Sunday, December 19, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
The Path Of Nothing
I've been suffering from writer's block/laze as of late. For the last couple weeks as I've been transitioning from few hours to none to unemployment I've been struggling to write a piece on how albums can be translated into five seasons, little theory I thought of months ago that I've been trying to coherently put out there to the masses to possibly turn them on to a new way to think about music in a collective fashion. Now with something this abstract it does require a heightened degree of focus as you're trying to pull references in order to make your point and also the structure of where to take it is also quite tricky. In conversation I'd have no problem delivering it as I have reactions to go off of and also the thought is fluid as you are talking about it so there's not as much criticism and editing involved to make sure that everything makes sense. As of now I'm currently shelving the idea for perhaps an abstract art/video piece to better get the idea across and play around in the sandbox a bit. However this is not what I wanted to talk about for this piece, what I really wanted to write about is simply nothing. Let my conscious mind wander through my fingers to the keyboard and onto the screen so that something eventually make sense. And also to get that stupid voice in my head to shut the fuck up.
I'll elaborate so you don't think I'm totally crazy. (Too late.) One of my favorite movies is "Revolver" by Guy Ritchie and if nobody here has seen it you should. Think of it as "The Godfather" version of "Inception." Not knocking the movie just trying to give you a rough idea. At any rate, the movie is about a con man, Jake Green (played by Jason Statham WITH HAIR. WHAT?!,) who is released from prison after seven years and sets out to get revenge on the man who put him there only to find myself in the middle of a game beyond his comprehension. Now this movie plays heavy with abstracts as it deals heavily with the mind and all the psychological theories that pertain to it, specifically the concept that is the ego. Without hopefully spoiling anything there is a pivotal moment where Statham's character must confront his true enemy which is his ego, represented by the narrative we hear throughout the movie. At the credits several psychologists speak into the camera about the concept of the ego saying how it hides behind itself so that you don't even know it's there and that it disguises it's thoughts as yours, basically saying how that voice in your head is not truly your own. And truly anyone outside the mind you perceive to be an enemy is a false projection by the ego in an effort to further disguise itself. ("The only enemy to ever exist is an eternal one.") A very huge and elaborate concept that I think is very profound and very good to know as if there is any truth to life it is that we are constantly trying to avoid something in ourselves that is an issue by casting a light on something that doesn't matter. (Politics, money, material possessions, etc.) My writer's block/laze I believe is a current manifestation of something wrong since for the last month I've been pissed off about my lousy job and blaming the corporation for it. Not unsound but the toll that it's taken carrying around that baggage sure as hell isn't healthy physically or mentally, partially why for the last week or so I've been slumming rather than busting my ass to find another job or accomplishing any of what I've been wanting to. This is my confrontation of my ego as I'm typing, going head to head with it saying how I don't need it right now. Several months ago for almost three weeks that voice didn't exist and came up in the middle of the week my lady flew up fro California as I had done/said something stupid so my ego popped up and said, "Hey buddy, what's up? Vacation over already? Time for me to fuck some shit up." And since then it's been a tight rope of trying to lose the ego and him scratching that itch in my head. I won't promise to myself that from now I'm gonna ditch the ego and change my situation cause if I can't keep that promise for whatever reason I am to blame which only feeds the ego and that does nobody any good, but you can bet your ass I'm gonna do everything I can until the battery dies out in my ego's mic.
One thing I plan to do is revisit a script that I aim to get made for which I won't talk too much about at this point but it does involve dealing with confronting yourself with a problem that has been slowly manifesting to the point where you get consumed. And that is very essentially, not anyone forcing or helping you to confront yourself, only you can do it. There may be outside influences to bring yourself to do it but ultimately it comes down to you, your actions, your thoughts, to determine the outcome. Anyone who thinks they can change a person or truly help them is diluted because you're not the one who is truly making them change. Irrelevant the issue, it all comes down to you and your choice to recognize it and do something. This is also a problem, either not recognizing it or not acknowledging it which if you don't does no good what so ever.
And sadly such a thing has left me with a sense of hopelessness as I, like many of you I assume, have some friends who are in need of some kind of awakening but we're not the ones to give it to them, they have to get themselves to wake up. The trick is finding a way to get them to realize this in a way that they are willing to listen, get them inspired to change themselves because if you supply the right stimuli anyone can handle themselves. This will be my effort, to tell a story in which others can relate to and have a possible moment of clarity. Now I don't wanna get my hopes up in thinking everyone will walk away from it thinking this, at most I just want them to dig the film I've made and if they can take the message with them and pass it along then rock on to them. However this is a consciousness to what I do and what I want to do that I would like others to at least say, "Hey, not bad," if nothing else. But as I said, it all comes down to my choice and thoughts so let's let the reigns loose and see where this ride will take us.
Not bad, eh? Sorry if any of my grammar sucks.
