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Posted on 11.02.09 by Widge @ 11:48 pm
Comments on this: 8 so far. Add your own.  Once upon a time, many years ago, in the far off Land of Anti-Nod, there was a man who had a day job. He promised himself that on the day he was freed from this day job, he would perform a certain task. Then, on October 31, 2009, his freedom came to pass. And thus, he kept his promise to himself and did what he swore he would do. This...is his story. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 10.26.09 by Wolven @ 11:44 pm
Comments on this: 2 so far. Add your own.  Wolven here again. I'm back from the wilds of a future time where the southeast portion of the United States is the desert it only pretends to be in our present autumn months, and the cities of Atlanta, Charlotte, and Birmingham have the beaches they've always wanted. From the considerable effort I was having to exert to follow the rule "never read your own press," I gather that people had… Feelings, one way or another, about my premier piece, here on Need Coffee. And that's good, because we're going again, and this time I want to talk to you about something you dang kids don't talk nearly enough about these days: Novels. Now don't get me wrong, we talk about Fiction all the time here. We talk about Important fiction all the time, too. Comics, music, movies; all of these are deeply important. But, just for a little while, let's talk about some books, and let's talk about the writers of those books. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 10.23.09 by Widge @ 3:11 am
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own.  So I recently purchased a laptop. The first laptop I have ever personally owned, as previously all of my laptops have been owned by the day job--the day job which is just eight days away from being killed. Hence, the need for one. If anybody wants the boring story of how I determined what laptop to get, I'll be glad to put you to sleep with it, but the gist of this post is this: I needed to name it. [[ Other entries this way ]] Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 10.19.09 by Widge @ 4:31 am
Comments on this: none yet. Add your own.  That's right, the Phantom of the Opera stage musical sequel--the official title of which is Love Never Dies--has been talked about here before. Here's where I laughed my ass off, talking about it when it was announced. And, of course, in our recent Weekend Justice, the news made Rob want to kill himself. Or at least punch a koala. But now, in a Needcoffee exclusive, we're here to reveal the opening theme song to Love Never Dies. It's after the break...hope you enjoy it. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 10.17.09 by Widge @ 6:07 am
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own. In yet another example of a corporation acting like total dicks, Hansen Beverage Company, who owns Monster Energy Drink, has decided to send a cease and desist to Rock Art Brewery in Vermont. Why would a company that makes energy drinks give a damn about a different company that makes beer? Because A) the brewery makes a beverage called Vermonster (which is a beer and not an energy drink) and because Hansen wants to go into alcoholic beverages. So they're just playing the corporate bully and trying to push Rock Art Brewery out of the way. Here's Matt, the head burrito of Rock Art, to tell you about it. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 10.11.09 by Widge @ 3:57 am
Comments on this: 2 so far. Add your own.  A fantastic short bit where Orson Welles explains for you the secret of "cold reading," how psychics use it, and how he himself used it one time when he got bored. Direct link for the feedreaders. It took some time, but this eventually found me via Twitter thanks to William Gibson, Colin Peters, and David Metcalfe. For more along these lines, you can check out a great interview Richard Dawkins conducted with Derren Brown, and they lead off with information on cold reading. We posted the entire interview here. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 10.05.09 by Widge @ 9:20 pm
Comments on this: 6 so far. Add your own.  Can you imagine a world where we didn't have Monty Python? As we mentioned before in respect to a precursor of Python, Mark Evanier has stated (and I wish I could find the original link) that if Python had occurred just a bit earlier, it would have been in black and white rather than color and thus subject to the BBC's policy of wiping. It's just too mind-numbing to consider, honestly. However, we don't have to consider it. We can instead revel--and indeed, wallow--in it. Team Python has put some of their greatest hits online, so we can use them to help celebrate this glorious day forty years ago when Python first hit the television. Back then they were just glad to have the price of a cup of tea. Here's what I think is one of the best musical numbers to ever hit the big screen. No lie. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 09.24.09 by ScottC @ 4:55 pm
Comments on this: 3 so far. Add your own. I think we can all agree that Isabella Rossellini is one hot dish. She always impresses with her creativity, her enthusiasm, and her performances in front of a camera. Especially when she is simulating sex with many and sundry animals. Yep, she's back, cooking up some more Green Porno to satisfy all your appetites.  For this third season, she explores in depth some of the more delectable sea creatures: marine life you want to put in your mouth. She gives us a peek how squid embrace with all their appendages, how shrimp strip to get it on, and how anchovy love doing everything in groups. Under the cut, there is a trailer to whet your appitite. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 09.23.09 by Widge @ 11:45 am
Comments on this: just one. Add your own. So Ken started a game on Twitter called #iChallengeYou where he started calling out all sorts of people to do wild things on Twitter. (This is why it's important to never let Ken get bored.) His challenge to me was as follows: Create a 10 word scene between The Devil and Emmanuel Lewis. My response was:
My challenge back to Ken was: Record a video of a muppet lip syncing to John Cage's 4'33" And to his credit, he did. The first minute or so is funny. Then it sort of slides into a dadaist existential nightmare that will haunt you till you die. Direct link for the feedreaders. BTW, did I mention the new Nuts on the Road podcast is available over on our site? Yes, I work with this lunatic. Categorized as: Stimuli
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Posted on 09.19.09 by evrwrldBB @ 11:15 pm
Comments on this: 42 so far. Add your own.  Harry is startled by the arrival of the Verizon Guy and his support army Before I start with this, don't get me wrong, I love magic, and I love Harry Potter, I'd love to live in that universe, and as soon as they open that theme park, I'm there. However when I rolled out of the theatre after watching that Half-Blood Prince movie, I had a burning desire to live in the HP universe, if only for my fool proof get rich quick scheme: hocking cell phones to wizards. I see that look you're giving me, and I know it sounds like I'm the tool in the back of the movie who's talking about how magic is "lame" but hear me out here: there is nothing that the wizarding world can offer that can compete with a simple, honest cell phone. Think about it: you've gotten that letter to Hogwarts you've wanted since you read Book One and you're off to Hogwarts. When the wizard kids want to talk to their folks what do they have to do while you pick up your phone? Well, they can write a letter, climb seventy or so flights of stairs to climb up to the owl loft, avoid being nipped by the bird as they tie the letter (very securely) to the creature's leg, or put an envelope in its beak, then send it off. They'll have their reply in three or four days. Option B, they can grab a handful of Floo Powder and cram their head in a fireplace! Doesn't that sound delightful? I sure hope mom and dad are home cause otherwise they've just gotten a face full of ash for nothing. Meanwhile you've called your mom, dad, sister, cousin, aunt, friend from high school all with total privacy. Categorized as: Stimuli
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