Smoker? Try some Watercress!

I read this great blog post today that wrote about the chemotheraputic qualities of watercress.

Thoughts?

I work in Chinatown where watercress is bountiful, so I might see if I can’t clear things out.

Search for a Cause

Cross-posted on Blaglash:

Robots & Empire has just launched a custom google search.

Much like Blackle, this bad boy is black, and does all the Google can do.

The catch?

All revenue generated from search queries will be used to launch a microlending fund for third world nations.

Other individual investors have pledged to match any accrued revenue with dollars of their own, so the ability to do some real good has never been easier.

So it’s like Blackle, but instead of empty promises of “rasing awareness,” Robots & Empire will actually donate real money for a seriously good cause.

So if you would, head over to the Robots custom search, set this mother as your home page, and do some good with your mundane.

=Softbank Ad w/ Brad Pitt directed by David Fincher

David Fincher is the director of “Se7en,” “Fight Club,” and the recent, “Zodiac.” He’s the type of guy that makes a film nerd lower his sunglasses as if scoping a chick in a bikini, and say, “Mmm mmm mmm!”

His current project is one that stars Brad Pitt and is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” There is no trailer for it yet and until there is I’ll just sit in the dark watching this new commercial from the masterful director over and over at DailyMotion’s website.

An Engineer’s Guide to Cats

The Penny Jam makes out with Portland

A recent music project has been gaining a little steam here in Portland. It’s called The Penny Jam and it features local acts performing  in an unconventional location (old Greek gym, art gallery, carpet store). We just shot Spanish punk band in a dollar store and that episode will be up in the coming days. We have three that are viewable and two more coming real soon. www.thepennyjam.com

It’s a weekly project so check back if you like what you see. I’m running camera A on the project and editing the final projects. We have a sound engineer, James, who does the final mix and records the sound and another friend, Scott, who created and maintains the website while operating camera B during the shoots.

Sign up for the itunes podcast if you aren’t a sucker.

Bob Dylan has said (in regards to the site): “It’s the best thing I’ve ever fucking seen, and that INCLUDES the Vietnam war!”

Needle Up! Voted the Spammiest Band on Myspace!

From Blaglash -

The fans have voted.

And it has been determined that Needle Up! (an amateur band from Buffalo, New York) is the “Spammiest” band on Myspace.

Through their use of illegal spam bots, the band has gathered over 5,000 Myspace friends in a lawless scheme to obtain a record deal.

cut up yr credit cards

do it

NOW!

(y’ll feel much better)

Mr. Propre

So, I was walking past the high school today on my way to the metro and all the kids were dressed up in costume. It was a Halloween in April. This one was my favorite.

Turkey Sandwich Blues - by Sean Whiteman

I was putting Sun Chips on my turkey sandwich when I saw them. They were sitting on a park bench together. But that’s not all they were doing. They were also resembling two people that had recently wronged my brother. A woman and a man.

“Why don’t you two resemble someone a little less fucking gross?!?”

They had open mouths after I yelled that. I should have shoved my turkey sandwich in the cavities because after seeing those two likenesses I wasn’t hungry anymore.

myspeel

  dear tom, isn’t there anything you can do to make myspace  exciting again? either i’m getting old, or the internet is getting BORING. here’s a few ideas i thought you could use to spice things up.1- stop this top 8 bullshit. i don’t have 8 friends i feel comfortable rating better then all others. maybe a top 3 so i can put my sisters and brother and then its fair.2- whats with all the hacks? no i don’t want to see naked pictures on my cell phone or go to macys. capiche?3- make it mandatory for people to look, comment on, and love my page. its like just because i don’t comment on your page doesn’t mean you can’t leave me funny videos sometimes.4- stop making bands famous, thats what MTV is for. duh 5- this one is important. make myspace NOT famous anymore so it can be cool like it used to be. when losers are on it, how are the cool people supposed to feel cool.6- stop with the american apparel advertisements. another cool thing being made uncool by advertising.  7- make a time machine so i can be 16 again and want to be on your stupid website. think about it, ok? your friend,Andrea