This is an Illustrator assignment I did. I'm still rusty with Illustrator, but was pretty happy with these results. Drawn straight ahead using only shapes on the computer with no reference.

Classified under: Mike Myhre,art

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy trailers!

I'm not sure how long Ugo will keep this up, but it's one of the most entertaining trailers I've seen in a long time, and HEARTILY suggest you see it. Front page of Ugo for, I suppose, however long they feel like it. Also, check out this great one from the official site. Enjoy. This movie is going to be great!

Classified under: Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,movie,trailer,Douglas Adams

Dirty Found Magazine

Everyone in the know knows of Found Magazine, however now there is also Dirty Found. Collecting "pervy poloroids, sleazy birthday cards, raunchy to-do lists, sexy poetry on napkins" etc. The first issue is out now. I dunno about you, but I'm going to go try and buy my copy tomorrow after school.

These testimonials by the likes of David Cross and John Waters, as well as the positive press by The New York Times, Guardian, Playboy and Esquire are reassuring as well.

Found under: found,magazine,erotica

Brunch is on Jared.

© Mike Myhre

This is an unfinished sketch I did in preperation for a painting I most likely will never get around to. The painting would most likely be monochromatic though. I was thinking of green.

Also, I can't get full size from Flickr. Hopefully someone can help me rectify this because it's pissing me right the fuck off.

Classified under: Mike Myhre,art

Assman's Funeral Chapel

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Originally uploaded by Mike Myhre.

If you ever happen to die in Prince George, British Columbia you might wanna let ASSMAN take care of your arrangements. I know I would.

Ha ha, what a horrible, insensitive sounding name for a funeral chapel. I love it.

For more information:
1908 Queensway, Prince George, BC V2L1M2
(250)564-4431
(250)564-9421 Fax
(800)661-3020 Toll Free

Buried under: funeral,photo

Paris Does it Again

OK, remember when Paris Hilton's address book got hacked? Well, if you feel like poking your nose in where it doesn't belong, here are the camera-phone pictures she had. Yes, there are a couple with boobies, and one with Burt Reynolds.
(you have to click the link from the blog post. direct linking not allowed.)

And I'll just take a moment to apologize for continuing to pollute the internet and social consciousness with the antics of this rich bitch.

Classified under: Paris Hilton

Just A Word - Irish Hip Hop

A friend of mine from across the pond sent me link to her friend's band's site. I listened to their sample tune To Whom It May Concern on their site's front page and was surprised, I really dig it. Irish rap is exactly what you'd think it sounds like. Picture angry white micks instead of angry black niggaz.
(That's not meant to be racist)

Classizzlefied under: rap,music

Battlestar Galatica: the first episode available for free and online

Thanks to the generousity of sci-fi, anyone can see the first episode of television's finest 9/11 alagory, Battlestar Galatica.
Classified under: Battlestar Galatica,

More Japanese porn: porno smallbook speaking, let's go

What does "toot toot" and "clickeity-clack" have to do with Japanese sex? Your guess is as good as mine. I suppose I'll have to ask Miwako to see if these translations are accurate again.
Classified under: porn,erotica,Japanese porn,

Spider-man's Greatest Bible Stories

And suddenly, Christianity makes ten times more sense.
Classified under: Spider-man,comics,webjunk,religion

Vatican offers classes on Satanism

The Vatican's university is offering a new course on Satanism, black magic and exorcism.

Renewed worries about satanic practices among young people prompted the class for clergy and seminarians at Rome's Pontifical Academy.

The Vatican is particularly concerned about the lure of the devil in Italy where eight people believed to belong to a satanic sect will be tried next week for their alleged role in three ritualistic killings.

Also, in other totally unrelated news, the Pope says that gay marriage is part of "ideology of evil".
Classified under: news,

Star Wars Episode 3: spoiled to fuck

The website gives you a bare bones view of the entire plot, sans dialog. I'm not sure about you, but I feel very underwhelmed. I suppose that it'll be better once you see it in action.
Classified under: movies, Star Wars

Bale on Batman: Jesus with a twist of a American Psycho

He's very much an American psycho of sorts and, yeah, also certainly has Christ-like symptoms," Bale said in an interview at WonderCon in San Francisco last weekend. "And, yeah, you know, [you see it in] the battle between [his] spirit and ... flesh and, with Bruce Wayne, the battle between the philanthropy his father taught him and was a great example to him for and the need for vengeance, which is incredibly strong."

He's Jesus meets an 80s yuppie with delusions of grandeur? Can anyone explain this to me?
Classified under: Christian Bale,interview,movies,Batman Begins

Les Petits Livres D'Or pour les Jeunes

To my friends who speak French, or to appreciators of great art, contained here is a gallery of full old school Golden Books in French.

