gallery'n'listen dept: zdzislaw beksinski

zdzislaw beksinski was a polish (pretty) surrealist painter who died in 2005. here's a neato gallery of his work, which has an unusually cool soundtrack.

new tunes dept: lisa germano "into oblivion"

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she wrote her first song by the time she was fifteen. her album happiness came out just around the same time we were graduating-high-school suckers (1994) paying more attention to the pearl jams & gasp! another lisa who recieved much more attention than she deserved.

over the course of her career she's worked with john mellencamp, simple minds, neil finn, and david bowie; has gone from her own label to capitol to recently michael gira's young gods records, and has since settled into a comfortable anonyminity in a los angeles bookstore.

"into oblivion" is from in the mayble world (young gods records, 2006) and stands out for the harmonium driving the song. it's quiet & feels chilly like a stroll through woods in the winter just before a snow. sappy, yes. but it fits december.

she recently recorded a session on wnyc's sunday night program spinning on air.

click it! dept: the consequences of jacking one

lesson of the day: fin de siècle comics are awesome!

daily picture dept: pelosi at the white house

"how's it feel to get fucked by a grandma?"

time to waste dept: k-fed dancing with fire

boxing federline.
time you'll waste: 10-15 min.

moving pictures dept: k

AT Issue: hooray for the nation!

daily picture dept: rick santorum concession speech

wonkette's caption is the best: "little house on the prairie and the chamber of secrets"

time to waste dept: funcopter!

a helicopter game!
time you'll waste: 15-20 min.


thanks to cynical-c.

moving pictures dept: the morning after

gallery dept: 100 hubble images

Hubble Top 100

you don't say dept: republican on-line comments (around 10:30 last night)

• This is a truly disgusting night. Outside of 9-11, I cannot think of a worse day. I really want to hurt somebody.

• do have have a link as to which counites are in and the ones yet to be recounted

• The Jihadi’s have won. They have proven they have a stronger will than America. They are now emboldened.

• Yes, and once the illegals flood in, the rats have a whole new army of ignorant rat voters.

• They can go to Canada…the only place we have left would be Australia! I love Australia as much as the next guy, but I’m an American, dammit! lol :)

• OBL has won, who would have imagined that the MSM/DNC would succeed in giving Saddam and Sons, OBL, Bill Maher, Keith Olberman, and John Kerry a victory. We have no choice now, the commie vampire media must be destroyed.

• Lol I’ll go to australia, but only for a visit- bring along some metal dectors- thars gold in them thar hills

• AGREEING WITH YOU 100% I GUESS WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE BLAMING BUSH FOR EVERYTHING FROM FUNGUS ON THERE TOE TO THE MOON NOT BEING FULL ON HALLOWEEN I GUESS YOU GET VOTERS WHO JUST ARE NOT THINKING. OH WELL THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED AND I AM SURE THE RADICALS ARE PASSING OUT THE CANDY LET’S SEE WHAT MS PELOSI CAN DO TO BRING AMERICA TOGETHER OH I AM SORRY I FORGOT THEY ARE GOING TO BE SO BUSY IMPEACHING OR TRYING TO IMPEACH BUSH THEY WILL FORGET WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO HARM OUR WAY OF LIFE WILL YOU VOTERS WANTED IT YOU GOT IT LET’S SEE HOW THE DEMS HANDLE IT THEY HAVE GOT 2YEARS

thanks to wonkette.

happy holidays dept: happy election day!

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be the decider on you tube day part 1

AT ISSUE:
election day

WHEN?
tuesday

WHY?
him

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be the decider on you tube day part 2

AT ISSUE:
election day

WHEN?
tuesday

WHY?
him

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be the decider on you tube day part 3

AT ISSUE:
election day

WHEN?
tuesday

WHY?
him

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be the decider on you tube day part 4

AT ISSUE:
election day

WHEN?
tuesday

WHY?
him

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be the decider on you tube day part 5

AT ISSUE:
election day

WHEN?
tuesday

WHY?
him

gallery 'n' listen dept: zdzislaw beksinski

zdzislaw beksinski was a polish (pretty) surrealist painter who died in 2005. here's a neato gallery of his work, which has an unusually cool soundtrack.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be cute overload on you tube day part 4

AT ISSUE:
friday morning clips

WHICH?
bunnies!

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be cute overload on you tube day part 3

AT ISSUE:
friday you tube clips

WHICH?
kitties in a box!

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be cute overload on you tube day part 2

AT ISSUE:
friday youtube clips.

WHICH?
kitties!

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be cute overload on you tube day part 1

AT ISSUE:
friday youtube clips.

WHICH?
sleepy monkey!

gallery dept: what the hell is that?

a sequence of pic.s of questionable statues around the world.

gallery dept: women drivers

top 10 women drivers of 2006 (so far).

read it dept: new iraq war mortality statistics

a report to be released on sunday puts the mortality rate above 600,000.

moving pictures dept: ultimate warrior is insane

AT ISSUE:
madness.

