The LOST Review Haiku Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by Holly in "poetry", Holly/Magnolia, Lost, TV shows.6 comments
Because seventeen syllables of coherence is about all one can expect from this season.
MORE Others? God, WHY??
Bai Ling with lionfish hair?!?
Jack: Get a blood test.
Oscar Week Special! Watching the Noms So You Don’t Have To: The Departed Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by cdnmoose in CDNMoose, Lingering Bursitis, Oscars, SA, athleticsupporter, goathair, liveblog, movies.14 comments
Unlike most blogs that wouldn’t piss on you if your hair was on fire, here at DeadOn we care about our readers.
We know that you don’t have the time, money or dating capacity to get out and watch all of this year’s Best Picture Oscar nominees. But you absolutely want to be able to impress your co-workers around the water cooler with your ruminations of what each movie has to say about the human condition, and you damn well want to win your Oscar office pool.
Therefore, as a service to our readers, some of our contributors are gathering every night this week at a renovated strip club now operating as a movie theatre (with very sticky floors) in Cary, North Carolina.
We are capturing their observations through a liveblog while they watch and annoy the patrons around them by talking incessantly throughout the movie and by kicking the chairs of the old people sitting in front of them.
Today’s movie is The Departed, as viewed by CDNMoose, goathair, AthleticSupporter, SA and Lingering Bursitis. (more…)
Video Vixen – “You Can Call Me Al” Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by Texas Gal in 80s, MTV, TexasGal, Video Vixen, music video.17 comments
“You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon
circa 1986
from the album Graceland
This video has two things going for it: (1) Chevy Chase. Some might not consider Chevy an asset, as he has more of a reputation for being an asshat. But I’ve always been a big fan, and he gets a free pass for life on the strength of Ty Webb and Dusty Bottoms alone. (2) Nothing. Seriously, nothing happens in this video. It’s just Chevy lip synching the lyrics, and Paul and Chevy play-synching random instruments… and that’s the brilliant genius of the whole thing. Show me one kid who grew up in the ’80s that didn’t learn how to do “the dance” in this video, and I’ll show you a sad, lonely adult today, who has grown up unsatisfied with his lot in life… and never quite could figure out why.
Real World Recap – Brooke Goes Batshit Insane Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by The NY Kid in Fuck You Nibbles, I don't get out much, MTV, reality TV, undergroundBTO.2 comments
Throughout the course of the many seasons of The Real World, it has been well established that MTV enjoys choosing cast members who are clearly batshit insane. After all, this makes for good TV drama – put a few 20-somethings with various neuroses, issues, psychological problems, etc. into a house together and someone is bound to explode at some point. Although there have been minor dustups so far this season, last night’s episode really exhibited the kind of behavior that the producers live for.
Come with me as we analyze Brooke’s meltdown and Colie’s relationship insecurities. (more…)
American Idol: Girls Grow Up Faster than Boys Do Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by ladyandrea in American Idol, Lady Andrea, reality TV.20 comments
Our show kicks off with a recap of the boys from last night. I don’t really know why they insist on putting us through this again, because it was pretty excruciating the first time. A few of them were pretty good, but nobody blew me away. Here’s the recap, it should tell you all you need to know if you missed last night. The girls are introduced in the same single-file line as the boys were, only this time the fingerguns and thumbs-up are replaced by cutsy-pie waving, which is barfy. Also, this group of girls? I have seen like 3 of them before they made the Top 24 and that pisses me off to no end, but we talked about that last night. Also, it’ll hard to be snarky tonight because most of the girls brought their A game. Let’s get right to it, shall we? (more…)
Traveling Exploits: Saving Time When Urine A Hurry Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by Suss-- in Suss Travels More Than You, suss.Tags: success stories involving wee-wee
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Well, here we are. The second installment of this series. In some ways we’re damn close to topping “The Dana Carvey Show” in longevity. But since I’m still doing important things in Celina, Ohio — coupled with the fact that I refuse to tap into the archives of my Honourable Traveling Exploits on friggin’ Week 2, let’s instead take a lateral step and help out those greenhorn travelers on how to save time while on the road, when you really have to go right away in a pinch.
Act II: You Down With the Pee Pants? (more…)
From Bryant Park to Bratz: The Jeffrey Sibelia Story Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by Clare in Clare, reality TV.3 comments
Clare is DeadOn’s resident Project Runway expert. She makes no pretense at objectivity.
A recent New York Magazine article profiles Project Runway season three winner Jeffrey Sibelia. Sibelia says, not without some glee, that he had his strategy for the season planned out in advance: Be a douchebag at the start, but reveal the soft nougaty interior — and gain the viewers’ affection — as the show progressed. His strategy paid off, earning him the title of “the next great American designer” on Project Runway’s third season.
Unfortunately — or fortunately, if you were on Team Laura, like we were — Sibelia’s career after Project Runway has fizzled of late. His big project right now is designing clothes for the live-action Bratz movie.
We think the main problem with Sibelia’s clothes is that they aren’t very marketable. The goal of Project Runway is to discover “the next great American designer.” In an article in the January 5 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Sibelia says of final four contestant Uli Herzner, “What Uli does is very marketable. But if greatness were a measure of sales, then Wal-Mart designers would be great. Uli will probably make more money than me.” Well, Jeffrey, how great is a pastiche of John Galliano and Alexander McQueen? Observe the looks from his final collection:
We fail to see why Neiman Marcus or Barney’s would place an order for anything besides the (admittedly adorable) green awning-stripe dress with the zipper trim.
Your Morning Rock – February 22nd, 2007 Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by Jerkwheat in Your Morning Rock, jerkwheat.5 comments
Happy Thursday everyone. While you’re out enjoying the Happy Hour at your local dive bar, I’ll be out at a work function. FACE!
Now normally, Your Morning Rock does not disclose the name of the rock and roll that he presents to you. However, this time, I’ll let you know. All of YMR’s cool indie rock cred is being tossed out the window with this one, but YMR never had that much to begin with. I present to you an amazing Chad VanGaalen animated video for Guster’s “Lightning Rod”. It’s new even! In fact, its a WORLD PREMIERE DEADON POSSIBLY THE 2ND BLOG TO SHOW IT PREMIERE! Curse you Stereogum! Anyway, enjoy. And in the comments, feel free to tell YMR what a loser he is for posting the wuss rock of the fine gentlemen of Guster.
And thanks to Liz with Team Guster for giving YMR the go-ahead with this one.
Gilmore Girls Recap – Feb. 20, 2007 Thursday, February 22, 2007
Posted by The Fan's Attic in The Fan's Attic, Things That May Suspend Your Man License, guilty pleasures.add a comment
I’d like to take this opportunity to apologize to anybody out there I convinced to watch Gilmore Girls last week. I highly doubt there was anybody who decided to watch on my account, but I still need to apologize. Most. Boring. Episode. Ever. (more…)
