Archives for ‘article’
-
Tristeza – Mixed Signals
I’m a huge fan of sleep. There’s nothing like it. There’s nothing better. Nothing better than a 19 hour slumber, which usually results in an unholy dreamlike haze (in which some people call “headaches”, but I digress) that I’ve somehow over the course of my existence, associated it as a “good thing“.
However, in those 19 … -
Gotan Project – La Revancha Del Tango
Being that they call themselves “Gotan Project,” one would think that the music created by the trio Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Muller, and Eduardo Makaroff was an experiment of sort and in ways it sure is. By using the bandoneon (played by Nini Flores) and violin (Line Kruse) in almost of all of these …
-
Sucks to Your Valentines Day-Mar!
…You have a boyfriend. You have a girlfriend. I am happy for you… for the most part…
-
Fireball X10
…No one is buying this thing, everyone I’ve ever talked to hates the company for their incessant advertising campaign…
-
Friends don’t let friends buy brand name computers
…brand name computers are good for two kinda people, newbies, and old people…
-
Crap and the City
The onslaught of garbage on at 2 a.m. is a graduate paper unto itself, and amidst this flow of electronic crappica resides the evil known as sitcoms…
-
Post University “Life”
The day finally arrives when you complete your last exam and promptly head to the nearest bar to celebrate by drinking until you can’t walk straight, then drinking some more…
-
Product Labelling: An Exercise in Corporate Obfuscation
…the same people who drink Evian water because that’s good for you, and also enjoy the many health benefits of smoking…
-
Old Skool Movie Review: The Natural
Old Skool Movie Review
This months classic: The Natural
The American pastime: Baseball. There have been countless movies about the game, and the history of players fiction and otherwise. Few of them are worth watching, or even writing about, but the one that stands out amongst them all is this one. More then a movie about baseball, … -
Halo (Xbox)
D4V: We finally got our dirty fingers on a super crazy all black big hype X-Box during the holidays. Thusly it seems fit that we review the main title available for this M$ console… Halo.
Crom: Much hype has surrounded Halo, since Bungie announced the game almost 2 and a half years ago. … -
Music: The Avalanches – Since I Left You
The Emperor’s New Clothes?
The Avalanches sure have been getting some good promotion- there has already been write-ups on this Australian five man DJ team in Mixer, Urb, Spin, and Rolling Stone. Everyone seems to be praising “Since I Left You” for its cut-and-paste production; critics are proclaiming the Avalanches as a fresh new postmodern sound … -
Originality, the forgotten lore
…It seems that anytime a movie deviates from the expected outcome, it’s considered a marvel of cinematography…
-
Radar Zone
…Theses stealthy bastards camp out in undercover cop cars tagging speedsters while having a nap or chewing on a donut. God I hate photo radar…
-
Pains, Trains and Other Disasters
…These people often only have the experience of taking inter-city trains and compared to commuter trains it is like comparing driving a car to riding a horse in the rain, and the horse has a broken leg, and its cold outside, and the horse is dead…
-
What Loose Change Might Lead To
…I have some concerns about the organization that are possibly being too easily dismissed by incoherent moms and dads who strap this familiar orange unicef box around their child’s neck without thinking what the money raised might be used for…
-
Old Skool Movie Review: Sneakers
Old Skool Movie Review
This months classic: Sneakers
For the most part, movies involving computer hacking or the use of computers, grossly over visualize the hacking process. Such debacles as “hackers” and “swordfish” have given plenty of examples thereof. However, true to its origins, while not being overly nerdy, Sneakers was a movie that could deliver the … -
Music: Plaid – Double Figure
IDM – The Cantina chill-out sessions.
Somewhere, in the world of Warp Records, between the childish yet dark crunchy-funked beats from Boards of Canada and the non-linear blips and bleeps of Autechre, lies the beautiful valley Plaid. If the Cantina Bar in Mos Eisley (on planet Tatoonie, of course) had a chill-out room, this album would … -
Uneven Field
…hell if it were a game in the local casino there’s a good bet that you’d be passing it up for something that offered better chance of winning…
-
GI JOE could beat up your dad
…He couldn’t bend at the knees, or elbows. Once again I was forced to compare this toy to the toys of my youth. GI JOE…
-
Golfing
…To clear things up, I’m referring to the daily habits of chronic internet users..
-
The Forbidden Fruit
…Today is bad, but tomorrow will be better. I am alone now, but I will not be in the future…
-
Top Whatever
…top 10 albums, songs, movies, shoes, toys, trucks, toy cars, mullets, restaurants, Mr T quotables, sheep shearers…
-
Harry Potter and the Downfall of Western Civilization
…why do I continually see grown, professional adults reading ‘Harry Potter’ on my daily commute to work? Would you read Winnie the Pooh on the train or bus?
-
Cloning: A no brainer
…Television and movies have bred ignorance of the issue and branded cloning with a virulent destructive stigma…
-
Reading between enemy lines
…Muslim children are taught to hate. If this isn’t the case, why haven’t Islam’s religious leaders around the world condemned terrorism and distanced Islam from hijackers and murderers?