Classifié dessous: books,livres

Artist of the Day - DAN DECARLO

This Dan DeCarlo book is amazing. Dan DeCarlo is best known for his 40+ years of work on Archie comics. However his pin-up cartoons of the 50s and 60s are absolutely amazing and boast a naughty sense of humour that you wouldn't expect when looking at the Archie-like characters. (there is also a surprising amount of nudity and near-nudity in his early work) These are selections from the old Humorama girlie magazine (1956-1963) which apparently featured Betty Page photography and other famous artists doing one panel strips, such as the creator of Plastic Man, Jack Cole, Bill Wenzel, and those by DeCarlo which were often penned by Stan "the Man" Lee. This book is third in a series from Fantagraphics celebrating these artists' pin-up work. (the preceding two were The Classic Pin-Up Art of Jack Cole, and The Glamour Girls of Bill Ward.)

Unfortunately a rights issue over Josie and the Pussycats emerged around the time of the film adaptation and DeCarlo was fired by the company he helped to create and give visual identity to. He died not long after from a heart attack at the age of 82, in 2001.

Samples from the shown Dan DeCarlo book above can be found here.

Classified under: Dan DeCarlo,comics,art

Porn Star Action Figures

I can't believe it, there are now porn star action figures. A lot of them too. Including numerous incarnations of Jenna Jameson, including a bust (pun intended) and, most laughably, a cross-eyed Halloween figure. The thing I find odd is that none of them are naked, or even in lingerie of some sort. It really defeats the purpose of having a porn star action figure in my mind, when you can get McFarlane Toys that are more alluring.
(All links are works safe.)

Assified under: porn,action figures

2 Years of Moon Karma Zero

Bored today? As of this month we have supplied you, the reader, with 2 years of webjunk. Check the archives to celebrate this auspicious occasion. Also, buy us a cake.

Arrested Development Rumors (probably) Untrue

Fox has a history of cancelling great shows early on. They get the best shows on TV and without fail cancel them for shit that shouldn't even be on UPN. Great shows such as Undeclared, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, The Ben Stiller Show, Futurama, Family Guy etc. Critically acclaimed, award-winning shows.
So Fox, being the asswads they are, cut the 22 episode order for this season's Arrested Development to 18. To make room for more of Seth McFarland's bland American Dad. Then David Cross was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live and basically said that the show will not be renewed. I could believe that.
But luckily on the official site they have a new message up that reads:

Dear Arrested Development Fans:

Thank you for your e-mail and your passionate support of Arrested Development. While the show has finished production for its second season, contrary to the rumors you may have heard or read on the internet, it is NOT cancelled.

We at FOX love Arrested Development and we look forward to having the Bluth family back on FOX in the future – hopefully for many years. You can help make the show a bigger success by getting as many people as possible to start watching the show this Sunday and every Sunday at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.

So for fuck's sake, watch the show. It is the funniest, best written, most smartly cast sitcom to make it on the air in a long, long time.

Also, you can read the Onion AV Club's interview with series creator Mitchell Hurwitz here.

Classified under: Arrested Development,television

Cagesploitation!

Classified under: comics,Luke Cage

A parent's primer to computer slang

While it's important to respect your children's privacy, understanding what your teenager's online slang means and how to decipher it is important as you help guide their online experience. While it has many nicknames, information-age slang is commonly referred to as leetspeek, or leet for short. Leet (a vernacular form of "elite") is a specific type of computer slang where a user replaces regular letters with other keyboard characters to form words phonetically—creating the digital equivalent of pig Latin with a twist of hieroglyphics.

Leet words can be expressed in hundreds of ways using different substitutions and combinations, but once one understands that nearly all characters are formed as phonemes and symbols, leetspeek isn't difficult to translate.

I stole this from Heather. On the bottom, it asks if you found the information useful. I clicked yes. Every time Microsoft uses their valuable time and money to translate leet, for the safety or the children, is fine by me.
Classified under: webjunk,

Grant Morrison Waxes On All-Star Superman

I know this is old, but I thought it was a fascinating read nevertheless.
Classified under: Grant Morrison,Superman,comics

British Food Gallery

Guess what the Brits love on a cold winter's day?
Some spicy Jamaican cock.

Classified under: food,webjunk

Star Wars Ep. III Opens the Cannes Film Festival

After months of negotiations between George Lucas and festival officials, Star Wars: Episode III - The Revenge Of The Sith will open the festival in the South of France in May.

Classified under: Cannes,Star Wars

from Sensual Liberation Army

Jeremy Love reviews the Essential Luke Cage Vol. 1

Stolen from the V forum

ESSENTIAL LUKE CAGE Volume One

SWEET CHRISTMAS, this was the shiznit! Dodgy drawing, hilarious fake slang but one story sold me on the whole affair LUKE CAGE vs. DOCTOR DOOM.

I declare LUKE CAGE: HERO FOR HIRE issues 19 and 20 to be the GREATEST COMIC BOOK EVER created.

