In memory of the King of Pop, check out how influential his music was on just rap music alone with the Michael Jackson Sample Map.
(Partial screengrab - click for complete image, 'tard)
...And that's probably not even the half of it.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Music: Michael Jackson Sample Map
Video: ONN: Taco Bell's New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients from Nature
When is The Onion News Network gonna get their own TV show!? Come on, already!
Video: Josh Womack Amazing Bat Tricks
Last week, this video of a minor league baseball player doing a cool bat trick was blowing up the nets.
Now it appears he's got more neat stuff up his sleeve.
YumYums: Fancy Fast Food
Created from items from my fav fast food restaurant
Check out FancyFastFood.com to see a bunch of crappy fast food reimagined and recreated as fancy gourmet yumyums.
Link via BuzzFeed
Badass: The New York Times and Wikipedia Conspire to Free Taliban Hostage
This is one of the craziest, coolest news stories I've ever read!
A New York Times journalist, David S. Rohde, was kidnapped by Taliban 7 months ago. But the New York Times and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales did everything they could to keep the story quiet so Rohde would be a less valuable bargaining chip and could escape quicker and more easily. BADASS.
Via BuzzFeed
Video: The Lost Dave Matthews Band Bad Song
So much more relatable without all the cryptic metaphors.
Language NSFWish
Video/WTF!?: Weird SewerCam Creatures
This is probably the most disturbing thing you'll see all day. What the hell are these things living in the sewers? I kept waiting for something to explode out of them a la Alien. Scary and gross.
Update: Looks like they took the video down. The plot thickens... We're doomed.
Update #2: CollegeHumor grabbed it before it got taken down. Enjoy!
Video/WTF!?: Vibram Five-Finger Shoes
I think they're awesome. Tressel thinks they're awesome. Work Dave thinks they're stupid. No big suprise there.
Vibram Five-Finger Shoes
Monday, June 29, 2009
Preash: Al Roker and Colbie Caillat in Charlotte, Behind the Scenes
So Friday morning, Al Roker was in Charlotte doing some kind of charity thing called Lend a Hand. Here are pics and junk...
We had to be Uptown at 6:45 AM. My alarm clock went off at 5:15. Brutalz. I never sleep well when I know I have to wake up early because I get paranoid that I didn't set the alarm correctly. Also, I can't stand seeing the sunrise because it means either I'm up way too early or I'm up way too late. In either case, I'm pretty miserable.
I met Stevie 3-Times at the station and we took a production van Uptown. Because it was Friday, there was no new Howard Stern to listen to on the way. Bummer.
Click to enlarge
Larry Sprinkle doing a live weather cut-in
Some of the people in this pic (from left to right): Luanne (my boss), myself, Tressel, The Goat, and Stevie 3-Times all in the back row, Work Dave in the front row with his shirt tucked in because he was important that day
Al Roker came out to do his thing. He was about what you'd expect. A little more quiet and boring when the cameras are off. He seemed to be Twittering a lot on his iPhone between cut-ins and stuff. He put lotion on his face and head a couple times before shoots.
Larry doing another live cut-in, this time with Al
Time to get ready for the promo shoot with Larry and Al...
Tressel sitting in for Al, striking a pose
Tressel puts the "bro" in brooding
Makin' things happen
View from the hot seat; Stevie 3-Times and Work Dave prepping, Tressel chunking deuce
3-Times shooting your boy
Work Dave telling the fellas how things are gonna go down
Al acting
Al and Larry finding their characters
Magic caught on tape
Pretending to direct is a lot easier that actual directing
Giving Al a piece of my mind
More shootin'
Luanne talking to Al
A co-worker told me and Stevie 3-Times that there was free food inside. So away we went. As soon as we walked in the building, my keen senses immediately picked up on the back of a hot chick 50 feet away standing in the doorway of a small room. "Hottie with a guitar straight ahead," I told 3-Times. It just so happened that that was the free food room.
