“If you didn’t catch it in the theater, or rent it, or see it someplace else, we’ve got it, on the Blockbuster channel!” – Blockbuster Channel Announcer The summer movie season is now officially upon us. I thought Ironman was tremendously fun and Indiana Jones was a steaming pile of dogshit. There are, of course, [...]
Archive for May 2008
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Thrown Off the Bus
“It’s just a little slimy, it’s still good, it’s still good!” – Homer Simpson In the last week John McCain has purged – there’s no other word – his campaign of a number of key staffers who have had past or current lobbying ties. Near as I can tell the whole thing got started when [...]
It’s a Mystery
Whatever the Opposite of a Victory Lap Is
“And I contend that those tourists were decapitated before they entered the Krustyland House of Knives.” – Krusty the Klown Starting today Bush the Younger will spend the next five days traveling to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. He’ll also meet with the leaders of Afghanistan and Jordan. No one seems to expect much of [...]
John McCain Enters the Octagon
Children of a Greater God
“We leave you the kids for three hours and the county takes them away?” – Homer Simpson “Oh bitch, bitch, bitch.” – Abe Simpson There was much hubbub a couple of weeks ago over an extremely dumb incident in Michigan. The facts are not in dispute and here they are. A guy took his seven [...]
Grand Theft Attention
“I must taste blood.” – Penny Tompkins Grand Theft Auto IV was released for two different video game consoles this week; the prior popularity and notoriety of the series means that its release merits the broadest kind of attention. As a cultural spectacle, in terms of written articles and television stories, the game’s debut was [...]
