Two Awesome Brackets

I found these two awesome brackets summarizing the current state of our economy:



This one is a summary of the current banking mess.

The other one is interactive:

Play Who Killed the Economy

(Although I think that it is a bit broken because George Bush always wins when I play).

A Hillary Supporter

I was a bit surprised...I thought for sure she was a Republican. And I like how she selectively chooses her form of discrimination.


Redneck Woman Rails on Obama

Punk Magazine's Vault

Decided to look into Punk Magazine after seeing Don Letts' documentary, Punk: Attitude

You can read back issues of Volume 1 online. Pretty great. Enjoy.

Punk Magazine Vault

Mein Gott!

I can't stop laughing at this:

Safe For Work Porno

How Can You Slap?

The camera keeps rolling after the hubbub quiets down. Don't know how we missed this. "Indians are weird..."
- With reporting by Big Sid



How Can You Slap Remix


Also www.howcanyouslap.com.

Louise Bourgeois

Cell (Choisy)
pink marble, metal, glass
120 1/2 x 67 x 95 inches
1990-1993

I wish I had a better image than the one above. Note the guillotine blade suspended. Anyhow, I recently went to the Guggenheim to check out the Louise Bourgeois retrospective and this stopped me for quite a while. Click the link and navigate around the site to find better images. I don't know where to go with this post so I suppose that's all.

Bad Lieutenant Remake Update

Bad Lieutenant, a cherished film by We Has Spoken blog members (probably on the Top 10 List of all of us here) is currently being remade by director Werner Herzog, starring Nicholas Cage. Sounds great right? Well according to the guys over at Cinema Echo Chamber, the original writer/director Abel Ferrara is not happy about this remake to say the least.

At a Q&A following an Anthology Film Archives revival screening of his old 80's exploitation film Ms. 45 (highly recommended) Ferrara discussed how Werner Herzog and Nicholas Cage are both taking "pay cuts" to do the movie, but will both be paid over $1,000,000 each. Ferrara himself will receive only $20,000.

He went on to call Cage, who almost starred in his 1996 film The Funeral "a real loser" and said that Herzog "can suck my dick for all I care". His thoughts on Val Kilmer playing Cage's partner? "Bad Liuetenant don't have a partner. What is this, Car 54 Where Are You?"

Let's hope the remake lives up to be at least half as out of control as the original.

WHS Fashions: The Union Cap (aka the "You Sold my Painting?!?!")

This weekend a few of us visited our very good friends in Williamsburg, Virginia. We spent a few hours in Colonial Williamsburg where I did find a few ascots but ended up buying a replica Union soldier hat from The Toymaker of Williamsburg.

To further explain why this is such an important acquisition, know that I'm no Civil War buff, but have seen "Basquiat" (film, 1996) more than 8,500 times (it's part of the We Has Spoken Classics). Michael Wincott plays Rene Ricard, who wears a sick Union cap throughout the film. Below is a clip that should explain why I've decided to nickname my latest purchase the "You Sold my Painting?!?!".

Chris "Grab That Towel" Hansen: CrazyTrini85, Kennely

Chris Hansen looks like he may just be holding back laughter in a few episodes of Dateline NBC's "To Catch a Predator". These moments occur when Hansen first confronts his targets and tells them to cover up. Chris Hansen would actually be a fairly decent Halloween costume, come to think of it.

Also, check out the Chris Hansen Soundboard.

CrazyTrini85


John Kennely

Funkmaster Flex Has Spoken... About R Kelly

Woah.

R. Kelly Has Spoken

Your Daily Dose of Dan Quayle

IASIP: Nightman

So I have been slowly making my way through "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" episode and last night I just watched what I think was the best one. I am still cracking up at this one scene - which I think it the best in the series:

Dueling Bailouts: The Fed vs Doug Christie

NYT: Fed's $85 Billion Loan Rescues Insurer

WASHINGTON -- Fearing a financial crisis worldwide, the Federal Reserve reversed course on Tuesday and agreed to an $85 billion bailout that would give the government control of the troubled insurance giant American International Group.

The decision, only two weeks after the Treasury took over the federally chartered mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is the most radical intervention in private business in the central bank's history.

PR Newswire: NBA Power Couple Doug and Jackie Christie Buy AIG Stock Promoting Everyone To Help With The Financial Crisis At Hand

NBA star Doug Christie and his wife, Jackie, announce that they will purchase 3,000 shares of corporate stock to help with the AIG financial crisis.  

"We encourage all our fellow men and woman [sic] to buy at least two stocks to help with the global economic crisis," said Jackie Christie.  "We want everyone to step up and help in any way that they can.  This is a huge crisis we face, but together we can make a difference.  Do not just sit by and watch."

WHS Fashions: Dashiki on Non-Africans, Non-Hippies = Advanced

"I just lost my job at Lehman, so I'm going to the office to pick up my shit in my dashiki. Fuck you."

