Cool Shit 3/18

With the NCAA College Basketball tournament starting soon, you will see a plethora of bracket style tournaments popping up all over in the next few days. And while I normally think the gimmick has been slightly overplayed, I feel this one with Star Wars characters is mildly interesting. At first glance, it's hard to not predict Han Solo and Boba Fett facing off in the finals, but then there are some factors that could ruin it. This genuinely has the potential for upsets, something other pop culture bracket tournaments don't have. I feel I could write another 2,000 words on this, but will stop here.

Even famous authors get rejected.

The good, the bad and ugly of films at SXSW this year.

Was the Death Star's destruction cause by rebels? Or was there something more going on? If you've seen Loose Change, this is definitely for you.



This is an interesting article on the potential of a beer monopoly coming, and what it would do to prices on a global and national scale.

Sometimes tagging with graffiti isn't just about gangs; sometimes it can be quite literary.

Daily Links 1/14

Time to fill up the tank and enter some of the most dangerous road races in the world!

A few Nintendo games really stretched the boundaries. And look - a Noid reference!

Just when you thought bacon had jumped the shark, someone goes out there and creates an underground bacon. Most likely illegal, and only in Chicago, it still has a devoted following and many customers.



A detailed account of what it's like to have Lindsay Lohan on set.

And then here's the trailer for the movie:



Everyone likes a conspiracy theory, right? Including ones from the fictional world.

Jam of the Day

Anders Osborne - Standing with Angels

Nothing is What it Seems

While this article seems like nothing more than a ploy to writing about conspiracies (because seriously, the JFK assassination conspiracy was pretty big before the Internet) I'm still a sucker of conspiracies. And of course, it's fun to read...

But the goldmine of posts like this, by larger, more popular websites such as Salon is the comments. That's where the more "colorful" things seem to rise. Stuff like this...

lightweight airhead writes article about things its never thought thru.

The Zapruder footage of the assassination has been endlessly scrutinized on Internet forums, where discussions continue about noise on the grassy knoll and the president's movement after he was shot.

The Zapruder film clearly shows a round coming in and hitting Kennedy from a different direction than the Book Depository.
THAT IS A FACT NOT A CONSPIRACY.
From that fact we must conclude that either Oswald was not the only shooter or maybe he wasn't a shooter at all.

Government experts, academics and the world of science unanimously agree that it is all pernicious nonsense;and the 9/11 Commission report provides detailed explanations for why such theories could never be true.

It is quite clear that a top of a tower cannot crash through eighty five floors, pulverising them as it falls and arrive at the ground in the same free fall time as would a top that fell with nothing below it.
THAT IS A FACT NOT A CONSPIRACY.
Therefore given that irrefutable fact we are obliged to consider explosives must have been involved in order to supply the extra energy to do the extra work.

The most recent addition on our list, the "Birther" conspiracy claims that Barack Obama is not eligible for the presidency because he was not born in the United States.

That is an oft repeated strawman argument. The fact is no one knows officially which address he was born at. Whether he was adopted, and if he was how come he came back to using the name Obama? That the answers to those rather basic questions remain unknown
ARE FACTS NOT CONSPIRACIES.

This was signed written by a commenter calling him/herself ParisHilton'sChiHuaHua. So you know it's reputable.

Links of Interest 6/17

Baldwin says a lot of things in the heat of the moment, so I’m not 100% sure he’s going to retire once his contract is up.

We’re getting closer to figuring out the origins of life.

Love the irreverent humor of Jeff Foxworthy on “Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader” and want to experience it live? Want to get up close and personal to Drew Carey on “The Price Is Right?” This site can help.

Oh good. So “nuking the fridge” will have a cousin. I’ll be over here weeping.

So what’s Rush Limbaugh up to these days?

Catholicism is such an easy target when it’s rife with conspiracy theories.

Speaking of conspiracy theories, this is kinda why so many people believe in them.

When did you favorite sci-fi movie supposedly take place? Find out with this cool graph!

So much is owned by so few. But do you know just how much, and by just how few?

Cool video of the top 10 tornadoes, at least according to some guy. Of course, that guy also has devoted his life to tornadoes, so I’m not going to argue.

PODCAST RECAP - Episode 4.0

As our technical difficulties subside (thanks to Studio Engineer Bruce's brilliantly subtle idea of swapping USB cords), we're beginning to gel. Our oats are raw from being felt so much, not to mention our stride filing a restraining order against us from being hit so hard.

The ones & zeros of Episode 4.0 is now available via iTunes. Get yo' Popcorn while it's hot!

Topics we covered this week:

1. This blog and how "blowin' up" it is.
2. The Best - My $7 haircut vs. Goose's Conspiracy podcasts.
3. Musical Interlude - Talkin' Baseball with no references to Griffey's immensely swollen head.
4. A brief Lost discussion of who we'd want on our island.
5. Spooky Internet sounds - Laurie Anderson takes on Bigfoot.

Streaming Audio:



* Rucker/Sweet covering The Beach Boys is totally unrelated to the podcast. Just thought it was cool.



Links:

1. A Lost theory so dense, I "jokingly" (quotations needed in case any bloodsucking lawyers are reading this) offered my car and/or house if they could explain it to me: http://mirrormattermoon.blogspot.com/
2. Cutter's Corner (home of the $7 haircut) - http://cutterscorner.com/
1. A new Google Map of places we've mentioned - http://tinyurl.com/365vqx
3. Conspiracy Podcasts
1. http://www.blackopradio.com/
2. http://nowheretorun.podomatic.com/
3. http://visibility911.com/
4. Bigfoot site - http://www.bigfootsounds.com/