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Eyedea: Fridge Update

2008-08-13T00:19:00.000-07:00

I just watched the youtube video of the battle again and it TOTALLY does sound like he says FRIDGE instead of FISH.....its at like 1:07 of the previously posted youtube link.FRIDGE or FISH, you be the judge.seems like fish, but sounds like fridge....i think he MEANT to say fish....... or maybe PEACE is just so badass that he tosses MCs like household consumer appliances....?

Eyedea and Abilities

2008-08-12T23:54:00.000-07:00

Just got home from the E&A show at the launchpad.After the show a few people were freestyling in the front on Central, so Matt Amos and I got in on the cypher(sp?). Eventually I had the closest thing to a battle ive been in, on route 66.... with a dude named "NASSAR, THE PAKISTANI PRINCE". I remember a few rhymes... I told him I rode his girl like a magic carpet and that I was a Sultan and he

"Kent, Ohio, for Peace"

2005-11-09T13:37:00.000-08:00

Military student gets in a world of trouble for hanging a peace poster on campus.http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/565/565_02_HandsOffDave.shtml

2005-10-30T18:31:00.000-08:00

Capitalism is feudalism's arrogant son.

Investigation

2005-10-12T13:07:00.000-07:00

If you get an email like this.....From: lellison@unm.eduSubject: InvitationDate: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 13:10:00 -0400 (EDT)To: gkilmer@unm.eduINTERVIEWING FROM THE EXECUTIVE'S PERSPECTIVE OCT 7 Eric Pillmore,Senior Vice President for Corporate Governance at Tyco Internationalwill speak to Anderson students on Friday OCT 7 from 10am-noon in ASM1017. Continental breakfast will be offered from 10-10:30am,

Movie Review: Village, The

2005-10-10T11:44:00.000-07:00

I just watched M. Night Shananigan's latest film and wasn't quite as dissappointed as I expected. Which is kind of a weird idea, watching a movie you don't expect to like and all. However, my main reason behind watching it was actually envoked by the fact that everybody says that the movie is extremely easy to apprehend, in terms of plot twists. I wanted to see the damn movie before somebody

Movie Review: Crash (2004)

2005-10-10T11:28:00.000-07:00

Quite a few famous actors play roles in this new and quite interesting film. The cast includes the likes of Don Cheadel to Sandra Bullock to Matt Dillon. The story is based upon different intertwining lives between different races and shows the darkness that racism envokes. Plus there are lots of car crashes that tie everything together. Mixing car crashes and something completely unrelated (such

"Radical" for all the wrong reasons

2005-08-24T13:07:00.000-07:00

Stupid "anarchist" kids annoy me. They don't know shit. This happens on many occasions, but I will just enlighten you with one that I encountered only a few minutes ago. My friend Ian was talking about oil and politics for a second and soon afterwards the anarchist type said "Did you know they are trying to pass a law that makes it illegal for SUVs get under 27 miles to the gallon? Instead of

Analogy

2005-08-23T23:18:00.000-07:00

A successful analogy will shatter any preconcieved mold of indoctrination by replacing familiar situation with the presise situation in an unfamiliar context. From this fresh prospective the mind will once again have room to anaylize the situation without first stumbling through the current political, social and cultural norms.

Movie Review: Coffee & Cigarettes

2005-08-11T13:10:00.000-07:00

Noted director Jim Jarmusch's latest film has no plot and no main characters, but plenty of coffee and cigarettes. The movie begins with two people having a discussion over coffee and cigarettes, which is followed by a different scene all together which also involves people enjoying their coffee and cigarettes. This is the premise of the film. It goes on like that for awhile... like, the whole

HMOs in Latin America

2005-08-11T11:42:00.000-07:00

UNM studied U.S. involvement in the Latin American health field. Here is an excerpt from an article on it, found here.Questioning the veracity of what everybody knows can at times be frustrating, but holds some unique rewards. Already the group has found a number of paradoxes, said Waitzkin. While everybody knows, or believes that administrative costs are lower, the evidence of those benefits

Movie Review: Batman Begins

2005-07-03T23:52:00.000-07:00

What made Bruce Wayne become Batman? How does he afford all of his expensive equiptment? How did his parents die? These are the questions that you may have pondered on. Luckily, the answers are revealed in the film Batman.On an entirely differenct subject, I saw Batman Begins last night. I'd heard it was "the best Batman film yet" and other nonsense. Who is spreading these utter lies? How did,

I Haven't Posted About My Life Recently, So Here:

2005-07-03T23:50:00.000-07:00

To-day I burnt myself on two fingers. Well, one finger and a thumb. Also, seconds before writing this entry log, a mysterious spider dangled inches infront of my very own eyes as it appeared to float down towards my keyboard. Apparently, there is a spider web in the light on my ceiling directly above me. I killed it. I had no other choice.

