Let’s start off with something totally apolitical. Take a look at an interesting article that shows a rather different view of South Africa than the one you might be used to. Read Marxists Destroy New South Africa. (And before any readers whine at me, I’m not right-wing, I’m an anarchist. So my take is fairly simple: the last regime sucked a lot, this current regime sucks a little less but still sucks regardless, and the next regime will undoubtedly suck as well. They’re all power-mad swines, in my view. So there. Now on to the naked women websites! Just kidding.)
At last, some good news. Well, it’s good news for me as I’m a smoker — this news item ought to irritate the hell out of those non-smoking illogical types who think car exhaust fumes don’t hurt, but a little cigarette smoke will. Read Nicotine Seriously Improves Health.
Saw an incredible documentary the other day, called Orwell Rolls In His Grave — dealing with the media and the doublespeak of modern politics and the destruction of truth. It might come here one day, but I doubt it. Point being, if you remember how eager the Bush administration was to attack Iraq, you’re actually mistaken. That’s not what happened at all. Go read Bushites Trying To Rewrite History of Iraq Attack.
So you’re in an airport and you’re getting progressively more peeved at the fiddling of the security staff. Do you accept it and bleat along quietly with the other sheep, or do you drop your pants and show them clearly that you’re carrying no extra weaponry? You know the answer already. Read Man Exposes Self During Airport Screening.
Something local production companies are very twitchy about is letting the public see the “outtakes” and “bloopers” of the actors in various shows. (I suppose it’s because they don’t want anyone to realise how stupid the cover girls and boys of the soap operas actually are.) I’m a big bloopers fan, and to give you a taste for the genre, look at this collection of outtakes from an owner of a car company, desperately trying to get through the advert for his Winnebagos without screwing up. Be warned, the language is — ahem — crude. Go to Winnebago Man.
Pornography is fun. I have no problem with balancing my ethics and morals with the existence of Clam-Lappers Volume 8 for instance. No biggie. And just what exactly constitutes “pornography” seems to differ from person to person and regime to regime. The United States Supreme Court came up with a definition of pornography that I found interesting — namely (and I’m paraphrasing) that it’s “any act without redeeming social value or artistic worth”. This, oddly enough, can be applied to just about every advert you’ve ever seen. Have a look at weird art in action at the utterly bizarre page called Pornography without People.
Speaking of hot air: those of you who use soya in various ways might be interested to see that all is not as it seems with this alternative to dead flesh. Take a thoughtful look at The Whole Soya Story.
Remember the Eighties? That time way back when not only could you walk the streets at night and wonder which of your friends was a police spy but also party it up at a time when music wasn’t created by a small handful of global multinational companies. To give yourself a nostalgic blast of those days when copies of videotaped British TV shows were as good as hard currency, go browse through a huge range of downloadable Eighties TV adverts at Rid’s 80s Ads.
Then staying with the Eighties, recall the song 99 Red Balloons, done by a rather cute German babe? You may know that the song was translated from its original language into English for the purpose of world pop-chart domination. Take a look at the original versus direct translation of 99 Red Balloons.
If you’re a strange geek who likes to spot how many mistakes are made in films, then you’ll love the wide range of obsessively compulsive lists of mistakes, continuity lapses and mess-ups at The Nitpickers. (The site tries to get you to download a plugin of some kind, tell it ‘no’).
Or if you’re one of those minorities who actually enjoys reading (and thus can picture a career higher than that of one day being a waiter of some kind) then you’ll stare in amazement at the list of Most Frequently Banned Books During the 1990s.
If you’re an exercise fan (or think you might be, on those days you get off the couch) why not have a look at a different kind of exercise regimen? Go try Punk Rock Aerobics!.
Some say you shouldn’t kick a man when he’s down. I personally feel that’s probably the safest time to put the boot in thoroughly, as he’s not going to be able to kick your ass properly from ground level. For those of you who didn’t follow last week’s link to download the Fahrenheit 9/11 movie, have a crash course in the truly frightening site of US President George Bush’s recorded statements. Be afraid at Dubya Speak. Then there are still more foot-in-mouth examples, which make President Thabo Mbeki’s yammerings on Aids and Zimbabwe look clever, by comparison at Bushisms.
Speaking of 9/11, here’s a site that has all the newspaper links and info to suggest that 9/11 was actually an Israeli Mossad operation. This isn’t as deranged as it may sound. Take a considered read, cross-check the newspaper reports and decide for yourself at Mossad and 9/11.
Utterly geek stuff: for those of you who remember the dark dinosaur days of the Commodore, take a look at this modification known as My 1,2GHZ Commodore SX-64. And only slightly geeky is this next site. It has a helpful collection of quotes for geeks, which makes it seem like you’re really knowleadgeable and well-read, when in fact all you’ve done is cut and paste some great sayings off the site. Go steal from The Quote Geek. And for Futurama geeks, go browse through some quotes you can use at Futurama Quotes.
Having been to Georgia in the US, I kind of fell in lurve with the Georgian accent, which is a lot softer than its Texan neighbour. Nonetheless, if there’s a site connected with Georgia, and it’s appearing here, you just know it isn’t a good advert for that state. Go stare at the genuine police mugshots at the Miss Georgia Sex Offenders 2004 Pageant!
If-you-go-down-into-the-woods-today time: there is nothing worse than visiting Los Angeles and finding yourself in the wrong neighbourhood. For a glimpse at the underworld that the Tourist Authority doesn’t tell visitors about, go educate yourself at what those nice young men on the corner are actually saying to you at Gang Signs.
So you saw some movie recently and you wonder who made the music you liked in the film? Naturally just for research purposes — not because you intend to download the music without paying — you need a site that gives you the info you need. Go use Soundtrack Net.
Until the next time, if Marxists don’t get me.