When Aspiring Shakespearean Actors Make PSAs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mr_Xr-UrMU&feature=related

This is probably the best acting in a PSA I've seen, at least since this classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyXFN4ocN_o&NR=1

Family Portrait

Kanye's Version of Events

Since I posted my version of this story last week, I think it's only fair to post Kanye's version.

http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=196808_-1__0_~0_-1_6_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281

Celebrex!! Stupid you tube glitch!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXFhy-7sdsI

Prozatene. Comedy, sad, and true.

For those of you that fit into that part of the venn-diagram that love both chuck e. cheese and usher

"I will carry this shame for the rest of my life."

I can't figure out if Jacob will be the King of the yard or AssPlay Victim #1 ?? Your thoughts?

More comedy shit on the Ice-T Soulja Boy drama...

Get ready to laugh when you see the old school footage of T!!!!!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ4ycHTOkyk

A Follow up to Celebrex, they should be showing us this commercial.....

Here is a parody of all medicine commercials!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMWXyEH

Slap Yourself VA

The Coup - Pimps

George Carlin doesn't appreciate it either, I would be pretty confident of that.

http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/06/23/Rapper_charged_with_using_foul_language/UPI-42461214267749/

"In fact, Celebrex has never been taken off the market."

I saw this ad for the first time the other day, and I thought it was a parody. Apparently it's now worth buying a 150 second commercial spot to tell consumers that using your product probably won't kill them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GvYI4VdVEI

Kazaam!!!

Adding to the many reasons that Shaq is much greater in every way than Kobe "tell me how my ass tastes" Bryant:

http://deadspin.com/5018959/shaquille-oneal-wont-mince-words-about-kobe-bryant

The line of the song, which some of us can certainly take something from:

"I love 'em, I don't leave 'em, I got a vasectomy, now I can't breed 'em."

That actually sounds like the chorus for the safe-sex song at NBA rookie orientation, to be performed every year due to a court order by Shawn Kemp Jason Caffey.

I know you can relate to this mans frustration

PLAYOFFS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PLAYOFFS!


http://www.theonion.com/content/news/fantasy_baseball_owner_rips_team

Ferris Remix...

...to the music from Requiem for a Dream.

Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant

One of the most bizarre news stories I've seen in a while (24-year-old homeless guy?!):

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html

And, while we're on the topic, a Youtube classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOhKrL5DB1Y

Wisconsin Priorities

Thanks to my mom for this one. Apparently she has nothing better to do than browse Craigslist.

http://madison.craigslist.org/wan/724851504.html

Jason Ramirez, anti-contraception advocate

I'm not sure if you all are aware of this, but I nearly shat myself when I discovered it on cnn.com this afternoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT77_8kEJvk

Thanks a lot, Kanye.

Saturday night at Bonnaroo officially destroyed any positve feelings I (and about 75,000 other people) had for Kanye West. He was originally scheduled to go on at 8:15 p.m. He rescheduled his set for 2:45 a.m. at the last minute so he could do his light show in the dark. Then he refused to start until after every other set had ended. He made us wait until 4:30 a.m., just in time for the sun to begin to rise so he couldn't use his lights. He performed a weak 45 minute set on stage by himself with canned beats while the audience booed and threw garbage at him. By the time he finished, just about everyone had either left or fallen asleep. At no point did he make any attempt to explain the delay or even address the audience. On Sunday, people broke into chants of "Fuck Kanye" or "Kanye Sucks" at just about every show. Pure comedy.

Paul Pierce out for Game 5 with Heavy Flow

Now this is a side of Kobe I enjoy

http://deadspin.com/5016149/kobe-bryant-experienced-drinker

My summertime jam

With all due respect, the summertime jams begin and end with Billie Holiday's Summertime. The song is simple and elegant, and always gets me in the mood for a beer on a porch. The video below fucking blows, so just ignore the visuals.

Dubb's New Definition of Summer Madness

The other day, June 9th to be specific, I had a crazy moment as I stared half awake at the mirror at 8 am. After a solid but nondescript weekend I pondered whether the summer upon us could possibly live up to the winter endured to get here. More importantly for the moment anyway, was summer slipping away already? On June 9th, really, I had this thought? I'm still a bit confused by it, but have found some solace in the following list, as well as Uncle L's recent post at our blog cuz Oregano Flo. Except for that Wal-Mart shit, I felt weird again after that.

Anyway, let's go on a journey of the history of the Summer Anthem. And by history I mean whatever I had on my computer that fits the descrip, as well as some key assists from YouTube. This is by no means comprehensive, but it is in fact compiled with superior knowledge on the subject, as the 3rd volume of my critically acclaimed "Summer Jams" series drops on July 1st (Setting World Records).

To qualify for this summertime honor, the song shouldn't drop much before June of the given summer (certainly no earlier than May) and must show strong staying power throughout. The onus first and foremost is on the music to evoke feelings of summer from the listener. In this case, lyrics come second but can put the track over the top. Nostalgia or simply liking a song and burning it all summer doesn't do it alone. This one takes me back to many summers of yesteryear (and is a fuckin' banger!) and this one will be heard in Lazytown all summer. Neither qualify remotely.

