Badminton is a hell of a sport.

Five Absolutely Horrifying Internet Communities

Woah.

The end of an era for several of us.

Well folks, the place that has stolen half of my life and provided pay checks for so many of us, has entered the final countdown. Starting October one, Spring Valley and Blythewood Ace will cease to exist.

What if the tea party was black?

A dramatic reading of a real breakup letter.

Chris, you've used this voice before, and I can't help but picture you reading this aloud.

If you boys don't mind, I'll go ahead and do the honors:

Samurai umbrella

Radiohead 'at the finishing line' on new album, guitarist says

Could be out by the end of the year. No Shit.

I like what I like...

Even if it only consists of roughly 3 subjects: Radiohead, anything involving a lightsaber, and, damn... Forgot the third one...

Bad Ass

Here it is...

The Spyder III.

Why SEC Expansion Might Not Be Happening Soon

Mike Slive: Thank you all for coming. I've called this meeting to gauge your interest on possibly moving to the SEC.
Georgia Tech: Do you mind? I'm in the middle of a dungeon raid.
Georgia: Figures.
Slive: I don't know what that means. (clears throat) Texas and Texas A&M, you came the farthest to be here. How are you feeling?
Texas A&M: Yes.
Slive: Yes, what?
Texas A&M: Thank you for the invite. I accept.
Arkansas: Awesome! (high fives LSU)
Slive: But I didn't extend any offers yet.
Texas: Don't mind him. We're not coming. I'm too smart for your conference.
Vanderbilt: That's rich. This guy thinks he's funny.
Slive: Can't Texas A&M make his own decisions?
Texas: No. The state legislature won't let us split up, and I'm saying no. C'mon lil' brother, let's blow this joint.
Texas A&M: Yes I can. Wait, come back! Who you calling little brother?
Texas and Texas A&M leave.
Slive: All right. Virginia Tech, how are you feeling?
Virginia Tech: I'll have to ask the governor's office first. That's what got me in the ACC a few years back.
Slive: Sure thing, let's move on. Florida State?
Florida groans and signs dramatically.
Florida State: I might join, but tell me this. How many of you in the SEC currently fear the spear?
Ole Miss: Wait, what?
Florida State: I said do you FEAR THE SPEAR?
Florida: Hell no. You haven't won 10 games since 2003.
Kentucky: Seriously, even I beat you in the Music City Bowl a couple years ago.
Florida State: UNCONQUERED!
Slive: Right. While we're on the subject, Miami...
Miami: Sí, señor.
Slive: What are your thoughts?

Miami: Creo que la Florida es una niña pequeña.
Florida: I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Your crappy piped in music is echoing too loudly off all the empty seats in your rented stadium.
Mississippi State: Come now, Baxter. You know I don't speak Spanish. Ha ha, see what I did there?
Auburn: I saw it. Niiiiiice.
Alabama: Good Lord. Who gave those two permission to speak? Can we move on?
Slive: Calm down everyone. Last, but certainly not least, we've got Clemson. What is your interest level at?
Clemson: I'd be all for it. Why not make bring the Chicken Curse completely into the SEC?
South Carolina: Hey man, I beat you last season, and this is our year to win the East. You'll see.
Slive: Tennessee, you've been awfully quiet. Do you have anything to add?
Tennessee: Not since Lane Kiffin left.
Slive: Fair enough; I'm not arguing with that. Virginia Tech, did you get a hold of anyone at the governor's office?
Virginia Tech: Yeah, I did. Virginia wants to know what your lacrosse scheduling policies are.
Slive: Virginia? Lacrosse?
Miami: Estoy aburrido. ¡Vamos a la playa, caballeros!
Auburn: Oooh, it's my turn. Baxter! You know I don't...
Alabama: Shut up!
Slive: Gentlemen, it's getting a little out of hand here...
LSU: Hey, Mike. Texas just texted me the lyrics to "California Dreaming." Said it was dedicated to you.
Florida State: Wait a minute. If I join your league, do I have to change the war chant to include the S-E-C chant? Because I am not cool with that.
Slive: Um, if there are no objections, let's resume these meetings next week.
Vanderbilt: Done and done. Who's up for a game of Clue?
Alabama: I'm outta here.
Georgia Tech: Time's up. Let's do this!
Slive: But we just decided to end...
Georgia Tech: LEEEEEEROOOOOOOOY JENKIIIIINNNNSSSSSS!!!
Slive: You know what, everyone? I'll call you.

