Inglourious Plummers

Sad Kermit- Hurt

an oldie, but a goodie.

The Stuff Of Legend

Publishers Blurb:
The year is 1944. An allied force advances along a war-torn beach in a strange land, outnumbered and far from home. Together, they fight the greatest evil they have ever known. Never ending waves of exotic enemies come crashing down on them, but they will not rest. Thousands of miles away, the world is on the brink of destruction. But here in a child's bedroom in Brooklyn, our heroes, a small group of toys loyal to their human master, fight an unseen war to save him from every child's worst nightmare.

Led by the toy soldier known as the Colonel and the boy's faithful teddy-bear named Max, the toys enter the realm known as The Dark. There they will face off against the Boogeyman and his army-- a legion of the boy's forgotten, bitter toys. Fighting to survive insurmountable odds, the toys will discover this is a battle not only for the soul of a child.

another must read comic in my opinion

Craola Vinyl Figures

just received these 7" vinyls not too long back. based on the artwork of Greg "Craola" Simkins.
(L to R) Cap'n Rot'n Claw (limited to 600) and Keel Haul Cleg (limited to 700). forget Kidrobot's price of $60 each, i got 'em both for $52.40 (w/ shipping). woot.

(NSFW) Mario and Princess Sex Tape

Chew

Tony Chu is a cop with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is
Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he
eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't
mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit,
and why. It's a dirty job, and Tony has to eat terrible things in the
name of justice. And if that wasn't bad enough, the government has
figured out Tony Chu's secret. They have plans for him... whether he
likes it or not.

Presenting a twisted new series about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals
and clairvoyants, written by JOHN LAYMAN (Marvel Zombies vs. Army of
Darkness, House of M: Fantastic Four and PUFFED) with mind-blowing art
by astonishing comics newcomer ROB GUILLORY.
(text and image taken from: comicsbulletin.com)

in my opinion, another good read.

Fashionably Nerdy

big ups to Marc Ecko on these Star Wars shirts. even bigger ups to Ross for sellin' em for 10 bucks instead of 30+. keepin' me lookin' fashionably nerdy.

"but i ain't frontin' son / i struggle, shit, i shop at Ross" -Chuy

Shad- The Old Prince Still Lives At Home

video is fuckin' genius

Friday The 13th Ring

i haven't been into jewelry in quite some time, but this is a must have. i think i may order it next week.

pic taken from: bigbadtoystore.com

Masterpiece Transformers

i am so close to dropping $200 on these, but the cheap bastard in my keeps clutching at my wallet....



pics taken from: bigbadtoystore.com

Cage- I Never Knew You

yes, that says: Dir (directed by): Shia LaBeouf

Hagfish- Happiness

pop punk at it's finest.

Locke & Key

(description taken from: Publishers Weekly)

Novelist Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box and son of Stephen King, crafts a gripping account of the shattered Locke family's attempt to rebuild after the father/husband is murdered by a deranged high school student and the family subsequently moving in with the deceased father's brother at the family homestead in Maine. But as anyone who has read horror fiction in the past 70-odd years will tell you, it's a bad idea to try to leave behind the gruesome goings-on in your life by moving to an island named Lovecraft. What begins as a study in coping with grief soon veers into creepy territory as the youngest Locke discovers a doorway with decidedly spectral qualities, along with a well that houses someone or something that desperately wants out and will use any means available to gain freedom, including summoning the teenage murderer who set events in motion in the first place. To say more would give away many of the surprises the creative team provides, but this first of hopefully several volumes delivers on all counts, boasting a solid story bolstered by exceptional work from Chilean artist Gabriel Rodriguez.

i cannot recommend this book enough.

Mayer Hawthorne- Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

big ups to Chuy for posting this on his blog. i can't stop listening to this guy's stuff.

The Wait Is Over!

Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, today is Cinco de Mayo! And you know what that means...Sure, it celebrates the historical Mexican victory over the French on May, 5th 1862. But more importantly, It's the official release date for the 8bit Cynics new EP "Toothpick". Thats right folks. Six tracks of dopeness for your stupid faces. Be sure to come out to the official release show at Sauced in OKC this Friday and pick up a copy. There is also a limited edition with bonus material. Anyhow, this is the year of the Puzzle and this project is just another strong release from the crew.

Purchase online at 8bitcynics.bigcartel.com



also, come out to the Cross Rhoades for good music and the zany antics of Will and Jesse tomorrow night from 10pm - 1am

so, come out
tell your friends
buy me a beer. seriously

Must Have!!!

The classic scene of demonic possession from The Exorcist is recreated in this amazing boxed set. Regan is restrained to the bed in her demonic state, and with the press of a button you activate motorized 360-degree spinning head rotation timed to the famous movie scene along with demonic noises and sounds from the film.

Invincible- Sledgehammer! / Ropes

the best female emcee i've heard in quite some time.


http://www.emergencemusic.net

The Specials

i meant to post this earlier, but was too lazy. this is the bands first tv appearance since 1981. reminds me of the good ole days.

Beer

those that know me, know i like beer. i also like mt. dew. but would i sit down and drink 13 cans of mt. dew in a short period of time. hell to the no! i believe my fuckin' heart would stop. i've said it before and i'll say it again, "beer is fuckin' magic".

