The Pirate Bay Sells Out
Posted on June 30, 2009 - Filed Under Internets | 3 Comments
According to BBC News:
File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been sold to a Swedish gaming company.
Global Gaming Factory (GGF) has paid 60m kronor (£4.7m) to take over the site from its founders.
Once it has taken control, GGF said it would start paying copyright fees for the movies, music and games linked to via the site.
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GGF [...]
Movie News Digest In Links
Posted on June 27, 2009 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
Charlie Jane Anders has an unusual take on Michael Bay’s latest blockbuster film over at io9.com.
Willem Dafoe, Ethan Hawk and Sam Neil are all starring in a Vampire movie due for release in 2010 that, shock horror, looks like it might actually be good.
Duncan Jones, the director of the reportedly excellent Moon, is also sometimes [...]
Jokes About Dead People
Posted on June 27, 2009 - Filed Under Music | 8 Comments
I was going to post an old YouTube video of Chris Rock making fun of Michael Jackson, and I’d written a few paragraphs justifying the idea that it’s okay to make jokes about well-known people who’ve recently died, but in the course of writing it I changed my mind about the matter. My shift in [...]
Van Nistelrooy To Join Arsenal?
Posted on June 23, 2009 - Filed Under Football | 2 Comments
I don’t know how football rumours generally begin, but the ones that get reported in the press usually seem to fall into one of two categories: the believable and the delicious. Believable rumours may or may not contain a kernel of truth, but they sound plausible and thus it sounds like the newspaper reporting the [...]
Return Of The Living Deadbeat
Posted on June 22, 2009 - Filed Under Blogging | Leave a Comment
It still lacks a proper blogroll, but other than that it looks like the good folks over at The Living Deadbeat have cobbled together something entirely worthy of your attention.
The Return of the King
Posted on June 20, 2009 - Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment
Trent Reznor is tweeting again. I’m so happy right now.
Free Bulmer’s Pear Cider
Posted on June 20, 2009 - Filed Under Life-In-General | 5 Comments
Just say no.
The Post-Danzig Misfits on ECW
Posted on June 15, 2009 - Filed Under Music | 6 Comments
This makes Glenn Danzig’s solo career looks like a roaring success.
Blake Schwarzenbach Is Awesome
Posted on June 15, 2009 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Blake Schwarzenbach is the singer and guitarist from the defunct bands Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil and right now I’m liking his music very much and feel like I ought to acknowledge that here.
TLDB Plug
Posted on June 9, 2009 - Filed Under Blogging, Film | Leave a Comment
Mr. Chainsaw has some sage remarks on advertisements at the cinema over at The Living Deadbeat.
[●REC]
Posted on June 8, 2009 - Filed Under Film | 2 Comments
I saw two films in the last two days. One was a multimillion dollar non-event featuring Christian Bale acting all pissed off and grumpy about having to contend an absolute mutt of a script, and the other was shot with only a basic hand-held camera, a very limited budget and a talented band of unknown [...]
Our Taoiseach
Posted on June 8, 2009 - Filed Under Ireland, Politics | 2 Comments
Damien posted this, and I think you’ll agree that it bears reposting. It reminded me of this guy’s election poster:
My New Favourite Defunct Band
Posted on June 7, 2009 - Filed Under Music | 1 Comment
Jawbreaker. Big thanks to Jesse Lacey of Brand New for covering them on his solo tour; I’d never have heard about them otherwise.
James Gunn’s PG Porn
Posted on June 4, 2009 - Filed Under Funny | Leave a Comment
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a very long time.
More great episodes here.
Excellent NYTimes Article on Animals and Regret
Posted on June 4, 2009 - Filed Under Animals | Leave a Comment
New research suggests that some animals are indeed capable of feeling remorse for their transgressions. It’s worth reading for the anecdote alone:
Do animal vandals feel any moral qualms? After seeing rugs, suitcases and furniture destroyed by my pets, I’m not convinced that evolution has endowed animals with any reliable sense of property rights. But I’m [...]
