As you may have sadly heard, Playgirl — that glossy monthly testimonial to the male member and ass-crack — is no more. To help us get through this national period of mourning, the gals over at Best Week Ever have put together this moving video tribute to Playgirl, hairy thighs, and the aforementioned ass crack. […]
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Posted inBikes
Bikes Vs. Cars: Video Edition
Thanks to Geno for sending me this Youtube of a code-modified Grand Theft Auto, which he appropriately describes as “so Portland right now.” Our esteemed editor, Wm. Steven Humphrey, even witnessed a near fatal collision between a biker and a tow truck this very morning. He was feet from death, personally, or so I understand.
Posted inMisc.
Blog Off!
Call me a geek, but I’m really very excited about this: August 18-22, the Portland Water Bureau and the Oregon Trail Chapter of the American Red Cross are having a BLOG OFF to see which is the best! See, the Water Blog gets all kinds of attention for being an innovative way to communicate with […]
Posted inEvents
Pizzazz Auditions: Just Around the Corner!
Check out the newest edition of the Mercury hitting newsstands this Thursday for exciting details about the upcoming auditions for PIZZAZZ: Portland’s funnest talent show! I hope you’re thinking of what your act will be, and just so you know, this year “creativity” will be given more weight than ever in the judging process! What […]
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Flugtag! Davis, Dressed As Pickle, Gets Mouthful of Pooh…
Thanks to all my mates for showing up at Waterfront Park on Saturday to watch me jump in the Willamette with an open mouth, in the company of Team Weeners! The team, (l to r) Ashley, Cindy, Corey, Hallie and A.J, who apart from Corey, all work at the Starbucks on MLK, were kind enough […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Buffy the (Cartoon) Vampire Slayer.
As hardcore Joss Whedon fans know (are there any other kind? any other creepy, terrifying kind?), years ago there was supposed to be an animated version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show never ended up happening, but a four-minute-long demo reel was made to try and sell the series, featuring the voices of Anthony […]
Posted inMusic
Dispatch from Pickathon
Jolie Holland live at Pickathon 2008 from Dave Allen on Vimeo.Jolie Holland at Pickathon. Video by Dave Allen of Pampelmoose. Lots more video over at pickathon.com The first day of Pickathon turned out to be even more fun than I was expecting. It’s a festival without any of the stress (and crowds of douchebags) that […]
Posted inDrunk
Your Friday Afternoon Freakout
Just you try not to dream about this guy tonight… JUST YOU TRY!!!
Posted inSports
Olympics Opening Ceremony Leaked!
Say what you want about those human rights violatin’ Chinese… they know two things: fireworks and how to throw a mind-boggling spectacle. Here’s some leaked footage showing clips of the Summer Olympics opening ceremony filmed by a South Korean news station. And it’s pretty freaking amazing! BUT WATCH IT QUICK! The Chinese have already yanked […]
Posted inFood and Drink
What Would You Do for a Klondike Bar?
Once again a major company (this time it’s the makers of Klondike Bars) have asked their customers to make a commercial for them (which will save them hundreds of thousands of dollars, and a ton of work they don’t feel like doing). Yet once again they enforce ridiculous rules on the commercials such as “no […]
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John Carpenter’s The Thing… Now with G.I. Joes!
At first blush, you may say to yourself, “You know… I don’t really NEED a recreation of John Carpenter’s The Thing as reenacted by G.I. Joes.” However, you’d be WRONG! Check out this very awesome and beautifully made music video for Zombie Zombie (whose highly danceable music is sooooo right at home in a John […]
Posted inVideo Games
Let’s Keep Non-Humans Out of Our Bathrooms.
This is Neill Blomkamp’s Alive in Joburg. It is one of my favorite short films. I’ve blogged about Blomkamp before, back when he was tapped to do some work on the mega-popular Halo franchise. (Back then, then-exec producer Peter Jackson hired Blomkamp to direct the ill-fated Halo movie, and when that went to shit–causing many […]