If you’ve ever wanted to hear children of many lands recorded making animal noises, well, does fl@33 ever have what you’ve been looking for.
Bzzzpeek is a collection of recordings of kids from across the globe imitating bees, cows, horses, pigs, snakes and other noisy critters (well, and noisy vehicles, like cars, trains and ambulances). […]
A woman claims she found a severed finger in her Applebee’s to go order a year ago. She was so traumatized by the appendage in her salad that she hasn’t eaten out since. The Smoking Gun claims that an Applebee’s source said that an employee had severed his finger and had been unable to retrieve […]
According to USA Today, British gossip magazine OK! is planning to launch an edition here in the United States. OK! has no qualms paying for content. The publication forks over big bucks for exclusive access to stars’ lives, even offering some editorial control, meaning that the celebrities can approve photographs and stories before they hit […]
When I lived in Space City (Houston, for those of you who aren’t down with the lingo), one of my favorite things was a local theatre company called Infernal Bridegroom Productions. For the last year I lived in the city, I caught literally every show IBP put on, including the first ever production of A […]
As a prelude to this week’s episode of The Simpsons, the FOX Network felt it necessary to air a warning that “This episode contains discussion of gay marriage. Parental discretion is advised.” There’s something peculiar about FOX — at the same time that they are willing to air fairly radical shows like The Simpsons and […]
Although when writing about music I’m as prone to acts of total wankery as the next self-important person, The Shins Will Change Your Life fills me with glee. The blog excerpts bits of music criticism that are so exultant that they seem to foretell the imminent coming of Christ or some similar figure, rather than […]
“The Real World: Austin” hit the airwaves last night. My co-workers and I caught up after-hours thanks to the latest in VHS technology. Episode 1 and we’re looking at a street brawl, a facial fracture, and then some.
The street brawl resulted from frat-boy* soulmates Wes and Danny drunkenly spilling into 6th Street searching for the […]
The New York Times committed an act of regressive quasi-journalism this weekend, publishing “Gay or Straight? Hard to Tell,” an article discussing how “gay” and “straight” fashions for men have converged. One of the article highlights is this bit:
“As gay men grow more comfortable shrugging off gay-identified clothing and Schwarzeneggerian fitness standards, straight men are […]
I got a piece of Esopus Magazine to share. Tim’m West agreed to letting me post his “Brown Buick, Brown House.”
Who doesn’t love an mp3? You can listen and learn more about Tim’m West’s work here or here.
The more I watch Texas Justice, the more I like Judge Larry Joe. At first, I hated the show, because it makes Texas look like a place where judges ride into court on horseback and then rule the court wearing jeans and cowboy boots. Some may, but I suspect it’s rare.
In any case, the […]