Movie that I must see:Can Dialectics break bricks?

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Sometimes the dialogue or narration is simply daffy: "Dialectical reason thunders in its crater." "These bastards--suppose we burnt off the hair under their arms?" In reference to a sword: "Go put away your phallic symbol." "You understand nothing, you dickbite Leninist. We're gonna fuck you up. Bamboo up the ass with red ants. And we'll burn it all up on the New Red Square." "They can't make butter from donkey piss."

It's an old black and white kung fu movie redubbed by the French with Communist undertones? Where have you been all my life, "Can Dialectics Break Bricks"?

Weird Vintage Book art

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Katamari Damacy! Katamari do your hats!

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You want a Katamari hat? $39.99 and it's yours.

Insert credit reviews their game of the year: Ie, Tatemasu!

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The game covers a fairly wide spectrum of gay fantasies, with the notable exception of effeminate men. The message is clear: if you want fags, play yaoi games! Nearly all of the characters have at least one defining sexual attribute, the kind of detail that can develop in ten years to real niche markets. I can’t wait for the game where I will discover I have 10 brothers when I used to have only 5, and I have to discover which ones appeared all of a sudden; or the one where I will become a volley ball teacher for young non-gay men whose wives just got an abortion.

After the characters are introduced in various ways, the game begins with fairly conventional situations, you learn what the guy you are aiming for likes, try to get closer to him, and eventually fuck him as much as possible. After the first scene with the boss when both characters discover that they could be more than just coworkers, the game quickly heats up to a nearly nonstop orgy during the first month and a half, as though it were trying to cover each subject as fast as possible, as if it wanted to keep the end of the game for some higher purpose.

And as matter of fact, the third month of the game has nearly no sex scenes when compared to the two other months. There is one gigantic parade of horror concentrated on one day of September, but it appears only if you tried to score Osamu, the masochistic character (you won’t get any sex scenes with him until that day where hell breaks loose, and this includes the dog).

why I can't sleep

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It's 4 in the morning and I can't sleep. Do you know why? It's because both of my room mates have decided that 3:00 would be a good time to have showers and play Counterstrike. I swear, the Chinese are like vampires. Sleeping all day and coming out at night to eat and play. It's crazy nuts.

Caralina

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Caralina #3

Beautiful set of burlesque photography by Nannydaddy.

An Ode To Game Players Magazine

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Remember Bill Donahue? Remember Cap'n Chris Slate? Remember Gazuga and the cleansing? Apprently I'm not that only one. It's hard not to forget what Game Players magazine was like back in its heyday. They took the idea of EGM's psycho letter of the month, expanded it, and turned it into an entire magazine. Not only did it feature some of the funniest game reviews of all time (Jeff Lundrigan's "Izzy" review is the stuff of legends), but it also had a weird over the top back story that included a three eyed monkey god and the horrors of Coconut Monkey. The Game Players tribute site delves into the best years of the magazine's life as well as following up the staff telling us where they are now. If you're nostalgic for gaming's funniest mag, check it out.

Japanese Sunga

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In these examples of Japanese shunga we see a great variety of lovemaking techniques, situations, positions and possibilities. Whether heterosexual or homosexual, the diversity of sexual behaviors expressed within this artform offer a glimpse of the sexual freedoms available in previous eras and cultures.

Some of these scenes are infused with passion in a way unimaginable in Western art. The concentration on this pleasurable physical exercise is so intense that faces and limbs become contorted in ecstasy. Very often it seems that every object present in these scenes bristles with this sexual excitement. The bonsai trees take on the suggestion of the male’s stout penis, the silk robes repeat the curves and undulation of the female’s vagina.

Mike sent this in the mail this morning figuring that I'd like it. I did. I think that the most facinating thing about shunga is the fact that weird Japanese fetishism, such as S&M and tentacle sex were as prevalent then as they are now.

Oldboy to be released in North America this March 26th in limited theaters

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That's right, Chan-wook Park's second part of the vengence trilogy will have a limited release in North America starting this March 26th. You can check out the trailer here.