I'll elaborate so you don't think I'm totally crazy. (Too late.) One of my favorite movies is "Revolver" by Guy Ritchie and if nobody here has seen it you should. Think of it as "The Godfather" version of "Inception." Not knocking the movie just trying to give you a rough idea. At any rate, the movie is about a con man, Jake Green (played by Jason Statham WITH HAIR. WHAT?!,) who is released from prison after seven years and sets out to get revenge on the man who put him there only to find myself in the middle of a game beyond his comprehension. Now this movie plays heavy with abstracts as it deals heavily with the mind and all the psychological theories that pertain to it, specifically the concept that is the ego. Without hopefully spoiling anything there is a pivotal moment where Statham's character must confront his true enemy which is his ego, represented by the narrative we hear throughout the movie. At the credits several psychologists speak into the camera about the concept of the ego saying how it hides behind itself so that you don't even know it's there and that it disguises it's thoughts as yours, basically saying how that voice in your head is not truly your own. And truly anyone outside the mind you perceive to be an enemy is a false projection by the ego in an effort to further disguise itself. ("The only enemy to ever exist is an eternal one.") A very huge and elaborate concept that I think is very profound and very good to know as if there is any truth to life it is that we are constantly trying to avoid something in ourselves that is an issue by casting a light on something that doesn't matter. (Politics, money, material possessions, etc.) My writer's block/laze I believe is a current manifestation of something wrong since for the last month I've been pissed off about my lousy job and blaming the corporation for it. Not unsound but the toll that it's taken carrying around that baggage sure as hell isn't healthy physically or mentally, partially why for the last week or so I've been slumming rather than busting my ass to find another job or accomplishing any of what I've been wanting to. This is my confrontation of my ego as I'm typing, going head to head with it saying how I don't need it right now. Several months ago for almost three weeks that voice didn't exist and came up in the middle of the week my lady flew up fro California as I had done/said something stupid so my ego popped up and said, "Hey buddy, what's up? Vacation over already? Time for me to fuck some shit up." And since then it's been a tight rope of trying to lose the ego and him scratching that itch in my head. I won't promise to myself that from now I'm gonna ditch the ego and change my situation cause if I can't keep that promise for whatever reason I am to blame which only feeds the ego and that does nobody any good, but you can bet your ass I'm gonna do everything I can until the battery dies out in my ego's mic.
One thing I plan to do is revisit a script that I aim to get made for which I won't talk too much about at this point but it does involve dealing with confronting yourself with a problem that has been slowly manifesting to the point where you get consumed. And that is very essentially, not anyone forcing or helping you to confront yourself, only you can do it. There may be outside influences to bring yourself to do it but ultimately it comes down to you, your actions, your thoughts, to determine the outcome. Anyone who thinks they can change a person or truly help them is diluted because you're not the one who is truly making them change. Irrelevant the issue, it all comes down to you and your choice to recognize it and do something. This is also a problem, either not recognizing it or not acknowledging it which if you don't does no good what so ever.
And sadly such a thing has left me with a sense of hopelessness as I, like many of you I assume, have some friends who are in need of some kind of awakening but we're not the ones to give it to them, they have to get themselves to wake up. The trick is finding a way to get them to realize this in a way that they are willing to listen, get them inspired to change themselves because if you supply the right stimuli anyone can handle themselves. This will be my effort, to tell a story in which others can relate to and have a possible moment of clarity. Now I don't wanna get my hopes up in thinking everyone will walk away from it thinking this, at most I just want them to dig the film I've made and if they can take the message with them and pass it along then rock on to them. However this is a consciousness to what I do and what I want to do that I would like others to at least say, "Hey, not bad," if nothing else. But as I said, it all comes down to my choice and thoughts so let's let the reigns loose and see where this ride will take us.
The Path Of Nothing
Acknowledge a fault within one's self
Confront that fault
Admit to yourself that even by confrontation you have no control
Admit that no one person has control over anything or any one
Upon all of this think of the path up ahead as an endless spiral
Not bad, eh? Sorry if any of my grammar sucks.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Slacker Saturday
Apologies to the four of you who follow this and/or Stumble on this blog and are upset (What a stretch) because of my lack of updates. ADD and a lack of finances definitely shift your priorities. Here is a collection of stuff for both Tweaker Tuesday and Weird Wednesdays. Hit the jump for another teaser poster and an episode of Kevin Pollak's Chat Show featuring Jason Alexander where he talks about "Seinfeld" and fucking up a guy who put a gun to his head.
Cleverbot - Feel like aruging with a bot that actually has a degree of intelligence as opposed to the ones trying to get you to join cam sites? Look no further. I'm gonna hunt this mo'fo down.
Melon Shot Off Freddie Wong's Head W/ a .50 Cal - Pure fucking insanity. A bullet a half an inch thick flying over a hundred feet and didn't blow off a limb? WHAT?!
Cleverbot - Feel like aruging with a bot that actually has a degree of intelligence as opposed to the ones trying to get you to join cam sites? Look no further. I'm gonna hunt this mo'fo down.
Melon Shot Off Freddie Wong's Head W/ a .50 Cal - Pure fucking insanity. A bullet a half an inch thick flying over a hundred feet and didn't blow off a limb? WHAT?!
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tweaked Tuesday - Burn Victim
Took a couple pictures of myself to do a very late addition to my Photoshop series. Dig it.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tweaked Tuesday
This is now my weekly Photoshop posting as Photoshop Phriday is already used on another site and I wanna avoid a lawsuit at all costs. At any rate, enjoy these things.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Veird Vednesdays
Evening kids, new edition of Weird Wednesdays coming your way. After the jump is a video of an intro for "The Simpsons" as directed by British graffiti artist and director Banksy, which has to be the darkest and saddest intro ever to be shown ever.
