Category Archives: Fans

Radio(head), Radio(head)

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Hail to the ThiefIn accordance with the raincoaster blog’s policy of culture jamming, petard-hoisting those who don’t stand by their own words, and doing whatever the hell we want, we are happy to repost here Thom Yorke’s anti-Tony Blair rant, which was posted on Radiohead’s blog and almost immediately taken down.

We are all about being on the record here. So, for the record, we stole this report from Sploid!

“I’ve had enough of this,” the songwriter wrote on Radiohead‘s blog. “Our government’s sitting on the fence with the U.S. while World War 3 appears to be breaking out in Lebanon and Northern Israel. We must throw Tony Blair out of office NOW. He does not represent the views of British people. He does not represent the views of his foreign office and officials.”

Yorke added that Blair “cares far too much about his relationship with Bush and Murdoch.”
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“This man is not fit to be our prime minister,” Yorke concluded. “It’s a nice sunny day. Come on, let’s do it. You know it makes sense. A vote of no confidence. Or something. Anything.”

But the call to action mysteriously vanished from Radiohead.com on Thursday. Nobody in the band will explain what happened to the message, so Radiohead fans and the music press are left to wonder if certain sinister forces are at work.

Thom Yorke is anybody listening???

Boris sez unicorns are rad

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Defamer agrees. And so does this guy, with a little help from Boris Vallejo.

Boris Vallejo - 1991 - Unicorn

Boris Vallejo – 1991 – Unicorn

Hey, is that Posh Spice?

Now this is what I’m talking about. Nobody does amazon women and mythical creatures like Boris Vallejo. Look at the teeth, the fire, the pure unbridled passion. Why oh why does the Institute of Art in Chicago continue to ignore such masterpieces as this?

Does such a woman such as this truly exist? I recently took a voyage to the Amazon to find one of these scantily clad vixens, but ran out of luck. This photo here represent to me the true behavior of the unicorn. He’s mean, tempermental, and his nostrils breath fire. However, Soccer Moms such as the Unicorn Lady seem to push the agenda that all unicorns prefer sitting on grassy hiltops rather than warfare. I strongly dissagree. But, since I am a glutton for the one horned beast, I cannot say I do not enjoy the Unicorn Lady… we still share the same love. Please check out her site and share in her passion. Did you know the Unicorn Lady used to be a Principal’s secretary for a public school in San Diego?

I can see the unicorn screensaver on her computer right now, as the high school boys snicker at her as they pass by…

Note: unicorns are not cool enough to deserve the Squid Tag, Borises notwithstanding.

flame on…and on…and on…

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Today in BoJo Flamewar news, I thought I’d be lazy and post here a comment I made over on Master Cowfish.

Flamewars are contextual. It almost seems at times that everything is, which drives an absolutist like me absolutely crazy sometimes, not that anyone’s noticed.

I throw the pills away when the orderlies aren’t looking.

But I thought this wasn’t a bad notation on flamewars themselves. It’s a pity that nobody I’ve really flamed reads this blog, because they could show you all the scars. I’ll have to dredge up some files when I’m not sleep-deprived.

Flamewar, the score

I think under this scale, the BoJo war started Elevated and immediately dropped back to Guarded. But then Vicus suggested I call him a silly bugger, so god knows where it lies now.

“Enter” at risk, baby!

The thing about the BoJo War is that it could burn my bridges with someone I consider an equal or better. I don’t mind stomping gnats, which I consider most people to be, but flamewars are contextual.

When Trudeau said “Fuddle duddle”, or when he said “Watch me” he was engaging in a flamewar, because it was Parliament, not alt.startrek. I’ve been in the rough and tumble, and it doesn’t bother me for a moment; I consider it recreational.

Why? Because those people, frankly, are inferior and it is high time someone acquainted them with the fact.

For the BoJo war, imagine you were meeting an MP who’d been an award-winning practitioner in your field, someone you’d admired and respected both as a professional and as a human being.

Then imagine going over to his house and telling him to his face that you’d assumed he didn’t have the balls to engage and now you think he doesn’t have the brains.

Context is everything in the Age of Einstein

Meet the Rutles…and the Not-Rutles

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Hey, that’s a pretty good accent for a guy from Texas, doncha think?

Ouch! is based in Austin, Texas. Perhaps we’re the world’s only Rutles tribute band? Perhaps, not. Nevertheless, we enjoy singing and playing the music of the Pre-Fab Four.

Dirk, Stig, Nasty and Barry, The Fabulous Rutles!!!!

Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager: Episode 2

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EPISODE 3 IS COMING!!! Should be out at the end of August.

SPECIAL THANKS to http://buycostumes.com/ (where we got the awesome Chad Vader costume)

Brought to you by Blame Society Productions. Watch many more of our films on our main website at: http://www.splu.net and also check out http://channel101.com for more shows like this – the unavoidable future of entertainment!

Written and Directed by Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan
Produced by Courtney Collins (http://courtneycollins.com)
Music – Andrew Yonda (http://buffali.com)
Cinematography – Tona Williams (http://tona.bigbite.org) and John Urban (http://urbanphotoco.com)
Lighting Director – John Urban (http:urbanphotoco.com)
Casting Director – Courtney Collins (http://courtneycollins.com)
Assitant Director – Doug Chapin
Sound Design – John Lee
Sound Technicians – Kathy Fischer and Liberty Karp
Location Supervisor – Amanda Biederman
Editing – Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan
Special Effects – Aaron Yonda
Audio Mixing – Aaron Yonda

Starring:
Chad – Aaron Yonda
Clint/Voice of Chad – Matt Sloan
Randy – Brad Knight
Lloyd – Rob Matsushita
Clarissa – Christina LaVicka
Tammy – KeaLynn Kees
Tony – Asa Derks
Jeremy Wickstrom – Paul Guse
Angry Customer – Damon Butler
Weird Jimmy – Craig Johnson
Waiter – Doug Reed
With: Cindy Brekken, Casey Brown, Vijay Prabhu Dandamudi, Drew Foerster, Nick Foerster, Kate George, Sindee Kleckner, Collin Klug, Keefe Klug, Jordan Marko, Caiden Melendy, Chris Melendy, Deanna Reed, Ilsa Reed, Laszlo Reed, Justin Sprecher, Marcus Trapp

Filmed on Location at Willy Street Co-op, Madison, WI

Special Thanks to Brendan Smith …

This was actually posted as a link on BoingBoing today, so normally I’d credit them, but I was on this Chad Vader shit within 20 minutes of the first upload, so I’m keeping the credit. But I’ll give them the link cuz I’m sweet like that, yo.