If it does play in Vancouver that weekend, I can assure you that I *will* be there. Even if it doesn't play, I still might consider heading down to Vancouver on the 26th to see the Kills (are they good) and to visit Jungwoon before she heads off to Vancouver and party with anyone that's ready willing and able.

Happy belated Valentine's Day!

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Yes please!

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the Arcade Fire on Just Concerts

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Thanks to the CBC's archive of their Radio 2, Radio 3 and live concert recording's website, Just Concerts, you can check out the Arcade Fire performing live in studio. The set list features a couple of tracks from Funeral as well as some other stuff off album.

xtop's Bible of Song X: A Quick One

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I received xtop's mix CD, a Bible of Song X: Quick One, in the mail today. He did a shout out ealier last month asking if anyone wanted a copy. A barman's last call with music. I, being a whore for mix CDs, sent him an e-mail with an address asking for the CD. I haven't been disapointed so far. It's the most professional mix cd that I've ever received. As you can see above, it came in a jewel case with a cover printed on hp photo paper. Incredibly smooth. The music is mixed incredibly well, barely varrying at all in terms of sound inbetween tracks. Very down tempo. The flow's great too, tracks bleeding into each other without any breaks. Hands down one of the best mix CD's that I've ever received in my life.

You can check out the track listing and commentary on tracks here. Kudos to xtop for sending something out so damn cool.

Flickr

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I've decided to fuck around with Flickr for the next little while. Compared to Photobucket, Flickr has much more functionality. Why's it better than photo-bucket? Bang off, flickr allows you to comment on your photos and tag them directly into technorati. Since I've been using tags for the last month, you get a nice overlap between technorati and flickr, sharing your webjunk with a larger base of people. Flickr also allows you to directly send info straight into your blog, without having you log in. I find this incredibly useful, as with photobucket, I have to play musical chairs with windows copying and pasting everything into blogger. Right now, I have my flickr set up so that I can photoblog via my camera, but we'll see if that works out. You can check out my photoset here and will be linked on my side bar in the future. Anyone out there use flickr? If so, I'd like to add you as part of my friends loops.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Leo-watch

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My new room mate is a strange one. I'm starting to think that he's a hypocondriac. When he's in the kitchen, when he cooks, he covers the hands and anything that will touch his hands with toilet paper. And then he disapears into his room chatting with his girlfriend with fish lips, leaving tissue husks everywhere, like ghost shit. He spends most of his time without pants, wearing the Chinese equivilent of hot pants. He'll pop into the living room, with his lap top webcam in my hand and interview me in from of his Chinese girlfriends. The girls giggle over digital static when I look at them speak in pseudo real-time. They're all the same. Space aged girls wearing oversized headphones.

McBonzai

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The MacDonald's near my place grows Canadian rip-off bonzai trees. During the weekends, long bearded homeless men pick french fries and McNuggets out of their branches.

Pornostore

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Downtown photographs

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I found this plastered near Prince George's best independent bookstore. You can't see it below, but there's a part that's ripped off that concludes the message "..without fear. It's the only gay/lesbian message that I've seen in town, which isn't too surprising since Prince George is pretty small and redneck compared to, say, Vancouver.

Conversations with Miwako: 'young person's sexual song-with-animal-legs'

