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November 11, 2008

Coolest Shit Ever: Yes, Starship Trooper Live On Yessongs

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Vale, Youdopia. I’m not much of a prog rock fan, although I certainly had my share of Yes albums in high school. I really dig Rick Wakeman’s keyboard playing, still. I came across this on Youtube today, and I listened to it a billion times on headphones, but this time without the weed. It’s still great. The chord progression is unique, the bass playing of Chris Squire is excellent, Steve Howe is an amazing guitarist (Mood For A Day is one of the most beautiful classical pieces I’ve ever heard), and Rick Wakeman is a keyboard virtuoso.

Listen to the bass build the tension and then release by sliding to the root, in time for the keyboards to take over with the mellotron chorus. Good stuff. And then when Rick Wakeman comes in with that amazing solo. I am not a progressive rock fan, as a rule. I don’t dig songs about the not to distant future, or hope, or sunrise, but… I like Yes. And the last section of the Starship Trooper cycle is The Coolest Shit Ever.

So here I stand at 40 saying that Yes is/was and awesome band that I like twice yearly. It must be that time of year. There’s no video to this, only the album cover, and you just hear the last segment of the song (Wurm), but it’s live and it’s fucking amazing. And hey, it’s not about Led Zeppelin or cancer, or fucking lolcats. :)

Chris Squire and Alan White got together with Jimmy Page in 1981, after their respective bands went belly up, and recorded some tracks, all of which were used later by one or the other on different projects. Their project was called XYZ, for Ex Yes, and Zeppelin. w00t.

Here’s a shorter version of the same song, but with some video. The sound quality isn’t as good, which is odd because it’s an official release.

October 27, 2008

John Paul Jones Talks About Led Zeppelin Tour With/Without Robert Plant

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Youdopians, I love John Paul Jones! He had a Q&A at a guitar clinic recently, and this is what he had to say about a tour with Jimmy Page, and Jason Bonham. Robert Plant? Probably not. I would love to see the boys play again. They hit it out of the park at the 02 reunion. We’ll see. They may not call it Led Zeppelin, but I’d love to see it, whoever they have singing.

October 10, 2008

Coolest Shit Ever: How About Michael Palin For President?

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Ok, Youdopia, Yes I would fuck Sarah Palin. Hard and rough and leave her with an extreme case of Stockholm Syndrome. But.. instead of having a Hockey Mom run the country, why not a Lumberjack? I prefer Michael Palin. His accent is nicer.

October 1, 2008

Coolest Shit Ever: Very Early Christian Pottery Found Inscribed With “By Christ The Magician”

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This cup, dear Youdopians, dates rom the Second Century BCE, to the First Century AD.  It is one of the Coolest Things Ever and here’s why. It was found during a marine archaeology dig in Alexandria, Egypt. The cup, although they call it a bowl, so let’s go with “bowl” … even though it’s a cup… bears the following inscription:

The full engraving on the bowl reads, “DIA CHRSTOU O GOISTAIS,” which has been interpreted by the excavation team to mean either, “by Christ the magician” or, “the magician by Christ.”

Simon says, some may have thought Christ a Magus. Christianity is not a monolith, and it’s roots branch very widely indeed. Kind of thought you might like this. The article from which I ginked the image and the quote is linked to the image, and can also be found here.

September 17, 2008

Coolest Shit Ever: A Sex Positive Indie Movie By Audacia Ray Available Online

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Hi Youdopians. This is one of our official projects, so try not to be alarmed. The post is not about Led Zeppelin, or nipples. It is, however, about sex and comedy… so there.

http://www.daciaslovemachine.com

http://www.daciaslovemachine.com

Audacia Ray’s new short film, “Dacia’s Love Machine” has been released! The 25-minute director’s cut is available online in .mp4 and .flv and is only $2.99 to download. Pathetic, but true fact, downloading this film costs less than the gas it would take to drive to my nearest Starbucks to hang out with a friend over coffee.

I have seen it and it is hilarious. Obviously it’s a movie about a fucking machine, but ultimately it’s a comedy and the fucking machine is really the star.