In case you don't believe me I will describe the story for you ( SPOILERS OF COURSE ):

Doom hires Cage to find some of his missing robots, so he does and Doom fails to pay him the 200 fucking dollars he charged for the job. Cage says (exact quote): "That's how you play it, Doom? You Motherless son of a Witch, you'll find out how LUKE CAGE plays it! I'm comin' for you, Doom! Someway, Somehow, Luke Cae is gonna NAIL YOU TO THE WALL!" (keep in mind, this is for 200 bucks)

So Cage crashes into the Fantastic Four building to ask Reed to borrow a FUCKING ROCKET to fly to Latveria to get his 200 bucks. Of course he has to whup the entire FF's ass before they calm down for long enough to talk.

Reed, "Good Lord! He dropped Ben in his tracks!" Cage (to Thing) , "I need Reed, not you-- So sit easy while I run my rap..." and then he pops Ben Grim upside the head.

He asks Reed to borrow the ROcket and Johnny Storm tells him "The Subway's right around the corner Pal, and if you're looking for some spare change..." Revelation: Johnny Storm is a racist prick! I knew it!

So that Medusa chick and Reed smile and say they totally admire Cage's "spunk" in that condescending whitey way and let him borrow the rocket.

So Cage goes to Latveria teams up with the "Faceless One" who's leading a ROBOT REVOLUTION, busts up in Dooms castle and Doom says (EXACT DIALOGUE FROM THE COMIC): "When my men reported a crazy BLACK (emphasis NOT mine) man in the Fantastic Four's craft, I knew it had to be you"

So Cage starts punching Doom in the gut repeatedly. Cage reveals Doom's fatal flaw "Negro Underestimation" apparently Doom's armor cant withstand repeated stress on a solitary point and it damages all of Doom's circuitry, rendering Doom useless. He admires Cage because no one's ever thought of that before ( I guess it makes sense that Reed Richards never thought to just punch the guy).

So Doom gives Cage his props and is about to give him his 200 bucks when the FACELESS ONE shows up again. His big plan was not a Robot Revolution, but he wanted to kill Doom. But "Murder's a Gig I don't take kindly too" says Cage teams up with Doom to whup the faceless one's ass cuz he'll be damned if Doom is killed before he gets his 200 bucks.

So they kick the Faceless One's ass, Cage gets his 200 bucks and flies home. The caption reads (again WORD FOR WORD): "Stoicly Cage counts through the crisp green bills until $200 grows in the palm of his hand, after that he simply silently turns away"

Ben Grimm is pissed because Cage helped Doom stop the Robot revolution (which Doom gets total credit for in the newspapers) and Cage won't tell them the details. So Cage says "I'm tired ####, I'm going home to take a shower" and gets in a cab $200 richer.

This was the most fun I've had reading a comic in a long time. The way Cage just strolls through the entire story with his fist balled up, staying cool and kicking ass was just fucking awesome. Everybody undersestimated him, but he got the job done anyway. The interaction between Cage and Doom is priceless. I can't believe this was actually published.

Guess what I want for my birthday?
Classified under: reviews, Jeremy Love, comics, Luke Cage

Old School Hong Kong comic covers

Cover design from old HK comic books. I'll sic Anson on the covers later so that we can get a translation of what the comic is called. How long do you think it'll take for Warren Ellis to pick this up? I give it 6 hours.
Classified under: comics,design,

Metal Gear Solid 3's Bonus Ending

Classified under: video games,Metal Gear Solid,webjunk

Seth Green's ROBOT CHICKEN

I finally had a chance to watch Seth Green's new series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up: Robot Chicken. It's stop motion with action figures. It's also funny as hell, and boasts an array of guest voices on its pilot, and upcoming episodes. Voices include the likes of Macaulay Culkin, Rachael Leigh Cook, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Hamill, Burt Reynolds, the cast of That 70s Show, and more.
Regardless what some critics have said, I found the show to be hilarious. Really laugh-out-loud hilarious, and that's something that's been missing in the Adult Swim original programming since they killed off the Venture Brothers. And where else can you see a very special episode of Transformers where Optimus Prime deals with the pain of prostate cancer? More plot summaries here if you like to spoil things.

Classified under: Robot Chicken,cartoons

Hunter S. Thompson - RIP - 1937-2005

"Hunter S. Thompson, who pioneered "gonzo" journalism and became a counterculture celebrity with works such as "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," fatally shot himself at his Colorado home on Sunday night, police said. He was 67."
from Reuters.

You can read through the archives from his ESPN column here.

Classified under: Hunter S. Thompson,news

Paris Hilton's Address Book hacked....Celeb Numbers galore!

It was earlier last night, but the fallout of it was pretty hilarious I guess. In a matter of hours phone numbers were changed. From the list are but not limited to:

C. Agulieria, Lindsy Lohan, Eminem, Vin Disel, Seth Green, Anna Kournikova, Avril Lavinge, Luke Wilson, L'il Jon, Victoria Gotti and much more.

Classified under: Celebrity,

A Scanner Darkly Trailer Is Up

It took 'em decades, but it looks like Hollywood is finally doing Dick right.Classified under: trailers,Richard Linklater,

Bored Tonight? Watch Some Movies.