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Miwa: I love sports
Rob: Really? I never thought of you as a sporty girl.
Miwa: Now, everyone say I'm sporty girl
Rob: In my mind, you will always be the girl who likes to steal my food and go out for coffee
Miwa: you never seen my skating, snowboarding, swimming right?
Rob: Nope, never.
Miwa: poor man. if you see me you will be surprised
Rob: Yeah, I know. Hah hah hah. I'm sure I will be. I really want to see you in a swim suit.
Miwa: oh oh only your forcus is swim suit
Rob: Hah hah hah. You are a girl, I am a guy. of course it's true. I won't lie. But I would like to go skiiing with you. I wish that I had the chance.
Miwa: me too
Rob: Ah well. Who knows what will happen in the future? Are you busy? Can you do me a favour, Miwa? I want you to translate something for me. It's a little weird, okay?
Miwa: okiedokie
Rob: Hah hah hah. You learned from me.
Miwa: exactly
Rob: http://www.harmful.org/homedespot/newtdr/NEWtdrARCHIVE/6diary/SEXBOOK/1.html What does this say?
Miwa: wait minutes please
Rob: Thanks. I heard that the translation is: 'young person's sexual song-with-animal-legs' But that doesn't make sense.
Miwa: I think you don't have to know
Rob: Oh? Why not?
Miwa: where did you get? did you read?
Rob: I can't read it. I don't understand Japanese.
Miwa: I'm glad to hear that
Rob: It's a sex ed book, right?
Miwa: i'm not telling you . so I should go now ha ha

Gigantor trailer is up

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I have no clue who Gigantor is and what he's all about, but I am mighty impressed by the trailer. It looks like the Japanese version of the Iron Giant, sans the heart break at the end.

Memegasm! Favourite Movie Scenes

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I usually don't polute my blog with memes, but this time I'll make an exception as I dig the content. Julie D posted on her blog her five favourite movie scenes. This is by no means a comprehensive list and I'm undoubtably forgetting tonnes of great movie moments. Without further ado, here they are.
1) The 20 minute fight scene at the end of Drunken Master 2 when Jackie Chan fights his real life body guard.
2) The hammer fight in Oldboy.
3) The first 10 minutes and the end of Dead or Alive.
4) The gun battle in Tokyo Drifter where the background colour changes from white to red as more people are killed. Truly spectacular.
5) The Burly Brawl from the Matrix Reloaded.
6) The split screen fused into one in Rules of Attraction.
7) The Richard Sagawa dance number from the Happiness of the Katakuris.
8) Middlespace in the Legend of Zu
9) The opening credit sequence for Snatch.
10) The Bride versus Gogo Yubari and the Crazy 88's in Kill Bill Volume 1.
11) Christin singing "Your Song" in Moulin Rouge and turning all the lights on in Paris.
12) Beat Takeshii killing the first student in Battle Royale.
13) The guy in Ong Bak kicking ass by kneeing guys to the head.
14) The first fight scene in the One when Jet Li fights using time dilution.
15) The seige in the Return of the King.
16) Frank and Beans from There's Something About Mary
17) Michelle Yeoh verus Zhang Zhiyi in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
18) The first 12 minutes of Blade Two.
19) The sex scene in the barracks in Enemy at the Gates, the most exciting sex scene in a movie.
20) The opening sequence from Run Lola Run.

Music track of the day: Lambchop

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Lambchop's Nashville Planet is a curious mix of down tempo country melancholia mixed with the sophisticated backing of an orchestra. Lambchop is palatable country music, avoiding the twangy guitar stylings and staying clear of cliche. Unstead of whining about alimony and the dangers of horse fucking, Lambchop takes a low key approach to their content. Nashville Planet is good music, the tunes that you hear at the end of a movie. Subtly sad with a twinge of finality.

How I Spent My Chinese New Years

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Chinese New Year is pretty big in our apartment since the Chinese now outnumber the whites two to one. When I got back home yesterday, I had to wait a good two hours as Anson was playing Countersike professionally. I gave lucky money out to Anson and our new room mate, Leo, who moved in on Chinese New Years. After winning the game, Anson cooked up hotpot for us and we ate for a good hour. After that, Anson showed me clips of the William Hung's comedy from China. I can't describe it because it's really bizzare, but I'll try my best. The part that I saw, which was described to me as "Chinese rap", had Hung banging on a drum with droning out words that *could* be described as singing in front of a donkey. The crowd waved their hands and fans in unison like it was some sort of rock concert. I'm surprised that someone didn't flick on their lighter in honour of Hung's power of rock. After that, everyone went to bed I wrote an e-mail to Miwako (pictured above) and I checked out some asian porn and found a girl there that looked like my ex. She shared her name too. Now *that* was a little weird. All in all, it was a good way to end Chinese New Years, in my books.

