Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

Motivational Posters

Friday, August 25th, 2006

I've always been a big fan of Demotivators, which parody those cliche motivational posters that appear on so many office walls.

Mistakes:  It could be that the Purpose of your Life is Only to Serve as a Warning to Others

Now somebody has taken that idea and introduced a Star Trek themed variation.  My favorite is "Expendibility" :  Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Ensign Ricky are beaming down to the planet. Guess who's not coming back.

Expendibility:  Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Ensign Ricky are beaming down to the planet. Guess who's not coming back.

Tom Russell’s Fear and Love

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

Tom Russell is another one of my recent XMRadio discoveries.  I heard "Four Chambered Heart" the other day and decided it was time to start exploring this fellow's music. He's coming to Austin and Houston in July - hopefully I'll get a chance to catch a show. 

 

The Houston Art Car Parade Makes it into the Sunday New York Times

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

The Houston Art Car Parade made its way into the Sunday New York Times yesterday - 

Alternative Cars Indeed: A Parade for Whatever Moves You 

John Stewart on Crossfire

Monday, May 22nd, 2006

This is pretty old, but still worth watching:

John Stewart on Crossfire.

Stewart’s comments about the state of political discourse in this country really hit the mark. Of course, Crossfire was cancelled earlier this year, but I think a lot of the criticisms still apply.

(more…)

The Evolution of Dance

Friday, May 19th, 2006

For anybody who laughed at the dance scene in Napolean Dynamite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg Note: if you click on the play button in the middle of the video still image, the video will play within this page. If you click anywhere else on the image, a separate window will launch.