What's erbody doin for the 4th

Anybody coming in for the 4th of July? We should start planning now and do something.

T.U.B.E. - The Ultimate Bootleg Experience

They've got a pant-load of good stuff on here, but know the first link for download yields a text file detailing another link to the actual file you want. Hmmmm...
Not sure on the legal issues here, but I'm pretty sure it's all kosher. Actually, I'm not sure about it at all, but there's stuff I want on here, so I'm gonna go with it being OK.

'Star Wars' hologram TV is in development: NHK

'Bout damn time.

Lest We forget...

Listen to this one loud, or not at all...


Clever got me this far
Then tricky got me in
Eye on what i'm after
I don't need another friend
Smile and drop the cliche
'Till you think I'm listening
I take just what I came for
Then I'm out the door again

Peripheral on the package
Don't care to settle in
Time to feed the monster
I don't need another friend
Comfort is a mystery
Crawling out of my own skin
Just give me what I came for, then I'm out the door again

Lie to get what I came for
Lie to get just what I need
Lie to get what I crave
Lie and smile to get what's mine

Eye on what i'm after
I don't need another friend
Nod and watch your lips move
If you need me to pretend
Because clever got me this far
Then tricky got me in
I'll take just what I came for
Then I'm out the door again

Lie to get what I came for
Lie to get what I need now
Lie to get what I'm craving
Lie and smile to get what's mine

Give this to me
Mine, mine, mine
Take what's mine
Mine, mine, mine
Take what's mine
Mine, mine, mine

Lie to get what I came for
Lie to get what I need now
Lie to get what I'm craving
Lie to smile and get what's mine

Give this to me
Take what's mine
Mine, mine, mine
Take what's mine
Give this to me

Take what's mine, take what's mine, mine...
Take what's mine, take what's mine, take what's mine,
This is mine, mine, mine

Star Wars™ Cantina 2010 / adidas Originals from Dominic Prevost on Vimeo.

Star Wars Japanese Style

Just for you, JCW.

These Guys are pretty impressive.

They jammed out for the today show I think...

GEORGE

Skwisgaar Skwigelf's "Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class"

Zach Galifianakis is awesome

Massive Attack - Splitting the Atom

Went to DeadAirSpace today and saw another chart of what Thom and the boys were listening to and by their suggestion went to youtube and saw this:

The Wall

Do any of you wish to come up to DC on 10/10/10 and see Roger Waters perform The Wall?

http://tour.rogerwaters.com/tour/

All I got is, Jon this one's for you..

Everybody do tha Cracka!

Mash Here play the video and give it a minute.

The Known Universe

I was inspired by Copeland's post.

By the way, part of the reason that my activity has been lower here is that I have to sign out of Gmail and sign into Blogger whenever I wanna make a post. I cannot have, apparently, my Gmail address be my primary address on this thing. Weak.

The Old Republic - Bioware's upcoming MMORPG

Whoa.

Here's a couple videos that detail some of the storyline for the game - narrated by Bishop himself, Lance Henriksen:

Thanks Japan!

Dunno about you guys, but this one is straight outta my nightmares -



I mean, damn - we'd really better get functional laser rifles and other such sci-fi ordnance together if we hope to have a prayer when the machines rise.

Hubble's 20th Anny

So, as usual, I'm a few days late. Saturday was the 20th anniversary of Hubble's launch. Though I'd share some photos. More on the link. Fucking radical.

Bet you haven't seen this one live...

I can't think of a title for this one...

I got a new ride today.

What you guys think?

This is ground breaking! Finally a Method that Works!

Best Way To Lose Weight - The funniest movie is here. Find it

Les Miles Quote Machine

I realize this may be more or less average for Louisiana but, even for football coach speak (which can consist of nothing more than grunts), this has to be the most incoherent person ive ever seen.

It's a Tron kinda evening...

Hey Kev: New 'Tron: Legacy' Trailer Features New Daft Punk Score

Daft Punk is in charge of the score and has already composed about 24 tracks for the film.