We got in there and I immediately recognized the hot chick as singer Colbie Caillat. 3-Times was impressed by my swift recognition. We tried to remain calm as we walked over to the tables to peep the food. But I couldn't really see anything or think because Colbie was just behind us, casually playing her hit "Bubbly" on her guitar while humming the words. We were being serenaded as we surveyed the fruit and breakfast burritos. It was crazy. I found it weird that that was the song she chose to play for no one in particular. I would think she's sick of playing that song by now.
I grabbed a cranberry juice and we bailed. It was mindblowing what we'd just experienced. When we got back outside, I was pissed that I didn't ask for a picture. We found a co-worker, who also happens to be a lesiban, who was more than willing to go back inside with us for round 2. "Jodi's the perfect wingman," 3-Times said.
With Jodi's help, I was able to get the pic with Colbie. I had my hand on her waist. Crunk. She was really nice and down to earth. And tall and hot. Stevie 3-Times is even more shy than me when it comes to this stuff. Jodi and I were like, "Steve, you wanna get a picture, too?"
"No, that's okay," he said. "I'll let you get back to what you're doing."
"I'm just standing here," Colbie said. But Stevie was too afraid. So we left.
Me and Colbie Caillat - I stuck out my chest to appear more manly
Colbie rear view
Later, outside, we got around Colbie again. She took more pics with fans and Luanne. Again, I was like, "You should get a picture, Steve." Luanne and I pretty much had to force him. And wouldn't you know it, as soon as we got back to the station, Steve's pic with Colbie was posted as his Facebook profile pic. He didn't waste a minute getting that up. Bless his little heart.
And now, time for what I do best...hamming it up for the camera.
Larry Sprinkle and myself
Power pose
Looking back over the shoulder, angelic light
"I'm just a little boy."
Just like they do on TV!
When I speak, Charlotte listens
Steadfast. Resolute. Confident.
Video: Popeyes Freakout (Ghetto Version 2.0)
Remember when a Rochester news station did a package a couple months ago about a local Popeyes running out of chicken?
Today I just stumbled upon this pretty hilarious parody of the events of that fateful day.
Language NSFW
Saturday, June 27, 2009
TV: MTV's Real World is Back!
ME Cancun, home of current castmembers
Just watched the season premiere of Real World: Cancun and I'm overjoyed at the fact that MTV producers decided to back to what makes Real World DVR-worthy. Attractive dumdums getting drunk, boning and fighting.
If the rest of this season maintains the level of must-see frivolity that was offered on the premiere, I may just be able to completely forget the disaster that was last season.
No feel-good social statements force-fed down your throat.*
No one trying to find themselves or their place in the world.**
No uglies.***
If I want to see a touching, insightful, meaningful story about deep, intelligent people I can relate to and feel for, I'll watch a documentary on HBO On Demand. That's not what I'm looking for on MTV's Real World. And this season, MTV gets it.
"That's my mom!"
* If last season's transgender dude wasn't an a-hole piece of sh*t, maybe the everyone-is-someone overarching moral wouldn't have come off so laughable.
** Yet, fingers crossed.
*** Aesthetically speaking, of course.
Friday, June 26, 2009
List/Movies: The 50 Greatest Movie Trailers
IFC has collected what they consider The 50 Greatest Film Trailers with pretty insightful reasoning behind the selections.
Somehow the Gooby trailer didn't make the cut.
Link via Gorilla Mask
Preash: Al Roker and Colbie Caillat Teaser
Our station did a big event this morning with Al Roker doing live shots for the Today Show. Colbie Caillat was also there, unbeknownst to most everybody. She was unbelievably gorgeous.
At one point, Stevie 3-Times and I were picking out free breakfast items in a room of about 3 other people while Colbie was casually playing her hit song "Bubbly" on her guitar and humming the words. It was surreal.
Full story and pics to come. This pic of Colbie from the back should hold you off until then.
Click to enlarge
A few more pics and stuff on my Twitter @Ryan_Rawlings.
