of the week: monday 31 july 2006

bs of the week goes to thatgirlemily. apparently the so-called awesome blog and picture i posted last week is/was all a ruse. nice life. the billboard exists in at least 3 cities (nyc/chi/la) and the blog is looking more and more like a setup for some promo for a tv show or something of the sort. maybe it's real, but google thatgirlemily hoax and see what kind of results you get. so in the spirit of wives, unfaithful husbands and deceivers, here are a couple of links to real people who cheat and write about it. take that silly women blogger fakers of the world! introducing nightsidejohnny and anonymapersona. sleep well! (via museumofhoaxes)

bs of the week, part 2 goes to dane cook (crook?). the rumours of dane stealing lucky louis ck's material have been circulating forever but it has taken until now for someone to pull it all together and put it in an mp3 file. download the file and listen for yourself. come on, dane, couldn't you write your own material? you're a comedian for chrissake. (via redban)



colbert of the week goes to the "gravitas-off" - colbert v phillips part 2. stone won round 1 and pretty much demolishes colbert the second time 'round as well. get it on! (via youtube)

fansite of the week goes to arcadefire.net. the fansite had been previously dormant for the last few months but came to life this past week with a posting from win butler and scott colburn, the producer/engineer for the band’s forthcoming album. i don't know about you but i am absolutely salivating at the idea of listening to new arcade fire material. especially material recorded in an old church with a giant organ. or something of the sort. go read what those two have to say to get the world's tiniest glimpse at a hugely anticipated sophomore release. (via arcadefire)

game of the week goes to 'guess the dictator and/or television sitcom character'. try him, he's brilliant and he knows everyone. and don't start with joey from friends or pacey from dawson's creek, you're going to have to be more creative than that. rarely, if ever, can you stump him. (via smalltime)

pic of the week can be found above. i chose jess for 2 reasons. 1 as a big f-u to any and all people who work for court tv and fooled me into feeling bad for a made-up woman with a cheating husband. you all suck. and 2 - continue reading below. (via rollingstone)

song of the week goes to radiohead again. this time it's an acoustic version of 'like spinning plates'. if thom yorke alone with a piano isn't the best music in the world to listen to then i am a monkey. (via rapidshare)

trailer of the week goes to the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford. not because brad pitt gives me a hard-on but because it will be the second movie in as many years to give the rocky mountains of alberta credit as one of the most breathtaking backdrops in all of the world. the other movie was brokeback - not shot in montana as they would have you believe. (via apple)

wiki of the week goes to this (in?)complete list of mitch hedberg quotes. what is there to say that hasn't already been said about this greatly underappreciated comedian? i was lucky enough to see him live in-person once only (fortunately/unfortunately). reading these quotes aren't as funny as listening to him work a crowd but it may give you an idea to his unique brand of humour. enjoy.

eejit celeb of the week goes to nick lachey. setting: it's saturday afternoon and i am cruising the town with the windows rolled down and guns n roses' paradise city as loud as possible on the radio. the song ends and the radio dj must have thought it would be hilarious to follow up gnr with blue rodeo. think again, loser, you just lost a listener! as i cycle through all the available stations, i stumble upon at40 with ryan seacrest, who is fortunate enough to have nick l on his show with him. they talk some crap for a while and eventually seacrest introduces nick's new single, the world premiere of "i can't hate you anymore." this rant is going to require a new paragraph. i'm so upset i am (mildly) using punctuation.

you can't hate who anymore?! jessica?! when could you hate her, you selfish bastard?! explain something to me: are you heartbroken? are you just now 'getting over her'? that girl gave you the best years of her (and your) life -- how could you possibly hate her, you unthankful p.o.s? she's america's sweetheart; she single-handedly dragged your sorry career out of the dirt. thanks to her, people actually know you -- and not just as 'one of the guys from that boy band'. the funny thing is, chances are you'll still end up in the has-been bin of losers whose careers took a wrong turn and now only appear on e! true hollywood story. more to the point, last i checked, you were doing pretty good for yourself, mr. kristin cavallari-elizabeth ann arnold-vanessa minnillo. in all honesty, vanessa m is way hotter than j.sim. you upgraded looks-wise! i don't know if vanessa will be the perfect stay-at-home-do-everything-for-you kind of wife jessica was, but you best cross your fingers. seriously, even if jess's dad is crazy, that's the kind of shit you tolerate, dumbass. did you even see the episode of newlyweds where jessica begs you to come upstairs to bed so they can turn the cameras off? what part of that dialogue didn't scream "she's a keeper!" to you? you are one sorry s.o.b nick lachey and i for one will never allow my radio to play your whiny tunes again. jesus, you 'can't hate her anymore'? take a look in the mirror you d-list celebrity, that woman's career is nasa circa 1969 headed to the moon. yours is sputnik circa 1990, heading closer and closer to obscurity. i'm glad seacrest will talk to you (though he gets paid to). i know i never would.

have some pride. (via itunes)