"Last week, I was Native American."

"I have been on HBO's 'Real Sex' over 20 times. What have you ever done?"

Ali G - SPYZ

Ali G is brilliant.

Bad Day on Wall Street

No doubt a bad day on Wall St, but the guys in the background took my attention away from the reporting.


Awesome Wall Street Prank - Watch more free videos

Headlines I Wish I Wrote

From today's Daily News...

The Days After 9/11

I'm so glad Adam got great photos of the Towers of Light. The City has done such a good job using lamps and light to remind us all of a pretty serious event in the City's history. All politics aside, it's something all New Yorkers can look up to a few nights a year and just remember how we were all affected and how we still react to the world around us.

I went to Shea Stadium on September 21, 2001. It was the first mass gathering in New York City after the attacks on September 11. A lot of people wondered where I was that night because I was supposed to have celebrated my birthday then. It hurt at the time to make it look like I was simply flaking out, but in all reality I knew where I wanted to be; with 41,000 other New Yorkers looking for some strange sense of grounding (capacity at Shea is roughly 55,000). This was one of the more important things I've ever done in my life here in New York, and it should really add perspective as to why I act like a total loser when I go to Shea to this day.

And Liza Minnelli is seriously on fire. Subsequent posting on Minnelli to follow, I'm sure.

Here's a clip highlighting what happened on September 21, 2001:

Towers of Light

aka Tribute in Light





Photos taken from my rooftop, 8:45 PM, September 11th, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: What is it?

Higher Learning, a movie that defined a generation.

On this anniversary of 9/11, WHS would like to take the opportunity to remember one of the great groundbreaking movies of the last decade of the 20th Century. Released in 1995, this tour de force featured perhaps one of the most lovable nazi/engineers ever to be featured on screen and, something even more dear to our hearts:

Spoken word poetry set to a funky background of acid jazz and dashikis (at 1:14):



me: he hath
chris: hath he?
me: what is he?
what is hath?
chris: what is SPOKEN?
oh my god!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD@@##@!
1:14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbjnXnF4ZpA&feature=related (above clip)
I can't stop laughing
me: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
"what is HE?"
"what is HAS?"
"what is SPOKEN?"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
chris: "I mean, what is it?"
me: how did we miss that?
you realize this has to get posted onto WHS immediately
"...learning in an environment that is mostly --- whiiiiiite"
that's at 2:03
chris: hahaha, who is this guy?
Do you think we can book him for the birthday party?
me: oh man, i cannot stop laughing
what is hiiiiigghhh?
chris: What is it?
I like the "point at the camera" move he does with "learnnninng"
me: i kind of wish remy shot him
"what is gunshot?"
"what is hurting?"
"what is gunshot, hurtiiing"
chris: This is the band I bet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brand_New_Heavies
click for link

Big Pimpin'

Truly amazing...here is the BBC article about this guy.

Things of interest: He is 84 and is married to 86 women, he has 170 children. He is "blessed" by Allah as a healer and provider. He convinced a 25 year old woman to marry him because he cured her headache. He does not believe malaria exists.

We're Sorry, We Cannot Complete Your Call ...

We recently discussed a NYNEX phone recording from the 90s that would play when a phone call wouldn't go through. The message was downright low-quality and featured what sounded like a very exhausted, fat man in his late 40s with a very thick New York accent. It sounded like he was speaking out of his mother's basement. Here's how the recording would go:

(solid 4 seconds of ultra-powered oscillating fan)

then

"We're SOW-ry, we cannot complete ya cawl, please hang up ... and try ya cawl again LAY-ta ... this ... is a recording."

(4 more seconds oscillating fan)

"We're SOW-ry, we cannot complete ya cawl, please hang up ... and try ya cawl again LAY-ta ... this ... is a recording."

###

I tried to find this recording online and have had no luck so far. However, I did find this website (http://www.payphone-directory.org) which has a Phone Recording Archive that is an achievement in itself.

That NYNEX recording must be found.

Lil Jon's Wikipedia Entry

I know we here at WHS have a long-standing beef with Wikipedia.org for their blatant rejection of numerous Lopez entries in the past but Lil Jon's Wikipedia entry is something amazing.

Lil Jon

Personal life

Lil Jon is a big fan of the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL[4] and writes a blog on NHL.com.[5] He has also stated on the blog that his son plays hockey. Atlanta Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen also has a picture of Lil Jon on the back of his helmet.[6] He also has his own energy drink, called CRUNK!!![7], and has his own line of Oakley Sunglasses.[8] He also has the World Record for the 'Largest Diamond Pendant' which consists of the words Crunk Aint Dead. The dimensions of the pendant are as follows: 7.5 inches tall, 6 inches wide, and 1 inch thick. It weighs 5.11 pounds with a total 73 carats of diamonds.[citation needed]



"crunk juice" goblets for sale

Free Rice

Challenge your knowledge of famous paintings. For each painting you get right, 20 grains of rice are donated to the United Nations World Food Program.

