Hey to all you damned internet stalkers...uh..I mean wonderful fans. If anyone out there reads our stuff, comment in this post. Come on, we need a self-esteem boost that some stranger sitting in front of a computer screen cares about us. PUH LEEEZZZ.

Penguins are cool.

Artist of the Day



This is the first time MKZ features a chereographer for artist of the day. In celebration of Chicago's Best Picture win, I will proudly present Bob Fosse. To put it simply this guy is the rock star of Broadway. Son of a vaudville performer, at the height of his career, dancers both men and women would line up around the block and thensome for a short auditon; even for the place of being a "back-up" dancer for one of Fosse's productions. He's everything you want a genius to be: completely brilliant in chereography, ground-breaking (first one to ever use television advertising for a Broadway show), a complete maniac for perfectionism, and above all else (and what we expect) abuser of every substance availble under the sun and a complete prick.

Taken from the IMDB trivia section.

In 1973, he recieved an Acadamy Award for directing "Cabaret", a Tony for directing "Pippin", and an Emmy for directing "Liza with a Z". He's the only director to win all three major industry prizes in a single year.

Needless to say he is talented, or lucky. He had a film, All That Jazz! made about his life and a Broadway production showcasing his work aptly named "Fosse". A womanizer (he only liked people who looked attractive and could dance good and was married three times), always seen with cigarette in hand and a complete addict to drugs. He once thought that his recovery from his first heart attack in the 1970's he thought it meant another chance for him to snort cocaine, chain-smoke and pop pills to maintain his frantic pace.

To top it off, here's two of his quotes:

"I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves."

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, work like you don't need the money, and dance like nobody's watching."

Happy "Michelle-Returns-to-Vancouver-and-into-the-Arms-of-Mike" Day!

SADDAM ONCE RECEIVED KEY TO DETROIT

Where do I *ever* find this weird shit?

Washington Times commentary on the documentary "Uncle Saddam"

Fuck! How 'bout them American helicopters?

US Helicopter Crash Kills Six
"A US Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, killing all six military personnel on board, the US military has said."

"Another helicopter crash Friday claimed the lives of eight British and four U.S. Marines.

The Sea Knight helicopter crashed and burned just south of the Iraqi border town of Umm Qasr."
(source: CBC)

The Ron Jeremy School of Sex Education

Its late, and in the morning light, this may not seem that impressive... but I stumbled accross the blog Verbal Ejaculations on the list for "most recently updated blogs" in the corner of blogger.com. And I found the inanely simple conversations between boy and girl, respectively named El Cockmonkey and Pissflaps, to actually be quite funny... especially the one entitled: The Church of Poisoned Vulva.

U.S. Probes Death of Nurse Vaccinated for Smallpox

"U.S. health officials said on Tuesday they were investigating whether the smallpox vaccine had contributed to the death last weekend of a Maryland nurse and serious side effects in six other people recently inoculated against the virus."
More in Link.

And remember when the Bush Administration wanted to make everyone get a smallpox vaccination?

Diary of a Phone Slut
musings of a phone sex operator


(don't forget to dig the archive)

And MICHAEL MOORE WINS for Bowling for Columbine as Best Documentary Feature!
receives standing ovation; handful of assholes in audience boo his speach

Read his speech HERE.

You have to see it to believe it. Click on the "World Record" link

Christopher Walken Loses at the Oscars
to decent second choice Chris Cooper


we were rootin' for ya Walken

Strange Sisters
an archive of lesbian paperback artwork from the 50s and 60s

The *Real* State of the Union
courtesy of fuckitall.com

new 4 minute+ Animatrix trailer

Banned on eBay
Vagina Paintings


"To make my paintings, I apply acrylic paint to part of my body (literally) and then press it against a canvas panel. Because of this unique process, each of my paintings is truly a one of a kind work of art. "

