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<title><![CDATA[Weird Al Helps Explain Auto Tune]]></title>
<link>http://wussuphater.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/weird-al-helps-explain-auto-tune/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>GF</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wussuphater.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/weird-al-helps-explain-auto-tune/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hilarious! &nbsp;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mason Studios: All the episodes up to this point]]></title>
<link>http://themorningthunderbuffalo.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/mason-studios-all-the-episodes-up-to-this-point/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>themorningthunderbuffalo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://themorningthunderbuffalo.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/mason-studios-all-the-episodes-up-to-this-point/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Okay everybody, The Mason Studios Show is well underway and we are about 10 episodes (7 posted) deep]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://themorningthunderbuffalo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mason1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-106" title="mason1" src="http://themorningthunderbuffalo.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mason1.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="213" /></a>Okay everybody, The Mason Studios Show is well underway and we are about 10 episodes (7 posted) deep into the series.  Now unfortunatly I had to delete some older MSS post because of media library issues.  But listed below are all the episodes we have done so far.  Watch, laugh, rate, comment, tell friends and family, watch again, repeat process.</p>
<p>EPISODE 1: PREMIERE  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrHp7fleJs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrHp7fleJs</a></p>
<p>EPISODE 2: OPTIMUS PRIME <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5levtighDhU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5levtighDhU</a></p>
<p>EPISODE 3: MORTAL KOMBAT <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGI5s_u6XY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVGI5s_u6XY</a></p>
<p>EPISODE 4: WHATEVER YOU LIKE <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJWlvOEm6U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hJWlvOEm6U</a></p>
<p>EPISODE 5: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaoM5vGspEw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaoM5vGspEw</a></p>
<p>EPISODE 6: THE HOBO <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55jhxK2i4LQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55jhxK2i4LQ</a></p>
<p>EPISODE 7: HARRY POTTER <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUT3aMTO_Bo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUT3aMTO_Bo</a></p>
<p>MINISODE: 2012 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m25MdavwRZ4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m25MdavwRZ4</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Know Your Meme]]></title>
<link>http://desnecessario.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/know-your-meme/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Yanko</dc:creator>
<guid>http://desnecessario.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/know-your-meme/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Agora você não precisa esperar tempo o suficiente até um meme adentrar a blogosfera brasileira pra c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Agora você não precisa esperar tempo o suficiente até um meme adentrar a blogosfera brasileira pra conhecer e entender daonde diabos ele veio!<br />
Num movimento de utilidade pública o Desnecessário Isso apresenta: <a href="http://knowyourmeme.com/" target="_blank">Know Your Meme</a>, um site só explicando os memes bizarros da interwebz! Watch and learn!</p>
<p>Aqui, um vídeo explicando o &#8220;yo dawg&#8221;</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/H1wZbIdlSTI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/H1wZbIdlSTI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Relembre os clássicos como o Monorail Cat, e conheça aqueles que só doentes que nem eu conhecem, tipo o Jeff Goldblum is Watching You Poop!<br />
Perca a sua vida! <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>WHOA!! Eles têm um vídeo com a participação do Weird Al Yankovic!</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/fYzv-AVi78E&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/fYzv-AVi78E&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>(se você não sabe quem ele é&#8230; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weird_Al_Yankovic" target="_blank">vai tomar no cu.</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Professor Yankovic Explains Auto-Tune]]></title>
<link>http://voiceactors.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/weird-al-yankovic-auto-tune/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>craigcrumpton</dc:creator>
