A friend of mine is involved in this website, Project Opus, which connects independent musicians and fans. I'm not the world's greatest music fan, it must be said, having been traumatized by a polka trio when I was a small child, but I'm all for supporting things that support people who need supporting (is there a Bras for the Homeless organization out there somewhere?) so I'm all over this.
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Narnia Rap Battle: The Roundup
You’ve read the books, you’ve seen the movie, 
you’ve heard the stories. You’re probably still hoping, somewhere in your heart of hearts, that Susan is saving herself for you.
But you have no fucking idea about the Narnia Rap Battle.
Behold:
See, once upon a time about three months ago
SNL started something. SNL! Yeah, I know!
But this thing, it went viral; all the kids were emailing.
It was outta control, yeah this thing was just wailing!
NBC drones found out, shut it down like a flash.
Way too late: got on YouTube, we all started to thrash.
There was LA, and Muncie, two young dudes from Chi-town.
Ain’t no point, NBC, in this “Hey, shut ’em down!”
Now Cambridge steps up; Oxford isn’t around.
C.S. Lewis, poor dead guy, spinning down in the ground.
It’s a Narnia rap, what we all want to play.
Don’t get all literal: allegory? No way.
Take a Narnia word, take a Narnia sound,
Give it harsh attitude, then you kick it around,
And that’s all it takes, just a matter of class
and if that’s not enough I’ll kick you in the ass.
Tea, motherfuckerfucker! Tea, motherfucker!
The original, Lazy Sunday, as interpreted legally and protected by Right to Satirize legislation by two eleven-year-old Chicagoans:
The West Coast response, Lazy Monday:
The Midwestern entry, Lazy Muncie. Can’t beat a dance at the Elk’s Lodge:
And finally, the UK Narnia Rap. I dunno what’s up with Oxford, but Cambridge stole a march on them, and on their home turf at that! How mortifying!
Internet Identity Theft, Impersonation, and Stalking by Proxy
A few of our longtime readers will recall the case of the New Zealand woman who impersonated Viggo Mortensen online for a couple of years. Actually, for all I know she's still doing it. But at the time I tried to make a few points about the illegality of posting information to the Internet which is designed to make people think you are someone else. Thanks to BoingBoing I've come across a nice article about all that and more here.
The data is sketchy; victims volunteered to fill out a questionnaire, and harasser data is, in most cases, provided by the harassed. But there are some insights. For example, increasing numbers of men appear to be applying for help, and overt threats of offline harm occurred in about a quarter of the cases last year.
In about half the cases, victim and perpetrator appear to be strangers. For the rest, it can be deeply, disturbingly personal.
"With any new technology that comes along, you have the shadow of criminality that follows," Mr. Meloy said, although he added that the Internet, with all its distance and anonymity, provided a unique vehicle for the unleashing of hidden furies.
"It's a much more veiled, shielded, disinhibited way of communicating," Mr. Meloy said, "and much more raw in the expression of aggression."
We are not a muse
But KFed is!
Bowling trophy husband Kevin Federline has transcended the mundane and entered the realms occupied only by the immortals. Zeus, Freya, Aphrodite, Kate Moss…
Kevin Federline is a muse.
Canada's favorite Cuban, Perez Hilton, reports that KFed is the subject, object, be-all and end-all of a new song, courtesy of Boston rap duo Names & DJ Dirty Beagle. The meisterwerk is entitled Wake Up, KFed, and is available for downloading here.
And here is a sample of the madness that awaits. Right click and save, people. You know this is gonna rock every trailer park in America!
Wake up Mr. Federline
cuz we're calling you out, bitchSo Kevin, I saw you at a 7-11
You had an Us Weekly under your arm
and you stunk to high heaven
but you were psyched because that had you on the cover again
claiming you were weeding again
while Britney was at the OBGYN
So it's too bad you can't be a good dad
since you're about to get served by a college grad
who spits rhymeSo you don't like being called K-Fed
you can suck on my whole dick headOops Britney what are we gonna do
cuz we both know Kevin belongs in a petting zoo
So it's time to drop the other shoe
Send him packing with a Mountain Dew
it's alright sister
you win a few and you lose a few.
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This is totally gonna kick ass on the newstand!
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