Wednesday, May 21, 2008

This a recent re-issue of the self-titled album from Lurker of Chalice, otherwise known as Wrest aka Leviathan, originally recorded in 2005 w/ 1 bonus track (Track 7).

It was rumored that the recent Leviathan album "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life" was going to be a Lurker of Chalice album at one point, but I think they are quite different projects and "Massive" sounds more like a Leviathan thing than LoC. Of course there's going to be obvious similarities in terms of some of the vocal work and the speedy black metal parts, but LoC has a more gothic, ambient feel to it that is even more twisted and depressing than Leviathan.

Much of the work on LoC is very slow and dingy, like "Minions", one of the best tracks on the album. The bass is much more present on LoC than Leviathan, there's more prominent use of synth used and some of the chant-like vocals that you will hear throughout the compositions, I've just never heard that kind of creepy delivery on a Leviathan album. Everything just feels a bit more doomy and experimental, lots of obscurely layered guitar work that makes for some really nice ambience as opposed to the riffomania of Leviathan albums. There's also a lot more samples, used to cool effect. This is simply a very different beast than Leviathan and I think I enjoy this more than I do most Leviathan albums. Wrest is a force to be reckoned with in the black metal scene and the metal scene in general. Everything he does is new and fresh, not to mention, some of the darkest music ever put to tape.

This album has something to offer for all fans of extreme metal and experimental music in general, so give it a try, I think you won't be disappointed, but YOU WILL BE scared.

Monday, May 12, 2008

The World of Golden Eggs

I, um…..maybe I'm just not hip with the times or maybe I'm just too old too understand these new fangled young people's shows, but this show is just messed up and horrendous, NOT in a good way.

Leave it to Japan to produce a messed-up animation show such as this

This complete waste of time (known as the World of Golden Eggs) is a MTV Japan show, and it’s taken entertainment to a new low.

The animation style is just plain bad, I know it's bad for bad's sake, but i mean, c'mon, it's bad to the point where it's just creepy and not interesting at all. The animation is flat, the characters are flat and the stories are just dumb. Even a 2-year couldn't be entertained by this junk.

The voice-overs sound too fast, like everyone's on speed or something, of course it's in Japanese so maybe you wouldn't know the difference anyway.

The whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, kind of like after you see a dead dog on the highway that's just been run over.

Check it out for yourself, there's tons of this shit on YouTube. It's an extremely popular show here in Japan, and I think it's getting more popular in the West now too, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why. This is just plain dogshit. If I drew a face on my cock, and gave it a name and a characteristic voice, then filmed it's adventures, it would be more entertaining than this cocaine-induced trip.

What happened to the good 'ol days of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry?

Friday, May 09, 2008

Attik Noise 5

It's about damn time! Been waiting 7 years. Can't wait to get my hands on a copy of this. This is the info taken directly from Attik's site:

"NoiseFive will have 250 pages of exciting print design, on 9 unique paper stocks and 14 different print process finishes. With a limited print run of just 5,000 copies and a never seen before ATTIK 22 year retrospective it's set to be a bestseller.

Published in Summer 2008, NoiseFive will be available to purchase directly from this site, or through ATTIK recommended bookstores across the world."

Will I be buying this? Fuckin' rights! I own all of them except "Noise 1 (aka: Bob)" which is just a 16 page brochure which was reprinted in miniature form in the back pages of Noise 2. I hope this will be better than Noise 4, which was kind of disappointing. This one's a home-grown effort and Attik will have much more control over the printing of this one, so it should be good. Judging from some of the samples I've seen, it looks pretty cool.

Check out the blog and see some info and pics from previous editions here.

I love these books. I own many design books and these are best ones I have, without question. I pick up something new every time I look at them.


Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Popping the Cherry

Well, cherry blossom season is pretty much over, and I'm kind of glad. Because during cherry blossom season, I can't go to a park without running into scads of tourists and natives with their cameras ready to take pictures.

Holy Jeebus, what's all the fuss? I never understood it I guess, I know it's a treasured cultural event in Japan, but I mean, c'mon, they're just fuckin' trees. And yes, they're pretty to look at, but they aren't the most beautiful thing there is... I think fall is a much more beautiful scene.

Anyway, I guess I should cherish the damn trees, since this will be my last spring in Japan, as I'm heading back to Vancouver in June.

Cherry blossom season is really just an excuse for people to set the tarps out and get wasted. Check out this video.

