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Sometimes Pop Culture Reads My Mind
June 22, 2009, 10:33 am
Filed under: TV, carny life, comedy, conservative, crime, culture, debate, entertainment, facebook, internet, love, mash up, media, politically correct, pop culture, social networking websites, television, video

Some things, in my humbled opinion, need a head injury in order for our great society to progress toward tomorrow.  Sometimes it’s just me that acts as if I am head injured or is in need of head injury.

I am frequently unable to place in words the great passion I feel for some of the ills in our society.  So much so that when I try I word things perhaps a little strongly, less humorously than intended and can be long winded.  It can be exhausting for all involved.  For that I am sorry.

I will allow a funny new (to me) British sitcom my bright talented intelligent wife found on the Netflix Xbox instant download do it for me.  It’s called “The IT Crowd” and it is funny.  No thanks are necessary.  It’s included in the price. If anyone please thank my gorgeous wife.

All in all Facebook is just good wholesome family entertainment. And it Isn’t. At all. Like. A dark and disgusting black and plastic carapace covering your mouth and nose until you admit what fun it is to rediscover people & relatives you haven’t seen in years.  And what a good time you are having with everyone.  On the Facebook!

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Bull$hit Over Broadway
June 7, 2009, 10:00 pm
Filed under: TV, art, broadway, business, culture, entertainment, fiction, humor, mash up, media, movies, music, news, pop culture, relationships, television, twitter, video

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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Waterboard Confessions, Crocodile Tears
June 4, 2009, 8:30 am
Filed under: Barack Obama, George W Bush, Obama, Obama/Biden, PHOTOS, President, President Barack Obama, carny life, conservative, court, crime, culture, democrat, independent, islam, libertarian, news, peace, picture, politics, presidential election, rant, republican, vice president, war

Neo-con cry baby edition

Drowning ManCow. Doesn’t seem like too big a loss.  But lessons are learned.

Neo-Con Cheerleader and God hater Christopher Hitchens

These are not the people I’d water-board but there’s always room for more.  The ratings would be amazing.  I’d sell popcorn.  Who doesn’t like popcorn or loud mouth ignoramuses being scared within an inch of their life? Not me.  Are you listening Sean Hannity? Not even for charity? Prove you are not a coward after talking shit for years, please.  Evidently not. 

Governor Jesse “the Body” Ventura schools Elizabeth Hasselback.  Duh.

From Chattahbox.com

And Ventura should know whether water-boarding is torture or not, because he experienced it first hand at Survival Escape Resistance Evasion school or SERE, which was required for all Navy Seals before entering into combat during the Vietnam War.

Venture described his water-boarding experience as one of torture that subjected him to the real life terror of drowning; saying if done incorrectly subjects can swallow their tongue and die. He called Dick Cheney a coward who refused to serve in the military by requesting five deferments to escape serving in the Vietnam War.

The very man who never served in the military is now a “chicken hawk,” who sanctioned torture and called it enhanced interrogation, said Ventura.

Ventura doesn’t believe Cheney would be able to withstand water-boarding, saying “give me a water board, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.”

When asked about Cheney’s attack on Colin Powell, a former Secretary of State and four-star General, when Cheney said Rush Limbaugh was a better Republican than Powell, Ventura scoffed at the notion, saying Colin Powell is a war hero who didn’t run and hide like Cheney did. Ventura has tremendous respect for Colin Powell and none for Dick Cheney.

Jessie said it.  Not me. 

An uncoerced confession.  If the Bush Administration hadn’t gotten it so wrong in Iraq, this might not be an issue.  If we hadn’t attacked the wrong country this might not be an issue.  If hundreds if not thousands hadn’t been illegally detained, many completely uninvolved in terrorism and specifically the September 11th attacks, this might not be an issue.  If we hadn’t used unconstitutional methods to gather other information, this might not have been an issue.  If they had released proof before they left office that any of their bullshit worked, this might not have been an issue.  If they hadn’t been complete assholes about it, this might not have been an issue.  I’m glad this shit is over.  That we know of.

Cheney: No link between Saddam Hussein, 9/11

Fucking Dick.

Unless something unexpected occurs I’m going to leave political blogging alone.  I’m fascinated but it drives me crazy.  My opinions are usually either contrived or obvious.  I want everyone to get along and I find myself going off on obvious, incredible stupidity.  Liberals have a tendency to back down.  This also drives me crazy.  When called on I’m going to go off.  But seriously, I just want people to try and get along.

More crack headed musings of another kind.  Soon.

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