WiiSpray

Martin Lihs, a Bauhaus University student has turned his combination of Flash programming and custom Wiimote enclosure from a simple tagging simulator to a networked platform for interactive art. We're hoping the next step is "thing that you can buy."

After plugging the Wiimote into the virtual spray can, you can "spray" onto a projected surface, change colors, choose and manipulate stencils, and even save work to a server for further editing at the time and place of the user's choice.

8Bit Cynics

new promo from the highly anticipated Toothpick EP

Nerd Bling

this is by Sakurako Shimizu, Japanese artist, curator and designer of conceptual jewelry based in Brooklyn, NY.

taken from Sakurao Shimizu's blog: This man's ring features a precise cast of the original Atari computer chip out of 18 karat gold.
There is silver version, too.

Munny

for those that missed it, this is a munny that i had schooled up for Thought Collective to display/sell at the Lush Life show. big thanks to Thought Collective for the opportunity and thanks to Lee for buying my shit.

AT-AT Boombox

i've read that this is a few years old, but has been making internet rounds here lately thanks to boing boing. pulled the pics from: zen77990, artist not specified, no details listed.

Beat That Bitch

Mac Lethal- Pound That Beer

PS3 > Transportation?

A Sacramento Superior Court judge has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 120 days in county jail and four years of probation for filing a false police report and fraudulent insurance claim.

Judge David De Alba sentenced Nicholas Stanfield Friday after a jury convicted him, according to a news release issued Wednesday from the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office.

The release gave this account:

On Dec. 17, 2007, Sacramento police responded to a 911 call about the carjacking of Stanfield's Dodge Ram truck.

Stanfield's face was bruised and his shirt torn. He told officers he was walking to his truck in downtown Sacramento when two men assaulted him, took his keys and drove off in his truck.

Stanfield filed an insurance claim with Ameriprise Insurance and claimed there was more than $4,000 in personal property inside the truck.

He also wanted payment for the truck including $20,000 in customization that he had put into the truck. He also wanted the insurance company to pay for a car rental, towing and storage fees.

Sacramento Police Detective Bryce Heinlein discovered Stanfield had made up the carjacking, asking two friends to beat him up so it looked like he had been attacked.

Stanfield later admitted to the fake carjacking, saying he had financial problems. He missed the $500 monthly truck payments for November and December.

At trial, he testified that he spent $500 on a PlayStation 3 as a Christmas present for himself instead of making the December truck payment, the DA's office said.

It's Here!

so yeah....this is what i will be doing for the rest of the day.

Happy Friday the 13th!

be careful. don't die or anything.


i really should make the time to go see this.

Pure Awesome!

(taken from toynewsi.com)

This week's TNI Cool Custom is of a Transformers G1 Devastator byKingBotz.

Here is how KingBotz describes the making of this figure:

"Like many other Transformers fans out there, since childhood I was always fascinated by the harmony and power of a well-proportioned giant that a team of robots could exhibit in combined form...it seemed so natural. I am the original creator of the Tonka-based Devastator, and I began this challenging journey 3 years ago with my first version of G-1 Devastator featured at Botcon 2006. I have since evolved my depiction of this character with a new one, telling a totally different story with a revised face, colors and articulation at over 5' tall. I'm compelled once again to pay tribute to the classic, impending, destructive character everyone knows as G-1 Devastator. Everything but the Tonka trucks themselves is scratch-built. "

McNastee- Punch Out Flow

in case you haven't seen it. this is my good friend and awesome musician McNastee. this track is from his "Great Plains Drifter" mixtape. enjoy.
McNastee - Punch Out Flow

Do Want!!!

pics stolen from toynewsi.com

Finally!

Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Mattel, Inc. announced today the development of a new collectible line of toys based on the world’s favorite poltergeist fighting team, the Ghostbusters, including an extensive cast of ghosts and ghostbusters – celebrating the 25th anniversary of the frightfully funny classic film “Ghostbusters.”

Mattel’s “Ghostbusters” collectible line debuts with 12-inch figures in June 2009, and will be available exclusively at MattyCollector.com. Each figure will feature window box packaging and include authentic Ghostbuster equipment unique to each character. For the first time, Mattel’s line will include talent likeness of Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman and Winston Zeddemore. Select prototype figures will be on display February 6-8 at New York Comic Con and February 15 at Mattel’s New York Toy Fair Collector Preview Night (by invitation only).

“Ghostbusters” collectors can also look forward to 6-inch figures, with one debuting at San Diego Comic Con in July 2009. Sculpted by Four Horsemen Studios, the team currently working on Mattel’s popular DC Universe™ Classics and Masters of the Universe® Classics collectible lines, the 6-inch line will come complete with authentic “Ghostbusters” equipment and ghost.

Mattel will also create characters and ghosts from the classic animated series, “The Real Ghostbusters,” to go along with the classic “Ghostbusters” film.

~ new toys and a new game. it's gonna be sweet!

Man Arrested For Choking Girlfriend With Wii Controller

Daniel Alvarez of Austin, Texas has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault after he attempted to strangle his girlfriend with a Wii controller cord, according to police. He's also suspected of eating her cookies.