Naked Woman Theater

Weird-Ass Dream
Taking a cue, as I often do, from RoBlog, I'll tell you nice people of a dream I had the other night... in grade 10 my french class went on a trip to France. Last night I dreamed we all went to France again, with our teacher Mme. Plotnikow and everything. I remember Mme Plotnikow yelling at me on the street in front of a large red door. We were going into this large old fancy white stone building with red carpets and high windows, and for some reason we were going to meet the president of France. Who in my dream looked exactly like Yasser Arafat. There was lots of other stuff, that I mostly forget now, involving among other things, my girlfriend Michelle and eating waffles. It felt more coherantly linear at the time. There was a definate colour theme of whites, and reds, and I remember a dark corridor that some of my fellow students and I were going down. For some reason I believe this is right before I went to eat waffles.

I have no idea what it means, if anything.

Michael Moore hits the nail on the head.

The definition of quadding.

SACRED SLAM! Poetry from spiritual teachers. Skee bop de boo bop...Jesus!

For Rob: Nora young


Sook-Yin!?!? I want my show back! Hello? Hello?!

Stephen Louie Day

He is the greatest yet to be non-recognized artist of this or next generation.

Thank you...

BORED? Count the fleeting seconds to your DEATH.

LIVING IN DENIAL
A new Harris poll out of the States reveals that over two thirds of Americans believe in hell, but only about 1 per cent believe that they will actually end up there. The poll also found that 82 per cent of Americans believe in heaven, and most of those fully expect they'll be getting through those pearly gates. Good luck.

from Curious Times.

what's your cowboy bebop theme song?

Before the famousness of Cowbell

The art of Feric

Taken from the evolution series. Be sure to check out his animations for some really fabulous work. I know that I don't know art, but I know that I like this.

The Reverse Cowgirl's Blog

Check it out.

Unicyclerotica

Who knew there was such large Unicyclist community? Don't forget to make it to this years Unicon, and pick up your copy of On One Wheel Magazine: the official publication of the Unicycling Society of America!

Apparently this is news...
File-Sharing Sites Allow Trading of Porn!

"The same technology used to download music from file-sharing sites makes it possible to trade pornography, tech experts testified at a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday.

Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., was surprised. "This is really very alarming to me as a parent who thought he was tech savvy on this kind of thing to see how far this has gone," he said.

That children might download porn isn't the only reason for concern, Saaf said. He said his work has shown that at federal government agencies there are people who spend time at work downloading porn."

From CNN of all places. More in link.

...my God, people are stupid...

While we're on the subject of Christopher Walken, I'd also like to direct you all to the Onion's Walken in LA. A classic if ever I've read one.

Christopher Walken's Sk8r Boi
Am I the only person that things the lyrics for Sk8r boi would make for a great Christopher Walken monologue?

Imagine, if you will, Christopher Walken, cigar in his hand, occationally puffing on it as he recites his dialogue to a neophyte underling that has just crossed him. "He was a boy. She was a girl. Can I make it anymore obvious?" The camera slowly creeps up to the underling as Walken milks his lines. This will happen one day. This, I swear.

You just gotta love America's Most Wanted reenactment dialogue

3 bounty hunters enter the home of a wanted drug trafficker.

Jimmy: "Ew. What's that smell?"
Lead Bounty Hunter: "The breakfast of losers, Jimmy... Crystal Meth."

Star Wars fans liking the movie in too much detail? NOOOOOOOO WAY!!!111!!!!!11!!11!!*ELEVEN*!!!11

First Kill Bill website is up. Thanks Japan!

taking a cue from the RoBlog;
Things Overheard at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas Concession Stand
I work there. And it could easily have been misinterpreted. I sold a large combo to a couple of middle aged men in your basic Cosby sweaters. It comes with a large popcorn, large drink, and a free Jolly Ranchers Fruit Chews. I hand them their jolly ranchers. As they leave one turns to the other and says "FRUIT chews eh? heh heh, you better not tell Karen about these either."
"Ha ha, definately not."

