Transformers 2

Some quotes gathered by CNN in an article:

• Eric Childress, eFilmCritic.com: "The single worst film to be released thus far in the summer of 2009."

• Peter Bradshaw, The (UK) Guardian: "Like watching paint dry while getting hit over the head with a frying pan."

• Manohla Dargis, The New York Times: "Cretinous."

• Steven Whitty, The Newark (New Jersey) Star-Ledger: "Can you thwart a migraine for two-and-a-half hours?"

I like the second one the most.

As for me I have not seen the movie and have no plans to see it. Transformers 1 was OK but I took a child to see it. He got upset every time a Transformer got hurt and started to cry when he thought they would die. I had to reassure him that they were robots and would be fine. I didn't even bother to mention that it was only a movie.

Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson Put to Sleep

Reblogged via PETA Files.

Esquivel

Back in the 90s I was driving to or from college with a friend of mine. We got tired of listening to my techno DJ mixes and she pulled out this tape a friend of hers had forgotten in her room. It was labeled "ESQUIVEL - Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" and it BLEW MY MIND!

In the 1960s Juan Esquivel a Mexican composer and arranger did these arrangements of music which I find still ahead of the times today. It is 60s lounge music done in a totally psychedelic way. It is like if Frank Sinatra, Tom Waits and The Orb had a bastard child.

I don't think this YouTube video has stereo sound which is a key component of his sound. If you are interested "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" is a great place to start.

The Clash - Career Opportunities

Breakdancing in Slo Mo

Marcio's in the air
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30 Rock is a rip-off of the Muppet Show

I have only seen about 15 minutes of 30 Rock in my life, it wasn't the worst 15 minutes of TV I've watched. I have, however, watched the Muppet Show in its entirety multiple times both as an adult and as a child. This person makes a pretty good case that 30 Rock is a rip-off of the Muppet Show.

Case in point:




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Seal Slaughter

I can understand why people don't care about killing cows... People don't make the connection that the burgers you buy at McDonald's actually came from a cow. And they come with toys. But who can support killing poor baby seals?



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I think our culture is pretty messed up as far as our awareness of food. I've met kids who think that carrots are little bullet-shaped things that come in plastic bags. They didn't know what a real, whole carrot was when I showed it to them. They also think that meat comes wrapped up in paper from McDonalds. They don't understand that it came from a cow that was killed, much less the conditions under which these animals live and die.

PETA has a site about the Seal Slaughter. I'm going to ignore the other issues for now.