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I am too lazy to reword what I’ve already said. So I’ll let Twitter do what I can’t: Rant and rave in the short and the sweet. The extended screaming of some genuinely talented, some spoiled and overly dramatic people which was the Tony awards. Sponsored in part by Folgers Coffee. Folgers Coffee? If you are watching a Folgers commercial doesn’t that mean you are up way past your manditory bedtime at the senior center?
Beginning with
Billy Elliot on Broadway? Let’s pair him versus The Lord of the Dance Micheal Flatley & see who gets their ass kicked.
The death of Rock and Roll.
What the fuck is this crap on my television? Rock of Ages? I didn’t think (80’s) hair band rock could be dumbed down any further. Christ this hurts
Bret Micheal got knocked down during the Tony openers. You will hear about it for the next 6 months. He didn’t get killed so I’m not interested
Ah. Now Gandolfini will kill Bret Micheals on live television…
Rock of Ages. I almost prefer the church hymn to songs of my youth recycled through someones lower intestine.
Re: Hair - The Broadway revival
Fucking Hippies.
I believe I can smell them through the television
(Singing) Fuck. Old hippies. That’s why your kids tell you to shut the fuck up
OK. Not really the death of Rock & Roll. Rather the exhumation of parts best left buried. Most of those bands were honestly very terrible or short lived. I do love Journey in an un-ironic way, though.
Wanna see good media about a flash-in-the-pan trend, watch any of the 70s disco movies (”Thank God It’s Friday” or “Car Wash”. Although Car Wash would probably make an awesome Broadway show). The chronological pop culture equivalent to 80’s hair bands is the “Porky’s” movies. Though I don’t want to give anyone anymore Broadway ideas.
A revival of “Hair” is last masturbatory gasp of the failed Boomer generation before their last Viagra causes that inevitable final heart attack, rendering them completely impotent. Note to the past about Free Love and “Hair”: That’s why 90% of porn stars now shave themselves bald.
Some praise
Dolly Parton is a saint. A giant boobed saint. What was I saying? Oh yeah. A saint
It’s Dr Dougie Horrible (Neal Patrick Harris). Another f’in saint.
Less praiseworthy
Tim Meadows is in Shrek? Should have never left SNL. Oh. AND WHY IS SHREK A BROADWAY PLAY?
The girl from Spaced got beat out by Angela Lansbury? C’mon. At least she’ll be on hand to solve the Bret Micheal murder.
If your going to have Uncle Jesse & Bret Micheals on Broadway, why not have “Full House” as a crappy play?
Austen Powers:The Musical! The zany energy of Austin Powers & the awesome grrl “power” of Jane Austen.& it’s British so it’s classy! Get it?
How do overly dramatic people handle other overly dramatic people?They seem to have an average life span.Not dramatically enough evidently.
“I love legitimate theater!”
How could I have forgotten this Simpson episode? Sort of sums things up nicely.
Does it bother no one that reruns are replacing new content? I love escapism and I love nostalgia. But I’d rather be pulled out of myself to a different world. Or at least a new take on a familiar theme. Not more deeply ensconced in my own fantasies. “Wicked” versus “Wizard of Oz”. Battlestar Galactica 1978 versus Battlestar Galactica 2003. ”Redbelt” by David Mamet and less “Glengarry Glen Ross” or “Speed the Plow” though it looks well done.
As of this blog entry Bret Michaels is still alive and being mistaken for a rock star. And a Broadway star.
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Before I justly tear into the case of the Nekkid Christian.
A lack of understanding about our culture and government sprinkled with the ignorance of religion can lead to some pretty crack headed amalgamations. George Bush, the neo-cons and the religious right imagining September 11th 2001 as a holy war and justifying it with a crusade in Iraq for example. Sort of summed up in the revelation of Rumsfeld’s reports to Bush, furnished with pictures of our soldiers, underlined with Bible quotes. Thus undermining all the good qualities, the postive possibilties in our culture, government and freedom of religion. And in part allowing exactly what they were trying at minumum to prevent: A liberal or moderate ever taking the presidency ever again.
Take the case of christiannympho blog.
A nymph is female spirit from Greek mythology, sort of the posse to the Greek gods and goddesses. “Scary and a little unpredictable”. The content of the blog itself is rather inoffensive though I imagine it’s shocking for some hypocrites on the right. The invoking of the word “nymph” undermines everything they think they’re trying to do because of it’s so called pagan origins.
Sooo, lack of world knowledge, word origins and an abundance of stupidity would create the weird combinations calling themselves “Christian nymphos” or even “American Christian” as one and the same. There’s nothing wrong with either groups individual parts but you’d think the combining would give the weird participants some pause. To wit-
Christian breast implants.
I say again “Christian.” “Breast.” “Implants.”
No not really but sort of. I did get you to pause with the weird implications though. Probably.
