vico6 - wouldn't the same Razor indicate that since many/some of the Armstrong's top competitors ended up getting nabbed for PED violations, but still lost to Armstrong that he was also doping, but just in a way that didn't get him caught?
Of course Hamilton is shady, and he might be making these storied up from whole cloth, but anyone who says they are 'sure' someone in cycling didn't cheat is just guessing and very likely dead wrong.
Of course Hamilton is shady, and he might be making these storied up from whole cloth, but anyone who says they are 'sure' someone in cycling didn't cheat is just guessing and very likely dead wrong.
These designers should save this vehicle so they can rent it out to film productions shooting movies set in the 'near future.' Pretty much all Isuzu VehiCrosses ever sold went on to 'star' in Jessica Alba's 'Dark Angel' TV series. Seems the most likely market for this thing as well.
@.357:Half Man-Half Amazing: I was over-playing the emotion for a 'New Rules' kind of ranting thing. Too much?
@.357:Half Man-Half Amazing:
I live in LA, so maybe the world is different here but who are these 'snooty Prius drivers'? I haven't seen anyone in a hybrid calling out Porsche drivers. When I was pushing my V8 4Runner, no one yelled at me and pointed to their hybrid badge and expected me to feel shame. No one ever yelled at my friend's funky old Lincoln that leaked more gas than the Prius burns. Where is this supposed snootiness and condemnation? If you have a friend with a Prius that annoys you, maybe your friend is just an a-hole.
The answer is that the snootiness and condescension is all imagined in the minds of the 'car guys.' Yo, piston heads, the only person 'shaming' you is you. Stop playing the victim and enjoy your damn car.
It reminds me of when cell phones first started showing up outside the 'phone in a briefcase' lawyers and drug dealers demographic. Regular people (and highlarious stand-up comics) would go on angrily about "Who does that guy in the Dodge Colt think he IS, with a cell phone?!? Who is he calling?" Like the cell phone possession and usage of another person was somehow an indictment of the viewer. Guess what? It wasn't.
Another person driving a Prius makes ZERO comment on you and your life, Mr. Pistonhead. Get over yourselves! Other people's car choices do NOT revolve around you. They chose the Prius because they wanted to drive it, not because they wanted to make some random stranger feel bad.
@Maura Johnston: Wanna bet that in an earlier edit the ground up Kardashian turned into something else and the CG money was a 'fix' for the standards and practices issues?
I have to imagine that getting Dre to wear the Star Trek outfit took some doing.
I agree that this feels like it should have come out a while back. Doesn't have the same bite as the old 'joke' songs.
I also noticed:
Lots of the lyrics are names of pills.
About 3:30 into the clip he seems to be shoving Kim Kardashian into a wood chipper (high-larious, BTW). Getting MTV to air things more violent or sexual than other artists can get away with is classic Eminem - so in THAT way perhaps he hasn't lost his touch.
I posted on this topic and got a nice response from the Team Robespierre guy. Oh, he gets it!
Excerpt from a conversation about this 'Out of Touch' article, "I want to pay my own way to NYC to punch all these whiny babies in the face." I am over that urge now, as long as I don't glance at the article again.
Another sardonic tale of the ennui-filled upscale trap-life - David & David's "Welcome to the Boomtown." I imagine Sheryl Crow hanging around while they recorded this. Or maybe they sent her out to get the stuff.
I think Glenn Frey's "Smugglers Blues" fits in with what Jess is talking about - but switched up from the Dan's icy lit-rock with the Eagle-man's taste for on-the-nose lyrics and sardonic self-regret.
Also, to match the tone of the post above (and the confusing Presidential slide show) - I suggest Glenn singing about the politics of contraband with visuals of everyone's favorite space doper - Han Solo.
I am not sure how profitable "Notorious" really was. According to boxofficemojo it has grossed $41mil worldwide with a production budget of $20mil. It is standard to assume that Fox Searchlight received half of the gross - thus covering the cost of shooting the film. There is more to be made off the "Notorious" DVD, but they also spent a lot more than $20mil when you count all the advertising/promotion and prints. I am not saying the film was a bomb, just that it was by no means a blockbuster and only vaguely a 'hit.'
