Downers
Miramax seem determined to destroy their reputation by not releasing films that could garner huge audiences and great critical acclaim. Fahernheit 9/11 went on to get new distributors and huge box office, but will we ever see Prozac Nation?
Monthly archives: July 2004
We will run free, with the buffalo
Cows with guns. Classic Flash from the archive.
Corral
I’m tracking down the stray cows one by one.
Merkin History
To resolve an argument, I set off to trace the roots of the pubic wig. Everything you ever wanted to know about Merkins, but had more sense than to ask-
The Oxford Companion To The Body traces the merkin back to 1450, a time when the bidet was a distant prospect and personal hygiene fell well short of the mark. Pubic lice were common – so some women, fed up with the constant itching, just shaved the lot off and then covered their modesty with a merkin.
The Guardian (second piece down, has even more merky facts).
One of Peter Sellers’ roles in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film _Dr. Strangelove_ was U.S. President Merkin Muffley. This gets two risque’ locutions past the censor at once, since “muff” is another slang term for female genitals or pubic hair (as in “muff-diving” for cunnilingus).
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Roger the boy next door
I’m on three degrees of separation from Frank Sidebottom. Don’t know how far I am from Kevin Bacon.
I digress. The man with the papier mache head will be bursting onto the world wide net thingy later this year. If his mum will let him use the computer. For now he’s having to use Roger’s.
This link from Jo, more info as it comes available.
Gun City
Gun crime’s on the up in Manchester, which is bad news, but fits well with my plots for Deputised Experts.
Cow Hospital
Wounded bovines are being re-touched and returned to the parade.
Hip to be square
Apparently Naff is the new cool. There’s also a follow up article on the perils of being too pretentious in naming your favourite tunes.
I’ve listed fave tunes before. Check out Songs to get laid to and an abbreviated favourites list and judge whether Je suis pretentious.
Photo Friday
This week’s theme is Ocean. I don’t have any pictures of the ocean. You’ll have to settle for the Irish Sea.
And a couple of cows.
Throw another lie on the barbie
One Serbian jouranlist’s attempts to get an apology from the Sun for their racist hatemongering reporting. Obviously, he lost.
The further history of shit
A short list of excremental facts, mostly to do with reusing said “waste”.
Strip-Strip
Two pieces of news from the last few days that may affect the direction of Mary Tales.
Firstly, Domai is looking for tasteful erotic comics to publish on the web. I’m going to get a couple of pages of Sunday Morning done as examples and see if they’re interested. If it works, the strip is going to be very tasteful, but also incredibly dirty (it’s hard to explain, you’ll just have to subscribe).
Another thing that may affect Mary’s earning potential is PayPal’s policy toward “adult” products. Reading through the responses on this thread (via BugPowder) it seems the root cause is Visa’s efforts to fleece lucrative adult web sites by levying a security deposit, and annual charge, on them. Luckily, Joey Manley of webcomicsnation has done his homework and is going to offer iBill, as well as PayPal, billing when the service goes online- which will accept all manner of content and allows providers to opt out of the Visa blackmail scheme if they can’t afford or don’t want to pay.
Enough of this. I must away and draw naked ladies!
30% Gay
Tim sent me the Gayometer, a test of how many stereotypically homosexual things you do. If you say you sleep with your own sex right at the very start, does it just ignore the rest of the test and pronounce you queer?
Excuse me, I have to find out.
……….
Nope. I gave exactly the same answers and came out 30% gay again at the end. Odd how my choice of bed mate didn’t affect how gay I am.
Left a bit
The sexual position generator. Enter a few parameters and it’ll tell you the position to suit them.
via Fleshbot
Castaway
Three children survived for six days after being marooned on an island when their parents’ boat overturned. They lived on oysters, coconut milk and dried plums before being rescued by their uncle.
Sheer Horror
Chris De Burgh bought the Alien chestburster. It’s like the manifestation of his songs in latex.
Digga
Another view from the window.
The Power of Photoshop
The Disney marketing department decided to pump up Keira Knightley’s boobs for their King Arthur posters. The fools. (Miss K is the Evil Webmaster’s current favourite starlet. I was pondering how to steal the slightly larger than life version of her in the photoshopped pose that they had in the cinema last week.)
Do you think we could add “King Arthurs” to the Spinneyhead list of names for breasts?
via Fleshbot
Silver Screen
As one historic MAnchester cinema faces closure another, the Plaza in Stockport, could be getting lottery funding for a refurbishment.
Hot, hot, hot
Fahrenheit 9/11 breaks British box office records. George Monbiot on F9/11 and media bias.
I’m going to see it some time this week. Anyone else want to come along?