YumYums: Hardee's Gets in on the Sexual Innuendo Fast Food Advertising Craze
Yesterday afternoon I was in an edit bay editing together some topicals when two sales guys came in to check out a tape on a Beta SX deck. They told me they just got some new commercials in and wanted to see if they were too offensive for air.
"Let's see what Ryan thinks," said Bert. "Tell us if you find this offensive." I told the fellows that it takes a lot to offend me. Roll tape.
Goody balls. Creamy Sweet Holes. Hole Munchers. Yay Holes. Blowjobbers. Nut Ball Asses. Penis Testicles.
Move over, Burger King. You're not the only fast food chain that hopes to boost sales with thinly veiled dick jokes.
The second version of the commercial had the announcer dude at a table with two plates. One had some donut holes on it. The other had the Biscuit Holes. The donut holes where labeled "A" and the Biscuit Holes "B". Which do people like more more? A Holes or B Holes? Let your imagination fill in the rest. Or just wait for it to air.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Video/Sports: B. Manley - Trick Shot Mastery
This guy is playing Shaq in a game of horse next week. Seriously.
Video: Girl on Acid Trip in a Tent
BOOM. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
I love the audio mix of the girl wigging out and her friends trying to figure out what to do. Awesome stuff.
Movies: The Last Airbender Teaser Trailer
Here is the teaser trailer for M. Night Shaymalan's next movie, The Last Airbender, based on a popular Nickeldeon cartoon. I actually watched a little bit of the cartoon the other night because I knew this movie was in the works and I wanted to get an idea of what to expect. Thanks, ttyl.
YumYums: Burger King Continues It's Subtle Sexual Marketing
They're trying to get our attention and get people talking. And it's still working.
Stuff: Color Spiral Optical Illusion
HFS!
Check out this optical illusion. Green and blue spirals, right? Nope. The green and blue are actually the same color. Heavy, man.
Link via Reddit
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
TV: Obese and Pregnant
This pic ended up being more poetic and coincidental than I originally intended.
"Morbidly obese pregnant women. (Health)"
this is what you're missing
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
List: 7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics
Cracked has another great list, this time 7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics.
Link via Gorilla Mask
Video/Sports: MMA Hottie Gina Carano Chokes Out TV Host
I think it may be worth it to wake up like that. Mama.
Video: Ice Cream Face
This fat kid gets his jollies by rubbing ice cream on his face during a soccer match. I smell a meme a'comin'.
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Internets: Live Puppy Cam!!!
Mom cleans baby (and I get misty-eyed)
Monday suck, right? I mean, right? Not THIS Monday, my friend. Because there is a live Jack Russell terrier puppy cam with your name on it!
Yeah, this window's staying open all day.
Link via BuzzFeed
Games: Polygonal Fury
This is my favorite online game in months!
Polygonal Fury
It's really easy to figure out. The different shapes do different things when clicked or touched by another shape. You only get so many clicks. Don't forget to get cool upgrades as the levels get more challenging.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Music: Matt and Kim - "Daylight"
Really digging this song right now. Video is kinda fly, too.
You may remember Matt and Kim as the couple that stripped naked in the middle of NYC for a music video (SFW).
Video/TV: Triumph Goes to Bonnaroo
The long-awaited return of Triumph!!!
'.'.'.'.' A 4-Preasher! '.'.'.'.'
Smigel is a genius. The Beastie Boys segment FTW!
Friday, June 19, 2009
Songs I Love: Drake feat. Lykke Li - "A Little Bit"
This sexy song has been stuck in my head for the past two days.
Off of Drake's incredible non-commercial album So Far Gone, which you may recall me raving about a couple month ago. Seriously, if you haven't downloaded it yet, get to it, sucka.
If you want another, even sexier, all-out bonin' jam from the same album, peep "A Night Off" feat. Lloyd
WTF!?: Saline Injections the Craze Among Japanese Club Kids
You look awesome, bros.
Japanese club kids are getting saline injections in their bodies before they go out for a night on the town.
Link via BuzzFeed
Video: Dan Meth's Toy Movies
Dan Meth is the king on animation online. If you've seen a really clever, funny animated video online, odds are Dan Meth was behind it.