You see, Dacia originally received the Love Machine to review. As I recall, it was something along the lines of her orgasm being in spite of, not the result of the Love Machine and so she was less than thrilled to have it laying around her house, so she put an ad on Craigslist:

Sex machine for sale (not a person, an actual machine) - w4mw - 27
Date: 2007-12-03, 9:37PM EST

So I’m a sex toy reviewer, and a little over a year ago I acquired a fucking machine to review (Topco brand, it retails at $395). It’s kinda big, and I really want it out of my apartment. It has all but one attachment (the one I used, which I will throw away), and technically it is lightly used.

Yes, it’s true, I’m trying to sell my lightly used sex machine on CL. I’m asking $100 for it, you come pick it and get it out of my life. It’s manageable to get it on the subway (probably easier with two people), but I recommend wrapping the box in brown paper or something, since it has pictures and words that will make your package very obvious.

CL doesn’t allow me to post the link to the review, but go to fleshbot[dot]com and search “Marital Aid Test Kitchen: The Fucking Love Machine,” and scroll down to the bottom of the page - the review was posted on October 20, 2006.

She filters through the responses, some of which are so outlandish that I had to ask her, “Did people really respond that way?” To which she replied, “Yes, all of those responses are genuine!” WOW! A study in strange humanology, but I love to peek through the door of the crazy world in which we live. Human nature only gets more and more curious as people stop by to look at the machine in person.

Click the picture to go to www.daciaslovemachine.com and download the movie. The first twenty five people who buy the download get a free sex toy courtesy of EdenFantasys - you have your choice between a pocket rocket and a masturbation sleeve.

Seriously, I personally guarantee you that this will be the best $3.00 you spent today ($2.99, actually). Marky and I got to preview the film and we both thought it was clever, funny, curious, voyeuristic, entertaining, and did I mention funny? Now go! Enjoy 25 minutes of unique entertainment.

I have made a viral video of this movie, and once I post it, you can see it. It’s funny.

September 2, 2008

Jimmy Page, Jack White, And The Edge Jam Together In “It Might Get Loud”

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Jack White, Jimmy Page, and The Edge Jam Together

Originally posted on The Toronto International Film Festival Page.

The electric guitar has dominated popular music for the last half century. Anyone who has ever plugged into an amp understands its power. So does the average stadium crowd. But if you have too much exposure to amateurs, you might forget the incredible range of expression that the creation pioneered by Les Paul can achieve in the hands of masters.

Director Davis Guggenheim, well-known for his Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, deepens our appreciation for going electric by bringing together three virtuosos from different generations: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, The Edge of U2 and Jack White of The White Stripes. It Might Get Loud weaves together their stories to reveal how each of them developed a unique sound.

Unlike rock ‘n’ roll documentaries that focus on backstage drama, this one concentrates on the music, giving us intimate access to the creative process. Each guitarist describes his own musical rebellion: Page against the saccharine pop of the sixties; The Edge against the self-indulgent solos of the seventies; White against the soulless bass machines of the eighties. The film also travels to the locations that left a mark on each player. Page visits the stone halls of Headley Grange where “Stairway to Heaven” was composed. In Dublin, The Edge pulls out the original four-track rehearsals of “Where the Streets Have No Name.” And in Tennessee, White describes being inspired by the raw style of bluesman Son House. What’s more, we see each musician play new work that has yet to be released.

The trio comes together for a jam session, during which they demonstrate their varying tastes in gear, from Page’s double-neck guitar to The Edge’s array of accessory pedals to White’s cheap plastic instrument. Contrary to the stereotype that rock ‘n’ rollers are sullen and guarded, these three display an infectious joy when discussing their craft. Anyone who has ever played air guitar along with a Zeppelin song will be thrilled watching Page mimic the licks of one of his own favourites, Link Wray’s “Rumble.”

You don’t need to be an aficionado to enjoy the pleasure of this company. This film might not affect how you play, but it will change how you listen.

Thom Powers

August 30, 2008

God Bless You, Snarling Misanthrope. Coolest Shit Ever.

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Cross Posted from Best Sex Bloggers.com (A blog that I found in the woods, and also own.)  I found the image myself.