Download and watch the (deservingly) cult classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. Or Frank Capra's dark Christmas tale of suicide Meet John Doe. Or Romero's original Night of the Living Dead, A Farewell to Arms, Reefer Madness, The Brain that Wouldn't Die, Three Stoogesand a hell of a lot more. Not a torrent site.

Classified under: webjunk,movie

Super Dickery

In the spirit of Superman is a Dick, here's some stupid comic covers. Includes Archie admitting to beating off three guys, Lois Lane marrying approximatly 150 different people, and stuff like Jimmy becoming a dirty hippie that hates Superman.
I actually had the fortune to read some of the hippie Jimmy not that long ago. It's hilarious how out of touch and old the writer and artist obviously are. Hippies are barefoot and holding signs that read "We Hate Money!" The dialogue carried on in this issue is so painfully misguided it's hilarious.

Crapified under: webjunk,comics

Snapatorium

One of the creepier photos that I found at Snapatorium, a website dedicated to found photos.

Classified under:webjunk,photos

FANTASTIC FOUR Trailer that doesn't eat quite as much ass

Classified under: trailer

Robin Williams sings the Pixar Freedom Song

Words do not describe how utterly surreal and yet spot on this little ditty is.
Classified under: Robin Williams,webjunk,mp3

The cover to Beck's new album. Been listening to some select tracks. It's great.

Classified under: Beck,music

DOG JUDO!

British wit, dogs and judo. Combined.

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Chris "Chrispy" Hale

My good friend Chrispy has his site up. It hasn't been updated a lot, but its well worth checking out. Especially his 2 short films (located in the Art section), which are amazing. WATCH THEM.



Classified under: Chris Hale,art

Artist of the Day - MARC BELL

Marc Bell lives in Vancouver, and has done some of the most visually inventive, yet demanding-of-close-attention comics I've ever seen. His Shrimpy & Paul is amazing, and his latest from Fantagraphics "Worn Tuff Elbow" is an amazing allegory of the interplay at work between the wealthy and the downtrodden. Plus its goofy. I could try to sound all uppity about his work, but honestly, the best part about it is its fun to look at, and relook at, following every line to another bit you missed before. Check out his pieces from The Stacks gallery show now on display at the prestigious Adam Baumgold Gallery in New York.

His pocket-sized art book The Stacks is available now from Drawn & Quarterly.

Classified under: Marc Bell,comics,art

The Perry Bible Fellowship Comic Strip

Read through the archives, this is one of the funniest strips I've ever read on the internet.

Classified under: comics

LOONATICS (sucks)

As a follow up to the preceding story here are the atrocious abominations of which it speaks. Enjoy... If such a thing is possible...

A different, larger poster here.

Classified under: Loonatics

Warner Bros. offering "re-imagined" versions of classic cartoon characters

Talk about extreme makeovers. Take a look at what's happening to Daffy and Bugs.

Hoping to breathe new life into its animated Looney Tunes franchise and prop up the WB television network's slumping Kids' WB line-up, Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. is planning to launch a new cartoon series this fall based on "re-imagined" versions of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tasmanian Devil, Lola Bunny, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.

Warner Bros. has created angular, slightly menacing-looking versions of the classic Looney Tunes characters for its new series, dubbed "Loonatics" and set in the year 2772.

Names for the new characters haven't been finalized, but they are likely to be derived from the originals: Buzz Bunny, for example.

Yo Yogi, anyone?
Classified under: news,

In other news...

I was diagnosed with acute appendicitis, Monday afternoon and had it removed later that evening. I am now recovering and full of pain. Shout out to my woman for making me go to the clinic in the first place. Especially since the doctor said my appendix almost perforated. (i.e. exploded)


Me, circa when I had an appendix.

TOP TEN RETURNS!

Here's what Comics Continuum has to say about the brand new Alan Moore/Gene Ha Top Ten Original Hardcover Top Ten: The Forty-Niners:

"The Eisner Award-winning team that brought you Top Ten reunites for an original hardcover graphic novel that delves into the past, revealing the origins of Neopolis and the first officers of Top Ten. Neopolis is the city of the future, but it's also full of the roughest and toughest heroes and villains the world has ever known. You've met the cast of Top Ten -- Smax, King Peacock, Toybox, Joe Pi and more. Now meet their forebears, who blazed the trail and made Neopolis the city it is today.

112 pages, in stores on May 25."

Classified under: comics,Alan Moore

You know when you're a growing city when you have your own homebrewed white pride group in town.



Web site recruiting for local skinheads

By Sarah Young
Alaska Highway News


February 11, 2005


A self-professed “white nationalist” is using an Internet Web site to recruit skinheads in the Fort St. John area for what he calls pro-white, anti-Jewish networking opportunities.

“We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White children,” states the www.exterminance.org Web site. It’s the 14-word white supremacist movement mantra that is highlighted throughout the site in the title Exterminance 14/88. The number 88 represents white supremacist writer David Lane’s 88 Precepts for a white nationalist system of governance.

