The Poster Hunt Continues

So here’s an update on the most boring of topics – but don’t worry – there’s a reason for it.

Steve’s suggestion of InterPunk was a bit of a bust. They had some alright stuff – but not enough. So I went to A-F Records website (Anti-Flag’s label, and we all know how I feel about Anti-Flag) and checked their merch section. You could get 5 posters, plus a tube to save them from crinkling in the USPS for about 15 bucks. So I did that. I got some cool ones. I’m going to check out Epitaph’s website next. If I can get my walls covered with only 2 shipping/handling charges, I’ll consider my mission a successful one. And Epitaph is loaded with good bands – we’ll just have to see if their loaded with posters for those bands. Anywho…

On the A-F website there was some pretty neat ones and one that disturbed my cousin and I pretty badly.

Not many are farmiliar with the band Pipedown I’m sure – but they’re a pretty solid punk band that sing about all kinds of politics and religion and peace and such things and actually have some pretty good tunes. I’d definitely recommend them. But this poster was pretty out there. It takes you a second to figure out exactly what you’re looking at. But as your eyes begin to focus, you realize you’re staring at a cross. As your continue to be able to focus on this you realize you’re staring at a cross built up of… corpses. That’s right. Just a huge stack of dead bodies forming up the Holy Cross.

Now I’m not one to get offended by this kinda stuff, and to be honest, I totally dig the symbolism – but the brutality of this thing was absolutely crazy. While I like the band, and thought the concept was neat, I didn’t buy the poster. Not that I have that many hardcore Christian friends (go figure eh?) but I do have enough respect for people who worship in their own way to not be hanging this in a room where I may be entertaining at some point.

Still, though, I thought it worth mentioning. The stuff people can come up with. Crazy.

It’s Just So Pink

Good Sunday Afternoon Kids,

Before we start. Regarding what Steve posted about my e-mail not working on the comment board. I e-mailed you asking for you to send me something to see if it had been rectified and have received nothing. So either my outgoing e-mail isn’t working either or you did and my account is still fucked up. There is the off chance that you’re a record sized douche and chose not to help a guy out – but I’m hoping that one’s not the case.

Onwards!

I’m 2 weeks away from moving in to my new house with some friends. I’m pretty excited. They’ve already lived there for a year and 2 people moved out at the end of last school year opening two rooms. One was not a real bedroom. It used to be the dining room (but let’s face it, we’re not going to use that) so it was turned in to a bedroom with a little drywall closing off the opening from it to the living room. So it’s not a true wall and keeps NO sound out at all when the party is in the living room. So I passed on that one and took the other, slightly smaller room. Dilemma. It’s walls are pink.

It’s not like a bright florescent pink that glows or anything – but pink nonetheless. Jokes all around I’m sure, but it beats not being able to sleep while people are watching TV and such.

So I plan to absolutely paste this room with posters. It won’t hide all the pink, but may at least draw some attention away from it – and if nothing else – keep me sane.

So I already have a few posters of bands that I like that either were handed out at concerts or came in the CD’s or that I saw when out and about. But I’m in to alot of underground stuff and it’s very hard to find posters for the bands I like.

My friend went nuts with posters in his room and recommended AllPosters.com. It’s not terrible for sports and mainstream music and stuff. But very little punk. Unless you consider Good Charlotte and the like to be punk. Unfortunately, I don’t.

So there is the option of going to each individual band’s websites and ordering them individually and paying out the ass for shipping and stuff – but that’s not a great option.

So I figured I’d throw this up on the off chance that someone here knows of a good site for punk rock posters. Stuff like Anti-Flag, Rancid, Pennywise, Bad Religion and things like that.

This is almost certainly a futile attempt – but one that had to made. It’s pink people. Help me out here.

Snakes on a Plane

You’ve gotta be kidding me. We’ve sunk to this level? This is all we can come up with to scare people these days? Absolutely brutal. And what an original title. “Hey what’s your new movie about, Mr Jackson?” “some snakes on a plane.” “Wow sounds interesting – what’s it called?” “Snakes on a Plane”. Just wonderful.

But we all know how Hollywood works and for the next year w’ll be getting variations on this if it makes any money.

