Author: matt

Is this another prank from those tricky Canadians at Vice?
If it is, it’s not so funny, but it’s better than the whole “We’re white supremacists” thing.
If it’s not… I guess that’s why it’s not funny at all.

“The Final Countdown,” Europe
“Political World,” Bob Dylan
“Power to the People,” John Lennon
“It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine),” REM
“Welcome to the Terrordome,” Public Enemy
“Help!,” The Beatles
“The Power,” Snap
“I Started a Joke,” The Bee Gees
“Whistle When You’re Low,” Cancer Boy
“Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind,” Lovin’ Spoonful
“Manic Depression,” Jimi Hendrix
“Heroes,” David Bowie
“A Change is Gonna Come,” Sam Cooke
“Authority Song,” John Mellencamp
“You’re a Big Girl Now,” The Stylistics (for Dubya)
Question: What’s on yours?

Green Party: Punks Dead and Your Next [sic.]
Earlier: Another counterculture icon for participatory democracy

July 29, 2004… October 21, 2004
We’re all sagging a bit, but we can pull through, people!

Bipartisancurious Andrew Sullivan seems to strain credulity a bit with this passage in his
endorsement of John Kerry:

Does Kerry believe in this war? Skeptics say he doesn’t. They don’t believe he has understood the significance of September 11. They rightly point to the antiwar and anti-Western attitudes of some in his base–the Michael Moores and Noam Chomskys who will celebrate a Kerry victory.

Frankly, we find it somewhat difficult to imagine the dour MIT linguist celebrating anything, especially the election of John Kerry, whom Chomsky endorsed, if anything, more reservedly and reluctantly than Sullivan did.

Canadian receives prestigious Mark Twain Prize!
Earlier: 3 out of 4 Canadians are criminally insane

Dino Stamatopoulos: He puts the grrrrr in Totally Obscure Comedy Cult Figure
The best part of the new Mr. Show with Bob and David season 4 DVD? The obligatory blooper reel of course.
But more specifically, the really best part is the fetishy tribute to show writer, producer, and sometime actor Dino Stamatopoulos that shows him riding his chopper, mucking around in a lake, and flubbing his one line in the excellent Amadeus parody “Philouza.” (“There’s Philouza!”)
If Bob and David are the Lennon/McCartney of sketch comedy, Dino’s the Frank Zappa: weird, obscure, beloved by a legion of creepy fans who obsess over his ouvre like members of a secret society— and then there are Dino’s questionable Zappa-esque grooming choices. He’s probably the funniest person you’ve never heard of.
If a show was funny, Dino has probably had his grubby hands in it: The Ben Stiller Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, TV Funhouse. (Memo to Comedy Central: Put that show on DVD post haste!) He’s even had his hands in some not so funny shows: Take MAD TV. Please, take it.
Listen to the commentary tracks for Ben Stiller or Mr. Show and you’ll see: It’s Dino’s world, we just laugh at it.

“There’s Philouza!”: He finally nails it.
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