How cool is this? Super cool, that's how.

Dark Side of the Moon for the NES

Cooooooooooocks!

Thom Yorke in Cambridge - New Songs

Blinded Merseyside soldier 'sees' with tongue device

Holy Shit this is awesome. Check it out.

Notice how every cool Star Wars thing for the last 30 years has not involved Georgie Lucas in any meaningful way.

This one's for you, Nick

This is not photoshopped:

A pretty good start...

Japan cell phone goes 3D with special display

Better quality Tron Legacy trailer

No new footage, but the sound and picture make it worth watching...

It's more old timey

Update: Duplicate posting of video removed.

Seanbaby of Cracked.com presents:

Gary. Busey.

Long but worth it.

Gentlemen... BEHOLD!

My new ride, a Kona Major Jake.

In honor of the new HBO series The Pacific

Straight from the 803

Recommended by Thom Yorke:

Low: Murderer



Black to Comm: Hotel Freund



Scott Walker: If you go away



Gonjasufi: Ancestors



Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek: Turn it on

According to Urban Dictionary, we're all awesome and have huge cocks...

Jon
Nick
Bryan
Brian
Kevin
Justin
Trevor
Brad
Grant
Marcus
Chris

Highlights:
Jon's #5
Nick's #5
Bryan's #6
Brian's #3
Kevin's #7
Justin's #5
Trevor's #2
Brad's #4
Grant's #4
Marcus's #3
Chris's #6

I'm not sure, but Trevor's #2 definition might be the best...

Carl's Back!

Battlefront 3: potentially badass

Suprise II: Return of the Killer Suprises

What I meant was....

http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/LauraEdwards&BradHamby

Plus all that other stuff I posted.

Suprise, Bitches!

Saw Brian's post and thought I should let you guys know ASAP. Still planning to come down (see the website). BBQ is going to be on the weekend of the 12-14th of March.
Any questions?

We were there, remember?

06-10-2003, HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta
User rating: 9.4 (5 votes)

Source: Soundboard

Setlist: The Gloaming / There There / 2+2=5 / Where I End And You Begin / Exit Music (For A Film) / Morning Bell / Myxomatosis / Paranoid Android / In Limbo / Sail To The Moon / Creep / Scatterbrain / Go To Sleep / I Might Be Wrong / Idioteque / You And Whose Army? / Sit Down, Stand Up / No Surprises / National Anthem / Wolf At The Door / Fake Plastic Trees / Airbag / Everything In Its Right Place

Links:
- artwork
- mp3 (192 kbps)

this

not as good as rahzel but not bad.

T-Bird's Bachelor Party

What up kids.

So what do you guys think about either the weekend of March 6-7 or March 12-14 for doing this thing? Those are the weekends around my vacation in March.

Manchester Orchestra 2010 Tour

Jan 29 Salt Lake City, UT Salt Palace Convention Center
Jan 30 Denver, CO The Fillmore
Jan 31 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
Feb 02 Tulsa, OK The Marquee
Feb 03 Little Rock, AR Juanita's Cantina Ballroom
Feb 04 Memphis, TN New Daisy Theatre
Feb 26 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Feb 27 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Live
Feb 28 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Mar 02 Houston, TX House of Blues
Mar 03 Austin, TX Emo's
Mar 04 Dallas, TX The Palladium Showroom
Mar 06 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
Mar 07 San Diego, CA House of Blues
Mar 09 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
Mar 10 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
Mar 11 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Mar 12 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
Mar 13 Seattle, WA The Showbox @ The Market
Mar 15 Boise, ID The Knitting Factory
Mar 19 Kansas City, MO The Beaumont Club
Mar 20 Omaha, NE The Slowdown
Mar 21 Minneapolis, MN The Varsity Theater
Mar 23 Chicago, IL Metro
Mar 24 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall
Mar 25 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
Mar 26 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
Mar 27 Toronto, ON The Mod Club Theatre
Mar 29 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Mar 30 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
Mar 31 Lancaster, PA Chameleon
Apr 01 New Haven, CT Toad's Place
Apr 02 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Apr 03 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
Apr 05 Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
Apr 06 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
Apr 07 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
Apr 08 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
Apr 09 Columbia, SC Jillian's

Adidas x Star Wars - 2010

GET FUCKING PUMPED

This spring Adidas is doing a line of star wars shoes. Click the link for tons more pictures and info, didn't want to clog everything up here.

also i am lazy.