I saw SAW

Well, I finally watched the SAW trilogy, the first 2 I viewed back to back on a Saturday night, and then I watched the 3rd one the following night. My impressions? First one is the best, 2nd one is not too interesting, the 3rd one is alright. Haven't seen the 4th one, and I don't know if I'll even bother.

James Wan's concept is a great, but the execution (no pun intended) could have been done so much better. I feel it could have been done to perfection in the hands of someone like Japanese director, Miike Takashi, or Hostel director Eli Roth.

I'll give you a brief outline of the first one. Our nice little fairy tale opens with our killer's current victims, two men chained on opposite ends of a dirty restroom, a body with its' head blown off in the center holding a cassette player and a handgun. Each man is given a tape to play, which provides him with a nice dilemma to ponder during his captivity. The history of the killer and the events leading up to the men's current situation unfolds nicely during narrated recollections and well-placed flashbacks, while the actual motive of out killer remains hidden underneath.

The filming itself is done well, the killing and torture methods pretty good, the gore is done pretty well and not overdone, and it has a pretty good plot. On the other hand, the cast is not so great, the acting not very convincing most of the time, and that doll character that the killer hides his identity behind is not creepy at all, it's just plain fucking silly to me. I laugh whenever I see a scene with that creepy doll and the down-pitched voice of our killer. oooooooooo, scary! Tobin Bell as the serial killer Jigsaw is just not convincing, he's not a great actor, plain and simple.

Saw II brings back many features from the original Saw: elaborate sadistic scenarios designed to "test" the victims' to see how far they will go to live. The set-up this time is a hard-ass cop named Eric who watches his son and a few other victims who are mysteriously connected, on video monitors, trapped in a house filled with deadly nerve gas. Eric has captured Jigsaw, but the implacable killer refuses to reveal where the cop's son is being held... unless Eric will play by Jigsaw's rules. The tortures this time are more gruesome than before. The reason this one's my least favorite is that we get to see and hear too much of Tobin. He has a really annoying voice.

With Saw III, the gore is just caked on as it yet again explores newer and better ways to torture human beings. All the loose ends from Saw II are concluded at beginning of the film, and a detective on the trail falls prey to Jigsaw's trap and ends up the player of one of his fucked up sadistic games, this time the only way of escape is by getting a key sitting in the bottom of a beaker of acid. Then we catch up with Jigsaw himself, as he's waiting to die from his debilitating illness; once again he's tended by helper Shawnee Smith. Some interesting stuff happens in this one, Jigsaw blackmails a doctor into keeping him alive, and tortures a vengeful soul into recognizing the futility of revenge.

These are worth seeing once, but I don't know if they're worth adding to the collection for future views or not. Hostel's a better and more interesting movie (for this genre of horror) than the SAW series in my opinion. But I'm not really into the gore that much anymore, I'd really like to see more shit coming out like Ring and Grudge, the psychological stuff. The gore gets too boring too fast.

Love the package/promotion/poster designs though. Very cool.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Leviathan: Massive Conspiracy Against All Life

I heard this is going to be Wrest's final release as Leviathan, but I hope it isn't. You just need to get this. This is so fucking good, it's too hard to believe. One-man U.S. black metal outfit from San Fran, Leviathan, otherwise know as Wrest, has outdone himself.

This has been put on hold by the stupid arseholes at Moribound records in Oct. 2007 due to a legal dispute with the record label. Wrest brought the project back in January, 2008 to release the latest album. Wrest plays every instrument found in Leviathan’s music: guitar, drums (electronic + acoustic), bass, synths, ebow, and vocals.

This album has those everything that makes Leviathan great. The chillingly atmospheric parts; those black 'n thrashy parts; those creepy frog from hell croaks, moans and screams that sometimes come close to sounding like 100,000 nails scraping against a chalkboard. This is quite similiar in style to Tentacles of Whorror, but not so trebly. These are relatively long-winded compositions, but even with the majority of the tracks running from eight to 13 minutes, there's so much layering and directional shifts going on that you won't be bored or disappointed. Wrest easily outdoes most of the other "renown" one-man US Black Metal acts out there. This is one of the best of the genre, and I think this'll be getting much play on the days and weeks to come. This needs to be fully digested.