As you already know, this past week we took the first step of anointing our new god, the golden child, the chosen one, the Padawan who would be Supreme Galactic Chancellor. And what a picked pickled pepper of pageantry that was. We had all the drama that the NPR-elite could possibly muster, except without all the lisping that you get on the radio version. The sidebar to this was the 1000-fold increase in activity on Denver Craigslist. Everybody got some, and then some.

And this coming week we will bear witness to the congregation of the veritable Legion of Doom to the DNC’s Super-Friends. Yes, the Republicans are coming! And they’re bringing the earth’s most popular governor with them! (Of course, it’s easy to be the earth’s most popular governor when the state of your governance has about as many people in it as Columbus, Ohio.) They’re bringing a crotchety old guy who can’t remember stuff! And they’re even bringing their own Hillary Clinton – no, not Sarah Palin (she’s more of a William H. Macy from Fargo sort of figure), but the brokenhearted, crestfallen figure of one Mitt Romney. (Let us hope that Tag and Trig can forge some sort of truce.)

But can the conservatives top the liberals in terms of sheer electronic sexual alacrity? So far, it looks like a no. But in order to sniff them out, first you have to learn how to crack their code. Republicans more than any other race of humanoids rely on code-speak to a ridiculous degree. But we’ve broken it. And so, for your edu-tainment, here are but a few of the acronyms that Republicans use when trolling the intertubes for a little NSA filibustering…

F – let’s fuck

LFCH – let’s felch

LPH – let’s phish

IWTDYOSMB – I want to drill your off-shore mines, baby

GAAPOTMLATTYC – go ahead and plaster on the makeup like a trollop tonight, you cunt

IWYTSMLOPN – I want you to shake me like our party’s nominee

OPIGDASWI – our party is going down, and so will I

SKSVILA – seeks Vicki Iseman look-alike

WINBOBFISP – who in the bluest of blue fucks is Sarah Palin

PGMHSS – please, God – make her stop screeching

YKINMK – your kink is not my kink

OKMT – okay, maybe tonight

YKINOK – your kink is no one’s kink

YKSLAADBPB – your kink smells like ass and discount-brand peanut butter

IAATPB – I am allergic to peanut butter

BITMFT – but I take medication for that

LGKTSICDULTOIT – let’s get kinky tonight so I can draw up legislation to outlaw it tomorrow

TIPCAICY – tonight, I’m pro-choice – and I choose you

AEIOU – autocratic ejaculate is our ulterior (motive)

ASY – and sometimes yellow (instead of ejaculate)

RNC=AR! – the Republican National Convention equals anal rampaging!

PDLLAC – please don’t look like Ann Coulter

FFMUILLAC – force-feminize me until I look like Ann Coulter

LLCT – let’s Larry Craig tonight

IBWATMSPIA – I’ll be waiting at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport

S#_ - stall # ___

PAMR – Patriot Act my rectum

YMTHAABOJB – you, me, Ted Haggard, and a bottle of Jim Beam

LMFDAGI – let’s meet for drinks and grope interns

TWML100YBIOL2M – the war might last 100 years, but I only last 2 minutes

PDOM – please don’t out me

SEGWMM – seriously, Ed Gillespie will murder me

RTAPT – Rudy’s throwing a party tonight

BYOD – bring your own dress

August 20, 2008

Coolest Shit Ever: Japanese Inventor Creates A Real Android

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Vale, youdopians. This is neato. I like robots, androids,homunculi, you name it. I know this android is more like a Hall of Presidents animatronic figure, but it’s still neato, and it gives me something to post. :-p

August 15, 2008

The Ten Oldest Jokes In The World (Religion not included)

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Shamelessly foisted from http://blogs.discovery.com/news_archaeorama/2008/08/worlds-ten-olde.html.  Their embed code didn’t work, so I nicked it… and I’ll do it again.

The oldest recorded joke dates back to 1900 B.C, according to a research into the ten oldest gags carried by the University of Wolverhampton, UK, and commissioned by the TV satellite channel Dave.

Heading the top 10 is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq. Surprise, surprise…  the joke, inscribed in tablets, involves what else? Flatulence.

So here are the jokes. Perhaps I lack a sense of humor, or perhaps something got lost in translation,  but it seems to me that — unless you’re into toilet humor, oxen drivers or randy pharaohs –  these jokes are just not funny.

1. Something which has never occurred since time immemorial: a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap (1900 BC – 1600 BC Sumerian Proverb Collection 1.12-1.13)

2. How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish (An abridged version first found in 1600 BC on the Westcar Papryus)

3. Three ox drivers from Adab were thirsty: one owned the ox, the other owned the cow and the other owned the wagon’s load. The owner of the ox refused to get water because he feared his ox would be eaten by a lion; the owner of the cow refused because he thought his cow might wander off into the desert; the owner of the wagon refused because he feared his load would be stolen. So they all went. In their absence the ox made love to the cow which gave birth to a calf which ate the wagon’s load. Problem: Who owns the calf?! (1200 BC)

4. A woman who was blind in one eye has been married to a man for 20 years. When he found another woman he said to her, “I shall divorce you because you are said to be blind in one eye.” And she answered him: “Have you just discovered that after 20 years of marriage!?” (Egyptian circa 1100 BC)

5. Odysseus tells the Cyclops that his real name is nobody. When Odysseus instructs his men to attack the Cyclops, the Cyclops shouts: “Help, nobody is attacking me!” No one comes to help. (Homer. The Odyssey 800 BC)

6. Question: What animal walks on four feet in the morning, two at noon and three at evening? Answer: Man. He goes on all fours as a baby, on two feet as a man and uses a cane in old age (Appears in Oedipus Tyrannus and first performed in 429 BC)

7. Man is even more eager to copulate than a donkey - his purse is what restrains him (Egyptian, Ptolemaic Period 304 BC – 30 BC)

8. Augustus was touring his Empire and noticed a man in the crowd who bore a striking resemblance to himself. Intrigued he asked: “Was your mother at one time in service at the Palace?” “No your Highness,” he replied, “but my father was.” (Credited to the Emporer Augustus 63 BC – 29 AD)

9. Wishing to teach his donkey not to eat, a pedant did not offer him any food. When the donkey died of hunger, he said “I’ve had a great loss. Just when he had learned not to eat, he died.” (Dated to the Philogelos 4th /5th Century AD)

10. Asked by the court barber how he wanted his hair cut, the king replied: “In silence.” (Collected in the Philogelos or “Laughter-Lover” the oldest extant jest book and compiled in the 4th/5th Century AD)

August 12, 2008

Morphine-Cannabis Hybrid Painkiller: Best Invention Ever! Fast Track That Motherfucker.

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Morphine-cannabis super-painkiller (repost from http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn14344-invention-morphinecannabis-superpainkiller.html)

Pain can often be better managed when two types of painkiller are used together. For example, it has recently become known that cannabinoids such as THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, enhance the painkilling effects of opioids such as morphine.

Teaming them up could allow doses to become smaller, reducing the possibility of addiction. But a simple mixture of the drugs produces unpredictable results because the body absorbs them at different rates.

A possible solution is to join together THC and morphine to create a hybrid molecule that is snipped apart by the body, say Joseph Holtman and Peter Crooks at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky.

Their idea is to bind the two drugs together using a linking molecule such as an ester. When the body snips this linking group, both drugs are released at the site where they are needed. That should ensure both drugs will be absorbed at the same rate, making it easier to work out doses for patients.

Read the full morphine-cannabis supermolecule painkiller patent application.

August 10, 2008

Chris Rock Introducing Barack Obama For Some Reason

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“My opponent will not be able to say that I voted for the war, because I didn’t. He won’t be able to say I gave George Bush the benefit of the doubt, with Iran… because I haven’t.”

I love Barack Obama. I don’t care if he’s full of shit. I don’t care if he is a robot. I don’t care at all. I love how he speaks. Sign me up. I’m a monkey who gets all giggly over oratory and rhetoric. In the primate alpha war that is modern human life (and postmodern)… I’ll show my belly to the better speaker.
Shit will either get better, worse, or stay the same. I like Obama. I like it that his middle name is Hussein. I like it that he’s African American. I like it that he smokes. I like it that he’s in his forties and that he seems to have an awesome wife.

