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saw this great band last night
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called Sons of York
at a teeny tiny bar that you have to walk through the front part of a restaurant and down some stairs to get to that feels like a grotto and has Big Rock on tap and was filled with people in big parkas because it was effin' cold
Sons of York played for a bit as Sons of York but also played as Teenage Mutant Ninja Band for their 90s cover show which is what Kevin and Rhonda and I were there to see which was also awesome.
they played Weezer and RHCP and some other stuff which was also good, but I forget what because I'm kind of in a rush right now
creep on Sons of York here, here and here
which you should do because they're really, really good.
oh and 5 Fifty Five Osborne please get a website or FB page or something together so I can creep your shows, pls.
I'm outta here guyse, we've got a ride waiting outside.
happy saturday.
saw robocop at the cinema last night
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yeah you heard that right, at the cinema as part of the great digital film festival which means seeing old movies on the big screen for (pretty) cheap, which is what we did last night after I worked for four hours getting cute Italian seniors drunk at the v-day party at my work. so obviously I needed some blood, gore and 'splosions to help me relax.
we went with Kat and jbroadway who gave us a lift because it was colder than a witches tit outside last night and not even Robocop is worth braving -40 weather to go see.
and would you believe I've never even seen Robocop before? yeah, I live under a rock.
it also was released the year I was born along with other such classics as
dirty dancing
good morning vietnam
evil dead 2
full metal jacket
empire of the sun
lethal weapon
the princess bride
the running man
and
harry and the hendersons
just kidding about that last one. plus this isn't a post about awesome movies that were released in 1987 it's a post about how awesome Robocop is and how every movie set in 'the near future' from the 80s just looks more like the 80s than the 80s did?
especially the haircuts
but this isn't a post about haircuts or style in Robocop it's a post about how Robocop manages to be a totally over-the-top satire of corporatism, technology, capitalism, the media and the ideology of progress with ironic billboards and games that involve nuking your enemy before they nuke you and the new car the 6000 SUX.
though my parents had a 6000 when I was a kid and it did suck
but this isn't a post about how much my parents pontiac 6000 sucked, it's a post about how Robocop taught me that you don't leave nuclear waste lying around in back alleys in bad neighbourhoods because some guy could drive his van into it and wind up looking like this:
but this isn't a post about nuclear waste melting skin, it's a post about Robocop and how when we went to see it there were a bunch of super-wasted guys sitting in the row behind us who kept cheering and clapping and yelling and it was super annoying and rude because you know what? even though it's an old movie it doesn't mean you can act like a drunken douchebag and clap and yell at the parts you think are funny because news flash you're not the only one in the theater, dumbass.
but this isn't a post about stupid guys in the theater, it's a post about Robocop and how awesome Red from That 70's Show was as one of the bad guys and how his line "bitches, leave" to the coked-up prostitutes is probably one of the most badass low-key villain lines ever
but this isn't a post about how impressed I was by Kurtwood Smith's wicked performance in Robocop, it's a post about Robocop and how great I thought it was and how I'm glad I got to see it in all it's bad 80s glory on the big screen because you don't get the full effect of the gore and explosions and general badassery when you watch that kind of flick at home, I think.
and to refresh your mind about how terrible/awesome it is, enjoy the original trailer
but apparently the sequels all suck, so let's just forget they made those.
I wish I could be president
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even I can't because you know Donald Trump would be all
we need to find out if she was really born in Winnipeg! where the hell is Winnipeg, even? it sounds made up! and who is actually born on remembrance day. c'mon!
and then he'd realize that not everything comes from the US
like me
and I'd be barred from running
which is cool by me because being president is a big job
but if that's the case
can I at least can I visit the white house
and play with the marshmallow gun?
had a fight with President Ford today
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came home to this bullshit and for what?
because this morning Ford Prefect was being mouthy, as he is every morning and I was trying to doze and he ruined it and was following Tyrone around getting underfoot and yelling and I said just spray him with the bottle so he goes away and so Tyrone did, and Ford Fairlane went away for a while but came back to harass me so I got 'im in the face with the spray bottle and he was quiet and watched us from around corners all morning.
came home and what did I find
Tyrone's pencil sharpener busted open with pencil shavings scattered everywhere. not a single piece of paper touched, not a pencil out of place. just the sharpener in pieces all over the floor with wood shavings spread around the living room
and my leg lamp Christmas tree ornament (kept out because my mom made me superstitious), the leg lamp near the door, the torso by the stereo system, a hand on the table near the lamp. a head and a foot still unaccounted for.
just enough to show us that we both pissed him off, but not enough for us to get really mad at him,
not enough to spray him with the bottle, to be sure.
at least he didn't pee on our shoes.
okay yes Gotye is huge
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but if there's something I love more than a good track
it's a good cover
and this is one
the guy on the right totally makes it.
(props to @DJBerbs for the find & share!)
Hip Hop Sunday #30 Miracle - Hot Water
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I'd talk a little bit about this vid
but Tyrone is pretending to be Herman Cain
and it's distracting and awesome, so
happy Hip Hop Sunday!
so I was thinking about this song this morning
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because @stefspeaks has had it stuck in my head for ages now
and I was thinking to myself
Shaggy is a really shitty friend
I mean, either he's a 'frenemy' and deliberately giving black Ben Stiller bad advice
or he's just doesn't care enough to set his friend straight
either way
he doesn't deserve to have a bunch of foxy women hanging around his house
have a haircut appointment for 6pm
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with an hour to killso I decided to go for a coffee but both Second Cup and Starbucks were packed to the tits
and I experienced the weirdness of a person who walks into a coffee shop, looks around, and leaves
it's like being some sort of coolness terrorist
like I'm impeding on everyone's good time by being awkward
which I probably was
so I went to American Apparel
since it's just up the street
and was reminded why I never attempt to wear spandex
because no matter how often I've been hitting the gym
it still makes my skin look like a lizard woman
and not in a sexy Halloween way
so, naturally, I found myself here
in the tradition of my ancestors before me
who trolled the moors and beat up the Irish
in a dark pub with loud music
drinking a beer and writing
like the good British lass that I am
can't deny your heritage, I guess.