Under the mantra is a link to a page calling for skinheads in the Fort St. John area.

“Hey Shiny Top!” is the recruiting call. “That’s right, I’m putting this up as a beacon for any Skinheads in the Fort St. John area. Looking for pro-White, non-violent, non-drug-abusing folks who want to network. No drug-abusers, left-wingers, Jews or other non-Whites need apply.”

Bill Noble, who has been in Fort St. John since 2002, told the Alaska Highway News that he put the Web site up last year, along with the page recruiting people for what he calls the “white nationalist cause.” He said nobody has yet responded to his invitation.

The site, which lists a local telephone number and apartment address, includes what appears to be a picture of the 28-year-old Noble sporting a shaved head and Adolf Hitler-style moustache and an explanation of the name “Exterminance.” According to Noble, the term is a Catholic name for the anti-Christ, with which he says he strongly identifies.

Although Exterminance bears a strong resemblance to the word extermination, Noble emphasized that he has no interest in eradicating non-whites.

Fort St. John RCMP have confirmed that they have been investigating Noble since July of 2004. Sgt. Terry Jacklin said a complaint has been filed with the the RCMP.

“We are aware of his Web site and we are aware of his interest in trying to recruit people here,” said Jacklin, noting that police are unsure whether Noble has had any success so far.

Jacklin added that Noble has not yet tried to publicly recruit members through flyers or other means and that the public does not need to be worried for their safety.

“Nothing that has come up in the investigation so far shows any issues with violence.”

Police could not provide further details on whether Noble is actually violating Criminal Code legislation because of their ongoing investigation.

A self-professed racist, Noble says he promotes white nationalism, not white supremacy.

“Racialism is a direct synonym for racism but without the negative connotations,” he said in a telephone interview. “Racist bears a certain inherent rudeness, whereas the other term (racialist) is almost purely scientific.

“Most people over 50 years ago were racist but then the entire anti-racist concept was born and it’s just spreading like a fad. Everyone believes racism is wrong and people go so far as to say it’s unnatural, which is totally absurd.”

Noble claims that racism is “entirely natural” since everyone recognizes the differences among races just as they would recognize the differences between cats and dogs. And it’s those differences that Noble claims to be protecting by promoting white pride through his Exterminance site and others, such as the Society for the Promotion of Racial Awareness site, which he says is designed to combat Canada’s “multiculturalism agenda.”

“Basically it (multiculturalism) destroys,” Noble said. “It takes several unique, indigenous cultures and mingles them all together so it destroys all the unique properties of each. “I believe cultures can live side-by-side, so long as they respect each other. But to actually mix them all together and encourage them to interbreed … that destroys cultures and destroys races.”

Noble draws a distinction between white nationalism and white supremacy, an idea he said he finds “abhorrent.”

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THESE FAKE WARNINGS ARE FUCKING ANNOYING!!

'young person's sexual song-with-animal-legs'

What's that picture about? It's a how-to guide to cunnilingus. Seriously. It's taken from, if I understand correctly, a Japanese sex ed guide for teens. The sheer lunacy of it puts the American sex education system to shame.
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Olsen Twins are Naughty

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Baby Got Book (Bible) music video

Sir Mix-A-Lot for obsessive christians. Confusingly entertaining. Intensely preachy.

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Superman is a dick

Middle-Aged Stay-at-Home Women with E-Mail are Dangerous

I'm constantly inundated with bad e-mail forwards. One of the most nefarious are the various forms of test answers that are from "real children's tests". That is such bullshit. These are lame Family Circus punchlines some bored housewife with a limited knowledge of e-mail and a fibber's spirit concocted to feel witty. Yet people obviously believe this garbage or why else would I keep getting it?

The latest wit and wisdom of the middle-aged stay-at-home wife pretending to be a class of children is boasted as "Children's Science ExamAnswers . These are real answers given by children ." (that's the real punctuation. I had no idea there was supposed to be a space before a period. Geeeez...) Hilights include:

Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon . All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature hates a vacuum . I forget where the sun joins in this fight .

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire .

Q: Give the meaning of the term "Caesarean Section"
A: The Caesarean Section is a district in Rome

Now, let's analyze, shall we?
Where the fuck is this school where kids are getting asked about steroids on a science test? Not any I've ever heard of.
Kids do NOT use sayings like "tends to flow" or "nature hates a vacuum". What the fuck kid have you ever met that even knew there was a definition of vacuum outside of the kind that picks crap up off carpets?
If a kid were to say that they'd say sweat. What the fuck kid says, or knows the word, 'perspire'?!
And lastly... again... what the fuck school puts questions about caesarean sections on a test? And what "real life child" would know anything about districts in Rome?!

So there you have it. I've debunked the whole thing. Now will people stop sending me lying SHIT like this, please?!!

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BRIGHT EYES - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

I've been listening to Bright Eyes for a few years now, and have always been impressed by Connor Oberst's flair for lyrics. From great rhymes, to clever lines, his wavery voice makes every word heart-rending. Connor Oberst has been recording music since he was 13 in his first band Commander Venus.