Like this Fall’s blockbuster “Bee in my Car”. And we all know Samuel L Jackson’s enjoyment of over-acting and his tendency to over-use the term “motherfucker”. “There’s a motherfucking bee – in my mother fucking car! How am I supposed to drive?” “There’s a mother fucking possom in the bank. These mother fucking possom’s ain’t even pretending to be asleep – they ain’t playing mother fucking possom!”

“There’s a mother fucking ‘coon in the mother fucking prison”. Wait. I guess that’s not so obsurd. Maybe “There’s mother fucking ‘coons in the mother fucking library!” Ya that’s better.

And look out for next summer’s big money maker, starring Mel Gibson “there’s mother fucking Jews – in my mother fucking country!”

Man Do I Ever Hate The Media

So yesterday the news networks were in full vulture mode over more terror related flight news. Sort of.

Round the clock coverage with BREAKING NEWS updates and all kinds of shit to scare the hell out of the world.

At some point yesterday somehow news broke that a plane from England bound for Washington DC was being diverted because of an emergency to Boston. And here is what was reported NATION WIDE as the story.

The plane was sitting on the runway in Boston. All the passengers were unloaded from the plane and hurded in to one area still on the runway. These potential terrorists couldn’t even be taken up to the terminal.

The reason? Somehow someone had gotten on the plane with a tube of vascoline, a screw driver, some matches and 2 notes, one of which was written in Arabic and mentioned El Quada. After everything that happened last week, if this was the case then there was every reason for panic.

HOWEVER!

This turned out to NOT, in fact, be the case. The REAL story turned out to be that an ELDERLY WOMAN was having a panic attack in the plane! The flight staff could not calm the woman down and felt it was safer for her and everyone else to land the plane to get the situation under control.

That tidbit came out this morning. Now you would assume that all these honest and honourable news stations would rush to clarify everything today and tell us what really happened. Unfortunately, that’s not part of the agenda of these organizations.

There has been NEXT TO KNOW mention of this situation. This after it being all that was talked about on the 24 hour news stations yesterday afternoon. The only acknowledgement came from a 20 second clip making it sound like a completely different incident, basically mentioned in passing when listing off headlines.

You would think that after having it on all day yesterday, it would warrant more of a clear up than that. But hey. What do I know about the news – all I know is being honest, I guess. Maybe I’ll never make it in the media.

Douche bags

This Big Ramsey Murder Thing

So John Karr has been arrested in Thailand for the murder of a young girl. He’s also been accused of sexually abusing the young girl in Boulder, Colorado. He was formerly a 2nd Grade Teacher there but was relieved of his teaching duties when his computer was found full of child pornography. My question is, why wasn’t he arrested at that time instead of just relieved of his teaching duties?

More importantly. How did he get out of the country? Especially to Thailand because all know what’s in Thailand.

I mean should he not have been stopped at the airport on the way out when they saw where his ticket was taking him and in his luggage was only 2 laptop’s and a bag of lollypop’s?

It’s Just Wrong

Alright, girls. So you know how most of you all have that one guy friend who’s a great guy? And who you really like and spend lots of time with… but you won’t date him? Ya. That’s WRONG! Because you see, if that guy is spending time with you – it means he likes you. I mean… really. Why else would he be so willing to put up with your… talking? Honestly. If a guy talks to you for more than like 10 minutes – it means he’s probably in to you. He’s putting in Quality time in the hopes that after all that time of putting in the Q.T. it may lead to the Booty. Meanwhile – you never have that intention.

You know what that’s like to a guy? That’s like him going in for a job interview and having the employer say “Wow – that’s a great resume! This is just great. You have everything we’re looking for, all the experience we want – you’re just perfect. But ya… we’re not going to hire you. We’ll probably hire someone with half your qualifications and that has a drinking problem. But wow this is a great resume. In fact we’ll keep this resume and use it to grade all other potential employees against it. Now um, I have a question. We won’t ever, under any circumstance, hire you – but is it okay if we call you from time to time to complain to you about the guy we do hire? Cuz you’re just great.”

It’s wrong! Cut it out!