Oklahoma House Rejects The Flaming Lips’ “Do You Realize?” as Official State Rock Song. Someone needs to vote out some gray-hairs.
Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Art, Idiocy, Music, Politics
The Oklahoma House has rejected the classic Flaming Lips song “Do You Realize??, Pt. 1″ from Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
as the state’s official rock song, reportedly because bassist/engineer Michael Ivins wore a t-shirt with a hammer & sickle to the state capital.
Hey, isn’t Russia supposed to be our ally now?
You can vote to make Oklahoma seem less idiotic here. Right now they’re losing pretty badly.
BUT WAIT! There’s more! From News OK:
Update:
Gov. Brad Henry announced Thursday evening that he will sign an executive order on Tuesday naming the Flaming [...]
Almost As Radical as Frank Zappa For President: Jaspal Bhatti’s Recession Party
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Idiocy, Politics
India seems liek a pretty wild place; multiple religions, multiple Gods, multiple political parties and, reportedly, multiple ways to profit from becoming an elected official. Before reading about him I had never heard of Jaspal Bhatti (thanks Mad Bob), but apparentlyhe’s a comedian and televison personality whose new political party, The Recession party, is running on a platform of corruption. No, really. That’s it.
“We don’t need votes of intellectual factions, as they choose corrupt politicians in every election. We bank on the votes of fools and I hope that I [...]
ACTIVISION EMPOWERS FANS TO REVEAL GUITAR HERO® SMASH HITS SET LIST
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Idiocy, gaming
Guitar Hero is Huge.
ACTIVISION EMPOWERS FANS TO REVEAL GUITAR HERO® SMASH HITS SET LIST
Online voting at SmashHits.GuitarHero.com Begins Today
Santa Monica, CA – April 9, 2009 – Guitar Hero® fans can now cast their votes online at SmashHits.GuitarHero.com to determine the order in which songs will be revealed for Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Guitar Hero® Smash Hits. Guitar Hero Smash Hits takes the most exciting, recognizable and fun to play music from genre-defining titles Guitar Hero®, Guitar Hero® II, Guitar Hero® Encore: Rocks the 80s and Guitar Hero® III: [...]
Green Day Summer Tour 2009
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Idiocy, Music
Isn’t 4/20 supposed to be “GREEN” Day anyway?
Green Day are touring in support of their long-awaited eighth studio album 21st Century Breakdown , which will be released globally by Reprise Records on Friday, May 15th, 2009. Singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool have been at work writing, arranging, and recording 21st Century Breakdown since early 2006 with producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins). The first single, “Know Your Enemy” was released to radio and digital retailers on April 16th.
July
3rd Seattle, WA
4th Vancouver, BC
6th Edmonton, AB
7th [...]
A Few Jonathan Troxler Religious Art Specimens
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by spencer in Apocalypse, Art, Blog, Chico, Environment, Fashion, Idiocy, Internet, Lifestyle, Paranormal, Politics, Science, Sex, TV, War
One of the neat things about editing the Syntheis Weekly is that I get a first-had crack at the action before the paper even hits the streets. Last Friday I was proofing Mad Bob Howard’s column, and he referenced a fellow “outsider artist” (aside: something about the term “outsider art” or “outsider artist” makes me cringe, and therefore, encase it in quotes like some sort of literary specimin) by the name of Jonathan Troxler.
Easter is one of those bizarre holidays – quasi-religious, quasi-pagan, entirely alcoholic these days. It has [...]
“All-Time” Movie-Grossing For Assholes
Posted on 18. Apr, 2009 by some guy in Blog, Comedy, Idiocy, Internet, TV, War
So the Harry Potter franchise is about to become the number one grossing cinematic what-have-you in the history of film. The top dog in all-time moneymakers. But, is it not worth saying that GROSS SUCCESS should be adjusted to the time of said film’s release? How is it even possible to compare the total dollars made with the Star Wars franchise to that made from Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings? I know that something like Star Wars has a huge head start, but at $2.50 a ticket (or [...]
