bad ideas
Flotsam & Jetsam
How Not To Advertise An Alcoholic Beverage
8:41AM Hamilton Nolan | Bad enough the lady is drinking and driving with only one hand because she’s holding a (hallucinated?) dragon in the other hand. Also, her eyes are closed. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Hit A Bitch To Stop Domestic Violence
8:38AM Hamilton Nolan | You know what would be a good way to stop domestic violence? Set up a free website called “Hit The Bitch” where you can use your computer’s mouse to simulate beating that mouthy bitch till you’re “100% Gangsta.” But then! More »
Online
AP’s Betting The Farm Microsoft Will Crush Google
5:48AM Ryan Tate | The Associated Press, self-declared enemy of internet evildoers, says it has seen some awesome new Microsoft search technology—top secret stuff—that will return its content to a position of total world domination. Google is so history. More »
Big Screen
America, You’re To Blame For Hollywood’s Artistic Decline
4:50PM Andrew Belonsky | Much hay has been made over Hollywood’s growing reliance on the remake. Creativity is dead, yes, we know, but, more importantly, the silver screen’s recycling kick also acts as an endorsement for mediocrity. And it’s all your fault! More »
Small Screen
Chris Brown’s Larry King Live “Apology” Means Nothing
1:27PM Andrew Belonsky | So, Chris Brown appeared on Larry King Live, the go-to show for those looking to rehabilitate their image following scandal. Sadly for Brown, the appearance came off as nothing more than a bid at fulfilling the requisite media appearance. More »
Small Screen
Horrible, Repugnant 9/11 Ad: The Video!
11:07AM Andrew Belonsky | What’s worse than making a 9/11-themed ad? Making a 9/11-themed video! More »
Small Screen
Too Depraved For Paris Friendship Show, World
5:24PM Andrew Belonsky | A man who wanted to be on Paris Hilton’s “best-friend” reality show has been arrested after sending in pictures of children in sexual positions, some “masochistic”, as part of his application. And justice finds another asshole sicko. Hooray! [Houston Press]
Small Screen
Bad Moon Rising
3:45PM Andrew Belonsky | It’s official: MTV is going ahead with that horrible and unnecessary Teen Wolf series.
Music
Breathy Blonde Sings Again
4:17AM Hamilton Nolan | Well well. If you didn’t get enough of Scarlett Johansson’s ruinous crooning with her thoroughly unnecessary vanity album of Tom Waits covers, it is your lucky year: she is putting out a musical album, again! More »
