A tongue-in-cheek list of the 50 most loathsome people in America, including the evidence against them and the punishment society should give them for their crimes? Sign me up. Any list that groups Michele Bachmann, M. Night Shyamalan, and Barack Obama together at the bottom of the list deserves at least a shot.
Thanks to Wonkette for passign along this link this morning. I needed to share it with our faithful reader(s?), even though I’m sure that the Venn diagram of our readers and Wonkette readers looks like a dinner plate. [The BEAST via Wonkette]
Last year, ESPN looked foolish as hell when they rearranged their whole Monday Night Football schedule around Brett Favre’s number retirement in Green Bay. They had plans to send the whole network out to Wisconsin. They were going to make this the biggest and best MNF season debut ever on the back of a tearful ceremony starring their favorite working class, blue collar quarterback.
Only problem? He no-showed. Because he is a player and players play football until they can no longer move.
No, really, don’t call it a comeback. Yet… but we’re working on it.
The AMT and I are storming back in the new year. Culturegeist is storming back in the new year. Just like Soul For Real. Once again, we will freestyle when called upon. We will trollop when called upon. We will bring you the creamy goodness that you’ve come to expect from this high-quality internet publication. (Note: Jokes about library head and complicated Lebowski references will still be included. So no worries there.)
We have some plans for new features, and maybe even some additional contributors so we can keep a steady stream of quality content flowing through the tubes.
So check back soon. There will be some new content soon and we should be all the way back within the next couple of weeks.
The Dark Knight has everything: fabulous performances, gorgeous visuals, well-paced plot movement, even for a film that is over two and a half hours long. And, while the story is great, it’s also ultimately unimportant. The film is a character study and the real plot points are not about who did what or how it happened, but about order versus anarchy and pragmatism versus chaos. It’s Good against Evil, with Batman in the middle trying to usher Gotham from the darkness to the light. Read the rest of this entry »
Good Stuff Eatery, the new burger joint on Capitol Hill owned by former Top Chef contestant Spike Mendelsohn opened recently. Here’s a story about the opening festivities and we’ll have a review of the food (check out the super-reasonably priced menu at their website) as soon as we can get over there. [DCist]
Momma’s who want their kids to be president, listen up: no rape jokes. Really. Just get that point across, because they come back to haunt you. Even if you used the joke 22 years ago. Oh, and let’s not forget that it is relevant in 2008, because McCain is still an asshole who makes rape jokes.[Wonkette]
On a lighter note, Billy Packer has already found a new job! (ish) [Tirico Suave]
Liz, the new blogger at why.i.hate.dc is doing a great job so far. Check out her work. [why.i.hate.dc]
There’s a whole mess in Philadelphia sports right now because Chase Utley was unimpressed when the New York fans booed him. NY Tabloids are calling him out and everyone is making a bigger deal out of it than it is. Here’s a great and interesting recap of the whole deal. [The 700 Level]
I love minor league baseball. I love the wacky promotions and the silly names. One day, I’ll do a post about this, including some links to Darren Rovell’s page at CNBC where he hands out awards for some of the best and most absurd minor league shenanigans. But for the moment, we have to talk about this:
The Liberal Beejays. Really. A member of the Jayhawk Conference in the National Baseball Congress, the Beejays (pause for laughter) play semiprofessional baseball in the great state of Kansas.
Hunter Pence, Rich Harden, and Troy Percival have all been Beejays.
This is priceless.
Thanks to Tirico Suave for bringing this amazingnes to our attention.
