Simon Bar Sinister

the head of a major studio explains it all: http://io9.com/5857132/why-we-cant-have-great-movies of course, he doesn't exactly man up and take any responsibility, but I doubt anyone expected him to.

new Mazzy Star!!!!!

remember cold fusion? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45153076/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/italian-cold-fusion-machine-passes-another-test/?#.TrMSbHI1Ti4

new pic!

thank god for the mute button! http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/msn/lions_fans_protest_nickelback_playing_halftime_of_detroits_thanksgiving_day_game/7832239?

and she got it all on video: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/689665/young_woman_with_disabilities_releases_video_of_her_father%2C_a_texas_judge%2C_beating_her_for_downloading_games/#paragraph3 ^ that link doesn't take you directly to the video, by the way. there is a link to the video in the story, but you'd better think twice about watching it. it's truly one of the most fucked up things you'll ever see.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/01/juggalos-classified-as-gang-fbi well, alrighty, then.

good interview here: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/01/8583273-how-strange-can-space-time-get

help out the Dept. of Defense from the comfort of your own home: http://www.shredderchallenge.com/

a trailer for a movie I watched yesterday: ...not quite as good as The Horde, but still worth watching. :D

I damn near had an orgasm when I saw this: http://www.zombietools.net/tools :peanutbutterjellytime:

no, I haven't. it won't happen to me, lalalalalallalalala...

a different take on the same headline: http://www.freep.com/article/20111031/NEWS03/111031008/Woman-arrested-prostitution-after-man-73-dies

this one, definitely:

talk about flame wars: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45091289/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001#.Tq2GmXI1Ti4

I found a package of chocolate. really good Euro choc; package is still sealed shut. no idea how it showed up here - someone must've given it to me as a gift, but damned if I can remember who. on the back, it says "April 1996" among other things, but those are the only English words on the wrapper. well?

eruption on Uranus: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45083015/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/eruption-boring-uranus-excites-world-astronomy/?gt1=43001#.TqxYOXI1Ti4

some Canadian douchebag wants to replace the beaver with the bear as the official national animal: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2011/10/27/north-polar-bear-emblem.html

Found this on Blabbermouth a few minutes ago, and have now listened to it 5 times straight. ...and "wtf" is still echoing in my head. :jamin

*bump* I'm finding more and more cool foreign horror films uploaded in their entirety onto YouTube. :D This is a cool French zombie flick called the Horde. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxkvXs5OO7M

hang the DJs: http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20111028&id=14453437 fuck Clear Channel.

Klaus Nomi, just because:

an old fave: