Mr. Hakujin

yeah, that's the one i'm talking about. but why would you write i needed to post some of their stuff in this thread? that's about as un-hip-hop as it gets.

Hello MashUp Mondays from billboard.com. You're my new favorite thing on youtube.

where to start... * that roots jam w/ cody chestnut tight're a nun's cunt and should be subtitled "chuck berry's theme." saw them perform it live back 5 or six years ago. * kanye used the now defunct red sonja promo art for his single or is that a fan cover? either way--is nice. * panch is on point w/ kid kudi. man on the moon was probably my number one new hip-hop album of the past year. * i had no idea the black keys did a hip-hop/mash-up album! then again i just discovered these guys like a few weeks ago. i coudln't find a torrent for an album, but i did find this jay-z mash-up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HSqSZcIlDs and a matisyahu acoustic cover of kings of leon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1qWoAOzLw

I DL'd the "adult' show which was apparently meant to air on Spike TV but was way too perverse. There are six episodes and I got through the first one, "Naked Beach Frenzy," and when I saw the title for the second episode, "Stimpy's Pregnant," I turned it off and tried to wipe my brain clean w/ an episode of LOST. No such luck. Why didn't I heed the warnings. Why?!?!?

crim, it's fake in the sense keanu didn't write it. but it's real in its brilliance. and don't tell me you haven't been to this thread yet!!!

Awe--waitforit--some! Yes, double cool points for the Guinness. Speaking of which. . . I can't believe this thread is three years old and no one has reviewed Guinness yet! Come on! "Shame" Guinness Storehouse, Dublin Ireland. For the past five years or so this has pretty much been my exclusive beer to drink when I go out to a bar/pub. Thankfully it's much more ubiquitous on tap at bars now than when I first started drinking it. I know— a pub with no Guinness on tap? An alien concept to our Irish chapter. Seriously, there were three Irish pubs in the French Quarter five years ago and only two of them had Guinness on tap…and only one of those would serve it to you in a proper pint glass! The other served it in a fuckin' plastic cup, which pretty much meant there was only one real place to get a pint of Guinness on tap in the French Quarter. The French Quarter—arguably one of the most well known libation destinations in the US of A. Sad really. So for years if you wanted a proper Guinness the only real place to go was Erin's Irish Rose. It's a bit of a shithole, but it's one block off Bourbon St., has character (and characters), and they poor as good a pint as you're gonna get stateside. It's still in operation and I always stop by for at least one pint when I'm in the FQ. Currently there's somewhere in the area of six Irish pubs in the French Quarter and all have Guinness on tap. Most sports bars have it on tap now as well, so it's pretty readily available in New Orleans. Now that availability (at least in my general area) has been addressed, let's get on to taste, shall we. Only an idiot or an asshole will tell you Guinness tastes just as good out of a can or a bottle as it does from the tap. It's barely passable as a Guinness-like substance out of a bottle. If you have your own pint glasses at home and are already a bit lit, you can pour it out of a can into a pint glass and almost convince yourself that what's on your lips is indeed a real Guinness and not the pissed out remains of a real Guinness. The Irish chapter tells me in Ireland it's not as bad out of a can there as it is stateside, but honestly I never tested that statement's validity while I was in Ireland. Seemed like a monumental waste of time to drink it out of a can when so much real Guinness was available. Which brings me to this: what is a proper pint of Guinness? Well, here's the Guinness Brewmaster himself to explain it to you. <object height="505" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15lJn1r0Mk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699& amp;color2=0x54abd6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d15lJn1r0Mk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&%20amp;color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="505" width="640"></object> To sum it up, a proper Guinness is poured in two parts out of a tap. The reason for the trademark "cascade" is a mixture of nitrogen and CO2 that comes out the tap during the first part of the pour. The bubbles appear to be settling, but they're actually nitrogen bubbles rising to the top. When you do the second part of the pour your pint glass should be ¾ full and the remaining liquid has no gas coming out and is pure beer. The beer should be poured until it ever so slightly creeps over the rim of the glass forming a proud head. The reason this is the only way to get a proper Guinness is because the tasting of the beer begins with the visual. Seeing the cascade, watching the beer turn from a muddyish brown into a midnight black and topped off by a rich, creamy head is how you first taste a Guinness regardless of the variety. Yes, there are varieties of Guinness. I really had no clue about this until I visited the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. What you get on tap in the US will almost always be Guinness Foreign Extra Stout while in Ireland and most of Europe you get Extra Stout. There are other varieties and different regions of the world vary in their alcohol content and taste. And if anyone has ever spoken with an Irishman about beer, he's bound tot ell you the only way to get a TRUE proper pint of Guinness is in Ireland. I used to think such statements were simply prideful nationalism. However, after tasting a pint of Guinness straight from the tap in Dublin at the Guinness Storehouse (basically as "fresh" and true a pint as most people who don't actually brew Guinness can get) I must say the Irish are not talking shit. Guinness does taste better in Ireland. Whether it's variations in alcohol content, gas mixtures, or the recipe itself, something is lost when Guinness is transported overseas. The best way I can describe the taste differences between the Irish pint and the US pint is the Irish pint has a crispness to it lacking in the US pint. The flavors are all there for the US pint, the roast of the hops, the bitterness, the creaminess. Yet these same flavors are sharper and more heightened in it's Irish cunterpart. The first true proper pint of Guinness I ever had I actually poured myself. I don't know if it was the atmosphere, the company, the jetlag, or the fact that it was free, but I do not lie when I tell you this was the most exquisite tasting beer I've ever had in my life. And I'll end my review with this two minute video test to see if you're a drinker of Guinness or a Guinness drinker. 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I agree w/ Baytor--especially after watching that montage. R&S was just more odd and a bit gross while Rocko was overtly sexual. However, I don't think it's much worse than a lot of stuff Looney Tunes used to do...OK, maybe the phone sex gag on Rocko was a bit much.