Movie-a-Minute - VERY brief summaries of the movies often in a comedic fashion but are pretty dead on. Especially with "Speed", "The Sixth Sense" and "The Matrix."
Reinventing The Most Popular Ballpoint Pen - Ever wonder what a bunch a guys, five dollars and a lot of boredom bring? This crap.
Homemade Spacecraft - Although already seen by probably millions, still awesome, weird and note worthy. A guy made an apparatus to put a camera in, attach a weather balloon and launch it up into the blackness of space in HD.
Movie-a-Minute - VERY brief summaries of the movies often in a comedic fashion but are pretty dead on. Especially with "Speed", "The Sixth Sense" and "The Matrix."
Reinventing The Most Popular Ballpoint Pen - Ever wonder what a bunch a guys, five dollars and a lot of boredom bring? This crap.
Homemade Spacecraft - Although already seen by probably millions, still awesome, weird and note worthy. A guy made an apparatus to put a camera in, attach a weather balloon and launch it up into the blackness of space in HD.
Coming Soon... SPIRALISM
Not long ago I had the notion of starting up a podcast based on the idea of enlightening while being entertaining while also broadening the perspective of those involved and listeners by having on people with different points of view, maybe TOO different. Err... sorry, accidentally got possessed by Barbara Walters at the end for a second. Anyways, this idea is coming to fruition very soon as in... today. We're recording our first episode.with adult performer Sara Jay, and if you're interest falls off after that then you're clearly not open minded enough to listen to the show since this show will be laced with clever dick jokes in between intellectual and philosophical quips. Plus the conversation to take place probably won't be surrounded by sex talk (speculative until recording.) But be sure to check it out.
Additionally, HIRE ME!
Additionally, HIRE ME!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
My Zazzle Store
As a means to make money like so many I'm whoring products, however to redeem myself they are of my own creation. I have only a few shirts up right now but am adding more and improving as often as possible. So go check it out and buy some shit to benefit my broke ass.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Photoshop Phriday - First Layer
Here's the first installment to Photoshop Phriday where I post up something I've drummed up in Photoshop. Sadly I received no challenges for this one but here's a couple to test the waters and try it out. These are also either new or unreleased work of mine.
Desperate Putz For Hire!
Good evening folks, Sketch reporting here and this post is pretty simple, in fact I can sum it up in one sentence.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE FUCKING HIRE ME?!?!
I'd end it there but that's pretty vague. Basically the job I have has went from suck to being on the borderland of desperation where knocking over a bank doesn't sound like a half bad idea. (I'm probably already on a watch list for Googling it several times for movie research. Sorry, "movie research.") I've been looking and looking and trying to offer my services out there for those interested so I'm using this as an option to because in New Hampshire, where I live, the things I'm offering don't really have such a high demand as I live in what could readily be described as the backwoods of Bumblefuck. Which is not to be confused with the next J.K. Rowling book, "Harry Potter and the Backwoods of Bumblefuck."
So in an effort to help expand I'm putting this up so hopefully I may get some scratch and not resort to chronic alcoholism. By the way, where is the mentality come from that all poor people drink? I don't drink because I'm poor, they're just alcoholics and happen to go broke after the fact 'cause drinking is an expensive habit. All I'm saying.
Pictures and examples of my work after the jump. Please contact at tsu.nothing@gmail.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Graphic Design
Video Editing
Visual Effects
Motion Graphics
Retail Work
General Lackey
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Graduated Exeter High School in 2006
Graduated Seacoast School of Technology in 2006 with a certificate in Automotive
PROGRAMS/COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
4 years in Adobe Photoshop (have CS5 and a Wacom Graphire4 drawing tablet)
3 years in Adobe After Effects (have CS5)
1.5 years in Adobe Premiere (have CS5) and recently exploring 3D programs
Sparse knowledge of HTML code (very sparse) with room to learn and improve
PREVIOUS WORK HISTORY
SellMyTimeshareNow.com as a janitor for the summer, had to leave because of school
Spencer Gifts (yes, that store) as a sales associate/clerk from August/September 2006 to January 2009
Presently employed (barely) at Cumberland Farms as a sales associate/clerk/corporate monkey since July 2008
SPECIAL SKILLS
Colorful, caring and witty personality
Makes a mean chicken fried steak
Works well with others and maintains a professional environment
Takes very good pictures and has a fetish for widescreen
LINKS
deviantArt
MySpace
YouTube
Zazzle
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WILL SOMEONE FUCKING HIRE ME?!?!
I'd end it there but that's pretty vague. Basically the job I have has went from suck to being on the borderland of desperation where knocking over a bank doesn't sound like a half bad idea. (I'm probably already on a watch list for Googling it several times for movie research. Sorry, "movie research.") I've been looking and looking and trying to offer my services out there for those interested so I'm using this as an option to because in New Hampshire, where I live, the things I'm offering don't really have such a high demand as I live in what could readily be described as the backwoods of Bumblefuck. Which is not to be confused with the next J.K. Rowling book, "Harry Potter and the Backwoods of Bumblefuck."
So in an effort to help expand I'm putting this up so hopefully I may get some scratch and not resort to chronic alcoholism. By the way, where is the mentality come from that all poor people drink? I don't drink because I'm poor, they're just alcoholics and happen to go broke after the fact 'cause drinking is an expensive habit. All I'm saying.
Pictures and examples of my work after the jump. Please contact at tsu.nothing@gmail.com
SERVICES OFFERED
Graphic Design
Video Editing
Visual Effects
Motion Graphics
Retail Work
General Lackey
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Graduated Exeter High School in 2006
Graduated Seacoast School of Technology in 2006 with a certificate in Automotive
PROGRAMS/COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
4 years in Adobe Photoshop (have CS5 and a Wacom Graphire4 drawing tablet)
3 years in Adobe After Effects (have CS5)
1.5 years in Adobe Premiere (have CS5) and recently exploring 3D programs
Sparse knowledge of HTML code (very sparse) with room to learn and improve
PREVIOUS WORK HISTORY
SellMyTimeshareNow.com as a janitor for the summer, had to leave because of school
Spencer Gifts (yes, that store) as a sales associate/clerk from August/September 2006 to January 2009
Presently employed (barely) at Cumberland Farms as a sales associate/clerk/corporate monkey since July 2008
SPECIAL SKILLS
Colorful, caring and witty personality
Makes a mean chicken fried steak
Works well with others and maintains a professional environment
Takes very good pictures and has a fetish for widescreen
LINKS
deviantArt
MySpace
YouTube
Zazzle
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Bursting Radiance - Review on Linkin Park's "A Thousand Suns"
Howdy kids, it's your favorite -- ah, screw it, let's just jump on into it. I'll start right off the bat by saying this review will have very mixed opinions in it, however I feel as a fan I must throw my two cents out there. A mere couple weeks ago Linkin Park released a brand new album dubbed "A Thousand Suns
" using the springboard of their single "The Catalyst."
Right off the bat this album is drastically different than their previous work on "Hybrid Theory
", "Reanimation
", "Meteora
" and "Minutes To Midnight
," sadly some may not see this as a good thing. Even with "Minutes To Midnight", although it was very experimental and more eclectic in it's nature partly brought on by producer Rick Rubin who also produced this album as well, it still had the sound and vibe of Linkin Park if not on the whole album then on a select handful of tracks. With "A Thousand Suns" there are less examples of the old LP however in further exploration of the album it is really the next logical step.
" using the springboard of their single "The Catalyst."Right off the bat this album is drastically different than their previous work on "Hybrid Theory
", "Reanimation", "Meteora" and "Minutes To Midnight," sadly some may not see this as a good thing. Even with "Minutes To Midnight", although it was very experimental and more eclectic in it's nature partly brought on by producer Rick Rubin who also produced this album as well, it still had the sound and vibe of Linkin Park if not on the whole album then on a select handful of tracks. With "A Thousand Suns" there are less examples of the old LP however in further exploration of the album it is really the next logical step.Weird Wednesdays - The Quickening
Greetings again for our third installment on our WW segment, sorry for missing out on last week had a lot of crap to do very quick before seeing Mushroomhead in Portland. Quick capsule review on that: fucking awesome. ON WITH THE LINKS!
Bioshock Fishtank Case Mod - A guy submerged his motherboard in a fish tank with a big daddy and it works... WHAT?
Michelle Rodriguez' "Citizen Jane" - A trailer for an upcoming movie to be released on the 70th anniversary of "Citizen Kane" with a version of that movie that apparently is going to be like that but full of violence and really shitty CG. It's a minute and a half of, "WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH?"
Additionally if anyone has any suggestions or challenges for my first Photoshop Phriday let me know.
Bioshock Fishtank Case Mod - A guy submerged his motherboard in a fish tank with a big daddy and it works... WHAT?
Michelle Rodriguez' "Citizen Jane" - A trailer for an upcoming movie to be released on the 70th anniversary of "Citizen Kane" with a version of that movie that apparently is going to be like that but full of violence and really shitty CG. It's a minute and a half of, "WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WATCH?"
Additionally if anyone has any suggestions or challenges for my first Photoshop Phriday let me know.
Monday, October 4, 2010
When The Hell Was "Facebook" A Verb? - Review on "The Social Network"
Seriously, when was this period I missed out on? Not because I regret not being in on it but because that's one of the dumbest thing's I've heard, "Facebook me." Oh well, Twitter's got the latest hold on having their website's name as a verb. Good thing about "Twittering" someone is that inside you're probably chuckling a little. (Perv.)
Anywho, I've just come back from seeing David Fincher's latest cinematic capsule known as "The Social Network", or to the snarky "Facebook: The Movie." I'll admit I being a Fincher fan and a general roamer of the internet when discovering this film thought, "Seriously? This has to be a joke." Then as time went by that dwindled up to the trailer's debut and it changed to, "Now I gotta see this movie." And I'm sure many people who still were iffy after that and saw it ate their own words, I can only hope so. For those who don't know of this project, it centers around the creators of the popular social network site (Get the title now?) Facebook and how success tore their friendship apart featuring Jesse Eisenberg (The Michael Cera that can act) as the founder and public wanker number one Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Garfield as the CFO Eduardo Saverin who got screwed harder than a Thai hooker, and Justin Timberlake as huge blowhard Napster founder Sean Parker.