According to the Huffington Post.com, contestants in the Miss U.S.A. contest were offered breast implants (not that there is anything inherently wrong with that) in their efforts for the title.
Jesus hates a 'C' cup
Will someone explain to me how she thinks she’s doing God a favor by
1) Undermining woman everywhere by sexualizing herself (complicated issue there).
2) Placing herself on display to demonstrate how stupid she is
3) Praises tradition values then undermines them by posing more or less nekkid and tempting men all over the world.
Bonus question: If a Christian fanticises about her mostly nekkid body does that count as a sin? Can she be considered a “Christian marital aid” and thus written off as somehow attributing to the sanctity of marriage? Disgusting questions I’m sure.
Hell. Sarah Palin came to her side. That should tell you something.
Thus: The Great American God Complex. Believing you are extra special because you are born in the United States of America and were either born into a Christian family or gone to a Christian church once or twice. An accident of birth and/or the power of choice. It’ll give you the ability to justifing posing nude (then complain about it) and/or kill thousands of innocent people in the the Iraq War and call it God’s will and/or free speech.
If we’re lucky Rumsfeld will do both.
P.S. If Christians do need a marital aid I have a time tested tradition American solution: Beer Goggles. How the hell do you think the Duggers have gotten as far as they have?
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Far be it from me to think I’m 100% correct. It makes me happy when people find things they like. Sincerely. I just see nothing in Dark Meat’s music to like, but like I said I’ve been wrong before. Here is a sample via Amazon (despite the preview, the link works) if you’d like to judge for yourself.
Track 10: There Is A Retard On Acid Holding A Hammer To Your Brain. Only if you pay $12 dollars to see them.
It’s even worse live. Imagine listening to a middle school marching band fall down a flight of stairs. It’ll make you wonder why you had kids. It’d be better and more entertaining if you pushed them yourself rather than subject yourself to this nonsense.*
*Excluding any and all members of hopeforagoldensummer. Those kindly saintly wida warshwomen-folk can do no wrong in my book. May 23, 2009 at the 40 Watt for Girl’s Rock Camp Benefit.
See? Saints. Seriously, their music is magical.
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Once again I am reminded as to why I enjoy Warren Ellis’s work.
From the Memoir of Cathcart Zen
“Fisting Liza Minelli does less damage to your shirt cuff than you’d expect,” intoned Cathcart Zen”
“@zoetica you are a godless bloodcrazed pervert and a sexual Mengele and this is why the people shun you”
In response to harrassment by some ugly Americans
“So presumably Twitter’s now mainstreamed to the point where people with flippers can use it.”
Sublime and elegant. Insults from the 22nd century.
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YOU DECIDE: Does the Baby look like John Edwards?
Here is an answer. Are you bloody kidding me?
Does Trig Palin look more like Sarah Palin (keep up) than looks like Sarah Palin’s daughter? Is Sarah an ignorant tramp for Christ? The answer to at least one of these questions is yes. But it’s not polite to point out the obvious in front of mixed company. Especially where there is possibly family involved.
It was tacky when some did this during last year’s general election. Can it be that Retards, I mean Repubs are so out of ammo that they are stealing embarrassing and discredited Dem and lib smear tactics?
Yeah. That baby looks just like John Edwards.
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Of course Best Week Ever got to it a long time ago. But I can honestly say I didn’t steal it from their site. I stole it from Bitch Magazine. Sorry. The iSlanket hasn’t been made. Yet. But now they know how to get the elderly or cult oriented to buy one. I wonder it the 800 number still works?
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See also Drink the Easter Beer
Courtesy of Cousin Avi
The hammer theme continues courtesy of Jesus of the Week. I tried to include the picture but it was disabled at the source or something. The picture is here.
And a delightful video for those of you too lazy to read or click a link. Since when is Samuel L. Jackson not God?
Note to the religious, Christian, Muslim etc. I’m pretty sure a few of us would have a problem with Jesus or Muhammad (If in fact they existed. If they were in their right minds. They might have been nice fellows.) but for your claims of ultimate rights. The truth is there is no way to prove either did exist, much less their claim of divinity. You don’t know God’s will. You just believe you do. Get it?
So to hear your complaints about descrimination regarding a character from a book you read (more often than not, what you are taught and not anything you read) is a little hard to accept. And it gets old very fast. You are allowed to believe whatever you want provided:
1) you don’t tie the world’s fate to your delusions.
2) you don’t bother others with it
Otherwise you’ll have no complaints from us.
Despite your superpowers and place in the grand scheme of things, you still must work, sleep and act like normal people. No matter how special you think you are. Please shut up and let the rest of us get on with trying to improve our collective lots.
Being paranoid and arrogant is a lot of things, but I’m pretty sure it’s not a basis for spiritual life much less an organized religion.
Good Tuesday to you.