They've been around forever, soaking in the indie love, and touring small venues like Vancouver's Richards on Richards. (to those who have not been there, its small) Now he's released 2 new Bright Eyes albums simultaneously, one mostly acousitc leaning towards folk, including a duet with legendary songstress Emmylou Harris and one that is much more produced, and electronic rock. The latter is Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (which I have yet to listen to in full) but the former I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning has been in a loop on my player, and its already established itself as the best new album so far this year.

Hell finally froze after Modest Mouse had a top single on MTV, leaving the window open for more established indie acts to sneak into the limelight, which seems to be happening now, as Bright Eyes is getting publicity from everything from the Georgia Straight to Esquire. Its refreshing to see the rest of the world finally take note of talent that's earned its dues. Something I'm convinced doesn't happen a lot.

So in short... I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning... great album. Digital Ash in a Digital Urn ... I'll get back to you after I giver a listen.

Classified under: music,Bright Eyes

Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions

It must be understood that the new art of self-defence with a walking-stick, herewith introduced for the first time, differs essentially from single-stick or sword-play; for a man may be a champion in the use of sword or single-stick [EN2] and yet be quite unable to put a walking-stick to any effective use as a weapon of defence. The simple and sufficient reason to account for this is that both in single-stick and sword-play a cut is always taken up by the hilt of the weapon, whereas if you attempted to guard a blow with a walking-stick -- which has no hilt -- in the same way as you would with a sword, the blow would slide down your stick onto your hand and disable you. Therefore, in order to make a stick a real means of self-defence, it has been necessary to devise a system by which one can guard a blow in such a way as to cause it to slide away from the hand instead of toward it, and thus obviate the risk of being disarmed by being hit upon the fingers.

After some fifteen years of hard work, such a system has been devised by a Swiss professor of arms, M. Vigny. [EN3] It has recently been assimilated by me into my system of self-defence called "Bartitsu."

In the art of self-defence with a walking-stick, the stick is held in the hand with the thumb overlapping the fingers, and not, as in single-stick or sword-play, with the thumb resting on the blade. The stick is therefore manipulated with the wrist -- and not with the fingers as in sword-play -- and the blows are given by swinging the body on the hips -- and not merely by flips from the elbow. In this way blows can be made so formidable that with an ordinary malacca cane it is possible to sever a man's jugular vein through the collar of his overcoat

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Artist of the Day: Clare Davies

Classified under: webjunk ,art

Clare Davies is a wiccan, feminist and an artist. What makes her art so unique is not the content of her artwork, but rather the medium she uses. You see, Miss Davies uses menstrual blood to create her artwork. Check out more of her artwork and a FAQ using the following link.

NORTH KOREA HAS NUKES!!

"North Korea publicly acknowledged Thursday for the first time that it has nuclear weapons and said it won’t return to six-nation talks aimed at getting it to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

“We ... have manufactured nukes for self-defense to cope with the Bush administration’s ever more undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the (North),” the North Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency."

More.

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Artist of the Day

And to bring back an old feature, because I just discovered his AMAZING site filled with art, the first artist of the day of the new year:

TOM HERPICH



Herpich's oversized one-shots Cusp and Gongwanadon have served as invaluable inspiration to me. His style is simple, yet he obviously has an extensive understanding of anatomy and how to manipulate it or simplify it, yet maintain believable proportions. Its a joy to look at his work, and his comics are filled with a truly twisted sense of humour. He also started out in animation, and worked in the concept deptartment at Spumco. Go to his site to see more.

And just as a side-note, in a recent interview he said that "dreams are kinda this free cornucopia of unearned ideas." I find that to be an amazingly new and fresh way of looking at them.

Classified under: comics,art

KRACHMACHER

©2005 Jim Campbell

Krachmacher is a comic by a recent Xeric Foundation winner named Jim Campbell. His style is very reminiscent of the works of Tom Herpich's comics from Alternative "Cusp" and "Gongwanadan", but the storytelling is vastly different. In short, its great. The insides are much more visually appealling than the cover, but one thing the cover CAN boast is its actually the first panel of the comic. The story continues from that picture forward. A subtle innovation that really works.

Here's what the official site (linked above) has to say about the first issue:

"This, the first issue of Krachmacher contains three stories: The main story, At the Shore centers around Marianne, a teenager who finds herself involved in a seemingly mundane adventure that grows increasingly more bizarre as she and her friends become integral players in it. This quirky character drama introduces Marianne and her four friends. The other, more subtle, narrative arc of At the shore revolves around the surreal flashbacks Marianne suffers through—taking her back to memories of her family and her strange childhood. The flashbacks maintain a level of magic realism; we don’t quite know if they’re truth or fiction, but it reveals to the reader how desperate Marianne is to be understood by her friends, who, at this stage of the narrative, would rather not get involved.
The other shorter stories feature an elderly robot abductee, and a continuation of Jim's Series from Meathaus about Cedrick, a guy in a wolf hat and his friend, a pork roast."