Movie Review: Canadian Bacon

2005-07-01T14:57:00.000-07:00

Micheal Moore is famous for his work in the documentary field, but he also has directed this live-action comedy, Canadian Bacon. John Candy stars as the American average joe that likes to sit back, watch TV, have a cold one and have faith in the flag. Meanwhile, the new President of the United States is loosing popularity despite the fact that he is the first President not to get us into a war.

Movie Review: North By Northwest

2005-06-22T17:25:00.000-07:00

Cary Grant stars in variety of famous and classic films, but this might be his most popular. Grant plays a man who is mistaken as another man and forcibly sucked into an odd and confusing situation in which he has no one to trust and no one to talk to. It's hard to talk about this film without giving anything away, but one thing is for sure: there is a chase across Mount Rushmore. Hitchcock had

Movie Review: Batman

2005-06-22T17:13:00.000-07:00

The original Batman is Tim Burton's third film, after Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and Beetlejuice. Burton almost exclusively uses composer Danny Elfman in his films. Batman is, in my opinion, some of Elfman's best work and fits perfectly in line with the film. The story of the film tells us how Bruce Wayne got to be how he is and what made him crazy. Afterall, he does live a secret life, has no

Don't Swallow Deep Throat

2005-06-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

The new revelations concerning the Watergate affair have sparked a new interest in the situation. The day after Mark-Felt came out of the closet, demand for renting the film All the President's Men increased two-fold and soon publishers were introducing a new mass-market paperback of the book. All this interest was sparked when Felt publicly announced that he was the instrumental source in the

My Will

2005-06-17T01:40:00.000-07:00

When I die, I want the following to take place:BURIAL: My grave will be a giant hole in the ground big enough to fit my body. The hole will have metal walls inside of it and a glass or glass/plastic roofing which will be equal to the ground. People may walk up to my grave and see through the glass into the small underground box in which my body will lay. If enough money is available, I would like

Omitted Information: Hiroshima

2005-06-16T18:17:00.000-07:00

Hiroshima Did Not “End The War Sooner”One great American lie, that lives on even today, is that dropping the A-Bomb actually saved lives by ending the war. The theory behind this is that the only other possible action would have been to continue the war with Japan indefinitely, adding countless lives to the body count; more lives than the A-Bomb itself would take. The problem with this optimistic

Movie Review: Edward Scissor Hands

2005-06-12T10:51:00.000-07:00

Tim Burton has a particular theme that he likes to use in his films: a creepy, yet genuinly innocent person is misunderstood by society and not seen for who they really are just because of a the way they look. This is the central idea of Burton's short films Vincent and Frankenweenie to Edward Scissor Hands and the more recent Nightmare Before Christmas. In the story, Edward was the result of an

Movie Review: Dick Tracy

2005-06-12T10:42:00.000-07:00

Warren Beatty stars as Tracy on the persuit of the gangster Big Boy (Al Pachino). It's interesting how similar Pachino's character is in Dick Tracy to his character in the Godfather. In both films he plays gangsters making their way to the top of the gang and making alliances with other gangsters to control the city. I like the villans in Dick Tracy because they are more true to real criminals in

A letter to a neo fascist skin

2005-06-10T15:06:00.000-07:00

I came across this idiot's myspace profile and HAD to show the cat what was up. Although, if he has the beleifs he has now, theres not much chance of him understanding the ridiculous of his beleifs in the future. Patriotism can strangle rational thought amazingly well. This goes for every nation through all of history. This kid's profile can be viewed here. My message I sent him is posted below.-

Movie Review: Team America

2005-06-10T00:32:00.000-07:00

I was dissappointed when I watched this film. I thought it would be much more political than it was. In fact, the plot loosely intertwines political satire with random jokes which don't have political relevance. It seems like the story was thrown together to make a silly situation that mocks both sides of the political spectrum, but aside from the loose story outline, all the jokes aren't

Movie Reivew: Waiting For Guffman

2005-06-09T18:20:00.000-07:00

Christopher Guest: Great in Spinal Tap!.... not so great in Waiting For Guffman. In the film (which Guest directed and co-wrote) he stars as the effiminate drama coach that is destined to put the town of Blair on the map. He whips together a team of non-actors in an effort to make a show that will fulfill his dream of going to Broadway. That's pretty much the size of the plot. It's a lackluster

Movie Review: Casablanca

2005-05-29T11:05:00.000-07:00

A classic.. I'm not all that much into classics, but I'm always curious to see what all the fuss is about. I kind of liked this movie, not as much as big movie buffs, but I liked it ok. Kind of a simple plot for me and not all that much happened. It was made really well; the lighting and the scenery and everything was good, but I wouldn't put it in my top ten movie list like many other people.