Anywho, I've just come back from seeing David Fincher's latest cinematic capsule known as "The Social Network", or to the snarky "Facebook: The Movie." I'll admit I being a Fincher fan and a general roamer of the internet when discovering this film thought, "Seriously? This has to be a joke." Then as time went by that dwindled up to the trailer's debut and it changed to, "Now I gotta see this movie." And I'm sure many people who still were iffy after that and saw it ate their own words, I can only hope so. For those who don't know of this project, it centers around the creators of the popular social network site (Get the title now?) Facebook and how success tore their friendship apart featuring Jesse Eisenberg (The Michael Cera that can act) as the founder and public wanker number one Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Garfield as the CFO Eduardo Saverin who got screwed harder than a Thai hooker, and Justin Timberlake as huge blowhard Napster founder Sean Parker.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Must Have Add-Ons For Firefox
As this is the browsers I use as a lot of folk do (because Internet Explorer is more infectious than a Vietnamese prostitute, and apologies if any Microsoft people or Vietnamese prostitutes were offended by that remark) I wanted to list off some of the add-ons I use that are either helpful to a degree for the average Interweb user.
Web Of Trust - Protects the user by letting them know if the site they're visiting is kosher or has a bad rap for screwing you or your computer as rated by other users. Quite helpful, not so much looking at porn galleries but better safe than sorry.
No Script - Like WOT prevents unwanted scripts from being used, mostly saves time on loading unnecessary bullshit like ads on the side. Somewhat if there's someone on MySpace who has a bunch of third party crap all over it. On a side note, isn't Facebook now the fancy new space station-like mall and MySpace is the really downtrodden ghetto mall where there are cats standing out in front desperate for "friends?"
StumbleUpon - This one is iffy for others to say its needed however it's a great time killer. Simply the add-on is this: you press the "Stumble!" button and it takes you anywhere on the web tailored to your liking. And more often than not after hitting the button you think, "That was cool." It also has a StumbleThrough feature so you can find random pages through YouTube, Wikipedia, The Onion, Ghetto Ma -- I mean, MySpace; Blogspot (Thanks fellow stumblers!) and many other sites.
Cool Previews - Good if you don't wanna commit to fully opening a link either because your lazy or suspicious about it. Hover a link, click the button that appears next to it and it will preview that link in a small window inside your current tab without ever leaving the page you're on. It's neat.
Torrent Finder - Quick search bar that goes through every torrent site imaginable looking for the torrent you want to find. Although it is recommended that you should probably get something like WOT or No Script to be safe prior to getting this as there are a plentiful of torrent sites that are a wading pool of bad.
Additionally, it's not quite so much an add on as it is a feature already on the normal Firefox however can be extended. The Google search bar in the corner can also search through various sites like YouTube and Wiki and beyond the ones already listed in the drop down you can add more sites to search through such as IMDb and Dictionary.com.
Web Of Trust - Protects the user by letting them know if the site they're visiting is kosher or has a bad rap for screwing you or your computer as rated by other users. Quite helpful, not so much looking at porn galleries but better safe than sorry.
No Script - Like WOT prevents unwanted scripts from being used, mostly saves time on loading unnecessary bullshit like ads on the side. Somewhat if there's someone on MySpace who has a bunch of third party crap all over it. On a side note, isn't Facebook now the fancy new space station-like mall and MySpace is the really downtrodden ghetto mall where there are cats standing out in front desperate for "friends?"
StumbleUpon - This one is iffy for others to say its needed however it's a great time killer. Simply the add-on is this: you press the "Stumble!" button and it takes you anywhere on the web tailored to your liking. And more often than not after hitting the button you think, "That was cool." It also has a StumbleThrough feature so you can find random pages through YouTube, Wikipedia, The Onion, Ghetto Ma -- I mean, MySpace; Blogspot (Thanks fellow stumblers!) and many other sites.
Cool Previews - Good if you don't wanna commit to fully opening a link either because your lazy or suspicious about it. Hover a link, click the button that appears next to it and it will preview that link in a small window inside your current tab without ever leaving the page you're on. It's neat.
Torrent Finder - Quick search bar that goes through every torrent site imaginable looking for the torrent you want to find. Although it is recommended that you should probably get something like WOT or No Script to be safe prior to getting this as there are a plentiful of torrent sites that are a wading pool of bad.
Additionally, it's not quite so much an add on as it is a feature already on the normal Firefox however can be extended. The Google search bar in the corner can also search through various sites like YouTube and Wiki and beyond the ones already listed in the drop down you can add more sites to search through such as IMDb and Dictionary.com.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
W31RD W3DN35DAY5 - Nerd Edition
Today we come baring gifts of quite a few things to keep you busy with. While you do that I'll be getting a blood transfusion as a little of my own trickled down my ear typing the title. Have fun, y'all.
=Sketch/Ed
Spray On Shirts - A company in the UK is developing a product where you can spray a silly string like substance onto your shirt, let it dry and it magically can become a shirt. Outside of morons at the beach and festivals, who does this really apply to?
Hackers Crash MPAA Webstie For 18 Hours - This I'm posting because it's just plain awesome. I never thought I'd thank 4Chan ever, but thanks guys!
=Sketch/Ed
Spray On Shirts - A company in the UK is developing a product where you can spray a silly string like substance onto your shirt, let it dry and it magically can become a shirt. Outside of morons at the beach and festivals, who does this really apply to?
