking for a good Radiohead fix, don't go to greenplastic. I've found that ateaseweb is most frequently updated, has a good deal of quality content, and has a great message board that shows you where to get lots more live and rare Radiohead tunes. Cheers.

Strangest Band Site Yet

I saw these guys last month and checked them out, this seems to be the official website. Preebs.

The Hedonistic Imperative

THE HEDONISTIC IMPERATIVE

A B S T R A C T

This manifesto outlines a strategy to eradicate suffering in all sentient life. The abolitionist project is ambitious, implausible, but technically feasible. It is defended here on ethical utilitarian grounds. Genetic engineering and nanotechnology allow Homo sapiens to discard the legacy-wetware of our evolutionary past. Our post-human successors will rewrite the vertebrate genome, redesign the global ecosystem, and abolish suffering throughout the living world.

Why does suffering exist? The metabolic pathways of pain and malaise evolved only because they served the inclusive fitness of our genes in the ancestral environment. Their ugliness can be replaced by a new motivational system based on gradients of well-being. Life-long happiness of an intensity now physiologically unimaginable can become the heritable norm of mental health. A sketch is offered of when, and why, this major evolutionary transition in the history of life is likely to occur. Possible objections, both practical and moral, are raised and then rebutted.

Contemporary images of opiate-addled junkies, and the lever-pressing frenzies of intra-cranially self-stimulating rats, are deceptive. Such stereotypes stigmatise, and falsely discredit, the only remedy for the world's horrors and everyday discontents that is biologically realistic. For it is misleading to contrast social and intellectual development with perpetual happiness. There need be no such trade-off. Thus states of "dopamine-overdrive" can actually enhance exploratory and goal-directed activity. Hyper-dopaminergic states can also increase the range and diversity of actions an organism finds rewarding. Our descendants may live in a civilisation of serenely well-motivated "high-achievers", animated by gradients of bliss. Their productivity may far eclipse our own.

Two hundred years ago, before the development of potent synthetic pain-killers or surgical anaesthetics, the notion that "physical" pain could be banished from most people's lives would have seemed no less bizarre. Most of us in the developed world now take its daily absence for granted. The prospect that what we describe as "mental" pain, too, could one day be superseded is equally counter-intuitive. The technical option of its abolition turns its deliberate retention into an issue of political policy and ethical choice.


From the link, I've read the intro and the first chapter.
I don't even know what to say at this point.
Jon, if you get a chance, tear this apart.