Tracklist:
1. Vesture Dipped in the Blood of Morning 05:22
2. Merging With Sword, Onto Them 10:58
3. Made as the Stale Wine of Wrath 08:44
4. VI-XI-VI 07:09
5. Receive the World 07:48
6. Vulgar Asceticism 09:20
7. Noisome Ash Crown 12:55

fLuX dEsIgN wOrKs update

Just added quite a few new pieces to the portfolio section of my site, so please take a look when you have a minute. Here's a direct link:

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Breaking Bad

What does it mean to "Break Bad"? According to the book by Steve Mitchell "How to Speak Southern" it means To behave in a violent, wanton, or outrageous manner for no discernible reason.

Starring Bryan Cranston as Walter White (Our Main Protagonist), Anna Gunn as Skyler White, Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman, Dean Norris as Hank Schrader, Betsy Brandt as Marie Schrader and RJ Mitte as Walter White Jr., this has to be one of the most original and interesting shows on TV since David Lynch'sTwin Peaks. Great writing, excellent casting & acting, and highly enjoyable. Considering the concept of the show and its' "adult" subject matter, it is done with the upmost taste and originality, with one of the best scripts ever written. The show does not promote crystal meth use in any way, but focuses on the harsh realities of the drug war/trade in an objective and compelling way.

Here's the basis synopsis: The main character, Walt White is just an ordinary chemistry teacher w/ a part time job working at a car wash to make ends meet. When he is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he has to wake up and suddenly figure a way to deal with it. Realizing that he needs to provide financially for his pregnant wife and special needs son once he's gone, Walt puts his chemistry skills to use by creating a rolling meth lab w/ one of his former students, the hip hop mofo Jesse Pinkman, who teaches him about the "bidness" of drug dealing. The two set up shop in a converted Winnebago and before they know it, the boyz are making top quality product and the cash is rolling in.

Of course, making and selling crystal meth doesn't comes without its share of problems. First of all, you can't just cook it in your house. Next problem. Hank's brother-in-law is an obnoxious Drug Enforcement Agent!

What this show portrays is how an essentially good person can make some bad decisions in desperate situations. There are some extremely hillarious parts, but definitely of the black nature.

That's all I will tell you, if say anymore, it will spoil it. Just watch it. It's not on DVD yet, but you can download it from various places. And yes, there are torrents out there for it.

I can't recommend this show highly enough. I can't wait for the 2nd season.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

A Real PEACHY Commercial

I don't know why I love this series of videos so much. The catchy jingle plus the cute Japanese girls dressed up in some kind of peach uniform doing that cute little dance gives me a major boner, they just look so cute and shaggable. In case you're wondering, it's a commercial for a really healthy peach yogurt drink that's supposed to help you shit really good, hence the black "shit" charcters in this ad. If you wanna see all 3 ads, go here.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Mini Theremin

I've been looking at this for awhile and finally bought one just a few days ago. This a pretty fun little gadget that works just like the original, but obviously on a smaller scale. And at ¥2,300 for the kit plus a magazine, it's a steal. The same company, GAKKEN, has a series of these "do-ot-yourself kits that are quite fascinating, I'd like to check out more of them.

For example, they also make diy kit for a stereo pinhole camera, a mini telescope and a mini phonograph player. Very cool shit. Gakken's theremin kit includes an 86-page book on the theremin and other electronic musical synthesizers, and of course a mini theremin for you to build and play. All text is in Japanese, but the instructions for assembly are well-illustrated.

Now a bit of history. The theremin, invented in 1919 by Russian scientist Leon Theremin, is one of the world's earliest fully electronic instruments, and is also unique in that it was the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The eerie, other-wordly tones as heard in the films mentioned above are created by the proximity of the player's hands to the metal antennas, with the resulting radio frequency interference being transformed into musical tones. Funky!

Here are some links to videos that show you how to use this amazing little box:

Playing Movie 1
Playing Movie 2 (in Russian)
Playing Movie 3 (in Russian)
Tuning Video

Monday, March 31, 2008

BORIS. SMILE.

Well, this has only been out a few weeks and a million people have already reviewed it, but I'll add my two cents worth anyway.

I'm by no means a BORIS "freak" but I do like them a lot, especially their drone-based works. Sunn O))) head Stephen O'Malley does play guitar on a song or two (Michio Kurihara also features), but their doom and psych influences are not as prominent as in the past.

