Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Weird
This one's for every guy out there who, like me at 12 years old, knew more parody songs than originals. I think Patton Oswalt is probably in that club with me.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Grade School Scarface
When I was in *high school*, I played a detective who tracked down the school's litterbug and made him "clean up"-- fudging kids these days, don't know how good they got it.
Via Jonathan Blanks
Thursday, March 25, 2010
"Tesla was the electric Jesus"
I had to complete the Jesus post trifecta, even if in a very tangential way:) If history was actually taught this way, more people would become historians, but they would all die young.
Via Xaq via /.
UPDATE: Evidently, high schools don't take kindly to this type of pedagogy.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Fashion must be destroyed
Not railing against size zero models or Kate Moss' coke binges, this is a horse of a different color. Not sure what to make of it actually.
Via the irrepressible Jerry Brito.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
Tokyo/Glow
Tokyo/Glow HD from Nathan Johnston on Vimeo.
More
Via Xaq
Although not remotely related, I also wanted to highlight the NPR remixes of Church of the SubGenius "congregant" F. Le Mur.
Via Reason
Thursday, March 04, 2010
The Age of Humbert
Via Slate
I'm probably bringing Pieces of Flair dangerously close to relevance, but I don't doubt that there will be a post about a graphic novelization of the life of Godzilla creator Tomoyuki Tanaka or the like in the near future to compensate.
Regardless, as I find myself firmly in the "Hell, that's messed up" camp, and as PoF has previously highlighted the disturbing without ignoring the pedophilic, I thought I could give this a go. It also helps that I believe that Brazil's rising international clout makes them the successors of Japan and Russia as international purveyors of cultural unease.
So, with that in mind, I thought I'd seek commentary on Brazil's 8-year-old Lady Gaga, which, while double-take inducing, doesn't lack for camp value:
A frightening new stage in the sexualization of pre-pubescents, or is nothing new under the sun? As Shirley Temple shows us:
OK, with that, I'll start hunting regretsy for a follow-up post.
I'm probably bringing Pieces of Flair dangerously close to relevance, but I don't doubt that there will be a post about a graphic novelization of the life of Godzilla creator Tomoyuki Tanaka or the like in the near future to compensate.
Regardless, as I find myself firmly in the "Hell, that's messed up" camp, and as PoF has previously highlighted the disturbing without ignoring the pedophilic, I thought I could give this a go. It also helps that I believe that Brazil's rising international clout makes them the successors of Japan and Russia as international purveyors of cultural unease.
So, with that in mind, I thought I'd seek commentary on Brazil's 8-year-old Lady Gaga, which, while double-take inducing, doesn't lack for camp value:
A frightening new stage in the sexualization of pre-pubescents, or is nothing new under the sun? As Shirley Temple shows us:
OK, with that, I'll start hunting regretsy for a follow-up post.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
You've been badly whipped...
For more of this general brilliance, visit Nate Bloch's site.
Thanks to Mike N. at FEE, and Tom, in his own nagging way...
Monday, March 01, 2010
Politico Editorial Meeting
It's possible that i find this funny solely because i used to live in DC. Possible, but I think it's pretty funny:)
Via Dave Weigel