WHAT?
a montage of the ultimate warrior's interviews

read it dept: if he'd said macaca maybe they'd report this

george allen was in the news the past few weeks because he's made stupid, racist remarks.
stupid but not illegal.
when it looks like he broke the law, only the AP reports the story?

for the past five years, sen. george allen, has failed to tell congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company. The virginia republican also asked the army to help another business that gave him similar options.

article here.

click it! dept: google sightseeing

not a google earth dork? you can see nifty shots from google earth at google sightseeing.

too much free time dept: map of springfield

somone did up a map of springfield.

still pictures dept: the elephant in the playroom

gallery dept: loads of pics you can use as a desktop & be zen

ooooooooh! relaxing.

dork of the week dept: worst resume ever

wall street forwarded this dork of the week's video resume as an example of how not to present yourself to a prospective employer.

the video showcases aleksey vayner lifting weights, ballroom dancing, playing tennis, skiing and ultimately, breaking a tower of bricks with his hand. all the while, he discusses his philosophy of success: “if you’re going to work, work. if you’re going to train, train. if you’re going to dance, then DANCE, but do it with PASSION.”

by friday afternoon, both the cover letter and resume - which includes a link to the video, titled “impossible is nothing” - had circulated among employees at lehman brothers, goldman sachs, j.p. morgan chase & co., credit suisse group, wachovia, etc.

oh. it also turns out that his resume is largely forged.

thanks to cynical-c. his post has more links about this guy.

read it! dept: not steely dan again!

turns out earlier iterations of the pod were more random than what's in your pocket now.

steven levy really liked steely dan, but so too, it seemed, did his iPod. like a lot of people, he began to wonder about its shuffle - was the random function really random or a result of dirty tricks, blunders... or even telepathy?

guardian article here.

happy holidays dept: happy columbus day

everyone loves a parade!

gallery dept: 30 yeas of goldbergs

deigo goldberg is a venezualean guy who takes a picture of himself, his wife, and their kids every year on 17 june.

30 years of goldbergs here.

kinda depressing.

too much free time dept: san francisco in jell-o

gallery here.

moving pictures dept: every simpsons episode online

like last week's directory of every south park episode.
every episode of the simpsons can be found here.
(& for that matter, also every episode of american dad, family guy, and futurama.)


ah the internet. the sweet, sweet internet.

still pictures dept: bush crime family flowchart

full-sized image here.

click it! dept: mount st. helen's panorama

a flash panorama from the top of mount st. helen's.



this is from a danish site with loads of panorama shots.
the main page (a bit tricky to navigate, but neato) is here.

gallery dept: the joy of sons

none that @udio thunderdome knows of, but if this is what sons are like then it's an idea.



gallery here.

click it! dept: george allen insult generator

from slate.com.

click it! dept: destined for destiny

winner of the super special presidential award for biographizing!

speaking from the heart, not from the brain, this legendary commander-in-chief takes us on a journey through his momentous life. the great man we hear here displays his mother's steely resolve and vindictive temper, his father's keen mastery of language, and his own unique gift of deciding.

click here for the "promotional" video.

thanks to cynical-c.

watch 'n' listen dept: cows with guns

a cute clip of the rise of the cows, with hillbilly vocals.

gallery dept: sandstorm in iraq

wow.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be news flubs on youtube part 1

AT ISSUE:
clips of news dips.

WHERE?
fair & beejay.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be news flubs on youtube part 2

AT ISSUE:
clips of news dips.

WHO?
soldiers buring.

WHAT?
soldiers. . . behind . . . soldiers . . . rugged soldiers.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be news flubs on youtube part 3

AT ISSUE:
clips of news dips.

WHERE?
mt. everest.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be news flubs on youtube part 4

AT ISSUE:
clips of news dips.

WHY?
if you can't get to the panties go for the bosoms.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be news flubs on youtube part 5

AT ISSUE:
clips of news dips.

WHERE?
all across the land.

gallery dept: the biggest hole in the world

come visit siberia to see the biggest hole in the world!


gallery

moving pictures dept: every south park full episode online

good morning, chum.
you can find every south park episode ever made so far online at this site.

allsouthpark.com

moving pictures dept: simpsons

AT ISSUE:
the simpsons

WHAT?
all season 16 & 17 couch intros

WHY?
still good after all these years

click it! dept: is it any surprise this involves jesus?

@udio thunderdome agrees with narduk. this may be the most annoying site ever.

thanks to digg.

click it! dept: call the future

this tool dials a phone number and a computer voice reads off the text. the receiving phone number shows up as the caller id field. you can set the time to any point in the future, or you can leave the time to now and it will call immediately.