Here’s my guilty progressive confession. I do not like the Clintons. I would have gladly voted for Hillary, that’s fine. She’s not unqualified, and her uterus would only make her an irrational sub human a quarter of the time, and her (male) vice president would, of course, have veto power over any crazy edicts she might spout when the menopause makes her cuh-ray-zee. That’s fine. We’ve had crazy presidents. Kissinger had veto power over Nixon, toward the end, when Dick was drunk (Drunk dick, drunk Dick, drunk Dick) on gin and fevered paranoia.

That’s all fine. The long and short of it is, I like Barack Obama. I do. I haven’t looked to deeply into his record. I used to, but I just don’t have the time do dedicate toward such a pointless (and my vote … and yours.. is pointless) end.

This election will be great. Even if McCain wins, I’ll be fine with it. He’s just conservative. That’s fine. Conservative need not equal crazy, religious, evil, retarded, legacy, ivy league, hateful, vile, worthless, greedy, pedophiliac, strap-on pegging addict. All those adjectives are Bush related. Not even the Republicans want to look like that at the moment.

Anyway. For some reason I have a video of Chris Rock introducing Barack Obama. I found this video, indirectly through Television Sux, a blog written by a man I admire.

August 8, 2008

Anybody Lose A 1900 Year Old Thracian Chariot?

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Youdopian culture embraces its Thracian heritage. Cool beans.

July 22, 2008

Today’s Top Search Terms: Pissboys, Tom Waits, And Adam Kadmon

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I kid you not, you can judge a man by his search terms. Women, it’s tits. But men… it’s search terms. By that rubric I am King Fucking King With A Great Big Dong. These are the terms that people actually typed into a search engine, only to be told, “One charming motherfucking pig? That’s this guy.  That’s how the Terminator computer that will kill us all thinks of me. Please do note:

one charming motherfucking pig 2
“george carlin” quotations 1
tom waits wooden leg 1
the craziest shit on the internet 1
“of flowers” “please beat yourselves in 1
lolcats 1
lolcats admin 1
pissboys 1
adam kadmon 1

July 7, 2008

David Lynch Week: Blue Velvet. Dennis Hopper At His Creepiest

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This is a scene from David Lynch’s Blue Velvet. I love it for its creepiness, it’s raw intensity, and for Isabella Rosellini. Yum Yum

July 4, 2008

David Lynch Week - Wild At Heart… Say, “Fuck me, and I’ll go.”

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Vale, youdopians! This scene was one of the imprinting moments of my life. Wild At Heart cemented the awareness that some people yearn to be dominated. My first taste of the whole D/s dynamic, in film, was the “Hit me, James!” moment in Blue Velvet. Holy shit! Isabella Rossellini wants to be beaten? Hell yes. I now know my special purpose. So when Wild At Heart came out, it’s sleazier, grittier, nastier vibe was like the quickening. My girlfriend at this time… let’s just say I’ve made amends.

This scene is a bit long, for those who have no idea wtf is going on. It’s ok. Bear it out. The point is one of will, and seduction. Laura Dern’s boyfriend isn’t around, and sleazy old Bobby Peru comes over “to piss”. The tension builds as he dominates Laura Dern with his will. He’s ugly, repugnant, actually… and yet… just watch it. It’s intense, and very well done. Seeing this reminds me of the debt Tarantino owes to wacky iconoclast David Lynch. Oh yeah… keep an eye out for the Wizard Of Oz homage at the end of this clip. Enjoy.

July 3, 2008

David Lynch Week: David Lynch On The iPhone

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Ahoy, youdopians! I know I’ve seen this before, but I don’t think I’ve posted it before. It’s just funny because it’s David Lynch.

June 29, 2008

My Take On The Led Zeppelin Reunion, Written While Listening To The Show With Headphones.

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This is a post from the old blog. I liked it and I moved it to its new home.


