10 min. mind breaker

If you're anything like me, you live in a constant state of confusion; not knowing what is real and what is unreal. Digital media is the ultimate medium of the simulacrum - it can can be edited, replayed and re-edited ad-infinitum until you are so turned around that you cannot for sure identify truth from falsehood. The 9/11 videos tipify this birth and re-birth of the image and the inherent dishonesty in that image. Prepare to be fucked, if you dare.

happy new year.

listen to moms

only a fool messes with moms.

The Beast's 50 most loathsome people of 2007

Brilliantly snarky and dead on in capturing 50 of the truly loathsome that inflict our world. Some examples:



Joe Francis: The "brain" behind Girls Gone Wild, a series of videos documenting the decline of American civilization, Francis is the Ray Kroc of tit shots. A whinging, muppet-faced, juvenile smut-peddler who obtusely compares his artless, homogenized flesh surfeit to "European television," he proves daily that alcohol is the original date rape drug, and still the best. Has sapped flashing of its spontaneity, transforming it into merely another sad, numbing cultural reflex.



Chris Matthews: the unmodulated speech and unfocused antagonism of an aggrieved middle-management drunk.



Michael Vick: Makes millions for throwing ball, decides to invest in gambling on dog fights. How much dumber do people get than this?



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