pretty cool stuff

I was quite surprised to see that they would use cgi to take a guy out of a scene instead of just reshooting it or to change the face of brad pitt instead of just doing make up.

best cover ever?

I'll let you decide. here is the original:



And the cover by an unlikely artist:

Like a train wreck

I couldn't stop watching:

Luke ain't from Jersey

This looks about right

As an insurance adjuster I've seen what these things look like after it all happens. This video looks just like I imagine a hit like this would go down. Mister Schmeckl might have some more insight as well.

Please feel free to share this video:

I'm a sucker for a good fire show

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Gross AND hilarious!

Yeah, this about sums it all up

Woodstock

I missed it by about two years. That is, I was born in 1971 and it happened in 1969. Okay, so maybe it wasn't even close. Anyway, this weekend is the 40th anniversary and I found a little interesting info. We all know how big of an event it was to become. I found the following info that may tell you how big it should have become:

Cancelled Acts
Jeff Beck Group (The band broke up in July, forcing cancellation)
Iron Butterfly (Stuck at the airport, their manager demanded helicopters and special arrangements just for them. Were wired back and told, as impolitely as Western Union would allow, "to get lost", but in other 'words'.)
Joni Mitchell (Joni's agent put her on "The Dick Cavett Show" instead)
Lighthouse (Feared that it would be a "bad scene".)
Ethan Brown (Arrested for LSD three days before the event.)

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Declined Invitations
The Beatles (John Lennon said he couldn't get them together)
Led Zeppelin (Got a higher paying gig at the Asbury Park Convention Hall in New Jersey that weekend)
Bob Dylan (Turned it down because of his disgust of the hippies hanging around his house)
The Byrds (Turned it down because of a melee during their performance at the first Atlanta International Pop Festival, held at the Atlanta International Raceway on July 4 and July 5, 1969)
Tommy James & the Shondells (Turned it down because of being misinformed about the size and scope of the event)
Jethro Tull (Turned it down because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal.)
The Moody Blues were included in the original posters as performers, but backed out after taking a gig in Paris on the same weekend.
Spirit (they had other shows planned and did not want to back out of their commitments; not knowing how big that Woodstock would ultimately become)
Mind Garage (Declined because they thought it wouldn't be a big deal and had a higher paying gig elsewhere)


Now for a little music. This is J-tube after all. I saw these guys in concert a couple of years back. I hear they spoke for a couple of people at one time. Voice of a generation of some stuff like that:



and this one is for rick, billy and Laz as well as all of the boys south of the mason dixon:

remember this one?

Now play these two together:

try to keep up with me here, it is about to get wierd

So I was watching some cnbc on lunch today, mmmmmmmmmm Erin Burnett...

And a commercial for monster ballads came on. You know, those compillation cd's that have liek 50 songs on 10 disks, a bunch of stuff you would never buy the artists cd of now because you are too embarassed to admit you listed to the radio 20 years ago.

They were showing some Queensryche vidoe and this makes me wonder (i dont know why, this is where it gets really wierd), "What if continents had a battle of the bands?"

Would it matter who wins? No.

But this is what it would look like, in my warped mind anyway:

From Europe we have, um, Europe and the Final Countdown:


From Asia we have, um, again the obvious choice: Asia


From North America we have the only one that made sense to me. I tried to find a video for a band called Canada, this is all I could find: http://www.last.fm/music/Canada?autostart=1
I tried to do the same for a band called Mexico: http://www.last.fm/music/Mexico
Nort America: http://www.last.fm/music/North+America
So what do I choose? See for yourself:


Australia is by, um, Australia:


At this point, I am bored with this and don't wish to go on.

How to: Know you are a geek

How To Play a Real-Life Game Of Quidditch on Howcast

Don't get me wrong, I think the books and movies are great but wanting to go out and adapt a supposedly magical game to something more mundane just so I can play is a bit weird. Especially when the uniform is matching bathrobes.

robots in music?!!??!?!?!111111

Wha Wha WhaT!?



Or maybe this is more to your liking?

going for the triple play here

This is the best one in my book. A hilarious car wash snafu:



Followed up with an amazing historic event:



And we finish off with something funny but true (starts off a little slow but ends strong):

It's funny how some things make you think

Jenga Jr. is 3 years old and loves to play like he is driving a car. We know he can start one unfortunately. We were on a little vacation a couple of weeks ago and he kind of disappeared, that is to say, he was in the parking lot, at we knew he was there, but not exactly where. (not a big lot, only about enough spots for 10 cars).

We found him in a convertible VW bug pretending he was in the Indy 500. I guess it is a good thing we don't take him to church since that kid in the video was trying to avoid going when he stole his parents car.

I'm loading up on survivalist gear now

Because if this video is any indication, we may need it when the robots try to take over: