MC Hammer: A Big Dog
I was unaware that MC Hammer is one of the most feared figures in the hip hop world. That led me down a DJ Vlad rabbit hole. My favorite excerpt from this part of my research was the following info...
Posts tagged with "entertainment"
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Disgusting emotions
It's Big Brother season, so was watching it last night. As some of you may know, Big Brother now casts specific archetypes. Vinnie (Dumb Young Man Who Thinks He's Slick) was crying while talking to...
Boundless light
The deaf leading the blind
I saw an episode of that reality show set in a women's prison. It's set in Cincinnati. There was a lady brought in who claimed to be the female kingpin for the drug trade in New Orleans. She was...
Generation doesn't fear like it should
1500 hour board game
The Notorious Board Game That Takes 1,500 Hours To Complete: He’ll happily admit that this was an unreasonable game for unreasonable people... He and his friends played for exactly one session,...
Kid Rock's fans
From Threads: Kid Rock makes music for dudes who get outraged when other people’s students loans are forgiven but are themselves about three years behind on paying child support.
Landing a plane using the Force
Shogun’s excellent TV show made me go back and play the videogame adaptations, here's how they broke me as a man: I played an emulated version of this game with no manual, which felt roughly...
Passionate art
Cut your hair
In S1 of Jersey Shore, Angelina threatens the Situation by saying, "Yo, I will cut your hair while you're sleeping." I began saying this to everyone as my standard threat/promise to them. I once said...
an exhaustively researched compilation of the greatest black erotic thrillers ever made
an exhaustively researched compilation of the greatest black erotic thrillers ever made, i.e. the reason i still pay full price for a subscription to starz ! This is a classic Samantha Irby banger....
Doing it all night long
I know Bill Cosby is cancelled, but Cosby Show had some iconic moments. There was one where Rudy was singing about "doing it all night long". A very concerned Bill Cosby asks her what she thinks that...
Les Mis
The only movie I recall seeing in 2012 was Les Miserables. I still maintain that if inmates were forced to sit in a room and watch the song where Anne Hathaway shaves her head on a loop, it would be...
Olivia/Sabrina
Kick in the door
Finance > romance
The song "Bills, Bills, Bills" was the apex of a trend in 90s R&B when female singers were demanding that dudes pay all their bills. On the other hand, there were rappers bragging about stealing rent...
Big Brother strategy
This is the best Big Brother strategy: ... building a shield of chaos and mistrust around himself to keep himself out of the inevitable line of fire to come when the House reunites after Thursday's...
Megan the Horse
There's a hilarious moment in the Hulu show "Ramy" where the dad is listening to various popular songs and telling his wife what he thinks the hidden meanings are. Some Megan starts bumping and he...
Mama, i'm in love
In 2011, my wife came to me and asked, “Muneer, how can I explain our love to my friends and family?” I let her know that I had just the thing and asked her to sit them down and play this video....
Walter White is so toxic
Walter White was on one: Okay Walter White was actually pretty funny as a character bc he was so toxic that seasoned drug lords were like I cannot work w this man I have to put my mental health first
Korea's data driven approach to creating pop music stars
Factory Girls This is a fascinating look at how Korea algorithmically created a pop music industry out of thin air in 20 years.
Gabby's vibe
I've really enjoyed Gabby not taking any BS this season: She’s deeply invested in the power of therapy and making men feel bad about themselves in a fun way. --- The Bachelorette Recap: Power Plays:...
Mambo No 5 vs The Return Of The Mack
Unlike Lou Bega's inauthentic happiness, Return of the Mack hints at the depths of the world's coldness, while still being funky as hell
Harry Potter Fan
This is from when J.K. Rowling was first exposed as a monster: Being a Harry Potter fan is like being a fan of Chase Bank during the housing crisis.
No stopping the train
Kicks rocks, witch
Educate and horrify
A classic line from The Simpsons: “There’s no need to murmur, ma’am. Here at Itchy and Scratchy Land we’re just as concerned about violence as you are. That’s why we’re always careful to show the...
We Were Promised Hoverboards
anfscu-blog on tumblr did a great series of posts on movie tropes. Here are all the posts: --- Rescue as Aphrodisiac The Myth: If you rescue a woman, she will fall in love (or at least go to bed)...
Don't play with his honour
Regulate synopses
Warren G's song "Regulate" has inspired a couple of epic summaries. First, this is from Wikipedia#Synopsis): Warren G is driving alone through Eastside, Long Beach, California at night, looking for...
Roger Ebert's searing critiques
Roger Ebert was always at his best when he didn't like a movie, like 1980's Spit on Your Grave: I wanted to turn to the man near me and tell him his remarks were disgusting, but I did not. To hold...
Work attire
"You need to dress like you have a job and parents who raised you in some kind of shame based American religious tradition." - Liz Lemon
Love Island
All the people on Love Island need to be given a GED study guide and a Bible.
One More Chance translation
This is the granddaddy of rap song translations. I think this was the first thing that was viral that I ever encountered. What a life! I'll return you to LaGuardia in time to catch your 8 o'clock...
Slim Charles
Game's the same. Just got more fierce. - Slim Charles
None the wiser
Latinas' greatest natural predator
I was forced to warn my good pal about this man. The following is an excerpt from that conversation: Muneer: This man is the greatest natural predator of Latinas today. He lures them in with a mix of...
A moral defense of Chidi's swoleness
A moral defense of Chidi's swoleness: As character, however, does Chidi’s clearly obsessive working out make sense? In other words, is it ethical to be that jacked? We examine the moral implications...
I hated, hated, hated this movie
These are some great-lines from Roger Ebert's book, I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie: In which we determine how werewolves are made, how they are killed, and how they spread their wolfiness. Here is...
Towa Tei live set
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Billy Crystal's fantasies
Billy Crystal was really trying to fulfill all his fantasies in his films: There is a lot of wish fulfillment in Forget Paris, from Billy Crystal falling in love with Debra freaking Winger—who plays...
Maybe it's you
From the TV show Justified, the great Raylan Givens: You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole; you run into assholes all day, you’re the asshole.
Sentient braided leather belt
It's not right, but it's OK
Today, I conclusively proved to my wife that if something is not O.K., it is right. If we accept noted logician Whitney Houston's 1999 theorem, "It's Not Right, But It's OK", then we must accept that...
Magnum reboot
I'm writing a reboot of Magnum P.I. where Magnum moves to the UK and serves in the House of Commons. It's going to be called Magnum PI, MP.
Ice-T podcast live blog
Ice on "The Hunger Games": If they can hunt so good, why don't they just hunt food? Ice on Brad Pitt: If your man don't like Brad Pitt, he's just a bitch. Ice and his friend on gaming: Friend: I...
Sci fi
I was thinking of watching the movie where Common falls in love with Queen Latifah, but I'm not really in the mood for science fiction.
Rap disses
Kendrick Lamar's verse on "Control" has sparked a controversy in the hip hop world. After going down a rabbit hole, I found this awesome articleabout the stories behind 50 rap beefs. I will present...
Translation of Bandz A Make Her Dance
Everyone knows I love a good rap song translation. Here's one of Bandz A Make Her Dance by Juicy J: Calling what I’ve spent on the women at this club a “tip” offends my sensibilities, considering...
The life of 2Pac
This is an awesome in-depth look into Tupac Shakur's life: He always thought he was going to die young, and his paranoid (but very real) mindset obviously is a factor on how much he recorded. His...
Accepted
Watched 'Accepted' last night. The movie reminded me that I need to buy hobo stab insurance.
IT clown smoking
Besides Dick Cheney in a Go Kart, this is the most unsettling picture I've ever seen.