Author: loserx

Hey This Looks Familar…

J-Lo in all her cartoon glory

Just happened to catch a teaser for American Idol Season 10 (view the AI Launch 1 video) on the local TV channel and the Jennifer Lopez caricature made me think… hey, I’ve seen this before.

Oh Goddess…

And then it hit me, the depiction of Lakshmi in Sita Sings the Blues, of course.

Probably all a coincidence.

You can download or view the entire show on YouTube . Highly recommended. And then either donate or buy some merchandise to support the creator, Miss Nina Paley, who have so kindly given this work of art to us for free.

Likely the silliest thing I’ll read all week

The classic tune “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council because of the word faggot. Ridiculous. Of course it is an offensive word but consider the context it is used in. This is as moronic as replacing the so-called “N-word” in Huckleberry Finn with “slave” of all words. The Daily Show treats it with the scorn it deserves.

I’ll listen to that fantastic guitar riff any chance I have, so, presenting the groundbreaking video:

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (Official Music Video)

Mr Big. – Shine

Mr. Big - Shine (Acoustic)

Of course I’m a fan of the original edition of the band, but you have to admit Richie Kotzen pens some fantastic tunes. Shine off their 2001 album Actual Size in particular compares favourably to anything else they have in their canon, and this acoustic version is even better than the studio album track.
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Sony Ericsson Jalou

Designed by D&G, allegedly. Is it just me or is it one fugly phone?

Update: oops, it just comes in regular and D&G editions.

Thunderbird 3.0

Looks great, performs better. Best feature: super-powered search. Next best feature: global inbox.

Lightning doesn’t yet work on it though, so I can’t move my main work machine to it. At least Enigmail’s OK. Can’t wait…

Update: broke down and installed TBird 3.0 with the Lightning nightlies. Working OK so far.