<guid>http://voiceactors.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/weird-al-yankovic-auto-tune/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[And the 2009 award for &#8220;Best Comedic and Edumacational Use of a Celebrity Cameo in a YouTube V]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Autotune Found Oil]]></title>
<link>http://yrbk.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-autotune-found-oil/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rdavid1077</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yrbk.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-autotune-found-oil/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Another strange story to add to your Rolodex of useless information. Most times, the truth is funnie]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Another strange story to add to your Rolodex of useless information. Most times, the truth is funnier than fiction. Well, at least from what this youchoob told me. I haven&#8217;t checked the facts just yet. The infamous auto tune was invented in order to find oil. Then the gem was picked up by Cher and T-Pain and voila! The genesis of genius! </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Autotune witzig erklärt]]></title>
<link>http://kiffenvideo.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/autotune-witzig-erklart/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Brian the dog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kiffenvideo.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/autotune-witzig-erklart/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Weird Al discusses the intricate uselessness of Auto-Tune]]></title>
<link>http://samfrancis.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/weird-al-discusses-the-intricate-uselessness-of-auto-tune/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>samfrancis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://samfrancis.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/weird-al-discusses-the-intricate-uselessness-of-auto-tune/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/12/weird-al-yankovic-explain_n_356284.html]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AMV Death Note – Eat It (Weird Al Yankovic) - A parody of Michael Jackson's 'Beat It']]></title>
<link>http://animeempire.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/amv-042/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mac</dc:creator>
<guid>http://animeempire.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/amv-042/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&lt;&lt; GO BACK AMV DEATH NOTE Soundtrack: Eat It (Weird Al Yankovic) &#8211; A parody of Michael J]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://animeempire.wordpress.com/amv/"><font face="arial" size="1">&#60;&#60; GO BACK</font></a> </p>
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<b>AMV DEATH NOTE<br />
Soundtrack: Eat It (Weird Al Yankovic) &#8211; A parody of Michael Jackson&#8217;s &#8216;Beat It&#8217;</b>
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How come you&#8217;re always such a fussy young man<br />
Don&#8217;t want no Captain Crunch, don&#8217;t want no Raisin Bran<br />
Well, don&#8217;t you know that other kids are starving in Japan<br />
So eat it, just eat it</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t want to argue, I don&#8217;t want to debate<br />
Don&#8217;t want to hear about what kind of food you hate<br />
You won&#8217;t get no dessert &#8217;till you clean off your plate<br />
So eat it</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t you tell me you&#8217;re full<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
Get yourself an egg and beat it<br />
Have some more chicken, have some more pie<br />
It doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s boiled or fried<br />
Just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it<br />
Just eat it, eat it, just eat it, eat it, ooh</p>
<p>Your table manners are some cryin&#8217; shame<br />
You&#8217;re playin&#8217; with your food, this ain&#8217;t some kind of game<br />
Now, if you starve to death, you&#8217;ll just have yourself to blame<br />
So eat it, just eat it</p>
<p>You better listen, better do what you&#8217;re told<br />
You haven&#8217;t even touched your tuna casserole<br />
You better chow down or it&#8217;s gonna get cold<br />
So eat it</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re full<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
Open up your mouth and feed it<br />
Have some more yogurt, have some more spam<br />
It doesn&#8217;t matter it it&#8217;s fresh or canned<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
Don&#8217;t you make me repeat it<br />
Have a banana, have a whole bunch<br />
It doesn&#8217;t matter what you had for lunch<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it</p>
<p>Eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
If it&#8217;s gettin&#8217; cold, reheat it<br />
Have a big dinner, have a light snack<br />
If you don&#8217;t like it, you can&#8217;t send it back<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
Get yourself an egg and beat it (oh lord)<br />
Have some more chicken, have some more pie<br />
It doesn&#8217;t matter if it&#8217;s boiled or fried<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it<br />
