Walmart needs to adopt Slug CEO (pictured) as their corporate mascot. This yellow-skinned, pipe-smoking millionaire is adorable. I’m assuming the illustrator’s intent was to portray a sloth-like image with this darling gentleman, but that innocent smile just makes me (and the rest of America) want to buy plush versions for the kids. Hope there’s a price rollback in my future. Read More »
Consumer Cult
When Slugs Rule The World
Occupy Wall Street
The Social Contract Between Citizens And Police
Lt. John Pike invades Pablo Picasso's Guernica. (Image via Tumblr)
I’ve been reading criminal defense lawyer blogs for years now. It’s an important perspective to have, and it’s a useful reminder about things that have come to the national consciousness lately have long been important issues for people in the trenches. Read More »
Versions Galore
All Talk
Unlike my post on AC/DC the other day, I got nothing but nice things to say about Van Halen. Despite being a dyed in the wool, cardigan-carrying Smiths fan in high school, I always secretly dug VH. The inner hesher inside me always wanted to roll up in the school parking lot with aviator shades in a bitchin’ camero blaring Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love, yelling ‘HEYYYYYY WHO WANTS TOOOO PAAAAAARTAAAY!’ While Diamond Dave may have been the antithesis of Morrissey, these lyrics could just have easily come from This Charming Man himself. Get your best Moz voice on and give it a whirl… Read More »
Cultural Notebook
Skinemax: The Lure Of Adolescent Nostalgia
In the description for this hyper-nostalgic audio-video mix, Smash TV explains that “Skinemax is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It’s long form entertainment for short attention spans.” Adopting the type of frantic quick-cut edits that were a hallmark of early MTV (and now the lynchpin of every shameless Hollywood director from Michael Bay to Brett Ratner), Skinemax draws on the spirit of analog film scores and visual repetition to reshape such familiar material into a strange new soup. Read More »