Free Rice! You can also quiz yourself on other subjects.

Image: Rice Bowl, 2008 by Justin Clayton

Thai Prime Minister Gets Paid, Must Step Down

A Thai court ordered Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to step down for accepting payment for hosting COOKING SHOWS while in office. Let's examine this. Actually, let's not. It's a cooking show called "Tasting and Complaining"! "Tasting and Complaining"! This is cause for being named to additional terms as PM rather than cause for expulsion.

Here's the International Herald Tribune story.

David Gray Live at the Point

Several years ago I saw this DVD concert of David Gray in Dublin. I didn't really know who he was, and the first few songs started somewhat slow, but by the end of the concert I was blown away. He writes his songs, and not only is his voice uniquely powerful, but his lyrics are impressive as well. If you can get past the head bobbing thing, I think you may enjoy him. I happened to pick up the DVD again today for the first time in awhile, and figured I'd put up two songs by him. The first has amazing lyrics and the second was a great encore to the concert.

Shine:


Please Forgive Me:

B*TCHES IS GIVIN HEAD ON 90210 NOW Y'ALL

Watchdog Group Takes Aim At TV Network Over 90210 Scene

7 September 2008 6:31 PM, PDT

Officials at a leading U.S. family group are calling for advertisers to boycott TV network the CW over a controversial scene in the new Beverly Hills, 90210 spin-off 90210.

Just 10 minutes into the new series, which debuted in America last week, lead actor Dustin Milligan appeared to be receiving fellatio from a girlfriend in his truck - and the scene has upset the Parents Television Council.

In a statement, PTC president Tim Winter writes, "The CW Network has openly, wantonly and eagerly violated every business tenet of the broadcast industry.

"They shocked viewers during the family hour by depicting high school children engaged in oral sex in their car. It's such a sucker punch to viewers and a lot of families. No one tuned in to 90210 thinking, 'Hey, maybe I will get to see (oral sex).'"

I certainly didn't but it was a pleasant surprise. Luke Perry is spinning in his grave.

WHS All-Time Most Wanted Throwback Jerseys Vol. 1: NFL

Dexter Manley - Washington Redskins circa 1987


Adam says this reminds him of riding in the back of his dad's car en route to RFK Stadium in DC and seeing crackhead after crackhead, some with Washington Redskins flags on their shopping carts

Warren Moon - Houston Oilers circa 1988




Warren Moon jersey and the politically inappropriate Houston Oilers helmet

The Juice - Buffalo Bills



Dan Fouts - San Diego Superchargers



Vinny Testaverde (can't find jersey) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers

North Korea Led By Kim Jong Il Body Double

If this is true...and knowing North Korea's track record of dishonesty...I would posthumously declare Kim Jong Il the most ON FIRE dictator of all time.
Article on Foxnews.com:

Is Kim Jong Il for real? The question has baffled foreign intelligence agencies for years, but a veteran Japanese expert on North Korea says the “dear leader” is actually dead — and his role is played by a double.

The expert says Kim died of diabetes in 2003 and world leaders, including Vladimir Putin of Russia and Hu Jintao of China, have been negotiating with an imposter.

He believes that Kim, fearing assassination, had groomed up to four look-alikes to act as substitutes at public events. One underwent plastic surgery to make his appearance more convincing. Now, the expert claims, the actors are brought on stage whenever required to persuade the masses that Kim is alive.

The author has been derided by rival analysts of the hermetic communist state. Yet so few facts are known about North Korea’s ruling dynasty that some of the strange things reported in Professor Toshimitsu Shigemura’s bestselling book cannot be readily explained.

“Scholars don’t trust my reasoning but intelligence people see the possibility that it will turn out to be accurate,” he said. “I have identified and pinned down every source.”

The book, "The True Character of Kim Jong-il," cites sources from inside North Korea and from the intelligence services of Japan and South Korea.

Chuck Mangione is Advanced

You know the song, "Feels So Good", now get to know the musician. Here's Chuck Mangione's offical website that you should check out. Turns out he'll be at the Iridium Jazz Club here in New York from December 18-21. We Has Spoken will be researching group tickets. Mangione's got some serious style and swagger. Just know that if I were a boxer, this would be my entrance music.

Feels So Good

Four Boyz II Men Videos for No Apparent Reason

Salvador Dali on "What's My Line?"

I don't know to post video in the comments section and the Salvidor Dali opportunity is just too good to pass up. So, this is more in response to Adam's comment about Mr. Dali being one crazy mofo:

We Has Spoken Artist of the Month - Lil B

Lil B & Lee Scratch Perry

Lil B is best known as a member of The Pack, a rap group from the Bay Area who scored a massive hit a few years ago with Vans, a song I personally believe is one of the best rap songs of the past decade - a classic hip hop ode to sneakers, Run DMC's My Adidas for this current generation of teenagers.

