Why is Javier Bardem up for for an Oscar? He didn't do anything in No Country for Old Men. Cool dude. The girlfriend keeps saying that she's sure he played Denny Duquette on Grey's Anatomy. Even proof on IMDB that Denny was played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan isn't shutting her up...
Tribute to binoculars was fantastically funny. The girlfriend is making me go to Quiznos because she's “hungry”. Dammit.
Back...
Rene Zelwegger...such a beautiful advertisement for anyone starting an anti-Botox ad campaign...she doesn't even have eyes anymore. She used to be gorgeous. Followed by Nicole Kidman...who...is her skin real? She looks like a porcelain doll. I think Tom Cruise traded up.
Harisson Ford and Calista Flockhart...wouldn't have bet money that they would have lasted.
Miley Cyrus was apparently there...she's not going to be all that hot, but she'll be a cutie for a long time. Man, there are a lot of boring awards. They should just skip right ahead to giving the Best Picture award to No Country for Old Men so that I can get all pissed off early and have it out of my system.
No way...a movie about the Nazis crimes won an Oscar?????? I'm floored. That's neverrrrr happened before.
Oh man, first Colin Farrel slipped and then Travolta slipped... Whoever waxed the floor by the podium has already made my night. Here's hoping someone has a huge spill. Its always better to live a YouTube! moment.
Enchanted should have only submitted one song for an Oscar, it would have won.
Hilary Swank = is still kind of a man, but she should have a film up for Best Picture this year in P.S. I Love You. How a terrific, moving, well written, acted, and emotional film like that could be overlooked for a shitshow like No Country For Old Men which was one of the most pompous wastes of time in history is beyond me.
Great that they let the soldiers present an award. That's cool. Is it awful that the kid who announced the first award totally made me think “don't ask don't tell”?
Ohhh...it had to get slightly political. Our first presenter to evoke some was the documentary winner. Thought mayyyyyyybe we'd get the whole way through without someone telling opinionating.
Johnny Depp ought to get this award for Best Actor. He's always solid in everything.
The Cohen's winning for Best Director truly proves that shit movies that are completely unremarkable and borderline awful can win Oscars. So I have hopes for my next movie.
HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW HOW did No Country for Old Men win anything but a fucking Razzy. At least Lindsay Lohan's movie that won all the Razzy's last week had her stripping and therefore was watchable for 15 seconds. No Country for Old Men was unbelievably awful, plodding, and pointless. There were so many other films this year that were so much better than No Country for Old Men. What a waste. I don't think Juno or Michael Clayton were the best films of the year either, but they were stunningly good films compared to this trash. Boo! Boo!
Also, Jon Stewart...not bad...you managed to be an ok host; an improvement over last time. I still think Ellen is my favorite in recent memory.
02/20/2008: Southwest Airlines / Knight Rider 2008
I flew to LA last night and had several epiphanies. First, of all I became a believer in Southwest airlines. The first time I flew them to Vegas earlier this year, they held the plane for some late transferring travelers causing us to miss a window in a storm and stranding us on the tarmac (awesome word, I don't get to use enough) for hours. However, this time around I managed to score an “A” boarding pass (the key to a good Southwest experience) and was the 4th person to board the flight. Having the ability to choose my own seat, and flying destiny is amazing.
Specifically because any seat on the damn plane is up for grabs. Being nearly 6'7“ I'm of the opinion that its inhuman to force someone my size to sit in the normal seats on, say, a United or American plane. Even more awful is seeing a decrepit old woman or tiny little businessman that could comfortably sit in a regular seat sitting in the exit row barely using the incredible legroom. Southwest though, has actual seats, that while uncomfortable do enable me to sit for a plane ride. I physically cannot sit in the regular seats on United or American. But last night, I scored a Southwest exit row and had a wonderful nap. I awoke to find the slightly Sean Hayes-esque flight attendant cracking jokes and unrolling entire rolls of toilet paper in the aisle of the plane and then putting the end in the toilet. Who knew one flush on an airplane could suck down an entire unrolled roll of toilet paper. Incredible.