Movie Review: City Of Lost Souls

2005-05-25T09:59:00.000-07:00

A Brazilian man and a Chinese fall in love in Japan. Unfortunately, the woman is about to be deported, so they plan to get fake passports and stowaway in a ship going overseas. When that doesn't work, they decide to steal a suitcase of cash in a drug deal they are not involved in. They end up getting the wrong suitcase - the one full of coke. Now they have some big time gangsters on their tail,

Graduation

2005-05-19T00:07:00.000-07:00

So I had my graduation ceremony today. I officially "graduated." There was probably some funny stuff I need to post about that, but I can't remember right now.

Junk Mail: 55 Today

2005-05-19T00:00:00.000-07:00

I got fifty-five emails today from junk mail. That is way too many to be getting in one day. The other days weren't much lower than that either; I just never counted how many I had in one day before. I really need to set up a new email address for that account and start fresh again. Luckily, I never get junk mail on my personal email account, which I only give out to friends and very trustable

Omitted Information: CIA Porn

2005-05-15T23:19:00.000-07:00

The CIA Filmed A Pornographic Movie In 1976, a former CIA agent named Joseph Burkholder Smith released a memoir of his twenty-two year long career in the Central Intelligence Agency. The 400+ page book, entitled Portrait of a Cold Warrior, contained one particularly startling undertaking of the U.S. government. The American government, as exposed by Smith, undertook the filming of a

Movie Review: Ladder 49

2005-05-15T00:15:00.000-07:00

A Hollywood studio gobbled down a ton of money and took a giant shit on all of us, calling it Ladder 49. This film was released about two years or so after 9/11. They obviously started the film in the heat of the patriotism and love for firefighters. This film is just a cheezy ass piece of trash. Everybody is so boring and so fake. It's such a basic Hollywood movie that it doesn't really have to

Movie Review: Barfly

2005-05-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

The first thought that comes to mind when watching this film was that Buffalo '66 must have been influenced by Barfly. Although, this film has a lot more booze. There are like maybe three scenes in which the main character doesn't have a bottle in his hand. Mickey Rourke stars as the slow talking, care-free bum that can be considered a "barfly." However, the acting reminded me far more of Marlon

Movie Review: Star Wars Revelations (new)

2005-05-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

Before I say anything, you should be aware that Revelations is not the new Star Wars film by George Lucas that is coming soon. Revelations is the new Star Wars film made completely by Star Wars fans. The forty-five minute long film was made independantly for $20,000 and can legally use the "Star Wars" name because it is distributed for free and not a single person profits from it. When you watch

Movie Review: Incredibles, The

2005-05-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

You know how Pixar always has a short funny cartoon the precedes their movies? Well, the short film before The Incredibles is far from funny. It is annoying as hell. It is like riding on the "It's A Small World After All" boat ride at Disneyland. So, if you rent this movie, don't bother watching the intro-cartoon. That being said, I can now talk about the real film.I really never was interested

Alex and Buh

2005-05-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

This is Alex talking to Buh on my computer with my screenname. The program I used to chat on saved a few random messages, like 5, and this one is funny because Alex is apparently stoned.AIM message with Buh10/31/02, 3:41 PM>Hey Buh.>They call you Buhhiyes>My name is Alex Brittenham, and I go to Hiland Hizighschool.oh>I have clown hair.>not really.i thought it was weird that this screename popped

Movie Review: Rashomon

2005-05-07T20:44:00.000-07:00

Akira Kuwasawa's Rashomon is the closest I've ever seen to a Japanese mystery. It starts off with three men trapped out in the rain discussing different stories they have heard regarding the death of a man. All the different stories are in conflict with each other. Which is the truth? Who is lying? Put this together with an ending that I don't completely understand and that is the film. The best

Ann Coulter And An Arrested Student

2005-05-07T17:31:00.000-07:00

Right-wing lunatic Ann Coulter speaks at a college; a progressive student asks a vulgar question; said student is arrested and taken to jail by police.This is a school! This is a place to learn! When a speaker such as Ann Coulter is taking questions, shouldn't you be able to ask a tough question even if it offends her? It may be illegal bu---- wait a second, it isn't illegal! It is in fact very