Led Zeppelin. They’re back… and they’re a real band. I’m listening to the reunion show, w/ headphones, and… I just got lost in the groove… like w/ Zep. Jason Bonham is doing a remarkable job of honoring his dad, not being a mere mimic, and jamming with the boys. There is no grading on the curve. The band I’m listening to is not in their 60’s. Nor are they merely performing. They’re grooving. That indefinable synergy is there. Holy shit. They’re not free form jamming like the old days, but… the little fills, responses… the telepathy is there. And the tone! Jimmy’s tone is rich. I don’t mean digital preset rich, I mean like think and heavy and pregnant with meaning… like Hendrix, or … Jimmy Page. They’re playing a whole step lower, to accommodate a 60 year old Robert Plant. But.. even then, they had guitars made, reworked, customized to play lower while still maintaining that tone. Holy shit. The tightness and effortlessness of this music is insane. They’ve been rehearsing since June, and… it shows. I’m listening to In My Time Of Dying… a song that needs that tightness, that dynamism.. or else it’s just Aerosmith. It’s scary how good it is. It’s like driving with the top down at 120 mph, with a drink in your hand, and a smirk of complete relaxation.
This…

This…
is the that vitality that is missing in today’s culture. It’s alive… you know what I mean, you hear it in your music. Jason Bonham is in on it. He grew up like me, listening to every bootleg and absorbing it like a native language. It’s in his blood. Rudolf Steiner would understand.
I can’t believe this is only two days old. It’s so… amazingly proper. It is 100% current, and modern. This is definitely 2007, but it is also 100% Led Zeppelin. It’s like a parallel world opened up and we get a glimpse of the Zeppelin that would have kept going hadBonzo not died.
It’s insanely good.
Jimmy is so good. Better than… anytime since like 1973. He’s as flawless as Dave Gilmour, but he’s Jimmy Page. Wow. He’s 63. He broke his hand two weeks ago. It’s criminal that he hasn’t toured in seven years, or released new music in nine. Damn him This is incredible. I had to live through the Firm.
You know how Dave Gilmour is old now, but he’s still vital and relevant and fresh? He still sounds and plays great? That’s what I’m hearing now. It’s insane. They’re a band again. For real. Jonesy is insanely good. He’s 62 and he’s playing Good Times Bad Times. Think about that. Opening number. Ballsy. Successful.
Now they’re playing For Your Life. From Presence. Never Done Live before. ever. Wow.
Led Zeppelin in the present tense. It’s like the return of Christ. You always kind of hoped, but… wow it’s real. Yes, I know I compared the Second Coming to the Zep reunion. You think I’m the only one? I’m not even the first. Buckle Up.

“he Times of London commented, “With a synergy like this going on, it would be an act of cosmic perversity to stop now.” Yup.
(PS- No Quarter kicked ass.)

Magnetic Movie Shows The Cosmic Dance All Around Us

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This movie (Magnetic Movie)  is very cool. It features footage from inside NASA’s Space Sciences Laboratories, UC Berkeley, with actual recordings of magnetic fields, and scientists explaining said fields. Most of the footage of the actual corona and such are CGI, but their shape and actions are not. It’s a nice 4 and half minute thingy. I hope you enjoy it. It’s been awhile since a neato science post has made it to youdopia.


Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.


June 27, 2008

That’s Dr. Jimmy To You. Jimmy Page Receives Honorary Doctorate

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Score one for clean living, I guess. James Patrick Page (all hail!) was given an Honorary Doctorate (in Hermetic Studies… just kidding) by the University Of Surrey. Why? Because he is all things to all people, that’s why, apostate! So there you go kids. Study the occult, do drugs, bang teenage girls, and all this can be yours. Follow the narrow path of Dr. Jimmy. An honorary Ph.D. Goddamn.

June 24, 2008

Best Suicide Note Ever (Excerpt)

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I can’t wait to see what kind of hits I get with a title like that. I’ll probably have to do another post about the interesting search terms people use to reach youdopia. I also have a hard on for the Squidbillies , so you’ll probably be getting a bunch of phoned in YouTube clips from said show.

Now on to the suicide note. It’s from Futurama, the new movie, The Beast With A Billion Backs. The note is written by a character whose disillusionment with the injustice of life leads him to take his own life. Pretty heavy for a cartoon, but hey, postmodern is as postmodern does. Anyhoo, the excerpt from the suicide note:

I have resolved to kill myself. In lieu of flowers, please beat yourselves in the face with rusty chains. Your friend, Bender.”

The whole reason for this post, aside from Bender’s note tickling me, as seeing if I can take screenshots from my media player ( I use Media Player Classic w/ the K-Lite Codec Pack… plays everything). Turns out I can. Prepare for more screenshots.

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