Author: Richard

Thursday is: crazy boys dancing and men singing about t-rooms

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1. Here’s something mom forgot to teach me: if you’re an out-of-work musician/filmmaker, writing a good electro dance parody and performing it half-naked on the interweb is a good way to get attention:

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2. Singing about having sex with other men in public restrooms can also make you internet famous:

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3. This is the best headline I will (mis)read all week: “Southern Republican Leadership Conference bringing party activists to New Orleans”. Woo!

More iStockphoto horrors

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Although I’m sure they probably made Lifetime’s PR team breathe a sigh of relief. “Thank goddess we finally have some images to promote our new original documentary series, Mascara Can Run, But It Can Never Hide: The High Price of Prostitution, Child Slavery, and Gold-Digging in America. Now, who wants appletinis?”

On my desktop: half-naked subway riders, Mark Ryden, and learning about sex

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1. In New York, apparently you can ride the subway completely naked (or half-naked in winter), and no one will bother you

I think I would’ve gotten a very different reaction if I’d pulled this stunt on the F train during my NYU days. The Hasids glared at me plenty when I was just in jeans and tees.

P.S. April Fool’s, one day late! (Which you probably already figured out because they changed the title of the video, but still.)

2. Jack Long has posted the piece he read at last week’s literary extragavanza, HOW  I LEARNED ABOUT SEX. You know, in case you missed it.

3. Mark Ryden has gone all time-lapsey:

4. I have a hard time believing that Alice in Wonderland has been used to shill cars, but there you go:

A thousand words have been hurled at me, and I have no response

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Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been a while since I was in grad school, so I’m wondering if you could parse this photo and tell me what exactly the fuck is going on.

I mean, I know what’s going on in a literal sense because the photo came with all kinds of longwinded crazy info*. But in a post-Foucaultian, neo-Lacanian sense, what the hizell?

Also: does this mean that pedophilia has finally replaced skinny jeans as the new thing? Because I don’t follow trends much, but I’m REALLY over skinny jeans.

[via TheSuperficial]

* ANAHEIM, CA – MARCH 26:  In this handout image provided by Disneyland, Ryan Seacrest (R) and Justin Bieber prepare to watch “Captain EO” with more than 500 fans at Disneyland on March 26, 2010 in Anaheim, California. Contest winners from all over the country joined Seacrest and Bieber for a private event at Disneyland to celebrate the release of Bieber’s latest CD.  (Photo by Handout/Getty Images)

The Heartbeat of America

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In my part-time gig as a car blogger, I’ve been pointed to some ridonkulously, unintentionally hilarious videos. But this clip from Emblem Alive has got to be either a giant-size April Fool’s gag, or a clip from Christopher Guest’s newest oeuvre. I mean, it just has to be. Please tell me it has to be.

Just as good? The press release. To wit:

Emblem Alive™ is the most impressive vehicle customization. It allows a car’s emblem to actually be adapted! Using patent pending VeSAM™ technology, Emblem Alive adds motions to the car emblem. Motions include moving the emblem away from the vehicle at various speeds, twisting the emblem, etc. Precision actuators put the emblem in motion. Sounds are emitted by a high fidelity speaker system. The sounds match the make of vehicle. For example, a Ford Mustang can sound like a galloping horse! Actions are also available. Imagine the Ford Cobra spitting out water!

Yes, imagine!

FYI, there’s more where that came from.