Peanut Butter: The Atheist’s Nightmare!

Posted in humor, politics, religion, soapbox, unintentional humor, you tube gems with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 3, 2009 by marspoetica

I’m not really an atheist, and I must say this video is amusingly/infuriatingly ignorant. This is definitely a case for evolution to be taught in schools; your child’s counter-argument will be more convincing and logical than faulty rhetorical references to lightning strikes and processed food Giants.

Thanks, Kristen.

Motor Expert says “Beware of Rear Dazzle.”

Posted in 1980s, 80s, culture, humor, unintentional humor with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2009 by marspoetica

I wouldn’t say that the lights are actually “dazzling”; I think that implies some sort of shimmer.

A clip like this one makes me wonder about what kinds of embarassing things we’ll be saying when someone watches our media years from now.

Evgeny Plushenko Skates to “Sex Bomb”

Posted in camp, culture, humor, ironic irony, you tube gems with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2009 by marspoetica

This is memorable.

If I were an ice skater, I would either be Evgeny or his best skating pal. I don’t know when this footage was from, but I think it’s 2001-ish.

Thanks, Jon.

Want to Know Who’s Tracking Your Online Behavior?

Posted in advertising, business, consumerism, politics, soapbox with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 18, 2009 by marspoetica

I highly recommend installing the Firefox add-on Ghostery to your browser. It “alerts you about the web bugs, ad networks and widgets on every page on the web.” On my blog alone there are three “ghosts.” And not only do they tell you how many web bugs are tracking you, they tell you the names of the organizations who are watching so you can do your own research to see where your behavior is being “analyzed.” I salute the developers of this program for promoting awareness of marketing surveillance/website stat recorders. And they have a super cute logo:

Ghostery

Want to add Ghostery? Visit their website here.

Music Video Necessity: La Roux – Quicksand

Posted in culture, fashion, indie, music, music videos, neo-retro, you tube gems with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 18, 2009 by marspoetica

This is some of the best pop I’ve heard in years. And a sleek, tropical wonderland of a video, too. They seriously need to release her album here in the States before people get their pirate on.

TED talk: Virginia Postrel – The Power of Glamour

Posted in advertising, camp, consumerism, culture, fashion with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 10, 2009 by marspoetica

Though she uses the word “glamorous” plenty of times, this talk is really informative if you’re concerned with glamour.

Lee Marrow – Sayonara

Posted in 1970s, 1980s, 80s, camp, culture, fashion, humor, music, music videos, time capsule, you tube gems with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 7, 2009 by marspoetica

Can’t. Stop. Watching. Somebody save me.

Thanks, Cass.

Hip Hop Elmos

Posted in culture, music with tags , , , , , , , , , , on May 5, 2009 by marspoetica

‘nuf said.

Amazon De-Ranks “Gay” Books, Even James Baldwin?!

Posted in business, consumerism, politics, soapbox with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 16, 2009 by marspoetica
from PerezHilton.com

from PerezHilton.com

Amazon, slowly becoming as censor-happy as Wally-World/WalMart (and as obnoxious), has seriously tampered with its site programming, which is resulting in an anti-gay “glitch.” Of course, what company would admit they were consciously discriminating… OF COURSE it was a huge technological mistake! Yeah, Amazon. Keep feeding us all the expected rhetorics.

Here’s more info:

on Queerty.com

on CNN

on Yahoo!

Early 90s Music Video Explosion

Posted in 1990s, 90s, best of, camp, consumerism, culture, fashion, humor, music videos, time capsule, you tube gems with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 25, 2009 by marspoetica

I’ve recently fallen in love all over again with hypercolor, which seems to be most prominent in videos made in 1993, probably right about the time when I started making really solid memories. I’ve included here some of my favorites. Love them. Hate them. Live them. Enjoy them in a closet.

Sign – Ace of Base (1993)

Move it to the Rhythm – Technotronic (1994)

Twilight Zone – 2 Unlimited (1992)

No Rain – Blind Melon (1993)

And last, but certainly not least… with cow-milking, nurses dressed like identical twins, and all that nonsensical jazz…

Dub I Dub – Me & My (1995)