Call the Future.org

click it! dept: airfare predictions

here's a site that calculates whether to buy your ticket today or tomorrow or next week or week after next or next month etc.

farecast.com

moving pictures dept: still more japanese tv

AT ISSUE:
japanese game shows

WHAT?
a stripping dork

WHY?
for money or treats or the thrill of humiliation?

moving pictures dept: more clinton vs. fox

@udio thunderdome doesn't watch him, but keith olbermann's commentaries posted on youtube make for pretty satisfying partisan arguments.

from monday's show:

then again chris wallace might be braver still. had i in one moment surrendered all credibility as a journalist and been irredeemibly humiliated as was he, i would have gone home and began a career selling seeds. by mail.

thanks to digg.com

moving pictures dept: jon stewart

AT ISSUE:
jon stewart on media coverage of bill clinton's fox news appearance

reading matter dept: bill kristol gets something right

kristol's one of the few conservatives making this point:

perhaps bill clinton, an experienced and sophisticated politician, knew what he was doing when he made big news by "losing his temper" in his interview with chris wallace. . . . maybe clinton did what he wanted to do when he indignantly defended himself, blasted the bush administration, and attacked fox news. what could clinton have been seeking to accomplish? three things.

haven't seen the clip?

click it! dept: 50 spooky movies hidden in a painting

flash site hosted by m&m's that looks like a brugel. the objective is to guess the title of the movie based on the figures in the painting.


thanks to monkeyfilter.

moving pictures dept: microsoft values

AT ISSUE:
i wouldn't do that in the workplace!

WHAT?
the return of david brent

WHERE?
in a spoof microsoft training film

click it! dept: kazakhstan to release a film to counter borat

the danger of art:

kazakhstan has invested $53 million in making the historical epic, nomad, to counter what it sees as the damage inflicted upon the nation's reputation by borat.

an english version of nomad, the most expensive kazakh film ever made, is to be released in the us this year.

the times newspaper in london reported that kazakhstan had also bought airtime on us and international satellite channels to show advertisements presenting a better image of the country.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be scared shitless on you tube day part 1

AT ISSUE:
fright!

WHAT?
child services are a comin'.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be scared shitless on you tube day part 2

AT ISSUE:
fright!

WHAT?
blood on the tiles.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be scared shitless on you tube day part 3

AT ISSUE:
fright!

WHAT?
brainless.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be scared shitless on you tube day part 4

AT ISSUE:
fright!

WHERE?
in the parking garage.

moving pictures dept: reno balloon race 2006

AT ISSUE:
106 hot air balloons.

WHAT?
the object of the race is to position a balloon above a point on the earth & drop a sandbag on it.

THAT SOUNDS SILLY.
in time-lapse photography it ain't.

you dont' say dept: tourists

man [excitedly holding up infant to the fence]: look, baby! it's ground zero!

--ground zero site

cribbed from overheard in ny.

listen dept: j.r.r. tolkein reads the lord of the rings

sort of. (only two of the three vol.s are available)

click here to go to record brother where the two are avaiable as mp3 files.

thanks to monkeyfiler.

har! har! har! dept: comments about bestiality and bowel movements cause uproar

taking a break from today's sniffling, sneezing, coughing, sweating forehead, throbbing back, & weeping nasty girlfriend-contracted cold, @udio thunderdome found this nugget.

montreal - cbc chairman claims lebanon permits bestiality then grants a lengthy interview on the joys of bowel movements.

article here.

thanks to today's zefrank show.

ISSUE FOUR:
Jihad of Love: Part One

@UDIO THUNDERDOME

created, mulled over, recorded, edited, published

by

stephen maher (if not you, then who?)
& paulo campos (if not now, then when?)

@ Contents @

* 0:01 "three men one woman"
* 0:49 "jihad of love"
* 3:51 "let's see welcome"
* 8:25 "the audio thunderdome recovery ward choir"
* 10:21 hefner
* 14:09 "nice suits, pretty scarves"
* 15:52 "sprocketts party"
* 18:53 jihad of love I: "fat fuck fatasy date"
* 22:10 some kid called wesley
* 23:54 jihad of love II: "more fat fuck fatasy date I"
* 28:26 "the invisible bridge"
* 29:22 "personally yours, billy dee williams"
* 30:47 carry on. . .

Coming in Issue Five: jihad of love: part two




MP3 File

right click on the link above & "save link as. . ." mirth!

yuck dept: have a nasty cold

moving pictures dept: more from japanese tv on youtube

AT ISSUE:
say the tounge twister. . .

WHAT?
. . . or else!

