+ Friday, July 20th, 6:15pm +

And now for a sports report...no, I'm not kidding.

- This worthless piece of trash should lose more than just a Nike deal (which he hasn't yet). As the owner of a pit I would like to see him tortured as he tortured his dogs.

- And in baseball news, you've got a drug using, lying asshole challenging the record of a legend.

- I'd rather watch minor league soccer. Super fun and a great group of local fans. And then there's Timber Jim.


+ Thurday, July 19th, 3:15pm +

- This is a great report on Scientology from the BBC...very well done and pretty straight forward. Another reason that English media does it right. A long watch (29:20), but well worth the time.

I wonder if I'll appear on a "list" now for thinking these freaks are certainly a cult. And the US classifies this as a religion? Unreal.


+ Tuesday, July 17th, 11:03am +

- I'm certainly not alone in being super stoked on Flight Of The Conchords...but I feel like I have to throw some links up here.

1. Issues (aka Think About It) - Live
2. Hiphopoppotamus vs. Rhymenoceruss - The Show
3. The Humans Are Dead - Live
4. Watch Episode Four

- Updating a lot these days...because I'm a bit bored.


+ Monday, July 16th, 7:53pm +

$700.00...but this is the first time I've ever seen this EXACT board for sale. And it's even signed by Hensley. My holy grail. And no way I would spend that much money.

+ 3:36pm +

Glen E. Friedman is set to release his new book, Keep Your eyes Open, a 112 page photo book with over 200 prints documenting the band from 1986 - 2002. There's a website for a book...and you can order now. Sold.




+ Thursday, July 12th, 8:34pm +

Last Saturday a few of us headed out to PIR and caught the Portland Historic Races. As always, it's a good time. So many damn Porsches...and I took some photos.

+ 2:13pm +

Stop what your are doing and go buy the new Patton Oswalt album. It's got a DVD in there as well. Beyond fucking awesome. I cried. Literally. Read a very nice interview with Patton at The Onion AV Club.




+ Sunday, July 8th, 2:25pm +

Short Curcuit + shitty teen comedy + amazing special effects = Transformers. Yes, the effects were great. Stormshadow and Optimus were pretty well done and it was great to watch them all 'transform'. When the robots were fighting I was rivited. But why the hell were the robots interacting with the humans like 'Number 5 (is alive) from the Short Circuit films? Advanced alien robots from the future are going to be doing slapstick and throwing out pop culture one liners? Did I miss Fisher Stevens and Steve Guttenberg? It also took an hour of badly written teen cliche storytelling to reach the damn action. I almost walked out during the first 45 minutes.

"Hey man, it's a popcorn flick! It's just fun...what's the big deal? It was a good time."

I'm sorry, but shitty charcters (hot hacker blond, black jive car salesman) and obivious plot twists (this alien helped us with today's technology...get out of here) just doesn't cut it for me. Where does it say that robots have to utter "My bad" for a cheap laugh and all the dialog has to end with a snappy predictable joke? It didn't have to be bad. The origins and backstory of the Transformers themselves was close to being interesting. Did everything have to be written so dumb and obvious? Yeah, I guess it followed the 'american blockbuster' formula to the letter. Right down to the last scene with the Linkin Park song soaring in the background. And America has spoken: biggest first week opening of all time.

I saw an interview with Micheal Bay who said that even though the critics hate his films they still make a ridiculous amount of money...meaning he's giving the people what they want. Most Americans eat at McDonalds a few times a week. Does that make it good food?




+ Tuesday, July 3rd, 3:48pm +

- Ratatouille is my favorite movie so far this year. Smart, funny and so fun to watch. It sounds like some sort of cliche, but it was the best time I had at the movies this year. Patton Oswalt is great...go check it out. Then see Transformers. I know I'm going to at some point.

- Here's some bonus Patton Oswalt for you (watch the first video). I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. The bit about the KFC bowl? Genius.

- Hey, guess what? That fat cop got off scot free! Big surprise. I guess the town of Hot Springs is cool with this guy being back on patrol on Thursday. Fantastic. I'm glad I don't live there and never will. Remember kids, if you've got a badge you can do anything.


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