Hackers Crash MPAA Webstie For 18 Hours - This I'm posting because it's just plain awesome. I never thought I'd thank 4Chan ever, but thanks guys!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Stupid Corporations, Audiences Hate You
Evening kids, it's your good old pal Sketch E. Whiteface reporting from his new home to pollute the beloved Internets with a mass of text to be read by one person who will spend six hours after crying for reading so much about something that could be very mundane. Please take this moment the stretch your eyes after that eyesore and the coming one. For those who don't know how to stretch your eyes, sorry, but you're on your own.
Hit the jump for the full article.
Hit the jump for the full article.
And we press onward to the meat of the matter, the heart of it if you will. For a while now I've been hearing complaints from everyone I know saying how there's nothing original being put out in TV, music and more specifically movies and how the content that IS being put out is very stupid. I've also heard from people, and neither this nor the previous is anything new, that people are stupid and therefore the content is geared toward them. Although I disagree with the first half of that statement, the second part is spot on. What's being put out sucks not because audiences are stupid but because the powers that be green lighting this thinks we're stupid.
On October 1, 1993 comedian Bill Hicks was scheduled to appear on "The Late Show with Dave Letterman" to fill in last minute for a guest who had canceled, ironically he had been bumped from the show the week prior. (This would be his final television performance as he would die from pancreatic cancer five months later.) He did an eight minute long set before a live studio audience recorded for the show. Cut to a few hours later, Hicks' set was not included in the broadcast having been removed by Letterman and the producers who denied being responsible. Although the show or CBS never commented on why it was removed Hicks stated, amongst other reasons, that they felt the viewers at home were too stupid to realize that "they're just jokes" even though the studio audience laughed at his material. The following is a phone call Hicks received to let him know his set had been removed by CBS' "Standards and Practices," a mere hour after the taping had finished, taken from Hicks' 23 page hand written letter to John Lahr.
"Well why do you think the crowd at home is different than the one in your studio? They're all watching your show," said Hicks.
"Bill, you have to understand our audiences," said producer Robert Morton.
"What do you grow them on farms? Your audience is comprised of 'people', right? Well, I understand 'people,' being a person myself. People are who I play to every night, Bob, and we get along fine."
...
"We taped the show the show at 5:30 in the afternoon, and your audience had no problem with the material then. What... does the audience become overly sensitive between the hours of 11:30 PM and 12:30 AM? And by the way, Bob, when I'm not performing on your show, I'm a member of the audience for your show. Are you saying my material is not suitable for me? That doesn't make sense, why do you underestimate the intelligence of your audience?"
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Weird Wednesdays (NSFW)
In an effort to keep regular updates in some fashion I'm going to start doing Weird Wednesdays where I will post something often funny, sometimes cool, but always freaky. Pictures, video, a link to an article, whatever will do the trick. For suggestions of what to add (nothing too extreme preferably) shoot an e-mail over to tsu.nothing@gmail.com.
For our first entry we bring you a clip from Kevin Pollak's Chat Show featuring Sir Dana Carvey playing the Larry King Game. Those who haven't seen KPCS, it's a game played regularly and here are the rules and clip. Video after the jump. Enjoy.
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For our first entry we bring you a clip from Kevin Pollak's Chat Show featuring Sir Dana Carvey playing the Larry King Game. Those who haven't seen KPCS, it's a game played regularly and here are the rules and clip. Video after the jump. Enjoy.
=Sketch/Ed
A Salvation Rant In E-Minor In Arizona Bay's Flying Saucer - Review on Bill Hicks' "The Essential Collection"
WARNING: The following review contains material that may infect your mind, curve your spine and make you evolve while having a healthy gut laugh. One can only hope anyhow. These warnings are starting to get repetitive.
Howdy one and all, I come to you with word and feedback on the latest Bill Hicks released dubbed "The Essential Collection", which starting off by mentioning that it's a 2CD/2DVD set plus an additional download of "Lo-Fi Troubadour" (a collection of unreleased music written by Hicks) the term "essential" seems pretty freakin' accurate. For those who are die hard comedy fans or fans of Hicks, getting this album is a must if not for the DVDs in the package.
For the double CD portion of the collection, it more or less is a "best of" from previous Bill Hicks albums like "Dangerous," Relentless," "Arizona Bay," and "Rant In E-Minor." To liven things up several tracks are featured from an unreleased recording of one of his shows in San Ramon, CA. Such new tracks contain back-and-forths with audience members, his bit on hotel housekeepers (dubbed "Please Do Not Disturb,") and his proclamation that drugs have in fact done good. Now having heard all but the San Ramon show already owning all Hicks' album it was still nice to hear of a new release, however I will admit two things kinda disappointed me.
First, and this is probably relevant to any fan of any artist with albums, I would have probably had a different selection and order of tracks. Granted, I know what MY favorite versions of his jokes are on each album but whether that was arguably the best against the examples in his catalog is a tough call. I would've personally like to hear more tracks off his "Salvation" album (only two tracks made it onto the disc) which was recorded at Oxford in 1992, such as his bit on the Hooligans. Also I would've loved to hear some of his material from his HBO/BBC specials "Relentless" and "Revelations", however with the exception of "Relentless" (albeit a different performance entirely) these do not exist in audio only/album form. However I would assume beyond that reason legal entanglements possibly would've played into it not making the cut, so for those who wish to see him belt, "PLAY FROM YOUR FUCKING HEART!!!" and deliver his genius and infamous "It's Just A Ride" speech it only exists on those specials in video form.
