Archive for January, 2008

Black People Are Never Front-Runners Either

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

The following is a response to Gloria Steinem’s op-ed piece “Women Are Never Front-Runners,” published in the New York Times on January 8th, 2008.
The man in question was born in Chicago, Illinois and, after some education, earned a degree in law. His wife would go on to become the governor of Arkansas and, […]

1/31/07 – The day the Mooninites won.

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

A quick tip to the citizenry and local authorities of Boston: today is the 1 year anniversary of your collective freak-out over a guerrilla marketing campaign. So, when looking overhead, possibly on some scaffolding set up in a construction site, and you see some bright blue lights arranged on what can otherwise be called a […]

Watch this video: Internet Superstar

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Not content to just Web Drift the highways and byways of the internet, Martin Sargent has finally launched his new show on Revision3. Internet Superstar, a cross between Sargent’s two previous shows, Infected and Unscrewed, follows a dejected Martin Sargent on his quest to understand how one becomes an internet mega-sensation. In this episode Sargent […]

Energy Drink Review: Coolah Energy

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Coolah Energy, with its total co-opting of Australian culture, is a drink that arrives about 20 years too late. If it had been released in the 80s, can you imagine how well it would have performed? You could of had such Australian luminaries as Paul Hogan and Yahoo Serious drinking it by the liter […]

The Anarchist Kmart

Friday, January 18th, 2008

A few years ago, before it went bankrupt, Kmart was quite a different place. If you were to walk into one now you’d probably never notice that for years that Kmart was host to the only working example of Anarchy in history. The Anarchist Kmart was a unique creature: a rebel in the national mega-store […]

Energy Drink Review: Max Velocity

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Max Velocity is an energy drink produced by the Albertsons chain of grocery stores based out of Boise, Idaho. The fact that this is made by a company in Idaho is easily the most interesting thing about the drink. Seriously. Max Velocity is just unremarkable; it hits just enough notes to not offend, but […]

Start to love Mondays: Lasagna Cat is here.

Monday, January 14th, 2008

There is little predication I can give for the people behind Fatal Farm, the makers of excellent alternative openings for classic television shows. So I won’t. Familiarize yourself with the alternative Duck Tales intro and you’ll have some idea of what to expect from this team.
Done familiarizing yourself? Good.
Fatal Farm has raised the bar of […]

Cannon Fodder: Top Five Most Awesome Explosions

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Today we launch a magazine for the most under recognized subculture in America: the modern man. This is a group so untouched by advertising and the reach of popular culture that they scream out for recognition. Cannon Fodder is here to serve as their mouthpiece. We are their lighthouse on the edge of some dusty […]

Taste the Meta: McDonald’s uses American iconography in France

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

McDonald’s, the master of capitalism and changing to fit local nuance, is taking a surprising route in marketing it’s new “Big Tasty” in France. Not content to use the French commercial standard of “mime eats an imaginary sandwich, cries, stares unblinking at camera for 2 minutes straight, then is shot by a masked man with […]

James Randi to discontinue his million dollar challenge

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

James Randi, magician and respected skeptic, is hanging up the reigns: in two years, on its 12th anniversary, James Randi will officially end his million dollar challenge. For those unfamiliar, the million dollar challenge started back in 1964, when James Randi put up $1,000 of his own money to anyone who could prove the existence […]