Killing In A Gay Bar
I usually don’t like mashups. I find them a little too dense. (as implied by the name of the genre itself) I’m making an exception for this one. Killing In A Gay Bar, by English Pete is a cute mashup of two great songs that made me EL OH EL.
Is it homophobic? Eh. I don’t think so. The original Gay Bar song talks about starting a nuclear war in a gay bar and no one seems to mind that one. I think it refers more to blowing everyone’s mind with your fabulous dance moves!
[via Hipster Please Episode 73: Eat, Drink, and Be Scary]
Mojitos?
Here’s a photo from Sam Adams’ website. He’s with the new City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade (what a name!) The willingness to put a photo like this on his own website? Just another reason why Sam is an awesome mayor.
MOJITOS!!!
Captions? Mine is MOJITOS!!!
Silly People
Pictured here in the cavelike lounge area of the Portland Mercury editorial offices are me, in my intern uniform, and news editor Matt Davis.
The Room is Awesome, Dudes.
Last night I had some people over to watch autuer Tommy Wiseau’s cinematic tour de force charmingly awful feature, The Room. Okay, well I invited some people, but actually @jarvitron was the only person with enough balls to show up. (with a 12 pack of Miller High Life, I might add. There’s a guy who knows how to party.) But that’s okay, because @jarvitron is awesome and my housemates @djscandal and @superBR were on hand, as well. Plus we had chips and salsa and I still have tons of fudgesicles, popcorn, ice cream sandwiches, etc, left for next week.
The Room was everything the trailer hints at, and more. At the risk of spoiling it for you, (impossible) I include this bullet pointed list of items that make this film great.
- people playing football on very small rooftops while having serious discussions
- random characters who show up out of nowhere at pivotal plot points and just sorta hang out the rest of the film
- a script that appears to have been written by a schizophrenic adolescent
The Room has a large cult following in LA, where there are regular screenings, allegedly often attended by Tommy Wiseau himself! According to the Wikipedia entry, Wiseau sells T-shirts and DVD’s at the events, as well as doing Q & A’s. Fans dress up as their favorite characters, throw footballs at each other from a few feet away, and yell insults at the film.
I highly recommend you check out The Room. (You may be able to download it from The Pirate Bay. Just sayin’.)
Thanks to Portland Merucury Film Editor Erik Henriksen for telling me about this stunning work of cinema.
Sam Adams Buys Hat, Hat Doesn’t Match Shirt
NEWS FLASH! Today, at the Mississippi Street Fair, Sam Adams purchased a hat, shown above, from Flip Side Hats, and then posted this photo on his twitter feed. It’s unclear what implications the hat will have for the recall campaign or the future of MLS and the CRC. However, it’s quite clear the effect the hat has on Sam’s outfit, plainly illustrated by wildly clashing colors.
That being said, it might be a pretty cool hat, with a shirt that matches. Flipside hats also gets big ups for making their reversible hats almost entirely out of re-used materials.
There Can Be Only One!
I’m 97.57% sure that this is the best video ever uploaded to youtube.
It’s an animated nanomusical by bradsucks!
(Thanks @jarvitron!)
One For the Ladies
I’m sure there’s plenty to go around, girls.
UPDATE: THIS IS NOT A PICTURE OF ME. GOOD GOD, PEOPLE.
80’s rock nipples by greggoconnell on flickr.
I Convince RandomNicole to Shave Her Bichon-Frise
That’s right.
I suggested the shaving as a suitable alternative to the laborious chore of evenly cutting the dog’s hair and randomnicole of It’s Not us It’s You heard my words and took the only logical course of action.
I think the little sucker looks happy with it! Don’t you? He looks a little healthier, too!