Christina Alvarado, Alvarez's girlfriend, told police that she was attacked by her boyfriend after a fight, one brought on for possibly the stupidest reasons known to man. She was apparently enraged because the suspect ate her supply of Girl Scout Cookies. He was similarly pissed due to being awakened, only to be given the business about some missing Girl Scout Cookies.

Alvarez was arrested and is being held in a Travis County jail with bail set at $40,000.

link

i have to suppose it was either the nunchuck or the classic controller since the main wii remote is wireless.

Halo Wars Mega Bloks

The deal cut between Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising, which handles licensing for the teen-rated game, and MEGA Brands will see the toy maker developing construction toy sets based on the key characters and vehicles of Halo Wars under the Mega Bloks name.

The blocks are due out this summer.

“We’re excited to have this exclusive opportunity to partner with Microsoft and 20th Century Fox Licensing & Merchandising and build on the immense success of the Halo franchise,” said Vic Bertrand, Chief Innovation Officer of MEGA Brands. “We look forward to bringing the iconic characters and vehicles of the video game to life through Mega Bloks.”

“We consider MEGA brands to be one of the premiere leaders in the constructible toys and games category. Their reputation for creativity and innovation is inspiring and we look forward to seeing it applied to the legendary Halo franchise,” noted Michael Peikoff, Senior-Vice President U.S. Licensing, Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising.

~ i hope these turn out as cool looking as they are in my head. though they probably won't....sigh.

How Are You Feeling Today?

Randumb Thoughts

me and jennifer were having a conversation the other day, and we have come to the conclusion that cats are the reincarnation of celebrities. i dunno how it started, but it makes perfect sense. they lay around and don't really do much of anything, they have others around catering to their every whim, how self absorbed and vain they are, how they love having their pics taken..... i could go on forever. we also came to the conclusion that stray cats are the physical manifestation of the failed careers of child actors (since the actors are still alive, but their careers have died long ago). i was so close to renaming all of the strays in my back yard to the cast of saved by the bell characters.

PG Porn

Superhero Fashion Emergency

Batman: Arkham Asylum

hopefully this won't suck like the majority of the other batman games out there. i guess we'll see this summer.

Zombies invade Texas!!!

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin drivers making their morning commute were in for a surprise when two road signs on a busy stretch of road were taken over by hackers. The signs near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards usually warn drivers about upcoming construction, but Monday morning they warned of "zombies ahead."

"I thought it was pretty funny," said University of Texas sophomore Jane Shin, who saw the signs while driving down Lamar Bouelvard with friends Sunday night. "We wondered who did it."

The City of Austin does not own the signs, but they are responsible for the message. The contractor on the construction project owns the signs. A city spokesperson said the hacked messages were only up for a few hours, until the construction project manager saw them during his morning commute and immediately ordered them to be changed back.

"Even though this may seem amusing to a lot of people, this is really serious, and it is a crime," said Austin Public Works spokesperson Sara Hartley. "And you can be indicted for it, and we want to make sure our traffic on the roadways stays safe."

Hartley said though it was a locked sign, the padlock for it was cut. Signs such as these have a computer inside that is password-protected.

"And so they had to break in and hack into the computer to do it, so they were pretty determined," said Hartley.

This crime is a class C misdemeanor in Texas, and Hartley said it endangers the public.

"The big problem is public safety," said Hartley. "Those signs are out there to help our traffic on the roadway to stay safe and to know what's coming up."

KXAN Austin News cameras caught many drivers slowing down to read the signs as they approached. Some read, "Zombies ahead! Run for your lives!"

Hartley said the city will discuss more secure safety measures with the manufacturer of the signs.

Afro Samurai

i might have to pick this up this week. i hope it doesn't suck. if nothing else, the graphics and music will be hot.

Classified- 5th Element

Teen Charged With Assaulting Mom With Taco

fox news

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) -- A 19-year-old Deltona man is arrested for assaulting his own mother, with a taco. Dena Moir tells Fox 35 News her son, Zachary Moir, got out of control Wednesday night when she was calling him down for dinner. When he refused to stop playing his X-box and come down for dinner, Dena Moir says she went upstairs and unplugged the game, that's when she says Zachary pushed her and called her a bad name. "I've been having trouble with him for awhile won't work, wont' go to school. He's being rude and disrespectful. Pushing things to the limit as far as the violence.”

A few minutes later Dena says she was in the kitchen cleaning and cooking tacos for dinner when Zachary showed up. That's when she says he slapped her arm and threw a taco in her face. “He went ahead and hit me with the taco and I got taco all over my shirt and kitchen. I’ve threatened to call police before. But anyway this time, I thought he went too far so I called police and he's in jail now.”

Dena Moir called cops and said she wants to press charges. Moir says Zachary has tried to call several times, but she's not picking up the phone yet. She says she's going to let him sit in his jail cell in Volusia County for a few days to teach him a lesson.

Enjoy The Great Taste Of.....

tentaclegrape.com

i so need to order a bottle of this. it would go nicely with my rat bastard rootbeer