Stormtrooper


Skywalker


Vader


Theres a shit ton more shoes if you click the link, and multiple pictures of each shoe.

Obama's Big Sellout

"What's taken place in the year since Obama won the presidency has turned out to be one of the most dramatic political about-faces in our history. Elected in the midst of a crushing economic crisis brought on by a decade of orgiastic deregulation and unchecked greed, Obama had a clear mandate to rein in Wall Street and remake the entire structure of the American economy. What he did instead was ship even his most marginally progressive campaign advisers off to various bureaucratic Siberias, while packing the key economic positions in his White House with the very people who caused the crisis in the first place. This new team of bubble-fattened ex-bankers and laissez-faire intellectuals then proceeded to sell us all out, instituting a massive, trickle-up bailout and systematically gutting regulatory reform from the inside."

Matt Taibbi from Rolling Stone lays out the case against "teh most librul prezident evar."

OMG I BELEVE IN GOD NOW

DIV BY 0

America Without a Middle Class

Elizabeth Warren is the Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law at Harvard and is currently the Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel.

Rock 'n' Roll Show

Saw the pixies last night. It was awesome...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8FTy1HSc74

Not the same venue but same set etc.

What do they do for fun?

The Ballad of G.I. Joe from Olivia Wilde

Go Cocks!

How Dare You Criticize Wasteful Defense Spending

"... brazenly throwing away billions on outdated weapons systems and obsolete military programs is now a "conservative" value."

David Sirota has an interesting article at Salon on the US's wasteful defense spending. Worth the read, even if the central idea is one that most people figured out years ago.

What is Terrorism?

Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be

"Men like Madison and Jefferson were moved by the ideals of Christianity, and wanted the United States to reflect those values as a Christian nation," continued Mortensen, referring to the "Father of the Constitution," James Madison, considered by many historians to be an atheist, and Thomas Jefferson, an Enlightenment-era thinker who rejected the divinity of Christ and was in France at the time the document was written. "The words on the page speak for themselves."

From The Onion, of course.

Extreme Dagobah

RiffTrax - Star Wars

via Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!

The day we have all been waiting for

Amer-cuh...Fuck Yeah!

Are you guys ready to here Tebow a whole lot?

Tim Tebow is so fast he can run around the world and hit himself in the back of the head.
If Tim Tebow has $5 and you have $5. Tim Tebow has more money than you do.
When the bogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks the closet for Tim Tebow.
Tim Tebow can get Chick-Fil-A on Sundays.
People with amnesia still remember Tim Tebow. (mostly thanks to ESPN)
Superman’s only weakness is kryptonite. Tim Tebow laughs at Superman for even HAVING a weakness.
Tim Tebow doesn’t do pushups. Instead, he pushes the earth down.
Tim Tebow counted to infinity. Twice.
When life gives Tim Tebow lemons, he uses them to kill terrorists. Tim Tebow hates lemonade.
When Google can’t find something, it asks Tim Tebow for help.
The average person gets 300 points for writing their name on the SAT, Tim Tebow gets 1000.
Tim Tebow can kick start a car.
Tim Tebow doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.
Tim Tebow ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.
Tim Tebow can touch MC Hammer.
At birth, Tim Tebow came out arms first so he could stiff arm the doctor in the face. Nobody delivers Tim Tebow but Tim Tebow.
Tim Tebow sleeps with a night light. Not because Tim Tebow is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Tim Tebow.
Tim Tebow does not wear a condom; there is no such thing as protection from Tim Tebow.
Tim Tebow CAN eat just one Lay’s potato chip.
If at first you don’t succeed, you aren’t Tim Tebow.
As President Roosevelt said: “We have nothing to fear but fear itself. And Tim Tebow.”
Tim Tebow can slam a revolving door.

What Up Everyone

Hadn't posted in a long time and wanted to say hello. Hope everyone is doing well.
Talk to you fools soon.

Only one thing's for certain: Willie Nelson only smokes killer weed

I have a kick ass harpsichord

Good News! The rise of the machines shouldn't be too far away!

