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Congratulations, sir, you win at Photoshop.
This is surely the best thing to happen to the “Land of the Tobacco Pipe,” in roughly 165 years, when the first organized game of baseball was played at Elysian Fields. And, by virtue of this post, you now know everything you will ever need to know about Hoboken, NJ. You’re welcome.
I’m not a big fan of their music, but OK Go’s videos? Pretty ridiculous. (Maybe that’s where they’re spending their creative energy.)
This is an epic Funny or Die piece. It takes us back through four generations of SNL crews, and highlights some of the best impersonators still walking around. Though, not all of these characters are exactly spot on (cough… Chevy… cough).
The eyes and ears of our future cybernetic overlords have taken shape, thanks to the industrious engineering work of the Germans. How ironic.
The Hexacopter can zoom in and out of view in the blink of an eye, and sounds like an “angry swarm of bees” as it collects intelligence, scans for impure thoughts, and prepares a euthanasia beam for its thankful victims.
I do not love this. This is one of the creepier YouTube videos in recent memory. It reminds me of a French Surrealist spoof of The Fountain. In other words, this fellow could be the Avatar of Ehecatl, the Aztec God of Wind (and Bananas).
These two are destined to one day star in a movie called “Christians Bail.”
South African post-modern, ironic, hard core rap sensation, Die Antwoord, has been taking the intrawebs by storm. Combining virtually every catchy internet-meme from ninjas to a Progeria-inflicted sidekicks, the oddly believable spoof band has captured the imaginations of comedy fans and serious rap fans alike…
Hey kids. Wanted to give you the heads up that Klaus Pierre will be screening his movie Little Klaus, Big World on the west side of Los Angeles on Saturday, February 20th, at noon.
It’s a private showing, so I can’t announce the specific location, but I do happen to have a few invitations I can give out for those who contact me via e-mail (russ@mepreport.com). Viva la Klaus!
This is the one reference I’ll allow to the gadgetary “phenomenon” that is little more than a large print Iphone.
For more on why Mac Users are impotent tech fetishists and unwitting, unpaid salesman for the company, see TMR #16 and #35. No offense intended, of course 
Here’s a little ditty that perfectly encapsulates this last week — whether one is referencing the markets, the economy at large, the craptastic weather, the Activist Supreme Court trying to bring about the Corpapocalypse, or the tragic conclusion to the football career of Brett Fav-Re. Good times.