After being awake for all of 2 mins one flight attendant approached me and said, ”Would you like a beverage or a snack. I noticed you were sleeping earlier so I didn't wake you, but now that you're up you have to be thirsty or hungry?" What? They do this on airplanes when you buy a ticket that costs less that one paycheck? Incredible.
Then it was time to take the new Knight Rider for a spin on my new Zen Vision (READ: get one...they're awesome). Knight Rider...is like a deep fried Twinkie. There's no real reason that anyone should ever want to make it, it doesn't taste particularly good, and you feel like consuming it was an utter waste, but some part of you wants more. The characters were wooden, the plot recycled, the effects sub par, but all in all it was kind of fun. TV needs more super awesome retarded action shows again. This show actually felt pretty much like a carbon copy ripoff of the show Viper that lasted a couple of seasons in the 90's. Everything that car did...this KIT did. Kind of lame. Also, not sure, but wouldn't you think KIT would have some automatic seatbelts? All-in-all though it was a stupid fun movie that will leave an awful taste in your mouth that you will inexplicably want more of. Download immediately.
Specifically because any seat on the damn plane is up for grabs. Being nearly 6'7“ I'm of the opinion that its inhuman to force someone my size to sit in the normal seats on, say, a United or American plane. Even more awful is seeing a decrepit old woman or tiny little businessman that could comfortably sit in a regular seat sitting in the exit row barely using the incredible legroom. Southwest though, has actual seats, that while uncomfortable do enable me to sit for a plane ride. I physically cannot sit in the regular seats on United or American. But last night, I scored a Southwest exit row and had a wonderful nap. I awoke to find the slightly Sean Hayes-esque flight attendant cracking jokes and unrolling entire rolls of toilet paper in the aisle of the plane and then putting the end in the toilet. Who knew one flush on an airplane could suck down an entire unrolled roll of toilet paper. Incredible.
After being awake for all of 2 mins one flight attendant approached me and said, ”Would you like a beverage or a snack. I noticed you were sleeping earlier so I didn't wake you, but now that you're up you have to be thirsty or hungry?" What? They do this on airplanes when you buy a ticket that costs less that one paycheck? Incredible.
Then it was time to take the new Knight Rider for a spin on my new Zen Vision (READ: get one...they're awesome). Knight Rider...is like a deep fried Twinkie. There's no real reason that anyone should ever want to make it, it doesn't taste particularly good, and you feel like consuming it was an utter waste, but some part of you wants more. The characters were wooden, the plot recycled, the effects sub par, but all in all it was kind of fun. TV needs more super awesome retarded action shows again. This show actually felt pretty much like a carbon copy ripoff of the show Viper that lasted a couple of seasons in the 90's. Everything that car did...this KIT did. Kind of lame. Also, not sure, but wouldn't you think KIT would have some automatic seatbelts? All-in-all though it was a stupid fun movie that will leave an awful taste in your mouth that you will inexplicably want more of. Download immediately.
02/14/2008: 1.21 gigawatts can't match the power of love
Today is Valentine's Day and in case you didn't notice, that means you should hand out awesome little Valentines to all your friends and all the girls in your class that you have a crush on. If you don't have a class, feel free to hand Valentine's out at wherever you normally spend your days (work, home, the porno shop, Step Up 2: The Streets, etc.).
This year the fine folks over at this thread onwww.somethingawful.com are making delicious Back to the Future Valentines. Its mainly a joke, but there were some good ones there and I had a few ideas of my own so I made a few extra and co-opted some from there and made a handy sheet which you can just print up and hand out for insta-retro-cool homemade Valentine's guaranteed to make the girl (or boy) of your dreams get a total boner for you.
Click the picture below for one large enough to print:
See how awesome they are in person:
Try it out. My favorite that I made is George McFly peeping that says “I've got my eye on you, Valentine!” and my favorite that I didn't make is “1.21 gigawatts can't match the power of love”.
Enjoy and happy Valentine's day!