-
Game: Spy Hunter 2 (Playstation 2)
Crom: I remember riding my bike down to the Southland Leisure center for the sole purpose of shoveling quarters into the Spy Hunter arcade machine. The music and action were mesmerizing. I couldn’t wait to smash the weapons van button and get some smoke or missile action. It was that pleasant childhood memory that caused …
-
Old Skool Movie Review: Rambo II
Old Skool Movie Review
This months classic: RAMBO First Blood Part II
There are few people over the age of 15 that haven’t seen this movie. It embodies the classic 80’s action movie template. From it’s outrageous premise, to the ludicrous over-use of explosions, Rambo 2 was the trademark action blockbuster. The concept that an ex-special forces, … -
Music: Boozoo Bajou – Satta
Sexy, impeccable slow-tempo.
Collaborating with an admirable list of producers such as Tosca, The Funky Lowlives, Thievery Corporation and The People Under the Stairs, you would expect great things to come from the sounds of the duo Peter Heider&Seyberth Florian, better known as Boozoo Bajou. However, what is so impressive about “Satta” is how they manage … -
Cheech and Chong’s Halloween
…I filled up a cup of beer and struck up a conversation with a nearby party patron. I recall having the beer power…
-
Roommates
…I found a bunch of her books lying around and I just fell over laughing (books on witch craft, and an odd book named “There is nothing wrong with you”)…
-
Playing into their hands
…These radio stations could air their DJ’s making farting noises all day long and there’s Sweet Fuck All that we could do about it…
-
On Not Giving In
…I’m going to see the world and not be roped into the suburban prison of mowing lawns and fighting early morning commutes. Leave that to the middle-agers…
-
Music: The American Analog Set – Know By Heart
This young hip little band from Austin, TX had stood the test of time in the trendy inde-rock/euro-poopie pop genre. Bringing several empathetic sounds to the table, American Analog Set is a perfect band of choice for those lazy rainy afternoons or comfortably early quiet mornings. The vocals are a cross between Nick Drake and …
-
Fear and Loathing
…Once you’ve reached the point where all the things you once knew have become smoke and mirrors, you have to reboot the system…
-
Saturday Morning Cartoons
…I cannot seem to reproduce the unbelievably contented feeling of waking up at 7 am on Saturday to watch my favorite cartoons…
Filters (the non-smoking kind):
By date:
- October 2010 (1)
- July 2010 (1)
- June 2010 (1)
- May 2010 (1)
- April 2010 (1)
- March 2010 (1)
- February 2010 (1)
- January 2010 (2)
- December 2009 (2)
- November 2009 (3)
- October 2009 (3)
- September 2009 (3)
- August 2009 (3)
- July 2009 (4)
- June 2009 (4)
- May 2009 (3)
- April 2009 (7)
- March 2009 (6)
- February 2009 (6)
- January 2009 (13)
- December 2008 (12)
- November 2008 (7)
- October 2008 (7)
- September 2008 (11)
- August 2008 (5)
- July 2008 (5)
- June 2008 (2)
- May 2008 (1)
- April 2008 (1)
- March 2008 (1)
- February 2008 (2)
- January 2008 (2)
- December 2007 (1)
- November 2007 (1)
- October 2007 (2)
- September 2007 (3)
- August 2007 (2)
- July 2007 (2)
- June 2007 (3)
- May 2007 (2)
- April 2007 (3)
- March 2007 (3)
- February 2007 (2)
- January 2007 (3)
- December 2006 (4)
- November 2006 (4)
- October 2006 (4)
- September 2006 (5)
- August 2006 (5)
- July 2006 (4)
- June 2006 (4)
- May 2006 (3)
- April 2006 (1)
- March 2006 (3)
- February 2006 (8)
- January 2006 (8)
- December 2005 (8)
- November 2005 (8)
- October 2005 (8)
- September 2005 (7)
- August 2005 (9)
- July 2005 (8)
- June 2005 (7)
- May 2005 (8)
- April 2005 (8)
- March 2005 (8)
- February 2005 (8)
- January 2005 (9)
- December 2004 (8)
- November 2004 (8)
- October 2004 (8)
- September 2004 (8)
- August 2004 (8)
- July 2004 (8)
- June 2004 (8)
- May 2004 (8)
- April 2004 (8)
- March 2004 (7)
- February 2004 (9)
- January 2004 (9)
- December 2003 (9)
- November 2003 (10)
- October 2003 (11)
- September 2003 (8)
- August 2003 (10)
- July 2003 (9)
- June 2003 (11)
- May 2003 (9)
- April 2003 (6)
- March 2003 (13)
- February 2003 (9)
- January 2003 (7)
- December 2002 (6)
- November 2002 (7)
- October 2002 (7)
- September 2002 (7)
- August 2002 (8)
- July 2002 (10)
- June 2002 (6)
- May 2002 (8)
- April 2002 (7)
- March 2002 (8)
- February 2002 (10)
- January 2002 (7)
- December 2001 (10)
- November 2001 (7)
- October 2001 (8)
- September 2001 (7)
- August 2001 (9)
- July 2001 (7)
- June 2001 (8)
- May 2001 (5)
- April 2001 (6)
- March 2001 (5)