WHY?
SNAP!



thanks to @udio thunderdome contributor, pete.

happy holidays dept: happy talk like a pirate day

two guys came up with talk like a pirate day in june '95. & it's pretty much what ya think

from the talklikeapirate.com faq:

q. the big one: why?

a. why not?

talking like a pirate is fun. it's really that simple. it adds a zest, a swagger, to your every day conversation. do you need another reason?

try it out. let go, have a beer, burp in public. say "aarrr!!" feels good, doesn't it

ahoy! here's an instructional video:



thanks to @udio thunderdome contributor, omri.

tunes dept: decemberists preview

there was chatter when the decemberists signed a major label deal with capitol records after the release of '05's piqaresque, along the oh-no! lines that often accompanies that kind of news. however! the first album with capital, called the crane's wife comes out on october 3rd &, having heard great things, @udio thunderdome dug up a preview.

while much of the album has a faster, slightly more guitar-driven sound than what we've heard from them before. although "yankee bayonet (i will be home then)," a duet with laura veirs about a post-civil war soldier, nicely contrasts its neighboring songs. veirs' lilty voice compliments the song's overall shanty/folksy jangle.

the decemberists - yankee bayonet (i will be home by then)

click it! dept: free nyc

good listing of free, daily events in nyc.

there is no denying that having fun in new york city has become quite a costly venture. being bored and broke in one of the boroughs seems to be common thread in many of our lives. freenyc is the product of a few such new yorkers who are determined to have fun and explore the city without completely draining their dwindling bank accounts.

click it! freenyc.net

moving pictures dept: the little girl giant

AT ISSUE:
a gigantic puppet.

WHAT?
the little girl giant wakes up and takes a shower from the time-travelling elephant.

WHY?
europeans are the coolest.

click it! dept: bush bothered by borat

from the daily telegraph:

The opening scene, which shows Borat lustily kissing his sister goodbye and setting off for America in a car pulled by a horse, had audiences in stitches when it was first shown last week.

. . .

Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbayev is to fly to the US to meet President Bush in the coming weeks and on the agenda will be his country's image.

borat's response:

click it! dept: annoying co-worker

send e-mail anonymously to an annoying co-worker.





thanks to cynical-c.

ISSUE THREE:
Tales From the Teat

@UDIO THUNDERDOME

created, mulled over, recorded, edited, published

by

stephen maher (washington heights) & paulo campos (yorkville)

@ Contents @

* 0:01 "militant lesbians"
* 0:59 "tales from the teat"
* 5:21 "let's see what happens under atomic heat"
* 6:01 "ride the worm"
* 8:00 the flesh
* 10:31 tales from the teat I: "till it goes click"
* 17:15 "fuckin' liquid gold?"
* 18:41 "auschwitz haircut"
* 19:09 "at least he doesn't have that metal shard"
* 22:09 calla
* 25:25 tales from the teat II: "christmas time"
* 30:45 "great quantities of saliva"
* 32:07 carry on. . .

Coming in Issue Four: jihad of love



MP3 File

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be stephen colbert's greenscreen challenge on you tube day part 1

AT ISSUE:
stephen colbert's cgi challenge.

WHAT?
the clip from 8/21's show.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be stephen colbert's greenscreen challenge on you tube day part 2

AT ISSUE:
stephen colbert's cgi challenge.

WHAT?
ghostbusters

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be stephen colbert's greenscreen challenge on you tube day part 3

AT ISSUE:
stephen colbert's cgi challenge.

WHAT?
the neocon menace.

moving pictures dept: if it's friday it must be stephen colbert's greenscreen challenge on you tube day part 4

AT ISSUE:
stephen colbert's cgi challenge.

WHAT?
signs

moving pictures dept: it hurts!

AT ISSUE:
buckle up!

WHAT?
this may be the best video ever.

WHY?
no doubt janice is going to hell.

seal of poo dept: lonelygirl15

lonelygirl15 is not real.
despair.

from the new york times:

the woman who plays lonelygirl15 on the video-sharing site youtube.com has been identified as jessica rose, a 20-ish resident of new zealand and los angeles and a graduate of the new york film academy. and the whole project appears to be the early serialized version of what eventually will become a movie.

seal of approval dept: the show with zefrank

WHAT IS THIS THING?
it is a daily program on zefrank.com. it's usually under 5min and you can watch it while you eat ramen noodles. he monologues about a variety of topics, ranging from politics to media culture to the difficulties of getting old.


WHO DOES THIS THING?
a plain-looking guy who probably used to do something else but started posting interactive games, funny written bits, video clips, and a daily v-blog.


WHY IS IT GOOD?
not only does it give you something to do while eating ramen, he has the talent to consicely present ideas, tell stories, and decry bullshit in a nicely edited and amusing format.

npr's on the media had a segment about the show on their 9/9/06 program.




the show with zefrank

moving pictures dept: what's an earth sandwich?

AT ISSUE:
accomplishment.

WHAT?
earth in a baguette.

WHY?
to join the league of awsomeness.