SMILE is one of their most diverse albums to date. It's the closest Boris has come to combining all its artistic directions on one release. I like it much better than the overrated PINK that came out a few years ago, but their collaboration with Ghost man Michio Kurihara on last year's Rainbow was pretty darn good. SMILE's got everything, pop grooves, noise, psychedelia, of course lots of overblown speaker crushing riffs, and even a few surprises.

I have to say the only thing I don't like about them is the vocals. I don't know man, the main guy who does vocals just has such a weak style. They need some more "ummmph", he sounds like should be in Pennywise or Blink 182. It just doesn't fit the music all that well. But that's a minor point, because the music is just so devastating. I really like the guitar sound on this album, Wata seems to use more effects on this album than usual.

By all means, get the Japanese release, fuck the Southern Lord CD, it's got the crappiest artwork I've seen in awhile, where as the Japanese release has one of the coolest packages I've seen probably since Japanese issue of the Boredoms Super Ar (in the puffy liquid-filled case). Also, one of the best tracks is not on the SL release, "Message."

Sunn O))) head Stephen O'Malley does play guitar on a song or two (Michio Kurihara also features), but their doom and psych influences are not as prominent as in the past.

Anyway, of course every BORIS geek probably has 3 copies of both editions already. This is one of my favorite BORIS albums so far. Keep that shit comin'.

My only question is: When's Wata gonna do a nude photo book?

Sonoluminescence... Grooooooovy.

I just came across an article about this cool project in WIRED magazine titled CAMERA LUCIDA by Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand. Check the video and the photos, this is some trippy shit. The aim was to capture a phenomenon known as Sonoluminescenc, which requires a large quantity of xenon-infused sulfuric acid, which is dangerous even in small amounts because of its' ability to suck the water out of everything it touches, including human tissue.

They needed almost 3 gallons of the shit which they blasted in a specially made chamber with ultrasonic waves. The reactions were then photographed and videoed. The ultraviolet light emitted by the xenon bubbles collapsing as they collide with those waves generate4 temperatures as hot as the sun's surface. That being said, they encountered difficulties in finding a lab that would let them perform such chemical fuckery. They finally found a place in Germany where they killed the lights and started shooting.

The results were pretty psychedelic. They also turned it into an installation, which is even more fucked. People are put in a room for 5 minute in total darkness before the installation begins, to let people's eyes adjust before the acid kicks in. To avoid corrosive meltdowns, they have to use gallons of water spiked with sodium hydroxide and luminol.

Cool stuff, check out the photos and the video. Link above.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

HellHammer - Demon Entrails

Goddamn!!!!!! This is a fucking gift from the metal gods if there are such a thing. The first demos from the legendary pre-Celtic Frost band, Hellhammer in a gloriously packaged 2-CD set housed in a DVD-sized mediabook with O-Card plus 36-page booklet w/ extended liner notes, photos and a small poster. This is also available as a bare-bones 2-CD set in a digipak, but I recommend getting this special edition. 29 songs in all, re-mastered from original master copies by Tom Gabriel and Martin Eric Ain. They also dove into their personal archives to supply photo's and never before seen art work.

This set is an important chapter in the shaping of European Black Metal and every fan of Celtic Frost, 80's thrash, European thrash, black metal or just brutal music should make every effort to find this. It's probably hard to find in some areas of the world and if you have to have only the music, the bare bones set is fine, but the extras in the special edition are worth having, plus the price difference is not that much anyway.

These early demos even better than Hellhammer's only "official" 12" LP, the infamous APOCALYPTIC RAIDS, which at the time, was met with scathing reviews, but now remains a classic. It really shows their progression into what would later become Celtic Frost

These demos are actually presented backwards, meaning that Disc 1 starts with the latest demo of the 3, SATANIC RITES, the second disc contains 2 demos, DEATH FIEND and TRIUMPH OF DEATH, so I would recommend starting with Disc 2, then Disc 1.

It's really interesting to hear some of these songs, because much of the material would later be reworked into the early Celtic Frost repertoire. SATANIC RITES is my favorite of the 3 demos, sounding and feeling very much like the bastard child of Frost's MORBID TALES.

This is classic stuff, don't miss out. This will probably go out of print quickly. There is also an upcoming book coming out this year titled "ONLY DEATH IS REAL - The illustrated history of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost" written by Tom Gabriel Fischer. There is a page excerpt from the book in this set. Definitely looking forward to this band. Not an overlooked band by any means, but perhaps their importance in the history of black metal may be a bit under appreciated.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

3 Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

This is instantly a classic box and I've been waiting for WOMAN IN THE DUNES to come in a decent fully uncut version for a long time now. Also a brand new transfer courtesy of Criterion. The first time I saw Woman in The Dunes about 2 years ago, it had quite an impact on me. It's one of best examples of the psychological horror genre that Japan is known for. It's images and sounds will sty with you forever.

These 3 films are a very unique and important collaboration between writer Abe Kobo, director Teshigahara Hiroshi and sound composer, Takemitsu Toru. They actually made four films together, and I have no idea why the 4th film wasn't part of this set, which is the only shortcoming I can point out with this box. The four films are PITFALL ((1962), WOMAN IN THE DUNES (1964), THE FACE OF ANOTHER (1966) and MAN WITHOUT A MAP (1968). The film that's missing from the set is the last one, MAN WITHOUT A MAP. These 4 films shook all conventions of Japanese film at the time.

Even though Teshigahara is responsible for organizing these collaborations, one can't ignore that without Takemitsu's score and sound design and Kobo's writing, they wouldn't have been what they turned out to be. Takemitsu not only composed the music, but did all the sound design as well. Especially with WOMAN IN THE DUNES, Takemitsu gives life to the sand through sound. It's there at all times, even when the scene seems completely silent.

Abe Kobo and Takemitsu Toru come from completely different backgrounds than Teshigahara, who's the most "Japanese" in heritage and upbringing. He is the son of Sofu Teshigahara, who's a very famous painter, sculptor, calligrapher and the founder of the the famous and highly innovative Sogetsu flower school.

On the other hand, Takemitsu and Kobo experienced a great deal of freedom and self-confidence that was not experienced by most Japanese people, who grew up in tighter, socially constrained environments.

The 3 films in this box pose essential questions but provide few answers. Like mostly "Who am I?" "Why do I exist?" "What is our purpose in this world and society?" etc. etc. These are the issues that the main characters struggle with alone in these films.

Like in the film FACE OF ANOTHER, the main character is introuced through an X-Ray image of his face. His identity is further called into question when we realize that his bandaged head is not his own face, but the mold of someone else's face grafted on. So then who is he? Does he really have an identity or does he just exist on paper? Can he get away with murder?

In Pitfall, the main character is continually in flight from some unknown pursuers. Is he running from a crime or the memory of his crime? This film has a truly alien quality to it, especially with the man in the white suit, who drifts in and out of the shots. Pitfall seems to morph into or back out of a new movie every few minutes. The acting is purposefully functional, without a trace of emotion or mannerisms. They just go through the motions with heedless efficiency.

Anyway, I'll keep this review short. Just watch the damn films, they are all classics and this is one of the best and most necessary boxsets Criterion has ever put out. My only complaint is the missing film. (?)

Monday, March 03, 2008

The Freedom Manifesto

How to Free Yourself from Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste (Paperback)

Reading this book will not solve all your problems like the long-winded title says, but it will help you get a start. It's a very refreshing and easy to read book, and I think this should be read along with Kalle Lasn's CULTURE JAM. This is the "sequel" to" How to Be Idle: A Loafer's Manifesto" by British author and editor (the Idler) Tom Hodgkinson.

He cuts through all the bullshit right from the beginning stating his goal, which is to present a philosophy for everyday life based on freedom, merriment and responsibility, or anarchy. He wants to overthrow modern Puritans and return to an approach to life that is basically having a laugh, doing what you want in your own time, not take life too seriously and reject the system as much as possible. And that approach sounds very inviting to me. I certainly try not take life too seriously. I sometimes have a hard time ignoring all the shit out there though.

The only problem is that many of his topics sound a bit too easy, for example, in the chapter titled Forget Government, the message is Stop Voting, while in another on Submit No More to the Machine, Use Your Hands, his main advice is Use a Scythe. Redefining human relationships based on local needs instead of global capitalism is a fine idea indeed, and in a perfect world, if everyone thought like him, I'm sure we would all be better off. But he never quite explores in enough detail how this would happen in the real world, relying instead on grand statements, like moving out of the city, growing your own garden and not consuming, etc etc. Easy to say, but not so easy to do. We're living in a world where we can't walk a km without seeing a Big M hitting us in the face. The message is quite clear, but more detail is needed. Nevertheless, reading this book, if nothing else, will make think twice about what we buy, how much we buy and what we are doing every day to feed this corporate shit system that we all feed. We all just have to do a few simple things, like reject big corporations as much as possible, just simply don't buy from Wal Mart, MacDonalds and don't buy Nike, recycle, that kind of shit. But most people couldn't live without their TV or cellphone for more than an hour, and they would go into major withdrawal.

The book is excellent at first, a little shaky in the middle, then it wavered between those two emotions for the remaining pages. About halfway through he acknowledges how someone could view his ideas as contradictory. Sometimes the chapters feel like they are unfinished or could have gone deeper with more research. A lot of his chapters could have been contained inside other chapters.

It IS up to the individual to find and create his own happiness and to break free of controls like government or guilt. But then he talks about how people should live in communes and advocates smoking and drinking which are 2 things that feed the system big time.

I do really like his idea about throwing out the TV and reading more books. I also really like the chapter about PLAY, something most of us adults have forgotten how to do. We put so much goddamn importance on CAREER and CAREER advancement, but what does it all mean? Nothing, unless we can't have fun. That's especially true in a place like Japan, where people just work like dogs and NEVER EVER question what they are doing with their lives, they're just serving this big fat machine that sucks their entire life out, then spits them out when they're 64, with no idea what to do with their free time, no hobbies, just wasting the rest of their life away in front of the box.

I also like the chapter about banks. Banks are absolutely the worst evil places on earth and WE ALL are almost forced to use them. It is my dream that one day, every bank in the world will come tumbling down like dominoes. Banks truly suck and they treat us like circus animals. If something is wrong on OUR end, banks bug the shit out of us to no end, or take our homes and assets, but if it's their fault, they usually try to cover it up or make us wait for months. I can't begin to describe the feeling I get every time I am even near a bank. I just start laughing evilly, plotting in my head how I could blow it up...

Anyway, a good book that you can read it a day. It won't change your life, but it will certainly make you think. and will put a smile on your face.

Check out The Idler, Tom's magazine. Pretty interesting.

Friday, February 15, 2008

WHORE - Unfinished Business

This dandy little CD is from a band called WHORE. Fuckin' great cover art made by the infamous underground US artist Mike Diana and it tells a lot about the "musical" content of this platter of dogshit. Their mothers must be real fuckin' proud. WHORE's brand of mayhem is grinding porno-sicko-metal, one and two minute grinding noisy death metal tracks a little similar to Anal Cunt. Some of the tracks have dialogues from splatter b-movies and real time recorded bits from interviewed rape and abuse offenders and victims. Sometimes funny, most of the time pure shit. If you are in the right frame of mind, like wasted on heroin, maybe you can enjoy this. Great album cover though. Haven't laughed so hard since the last time I got a boner.

Track Listing
1. June 10th
2. Everything Will Be Alright
3. Look at the Little Baby
4. Rape Up!!!!!!!!!
5. Catholic Execution
6. Black Claw
7. Super Slut
8. Not This Again
9. A Phone Call
10. That Bitch is Gonna Pay
11. A Decision Needs to Be Made
12. What's Wrong?
13. Then It Happened.......I Killed Her
14. Still Life
15. My Basement Will Be Your Grave
16. Scabby Cock Massager

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

6-Pack in a vending machine

Only in Japan could you find something like this. I thought I saw everything the first time I saw used schoolgirl underwear sold in a vending machine in Nipponbashi. The funniest part is about the 6-pack o' beer is, there's a 24-hour convenience store that also sells alcohol which is only about 15 metres away. I'd just like to buy a 6 pack from a vending machine just to hear what kind of resounding "thud" it would make when it comes out. "kerplunk"! Let's get drunk! This vending machine kicks ass and is for real lowlife drunks only.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Random Photos of a Montana Eagle vs Fox

I got these very interesting photos sent to me from a "Kate Tuttle" which ended up in my spam folder. This is the second random email I have received from this person, and I have no fuckin' clue who she is. If this is spam, it's some of the most interesting spam I've received in a long time. The previous email I got was titled "David Copperfield's Cat" and it contained a video of a cat putting itself in a jar which appeared about half the cat's size. Anyway, whoever this Kate Tuttle is, she sure sends me some interesting spam. Keep 'em coming.

Edit: (Feb.14th,2008) I found out who the "mysterious" Kate Tuttle is. She's the girlfriend of a good friend. I didn't clue in, the last name threw me off.