tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56050480506637701662024-03-18T13:50:51.078+00:00The Near Distant AgoA coffee-table book of a blog looking back at the aesthetics and memories of the cold war in central Europe and beyond, it’s antecedents, and its fading evidence.
Oh. And Mullets...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger418125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-38971588238857815562016-02-12T23:45:00.000+00:002016-02-12T23:45:07.139+00:00Monty Python: the Misanthropic Introspection Years<center><iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TBmjGV2Kb8k" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-24741312831857943732016-02-05T23:41:00.000+00:002016-02-05T23:41:07.121+00:00We Have a Name for This Sort of Thing, and It's Awkward<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/87jErmplUpA" width="459"></iframe></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-17398025067585190152016-02-02T15:55:00.000+00:002016-02-02T15:55:11.024+00:00Get Your Man Ray On<iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ezkw2i8INlU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-6958080612732672102016-02-01T18:11:00.000+00:002016-02-01T18:11:06.301+00:00Berlin Ecke<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sf0oZPQN3nk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-30438547636876276412016-01-31T15:30:00.000+00:002016-01-31T15:30:10.849+00:00Hair Crime: Life on the StreetSam Frost says The Bachelorette <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3365276/It-s-just-mess-Sam-Frost-says-Bachelorette-ruined-hair-having-styled-FOUR-times-day-filming.html" target="_blank">ruined her hair</a> after having it styled FOUR times a day
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The fate of the underclass keeps me up at night. By which I mean the AUDIENCE.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-18316949932744441122016-01-30T16:30:00.000+00:002016-01-30T16:30:14.955+00:00Questions one Cannot Un-Ask"<a href="http://6abc.com/entertainment/kid-mullet-dad-asks-daughter-why-she-gave-herself-a-haircut/1127788/" target="_blank">Kid mullet</a>" is not a new comic book superhero for a folically questioning age, but rather a kid who will spend a few decades trying to live down that which lives foreever on the net.
Dad asks daughter why she gave herself a haircut
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Sly 3 year old kids these days! They know how to post videos on the net!
In a sane universe, this wouldn't happen - and if it did would be called child abuse by <i>"oversharing".</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-46187945372195937572016-01-29T19:00:00.000+00:002016-01-29T19:00:08.612+00:00How Bowie Pushed the Boudaires of Looking Wide Eyed, Paralyzed in Fear<blockquote>
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It was the result of his ex-wife's habit <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/travelling-jagrs-calgary-1.3402265" target="_blank">of playing dress up with him</a> in a strange attempt to experiment with taking away his manhood. Wisely, <a href="http://rack.1.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE2LzAxLzExLzlkL2Jvd2lldGh1bWIuMzYyZDAuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJOTUweDUzNCMKZQlqcGc/856134c1/91c/bowie-thumb.jpg" target="_blank">he left her</a>.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-37873546587174730542015-03-15T13:37:00.001+00:002015-03-15T13:37:56.314+00:00Filmfest Continues<p dir="ltr">"Stop Train 349" is a rather odd1963 drama starring José Ferrer and Cold War era Berlin.</p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-14575290761302924032014-09-26T16:43:00.001+01:002014-09-26T16:43:50.867+01:00You may not Pet my Jet-Train<center></center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1Ysj8UcKOR8" width="459"></iframe><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-9600042130026236532013-12-06T20:20:00.001+00:002013-12-06T20:20:07.466+00:00Empire of Noise<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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The robotic vessels would change the direction of any threatening space rock to prevent it from crashing into the planet.</blockquote></i>Or not.<i><blockquote>Under the plans, member nations will share information in an International Asteroid Warning Group, allowing space agencies to pool their brainpower to come up with the best way of deflecting any incoming objects.</blockquote> </i>I guess the intrepid "journalist" (let's call him <i>Tin Tin</i> for now) doesn't get that the PLANE wasn't the Kamikaze, the pilot was, and that he is more than welcome to participate in the "beta test", being part of that pool of exemplary "brainpower."
