He Was Really, Really Funny. Dead At Age 41

Dead At 41

Unbelievably Funny

I was shocked to hear that we lost comedian Patrice Oneal. He died following a stroke brought on by diabetes. It’s unusually surprising, as I have had a Patrice Oneal video clip in the queue for about six weeks, but I’m as busy as fuck with work, and I just haven’t had the time to post it.

I watched Patrice Oneal’s recent stand up video, Elephant In The Room, after seeing his performance on the (otherwise tepid) Charlie Sheen Roast. Everybody joked about how he was fat, black, diabetic, and dying. I didn’t realize they were so right. Anyway, his humor is brilliant, dark, really, really spot on. He rarely finishes sentences, when he’s making observations. He just trails off, leaving you to finish the thought. Which you can, because all he did was say what you (just) realized you believed all along. That’s genius. I was delighted to find another comic genius to admire, and see live (for once), but no. Patrice Oneal has left us, and we are the poorer for it.

Do yourself a true favor, and get on Netflix, bittorrent, or parse the clips on Youtube, and watch Elephant In the Room. It’s so fucking funny, you’ll miss Patrice Oneal too. He was the funniest thing ever.

This clip starts at :35 because that’s where the joke starts. The previous 35 seconds are the remains of another joke, and it makes no sense out of context. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqF_9DtVguM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yipV_pK6HXw

This was shown on Disinformation and I nicked it. It’s long to watch but it’s all true. If you plan on voting for either major party this election, you’re saying this is how you like to roll, cuz ain’t no difference between D and R.

Tears Of Rage.

Scott Olsen

Shot In The Head For What?

The Occupy movement gets minimal coverage here in the States. If you’re in the States, and don’t think that’s true, take a look at any other foreign news site. My wife followed the police attack on Occupy Oakland, which was just a test case to see how people would react when the Man had enough with we chattel, and put us back in our place.

Why Oakland and not San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Portland (the biggest protest in the country), NYC…. ? Why do you think? Which group of citizens is most used to being whooped on by police. What group in our country is so often brutalized by the police, that the rest of our society doesn’t even see it?

We live in interesting times. Here is the reddit page with this picture. Read the comments. It’s relevant.

At Least He Didn't Write "Penus"

Vanity Thy Name Is Hamad

At Least It’s Not Mike Hunt

This is really the Craziest Shit Ever. The picture you see is from Google Earth. It is a section of the island Al Futaisi. That island is owned by a humble renunciate named… wait for it… Hamad. He’s rich. Oil rich.

This kind of reminds me of Chairface Chippendale, a villain of the Tick’s. Chairface tried to write his name on the moon, but was thwarted. Hamad wrote his name on the earth, and was not thwarted. You can read the whole story about the two mile wide letters here. Discuss.

Are these the droids you're looking for?

Turing Is Turning In His Grave

One Thinks It’s A Unicorn

This is really cute. Two AI chat programs talk to each other. I think it’s pretty interesting. I like it that the guybot says he’s not a robot, but a unicorn. I do not fear a robot revolution anytime soon, no matter how dire the portents. I think it’s just the craziest thing ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnzlbyTZsQY

Pablo Is Director Jesse Dylan's Son, and Bob's Grandson

10 Minutes Is His Mixtape

When I saw this posted on The Sun’s website, I hoped this would be awful… awful funny. It isn’t though. It’s perfectly fine. By that I mean that it’s no worse than anything I hear being released lately, and it’s a zillion times better than the music I wrote at 15, which was all about getting Satan to find me a girlfriend.

There is a good post about Pablo Dylan, including an interview on the music blog Gossiboo Crew, if you’re interested. It may be the Craziest Shit Ever.. but it isn’t the worst.

I posted a PSA in support of mono sound, featuring Bob Dylan awhile back. Do you like it?

 

“I mean, really, my grandfather, I consider him the Jay-Z of his time, and he definitely has a legacy that a lot of people look up to.” – Pablo Dylan (Age 15)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeQc_MDyyZU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhzbFaNueKU

I’ve been warning humanity of the pending robot revolution, with posts like this, and this.

This robot is designed as a practice droid for dental students in (surprise) Japan.

She blinks, can turn her head, react to pain, and gag. Who said that? Which one of you just said, “Sounds like the perfect woman. Can it cook?”.

Jesus Christ, guys. That’s just wrong. Yes, the face, mouth and hair were made by a uber high end sex doll company. This robot is for science. All of those luscious features are there to create a realistic model for dental students.

If robots have souls, or ever develop them, we will have much to answer for. In any case, it’s the craziest shit ever.

Resistance Is Futile

Prepare To Be Assimilated

Can Laser Cats Be Far Behind?

Science has created a living cell that produces and emits an honest to god laser light. Holy shit, right? I know. The “how” is too complicated for a LOL blogger like myself to explain, so I’ve given you two ways to learn more about our hellish future. It’s the Craziest thing ever.

The first is Discovery News’ story. It’s a nice, 7th grade level story about it. Just click the picture and you’ll go there. The second is a wonderful page on the Economist blog.

Personally, I prefer creepy robots.

Wouldn’t You Miss Me At All? Mick Rock’s Iconic Pic

The Twilight World Of Syd Barrett Is Still A Mystery

This new radio documentary about Pink Floyd’s legendary guitarist, and primary songwriter, doesn’t really shine any new light on Syd’s mysterious disappearance from the music world. It does have commentary from Syd’s sister, who was his caregiver in later years, as well as what is thought to be Richard Wright’s last interview (before he passed in 2008). It’s 30 minutes long, and if you don’t know Syd, it’s a must hear. If you do know Syd, well, you’ll probably want to hear it as well. So listen up, motherfuckers. It’s the craziest thing ever.

I have written of Syd before, as well as my love of Pink Floyd.

I can’t embed the player, nor do I know how long BBC4 will keep this up, so if it’s a dead link, you’re too late. Check teh tubes. Here is the BBC4 show page.

This movie In Search Of The Great Beast 666 was apparently made by a quasi-sentient fungus with no sense of humor, or it was made by my grandmother. By this I mean it is a tad biased against Frater Perderabo.

Aleister Crowley (seen here as a kitty cat) is a polarizing, yet deeply significant, person. This movie seems kind of fluffy to me, although it’s pleasing to watch. I’m watching this now, and I’m at 1:54 of a 2:06 long movie and we’re still in 1924. Crowley died in 1947. I know nothing of this movie other than there’s a lot of corn in it. They play the old ” Is George W Bush the grandson of Aleister Crowley?”  thing. Holy mackerel. Tell when the Rapture is while you’re at it, numbnuts.

It’s free to watch, and it’s even sponsored by Goldman Sachs. Make of that what you will. I think it’s the Craziest thing ever.

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