Detroit

Not much to say other than that James D. Griffioen has captured the good and the bad of the Motor City. Some of it is beyond belief, and some of it is heartbreaking. Regardless, his photo-essays are illuminating. And distressing. I can't look at the photos of the piles of ruined textbooks and not weep (internally of course) for the loss.

Fun With Music

Courtesy of Blip.fm, we can enjoy the playlist of Cenobite, one of Azerbaijan's top DJs. It contains some unabashedly fun rock and roll and some local favourites. Don't skip "Stand Up For Rock and Roll" by Airbourne. Fun rocking in an AC/DC style.

Lady Gaga - Poker Face

Lady Gaga herself calls it "fresh" and "forward thinking". Evidently millions of youtube fans agree.



I guess that for once, I am going to have to agree with a bumper sticker. And Tbogg.

I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

There is so much to love in the documentary I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling, by Wolf Koenig. This look at fitness in Canada is a gem. From the fashions of 1960 (Hats!) to the almost comical style of the interviews. I had to keep reminding myself that this was not a parody, but a view into Canada in 1960. But, everything in it is funny. The men's fitness class, the grunt-over work done during the wrestling bit (and the near disasterous crotch shot), the slightly homo-erotic view of "private physical culture clubs", and the de-rigeur vibrating machines. Hey, my mom had one of those in the early 70s too.

Do keep an eye out at about 13:45 when the proprietor of a fitness club specialising in "passive exercise" bemoans household appliances and the terrible effect they have had on the female body.

Movies For Gary Bell Fanboys

Are you the kind of mouth-breathing fuckwit who trolls this blog looking to defend your intellectual guiding light, one Gary Bell? Do you post from the Toronto Public Library, where your bad grammar, tortured logic, and inability to form a sentence that does not include the word "fag" is made all the more ironic due to your surroundings?

If so, then Sony Pictures has a movie for you!

2012!!!
ZOMG! Mainstream Hollywood is finally going to accept the reality of the end of the world as predicted in the Mayan calendar! The world will end in 2012, just like Gary said it would! Eleventy!111!!!111

A question for you Gary Bell fans; what do you do when your calendar "runs out"? That is, what do you do every Dec. 31? Do you plan for the end of the world, or do you just fap yourself unconscious with your non-Cheetohs hand and pass out on couch again? In other words, a regular day. I thank the FSM that cars suck, otherwise the site of an odometer rolling over might cause you to drive off a cliff before the car exploded in hellfire. Here, do yourself a favour and drop some knowledge on your conspiracy-addled brains.

And remember, before you think of making that witty "You're a fag" comment, read this first. Of course, that doesn't apply to anyone with a functioning brain.