Maybe these ‘Shreds’ parody dubs are old news, but they are new to me. I want to thank whoever that guy was this afternoon at the counter of Acme Video who turned me on to these. This is Jake Lee with Ozzy ‘clapping’. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqtk6kKTlDM]
“Hop on the Wiggum Wagon” Last Sunday’s episode of ‘The Simpsons’ pretty much nailed everything that’s wrong with the political process in America today. And at those times when I bemoan the fact that Rhode Island is always ignored and doesn’t really count, I try to imagine what a living hell it would actually be …
Tim Meadows explains the pitfalls of smoking marijuana to Dewey Cox. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57DdviStOFo&feature=related] And if you’re on the fence about seeing this movie, here’s a push. It’s crazy funny and the music is amazing. (R-rated by the way. I must admit the penises caught me completely by surprise, and I was with my niece. Am I …
Sunday, January 6th will be the first Pub Quiz of the new year at the Wild Colonial on South Water Street. If you have never participated, here’s the poop. First, it now starts at 8:00 PM. No prior registration required, just walk in. Teams can have no more than four members but fewer is also …
There will very shortly be a torrent of commentary, analysis, examination, celebration, fulmination, yippees and yahoos, recriminations, plate spinning, tearing of hair, gnashing of teeth, introspection, I-told-you-so’s, name-calling, flagellation, congratulations … and maybe by the end of the night… flossing. While we wait, I invite you to listen to a little metal by Andrew WK …
The tradition I now find completely depressing is the annual ‘First Baby of the New Year’ piece. The local media just automatically roll it out, treating it as a ‘feel good’ story, without any thought as to whether there is actually cause for great jubilation. This morning’s Providence Journal covers the 2008 entry (and by …
On the schedule for Bright Night is a performance by the Sheherazade Sisters. I think the picture pretty much tells you what you need to know. Led by belly-dancing teacher Kristie Speck (in front), they perform as a group, but will likely bust out a couple of mesmerizing solo performances as well. THIS is what …
It’s Free-For-All Saturday at the RISD Museum. So you can’t afford real jewelry — in fact, you can’t even afford to pay to get into a museum, then today is your day. Every last Saturday of the month, the RISD Museum of Art is free! Go see the show ‘Fabulous Fakes: Jewelry of Kenneth Jay …
Only a few days left to go see ‘The Apartment at the Mall’ at the showroom in the storefront on the street behind city hall… downtown. But it’s not the real apartment furnishings ‘cuz all that is tied up in litigation. (I like to think that somewhere there are artists who have broken into the …
I did it! Patriots/Giants Game on Channel 10! The NFL Network has seen the writing on the wall. An agreement has been reached, and the final game of the regular season will be carried over-the-air on NBC Channel 10. Once they saw that the Dose was on their case they totally caved. (There will be …
Well, Daddy didn’t come home to Mommy like I asked for, but I did get this really cool book! Available at The Onion Store, and bookstores everywhere, ‘Our Dumb World:The Onion’s Atlas of the Planet Earth’ looks just like a geography primer you might have had in your junior high Social Studies class. They just …
Singles mixers? I would rather picture y’all getting into bar ‘fights’. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbFFltjoGdI]
And this guy has a girlfriend. Gives new meaning to blue balls. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XV0I6Q70Yw]
This is a two-parter. First is the intro with the Marine Chorus which is quite wonderful. Then it goes to Grace Jones singing ‘Little Drummer Boy’ in the weirdest outfit ever. Pee Wee’s Christmas Special is the gold standard of the genre. [youtube]1GniAjezD84[/youtube]
Patriots to Providence — “Drop Dead” Cox Cable customers received a notice today that the final game of the regular season, December 29th/Patriots at Giants, will only be available in this area on the NFL Network, and for that you have to buy an extra sports bundle. (In Boston it will be carried on TV5 …
‘ripe 2008 calendar:harvest the beauty’ This can be yours for a $17 tax-deductible donation which will benefit Farm Fresh Rhode Island, Southside Community Land Trust and the Brown Student Garden project. Photographs by Lucas Foglia and Kate Abarbanel. Order online. Also available at the Brown Bookstore and Farmstead Cheese at Wayland Square.