$ucksex
This year the fine folks over at this thread onwww.somethingawful.com are making delicious Back to the Future Valentines. Its mainly a joke, but there were some good ones there and I had a few ideas of my own so I made a few extra and co-opted some from there and made a handy sheet which you can just print up and hand out for insta-retro-cool homemade Valentine's guaranteed to make the girl (or boy) of your dreams get a total boner for you.
Click the picture below for one large enough to print:
See how awesome they are in person:
Try it out. My favorite that I made is George McFly peeping that says “I've got my eye on you, Valentine!” and my favorite that I didn't make is “1.21 gigawatts can't match the power of love”.
Enjoy and happy Valentine's day!
$ucksex
02/07/2008: Mars is Dead
Man, oh, man. I am pathetic. Here's the story. I work out every night. Generally this involved plopping myself down in front of my TV (on my exercise bike) and riding 20 miles while watching a TV show on DVD. Last spring I got hooked on Veronica Mars. Now, I came late to the Veronica Mars party, but I have to say, those were a phenomenal 3 years of TV.
I rolled my eyes when folks I trust started telling me to watch the show. First off, I hate detective shows. I don't have any room for TV crime solvers and they really can't compare with the heroes I grew up with. I mean, can anyone really get to the bottom of crimes like Jim Rockford, Magnum PI, the A-Team, MacGyver, Bo and Luke Duke, or the team of Wayne Gretzky, Michael Jordan, and Bo Jackson? I think not. So I was skeptical. So I downloaded the first few episodes to see if it was worth investing in whole season DVDs.
Season spanning mysteries are one of my favorite parts of the show. I guess it sucks if you're trying to pick up new viewers, but shows are so much smarter when you can develop a case (or 4) over the entire season. Also, the writing was done well in that pseudo-self aware Gilmore Girls style, but with a lot of nerd behind it. Veronica's adoption of Battlestar Gallactica slang didn't feel forced, it just felt hyper-real. I don't need actual reality from my TV shows, that's what I have my life for, but the show had a comfortable mix.
They also head the sense to go out and grab some really hot babes to be on the show. I'd pretty much watch a test patter as long as Charisma Carpenter popped up a lot, but a good show with her presence? I'm there. Same with the ultra-cute Veronica. Even Mac was kinda cute.
The show was totally serious, but the snappy dialouge gave Veronica a very snide sense of humor and the whole show was laced with it. Add in recurring stars like Ken Marino of The State fame as Vinnie Van Lowe was always hysterical.
So why am I sad? Because I ran out of Veronica Mars last night. The last episode was a real letdown because it was one of the best of the series and due to the fact that the writers didn't know whether Veronica was coming back for another season loose ends were hardly dealt with. I still think Angel had one of the most incredible series finales ever in that it left you hanging while tying up alomst every loose end. Veronica Mars is now easily in my Top 5 if not #2 behind Angel.
So today, I mourn the loss of Veronica Mars. You died to soon.
02/05/2008: Super Tuesday OR Just don't vote Huckabee
Here's the thing...artists and celebrities and idiots like us are a lame place to go for guidance on anything political. I'm obsessed with politics, but I recognize how retarded it is to say anything other, than take some time, read a ton of stuff (good and bad) about your candidate and then go make a decision.
I'm sick of reading bulletins for Obama and getting messages about “who are you voting for” as if that is somehow a good way to do things. Go find ten sources that are critical of your candidate and 10 that heavily criticize. At least. Listen to them speak and try to get a feel for them as a liar or not. The thing is, campaign promises are hard to keep. Its cool to be anti-IRS, but no President could change that in 4 years. Likely, whoever becomes President will have to temper their goals with those of Congress in order to get things passed.
Take time to think about things that might just be too good to be true. Does universal healthcare really have no consequences? Is an amendment banning gay marriages really worth wasting time on, does it have any chance of passing?
These are my scant thoughts. Politics are personal and viral, but all the idiot celebrities and musicians waving flags is just annoying. So are blogs and bulletins and Facebook notes about....wait...dammit. I'm guilty. FUCK.
