Friday, July 31, 2009
Because one of our suppliers has a telephone number that plays the Warner Bros. Intro when you dial it...
I found this list of songs you can play on your touch tone phone amusing.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
"Here is a story of young, idealistic students who rose up against tyranny; who took to the streets nightly for three months in the dead of Serbian winter; who fought a dictator not with violence, but with humour and love. Abandoned by Europe, sanctioned by America, their only contact with the outside world was an outrageously bad television show called Tropical Heat. It played on all four of their national channels -- over and over again in endless re-runs -- until finally they embraced it, as if to say “Even the worst of the West is better than dictatorship.” And there in the heart of the Balkans was born the strangest political slogan of all time: “Slaughter Nick for President!”
The film follows Rob from the discovery of this phenomenon and his subsequent efforts to scrape together a production with little or no financing, to his trip to Serbia (still with no money) to investigate this highly improbable story. What he finds there is a humbling story of real-life courage, far more profound than the absurd fame of any actor."
Funkaoshi found this article in The Globe
...at first I found it funny, kind of a Balkan David Hasselhoff type thing.
But listening to Rob talk in this interview:
I realize that this is something a little different.
A real, and awesome example of the sardonic and dark humour of Serbians in the face of sanctions and war...as well as nostalgia for the character who was in their homes during one of the hardest times in the country's recent history.
It’s sort of a… crap. The photos themselves would probably be fine, if I wasn’t a Serb living in Serbia. Basically, the message they send is: “Serbia is a dirty, miserable, desparate, depressive, lonely, potentionaly-agressive, almost hopeless place where people harvest corn by hand, plus Serbs are all poor, they are demonstrating and fighting with police all the time.”
Even when text or photo-caption is showing a tiny bit of something different, the photos are hiding it. You don’t see Belgrade’s glamurous night life, EXIT festival (one of the best festivals in Europe, confirmed), GUČA festival (as much as I disslike it personaly), most different ethnical and cultural differences (especially in Vojvodina), natural beauties, tasty food, wines or rakijas. No joyful children or famous sportsmen.
From Darko Stanimirovic's post on the National Geographic photo spread on Serbia.
Darko Stanimirovic is a Photographer from Serbia..see his work here.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Love this guy...
Gilson Lubin is the Toronto comedian that I blogged about a couple of years ago.
His entire Comedy Now set is finally on YouTube.
part 2
part 3
Friday, July 24, 2009
A new manifesto argues that parenting is bad for your career, your marriage, your bank book and your love life
No kids, no fucked up future adults when you divorce.
Easy peasy.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Throwdown in South Korean Parliament
I'm waiting for this to happen at City Council.
via Veto Corleone
Monday, July 20, 2009
Hahaha..this family must have migrated to either Finland or Russia, because they've got the Scandinavian/Eastern European "party face" down pat.
Found at Sorry I Missed Your Party
Saturday, July 18, 2009
The Problem With Airbrushing Kim Kardashian:
"You're not even competing with a stunningly attractive woman: you're competing with an idealized version of a stunningly attractive woman."
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Very good interview and social commentary from David Simon.
"From crime beat reporter for the BALTIMORE SUN to award-winning screenwriter of HBO's critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism today."
via Cynical-C
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