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-73213077728770517822013-11-11T17:33:00.001+00:002013-11-11T17:33:57.007+00:00Somre Kids Were Scared of Clowns<center>Not me. This is what used to get me:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xqJ3NSPpv9U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></center>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-7216403535302610642013-11-10T10:07:00.000+00:002013-11-10T10:07:00.613+00:00Because a Two State Solution was No-Where in Sight<a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.messagemedia.co/aitkin/opinion/our_columnists/article_6bba8174-3b4b-11e3-958a-001a4bcf6878.html"target="_blank">Entomologist shares idea</a> to solve <a href="http://ausweis-bitte.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20bees">bee crisis</a><i><blockquote>Dr. Spivak’s approach relies on nature’s law of the survival of the fittest (natural selection), and some encouragement from humans (artificial selection). </blockquote></i>A glimmer of hope! Someone has the good sense to do nothing. We need to find a big word for this.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-88040650015901646152013-11-09T08:02:00.000+00:002013-11-09T08:02:00.856+00:00Some Things Will Never Change<a href="http://www.themonitor.com.au/news-articles/131030-mum-says-the-mullet-must-go">Mum says the mullet <b>must</b> go</a>
However, intelligence indicates that she has been saying this since 1982, without any sign of success.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-44118601713404248172013-11-08T12:21:00.000+00:002013-11-08T12:21:00.435+00:00Please issue an APB for this "Humour" ThingBecause they need some of it airdropped as soon as possible.
<a href="http://www.tv3.ie/entertainment_article.php%3FlocID%3D1.803.812%26article%3D117081"target="_blank">Javier's hair humour</a>:<i><blockquote>The 44-year-old star also finds hair plays a big role in getting to know someone.</blockquote></i>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-71257436884225637992013-11-07T13:52:00.000+00:002013-11-07T13:52:00.576+00:00Apocalypse When?Apocalypse called for by 2065 moved to 2031, then to 2032:
<a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/39143/russian-scientists-discover-dangerous-asteroid" target="_blank">Russian scientists discover dangerous asteroid</a>
<blockquote><i>Asteroid 2013 UG1 was discovered by Russian astronomers using MASTER ... asteroid that is headed on a dangerous trajectory towards the Earth in 2032.</i></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/science/metre-asteroid-sighted-may-8216blow-up-the-earth8217-in-2032/story-fnjwlbuc-1226742779951" target="_blank">400-metre asteroid sighted may 'blow up the earth' in 2032</a>:
<blockquote><i>A LARGE asteroid has been discovered zipping past Earth that astronomers say is dangerous and will return ... ASTEROID HEADING TOWARDS NEW YORK?</i></blockquote>Hang on to your fedora. Start hoarding Lucky Strikes. 2031 will come to decimate Gotham in 2032.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-14036257181926522272013-11-06T02:00:00.000+00:002013-11-06T17:39:01.650+00:00Among the Mandarins, the Words for [Fake] Crisis and Opportunity Mean the Same Thing <a href="http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/astronomers-in-siberia-locate-asteroid-heading-towards-earth-in-2065/" target="_blank">Astronomers in Siberia Locate an Asteroid Headed for Earth in 2065</a>:
<i><blockquote>Recently scientists in the Crimea discovered another potentially hazardous 410-metre asteroid that is headed on a dangerous trajectory towards the Earth</blockquote></i>
<a href="http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/united-nations-agrees-to-establish-asteroid-warning-group-to-defend-earth-against-impacts/story-fni0xs61-1226748651440" target="_blank">United Nations agrees to establish Asteroid Warning Group</a>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-68651832161014561012013-11-03T21:25:00.001+00:002013-11-06T17:26:11.300+00:00Retro Spooks<p dir="ltr">Heard today was an old-timey relic of the distant ago, a number station. It was heard as clearly as Radio Habana Cuba was on the same frequency a few hours earlier. Yup, I turned on the radio, and it was <i>just there.</i></p>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-54192924416395446202013-10-26T11:30:00.000+01:002013-10-26T11:30:01.122+01:00Eat Up. Or NOT, Suckahs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IEVZmbTkSDE/UmftIBPPKRI/AAAAAAAAFwc/1qReJXeaV9g/s1600/IMAG0098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IEVZmbTkSDE/UmftIBPPKRI/AAAAAAAAFwc/1qReJXeaV9g/s320/IMAG0098.jpg" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5605048050663770166.post-52842493311696245982013-10-25T12:30:00.000+01:002013-11-11T17:47:41.066+00:00This Would Never Have become the Subject of a John Huston Feature Film<strike>The Treasure of the Sierra Madre</strike> The <i>Football <b>Mullets</b> of Medellin</i>: In the city of Medellin in Colombia, <a href="http://sabotagetimes.com/galleries/haircut-100-celebrating-the-football-mullets-of-medellin" target="_blank">the mullet</a> is not just a haircut. It is much, much more than that.
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