12 Days of Simpsons, Day 6: Mr. Burns’ guide to business
gotta love that quote:
“I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family. Religion. Friendship.
These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.”
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great article. Although truth be told, I haven’t ever seen much of this show. But I should…..! And a possible reboot?
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Definitive Oral History of a TV Masterpiece
Joel Hodgson Wants To Resurrect Mystery Science Theater 3000 In 2014
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Scarecrow Video raising $100K on Kickstarter to preserve world’s largest archive of movies
for those of you who don’t know who/what Scarecrow Video is, you need to get INFORMED. 🙂
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Love it!
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but it was a great one! Here’s a quick video from Pinball News, I think they shot this video Friday…..
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Finally, someone says it – and it’s a looooong past due article! Thank you Zach G!
As someone old enough for the ‘last’ microbrew revolution (Portland OR, in the late 80s) I can remember when microbrewers actually cared about differentiation, vs. now – Now, when I ask for the microbrew menu, all I hear is IPA, IPA, IPA – to which I say, WTF? And then I order an Ayinger, Spaten or something else. Portland Brewing used to make at least two great weissbiers – not in the Widmer way – both gone. Wither Bridgeport Coho? Grant’s Weissbier with the polar bear on it? Heck, I’d take a Rainier Dark (only had it at the now closed brewery back in ’94, it was only sold in limited amounts to taverns)? Guys, it’s time to take beer back from the hoppy crap and leave that to the English! There are plenty of better places brewing beer (even on the UK islands – been to Scotland?) that offer inspiration…..?
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From The Seattle Weekly: The Bar Code: Put Down That IPA!
Watched The Wolf of Wall Street the other night at a friend’s house. Oh Martin Scorsese, wtf? This is going to be a short review because barring a sadly few jokes here and there, this is a stupid, way overlong (3 hrs!?!) movie that tries to be the next Goodfellas, but fails in almost every way.
You have the first person narration of most of it. You have a hugely unsympathetic central character. You have actors I otherwise like (jonah hill, leo dicaprio, matthew mcconaughey and even rob reiner) playing people I don’t, in a movie lined with and praising ‘douchebags uber alles’. And you have what has to be the most contrived BS story (the book it is supposedly based on – that guy has to be lying through his teeth or has the smallest penis on earth to brag about this stupid s*** like he does) i’ve ever heard.
At least with Goodfellas, while the main characters were largely unlikable (especially Joe Pesci), you were hooked because it was outright crime (and made BEFORE this stupid movie) – watching this one was like just ‘not-nearly-as-Goodfellas’ over and over again.
And do NOT believe the rating on IMDB – you will want your 3 hours of life back when this is over, I guarantee you. Again, unlike Goodfellas.
What could be the only redeeming grace would be if the upcoming Gojira movie had a scene where G stamps this d-bag flat as a stamp in the first 5 minutes. Bryan Cranston, can you help a brother out?
Update: I think this parody movie poster sums it up quite nicely, actually…
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I honestly don’t remember the original of this song, but heard the cover on KEXP this am while driving to work – very cool! The band is Tame Impala, but this cover isn’t on any of their current records, apparently, it’s more recent.
here’s the original (from 1996, which is probably why I never heard it the first time, wasn’t paying any attention) – actually pretty good…even if he’s doing his best Diana Ross look in this video:
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