Check out this latest video. Since Transformers and G.I. Joe have been made into movies, he's taking it a step father and showing what other movies based on toys would look like if directed by big name directors.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Video Games: The Beatles Rock Band Opening Cinematic
Hey Beatles and/or Rock Band fans, check out The Beatles Rock Band opening cinematic. It's quite rad.
Preash to Morgan
The Internets: Musical Vortex
Warning: The Musical Vortex is extremely hypnotic.
Link via Gorilla Mask
List/TV: The 10 Dumbest Moments in Wheel of Fortune History
This should make you feel better about yourself. Check out The 10 Dumbest Moments in Wheel of Fortune History.
Link via Gorilla Mask
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Stuff: Photos of Aftermath from Iran Elections
If you're a fan of photography and mayhem, you'll enjoy these news photos of the chaos that followed the Iran elections.
Preash to Tressel
Monday, June 15, 2009
Chicks: Megan Fox Looking Mindblowing at Some Red Carpet Event
If you haven't seen these pics of Megan Fox in a little red dress at some red carpet event, I recommend you do so immediately.
Video: Self-Service Library Checkout Tutorial
Notice how they talk over each other just like people do in real life. Very Altman-esque!
Video/TV: Norm McDonald Ruins Conan's Promos
How about some magical, behind-the-scenes stuff from two comedy geniuses, huh!? Hilarious junk, yo.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Video: The Thermals Perform "Now We Can See" Live Acoustic
A fun live, acoustic performance for no particular reason. Quien sabe, The Thermals may become your new fav band. Happy Sunday, dummies.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Video Classic: The Herlihy Boy House Sitting Service
Something reminded me of this classic SNL skit from two of the all-time favs, Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.
Video: Complicated Horror Movie
So many twists and turns and twists! This one'll have you on the edge of your seat that you're sitting on!
Video/Sports: Dwayne Wade and Cousin Sal Screw with Fans
The first one was from last night's Jimmy Kimmel pre-game special. I was watching it with no sound at the gym and it still had me cracking me up. Yeah, I was at the gym. Crazy, right?
That's G(enius, subltle incorporation of Gatorade sponsor).
Video: Facercise Horror
I suggest you play this as the soundtrack and watch the following video on mute for a more terrifying effect.
Preash: Me and Paul Stanley from KISS
Click to enlarge (chest hair detail)
And now this classic Paul Stanley blow-up:
Video/WTF!?: Primal Scream Snippet
Miss the feeling of waking up early after a raucous night of too much coke, booze and shrooms? I got your back.
Via Videogum
The Internets: Your Logo Makes Me Barf
Guckle-guckle
Check out a dazzling array of terribly designed logos at YourLogoMakesMeBarf.com.
Link via BuzzFeed
Video: President Obama Pardons Girl for Missing School
Oh, he's just so smug.
The note read, "To Kennedy's teacher: Please excuse Kennedy's absense. She's with me. -Barack Obama."
Via Reddit
List/Music: The 10 Best Dance Moves in Hip Hop History
There's an easier way to scratch your crotch, buddy
Feelin' fly on this Friday? Check out this compilation of The 10 Best Dance Movies in Hip Hop History.
Link via Gorilla Mask
Video: The Daily Show Visits the NY Times
Biting satire at its best. Funny stuff.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| End Times | ||||
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
TV: Every Zach Galifiankis Clip from Tim and Eric
Adult Swim is riding the current Zach Galifiankis wave by collecting every Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! clip he's ever been in in one place.
I love me some Tairy Greene.
Link via Gorilla Mask
Video: Stop-Motion Post-It Animation
This little movie, called Deadline, is blowing up the internets today.
Video: Leroy Smith - Get Your Basketball On Infomercial
Charlie Murphy viral marketing...but for what?
Video/Music: DJ Earworm - "Heartless (in a Bottle)" Mashup
A mashup featuring The Fray, The Black Eyed Peas, The Police and 2Pac. Fresher than Fran Drescher.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Chicks: Heather Graham Looking Perky
Check out these awesome pics (maybe NSFW) of Heather Graham at a red carpet event. Yes.