Wanna download the Electric Six's Senor Smoke?

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Hey!
Check out the link above. Just skimming through the tracks, it's great to see that they still haven't lost their sense of humour and their penchant for hard core dancing. I can't wait until it hits the stores in a couple of weeks. My first "must-have" purchase of the year.

 

Grant Morrison on the Seven Soldiers of Victory

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Grant Morrison speaks on his mega opus, the Seven Soldiers of Victory.

To further emphasize the uniqueness of Seven Soldiers, much takes place in the seldom explored cranny of the DCU-New York City! Sandwiched between furturistic Metropolis and brooding Gotham, the underacheving "Cinderella City" (two big ugly sisters, geddit?) has taken on a vivid life of its own for these 21st Century champions to play out their dramas of loss, redemption, transcendence, failure and death.

You can check out more here to see Morrison's sketches and a look at Guardian and Shining Knight, here to see the cover of Zantana along with Morrison's design for her, here for Klarion the Witchboy, and lastly Bulleteer and Mister Miracle.

Music track of the day-the Fiery Furnaces-My Dog Is Lost But Now He's Found

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My friend Mike challenged me to check out the Fiery Furnaces a couple of weeks ago. He told me that they were a weird and fucked up music group. I listened to the track that he sent me and I agreed. The Fiery Furnaces is children's music made for the Alice and Wonderland set. Familiar tropes for kids inversed and repacked for the adult set. Despite their originality, it's hard to love the Fiery Furnaces. I find their music to be to over produced and unfocused. My Dog Is Lost But Now He's Found is one of the Fiery Furnaces better songs, exchanging ADD kid's music for a rather sedate look at searching for one's canine friend. It's their most accessable song and worth checking out if you want an intro to their work.

Music Track of the Day: the Bloc Party-Banquet

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I don't care much for Music Journalism. Reporters on the bleeding edge are as excitable as teenager, ready to ejaculate on almost everything Once a month they harold a new band with a slightly new sound as the Next Big Thing and It Will Change Music Forever! Will the Bloc Party Change Things Forever? Will it draw water and blood from stones and change your tires? Probably not. Instead, enjoy it for what it is, a train engine powered rock romp. Nothing revolutionary, but still good.

Teaching the Indie Kids Has Three New Electric Six Tracks Up

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Three new tracks from the new Electric Six album coming out this February. The sound is a little different than Fire, minimizing their disco influence, but still keeping their smart lyrics intact. Check them out and don't forget to check out the rest of Teaching The Indie Kids' website for more musical goodness.

Music track of the day: the Streets-Dry Your Eyes

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When one thinks of hip hop, one doesn't usually think of melancholy ruminations of lost love. Relationships are usually stuck in the ghetto of "pimp/ho" relationships. The Streets' best single of last year, Dry Your Eyes is all about the last moments of love. The quiet desperation, the pleading and the begging to a woman that's moved on. Heartbreaking and honest and well worth listening to.

Top Hip Hop of all time

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Music track of the day: NWA-Straight Outta Compton

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I haven't been a huge fan of rap until I started dabbling with it during the summer. I think it was the fake-ass wiggers in my small town that put me off of it. Nothing is more stupid than seeing a tall blonde white guy calling his equally white friends nigga'. Mix that up with Bob Dole's insisting that the music was corrupt and the fact that I had a hard core Catholic mother I stayed far, far away. So, it comes 13 years later after their debut that I've discovered NWA.

I really dig Straight Outta Compton. Listening to it is like listening to the audio version of the first ten minutes of Dawn of the Dead or the trailer for a Michael Bay production. There's a rated R action movie feel to it, full of testosterone and swagger. Everything works together on this track. The pass the mic from each member of NWA serves as a flash-cut intro to a summer blockbuster, fueled by some fantastic beats by Dr Dre. It's the best rock never made. Angry and angsty.