Let's get to some categories:

We made it a bit to easy by including "summer" in the song title, but ya don't have shit else to say Summer Anthems:

• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime...it really get's no better than this, but how 'bout a hand to Rakim for letting Will steal his flow here. Also, let's bring that leapfrog shit back this summer, jumping over each other's shoulders has summer written all over it.

• The Dove Shack - Summertime in the LBC..."Water blooon fiyghters"

Only to be played on the late night creep Summer Anthems:

• Ice Cube - You Know How We Do It...also prob the best of it's kind and one of the best of any kind really...you get it.

• 2Pac - Late Night (ft. AMG, DJ Quik)...the original version of the song, never really given a proper release in any form but is sure to make bitches think.

We wouldn't exist without the joints we bit, stole, sampled and chopped and also fuck you, Summer Anthems:

This of course is not to say the the previous songs don't lean on samples as well, but these next few utilize summer sounds that cannot be turned into anything but a great warm weather track.

Original:

• Eddie Kendricks - Intimate Friends

A couple of many:

• Sweet Sable - For Old Time's Sake...from the Above the Rim Sdtk., which is chock full of summer shit.

• 213 - Another Summer...a Kanye production that probably took him 5 minutes and I do not care.

Original:

• Willie Hutch - I Choose You

One of many:

• UGK - International Player's Anthem (ft. Outkast)...and the memories come flooding back (last year's winner).

General, all-purpose Summer Anthems and our token Mobb Deep cut (what up J Brilliant)

• The Dove Shack - This is the Shack...sorry I miss these fellas, maybe they're reading...yep, I bet they are.

• Tha Dogg Pound - Big Pimpin'...they have a large library of summer joints, here's one.

• 2Pac - I Get Around (ft. Shock-G, Money B)...clearly.

• The Coup - Shoyoass...this may qualify as the one nostalgic stretch for me, what up wit ya '06.

• Mobb Deep - Temperature's Rising...here's one for the NY Folks, sorry your shit don't usually resonate with me in that certain way in the summer, work on it.

• Horton & August (B.P.B) - June, July and... Now here's the type of sleeper pick that garners critically acclaimed status, it's really just expected of me at this point.

The contender(s) for '08 Summer Anthem

• Lil' Wayne - Let the Beat Build...off The Carter III, hopefully this is just a starting point because this will not suffice all summer. I'll throw out more options as they come, but hey, at least we got a long way to go...I think?

What to do if you have 2 weeks and 100 gallons of paint

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

Wu

wu chess, wu chess, wu chess

Drug, Backdating Charges for Ex-Broadcom Chief

Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III was indicted Thursday in California on drug charges, including allegations that he spiked the drinks of other executives with ecstasy, as well as with improperly backdating stock options.

It may be the strangest twist yet in the widespread investigations into options backdating, as well as in the life of Mr. Nicholas, a flamboyant executive who grew rich by smartly timing the tech boom.

Known as Darth Vader by some of his rivals, Mr. Nicholas was accused not only of securities fraud, but of distributing illegal drugs. In one incident described in the indictment, Mr. Nicholas and guests are said to have smoked so much marijuana on a private plane flight that the pilot was required to don an oxygen mask.

Mr. Nicholas's lawyer said he will "cont est these charges vigorously."

Nerd, You Fucking

"Celtics reserves Brian Scalabrine and Tony Allen helped team doctor Brian McKeon lift Pierce and bring him to the tunnel, where he was put in a wheelchair and taken back to the training room. McKeon helped Pierce calm down so they could assess the damage.

"Athletes in that situation always think the worst," said McKeon, who would not comment on the specifics of Pierce's injury. "He doesn't know. He's a player, not a doctor."

McKeon said an athlete's natural reaction is to fear the worst and try to minimize more damage. So he didn't draw any conclusions about the injury (vagina sprain) until he got Pierce in the training room.

"An injury is an emotional time for any athlete. There's so much adrenaline involved," McKeon said. "So you have to get them in an isolated situation. You have to calm things down (and make them realize a sprained vagina is no reason to miss a game in the finals)."

Once Pierce was able to get back up on his feet, he located the pain (in his vagina) and tried to move from side to side. When he put his weight on it (his vagina), he knew he could at least give it a try (to grow a penis).

McKeon told him it was time to play (and grow a penis).

Pierce said: "Let's do it (I think my penis is now partially developed)."

"I had to get back out there to help my ballclub ( by showing off my new penis)," Pierce said. "That was all that was going through my mind, just being a part of it (and joining the guys with penises that were all still playing). I just wanted to get back out there (and prove that I too possessed a penis)." "

PAUL PIERCE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD THAT COULD MAKE ME CHEER ENTHUSIASTICALLY FOR KOBE BRYANT. go kobe, go.

Ride the Vagina Bike

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&sl=fi&tl=en&u=http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/J%25C3%25A4ttih%25C3%25A4py%2Bkiihdytt%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4%2Bkansaa/1135232714017

Google's automatic Finnish to English is pretty entertaining, too.

"Cunt brings the art of anything."

I may be the only one who still cares about Eddie...

www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/04/get-outta-here-brett-ratners-beverly-hills-cop-4-to-be-pg/

...but shoot me in the fucking head now.

That's what's up.