Click the title for a full article, but here's this:

Notice who that Ft. Hood shooter looks like.

Won

Cinematic synergy 

a whole lotta energy 

virtual reality 

doomsday scenery 

grab artillery 

burn the flag steadily 

depression 

driving a brand new chevy

Terminator Salvation: what could have been

I loved the Terminator franchise, then Nick and I went to see T4 and were both terribly disappointed. This is an article about what went wrong with Terminator Salvation - i.e. the re-writes resulting from casting Christian Bale as John Connor, re-writes due to the original ending being leaked online, etc.. It includes details about the original script and why the movie was called "Salvation."

Michael McDonald: Trickin' It to the Treats

Greatest Trick or Treater Ever -- powered by Cracked.com

20 Costumes That Will Earn You a Halloween Beating

From the Article:

#20. Spongebob Adult Man's Costume


"Aside from the "Would you like to buy some Bibles?" look on the model's face, it's the white leotards that seal the wearer's fate. Or possibly the little red dick-tie."

A Glorious Dawn

via Crooks and Liars.

Afghanistan

Gary Farber at Amygdala has an informative piece on the situation in Afghanistan, focusing on three crucial questions:

Can the government in Kabul become one that most Afghans regard as legitimate?

That is the antepenultimate question, rather than which military forces or strategy should be used.

The penultimate question is: if so, can we help the government in Kabul become that legitimate government?

The ultimate question for America and NATO is: if so, how high a price is too high a price for us to pay to help the government in Kabul become that legitimate government?

Get Pumped: god/the universe/whatever answers prayers

Radiohead to record NEW ALBUM this winter


There’s been a lot of speculation on Radiohead’s next album. Would it ever be recorded? Or would be just get digital tracks, EP’s or whatever made the press. Ed O’Brien confirmed that a new Radiohead album (yes, album) is in the making.

It was the interview in The Believer that kick-started a lot of rumours on Radiohead’s future. Thom Yorke told the magazine: “None of us want to go into that creative hoo-ha of a long-play record again.(…) But we’ve all said that we can’t possibly dive into that again. It’ll kill us.” The news hit the press worldwide.

Radiohead have spent this Summer in the studio, releasing tracks online like ‘Harry Patch (In Memory Of)’ and ‘These Are My Twisted Words’. This sort of seemed like they were serious about not releasing albums in the future. But guitarist Ed O’Brien has confirmed that the band is in fact interested in recording more albums and the follow-up to ‘In Rainbows’ is actually in the making.

Ed O’Brien told NME that with sessions planned this winter the band would “definitely” be releasing a full album physically next year.
“We were misquoted,” claimed O’Brien of Yorke’s comments, loudly adding, “WE WILL BE MAKING AN ALBUM!” Although he said the band hadn’t decided how it would be released, he said the album would come out on vinyl and CD whether it first arrived as a download or not.

“We love the artwork; that’s really important, the physicality,” he explanied. “And we all like vinyl. That’s not going to go away. I still like CDs as well. I got the Speech Debelle CD the other day – I nearly downloaded it from iTunes but I thought, ‘No. I want the physical thing.’”

O’Brien wouldn’t be drawn on specific tracks, but suggested that recent free download ‘There Are My Twisted Words’ was not a marker for the album.

On releasing ‘These Are My Twisted Words’ online he said: “It’s a kind of one-off. It could have been a darker side of ‘In Rainbows’ – it’s got that autumnal vibe, we’re leaving the summer and going into the darkness.”

He added that with Radiohead set to reconvene in their Oxfordshire studio this winter, the season might similarly affect the new songs. “Typical Radiohead,” he laughed. “We’re going into the studio in winter. It’s always miserable! Are we at the whim of the seasons? We are! When you’re in a studio in the countryside, the music you make is definitely affected by what season it is.”

What up party people

Hey guys - I have vacation the first week of November. Is anyone still interested in camping?

GO COCKS!!

From: "5 Reasons being a Joss Whedon fan sucks"

No Explanation Necessary

I'm not sure you guys are ready for how awesome this is...

New Carolina

Protect Insurance Companies

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell

Show Me Your Genitals

Radio Friendly Song