For the past year or so Lil B has been posting hundreds of free songs on many many myspace accounts. As of this post he has 16 different myspace pages with nothing but free music (that's not counting his own personal pages and The Pack's pages). He's on some Lil Wayne shit - but to the next level (internet instead of mixtape circuit).

Most of these songs are straight off the head freestyles over various types of instrumentals from a lot of bizarre sources. He uses samples from bad 80's soft rock music and what sounds like royalty free muzak you'd hear at a women's clothing store in the mall and even Christian inspirational music. He sings about hooking up with girls, being happy and how wonderful the world is.

He raps at times like a 4th grader, a really happy 4th grader who loves going to school and playing soccer and watching cartoons. Other times he changes up his voice and sports an impressive New Orleans Cash Money Records inspired flow. Mostly he just raps and sings however he fucking feels like at the moment. Sometime he sounds like he's falling asleep.

Sample lyric:

"I want the world to be 100%, 100% magnificent. I wanna see the grass green, the clouds around me, cause I care about the little things, not the big things - big cars and jewelry, material that's not even real, but life - that's the big deal!"

It's nothing short of genius. I'm really looking forward to watching what this kid does over the next few years.

Lil B "God Bless America"



Lil B "I Am the Ocean"

Salvador Dali, Alfred Hitchcock, Walt Disney

The MoMA has an exhibition on view, Dali: Painting and Film, which is more entertaining than you'd expect.

I've never really been that taken by Dali's paintings although I can most certainly appreciate surrealist ideas and work. The causes for my disinterest in his paintings are unknown. The possibilities for this include overexposure, general distaste in the way the paintings look or the one of the very things his work is lauded for: striking visualization of dreams. The images and motifs in his paintings don't reflect anything I've ever seen in my dreams and perhaps that creates an automatic disconnect in me as a viewer. The opposite rings true for me with his film work. Let's not turn this into the analysis of my dreams, though.

Vanguard Films outsourced work to Dali to assist in the creation of the dream sequence in Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound". Hitchcock felt that dreams on film had pretty much just been portrayed by blurriness. He wanted Dali to bust that shit up:


Dali thought Walt Disney was a "great" surrealist. Here's a little bit from a Dali/Disney collaboration that never finished, "Destino". Disney animators completed the project in 2003. I can't tell if what I find online is part of the original or later-completed work. Here's a clip, nonetheless:

Palin has Spoken!

Zing Heil?




(Melanie gets credit for this fine catch)

Ronaldo = On Fire

Ronaldo will be inducted into our On Fire Hall of Fame by year-end. Mark my words.

Here's the Goal.com story on Il Fenomeno.

Here he is at the 1998 World Cup

Suicide - Dream Baby Dream

Mike saw Punk Attitude this weekend and we were talking about how dope Suicide is.



The Boss covers them on tour recently.

"You're a Bush, Act Like One!"

Oliver Stone's "W" is going to be this year's "The Passion of the Christ" when it comes to the promise of unintentional comedy. There have been grumblings about the timing of this film's release date being right around election day (Lionsgate's site just mentions Fall 2008 whereas I have read the possibility of either October 17 or October 31 - my query to the studio hasn't been answered) but from a "strike while the iron's hot" perspective, you can't ask for this to come at a better time. The President is simply scorching right now and perhaps from a studio perspective, this film can't come out soon enough. The guy didn't even take the short flight to go to his own party's convention. Whether he was welcome or not is besides the point. His presence in itself is widely considered to be so radioactive that there are certainly more than a few Republicans that were relieved that he didn't make the trip to Minnesota. It's not a hard call, but I rate George W. Bush, both the fictitious account of him played by Josh Brolin and the real Bush, as a "strong buy" if you want solid returns on your comedic investments.

W. Trailer


Self-Deprecating

Newcastle United Owner, Mike Ashley

Arsenal thumped Newcastle this past Saturday, 3-0. Now, despite being thrilled at the result and especially the stylish way it was won, the highlight of the broadcast was the clip attached below. This fat mess isn't some regular "Geordie" ( after some research realized this means someone hailing from England's Tyneside region, or may be used to refer to a Newcastle United supporter). This guy is Mike Ashley, billionaire retailer and owner of the football club. Can you imagine a nationally televised baseball game cutting to George Steinbrenner and catching him in a moment like this?:



Arsenal's Denilson, and formerly of Arsenal, Gilberto Silva and Julio Baptista
(bonus video just because I'm watching it now for no apparent reason)

Marisa Miller Is My Favorite

She is smoking

Bernie und Ert

I think this is funnier if you don't speak German:

Roller Coaster

This looks like a good ride.