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Here’s another easy entry for my War On Terra manuscript. Just as 9/11 sparked a so-called international war on terror, the Halliburton-Transocean-BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico will open the floodgates to the international war on terra. And if we don’t wage them correctly, both resource wars could consume us all. I quickly lit [...]
From righteous rockers like Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Tenacious D’s “Kickapoo” to riotous tracks like Monty Python’s “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” to, yes, South Park‘s “Uncle Fucker,” these songs scored Academy Awards in another universe. I collected them all for Metromix recently, and it was fucking good.
Hey pals, I’ve been reviewing muzak for Filter Magazine for awhile now. As usual, they ask me what my favorite this and that is for each issue. This time? Album covers. Check out my choices for best album covers ever at Filter’s site, and make sure to pick up a copy of the issue, out [...]
Sure, it’s a hyperbolic title, but the sentiment is real enough. As I reported for AlterNet today, cities across not just America but the world are shortening yellow lights in order to create more ticket revenue from suckered drivers running gamed red lights.
The simple civic problem is that those cities are creating more lethal [...]
[Scott Thill, Morphizm]
After losing the visionary Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show has been leaning heavily on scathing comedians like Jason Jones, Samantha Bee, John Hodgman and this UK import, who just landed his own stand-up show to add to his recent blind deal with Paramount Pictures. It couldn’t have happened to a better brainiac. I [...]
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