Notes of a Defeatist

Are comics too made up and silly?

Tired of people in capes and spandex prancing around trying to “fix” everything?
Planned Parenthood thought so.
That’s why they put out a comic on birth control to help educate youngsters back in the 60s.

tags technorati : Planned Parenthood, Birth Control, Comics, Problems

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tags technorati :  Found

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Just when it seemed that Darren Aronofsky’s problems with The Fountain were over.

From Aronofsky’s Myspace blog:

“so the dvd came out.

happy that it is in the world.
hope more folks will get to see it.

as many of you can tell it is light on the extras as compared to my previous dvd releases.

everything at the studio was [...]

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tags technorati : Fathers Day

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Two movies I can’t wait to see.

The Coens have been all over the place with their last few movies, No Country for Old Men looks to be more in the vein of Miller Crossing, Fargo, and the Man Who Wasn’t There than some of their broader stuff. Thankfully a wider audience be exposed to [...]

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“I have no interest in explaining, defending, reinterpreting, or adding to what is there. People get the impression that you’re trying to (mess) with them, and it’s not true. You’re trying to entertain them. Anybody who wants to watch it, it’s all there.”

—David Chase, Sopranos creator and man responsible giving many viewers an aneurysm after [...]

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Remeber Donkey Kong?

Yeah, the original one, with the little guy jumping over the barrels to get get the girl from that monkey.
Turns out somebody actually still plays it.

Oh, and Ray Bradbury wanted to let you know that you’re stupid—Fahrenheit 451 wasn’t about censorship, but T.V. taking over our lives.

Thanks Ray, that makes your book [...]

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Radiohead inspired music:

 Us Placers—CRS


 Rodeohead—Hard ‘N Phirm with forty six seconds of an introduction by John Peel.


tags technorati : Radiohead, music, John Peel, Hard ‘N Phirm, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Jamie Hernandez

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