The NZA

In utopialand, when we need to go places, were picked up by magical unicorns. Magical liberal unicorns.

"That's why im all up in ya gri-yall, tryin to get ya to, a ho, tel you must be a football coach, the way you got me playin the field..."

Im not sure if they do, i know Netflix.com does...i saw it courtesy of Chihiro's Miyazaki studio box set she left over here for me...if youre ever out by FIU Junkerseed would prolly be happy to lend it to you, i think you might enjoy it. ps its good to see you round again, if even for a bit.

A local radio station out this way just picked up the Steve Harvey morning show, shit makes me wanna wake up earlier... "So, then this internet service i signed up with, they said it was free, and now im being billed. I called them but this lady said they had a contract...what should i do?" (Harvey) "See, what you need to do first is take yo mouse. Now, wrap that cord around yo hand like issa, like issa slang...now, go on down to that internet company, find that stank heffa who done told you that lie, and slap her right in the mouf." (other radio personnel intervene)"...Or, you could take it to the better business bureau, or perhaps your local congressman, and.." "Right, right, yo local congressman. Then slap that foo in the mouf, too." "..what?" "I'm just sayin; someone's gettin slapped." "See, thats why you need to stop watchin them Roy Jones Jr fights."

Dont get it twisted RobitussinsEF...I'm not here for your amusement. :plain:

Yeah, we all get em, but some are intersestin. Lil while back there was a batch goin around about some South African delegate who wanted you, the recipient, to share his 80 kagillion in hidden gold or something. Here's one my old man - not one of the naive ones who send every @#$%in "VIRUS WARNING!!!" mail along - passed my way, gotta be garbage but interestin taht someone thought it up, i guess.

Happy hinamatsuri to the entire board, tho its more appropriate to the ladies of DD :wasabi: PS yesterday was biggie's 7th birthday. Today is my brother's 33rd.

We need to have another dork party. Im not sure how. I just know we need to have another one.

Penny Arcade on: washing cats

Birdy: yeah i was thinkin its been around a while, i recall hearin part of it on a radio station's ad a while back, but i dont think Junker & them have heard it, thought id put it out there... hah, birdy's a 2pac fan, and not even by choice... def - that's the one, thanks. Anyone heard the Common/Mary J one yet? Chief? ..hello??

Wow, those ones are pretty good KOS. I wanna hear all 3 of those bands for some reason. -The Riddelin Kids -The Bloodhound Gang "Kiss me where it smells funny" amongst their other classics -Ice Cube's "Givin' up the nappy dugout" -The Sugarcubes "Fucking in rhythm & sorrow" -The Orb - "A huge ever-growing pulsating brain that rules from the centre of the ultraworld (Orbital dance mix)" -Add N to (X) - "Plug me in" (odd techno song) -AMG - Bitch betta have my money -Fab 5, OGC & Heltah Skeltah - Leflur Lefla Eshoshka -2 Live Crew - Can a nigga get a table dance? -Buncha Spics - Spic anthem -Too $hort - Blowjob Betty Alubms, i dunno...do they have to be obscure or just obscure-sounding? Miles Davis - Bitches Brew comes to mind for some reason...oh and -Group X (Arabian Rap Sensation): Stepping on the crotch of your American President

No word back on Dynamite Hack or Group X... ??? good thing they were just for comedic value... ok here's a few to/from BigChief, our board's resident R&B connisewer connasuer conquista fan... -Common featuring Mary J. Blige - "Come close to me" ("justa fly love song"...i really dig this one, its smoov) -Marques "Batman" Houston - "That girl" - one of those radio ones i took too. Tyrese's "how you gonna act like that" aint bad either. -R. Kelly - "Ignition (remix)" - he's doin pretty good for the heat he has on him right now. "Come close to me, baby... let your love hold you I know this world is crazy... what's it without you..." oh, and again, apparently there's a version of 2Pac - Thug Mansion on acoustic, with Nas on one verse, its pretty good too. That Common one's on the top of my list right now tho. we now return this forum to your regularly scheduled rock recommendations.

put yo ass up high now back down low now hydraulic to the flo! cmon....cmon...cmon....Scarred!

bubba the lovesponge ...i dont get this thread. ps leah's a poser, i was a utopian jellybean fan back when no one knew them.

man if writing skills were a video game id be that big last boss that you cant beat. fuck! even my analogies are good.

