With President Obama’s public statement of supporting same sex marriage (he is the first standing President to do so) causing a media fire storm and perhaps, defining this already divisive election campaign season, it just gives me pure, geeky pleasure that perhaps the Washington I loved in shows like The West Wing is happening in real life. Check out the clip above where President Bartlett (played by Martin Sheen, who I wish was my grandpa) throws the smackdown.
(Via Kal Penn)
This is pretty cool! Only issue is that it represents only the contiquous US. Where’s the Alaska and Hawaii love?
What seminal film would you choose for the 49th and 50th states? For AK, maybe Insomnia or Mystery, Alaska? I don’t know why I’m drawing a blank on this one.
Since I’m from HI, there’s a plethora of choices by I would nominate The Descendents, Blue Hawaii,, or even 51st Dates.
What would you guys choose? Leave in the comments below.
This is my favorite film festival in the world. Who knew that one of the best Asian film showcases would be located in a small, bucolic town in Northeastern Italy? The 14th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) has just concluded and it was a fine edition at that. With over a week of popular Asian cinema, unspooled at an old Opera House (Teatro Giovanni de Udine), and super enthusiastic audiences numbering in the hundreds for every screening, whether it’s for a 9am or midnight screening, this is a true Asian cinema lover’s dream vacation.
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Straight out of Singapore, this new power pop/indie rock band has taken over my iTunes playlist. The band is called SHELVES and here’s their latest music video for their song, “Against A Wall,” where lead singer Noel gets pelted with food, as well as some slaps and punches to the face. Talk about suffering for your art!
Apparently, SHELVES is made up of veterans from the Singaporean rock scene, where according to their official bio, “… were boys struggling to be men in the 90′s. Fast forward to 2011, they are men struggling to be boys again, finding solace in the cathartic arms of playing heartfelt power pop songs that promise the aching melodies reminiscent of Teenage Fanclub, delivered with the urgency of Weezer and insouciance of Pavement.”
Us Offenders love Nicholas Cage. Well, I do. He is a national treasure (get it? get it?) and I’ve blogged upon his undeadness here and here. Check out this latest montage of Nicholas Cage’s greatest performances but done in the rendition of John Cage’s 4’33″. Yeah, read the Wikipedia log about this. I didn’t get it at first, but now I do. Enjoy!
And you thought the US Presidential election season was heating up? France is going through a similar and crazier election season with the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, at risk of being a one-termer. And if today’s primary election is any indication, it looks like Sarkozy has got an uphill battle, as socialist Francoise Hollande, handily beat him. They will face off on May 6th. They will be also facing off with extreme right-winger Marine Le Pen, who can be equated to as a French Sarah Palin. Seriously, this presidential election is cray!
How cray? Check out this latest Presidential campaign ad for Francoise Hollande:
Yep, that’s Jay-Z and Kanye West’s “Niggas in Paris” from their album Watch the Throne. Hollande has been painted as the minorities’ president, attracting major support from many working class and ethnic communities. Does this also give him gangsta/street cred?
As some of you may know, I travel quite a bit for my job. I like to pack light, or at least with only a carry-on because I’ve had situations where my check-in luggage has been lost (three times already with Air France aka Air “Chance”). I even wrote about how to pack for a 10 day trip with one carry-on. It must’ve been eons ago…
Now, there are many techniques to packing light. For me, I roll all of my clothes into compact balls and stack or wedge them together in my bag. For my friend, on the other hand, he basically wears all his clothes in layers and peels one layer off (from the inside) every day. He can sometimes wear up to 4 layers of clothes.
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While I am sure other elevators have had indiscriminate tongues lather their walls, handle bars and buttons just for shits and giggles by some odd fellows here and there, this one, on the other hand, was designed on purpose. The brainchild of some wazoo advertising firm and some British baked good called Jaffa Cakes, the lickable office elevator, at London-based communications company Engine, was covered in 1,325 lickable Jaffa Cakes—you could say it was a ‘tasteful’ alternative to a regular elevator.
Now that’s a metal hard rendition of Rammstein’s “Sonne.” Wow, kids today… And to think that when I was growing up, death metal was banned in my house. Looks like the goth kids and death metal heads of the ’80s and ’90s spawned well adjusted kids to do their rock bidding! Case-in-point: Adorable siblings Stefan, 10, on vocal, guitar, and violin; Olga, 8, on keyboards; and little Cornelia, 5, banging the skins and playing harp. Their band’s name? The Children Medieval Band!
And if German industrial metal is not your cup of tea, they do a pretty good rendition of The Beatles too.I love these kids.. They’re so Scandinavian and cold when they perform! Have a good weekend, everyone!
In the past couple of days, there’s been stuff leaked via tabloids, E! News, you name it about the filming of a “Youtube commercial.” It has been revealed that it’s actually a promo for the launch of the YOMYOMF Network on Youtube, and let me tell ya, it’s going to be epic! Jessica Alba vs. John Morrison? Hell, yes! And believe what I write, that’s just the tip of the iceberg…. The YOMYOMF promo is still in production, so check back in the next month or so, when we finally reveal all the fun and games in store for the Network.
Saw this over at Jezebel: Check out this advertisement depicting a South Asian couple, who are very fair skinned (just an observation), and the woman’s ennui of suffering through the idea that her vagina is just too brown. But don’t fret! There’s a new product out there that allows you to whiten your hoochie-coo.
It’s as if the woman in the commercial was suffering through some kind of infection, or worse, the blue waffle (Inside YOMYOMF joke… By all means, DO NOT GOOGLE “blue waffle.” I will never forgive you, Offender Jerome. You’ve been warned). No, she was just depressed because, hey, her vagina was too dark. Never mind the fact that her equally fair skinned boyfriend/husband had no worries in the world, sipping his coffee and getting ready for yet another awesome day!
The 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival presented by Visual Communications, scheduled for May 10 – 20 in Los Angeles, just announced their full film lineup! With 189 films from 20 countries, it’s going to be a very solid year of eclectic films (Full disclosure: I should know, since I am on the programming team) including, whaddaya know, YOMYOMF Films’ Sunset Stories! The film, which just world premiered at SXSW and was a success.
Well, the LAAPFF is welcoming the film with open arms, by inviting the film for the Festival’s Centerpiece Presentation. Now, that’s a big deal, because this is usually reserved for one of the most compelling and crowd pleasing films and with SS shot and taking place in the Silver Lake area, local audiences will especially enjoy the setting!
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