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Quoted: Rage Against the Man-chine On Tea Parties

If the average middle-class suburb-dwelling telecommunications salesman couldn’t pat himself on the back for having achieved a bunch of shit that was actually handed to him by a society designed to meet his needs, he’d have time to think about his life and might actually realize just how uninteresting and unnoteworthy he really is. These …

April 14, 2009 – 23:36 | By Taylor | Posted in politics | Tagged economy, gop, privilege, taxes, tea-parties | Comments (0)

Diary Of A Claymate

a list one of Clay Aiken’s cfans wrote of all the things she’s done for him: 9. Telling little white lies about where I’m going and what I’m doing 14. Running out to buy and try anything Clay mentions regarding his favorite food 16. Bought 4 new shirts and they are all STRIPED 17. Adding …

April 14, 2009 – 16:03 | By Taylor | Posted in aren't people fun | Tagged clay-aiken, claymates, fandom | Comments (0)

Lil Wayne On Going Rock

“The rock sh– just comes from what my life is now. I’ve grown into this person. I woke up one morning and had three or four women in my bed where I not only didn’t know their last names, I didn’t know the beginning letter of their first names. All I know is, they’re the …

April 5, 2009 – 12:33 | By Taylor | Posted in celebreality | Tagged lil-wayne, quotes, rock | Comments (0)

Norm Coleman’s “Minnesota Goodbye”

Via the Star Tribune. Norm Coleman is doing the “Minnesota Goodbye.” That’s when your last party guest is about to leave and finally go home but instead they linger by your half-opened front door to chat. “Well, it’s getting late, Norm. … Thanks for coming. … Yup, talk to you later, Norm. … I need …

April 4, 2009 – 14:05 | By Taylor | Posted in politics | Tagged minnesota, recount, senate | Comments (0)

Jade Goody

A strange media circus is coming to an end with the death of UK celebrity Jade Goody, who succumbed to cervical cancer at the age of 27 on March 22. Goody became famous after her appearance on the reality TV show ‘Big Brother’ in 2002, earning ridicule for her seeming lack of intelligence after making …

March 28, 2009 – 19:30 | By Taylor | Posted in celebreality | Tagged death, jade-goody, legacy, television, uk | Comments (0)

Vince Offer Arrested

Informercial pitchman Vince Offer (real name: Offer Shlomi – his father is Israeli), the face of ShamWow and Slap Chop, was arrested last month for allegedly assaulting a prostitute.

March 28, 2009 – 03:24 | By Taylor | Posted in celebreality | Tagged film, infomercial, scientology, sham-wow, slap-chop, television, vince-offer | Comments (0)

Air Guitar Championships Return To Minneapolis

The 7th annual U.S. Air Guitar Championships are being held this year at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis on June 5th. To give you an idea of what to expect, here’s some footage from the 2007 championships:

March 28, 2009 – 01:11 | By Taylor | Posted in weird & wonderful world | Tagged air-guitar, dance, finland, minneapolis, varsity-theater | Comments (0)

When Paris Met Paul

At the 2009 Grammys. Via NME: Paris Hilton approached Paul McCartney backstage at the Grammys and asked him to consider singing a duet with her. The former Beatle apparently looked bemused at the request, and said he’d have to check his schedule. Hilton also complimented McCartney on his “cute” hair. Can’t wait.

March 25, 2009 – 16:32 | By Taylor | Posted in celebreality | Tagged grammys, paris-hilton, the-beatles | Comments (0)