I'm sick of reading bulletins for Obama and getting messages about “who are you voting for” as if that is somehow a good way to do things. Go find ten sources that are critical of your candidate and 10 that heavily criticize. At least. Listen to them speak and try to get a feel for them as a liar or not. The thing is, campaign promises are hard to keep. Its cool to be anti-IRS, but no President could change that in 4 years. Likely, whoever becomes President will have to temper their goals with those of Congress in order to get things passed.
Take time to think about things that might just be too good to be true. Does universal healthcare really have no consequences? Is an amendment banning gay marriages really worth wasting time on, does it have any chance of passing?
These are my scant thoughts. Politics are personal and viral, but all the idiot celebrities and musicians waving flags is just annoying. So are blogs and bulletins and Facebook notes about....wait...dammit. I'm guilty. FUCK.
02/04/2008: Superbowel Update
Well, at least it wasn't Tom Brady winning another Super Bowl. I just can't bring myself to like the dude. It has nothing to do with the fact that he fathered a baby with one model and then ditched her for another. That actually doesn't really bother me which probably makes me a horrible person or something, but I think a steady drip of Perez Hilton has numbed me to caring about the social lives of celebrities. I don't really feel bad for the mother of his child...she's rich, she'll be taken care of and so will the kid. Most kids today could only hope to have the quality of life that kid will have, and if Tom Brady is an absentee father the kid is probably better off.
I think I hate Tom Brady for a myriad of reasons that make very little sense. I can't stand how nice and boy scout-like he seems. I don't like the colors of the Patriots jerseys. Drew Bledsoe was the first jersey I ever owned. Tom Brady's barber is obviously blind, but women don't seem to notice. I'm pretty sure Hard Corey could be a pro quarterback with the situation Tom Brady has around him.
Which brings me to the all-important Super Bowl ads. What a lame crop of ads. My girlfriend flipped over the Thriller Life Water ad, but when I watched it on the YouTube this morning, I couldn't believe it (and she by association) was. Granted, she is a dance teacher so it was Thrillicious for her, I guess. My favorites: FedEx carrier pigeons, Justin Timberlake Pepsi, Pepsi Night at the Roxbury (in spite of myself), Jackie Moon Bud Light Outtakes (Suck One), Doritos Giant Rat, Charlie Brown kicking Stewie's played-out (yeah, Family Guy is done...deal with it) ass to a bottle of Coke was also cool.
The Bridgestone Ad with Richard Simmons would have been an achievement if the guy had chosen to swerve for everyone except Richard Simmons and, instead, floored it and went straight for him. Whatever, I made Sesame Chicken so the game couldn't have been better. Skipped the shitty halftime show for some Smash Bros. Melee. Though, props to the Super Bowl people for making Tom Petty seem anything but a zombie corpse.
Still I think it was a far cry from years past. And where was our Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull trailer? Fuck that. Its ok though, Rambo pretty much entertained me for awhile this weekend. If you haven't seen it yet, its pretty much the most impressively violent film I've seen in awhile, and it goes down smooth. Makes me wish it was 1980 again, and I had entire decade of retarded action films to look forward.
I'm gonna try and blog more this year, its officially a New Years resolution. So look forward to that as we head towards Valentine's Day and Jumper...
I think I hate Tom Brady for a myriad of reasons that make very little sense. I can't stand how nice and boy scout-like he seems. I don't like the colors of the Patriots jerseys. Drew Bledsoe was the first jersey I ever owned. Tom Brady's barber is obviously blind, but women don't seem to notice. I'm pretty sure Hard Corey could be a pro quarterback with the situation Tom Brady has around him.