Don&#8217;t you make me repeat it (oh no)<br />
Have a banana, have a whole bunch<br />
It doesn&#8217;t matter what you had for lunch<br />
Just eat it, eat it, eat it, eat it</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Some Of The Only Comedians That Matter These Days: Singing About Christmas]]></title>
<link>http://thepresentisnow.com/2009/11/14/some-of-the-only-comedians-that-matter-these-days-singing-about-christmas/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Christian BC</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thepresentisnow.com/2009/11/14/some-of-the-only-comedians-that-matter-these-days-singing-about-christmas/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some funny guys and girls from the Comedy Death-Ray/AST/I Love Movies crowd doin&#8217;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For those who, like me, didn't know about AutoTune and Meme...]]></title>
<link>http://piecesofthings.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/for-those-who-like-me-didnt-know-about-autotune-and-meme/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mrpony</dc:creator>
<guid>http://piecesofthings.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/for-those-who-like-me-didnt-know-about-autotune-and-meme/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I thought this was very informative. Thanks Professor Wierd Al!]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I thought this was very informative.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYzv-AVi78E&#38;feature=featured">Thanks Professor Wierd Al!</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Listed: Songs from the 90's, part two]]></title>
<link>http://ashcan.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/listed-songs-from-the-90s-part-two/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ashcan.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/listed-songs-from-the-90s-part-two/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The ’90s spawned the terms Generation X and Pepsi Generation. The revolutionary, plugged-in expanse ]]></description>
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<p><em>The ’90s spawned the terms Generation X and Pepsi Generation. The revolutionary, plugged-in expanse between 1990 and 1999 symbolized the crystallization of youth culture—when technology, creativity and limitless possibility reached an amalgamated zenith. It was when rap and MTV became mainstream, Kurt and Big lived and died, and everything became inextricably linked with corporatism.<br />
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<p><em> This list of definitive ’90s songs is by no means actually definitive (<a href="http://ashcan.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/listed-songs-from-the-90s-part-one/" target="_blank">click for part one</a>). Instead, we wanted to take a moment to revel in our youth and explore the pop culture moments that make up our collective psyche. Regardless of whether you get with, smile at, or treat these moments with familiar scorn, chances are they fit seamlessly into your retrospective scope like Pizza Hut and slap bracelets. And don&#8217;t forget to share your favourites with us in the comments.</em></p>
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<p><strong>1996: </strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8OipmKFDeM" target="_blank">Oasis &#8211; Don&#8217;t Look Back in Anger</a></p>
<p>Yes, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hzrDeceEKc" target="_blank">“Wonderwall”</a> is catchy. But when <em>What’s the Story Morning Glory</em> dropped, a seminal album itself, “Don’t Look Back in Anger” was the song that cemented Oasis as a timeless band. Maybe it’s the inherent Beatles influence, with the tambourine, piano intro or Ringo-esque syncopation of drummer Alan White. Maybe it’s the guitar riff, which to this day is emulated by tweens in video games. Or maybe it’s just because despite all their asshole antics, perhaps in spite of themselves, Oasis crafted one of the greatest melodies of the past 50 years. It’s too bad they knew it, too.<em>—Simon</em></p>
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<p><strong>1996:</strong> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxEoA3G9Wg" target="_blank">Weezer &#8211; Across the Sea</a></p>
<p>Weezer invented emo. Like, the entire genre of music and now subculture of youth identification? Weezer. For every jaded fan (and there are a lot of us out there), “Across the Sea” marks a highpoint in musical signposts. A perfect mix of melancholy, distortion laden grunge, power-pop melodies and crunchy Fender riffs held together with quaintly sad sack lyrics such as, “As if I could live on words and dreams and a million screams, oh, how I need a hand in mine to feel.” And remember, this was before emo was cool; for better or for worse.<em>—Simon</em></p>
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<p><strong>1996:</strong> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpvjNn2BUM&#38;feature=fvst" target="_blank">Fiona Apple &#8211; Criminal</a></p>