Albuquerque Journal Breaks The News First

2005-05-06T23:34:00.000-07:00

Usually I am critical of what the Albuquerque Tribune reports in their paper, but today's front page story blew me away. I know there is genocide going on in parts of the world, corrupt dictators are being supported by our tax dollars and our democracy has more holes in it than swiss cheese, but this, THIS is the situation we need to be familiar with. With a story this big I think there will be a

And then God Spoketh... he who shall tradeth Pokemon Cards Shall Suffer

2005-05-06T22:35:00.000-07:00

There is so much I didn't know about the Bible until I went to Bible.com! For instance, the Bible is against Pokemon cards. I never knew that before. In fact, I didn't think they had Pokemon cards back then, but Bible.com says that they are evil, so they must be. There is seriously a list of things called "What Does The Bible Say About..." and one of the things is Pokemon. Also it says this about

Movie Review: House On Haunted Hill (1959)

2005-05-06T09:09:00.000-07:00

House on Haunted Hill (1959) is the classic horror film directed by William Castle. It stars Vincent Price as the owner to an ostensibly haunted mansion. Price invites several guests to the house with the promise that they will each receive ten-thousand dollars if they stay the night. If a guest decides to leave before midnight when the doors are locked, they forfit their stake of the the cash.

Movie Review: Haxan

2005-05-05T14:31:00.000-07:00

Who has heard of this film?? It's a shame that it isn't more famous than it is. I just happened to come across it a few months ago and after watching it I had trouble finding anyone else who had viewed it. However it is actually on dvd as part of the Criterion Collectoin and I recommend renting it. The subtitle of the film is "Witchcraft throughout the ages", which is a very fitting subtitle

Movie Review: Wag The Dog

2005-05-05T14:17:00.000-07:00

Wag the Dog? Not that good of a movie. I saw parts of this movie last year and I thought it was good, but now that I watched the whole thing, I have realized the error of my ways. The overall plot concept is great. The president is involved in a sex-scandal right before his possible re-election needs a fake war to distract the public and boost his ratings. Parts of the movie are good, but the

Secret Masturbation Messages in "Stairway to Heaven"

2005-05-03T21:51:00.000-07:00

I heard that if you played "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin backwards, you could hear a satanic message in one part. I looked it up on the internet and found the part of the song that you can play forwards and then backwards and it has the lyrics for both ways of playing it. You can go to it here. It's pretty interesting and the first half sounds surprisingly dead on.Still, I believe it is a

Steal This Weblog!

2005-05-02T22:34:00.000-07:00

Check out my new blog! www.stealthisweblog.blogspot.com

Starbucks, Fuck Off!

2005-05-02T15:46:00.000-07:00

Whenever you see a Starbucks logo, make sure to deface it!Visit www.starbuckscoffee.co.uk (anti-starbucks website) before they get shut down, which will most likely be soon. Freedom of speech? Sure, as long as it's appoved by the multi-national corporations.

Better Manners

2005-05-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

The Corporation is out on dvd now. It is a great film and I just picked up a copy. If you haven't seen it, I suggest you go rent it now! While looking at the dvd box, I noticed on the back a quote that read "'Better manners and a longer fuse than Fahrenheit 9/11' - Entertainment Weekly." Better manners? I didn't realize there was a obligation of courtesy when exposing the president as a liar and

YOU CAN NOW LEAVE COMMENTS!!!

2005-04-30T21:08:00.000-07:00

I know you've been waiting.....

A Room Without A View #2

2005-04-30T20:35:00.000-07:00

Where Is This Place Exactly?

2005-04-30T20:29:00.000-07:00

How come EVERY SINGLE KID IN AMERICA knows that little song "Theres a place in France where the naked ladies dance/Theres a hole in the wall where you can see it all." Me and Angelo were talking about how it's crazy that little kids have their own underground culture.

Movie Review: Hearts of Darkness

2005-04-30T17:22:00.000-07:00

This is the documentary of a film maker's apocalypse. Or, more specifically, Franis Ford Coppola's struggle to make the motion picture Apocalypse Now in the late 70s. Originally intended on being shot in Vietnam itself, the was found too dangerous and filming was done in the Phillapines instead. The footage in the documentary is primarily shot by Coppola's wife and often accompanied by her

Movie Review: Blue Velvet

2005-04-30T17:19:00.000-07:00

Blue Velvet is an entertainingly twisted and dark drama, as with all of Lynch's films. It starts off when an average boy in an average town finds a severed ear in a field while walking one afternoon. The story goes on from there and I think that's all I have to say to make you watch this film.4 stars