The only problem is anyone who knows of the Screaming Chickens comics I did in Jr. High might remember I had a character named Pork-Chop Spam who resembled the afformentioned pork roast in ways only anthropomorphic meat could... that is to say, a lot. He beat me to the punch. Much better than when my 3 minute pilot of my Cowboys & Aliens cartoon is basically worth nothing now that Columbia Pictures is coming out with a movie of the same name.

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Testimony on Kim Jong - Il's bodyguards

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Bid on e-bay to take out your frustrations on someone for 9 minutes.

Apparently the comments are quite funny as he had done this before, and defended negative comments about the lack of kicking to the crotch.

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Man Pees out of avalanche

A Slovak man trapped in his car under an avalanche freed himself by drinking 60 bottles of beer and urinating on the snow to melt it.

Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days after his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra mountains.

He told them that after the avalanche, he had opened his car window and tried to dig his way out.

But as he dug with his hands, he realised the snow would fill his car before he managed to break through.

He had 60 half-litre bottles of beer in his car as he was going on holiday, and after cracking one open to think about the problem he realised he could urinate on the snow to melt it, local media reported.

He said: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there."

Parts of Europe have this week been hit by the heaviest snowfalls since 1941, with some places registering more than ten feet of snow in 24 hours.

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Might be old, but this thing will read your mind

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Searchzizzel withizzle this illin' search engine

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Botched Suicide Attempy by rap singer

R&B singer Houston gouged out his eye after an apparent suicide attempt at a London hotel, sources close to the singer said.

The Belize native, who scored a hit last year with the Chingy and Nate Dogg-featured "I Like That" (see "Houston Scores Club Hit With Help From Chingy, Nate Dogg"), was overseas for a series of performances when the incident occurred. According to sources close to the artist, he first attempted to jump out of a hotel window but was stopped by his security personnel. He was then locked in his hotel room, where he injured himself.

There are currently no further details on the incident. Representatives for Houston's label, Capitol Records, could not be reached for comment.

— Rashaun Hall

Here's a *GRAPHIC* picture of his gouged eye


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Slam Dunk a Girl

These guys get a gymnast through a basketball hoop. But watch how these assholes react afterwards.

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HOW TO BE HAPPY

Too Much Coffee Man returns with another bout of cynical and absurd musings and antics! Since I can't afford to pick up TMCM Magazine along with all the other comic-related purchases I must have, this is a great economical way to get the part of it that I always liked the most anyway. S'about time. Comes out in May.

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FRED & BARNEY AREN'T GAY, OK?!

This just in from Newsweek. More paranoid Conservative assholes are feeling the need to call more cartoon characters gay. As in this stunning example of idiocy.

"Fred and Barney should be banned because they are virtually inseparable, are never seen wearing pants and live together in the suggestively-named town of Bedrock, complains a conservative activist.
He also noted that the two men work together at a quarry wearing hard hats and construction garb, an oblique reference to the construction worker in the classic disco band 'The Village People.'"

They don't live together. And the Village People didn't even EXIST for over a decade AFTER the Flintstones were around!

In closing the homophobic, (likely gay himself) Conservative moron Harland Devane had this to say on behalf of his group: "We are very uncomfortable with Fruity Pebbles"

More in link.

Dumbified under: News,cartoon

Testing out the potential of the blog items

Photobucket apparently allows you to blog images at a click of a button. I am impressed now and suggest the members of this board also use this option, or get photobucket to abuse this.

PETA SUPERBOWL AD (will have you adjusting yourself)

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INTERPOL'S 'EVIL' Music Video

Evil is directed by photographer Charlie White and the puppetry is by the same people who did the effects for Hellboy and the upcoming suck-fest Fantastic Four. But don't let that stop you, the video is fucking amazing. And its a PUPPET!

Sassified under: music,Interpol

PostSecret

PostSecret is like Found Magazine where the readers sent in their goods for the evaluation of others. Whereas Found focuses on finding objects that captures small snapshots of humanity, Post Secret encourages reader to produce their own material. The format is simple, you take a post-card, write your secret or secret confession on it and send it in. There's lots of heart breaking bits, like "I talked my friend into suicide". The web gets to watch, a pre-fabricated car crash for our pleasure.
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Should a Christian have a cat?

The demeanor of a cat is seen by many honest-hearted observers as reflecting some supernatural, unnatural proclivity towards malice or evil. And, it is a well-known fact that cats are impossible to tame, teach or raise in the truth. The cat has a rebellious, independent spirit. While the animal itself may be unaware of this tragic condition, it serves only its true master - Satan, the Devil.

So, to summarize, pussy is the agent of the devil. Stay away, harlots!
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LCD Sound System music video

Blogger's been a real cunt lately with not publishing posts, then me having to retype shit. Fucking blogger.