Yeah, Gaiman wrote a script and it was stuck in development hell for years then about 5 years ago he started blogging he was trying to get into the directing game himself after the meh-ness of MirrorMask was unleashed. Specifically he was trying to get WB to go ahead w/ a re-worked D:THCOL script w/ him as director. And that never materialized either. Sadness.

Also, it's already been picked up for a second season by AMC! Whoot!

OhfuckingNo! The thought of Sandman getting the CW treatment makes me dry heave. Whatever happened to the Gaiman directed High Cost of Living film? Bring that puppy back.

Stimpson J. Cat is my homeboy. I never knew there was an "adult show." Was it on Nickelodeon as well? *runs to the torrent sites*

Mortimer Ichabod Marker FTW!

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Saw The Expendables. It was forgettable.

My soul needs a band-aid after watching that... <object width="853" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m1EFMoRFvY?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="853" height="505"></embed></object> ...ahh. Better.

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Ooh, you gotta let me read that when you get a script done, Panch. And at the risk of hijacking my own thread, you should check out this book:

A friend got me 8 or so of the new Empire figures released on the "vintage cardstock" for my birthday and that set me on an Empire nostalgia streak. So last week I bought the new AT-AT (reviewed a few posts back) as well as the latest version of Luke's snowspeeder. My gf really toyed w/ my emotions (puns!) though. She had me all psyched I was dating someone that would embrace and genuinely get excited over me purchasing a frickin' AT-AT but then she referred to the snowspeeder as a "snowmobile" in conversation. *sigh* So close to perfection. I'm still chalking it up as a big win though in the geek gf category though. Oh, and this thing exists now for some reason:

Yeah, there's no thread for it exclusively, but we were talking about it somewhere in this forum. Maybe in the "must see" gangster flix thread or something...

Heh. Maybe so, Panchy. Maybe so. Embrace the culture!

+1 That's my short answer/most succinct reaction to this news as well. However, I rarely pass up the chance to ignite my powers of verbosity and this is no exception. I agree w/ Nick that I dropped off the F4 bandwagon a while ago when Millar ended his latest run--which by the way involved a funeral for *drumroll* Sue Richards! Well, the future version of Sue Richards. So unless the continuity fairy is going to come down and ret-con the Millar storyline, Sue Richards is either a.) not the one to die or b.) only appear to be dead and will somehow be revived/ resuscitated / resurrected in order to lead all the occupants of future 616 back to present day 616 to live on Reed's ex's nu-Earth then to experience the "true death" at the mighty hands of DOOM! I think we all know if Sue--or any member--"dies" it's only temporary anyway. My money for this particular gimmick/ storyline though is on Reed. His death would have the biggest impact on the MU and thus make for a higher profile [i.e. bigger selling] resurrection/return in a year or so.

Way to get into the spirit, Hondo's! August 29, 2010 was the five year anniversary of Katrina hitting the US Gulf Coast. Here's some examples of the joy NOLA brings me and so many others... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoPnncGh4G8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owAvYNY6WPc

I'm pretty sure he's just the oldest in America. Eamo, definitely give it a few more episodes. It's definitely melodrama and has its faults, but as Crim said, it's got nudity and great action and gratuitous supernatural violence. Pretty much a recipe for awesome entertainment in my book.

Post your happy thoughts here. Sour-pusses, curmudgeons, downers, party-poopers, naysayers, and haters can bugger off as they already have their own thread. Let's get the feel good, warm and fuzzies rolling. Chidren who were born deaf having their cochlear implants turned on and hearing their mother's voice for the first time. <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDD7Ohs5tAk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDD7Ohs5tAk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDD7Ohs5tAk?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjoGwPx-9Ag?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjoGwPx-9Ag?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjoGwPx-9Ag?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>