Which brings me to the all-important Super Bowl ads. What a lame crop of ads. My girlfriend flipped over the Thriller Life Water ad, but when I watched it on the YouTube this morning, I couldn't believe it (and she by association) was. Granted, she is a dance teacher so it was Thrillicious for her, I guess. My favorites: FedEx carrier pigeons, Justin Timberlake Pepsi, Pepsi Night at the Roxbury (in spite of myself), Jackie Moon Bud Light Outtakes (Suck One), Doritos Giant Rat, Charlie Brown kicking Stewie's played-out (yeah, Family Guy is done...deal with it) ass to a bottle of Coke was also cool.
The Bridgestone Ad with Richard Simmons would have been an achievement if the guy had chosen to swerve for everyone except Richard Simmons and, instead, floored it and went straight for him. Whatever, I made Sesame Chicken so the game couldn't have been better. Skipped the shitty halftime show for some Smash Bros. Melee. Though, props to the Super Bowl people for making Tom Petty seem anything but a zombie corpse.
Still I think it was a far cry from years past. And where was our Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull trailer? Fuck that. Its ok though, Rambo pretty much entertained me for awhile this weekend. If you haven't seen it yet, its pretty much the most impressively violent film I've seen in awhile, and it goes down smooth. Makes me wish it was 1980 again, and I had entire decade of retarded action films to look forward.
I'm gonna try and blog more this year, its officially a New Years resolution. So look forward to that as we head towards Valentine's Day and Jumper...
12/22/2007: Keep The Change
I'll keep it short...you should watch our awesome new music video for our new Christmas song “Keep the Change”.
The premise of the video? Stuff happens to the Lil Laotian video who first appeared in our “I Want It” music video last Christmas. A Wiimote takes out his eye and he's out for revenge.
We shot this thing on location in Wilmette, IL at the actual Home Alone house and several Home Alone locations.
I think you'll enjoy it. As usual please tell your friends!
If you'd like to download the song....do so here...until Christmas. Also, consider buying “Wii Wiish You A Merry Christmas” our holiday album
http://www.formerfatboys.com/Former_Fat_Boys_Keep_The_Change.mp3
If you need more incentive to watch the video:
The premise of the video? Stuff happens to the Lil Laotian video who first appeared in our “I Want It” music video last Christmas. A Wiimote takes out his eye and he's out for revenge.
We shot this thing on location in Wilmette, IL at the actual Home Alone house and several Home Alone locations.
I think you'll enjoy it. As usual please tell your friends!
If you'd like to download the song....do so here...until Christmas. Also, consider buying “Wii Wiish You A Merry Christmas” our holiday album
http://www.formerfatboys.com/Former_Fat_Boys_Keep_The_Change.mp3
If you need more incentive to watch the video:
So, a lot of people liked the One Republic and Timbaland verse we did so I decided to do another one.
Some people dig them, some people don't. I get that. I've heard complaints that they're not very nerdcore and for that, nerdcore fans, I'm sorry, but it gives me a chance to fuck around with some other things that I don't normally get to do. Rest assured, when I do these little videos they're a break from mixing and recording a ton of new stuff for you. (We have several new music videos we're filming and editing right now, a few cool contests, some awesome new tracks with some kickass cameos, and a new Christmas/Holiday track coming.)
For now here's our remix of Kelly Clarkson's “Sober”:
If you dig it and want to download the remix just click “Free MP3s” right at the top of the page.
Here's the thing, I really want people to see these on a massive scale. So...if you can...we'd love it if you forwarded the link to friends and enemies. Encourage them to pass it on. Send it to anyone you can. If you read a music blog or a blog like Perez Hilton and feel like sending it on to them, we'd really appreciate it. Nothing is better than grassroots.
Anyway, enjoy.
DJ Tanner
Some people dig them, some people don't. I get that. I've heard complaints that they're not very nerdcore and for that, nerdcore fans, I'm sorry, but it gives me a chance to fuck around with some other things that I don't normally get to do. Rest assured, when I do these little videos they're a break from mixing and recording a ton of new stuff for you. (We have several new music videos we're filming and editing right now, a few cool contests, some awesome new tracks with some kickass cameos, and a new Christmas/Holiday track coming.)
For now here's our remix of Kelly Clarkson's “Sober”:
If you dig it and want to download the remix just click “Free MP3s” right at the top of the page.