Put Your Urine Where Your Mouth Is

2005-04-29T22:21:00.000-07:00

On the internet, people use short little phrases like "brb" (be right back) or make little faces with different keys to show an emotion such as a smile :-) . There is even one for "put your money where your mouth is" that looks like this: :-$ . But here is my confusion, there is also a common "smiley" used that looks like this: :-P . Now, using what we have learned from our "put your $

Movie Review: Assassination of Richard Nixon

2005-04-29T22:11:00.000-07:00

The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a extremely powerful film. This great film documents more than the life and death of a perticular assassin; it brilliantly illustrates the death of the American Dream. Indeed, this is the central theme of the movie and what ties it all together.The Assassination brings us into the life of Samuel Bicke, a recently divorced disgrunteled salesman who is mad as

Brittany Spears' Pregnancy Test....

2005-04-27T22:24:00.000-07:00

....is being auctioned off. Isn't that ridiculous? I wonder how much it will end up going for....

Movie Review: Audition

2005-04-26T19:26:00.000-07:00

Audition is a Japanese film that starts of as a normal movie, but as it progresses things get stranger and stranger. A man is told by his son that he is old and should find a new wife (his last wife died). So he meets up with his friend in the film industry and they set up an "audition" for the movie, which the man uses to find a good candidate for his new wife. He instantly falls for a certain

Movie Review: Cry Baby

2005-04-26T18:48:00.000-07:00

Imagine if the Footloose was a good movie, that's Cry Baby. When you watch this great film/musical you can tell right away it's the work of John Waters. Actually, you'd probably be able to guess that just by the pressense of a character named "Hatchet Face." Or the scene with Iggy Pop bathing himself in a bucket at a redneck style shack.The story takes place in 1950s Maryland. "Cry Baby" Walker

Omitted Information: The Starbucks Logo Is A Woman Spreading Her Legs

2005-04-24T22:02:00.000-07:00

It is an image many of us see every day and is extremely recognizable to the American public, but what is the Starbucks logo depicting anyways? First of all, I should mention the significance of the brand name. "Starbuck" was actually a character in the novel Moby Dick. This leads us closer to the formation of the logo itself. If have already figured out on your own that the Starbucks logo is a

Shy Kids

2005-04-24T12:03:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wanted a creepy little child standing in the corner of your room to freak you out everytime you go in there? Well here is what you've been waiting for. It's Shy Kids! They are like life-size dolls that you stand up in the corner of your room facing the wall and it looks like a small child that is too shy to come out. I don't know why, but this is probably the creepiest product I've

A Room Without A View #1

2005-04-21T23:08:00.000-07:00

First comic of my new series (that in all likely hood I will forget about after maybe the second strip)Well here it is. I think I'm gonna call it "Black Pope." Once you read it, you'll probably think it's a good title.

Emo Band Name

2005-04-18T14:26:00.000-07:00

Too bad I hate emo music, cos I just thought of the best emo band name! It would be called "The 'Lesser Than' Trio" and here is the best part.... check out the symbol/logo: <3

Movie Review: Sin City

2005-04-10T16:52:00.000-07:00

So apparently this movie, Sin City, is based on three graphic novels (aka COMIC books). I've never heard of the comics before, and I'm not going to pretend like I have. It's a dark and violent film taking place in "Basin City", a fictional city, yet just as corrupt as our real ones. Such a stylistic attempt at portraying graphically excessive violence was the perfect job for director Robert

Rank Bobberies

2005-04-06T14:33:00.000-07:00

I highly encourage any form of bank robbery as long as nobody gets hurt. I developed a good method based on reverse psychology....Robber: Alright, Please, Don't Give me your money. All of it. Don't give it to me.Teller: Wise guy huh? How do you like THIS then! (throws a bunch of money at you).I think my plan is airtight.

Movie Review: Happiness of The Katakuris

2005-04-06T12:56:00.000-07:00

The Japanese dark comedy, Happiness of The Katakuris, is the tale of a family who builds a guest house in hopes of running a sucessful family business. A new road is supposed to be paved and bring many travelers near the area so the father figure fixes up an old house until it is ready for guests. The road isn't finished yet, but some travelers start coming.... The problem is that they keep dying

Comments Don't Work? That's Crazy

2005-04-01T22:52:00.000-08:00

Yeah, the comments don't work. It's crazy.