On to the DVD sides, they pretty much feature video footage of Hicks early on along with the "Austin Bootleg Series" shot by his brother Steve at The Laff Stop between November 1991 and October 1993 (roughly five months before he would eventually die from pancreatic cancer.) Watching the early footage of Hicks, when he was just starting out as a teenager, it's quite surreal to watch knowing that for 16 years of him doing stand up he never lost that spark or the ambition to making people laugh. And also watching the footage as he progresses going from a kid (who at this point never smoked, drank or did drugs), to when he was more or less a drunk mess on stage, then to his comedic guru status towards the end was very intriguing to witness if not first hand. For those uncertain about investing the $30 for this, the DVDs alone are worth it since you have several different shows that accumulate well over three hours collectively (each set, ranging from between 15 minutes to 40 minutes from one show.) The longest set viewed is his show on Oct. 1993 at The Laff Stop because it was towards the end of his life, where he had already been diagnosed and was being treated (and had already had his recorded set from Letterman banned,) and as pointed out by Steven Hicks in the liner notes of the album (which also features words by Clive Anderson, nephew Ryan Hicks, niece Rachel, and Henry Rollins) Bill showed no signs of pain and apparently when up on stage felt none what-so-ever. To me, anyone that committed to what he loves is well worth the respect.
Also featured on the second DVD disc is the infamous film, the only one Hicks ever starred in, called "Ninja Bachelor Party." I know the title may fool you but I assure you this movie isn't serious. It follows a Robitussin addict Clarence Mumford (played by Hicks' frequent collaborator and friend Kevin Booth) who tries to over come his addiction and get his girlfriend back by becoming a ninja warrior, learning under the tutelage of Master (played by Hicks' who does the majority of the dubbed voices, as it is done in the style of a samurai/Jackie Chan movie.) The movie is reminiscent of the kinda short films you used to make with your friend's in your backyard with your dad's camera that you did for fun, and apparently after eight years of making shit up and filming this is the product. On the DVD Kevin Booth makes note that every one of their family members and friends thought it was absolutely insane yet the two of them thought it was funny as it was very slap-sticky. Really it's a fun flick to watch (only 30 minutes long) and shows a completely different side to Hicks.
Finally we come to the final piece to this bundle which is the download only copy of "Lo-Fi Troubadour" included. Although there is no disc it does come with a neat card that features on the top side the drawing of Hicks smoking that can be viewed on every one of his albums' disc labels. These are demos recorded by Hicks himself and feature him on guitar and vocals on "lo-fi" recording equipment such as a tape recorder and a four-track. Several months ago a sneak peak of this part of the album worked it's way onto the iTunes downloads as a single dubbed "The Moon Is Smiling", which if you listen to it in comparison to the final print quite a bit of cleaning up was done with the audio. A lot of it is very melodic but also very strong lyrically with such Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan-esque with such songs like "The Road Can Be Hard" and "I Never Really Cried For You." This is much of a departure from his band Marble Head Johnson which did cover a barometer of genres (examples of their work can be found on "Arizona Bay" and "Rant In E-Minor.") Had Hicks been alive and thought to release a full on music album, either under his own or Marble Head respectively I think it would've been very well received.
In short, it's awesome, worth the money, go and buy it or I'll kick your ass. See you next time, kids.
=Sketch/Ed
Additonal Links
Bill Hicks on Amazon
Bill Hicks on YouTube
Bill Hicks' banned Letterman set
Howdy one and all, I come to you with word and feedback on the latest Bill Hicks released dubbed "The Essential Collection", which starting off by mentioning that it's a 2CD/2DVD set plus an additional download of "Lo-Fi Troubadour" (a collection of unreleased music written by Hicks) the term "essential" seems pretty freakin' accurate. For those who are die hard comedy fans or fans of Hicks, getting this album is a must if not for the DVDs in the package.
For more details and to get a copy go to Amazon and fucking buy it already!
For the double CD portion of the collection, it more or less is a "best of" from previous Bill Hicks albums like "Dangerous," Relentless," "Arizona Bay," and "Rant In E-Minor." To liven things up several tracks are featured from an unreleased recording of one of his shows in San Ramon, CA. Such new tracks contain back-and-forths with audience members, his bit on hotel housekeepers (dubbed "Please Do Not Disturb,") and his proclamation that drugs have in fact done good. Now having heard all but the San Ramon show already owning all Hicks' album it was still nice to hear of a new release, however I will admit two things kinda disappointed me.
First, and this is probably relevant to any fan of any artist with albums, I would have probably had a different selection and order of tracks. Granted, I know what MY favorite versions of his jokes are on each album but whether that was arguably the best against the examples in his catalog is a tough call. I would've personally like to hear more tracks off his "Salvation" album (only two tracks made it onto the disc) which was recorded at Oxford in 1992, such as his bit on the Hooligans. Also I would've loved to hear some of his material from his HBO/BBC specials "Relentless" and "Revelations", however with the exception of "Relentless" (albeit a different performance entirely) these do not exist in audio only/album form. However I would assume beyond that reason legal entanglements possibly would've played into it not making the cut, so for those who wish to see him belt, "PLAY FROM YOUR FUCKING HEART!!!" and deliver his genius and infamous "It's Just A Ride" speech it only exists on those specials in video form.
On to the DVD sides, they pretty much feature video footage of Hicks early on along with the "Austin Bootleg Series" shot by his brother Steve at The Laff Stop between November 1991 and October 1993 (roughly five months before he would eventually die from pancreatic cancer.) Watching the early footage of Hicks, when he was just starting out as a teenager, it's quite surreal to watch knowing that for 16 years of him doing stand up he never lost that spark or the ambition to making people laugh. And also watching the footage as he progresses going from a kid (who at this point never smoked, drank or did drugs), to when he was more or less a drunk mess on stage, then to his comedic guru status towards the end was very intriguing to witness if not first hand. For those uncertain about investing the $30 for this, the DVDs alone are worth it since you have several different shows that accumulate well over three hours collectively (each set, ranging from between 15 minutes to 40 minutes from one show.) The longest set viewed is his show on Oct. 1993 at The Laff Stop because it was towards the end of his life, where he had already been diagnosed and was being treated (and had already had his recorded set from Letterman banned,) and as pointed out by Steven Hicks in the liner notes of the album (which also features words by Clive Anderson, nephew Ryan Hicks, niece Rachel, and Henry Rollins) Bill showed no signs of pain and apparently when up on stage felt none what-so-ever. To me, anyone that committed to what he loves is well worth the respect.
Also featured on the second DVD disc is the infamous film, the only one Hicks ever starred in, called "Ninja Bachelor Party." I know the title may fool you but I assure you this movie isn't serious. It follows a Robitussin addict Clarence Mumford (played by Hicks' frequent collaborator and friend Kevin Booth) who tries to over come his addiction and get his girlfriend back by becoming a ninja warrior, learning under the tutelage of Master (played by Hicks' who does the majority of the dubbed voices, as it is done in the style of a samurai/Jackie Chan movie.) The movie is reminiscent of the kinda short films you used to make with your friend's in your backyard with your dad's camera that you did for fun, and apparently after eight years of making shit up and filming this is the product. On the DVD Kevin Booth makes note that every one of their family members and friends thought it was absolutely insane yet the two of them thought it was funny as it was very slap-sticky. Really it's a fun flick to watch (only 30 minutes long) and shows a completely different side to Hicks.
Finally we come to the final piece to this bundle which is the download only copy of "Lo-Fi Troubadour" included. Although there is no disc it does come with a neat card that features on the top side the drawing of Hicks smoking that can be viewed on every one of his albums' disc labels. These are demos recorded by Hicks himself and feature him on guitar and vocals on "lo-fi" recording equipment such as a tape recorder and a four-track. Several months ago a sneak peak of this part of the album worked it's way onto the iTunes downloads as a single dubbed "The Moon Is Smiling", which if you listen to it in comparison to the final print quite a bit of cleaning up was done with the audio. A lot of it is very melodic but also very strong lyrically with such Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan-esque with such songs like "The Road Can Be Hard" and "I Never Really Cried For You." This is much of a departure from his band Marble Head Johnson which did cover a barometer of genres (examples of their work can be found on "Arizona Bay" and "Rant In E-Minor.") Had Hicks been alive and thought to release a full on music album, either under his own or Marble Head respectively I think it would've been very well received.
In short, it's awesome, worth the money, go and buy it or I'll kick your ass. See you next time, kids.
=Sketch/Ed
Additonal Links
Bill Hicks on Amazon
Bill Hicks on YouTube
Bill Hicks' banned Letterman set
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Poem: This Is A Dedication
To all our fallen friends who got lost along the way.
To the ones who couldn't see past the wall, saw only the wall, not have the thought to climb over the wall.
To the ones we tried to help as they slowly hurt themselves by something they thought was real.
To the gold digger, the pan handler, the graduate, the drop out, the content and disgruntled.
To the ones who wanted change as things stayed the same.
To the ones who chose to sleep instead of dream and never truly awaken.
To the ones who always spend time looking back instead of forward.
To the ones who wanted to help so bad they didn't see their own problems.
This is dedicated to the ones who became inspired and who brushed this off.
This is dedicated to us all.
If you know someone who can relate to this or needs something to aid their evolution send it to them.
To the ones who couldn't see past the wall, saw only the wall, not have the thought to climb over the wall.
To the ones we tried to help as they slowly hurt themselves by something they thought was real.
To the gold digger, the pan handler, the graduate, the drop out, the content and disgruntled.
To the ones who wanted change as things stayed the same.
To the ones who chose to sleep instead of dream and never truly awaken.
To the ones who always spend time looking back instead of forward.
To the ones who wanted to help so bad they didn't see their own problems.
This is dedicated to the ones who became inspired and who brushed this off.
This is dedicated to us all.
If you know someone who can relate to this or needs something to aid their evolution send it to them.
Manifesto
WARNING: The following pieces to be posted on here contain opinions and matters that might be described as profound, thought provoking, insane, satanic, heresy, humorous all in an effort to be entertaining and informative to help speed of the process of evolution. Enjoy.
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