The Tupac movie, with or without the law suits, seems likely cost even more that $40mil to produce once all the rights are wrapped up and an actual movie gets made. Puff was an exec producer on "Notorious" keeping the dirt dishing to a minimum - I wonder if it would be better or worse for the prospective 2Pac film to have Suge on board?
@AlastairAnaxagoras: Who knows what people understand, but if someone is hiring a model to help them sell skirts or shoes why the heck would they care about the culture?Of course there are differences between skin tone and culture.
She mentions being appreciated (or not) for her heritage. Models are specifically appreciated for how they look, not what region of the world their soul is from. Look pretty and sell the damn shirt!
She is quite attractive, so mission accomplished.
Not a surprise that this is happening, and even less of a surprise that Virgin didn't go with the 'smaller store' idea. The only brick and mortar music retailer I can think of that is doing well is Amoeba, and they survive by their very big-ness and sensory overload-osity. That was the Virgin plan as well, but I bet their much more expensive real estate (other than in Times Square) was hurting them. Amoeba stayed focused on music (and movies) without all the clothing and electonics and porn which has made Amoeba a destination for music-heads. I completely forgot about the Virgin store, which is less than a mile from the Hollywood Amoeba, when I posted on this topic a while back. Amoeba and Virgin are both tourist spots - but the ones at Amoeba are fans of music who seek out the store while Virgin is the spot people wander into after they get their photo taken with the guy dressed like Spiderman on Hollywood Boulevard. Amoeba seems likely to last because it speaks to the true-believers while Virgin had transformed into Planet Hollywood without burgers.
@gadgetophile:
I work in the music video industry. Every record label has had massive lay-offs. Universal Music is desperately trying to get out of their huge office space leases in NYC and Santa Monica. If record labels were not part of huge corporations with holdings in movies and electronics (like Sony) or just barely still supported by loans and credit no longer available in the new 'economy' labels would already be completely dead. Instead they are just limping along with buzzards overhead.
Branson seems like an odd example to use. Branson owns airlines, real estate and all kind of things, plus he bought an island years ago when all his businesses (esp the music stores and labels) were much healthier. This seems like saying 'How could the stage coach business be faltering, Wells Fargo has a big office tower downtown.' Connected, but hardly relevant.
I don't want to get all trolly on you but, what world are YOU living in? Do you think rappers bragging about their ice and their Lambos are telling the truth?
This cartoon and the whole 'Pirate Bay is hipster Robin Hood' deal seems dead wrong. Certainly the RIAA is stoopid and the MPAA acts like fools, but that doesn't mean their underlying point is wrong.
The fake industry 'disasters' the cartoon parodies were silly (though I am not sure the record biz was ever scared of radio. Twas before my time). The difference is that THIS time the worst case scenario is happening. The recorded music industry is crumbling and bankrupt. People are laid off and new acts are not being signed. Maybe that makes music pirates cheer with anarchic joy, but I doubt anyone will like the future where there is less new, *quality* music, movies, TV and software - as burntbread noted. There will always be music, but it may not always be made by professionals.
This post is almost 2 years old, but it still applies: [30frames.blogspot.com]
I have no doubt that the religionistas in India censor expressions of gay-dom all the time, but ...
It seems clear Black never said 'I am gay' during his speech. I remember thinking during the broadcast that he oddly talked around the subject (like a Melissa Ethridge lyric). In the transcript online Black mentions 'gay kids out there' that will hear a message of hope. The Indian broadcasters certainly could have edited those words out, or even chopped the whole speech since there was plenty of implied homosexuality throughout. Or maybe the South Asian tipster just *thought* something had been cut out due to Black's opaque speech, I might have assumed the same thing. But the world's most shirtless screenwriter never actually outted himself on stage at the Kodak.
transcript: [glaadblog.org]
You guys beat me to it.
The 80s Nintendo VS arcade cabinet was actually a lot like a console. In the back you could pull out a board for one game, say VS Tennis, and put in a different one, like Mario Bros. It took no tools and two minutes. Then swap out the plexiglass marquee sign and it was a 'new' game. The software of the games themselves were identical to the original NES games, but they were boards rather than cartridges like the 'home' version.
