This Other Cool Stuff – Page 5

Hunter Thompson Calling

This is the greatest answering machine message anyone’s ever left for me. But how could it not be?

Cool Photo, Bro

You know when you take a photo just to show somebody that there’s an IHop road sign and accidentally capture a perfect winter sunset? —worst stand-up comedian in the world opening his set.

Gwar’s guitar player Cory Smoot was found dead by his bandmates today. It’s a tragedy, for sure. But it’s a rare tragedy, one that gives rise to an intriguing question. How do you mourn such a man? He left his mark on the world, and his life is definitely worth celebrating. He genuinely left aContinue reading “Gwar and Peace”

The Dark End of the Street is Surprisingly Crowded

Everyone’s a cheater. That’s one possible conclusion to make when you observe that “Dark End of the Street” has been covered so frequently. Another: everybody likes to pretend to be sometimes. The song, evidently written by two soul music hacks during a break from a card game, is a rare celebration of elicit relationships andContinue reading “The Dark End of the Street is Surprisingly Crowded”

Lyrics to “Zombie Girlfriend,” an Original Song by Adam Bulger

I just stumbled on this looking through some word documents. I think I meant it to be like a Randy Travis style wistful country ballad. Never got around to writing music for it and I guess I must have just forgotten about it. So maybe now it’s just an early Halloween treat.

Worst Coke Buddies in the World

A friend of mine emailed me this yesterday, and I’ll share it in its unedited entirety, other than a link for clarification, because it’s brilliant. I was just watching the roast of Charlie Sheen, the part I saw was ok, I’m looking forward to Patrice O’Neal (the fat black dude that worked in the warehouseContinue reading “Worst Coke Buddies in the World”

It’s the Stupidity, Economists

The old Clinton campaign adage, it’s the economy, stupid, is obnoxious, off-putting and smug. It’s also wrong. It should read like this: the economy is stupidity. It’s about stupid things sold in stupid ways by stupid people to other stupid people. Capitalism’s success, at every level, is dependent stupidity. A property owner sells land on the bet thatContinue reading “It’s the Stupidity, Economists”

And One Terrible Picture of Eddie…

Boy, is this ever an early ’90s mess. The only memorable scene in that terrible Tom Cruise Stanley Kubrick movie meets Photoshop V 1.0. Plus, I’m pretty sure that nightmare dancing baby from Ally McBeal is sitting on the white dog.

Awesome Pics of Iron Maiden’s Eddie, Part 6

This is the most amazing album cover in the history of albums covers. Its basically a peek into the collective imagination of the ’80s. You have futureworld dystopia, an alien zombie cyborg murderer, flying cars and roving street gangs (in the form of Iron Maiden themselves); it’s a blender mix of Terminator, Blade Runner, TheContinue reading “Awesome Pics of Iron Maiden’s Eddie, Part 6”

Awesome Pics of Iron Maiden’s Eddie, Part 5

Before I talk about the cover, I’d like to mention how jaunty and upbeat the actual song “Number of the Beast” is. It was a really bizarre decision for Iron Maiden to make it a song about the devil when it could have easily been a Survivor-esque inspirational hard rocker.