Here's the thing, I really want people to see these on a massive scale. So...if you can...we'd love it if you forwarded the link to friends and enemies. Encourage them to pass it on. Send it to anyone you can. If you read a music blog or a blog like Perez Hilton and feel like sending it on to them, we'd really appreciate it. Nothing is better than grassroots.
Anyway, enjoy.
DJ Tanner
10/23/2007: I just want to react to some things
1) Dumbledore is gay.
You know what, no, he isn't. This isn't rooted in any kind of homophobia, but since the release of Deathly Hallows JK Rowling has been serving up the most retarded backstories and future-stories to her characters that anyone could imagine. The books were nearly flawless and were a wonderful read, but come on JK put it in the book. I've seen write-ups quoting passages that supposedly point to the fact that he's gay and, frankly, I just don't see it. His relationship with Gellet, as described in the book, was simply a friendship. If JK wished to “out” Dumbledore then why in the world didn't she? She tied up every other realistic question in the end of Deathly Hallows, why not that question.
Was Slughorn gay too? Or Moody? Or any other number of characters who's sexual orientation wasn't discussed in the book? I don't care one way or the other, but the let literature stand. Why does there need to be a discussion of everyone's sexuality and why is it the defining characteristic of so much in our society.
If Dumbledore was gay, then why not weave it CONVINCINGLY into the story, especially if one of your goals (as is obvious from reading the books) to preach tolerance? Why not bite the bullet and be brave enough to stand up for it in the text. Frankly I think its cowardly what she did. She knew that the story would rate in the US where we're, admittedly, a little bit backwards about some of this stuff. Frankly, I enjoyed that in the books her lessons on inequality were masked by the Harry Potter Universe. Ie, instead of black/white/tan/yellow/red/brown race related stuff or Christians vs. Muslims vs. Jews it was Muggles vs. Pure Bloods. That vagueness provided for an excellent ability to take the lessons in the text and apply them to anything our world.
She's tainting the books with all the post book crap she's dishing about her characters and while I don't care one way or the other if Dumbledore is gay, I maintain that based on the books...he isn't and that JK is tarnishing the legacy of the books by revealing so much information about her characters that wasn't covered in her narrative.
2) Oink dying.
In case you didn't know Oink.cd the popular file sharing site is now dead. This is depressing simply because it was a marvel. Every album ever (well...mostly) was available here from the most major artists major release to the b-sides of small regional and local acts from around the world was available. Not just that it was available in formats that were compatible with every MP3 player around and at a quality that is lacking on every major download service. Sure, our album is available on iTunes, Amazon, etc. but guess what...I wouldn't buy it there. I'd buy the CD and rip it in either --aps format or more likely, V0 just to make sure I had a quality rip. WHY ISN'T THERE A DOWNLOAD SERVICE THAT OFFERS QUALITY MP3's? Its obviously what people want.
We also leaked our album to Oink. Why? Because people would hear it. Isn't that the point? Oh, and to drive sales. Our album was downloaded several hundred times off of Oink. We sold probably 35 - 40 copies that i know of from people hearing it on Oink. Now, that's not a a huge return but its somewhere around 10%. That doesn't count T-Shirt sales either. The notion is this: people who really like your music will support you. They will steal my album off of Oink and then come buy it? Why would they do that? I'd love to chat with the RIAA about their retarded practices.
Why isn't music like cable TV? Think about it... At its height Napster had 60 million members. Is someone really telling me that half that, 30 million people wouldn't have paid $10 a month for that service? Hell I'd have paid $30 a month. But, lets say 30 million people paid $10 a month...that's $300,000,000 a month! I think they could figure out a revenue stream where artists got reasonable monies from that. That's $3.6 billion per year back in the pockets of the artists. Sure iTunes is a step, sure DRM free is nice, but how about giving people what they want: the ability to get the music they want in a quality they want that's easily used across every platform AT THE MOMENT THEY WANT IT.
Why release a single and then wait 4 months to make it available to purchase?
Ugg...so yeah...Oink you will be missed. I'll probably never get those Stroke 9 demos I wanted to check out or the Nine Days unreleased album. FUCK.
Also, fuck Oink and its dumb ratio rules. I'm glad its dead.
3) mc chris dissing nerdocre.
Yawn. Big surprise, who cares. Make better music, build a fan base the size of his and lets talk. Until then all I see that he did was drop a challenege that basically said, "Look, I'm top dog. I'm sick of giving you fuckers scraps. Get to my level, become my equal and lets talk. Nerdcore has been fairly well known on the net for 3 or 4 years and around much longer. Yet, most of the scene is still a bunch of padawan's that aren't showing any signs of becoming Jedi and yet walk around as if they are.
That said, nerdcore is a pretty fun scene and I think Chris is missing out. Also, DJ John, DJ John, DJ John. Things have not been the same without him. I'm all for new musical directions, but bring John back!!!!!
4) My new house. I got a new house. I'm living there with Hard Corey and two other of our close friends you've probably seen in music videos. You're going to see a lot of new content on the site.
You know what, no, he isn't. This isn't rooted in any kind of homophobia, but since the release of Deathly Hallows JK Rowling has been serving up the most retarded backstories and future-stories to her characters that anyone could imagine. The books were nearly flawless and were a wonderful read, but come on JK put it in the book. I've seen write-ups quoting passages that supposedly point to the fact that he's gay and, frankly, I just don't see it. His relationship with Gellet, as described in the book, was simply a friendship. If JK wished to “out” Dumbledore then why in the world didn't she? She tied up every other realistic question in the end of Deathly Hallows, why not that question.
Was Slughorn gay too? Or Moody? Or any other number of characters who's sexual orientation wasn't discussed in the book? I don't care one way or the other, but the let literature stand. Why does there need to be a discussion of everyone's sexuality and why is it the defining characteristic of so much in our society.
If Dumbledore was gay, then why not weave it CONVINCINGLY into the story, especially if one of your goals (as is obvious from reading the books) to preach tolerance? Why not bite the bullet and be brave enough to stand up for it in the text. Frankly I think its cowardly what she did. She knew that the story would rate in the US where we're, admittedly, a little bit backwards about some of this stuff. Frankly, I enjoyed that in the books her lessons on inequality were masked by the Harry Potter Universe. Ie, instead of black/white/tan/yellow/red/brown race related stuff or Christians vs. Muslims vs. Jews it was Muggles vs. Pure Bloods. That vagueness provided for an excellent ability to take the lessons in the text and apply them to anything our world.
She's tainting the books with all the post book crap she's dishing about her characters and while I don't care one way or the other if Dumbledore is gay, I maintain that based on the books...he isn't and that JK is tarnishing the legacy of the books by revealing so much information about her characters that wasn't covered in her narrative.
2) Oink dying.
In case you didn't know Oink.cd the popular file sharing site is now dead. This is depressing simply because it was a marvel. Every album ever (well...mostly) was available here from the most major artists major release to the b-sides of small regional and local acts from around the world was available. Not just that it was available in formats that were compatible with every MP3 player around and at a quality that is lacking on every major download service. Sure, our album is available on iTunes, Amazon, etc. but guess what...I wouldn't buy it there. I'd buy the CD and rip it in either --aps format or more likely, V0 just to make sure I had a quality rip. WHY ISN'T THERE A DOWNLOAD SERVICE THAT OFFERS QUALITY MP3's? Its obviously what people want.
We also leaked our album to Oink. Why? Because people would hear it. Isn't that the point? Oh, and to drive sales. Our album was downloaded several hundred times off of Oink. We sold probably 35 - 40 copies that i know of from people hearing it on Oink. Now, that's not a a huge return but its somewhere around 10%. That doesn't count T-Shirt sales either. The notion is this: people who really like your music will support you. They will steal my album off of Oink and then come buy it? Why would they do that? I'd love to chat with the RIAA about their retarded practices.
