Perhaps with the express intention of getting it published on The Smoking Gun, Iggy and the Stooges have created what might be the funniest-ever set of backstage requests (known collectively as a rider). The whole thing was reportedly written by roadie Jos Grain, who must be a hoot after a few beers. Here’s an excerpt [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The launch of the PS3 has birthed a new form of civil disobedience: the console riot.
Witnesses say that around 10 p.m. Thursday, around fifty people were waiting outside Best Buy (River Park) when the store manager announced that only 35 Playstation 3 units were available. At that point, the crowd made a rush for [...]
Love this — Motorhead is sponsoring an under-10 soccer team. The kids run onto the pitch to the inspiring strains of “Ace of Spades” and wear the Motorhead logo on the jersey.
Better than the Raptors, who have “Raptors” on their jersey and run onto the court to the less-than-inspiring strains of “Gonna Make You [...]
This guy’s phenomenal. An oldie but a goodie — anyone remember it first time ’round?
Just go
Another awesome exchange from Overheard in the Office.
Coworker #1: Hey, look: a list of famous people born on Friday the 13th.
Coworker #2: I wonder if I was born on Friday the 13th.
Coworker #1: When’s your birthday?
Coworker #2: August 5th.
Coworker #1: Then no.
Asked about his performance in Iraq, Rummy responds with an oh-so-mature finger gesture and the tart little sound bite “Oh, I’d let history take care of that.”
Careful what you ask for, Rummy. Because history, and maybe a couple of international courts, are gonna do just that.
Courtesy of Video Dog
Read the rest of this entry »Say this much for Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Confronted point-blank with the question as to whether Google had set aside as much as a half-billion dollars to defend against potential lawsuits from copyright holders, he called the rumour false.
Today, we learn that the figure was actually a mere $200 million, better known for its street/gangsta [...]
U2 has won an important legal battle– nay, a landmark legal battle — championing the unassailable human and property rights of multimillionaire bands everywhere, and more specifically, U2.
The case, dating back to the band’s tour for The Joshua Tree, was filed against a former stylist, the excellently-named Lola Cashman.
U2 had been fighting with Ms [...]
Whether you’re a basketball fan or not, the writing on Raptor blog The Flagrancy is flat-out funny.
A recent post features the top 10 most dubious moments in the team’s very dubious history. I’ll spoil it by telling you the #1 entry: the choice of name for the team itself. Here’s a tasty excerpt that had [...]
My friend Mark flipped me a link to a story in which Elton John proposes to “ban religion completely” because it’s intolerant and hateful to gay people.
I’m certainly not going to argue with him on that point — most of the major religions have a spotty record at best. But isn’t calling to ban something, [...]