Either way... aren't misunderstandings funny?

Orcs are people, just like us! Except they're orcs.

That is all.

Bang the Olsens the Legal Way

They're hot. They're twins. Every warm blooded guy on the planet wants to do them, especially at the same time.The only downside to this is that they aren't legal yet. You could risk it, its been said "if there's grass on the field, play ball". But just to play it safe, you can consult this handy-dandy Twin Tracker. Its only for the States, but seriously... like the Olsen Twins would come up to Canada anyway.

1998

I already had to write out this entire entry, and then this whole stupid mess went kaputski so this is a redo. At any rate, lately I've been thinking about the great cinema that's come out of the year that was 1998. Three of my all-time favorite films all came out that year, Rushmore, Pleasantville, and The Truman Show. If you haven't seen them, or even if you have, there's no better time than to pop them back into your VCR or DVD player or what have you.

Bible Nuts
A while ago my friend Bob stumbled on this Christian movie reviewing site. Its reviews are the worst most one-sided over-the-top right wing religious reviews I've ever read in my life. But, I am a fan of freedom of speech, and in such a spirit, I present to you some of their more tame reviews. Reviews of said movies from 1998. (The site won't allow me to direct link, so copy/paste is in order, I'm afraid.)

"Pleasantville was replete with arrogant invasion into other people's lives. A pseudo-wise and worldly teen duo pushed their enlightened and progressive morals as needed and for the town's own good. Before the "odd couple" ravaged the morals and ethics of the entire community, the town teens who parked in "Lover's Lane" were honest and wholesome and enjoyed the beauty of the town lights below. But after the teen terrors tainted the entire town, a scene at Lover's Lane presented legs flying and cars rocking. A scene of a teenage pair with the girl giving a boy an apple was a very cheap shot at the Garden of Eden; that the sins of Adam and Eve were caused by sexual attraction/lust between an unmarried underage couple -- lies on explicit Scripture." More here: http://www.capalert.com/capreports/pleasant98.htm.

"Though nudity and murder were not noted, The Truman Show freckled the 1 hour and 55 minutes with traditionally unacceptable language, sexual references and innuendo and camera angles to focus the viewer on private regions, and just a touch of adolescent arrogance. Another invasive feature of The Truman Show was the frequent use of God's name in vain, once with and many without the four letter expletive, and Ed Harris playing God. Violence was present in the form of [implied] drowning deaths, a reference to suicide, murderous rage, and other matters of non-peaceful programming. The Truman Show also presented drinking as desirable and several barroom scenes."

"Rushmore was a school, a stupid school. This was a dumb show, an unimportant show, an easily forgotten show. I don't know if I need to say any more, but I will. Though not necessarily a violent movie in the vein of most R-rated movies, there were a lot of bully tactics, vengeful actions, threats, and airgun/dart shooting of a kids. The heart of this movie was in lies, arrogance, manipulations of fair authority because of personal failures, and foul language. In one case, a teen took pleasure in insulting a bed-ridden patient of a stroke. In another case, the teen took delight in attempting to murder his adult friend-turned-rival by disabling the brakes of his car. Though not likely in real life, the central teen obtained dynamite."

These are very tame of course, if you want some real hate spit forward by these people who claim not to hate, then just read the review of Fight Club. Its actually hilarious, if you don't take it seriously. And if you dare, check out the rest of their reviews here: http://www.capalert.com/capreports/index.htm

Enjoy.

Mike Myhre Day I love this guy. He is the greatest MKZ artist of the day since he's an awesome guy when you get to know him. Yay...umm..that's it. Yes.

Good news for all at least here.

Has the heavens collapsed in pure joyousness? I think the PS2 has officially climbed up steps in being more cool than any other system, even with Zelda. If you don't know what the Onimusha series is about, it's basically Samurai killing evil Demons. One thing of worthy note is that Capcom (the company making it) usually makes their characters look like famous movie stars, and up until now it was Japanese movie stars (alive and dead!). The thing is, the upcoming Onimusha 3 is lo and behold having Jean Reno!