Wow has anyone else heard the tracks Mary J Blige did with Common? "Come to me"...pretty good. Then found an acoustic remix of 2Pac's "Thug Mansion" with Nas on Kazaa...that was unexpected. When i find good music like that by accident, it makes me like this

-del the funky homosapien

Eh..im with Spiffy here. Style in the fight scenes, but not enough to carry the plot, which did indeed drag at points. I think Spiffy & Kee saw this one expecting more kung-fu type movie and got @ 3 hours of french dialouge... I enjoyed parts of it, dont get me wrong - the villian was fun until that silly Ivy weapon at the end, and ill admit the cool parts were indeed cool (Indian guy was interestin), but honeslty i stopped this one and had to go back to it later, it kinda lost my interest halfway through - granted i was prolly tired but im guessin Spiffy was in my boat of expectin somethin else. I'm...ok im not at all crapping on this film, it was fun, see it if you havent, but i woudlnt buy it is what im gettin at. Except for maybe the tit transition scene.

Dear birdy: while you was gone, the FTP's died. Sorry. :crossbones:

Junker nailed it for me...the portrayl of war shows the citizens as little more than ants. The scenes of the title's analogy are some of its most brilliant moments. Perhaps i should reserve the word "masterpiece" but ill expand on the claim. Takahata's animation & storytelling style are very simliar to Miyazaki's, so much so that i wasnt aware it wasnt him at first. Miyazaki often hanldes far more lighthearted subjects (as in Totoro), but Mononoke for example was a bit darker. For me, among the key elements in his movies are the ability to evict a higher level of emotion from animated characters than most anime - its in the details like facial expressions, body language etc. The natural flow of children in his movies is really impressive. Another element is his use of this technique to - as Dan put it - illustate simply living. Many other anime movies have far more dialouge, I find surprisingly little in his, yet the characters are often still granted a dimension many other anime sadly lack. Watching Setsuko play with an umbrella in the rain says a great deal more than dialogue might, i think. The difference was that Takahata took this style and applied it to an emotionally stirring japanese autobiography, and from what ive read on it, he let his character's actions, gestures, expressions etc tell much of the tale for him. That's what i find so impressive about this one.. Both Ghost in the Shell and Akira, for instance, have a strong plot s(with odd transitions outside of the manga). Both have superior animation styles, courtesy of Masamune Shirow and Katsuhiro Otomo, 2 of anime/manga's most famous artists. Both (especially Ghost) have a great deal of dialogue at many parts of the movie; im not saying they have to much so, but Grave of the Fireflies utilizes its far more simplistic art to express what the other ones couldn't. (its not quite analogous unless youre looking at these 3 from the standpoint of visual storytelling alone).

5 guests on, right now. Many of you may not know that Yahven has linked Google & other big searches to us...and ive learned we have numerous "friend of a friend" voyeurs, but im still not sure how to account for five random people on at once, all of them just looking at the frontpage. I bet Chief or somebody is makin this site the homepage of the FIU computer science labs. ps i jinxed it; now there's only one. dont go!

This game's bosses can kick my ass all over the place sometimes. Damn you, rock monster! Seriously tho - Silent Bob was on the money, the further you get into this one, the more you realize its the same old school Metroid, just a lot bigger, prettier & more involving. Level layouts & mad backtracking, great map features, massive bosses with weak points to exploit, hidden items all over the damn place, tons of mini-quests....this is one of the greats. I also really dig that if youre lost, or simply ditch the game & come back later, Samus' auto-map system sends periodic reminders of where the action's goin down to get you on your way. I cant recommend this one enough, to fans of Metroid or even FPS's. The learning curve doesnt take too long but you keep learning/gaining new abilities as you play, and the Gamecube's controller is ideal for this kinda thing.

Junkerseed commented on this one before, couldnt find the thread... As previously commented, this is one of those ones that, if you arent moved by it somehow, you're prolly the child of satan or something. Isao Takahata's anti-war masterpiece is not for those looking for anything near a feel-good movie. Produced by Studio Ghibi (Miyazaki's studio, i believe, famous for "Spirited Away", "Princess Mononoke", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service", etc), this one took many awards, and not just for its smooth animation. The film revolves around 14-year old Seita and his 4-year old sister Setsuko, trying to stay alive in Japan during the firebombing of Kobe near WW II's end. Borrowing from a review at IMDB.com (dont go there, it spoils like crazy)... The only thing i can add to it is that one shouldnt go in expecting anti-american propoganda; the truth is, this one takes an almost objective view to the war. The battle itslef takes a backseat to the characters; the anti-war theme is dealt heavily in showing its effects on non-participants. As the other review said, though, it does this gracefully and without coming off preachy. To say more would be to spoil - catch this one if youre given the oppotunity. PS those of you so inclined should see the anime music video of this movie to Sting - "Fragile"...one of the better ones ive seen as well.

Does the new, current nintendorks logo offend you PC people? Lemme know, i can always go find one that does.

This is what our local rock station plays 102.1 playlist i bet its the same list as your rock station but in different order.