Wednesday, July 08, 2009
KISS: Rare Footage from The Stone Pony on YouTube!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
NJ T-Shirt Tuesday 9: Bikinis or Wife Beaters?
Male Sexy Armpit readers will most likely cast their vote for BIKINIS, but don't count Wife Beaters out so quickly in this match up. Sure it's a nice visual to think about a blazing hot day at the Jersey shore watching a smoking hot Jersey girl make her way out of the crystal blue water, OK maybe not so much crystal blue as it is murky green, but you catch my drift. Of course it's not like watching Ursula Andress slither out of the water in Dr. No, but it's the closest we come to that kind of sex appeal here in a state blanketed with toxic waste. It's a miracle all the girls at the shore aren't popping out of the water looking like mutated 3-eyed zombies. Perhaps it's the fact that we have some decent women in this state that they're all so proud of themselves that they're "Jersey girls?" Instead of bragging about being Jersey girls why don't they just say "Yay! we're not mutants!" that's what the t-shirts should be saying.
This week, the fine T-shirts pictured above are available through BurnTees.com where they offer all kinds of funny and sarcastic New Jersey themed shirts in addition to a host of others. Check them out!
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Blue Milk & The Technicolor Twilight Zone
I'm a big supporter of writers and journalism in general but the article pictured above from the April 2009 issue of Family Fun Magazine is pretty damn awful. Absurd as a matter of fact. Linda Ann Daffron from Ramsey, NJ offers a "magical" prank for the kids in the family to try, most likely on one of their parents, (whichever one ISN'T reading the article and explaining to them how to pull it off). Here's the short version of the directions 1) Get a cereal bowl and squeeze a few drops of food coloring into the bowl (blue food coloring pictured) 2) Pour dry cereal into the bowl and then once the unsuspecting schmuck pours milk into the cereal bowl they'll have a bowl full of blue milk to surprise them. Is putting food coloring in a cereal bowl really that big of a trick, oh wait sorry, a "deliciously deceptive ruse?" Family Fun Magazine clearly thinks it is.
Here's how the prank may unfold: "OH MY GOD! MY EFFING MILK IS BLUE!!! I feel totally PUNKED right now! I hope you didn't videotape my reaction because I would've literally gone into massive seizures." Will the family member really think they entered a "Technicolor Twilight Zone?" Wow, I want to enter that zone in a bad way. I thought I actually was there for a short period of time back in the mid '90s when every stoner was trying their best to bring back tie-dye shirts. Just a hunch, but whoever wrote this one up must not be at all familiar with Boo Berry (it's only existed for over 35 years), and it's also safe to assume they missed the boat on Superman Crunch. These two offerings are examples of cereals that turn your milk blue without the assistance of food coloring. It's a much easier world we live in, one where we don't need no stinkin' food coloring to turn our milk blue.
C'mon Linda, give me a break, you couldn't do any better than that? Are you even a real person? Writers occasionally like to make up names and places in order to give the impression of realism. After you read the article it seems as if FAMILY FUN is getting a half ton of reader mail (or a kajillion as I've been referring to it as lately). People must be clamoring like maniacs to throw in their two cents on what wacky prank should be spotlighted next month. I actually feel bad ripping the mag, but can they really expect us to believe that parents and other fully grown human beings aren't aware of the basic concept of food coloring? It's not like 3 year old Tyler is going to be skimming microfiche machines for old periodicals that may help him cook up his next whimsical caper.
And as for our New Jersey friend Linda, stop trying to reinvent the wheel OK? Next thing you know you'll be telling us we could use food coloring to dye Easter eggs, now that would just be a downright insult because we all know that's utterly impossible. Are the folks in Ramsey, NJ not being kept busy enough in their lives that they have time to send in these radtacular ideas? I hope to Zod that Linda doesn't go around to her weekly social gatherings spewing out little tricks for the kids to do. I got news for you Linda, you're making people's lives completely miserable. Oh, you know I'm just kidding with you Lind, you're awesome...you just have too much damn time on your hands.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
NJ T-Shirt Tuesday 8: I Love D'Jais
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sandra Dee is June's Garden State Playmate
Dee was married to singer/actor Bobby Darin from 1960 - 1967. They wed in a spur of the moment ceremony at the home of music mogul Don Kirshner in Elizabeth NJ. In Beyond the Sea, Kevin Spacey's 2004 biographical film about Bobby Darin, Dee is portrayed by Kate Bosworth.