<p>The cloying Lilith Fair movement, awesome identity politics aside, did at least one cool thing – it segued into Fiona Apple. I write a lot about celebrity crushes because the seduction apparatus of film and pop music fascinates the hell out of me — but yo, Apple was (is) <em>the</em> shit. She disgusted me but I wanted her, I felt bad for her but she was kind of a hero, and she set the behind-doors soundtrack for years of battling d’evils to come. Much of that is encapsulated by Mark Romanek’s haunting video, which sadly now just looks like marketing for American Apparel.<em>—Jef</em></p>
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<p><strong>1997: </strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtS597290G0" target="_blank">No Doubt - Sunday Morning</a></p>
<p>In grade six I idolized Gwen Stefani. Before becoming a pop-song-making, baby-having, overpriced-clothing-line hawking icon, she single-handedly influenced my love of leopard print with her outfit in this video. “Don’t Speak” might be considered No Doubt’s breakthrough hit (even though <em>Tragic Kingdom</em> was the band’s third studio album), but this was the song I lip-synched extra hard to. It’s a microcosm of what the band themselves represented at the time: the transitional antidote to a market exhausted by poor Seattle-grunge knockoffs and anticipating an influx of over stylized pop stars and rappers. I love that you can see esthetic continuity from this video to Gwen’s current stuff (thanks to director Sophie Muller). This song and my desperate sixth-grade love of this band is why I will forever be a Hollaback Girl.<em>—Anupa</em></p>
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<p><strong>1997: </strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAo374jR-QY" target="_blank">Infinite - Gotta Get Mine</a></p>
<p>Canadian hip-hop in the late nineties had a distinct sound, less jiggy than it’s flashy American counterpart and ridiculously more rugged. This song literally makes me think of a dude spitting his guts out while wearing a parka in the middle of a wintry, Toronto night. Over supremely delicate production, alongside a pre-Diva-ized Divine Brown (when she rocked a headwrap and went by Divine Earth Essence) Infinite spits meticulous, slang-laden raps like “I’ve got you hooked like a custy lookin’ for cookie” and single-handedly defines a city and a time. One of my favourite hip-hop songs of all time, period.<em>—Anupa</em></p>
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<p><strong>1998:</strong> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWrE6DP86hc" target="_blank">Puff Daddy (and the Family) &#8211; All About the Benjamins</a></p>
<p>Featuring the opening verse most likely to be memorized by my classmates this side of “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isumZjs3dKA" target="_blank">Triumph</a>”, Puff’s ragged posse cut was “about living rich and the importance of having money,” says Wikipedia. Gully. Puff was rap’s knight in shiny-suit Armani, sure, but this track knocked regardless of my burgeoning backpack inclinations. In the larger sphere, it spawned an annoying mainstream catchphrase, a Weird Al <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-JTAPhmUo" target="_blank">parody</a>, and a rap-rock <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k456in_fDA" target="_blank">zeitgeist remix</a> that capped off grunge survivor Dave Grohl’s decade-definitive trajectory. If you didn’t fuck with this track, you’re a liar, and I want my VHS tapes back.<em>—Jef</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[AMV The SIMS (Videogame) - Weenie In A Bottle (Weird Al Yankovic) - A parody of Christina Aguilera's 'Genie in a Bottle']]></title>
<link>http://animeempire.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/amv-041/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mac</dc:creator>
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<b>AMV THE SIMS (VIDEOGAME)<br />
Soundtrack: Weenie In A Bottle (Weird Al Yankovic) &#8211; A parody of Christina Aguilera&#8217;s &#8216;Genie in a Bottle&#8217;</b>
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It feels like I&#8217;ve been alone too long<br />
siento que he estado mucho tiempo solo</p>
<p>With no girls around my mind was wandering<br />
Sin mujeres cerca, mi mente divagaba</p>
<p>Thinking of some way&#8230; to release it<br />
Pensando alguna manera&#8230; de liberarlo</p>
<p>I looked in the kitchen, saw some crisco oil<br />
Encontré en la cocina, una botella de aceite</p>
<p>And that&#8217;s when my blood started to boil<br />
Y ahí fué cuando mi sangre comenzó a hervir</p>
<p>Oh yeah<br />
Oh si</p>
<p>Ow, ow, ow! (Uh-oh&#8230;)<br />
Auch, auch, auch! (Uh-oh&#8230;)</p>
<p>Ow, ow, ow! (Oh God, what did I just do?!!)<br />
Auch, auch, auch! (Oh Dios, qué acabo de hacer?!!)</p>
<p>No-one wanted to be with me<br />
Nadie quería estar conmigo</p>
<p>Had to make my dream come true<br />
Tenía que hacer mi sueño realidad</p>
<p>I wanted to hump something<br />
Quería follarme algo</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t know what to do<br />
No sabía que hacer</p>
<p>It seemed like a good idea<br />
Parecía una buena idea</p>
<p>And no-one else was around<br />
Y no había nadie cerca</p>
<p>I stuck my weenie in a bottle<br />
Atoré mi pene en una botella</p>
<p>And now I can&#8217;t get it out<br />
Y ahora no lo puedo sacar</p>
<p>I stuck my weenie in a bottle today<br />
Atoré mi pene en una botella hoy</p>
<p>Got it jammed up in there all the way<br />
Lo tengo atascado allí todo adentro</p>
<p>I stuck my weenie in a bottle, oh no<br />
Atoré mi pene en una botella, oh no</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t, can&#8217;t someone come help me out<br />
No puede, No puede nadie venir a ayudarme</p>
<p>It&#8217;s turning purple, all the feeling&#8217;s gone<br />
Se está poniendo morado, ya no lo siento</p>
<p>Now where did I put that friggin&#8217; phone?!!<br />
Ahora en dónde puse el puto teléfono?!!</p>
<p>Dialing 9-1-1<br />
Marcando 9-1-1</p>
<p>Please pick up, I&#8217;m in a lot of pain<br />
Por favor contesten, estoy con mucho dolor</p>
<p>This was supposed to feel good, now I&#8217;m suffering<br />
Esto se suponía que que se sentiría bien, ahora estoy sufriendo</p>
<p>Oh please answer (Denver 911, what is your emergency?)<br />
Oh por favor contesten (Denver 911, cuál es su emergencia?)</p>
<p>Ow, ow, ow! (Hello&#8230;?)<br />
Auch, auch, auch! (Hola&#8230;?)</p>
<p>Ow, ow, ow! (Sir, what seems to be the problem?)<br />
Auch, auch, auch! (Señor, cuál es el problema?)</p>
<p>No-one wanted to be with me<br />
Nadie quería estar conmigo</p>
<p>Had to make my dream come true<br />
Tenía que hacer mi sueño realidad</p>
<p>I wanted to hump something<br />
Quería follarme algo</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t know what to do (Go on&#8230;)<br />
No sabía que hacer (Continúe&#8230;)</p>
<p>It seemed like a good idea<br />
Parecía una buena idea</p>
<p>And no-one else was around<br />
Y no había nadie cerca</p>
<p>I stuck my weenie in a bottle<br />
Atoré mi pene en una botella</p>
<p>And now I can&#8217;t get it out<br />
Y ahora no lo puedo sacar</p>
<p>You stuck your weenie in a bottle, oh my&#8230;<br />
Se te atoró el pene en una botella, oh my&#8230;</p>
<p>You must be a really lonely guy<br />
Debes ser un hombre muy solitario</p>
<p>You stick your weenie in a bottle, that&#8217;s a first!<br />
Se te atoró el pene en una botella, eso sí que es nuevo!</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry sir, we&#8217;re sending somebody out<br />
No se preocupe señor, estamos enviando a alguien</p>
<p>(Hey Pam, this guy&#8217;s got his weenie stuck in a bottle!)<br />
(Hey Pam, Este tipo tiene atorado el pene en una botella!)</p>
<p>No way!<br />
Que vá!</p>
<p>He does!<br />
Lo tiene!</p>
<p>What a frikkin&#8217; loser! &#8230; wait<br />
Qué perdedor! &#8230; espera</p>
<p>Sir, we&#8217;re sending somebody out&#8230;<br />
Señor, estamos enviando a alguien&#8230;</p>
<p>*hysterical laughter*<br />
*risas frenéticas*</p>
<p>He&#8217;s in here! Let&#8217;s break the door down!<br />
Está aquí! Derribemos la puerta!</p>
<p>Stand back!<br />
Retrocede!</p>
<p>Oh my God&#8230;!<br />
Oh mi Dios&#8230;!</p>
<p>*more hysterical laughter*<br />
*más risas frenéticas*</p>
<p>No-one wanted to be with him<br />
Nadie quería estar con él</p>
<p>Had to make his dream come true<br />
Tenía que hacer su sueño realidad</p>
<p>He wanted to hump something<br />
Él quería follarse algo</p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t know what to do!<br />
No sabía que hacer!</p>
<p>It seemed like a good idea<br />
Parecía una buena idea</p>
<p>And no-one else was around<br />
Y no había nadie cerca</p>
<p>He stuck his weenie in a bottle&#8230;<br />
El atoró su pene en una botella&#8230;</p>
<p>And now I can&#8217;t get it out!<br />
Y ahora no lo puedo sacar!</p>
<p>(Ok, relax kid, we&#8217;re gonna get this thing off you<br />
(Ok, relájese, vamos a sacar tu cosa de ahí)</p>
<p>Ready? PULL! PULL!<br />
Listo? TIRA! TIRA!</p>
<p>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!!!</p>
<p>Stuck my weenie in a bottle today<br />
Atoré mi pene en una botella hoy</p>
<p>Now, now, now I can&#8217;t get it out<br />
Ahora, ahora, ahora no lo puedo sacar</p>
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<link>http://baltinerd.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/white-and-nerdy-at-towson/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tyler</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So, after some Tigerfest talk in the office the other day, I started a Facebook group to get a real ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So, after some Tigerfest talk in the office the other day, I started a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98339904966" target="_blank">Facebook group</a> to get a real musical icon, Weird Al Yankovic, to the annual drunken musical mess that is Tigerfest. Out of the three Tigerfests I&#8217;ve been to in my time at Towson, only one headliner (The Roots) has been worthwhile. Here&#8217;s the Campus Activity Board&#8217;s chance to go 2 for 4. In just a couple of days, 141 people have decided they agree enough with me to join the group. Rock on.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[1,464 Free mp3's Up For Grabs on Amazon]]></title>
<link>http://pastatech.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/1464-free-mp3s-up-for-grabs-on-amazon/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I just heard about this, Amazon.com is offering 1,464 songs for free. There&#8217;s bound to be some]]></description>
