People actually attend this musical? And pay money?
(For those of you who are going “Adrian who?“: he was the young sidekick in T.J. Hooker.)
I can only come to this conclusion: Musical theatre must be destroyed. Who’s with me?
Author: Joey deVilla
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BenQ’s Tasteless MP3 Player Promo
Update: Hey, BenQ’s yanked the site! Serves me right for not blogging it this weekend.
Here’s something that they fail to mention in university: cultural insensitivity isn’t the sole domain of mighty whitey. Check out the promo site that Taiwanese electronic manufacturer BenQ set up for their MusiQ MP3 player:
“What, too soon?” Screenshot of BenQ’s site for the MusiQ. Click to see it at full size.
The text translates as “Even if the world is destroyed to dust, I still believe in music.” That’s just silly.
The real problem is the background image. It’s been darkened and they’ve photoshopped some spotlights in, but that’s unmistakably the rubble of the World Trade Center in the background.
That’s about as appropriate as these ad concepts I whipped up…
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Two Groups, One Definition
“Social justice,” writes my sometime blog sparring partner Kathy “Relapsed Catholic” Shaidle, ” is the endless concoction by incompetent people of unworkable solutions to imaginary problems.”
It’s also an apt description for the people currently behind U.S. policy, foreign and domestic…
Click to see the comic on its GoComics page.
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Catmas Advent Calendar
Over at Catmas.com, I’m posting a cat picture every day from now until Christmas. Enjoy!
The original version of the classic You’re a Mean One, Mister Grinch was sung in a very impressive basso profundo by the late Thurl Ravenscroft, whom you might know as the voice of Tony the Tiger. What I present to you is a cover more suitable for your hard-drinkin’ Christmas party by country-fried rocker Mojo Nixon.
Mojo Nixon: You’re a Mean One, Mister Grinch (2.9 MB MP3)
You may recognize the sample that backs Superiority Complex’s number, Seasons: it’s from the Vince Guaraldi (the jazz guy behind the music in A Charlie Brown Christmas) track of the same name.
Superiority Complex: Seasons (5.7 MB MP3)
Christmas means peace on earth, goodwill toward men (and women), and…
Novelty songs!
Check out the first verse of Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey, by Lou Monte, a carol in the best New York Italian fuggedaboutit style…
Santa’s got a little friend,
His name is Dominick.
The cutest little donkey,
You never see him kick.
When Santa visits his paisons,
With Dominick he’ll be.
Because the reindeer cannot,
Climb the hills of Italy.
It’s-a spicy meat-a-ball of a carol.
Lou Monte: Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey (2.3 MB MP3)