More Screenwipe episodes have found their way onto YouTube. Screenwipe is a British TV program that eviscerates and dissects the medium of television. Screenwipe’s no bullshit presenter, Charlie Brooker, is honest, hilarious and informative. I wish there was a U.S.A. version. In spite of the fact that Screenwipe is a British show, I still enjoy it immensely.
CD box sets were “da shit” back in the early 1990s. Back then, I worked in the CD department of a local electronics store (hint: Nobody Beat them — yeah right), and we would sell tons of CD box sets — literally tons of them. Come Christmas time we would pile the Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Metallica, Sinatra, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Yes, and Elvis boxes half way to the ceiling and people would buy them by the arm load. The Sinatra box sets cost $200 - $350 depending on the set, and people still bought them. Italian grandmothers would roll up to the counter, peel off a 1/4 inch thick wad of Benjamins and buy them all. Times have changed, and now people have moved onto iPods, DVDs, and then video games (and Sirius satellite radios I suppose). CD boxes sets, like CD roms, Grunge and raves, were a 1990s thing.
Some box sets came with odd packaging. The Aerosmith boxed set had a match for a handle, which invariably broke off within moments after purchase — I can’t tell you how many of those that were returned. The Misfits released a box set in the shape of a coffin. The Wax Trax! boxed set was made of steel. I had a Pink Floyd live box that had a flashing red led on the side (why???) There were plenty of other gimmicks like holograms (all down hill since the hologram skull on the cover of National Geographic), but nothing so clever or exciting to prevent you from tossing the box in the trash the day after Christmas, like a worthless empty pizza box.
Anyway, CDs are now retro, and CD box sets are the new vinyl. That said, someone has managed to create a boxed set that is so creative, you actually might keep it. The WOMEN TAKE BACK THE NOISE compilation boxed set isn’t even a box; it’s a clear vinyl purse thing with a bent circuit dealie that makes noise when you touch it. It also comes with trading cards of the musicians. Now that is unusual. The music is unusual too; it’s noise music performed by women. You know, like the far out stuff they play on WFMU.
I guess I wasn’t the only person to endure the Transformers movie over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Spandex Justice has an excellent review of the Transformers movie, which is, without a doubt, a bad movie. Just read the review: it’s an entertaining read and may save you money if you were thinking about renting or buying the movie.
I was describing the general awfulness of the film to a friend, but I finished my remarks with “the special effects were good”. My friend correctly pointed out that if all you remember about a film are its special effects, then it isn’t a good film — at this point in time special effects are supposed to good, so good that you shouldn’t have to think twice about them. No special effects can fix bad writing, pathetic character development, and annoying actors.
Here’s a list of my demands after seeing this film:
Stephen Spielberg will never produce or direct a science fiction film again. Never. Ever. What a string of dogs: Deep Impact, AI, Men in Black II, Minority Report, War of the Worlds, Transformers; an average rating of 6.72 on the IMDB, which equals a D. The world has spoken: Stephen Spielberg makes D grade science fiction films.
Shia LaBeouf needs to shut the fuck up. The only way Spielberg can redeem himself after executive producing this film, would be to have a boulder crush Shia’s skull in the first 5 minutes of the new Indiana Jones movie.
No more “urban stereotypes” in films. Did Jazz the space robot grow up in the Cybertron ghetto? Can someone delete all copies of the new Chipmunks film before it is shown to children?
A ten year ban on hackers or hacking in films and TV.
Slow down the damn robots so I can enjoy the detail of the design, ’cause it isn’t like I’m enjoying the plot, or acting.
Here’s a funny customer complaint to Jimmy Dean sausage. 600 pounds of men need their 16 ounces of sausage!!! Damn it! Apparently Jimmy Dean downsized their 16oz. tube of sausage meat to 12oz. and they didn’t try to lower their price. Their next move might be to make the sausage meat in China.
BTW, I ate a 10 link box of Jimmy Dean Turkey sausage last night and loved it.
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Aside from being the bloke who invented the Office television program, Ricky Gervais was one of the few celebrities with a successful podcast. At first he gave it away for free, then he charged for it, and now he gives a free episode every now and then. Then is now.
In this hour-long episode Ricky and Stephen Merchant interrogate Karl Pilkington, James Lipton style. The orange-shaped mind of Karl Pilkington is a dark, scary and hilarious place to visit. Karl’s theories about worms, organ donation and blind ghosts are crazy mad.
You can catch Ricky on the Extras TV show which airs occasionally on HBO.
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Well, like it or not Christmas time is here, and what better way to get excited for Christmas than Christmas Midis. You can play Christmas midis with the Quicktime player, or Windows Media Player, but the best way to experience Midi files is with the aid of the Cinco Midi Organizer.