We have a big week planned for Culturegeist: a couple of new running features, a Movie Madness for Hellboy II, and lots of links to interesting, fun, and funny goodness. Yes, you heard me right… actual content this week! With words! But first, here’s some links to start the week off right and avoid that case of the Mondays:
USADA caught of a couple of track and field athletes doping… at the Paralympics. Luckily, I am slow of wit and unable to get myself in trouble making fun of this story. [International Herald Tribune]
The New Yorker has an interesting piece on how Chicago influenced Obama. Unfortunately, the editors thought it would be a great idea to put a cartoon of the Obamas as machine gun toting, flag burning Muslims on the cover of the issue… so there’s that too. [New Yoker article here, the cover here via the NYT Politics Blog, and The Carpetbagger Report on the campagins' reactions here]
Good news, bad news in D.C. Another gunman in Adam’s Morgan this weekend: bad news. Witnesses ran him down and the police caught him: good news, such as it is. [NBC4]
Apparently product placement is bothering the FCC so much that it is considering regulating the practice. One idea includes disclaimers… which, by my count, will draw attention to the product placement and only make it more effective. Right? [Gawker]
Advice for Elton Brand from Allen Iverson and Charles Barkley, a couple of players who know what it’s like to deal with Philly fans. [The 700 Level]
The iPhone 3G comes out today and you can expect Gizmodo to be on the news all day. Luckily… because I don’t know what we’d do without thrice-hourly updates on the iPhone release. [Gizmodo]
Phil Mickelson’s obscenely extravagant house is for sale. There are two guest houses, a spa, and all the left-handed scissors you could ever need. [Deadspin]
NFL Rookies + Showtunes = Hilarity. Make it the cast of Oklahoma! and it gets even better. Super awkward (and hilarious) video at the link. [KSK]
And in our “Ugh, really?” Story of the Day: Bush regales the G8 summit with jokes about his poor record on the environment. Ugh, really? [The Carpetbagger Report]
So, a comedian, a politician, and a wrestler walk into a Senate race… looks like Jesse Ventura is running after all. [Wonkette]
The KSK guys are huge Judith Light fans. Really. [KSK]
After moving Rodney Carney and Calvin Booth to make cap room, Elton Brand is a Sixer! The city of Philadelphia is happy, but I’d imagine that Baron Davis is a bit pissed. [ESPN via The 700 Level]
If you are into jazz, there is a ton of stuff going on this week in the D.C. area. [DCist]
And today’s Bill Simmons Real World Story of the Year: Kevin from Season One is running for Congress! The United States Congress! The one in D.C.! (Yes, those are horses you hear behind you, and, yes, Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War are riding them.) [Gawker]
On Friday, we went down to the National Mall to watch fireworks like they should be watched: with the Air Force Band in the background and the sky lit up with a wonderful display.
The National Mall gets a bad rap. People say it’s an impossibly crowded disaster on the 4th and that it’s hard to have a good time there. Well, this was my second 4th of July on the Mall and it’s been spectacular each time. Details after the jump!
This is as funny as any link we will ever post on Culturegeist, in my humble opinion. I won’t tell you what’s on the other side of it, but I promise it’s safe for work and it has no volume… until you start laughing. [USA Today]
This guy will be the first person on the planet with an iPhone 3G. That either makes him very cool or absolutely, tragically not at all cool. I’ll let you decide. [Gizmodo]
Last night, Adam Eaton sucked for the Phillies. Just ask him. [The 700 Level]
You know the whole pay-what-you-want thing for music that’s doing so well for artists like NIN and Radiohead? Let’s just say Oasis isn’t on that bandwagon and Noel Gallagher has strong thoughts on the issue. (I’m sure you’re all shocked.) [NME via OhNoTheyDidn’t]
A few months ago, a friend and I were talking about NBA free agency. He said the Sixers should go after Elton Brand. I agreed, but said that there was no way it would work out for cap reasons and, frankly, why the hell would Brand want to play in Philly? Well, then the Sixers had a mini-resurrection, made a plan to clear cap space, and now they think Brand might sign. [ESPN]
And one more serious note… Sometimes we take that whole First Amendment thing for granted… and then we read a story about political bloggers in Egypt being tortured and killed. Ugh. [Daily KOS]
The AMT and I are scrambling to do some actual work… really… I know, it’s hard to believe… before the July 4th holiday and a busy weekend.
But because we are born entertainers, or something like that, we can’t just leave our loyal readers (all twelve of you) without entertainment. So, I present to you two spectacular videos. One only a few seconds, the other a few minutes. One funny on purpose, the other maybe not. It ain’t much, but it’ll have to be enough until after the weekend.
Have some beer, watch some fireworks, and get all ‘merican this weekend. We sure will be.
Contrary to some of today’s posts, we’re all class here at Culturegeist. And to prove that, enjoy a preview of July’s theatre offerings in the D.C. area. [DCist]
I’ve had Weezer’s newest effort, Weezer (The Red Album) for a month now and I can’t decide if I love it or hate it. Rob Harvilla has written a review that does a great job of describing how the album ranges “from terrible to terribly affecting.” [The Village Voice]
We all depend too much on Wikipedia. You do it, I do it… it’s just so easy. Well, sometimes things like this can happen. And no, Steve Jobs is not actually the second coming of Jesus Christ. [Macenstein with credit to Culturegeist Field Reporter TheFuture]
If you’re a political dork, Slate’s “Choose Your Own Running Mate” interactive feature is as fun as it sounds. If you’re not a political dork… it’s probably just as fun as it sounds to you too. [Slate]
Very, very sneaky! Silly gays and their subversive attempts at holy matrimony! A couple of guys in Virginia decided to cheat the system by… asking politely for a marriage license… and it worked (for a while anyway)! [Wonkette]
And just to bring the day full circle, another link to the magical (?) story about Mutt and Ginny. [OhNoTheyDidn't]
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