Video: Eye-Rolling Gets Real
A practical tutorial with just a hint of educated social commentary. Super!
Music Video: GS Boyz - "Booty Dew"
The GS Boyz have another dancy jam to follow up the hugely successful "The Stanky Legg".
Video: Kathie Lee is a Creep
She used to ride that weird one-eye-closed thing 'til the wheels fell off. Also, I forgot how much of a MILF she used to be. Dayum, girl!
Video/WTF!?: Man Destroys Half of a Small Town with Homemade Tank
This happened over five years ago (June 4th, 2004) and yet I had never seen or heard of it. A dude in the small town of Granby, Colorado, upset over a zoning dispute, used his homemade tank, the Kill Dozer, to destroy the town hall, the public library, a bank, a concrete batch plant and the house owned by the town's former mayor. Wowza! Here's the Wiki entry about the incident.
Via Reddit
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Video: US Soldier Tells Off Iraqi Police
"You guys wanna be men? Go down there and f*cking start beatin' some people's asses."
Language NSFW
List: 6 Ridiculous Sex Myths (That are Actually True)
Cracked has the best lists on the internets. Check out 6 Ridiculous Sex Myths (That are Actually True).
Link via Digg
Stuff: Quality 6-Foot HDMI Cables for $3.19
Forget spending $30 for an HDMI cable at Best Buy. This dude at CNET found high-rated 6-foot HDMI cables on Amazon for $3.19 TOTAL. Fresh!
Link via Digg
List/TV: Most Bizarre Series Finales of All Time
This website I've never heard of has a list of the Most Bizarre Series Finales of All Time.
Now allow me to emote here a little bit. THE SOPRANOS SERIES FINALE WAS GREAT. I don't mind it being on this list because it was, indeed, bizarre. It wasn't your cookie-cutter, Hollywood ending. It didn't make everything black and white. It forced the viewer to do a little work and interpretation. Or let the viewer find an article that properly did the work and interpretation for them. Which is what I had to do.
Like everyone else, I was a little weirded out by the finale. I actually didn't have HBO at the time, so I was downloading the season six episodes and watching them the Monday after. So while you probably thought your DVR f*cked up on the last cut to black, I thought I had downloaded an incomplete rip.
I knew I liked the finale, but wasn't quite sure what to make of it. Then, a few days later, Valenza alerted me to this great article that brilliantly explains it. If, after all this time, you're still on the fence, make sure you read the article.
Link via Pop Candy
Video: Zack Morris Visits Jimmy Fallon
Fallon's trying to get a cast reunion together, but Kapowski and Screech are holding out. For real.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Video: Jake and Amir - Dating Coach pts. 1 and 2
Two very funny new Jake and Amir videos featuring Ben Schwartz.
Language NSFW
Part 1
Part 2
The Internets: WhyMyExSucks.com
Like FMyLife.com except specific to failed relationships, WhyMyExSucks.com is your chance to voyeuristically commisterate.
Link via BuzzFeed
List: 60+ Creative and Clever Print Advertisements
Check out this really cool list of 60+ Creative and Clever Print Ads.
Link via Digg
Video: Brett Micheals Clotheslined at the Tony Awards
Believe it or not, I don't do much surfing of the internets on the weekends. Even more unbelievable, I didn't watch the Tony Awards. So forgive me for being late posting this. SORRY!
Friday, June 5, 2009
YumYums: Free Doughnuts
It's National Doughnut Day. That means free doughnuts for you from Krispy Kreme and Dunkin Donuts.
Preash to D2
Video/TV: Zach Galifiankis on Letterman
Obviously out of his element, but still funny. Just a comic genius, nbd.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
List/Video Games: Top 10 E3 2009 Announcements
OK, so E3 is over and the nerd priapisms are finally starting to subside.
Time.com does a pretty good job of sifting through everything that happened with their list of the Top 10 E3 2009 Announcements.
Link via Digg
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