Why isn't music like cable TV? Think about it... At its height Napster had 60 million members. Is someone really telling me that half that, 30 million people wouldn't have paid $10 a month for that service? Hell I'd have paid $30 a month. But, lets say 30 million people paid $10 a month...that's $300,000,000 a month! I think they could figure out a revenue stream where artists got reasonable monies from that. That's $3.6 billion per year back in the pockets of the artists. Sure iTunes is a step, sure DRM free is nice, but how about giving people what they want: the ability to get the music they want in a quality they want that's easily used across every platform AT THE MOMENT THEY WANT IT.
Why release a single and then wait 4 months to make it available to purchase?
Ugg...so yeah...Oink you will be missed. I'll probably never get those Stroke 9 demos I wanted to check out or the Nine Days unreleased album. FUCK.
Also, fuck Oink and its dumb ratio rules. I'm glad its dead.
3) mc chris dissing nerdocre.
Yawn. Big surprise, who cares. Make better music, build a fan base the size of his and lets talk. Until then all I see that he did was drop a challenege that basically said, "Look, I'm top dog. I'm sick of giving you fuckers scraps. Get to my level, become my equal and lets talk. Nerdcore has been fairly well known on the net for 3 or 4 years and around much longer. Yet, most of the scene is still a bunch of padawan's that aren't showing any signs of becoming Jedi and yet walk around as if they are.
That said, nerdcore is a pretty fun scene and I think Chris is missing out. Also, DJ John, DJ John, DJ John. Things have not been the same without him. I'm all for new musical directions, but bring John back!!!!!
4) My new house. I got a new house. I'm living there with Hard Corey and two other of our close friends you've probably seen in music videos. You're going to see a lot of new content on the site.
10/19/2007: One Republic Remix
A lot of attention from that One Republic Apologize remix so...here's a link to the MP3:
http://www.formerfatboys.com/One_Republic_featuring_Former_Fat_Boys_-_Apologize.mp3
(Right click to save)
I've gotten a lot of requests for the Apologize remix I threw up on YouTube! so here they are:
One Republic featuring Former Fat Boys and Timbaland - Apologize
back and forth slamming doors
tears like rain on my front porch
there's always a moment a second you know that
its over its done
she's not the one
its not her but it is
you're ready to live
she's not holding you back, loving her is
and leaving's like loving without all the hope
like jumping then looking to the plunge unknown
but that's how we grow, get the wings get to fly
get to find who we are, get to find what's inside
good guy says goodbye, you can't try and defy
don't ask why, don't apologize
I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothin new
I loved you with a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
“Sorry” like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
Bridge (guitar/piano)
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...
The Video is here:
http://www.formerfatboys.com/One_Republic_featuring_Former_Fat_Boys_-_Apologize.mp3
(Right click to save)
I've gotten a lot of requests for the Apologize remix I threw up on YouTube! so here they are:
One Republic featuring Former Fat Boys and Timbaland - Apologize
back and forth slamming doors
tears like rain on my front porch
there's always a moment a second you know that
its over its done
she's not the one
its not her but it is
you're ready to live
she's not holding you back, loving her is
and leaving's like loving without all the hope
like jumping then looking to the plunge unknown
but that's how we grow, get the wings get to fly
get to find who we are, get to find what's inside
good guy says goodbye, you can't try and defy
don't ask why, don't apologize
I'm holding on your rope,
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearin what you say but I just can't make a sound
You tell me that you need me
Then you go and cut me down, but wait
You tell me that you're sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around, and say...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
I'd take another chance, take a fall
Take a shot for you
And I need you like a heart needs a beat
But it's nothin new
I loved you with a fire red-
Now it's turning blue, and you say...
“Sorry” like the angel heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid...
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
Bridge (guitar/piano)
It's too late to apologize, it's too late
I said it's too late to apologize, it's too late
It's too late to apologize, yeah
I said it's too late to apologize, yeah-
I'm holdin on your rope, got me ten feet off the ground...
The Video is here: