A Nobel Prize-Winning Author Describes Liquor
2020-03-31 16:40:06
by El Destino

Curled up cozy with a good book? All warm and snuggly and thinking about friends far away? So am I, reading the greatest story by the greatest writer -- when he suddenly starts waxing philosophical about liquor!

Sing Us This Song, Piano Man
2019-03-30 19:35:41
by Flesh

A better retirement idea for William Martin Joel.

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Starky's Machine
Henry Juszkiewicz Destroys Gibson Guitars
2018-03-02 07:04:34
by Thom 'Starky' Stark

If you follow music industry news, or even just general business news, you're probably aware that Gibson Brands, Inc. is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. There's every reason to believe it will fall over that edge by August of this year at the very latest, because it has, as Bruce Springsteen put it in at least two different songs, "debts no honest man can pay."

Power Corrupts
Fear and Loathing on Planet Arkuat
2017-12-15 11:46:01
by Arkuat

"I'd finally found Arkuat. Locked in a remote cabin, he was scrawling out his manifesto, where beer bottles shimmered over scattered bits of technology. I'm pretty sure he was building exploding duck decoys..."

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Does anyone care about being wrong about Appalachia?
2018-02-23 13:29:28
by Baron Earl

Elizabeth Catte's new book What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia promises to tell readers that whatever they learned from reading Hillbilly Elegy is wrong.

Please Continue...
2017-01-20 00:36:44
by Baron Earl

Experimenter is a film released in 2015 starring Peter Sarsgaard. It tells the story of Dr. Stanley Milgram's life, including the infamous Milgram electric shock experiment, tests on crowds, and his work developing a theory on the mechanics of social networks. It currently streams on Netflix.

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Freaking Out the Normals with Nambla the Clown
2003-06-13 16:55:12
by El Snatcher, Liquor Pig, Mr. Bad & Frankenstein Jones

Raconteur, clown, queer icon and all around weird dude-about-town Ggreg Taylor dropped by the shack to talk about his latest project.

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Gary Busey Pet Judge
Reported 2020-05-17 00:01:15
by Baron Earl

This may be the greatest show of all time... (More...)

Alex Jones wants to eat his neighbor's ass
Reported 2020-05-17 00:01:15
by Baron Earl

Never the most stable human-like being, Alex Jones recently spent some time on his show ranting about wanting to eat his neighbor's ass. @ParkerMolloy took the rant and set it to jazz. (More...)

Blue Flame Medical smells like a Republican Scam
Reported 2020-05-05 04:39:19
by Baron Earl

Maryland officials are looking into whether or not a company named after the colloquial term for lighting fart gas on fire is nothing but a scam. (More...)

The Most Epic Video Call Prank Ever
Reported 2020-03-27 18:49:57
by El Destino

Celebrity havin' fun -- specifically, Ben Folds. You know him as that guy who sang Rockin' the Suburbs (and then re-recorded it with a spoken word solo by William Shatner) -- plus a lot of other terrific songs that most people have never heard of. But I'll always remember him for this incredible series of epic video phone call pranks... (More...)

More Trouble For Fry's Electronics
Reported 2020-01-21 18:53:55
by El Destino

After closing its Palo Alto store, another Fry's Electronics just closed in Georgia. And even more upheaval may be coming -- this time in the heart of Silicon Valley at another Maya-themed store in San Jose. (More...)

Vampire Squirrel Terrorizes Texas Town
Reported 2020-01-18 01:40:24
by Baron Earl

A crazy, bad ass vampire squirrel is attacking residents in a small Texas neighborhood, making residents stay inside with their doors locked. (More...)

Trump says Pelosi should have impeached the President
Reported 2020-01-11 00:52:48
by Baron Earl

In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Trump says Nancy Pelosi should impeach the President for telling lies. (More...)

Christopher Walken Dance Now
Reported 2020-01-11 00:47:04
by Flesh

Christoper Walken has the MOVES. (More...)

Trump claims the President wants to start a war to win the election
Reported 2020-01-05 01:16:04
by Baron Earl

According to Donald Trump, "Our President will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate, he's weak and he's ineffective. So the only way he figures that he's going to get re-elected, and as sure as you're sitting there, is to start a war with Iran." (More...)

Security hole in Windows 7 allows users to patch security holes
Reported 2019-12-10 23:32:48
by Baron Earl

When Windows 7 reaches its end of life on January 14, 2020, only users that pay Microsoft Extra Money for Updates (EMU) will continue to receive security updates. (More...)