Most annoying piece of television?
Here is what appeasement means:
to yield or concede to the belligerent demands of (a nation, group, person, etc.) in a conciliatory effort, sometimes at the expense of justice or other principles.
Kudos to Mathews, who can be quite frustrating at times, for tearing down one of the biggest misnomers in American politics.
Watch it (warning: you might want to tear your hair out while watching this).
A Heavy Load
Cool story.
Being a mother of three and a business owner has not stopped Melanie Roach from trying to make the U.S. women’s weightlifting team.
The Day There Was No News
Don’t forget to read the ticker.
SNL: Clinton the Sore Loser
Pretty good skit by SNL. Watch it.
Young O’Reilly throws a hissy fit
Poor, poor O’Reilly! The cruel producers are not hand feeding him. Watch the idiot do his thing.
The Reel Truth
If you have any interest in film, here ya go: Part one and two.
Also the truth in Advertising.
Thanks Matthew.
No Country For Gay Men
The original and the gay version. (via Andy)
Four Eyed Monsters: New episodes (ep 9 to 12)
It has been a while since we heard from the Four Eyed Monsters (filmmakers Arin Crumley & Susan Buice). We have interviewed them in the past. I have fond affection and respect for them and their work. Many times, since all hoopla died down, I found myself defending them, their work, their way of doing things.
The biggest objection I hear is that they teeter on the obnoxious. A feeling akin to an older person feels to a younger person describing their lives as a grand-new-once-in-a-lifetime event when it is actually commonplace and repetitive. If you are in your late 20’s or later, these podcasts and the drama it revolves around remind you how silly, shallow life is in your early 20’s. But that could be intriguing in its own right.
These new podcasts will not change any of those perceptions. We are in our middle 20’s. The relationship is past the film and focused on itself. The big twist is that Susan has decided to be a stripper. I am a little confused on the reasons. Money, sexual exploration and a bigger-middle-finger-fuck-you to Arin are thrown in the mix. One reason, not touched upon, but in the mind of the viewer, would be that Susan, like Arin, are exhibitionists. It does boggle the mind how much recording taking place. Newest fetish: videoblogging!?
Like all of their earlier podcasts, they are honest about what is going on but not truthful. What I mean is that they are stating and describing what is going on. But nothing else. They have added what must be the most annoying cutaways to enhance these statements. But they stop there. What could be incredible conversations are cut short by a montage of beat-over-the-head physical illustrations of what has already been said.
Still following, still interested. As I have plead to the creators of Lost in the past, be easy with the fill.
Episodes nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
Photograph from Susan’s flickr account.
Onion: Child Bankrupts Make-A-Wish Foundation With Wish For Unlimited Wishes
How outrageous!
Ticklinks: Politics as unusual
Congress Debates Merits Of New Catchphrase
White House Press Secretary Spins Wife’s Tragic Death As A Positive
Dhoni imitates Rajnikanth
Rajnikanth is a Tamil mega-star in India. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is India’s cricket captain. Excellent piece of parody if you are familiar with the cheesiness of Tamil action films or any of Rajnikanth’s films.
Crossbow
Introspective and titillating at the same time.
P.s. I am getting tired of the 35mm adapters on DV cameras.
Blue
Slow, especially hard when you are following the exciting Indiana Primary results come in, but it is mesmerizing. Here is how the filmmaker submitted the film:
The idea of the course (Film & Architecture) was to create a small documentary about the subject “Documenting Dessau”, which is the city where the course takes place. It is a small city in former East Germany, south of Berlin, known only for the Bauhaus building and some other modern architecture examples, mostly from Walter Gropius. Instead of going the obvious way and document Dessau as the Bauhaus Stadt, I decided to look at the city from the perspective of the people who live there, in the case us foreigners arriving at a small and decadent city and trying to live there. It is the city as experiences and not as place.
Nice.
Dapper Detectives
Two dinosaurs still roam the streets of NY with suits: Wall Street & Cops.
Texting Your Way To Love
Somewhat cliche but very true. One of the comments:
Genius! Genius! Dude that was awesome! You describe my life as a single man in NY!
Yes. It is that exciting!
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