These guys have game. Ztohoven, a Czech art collective, hacked into the morning weather report and threw a mushroom cloud into the background just for laughs. The New York Times reports that in general it “drew a mild, tolerant, even amused public response… highlighting an old Czech tradition of tomfoolery”. Nonetheless, the artists have been …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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]
If you spent five hours trapped in your car yesterday and vowed never to leave the house again — good news! Sunday night is the series finale of the Ricky Gervais show ‘Extras’ on HBO. This may seem a little confusing as there have only been two short seasons, and the last original episode was …
Ian’s got a knack for being the first to find all these godforsaken lists. BizJournals.com knows what fun looks like, and apparently we’re 10th-best at having it. We’re in the top ten in the food, culture, and “low impact sports” categories. (Which I think means kickball?) Surely inclusion of a (conspicuously absent) “strip clubs” category …
A film by local artists and activists John Mahone and Ghislaine Jean-Mahone, starring In House Freestyle, New England’s only all-black comedy group. 6:30 tomorrow (Friday), in Atlantic Mills (122 Manton Ave). Enter the tower on the right, and head for the Olneyville Neighborhood Association offices. If you haven’t seen IHF’s film yet, NOW’s your chance! …
Ian tells us that, for some reason or another, Al Franken will be at Blue State Coffee on Thayer tomorrow, from 3-4:30.