K, so this link was sent to me by my other friend Rob. The video for LCD Sound System's "Daft Punk is Playing at My House" is really great, etc, second time writing this, less enthused about the process, blah blah, etc. Just go.

Sassafrassified under: music video

Arcade Fire EP

The Arcade Fire's first EP was re-released a li'l while ago and I had a chance to giver a listen. Not quite as good as Funeral, but you can see the direction they were headed in, and Headlights Look Like Diamonds is a great song worthy of many relistens.

Classified under: music,Arcade Fire

The Top 100 Worst Porn Titles Of All Time!

A couple choice bits from the list.

MUSIC TO FUCK TO - ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A LABIA

AMATEURS ONLY #131 - HOW MUCH LONGER IS THIS GOING TO TAKE

WHAT'S THE LESBIAN DOING IN MY PIRATE MOVIE ?

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HEY KIDS! COMIX!

My name is actually spelled "Myhre". Other than that, here's a new jam comic I'm real proud of by Robin Bougie n myself.

Classified under: comics

Richard Clark's Ten Years Later

Richard Clark just wrote up a fictional account of the US ten years after 9/11, writing that's on par with the best political thrillers. Word has it that he'll be writing a fictional novel that will come out later this year. If this is an indication of how good it'll be, I'll probably end up picking it up for sure.

It was only an hour's drive to the city limits, and the man was careful never to exceed the speed limit. State troopers at the exit ramp to the city ignored the van. At 3:00 p.m. the streets were packed as crowds wandered the Strip. On Tropicana Avenue the man stopped briefly to let his partner out with an exchange of nods and a whispered statement: "God is great." The woman blended seamlessly into the flow of people walking into the Florentine casino, looking like one of the millions of annual visitors to Las Vegas from the Pacific Rim. She seemed a little heavy for her frame, and the jacket she wore seemed a little out of place in the heat, but the doormen, as security videos later showed, didn't even give her a second look. She had been there many times before.

The woman never hesitated. She walked to the roulette table, fifty feet from the front door, and pushed a detonator, blowing herself up. The explosion instantly killed thirty-eight people who were standing and sitting at nearby tables. The nails and ball bearings that flew out of the woman's vest and belt wounded more than a hundred others, even though slot machines absorbed many of the miniature missiles.4 Eighteen of the hundreds of elderly gamblers in the casino suffered heart attacks that proved fatal when they could not be treated fast enough amid the rubble.

Just seconds later the man drove his van into the lobby of the Lion's Grand and detonated his cargo. This bomb was designed to wreak tremendous damage that would remain in the consciousness of the American people for years to come. Whereas the damage done to the Florentine casino was repaired in just under a month, the billion-dollar Lion's Grand was closed for more than a year while security enhancements and structural improvements were made. Losing the use of 5,034 rooms, plus casino gaming and concerts and other special events, cost the Lion's Grand a million dollars a day, and damaged its bond rating.

The long-term economic effects continue today: tourism in Las Vegas has never returned to its pre-2005 level, and unemployment in the city is at 28 percent.5

Classified under: politics,wrting

Texas Schools Planning to Grade Kids on Weight

Apparently ass clowns in, of course, Texas, want to put weight grades in report cards. Watch the news clip, and see how fucking fat the woman advocating this thing is. Fucking hypocrite, she gets an F, for fucking fatass.

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Coachella 2005

What's worth a ticket to the states and 48 hours of no sleep? Coldplay, Weezer, Fantomas, MF Doom, Buck 65, k-os, the Arcade Fire, DJ Krush, Aesop Rock,and Matmos. Stellar line up. Fuck, do I ever want to go.
Classified under: music,Coachella,

BECK'S NEW VIDEO - "HELL YES"

I heard in an interview last year that Beck's new album was to be in the same vein as Sea Change only cheerier. Its certainly cheerier but after seeing his new music video for the song Hell Yes and hearing his new album is co-produced by the Dust Brothers, its safe to say that that is false. Regardless, HERE is his new shitty lo-fi video for his new almost techno-Kraftwerk-computerized-throwback to his older style song. Its not bad but I hope E-Pro is better.

Kick-assified under: music video,Beck

Albums to Look Forward to in 2005

WEEZER
FIRST off, according to Weezer's official site March 21st 2005 will mark the release date of Beverly Hills their first new single. Which also would indicate that their new album is finally due for release early this year.

BECK
The new album, Guero, is being co-produced by the Dust Brothers and apparently features a guest spot by Jack White. His first single, E-Pro, will be released on Valentine's Day.

Other musicians with new albums coming out this year include:
The White Stripes
Coldplay
Foo Fighters
Hot Hot Heat
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Moby
Stereophonics
Oasis
Queens of the Stone Age
There are strong rumours of new albums by Franz Ferdinand, OK Go, Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers. And confirmed are the triumphant returns of Gorillaz and The PRESIDENTS of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA who broke up almost a decade ago!

So this year is going to kick ass for music with new albums from BOTH my favorite bands (weezer & white stripes) and my favorite solo artist (beck).

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