Friday, June 26, 2009
The Perfect Age of Rock and Roll Review
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Asbury Park: Butch Walker's "Here Comes The..." Video
It feels pretty awesome that Butch Walker chose the legendary Asbury Park, NJ as the locale to film his most recent video for "Here Comes The..." "It's pretty fun and we shot it in Asbury Park, NJ, which is the coolest little city I've seen in quite some time..." said Butch in one of his latest blog posts.
"You sunk my battleship!" That's what the mannequin said after her human boyfriend beat her at the game, or at least that's what he imagined she'd said. No, this is not Lars and the Real Girl, this is Butch's music video about a guy who copes with his girlfriend leaving him by hooking up with a mannequin wearing his ex-girlfriend's dress. They do all the silly relationship stuff like take pictures in the park, sip Dunkin' Donuts iced coffee, and fall asleep on the couch.
Pink assists with vocals on the track from Walker's latest album Sycamore Meadows, which has proved to be one of the most successful singles of his solo career thus far. Butch has reached heights on his own that bands can't even do with a full staff of PR people and record execs behind them. It wouldn't matter if Pink sang backup vocals on this track or not because the song is so well written and enjoyable to listen to. In any normal musical climate this song is a mega hit just like the majority of Walker's other music.
The New Jersey backdrop is a bonus but the video is truly imaginative, and tells a story. All of Butch's videos have been entertaining and a throwback for me. They remind me of videos that I would've seen on MTV countdowns when I was a kid, and NONE of his videos had heavy cable TV airplay. "Here Comes The..." fits nicely in line with the videos for "Bethamphetamine" starring Avril Lavigne and "The Weight of Her" starring Taryn Manning. Check them out and stop by Butch's website to see all the stuff he has going on: www.butchwalker.com
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
NJ T-Shirt Tuesday 7: Artist Tom Krohne
Friday, June 19, 2009
Back Off Man, I'm From New Jersey!
Aside from having tons of rain here in the toxic waste capital of the world, it turned out to be a momentous week since we saw the release of Ghostbusters: The Video Game and the original film on Blu-Ray.
I had a feeling that GB on Blu-Ray wasn't too much different from the previous DVD releases, but it didn't stop me from ripping open the cellophane on both of these suckers. Straight into the PS3 the game disc went. The video game took what felt like 70 minutes to process its initial 4 GB load, so I entertained myself by actually reading the booklet that was inside the game case. Once I thumbed through the first few pages, I noticed New Jersey reference #1 right here:
As Ray Stantz began to teach me the art of "ghost wrangling," I hit the ground running. I'd say I'm not bad at throwing a proton stream, but I still need more practice. It would be a stretch to say that I was as quick a learner as Winston Zeddemore, but I am NO Louis Tully and let's leave it at that. The rest of the Ghostbusters crew talked to me after I captured a few ghosts in the sub-basement of the firehouse, and that's when it happened! New Jersey reference #2! It seemed to good to be true, so I captured it on video so you would all have no choice but to believe me:
What's with the connection between Ghostbusters and New Jersey? Here are some links to my previous posts regarding The Ghostbusters and New Jersey phenomenon:
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Jay and Silent Bob in Scream 3
Movie sequels arouse heated debates, especially when their reason for existing is questionable. Back in '96, Scream took horror to another level, but its two sequels brought it right back down to its previous depths. I wanted desperately to LOVE Scream's sequels but they were uninteresting and quite frankly, Neve Campbell's character, Sidney Prescott, bored the shit out of me. The genius behind the original film was the innovative characterization and chemistry between Skeet Ulrich and Matthew Lillard.

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