Cats Having Their Own Country? That's Crazy

2005-04-01T22:49:00.000-08:00

(11:31) Papupe1: dont laugh but i have to put the cats to bed nowgotta go(11:32) Grayson: are you going to tuck them in(11:32) Papupe1: yeah...(11:32) Grayson: tell them about the 3 blind micethey would like that(11:32) Papupe1: they have their own rome(11:32) Grayson: holyshit(11:32) Papupe1: room(11:32) Grayson: thats a big countryoh ok(11:32) Papupe1: that would be cool!(11:32) Grayson: wait,

My Analysis of "Vietnow"

2005-03-13T21:59:00.000-08:00

Here are the lyrics to Rage Against The Machine's Vietnow.Here is my interpretation. I suggest you read the lyrics first, see what you think about the song, then read what I thought.

A Heated Debate

2005-03-12T02:11:00.000-08:00

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=1465183&blogID=17657406the debate is getting really long and is still going on! you'll have to go to the link on your own to read it though. way too long to post here.

Movie Review: Julien Donkey Boy

2005-03-10T20:54:00.000-08:00

I didn't feel like there was all that much to Julien Donkey Boy. In fact, I can't even remember that much about it. Its one of those films that isn't really about anything and lacks a plot. This doesn't necessarily make a film bad, but in this case it didn't help the movie any. The story is of a schitzophrenic guy and his family. It is filmed in sort of a "home movie style." I like Harmony Korine

More Ignorance Discovered

2005-03-09T12:35:00.000-08:00

the following ignorance was posted here by some conservative girl. I'll put everything she posted in italics.March 8, 2005 • TuesdayA Pointless War?...My Responsea lil response i made on another group forum...i was proud i wrote so much. Its kinda informal and i just wrote it all off the top of my head..so i hope you enjoy it or at least learn a little!...but this is what i said:in reply to the

The Insider and Business Flak

2005-03-08T20:24:00.000-08:00

Micheal Mann's The Insider is the true story of Jeff Wygant, a leading tobacco scientist who has some very important and damaging information on the inner workings of big tobacco. Wygant is approached by Mr. Bergman, a source recruiter for the "60 minutes" television show. Unfortunately, Wygant's former employer, Brown and Williamson, has a strict confidentiality agreement with Wygant, disabling

Barbershop Joke

2005-03-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

The following joke was posted here.G. W. Bush and John Kerry somehow ended up at the same barbershop.As they sat there, each being worked on by a different barber, not a word was spoken. The barbers were even afraid to start a conversation, for fear it would turn to politics.As the barbers finished their shaves, the one who had Kerry in his chair reached for the aftershave.Kerry was quick to stop

Movie Review: 12 Monkeys

2005-03-04T22:37:00.000-08:00

12 Monkeys is the Animal Planet sponsered remake of the classic Henry Fonda flick, 12 Angry Men. Instead of a controversial trial pushing 12 men to a debate whether a man is innocent or not, the plot consists of 12 monkeys in a jury room throwing feces at eachother for 2 hours and 14 minutes.... only kidding. The real plot of Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys is clearly based on the Chris Marker short,

Movie Review: Videodrome

2005-03-04T22:29:00.000-08:00

I was somewhat disappointed after seeing David Cronenberg's Videodrome. It was pretty weird, I'll give it that, but it didn't add up to be as good as I thought it could have been. Nevertheless, it will leave you with some weird images in your mind and a strange dreamlike story to remember. The plotline is that a man starts getting interested in an underground extreme S&M television channel called

Go To The Bookstop

2005-03-04T22:17:00.000-08:00

I noticed today at the Bookstop (Central, Nob Hill next to flying star) that they have Russ Kick's Book of Lists and Greg Palast's Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Anything that Kick and Palast put out is always pure gold and I can't imagine anybody bringing these books in to sell. Nevertheless, they are more than half off the price it would cost to get them new and are in perfect condition. Why am

BURN!

2005-03-01T16:18:00.000-08:00

I got some pretty good burns on the Blair girl today. I texted her to tell her why I don't want to date her or be her friend or anything and told her how decent people are nice and do things for friends. She freaked out and said that all the people at Dions think I'm insane... although none of them know me. She called me a "crazy fuck" so I felt it was fair game to tell her that when I asked one

New Slang! COLD SLANG!

2005-02-27T00:22:00.000-08:00

Alright. So I was walking home from Dions in a t-shirt at night and it was pretty cold outside. I was walking down Central and I passed this homeless man who mumbled "you're gonna freeze to death." This was pretty ironic. I mean, its the first time a homeless man told me that I would freeze to death. This is what inspired my new slang term. "It's so cold outside a homeless man told me I'd freeze

Low Phone Battery and Other Suspicious Activity

2005-02-26T23:19:00.000-08:00

BE WARNED: What follows is not really funny, nor that interesting. It is just an account of what happened recently that I felt I had to write down and might as well post. So if you are an El Grayso reader who enjoys my zany wacky silly comments, or my dead on political analysis of our country.... feel free to skip this post. I didn't write it for you, I wrote it for myself. Straight up,

Movie Review: Crumb

2005-02-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

Crumb is a documentary on the artist Robert Crumb, who specializes in particularly weird comics. The movie wasn't made as good as it probably could have, but I guess it's a good movie if you like R. Crumb. Personally, I'm not all that amazed by his work or anything, so I felt that the 2 hour documentary got pretty dull after a bit.3 stars

Movie Review: Safe

2005-02-24T19:06:00.000-08:00

Safe is the story of a house wife who suddenly starts getting sick and nobody knows why. She soon finds out that the problem is that she is stressed out and has developed a sickness from general everyday toxins and fumes. She coughs a lot. Has some trouble breathing. Eventually she goes to live at a institution where they take care of people with those problems. THAT IS THE WHOLE MOVIE. Safe is

Words Of Wisdom

2005-02-23T22:04:00.000-08:00

"This banker had gravy on his vest,gravy on his tie,gravy on his pants,gravy all over him.And he went to his grave,with gravy on his vest,gravy on his tie,gravy on his pants,gravy all over him.That dirty old man."

Movie Review: Saved!

2005-02-23T11:52:00.000-08:00

Pop Quiz: Which of the following is NOT true?In both films, Saved! and the Dangerous Lives of Alter Boys....A. The plot consits of a Christian school in which some students begin to rebel.B. Jena Malone plays a lead role.C. Macauly Culkin plays a lead role.D. Saved! tries to do what Alter Boys already suceeded at... and fails.-------------------------------the answer is c. macauly culkin plays a

Movie Review: The Take

2005-02-23T11:41:00.000-08:00

Activist journalist Naomi Kline wrote the basis for this interesting documentary on worker control in Argentina. The great capitalist myth is that a factory requires demanding bosses to oversee a companie's sucess.... the worker resistant movement in Argentina proves this wrong. When a company decides that it is more profitable to just abandon a factory (and the workers) and start a new one

Hunter S. Thompson, RIP

2005-02-22T20:44:00.000-08:00

One of my top 5 living heroes commited suicide recently. What better way tribute to him than a tribute written by one of my other top 5 heroes? This an article on HST by Greg Palst. I would have made a link to it instead of posting it, but the article apparently isn't on his website (I got it because I'm on the emailing list).---------------------------------------NOSE HAIR AND HUNTERMonday,

Denver Girls AND Slang

2005-02-20T19:38:00.000-08:00

So the other day I was eating at Dions with Luis. It was a typical Friday night. You know. So there is this group of 3 girls at the booth behind me and one of them leaned over and said "Hey. We are from out of town, what is there to do around here?" (This is when I realized there really isn't anything to do in this city... but that is besides the point.) We told em the typical stuff, like going

Movie Review: Pink Flamingos

2005-02-19T22:07:00.000-08:00

Pink Flamingos is the self-proclaimed film about the "filthiest people on earth", and it holds up to it's word. In Flamingos you find everything from a very obese woman eating tons of eggs in a literal pig pen to the act of ******* of ******* ***** ***** own son. Flamingos is a cult classic among cult classics. Right up there next to Eraserhead and Plan 9 From Outer Space. This is of course why

Movie Review: Begotten

2005-02-17T18:47:00.000-08:00

"...Makes Eraserhead Look Like Ernest Saves Christmas" is my favorite testimony of this movie, and probably the most accurate description of it. And how true it is. Not to say that Begotten is better than Eraserhead, which it isn't and doesn't try to be, but it is definatively darker. It's actually hard to imagine a movie darker than Begotten. How many movies begin in a cabin in the woods

Movie Review: Orange County

2005-02-15T13:35:00.000-08:00

Four Words: Mediocre Jack Black Movie.2 1/2 stars

Movie Review: Pusher

2005-02-15T13:25:00.000-08:00

Pusher is labeled as "Denmark's reply to Trainspotting", which makes it sound interesting, but really... it's eh. It's not nearly as good as Trainspotting for one thing and there isn't any of the humor that Trainspotting succeeded with. There actually wasn't any humor at all. Not even all that much drama either. The big problem with this film is that it took a bunch of elements from other similar

Movie Review: Brazil

2005-02-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

First off, I think that Brazil is over-rated. It's a good movie and is definately worth a gander, but it's not worth making some sort of shrine over. Brazil is one of those movies that is very original and can be alluded to in various situations, but the movie itself seemed to be lacking... something. I don't know what it was lacking, but I do think it was lacking it. For sure. It's a classic, so

Movie Review: Dodgeball

2005-02-15T13:13:00.000-08:00

This movie, well, pretty much sucked. Its just like another teenager movie that really isn't funny or interesting or good at all. Very mediocre. I know what you are thinking: But the trailer made it look like a funny and entertaining movie. To that I say, No, No it didn't. The only reason I watched this was because it was during school. If you are looking for a shitty, average, predicatable teen

Google Valentines

2005-02-13T22:08:00.000-08:00

It's Valentine's day tomorrow and Google is making us aware of it. I understand the heart and the roses, but the toilet paper kinda threw me off. I can only imagine it's a humble tribute to all the single guys out there on this holiday.

Movie Review: Seventh Seal, The

2005-02-11T16:39:00.000-08:00

The Seventh Seal is one of those movies that shows up on all the top 100 movie lists. I watched it today and I guess I just don't understand what is so amazing about it. It was really interesting in many scenes, but it kind of dragged on and not much really happened throughout the film. The idea of the movie was based on murals the director saw at church as a child. A knight plays chess against

Movie Review: Tetsuo

2005-02-10T21:02:00.000-08:00

Tetsuo is one of those movies that just makes you think "man, there is way too much Japanese style grunting dubbed over this movie." In fact, I bet I would have appretiated this film to a much higher degree if it was free of the insane amount of annoying anime reminescent grunting. For instance, when the character sees something normal, he'll grunt. Or if he sees something scary, he'll make kind

Movie Review: Onibaba

2005-02-10T20:44:00.000-08:00

The 1964 Japanese classic, Onibaba, is a classic for a reason. An interesting story unfolds as we see the lives of two women living in a hut in the middle of a desolate landscape full of some kind of really tall grass. It is a time of war and occasionally they find men wandering around in the field lost. So they do what any rational person would do. They kill them and sell their armor and

Jeffery

2005-02-10T20:43:00.000-08:00

JefferyA humanitarian in the purest forNobody cared more for human lifeTechnically he murdered in warIt wasn’t really murder thoughCommunists weren’t like him, they didn’t care about human lifeHis efforts must have saved so many lives in the long run anywaysRecently he bombed an abortion clinicIt was empty at the time of courseSaving more of God’s childrenThink of all the lives he saved

Movie Review: When Harry Met Sally

2005-02-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally (1989) is a modern classic romantic comedy. It is the story of a man and a woman who originally met right after high school before they went their separate ways. Years later the two bump into each other and don’t think much of it until the situation arises a few more times. After bumping into each other so many times, they eventually start talking and become

Movie Review: Buffalo 66'

2005-02-07T18:46:00.000-08:00

First off, the basis of this movie is factually incorrect. The story is of a guy who is mentally defunctional because of his parents who never cared about him. He was born in 1966 on the day the Buffalos football team won the superbowl. They haven't won since and the guy's mom, an extreme Buffalos fan, wishes she never had her son so she could have seen the game. The problem is that the year was

Movie Review: Shadow of the Vampire

2005-02-02T21:31:00.000-08:00

Upon making the film Nosferatu, director F.W. Murnau encountered various problems such as trivial things like people dying and other technical problems such as actor Max Shreck suddenly refusing to ride on a island-bound ship. Shadow of the Vampire is based upon such events and progressively blends facts with fantasy. I was actually expecting more from this film and was somewhat disapointed. When

Movie Review: Chicago

2005-02-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

Chicago (2002) is a dramatic musical set in the heart of Chicago's golden age of Jazz. Director Rob Marshal summunded a terrific cast to present the somewhat cationary tale of show business and the kinks in the American judicial system. The film includes many memorable scenes and dance numbers metaphorically illustrating various problems Chicago's characters encounter. The movie begins with the

Freedom Oil

2005-02-02T21:20:00.000-08:00

I just heard on the news that Iraqi insurgents have blown up an oil pipeline. I can only imagine that it was a pipeline carrying freedom because we all know that the only reason any insurgents do anything is because they hate freedom so much.

Movie Review: Miller's Crossing

2005-02-01T18:08:00.000-08:00

Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrnes) finds himself in an awkward position as an advisor to the big crime boss of the town known as Leo. Leo is at war with Casper, who is vying for control of the town and is upset over a bookie who cheated him. The bookie (John Turturro) happens to be somewhat of one of Tom's friends. There is a very complicated conflict that starts arising as many different parties begin