More screens here

I'm sorry did I miss my daily mention on how Christpher Walken ROCKS?!!!

Linkyty Link link!

Christopher Walken, best known for his over-the-top, sometimes foaming-at-the-mouth performances, won the best supporting actor award for his restrained work as Leonardo DiCaprio's father in "Catch Me If You Can."

"A reviewer said I was playing a human being for once," Walken said after winning.

Fuck you reviewer. Walken woks regardless of what he does.

Count---tree BEARS! I'll gEt you...BEARS!

Listen to his wonderful words

Alas we cannot attend the coveted "Pre-Oscar Party" with Walken as a possible show up.

Phil Ochs Day

This is the first time a musician has been the MKZ artist of the day, but in this time of possible war, I'd like to draw attention to one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Phil Ochs. For a large part of his career he sang Vientnam protest songs. Most of his songs were protesting some injustice or other that was happening at the time, and just as importantly they are all good songs that are nice to listen to, with catchy choruses or just really good music accompanying his incredible lyrics. But his Vietnam protest songs are the ones I'm most familiar with. His album 'I Ain't Marching Anymore' was the first I had heard. The title track is an incredible song that I've listened to more times than I could count. In each lyric it goes through a particular war in which the Americans were involved, the injustices they commited then followed by the refrain of "I ain't marchin' anymore". The song seems particular apt with the bullshit the Bush administration is trying to go through with in the name of oil.

"Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British war The young land started growing The young blood started flowing But I ain't marchin' anymore "For I've killed my share of Indians In a thousand different fights I was there at the Little Big Horn I heard many men lying I saw many more dying But I ain't marchin' anymore "It's always the old to lead us to the war It's always the young to fall Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun Tell me is it worth it all"

The full lyrics, notes and chords to I Ain't Marchin' Anymore can be found here. I'd recommend it to the top of your list of songs to download too.

"[The demonstrations were] merely an attack of mental disobedience
on an obediently insane society...and if you feel you have been living
in an unreal world for the last couple of years, it is particularly
because this power structure has refused to listen to reason...Step
outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own
rules and your own reality."
-Phil Ochs (in response to anti-war protests)

More quotes can be found here.

Beer goggles: a scientific enigma no longer

Rock = Power Paper = Stealth Scissors = Ingenuity The World Rock Paper Scissors Society!

Everything from rating kittens to people, now the oddest of them all... Rate My Camel Toe.

OK, now this is obviously a joke... and a damn good one. Read on.

And please, check out the classic educational and safety films of the 40s and 50s here.

Cooking with Christopher
More Walken goodness for you. In the link above his Walken's recepies for T.N.T. Shrimp Appetizer, Zucchini Linguine, and New Delhi Salmon. Bon apetite.

Walken is the king of interesting monologues. And here's a great one from the upcoming Poolhall Junkies.

A Video Tribute to Mister Rogers. And while we're at it, a Prayer too.

Jay Stephens Day


Tutenstein, soon to be an animated series on NBC

Jay Stephens creates a multitude of great comics in varying genres, from the kid-friendly Jetcat Clubhouse, to the subversively more mature Land of Nod and his contribution to the superhero genre, Atomic City Tales. He has so many projects on the go it'd be hard to name them all, everything from the Tutenstein series on NBC, to his pitch of another animated series called the Cryptids, and begining March 20th in the Toronto Star a new weekly full-colour comic strip called Welcome to Oddville, and regular contributions to ChickaDee magazine for kids, all the while still creating comics for independent press. And you can also see his newest creation, The Nature Show, in the Oni Press Sunday Comics archive.

My brain come to life.

LEGO DAY

The Lego Bible



The Lego Tarot



And lest we forget Stories Illustrated with Lego. Oh, to have that much time... and Lego...