Trent Reznor: Quitting Twitting?

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Brit news source TechCrunch is reporting that Trent Reznor is completely fed-up with his fanboy community on Twitter.

In his own words:

I will be tuning out of the social networking sites because at the end of the day it’s now doing more harm than good in the bigger picture and the experiment seems to have yielded a result. Idiots rule.”

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Let’s Define Free, Shall We?

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So, it’s that time of year…time to watch some people do some Shakespeare in some Park.

That’s right…today marks the first day of The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park’s Twelfth Night.  They are ALL about bringing that famous bard to the people…for FREE!!!  Golly Gee, how nice of them!

I’m SO super excited, this being my favorite play and…OH MY GOD…Anne Hathaway!!!  Alright, get out your paper and pen: here are the two simple options for getting free tickets.

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Obama Budget Whiffs on Needle Exchange

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To the chagrin of progressives everywhere, the Obama budget was released last month without any alteration to the 20-year old ban on funding needle-exchange programs.

According to White House Spin Meister Ben LaBolt:

“We have not removed the ban in our budget proposal because we want to work with Congress and the American public to build support for this change.”

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Can’t touch this.

Words cannot describe how awesome this is.

Dig Dug: Rise of the Pookas

They can never make enough video game-themed movies for my taste (that is, if you disregard Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, and Street Fighter).

This one, by Black20, however, achieves instant classic status.

Speaking of Mashups…

I’m in a trailer-y mood, having spent the better part of the weekend on Smith & Zod. Here’s an amazing MacGuyver/Star Wars union that I missed the first time around…

Smith & Zod

And now, the world premiere of a new Mep trailer…

Everyone needs to be loved, even evil alien superbeings and cyber constructs. The following short is a tale of a love so powerful, it crossed movie trilogies, genders, and even parallel universes to come true.

This is the tale of Smith & Zod.

Feel free to  Digg this video.

Beatles Rock Band Cinematic

Wowza! Incredible psychedelic renderings in the new opening sequence of this Guitar Hero spinoff.

Madison Avenue Blues

This ad man’s ballad is almost as touching as the original.

Apatow Bicycle Frolic

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Terrific illustration depicting what a warmup exercise must be like at Apatow film camp. This piece comes from the mind of Dan Park, who is responsible for all sorts of insightful artistic mischief…

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