Public Enemy Number 1

After being irrelevant for two decades, Public Enemy is finally half-relevant again with the release of their kick-ass new album. Here's an equally kick-ass live performance on Jimmy Kimmel;

Club Douche

I'm sorry Syar, Nadia; Pete Wentz is a member.

Miscellanea

• Ryan Seacrest is possibly asexual.
• Nerdy chicks dig nerdy boys, only if they're either on TV or in a band.
• As an addendum to the above, priding yourself in being a nerd or a geek is just another get-into-your-pants chicanery by my carnally-motivated kind. Here's how it works, if you see a boy who can't shut up about how geeky he is or if he can't stop from making general references (that everyone knows) to Transformers (or anything of this kind), he's probably trying to come off as the cool geek who will get into your pants.
• Most times, guys of the rock persuassion utilise the above tactic. That explains why they wear Transformers t-shirts.
• My Friendster profile says I'm a geek, yes. That's the only time I claimed to be one, so please refrain from using that against me. This post is meant to be taken at a facetious level anyway.
• Shia Labeouf plays the same character in every movie ever since his first show, Even Stevens. But his being the character actor (and future Hollywood it-boy) that he is, each role is played with such disparate nuances that you won't even realise this. For example Kale is a 17-year-old smartass while Louis Stevens is a 13-year-old smartass.
• Disturbia was alright, nothing special.
• Jessica Alba's Tiger commercial sums up her acting range.
• Fat American kids make good TV.
• Midgets (this is the PC term, right?) also make good TV
• Astro's channel 77 > E!
• Matt Damon is a pretty cool guy.
• Ben Affleck was never cool.
• The Bourne Ultimatum needs to come out, fast.

How to get your hot neighbour to fall for you.

1. Stalk her.

2. When in close proximity, attempt to smell her hair (strangely this fixation is a similarity you share with your neighbourhood psychopath).

3. Engange her in a conversation, tell her every idiosyncrasy of hers that is impossible for someone to know unless that person is a stalker.

4. Change your name to Shia Labeouf.

Thanks Disturbia! Now I know being creepy can also be construed as being charming!

Stardust's trailer

STARDUST

Looks good, I like that they followed much of Charles Vess' illustrations for the look of the movie. Claire Danes looks wonderful as Yvaine and Robert De Niro in a fantasy movie is surely something to wonder about. I don't think anything in the trailer bothered me, although I have to say I don't remember that much swashbuckling in the book. It is an understandable addition for a film adaptation though.

Oh oh, did I spot Ricky Gervais there as well?

Perched on the threshold of oblivion

My new favourite spoken word piece by Saul Williams:-


Coldcut feat. Saul Williams - Mr. Nichols



Please, Mr.Nichols, come back inside the window
I can´t promise you anything, but I trust there is far a greater reason to live
I know you´ve become disheartened and disillusioned by the current state of affairs
Your stocks have fallen, your investments have failed you
The man from whom you took orders has been ordered to jail by his and your subordinates
You question what is this world coming to
What is the profit margin when you're forced to pander to the marginalized
Where is the glory you dreamt of as a child
Dressed as a cowboy (your play-gun pointed at real targets)
Your mother holding her tongue as your father consoles you with the words
“It´s just boy´s stuff”
Well, you joined his fraternity
You grew into his old suits
You cried his beliefs
You embodied his dreams
and with them his oversights
How long did you think it would last?
It´s just a matter of time
The world is far from over
Your mother outlives your father
Your sister outlives your brother
And if you jump from this window today
She´ll also outlive you
Look at her
Sitting at her Midwestern home
Tuning on Oprah once again
Today she learns to meditate on this secondhand couch
Meanwhile, you stand outside this window, twelve stories above the ground
One story remaining untold

You contemplate the setting sun
I am aware of your disorientation
Dis-orient, turned away from the East
The shifting current seems to conspire against you
Mr Nichols, you've failed to see that you've always stood outside of this window,
perched on the threshold of oblivion
Countless man-made stories about the truth
For so long you´ve stood facing the setting sun
Mistaking the complementary unified duality of nature as being right or wrong
Good or Evil
God or Devil
Mr Nichols, instead of stepping from this ledge into the downfall of your up rise
Why not just turn around?
Lessen the intensity of your Western glare and face the rising sun
Note the energy swirling from it's center,
How it illumines us all
And only the birds fly first class
There is your inheritance
The warmth of a kiss
Invest your tongue into the mouth of mystery
Allow her breath to seep into your lungs
Surrender to her touch and guidance
There is no other way
Your dreams of dominance will only help you forsake yourself
While your family continues its search for understanding
And your daughters outlive your sons.

Note: I can't guarantee the accuracy of the words, I transcribed the lyrics myself.

So I finally saw Marie Antoinette

It wasn't good, at all.