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<p>I just heard about this, Amazon.com is offering 1,464 songs for free. There&#8217;s bound to be something in there that will satisfy you.</p>
<p>I went ahead and grabbed Weird Al&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Download This Song.&#8221; Ironic isn&#8217;t it? Haha.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1256949466/ref=sr_hi?ie=UTF8&#38;rs=334897011&#38;sort=artistalbumrank&#38;bbn=334897011&#38;rh=i%3Adigital-music-ss%2Cn%3A!195211011%2Cn%3A!251258011%2Cn%3A318768011%2Cn%3A334896011%2Cn%3A334897011&#38;page=1" target="_blank">Amazon</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Butthole Surfers Celebrate 2,000th Non-Pithy Reference to "Butthole Surfers" in a Music Magazine]]></title>
<link>http://terminallaughter.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/butthole-surfers-celebrate-2000th-non-pithy-reference-to-butthole-surfers-in-a-music-magazine/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lee Tipton</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Attention all you Nerfherders, Chumbawumbas, and Puddles of Mudd: take heart. Tuesday was an importa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1851" title="butthole surfers" src="http://terminallaughter.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/butthole-surfers.jpg?w=298" alt="butthole surfers" width="298" height="300" />Attention all you Nerfherders, Chumbawumbas, and Puddles of Mudd: take heart. Tuesday was an important day for every clumsily-named rock band yearning to escape self-imposed exile on the silly rack.  NME&#8217;s Butthole Surfers retrospective, &#8220;Gnarly Stoned Surf,&#8221; marks the 2,000th time the Texas-bred altsters have been taken seriously in print, without any glib preemptive consideration of the words &#8220;Butthole&#8221; and/or &#8220;Surfers.&#8221;<!--more--></p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not only the quantity of our articles that address them as an actual band, but the sheer consistency of them,&#8221; reports NME Editor-in-Chief Brad Michaels, who has never once thought to laugh at the title of the band&#8217;s 1985 release,<em> Rembrandt Pussyhorse.</em> &#8220;96% of the articles we&#8217;ve printed on the Surfers in question are concerned with their use of pretaped recordings, their breakthrough single &#8220;Pepper,&#8221; or their ever-undulating line-up.  Only 4% of our articles have smugly pondered whether &#8220;Butthole Surfers&#8221; might refer to surfers who steer their surfboards with their asses, or anthropomorphic buttholes who happen to be adept surfers, or very tiny surfers navigating some theoretical tidal system encircling a human anus.  It&#8217;s a remarkable record for both the Buttholes and for this publication.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;They could have made things a lot easier for themselves, and they didn&#8217;t,&#8221; adds not-kidding rock journalist Ken Bloom.  &#8220;I mean, a PG-13 reference to the human asshole? Really? How do you know you won&#8217;t wake up one day and find yourself opening for some Wierd Al impersonator in Minnessota/St. Paul?  Short answer is, you don&#8217;t.  The aesthetic line between Oingo Boingo and They Might Be Giants is not as thick as some might hope. It&#8217;s half a trumpet; a redheaded bass player; appearing to enjoy yourself. Then suddenly you&#8217;re out on your ass covering Smash Mouth songs for your kids or someone elses.  Dubbing oneself a &#8220;Butthole Surfer&#8221; is the nomenclature equivalent to recording <em>Metal Machine Music </em>and then releasing it in slow motion<em>. </em>It took genius fucking balls, man.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It hasn&#8217;t always been easy to resist making the occasional mid-sentence throwaway punchline,&#8221; admits Michaels. &#8220;Unfortunately for all of us, the imagery that their name evokes goes far beyond the literal.  I say &#8220;Butthole Surfers&#8221; aloud, and, literally, in my mind right now, is an image of a guy in a sportcoat and nylon shorts holding a Twinkie snack cake against his ass, and then pretending that he&#8217;s shitting out that same Twinkie snack cake.  But do I mention that in a back page biopic for <em>The Village Voice</em>? No, I do not. These guys revolutionized the use of tape looping in American music, they&#8217;ve managed to stay relevant since 1981 while doing so. We&#8217;re not just riffing on Hoobastank here.  I&#8217;m pretty sure these guys have done heroin.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;What&#8217;s really remarkable is that they held on to their &#8220;Butts,&#8221; and the journalistic press rewarded them as such.  In the late 80s, they could&#8217;ve easily abbreviated their name to &#8220;B.H. Surfers&#8221; for that instant oblivious-dad sales bump.  And they stayed strong on into the early 90s, resisting the obvious switch to &#8220;Asshole Surfers&#8221; even as their Gen-X fanbase was becoming increasingly enamored with HBO-magnitude swearing.  It goes without saying that a quiet 1996 edit to &#8220;Bunghole Surfers&#8221; could have launched any number of <em>Beavis and Butthead Do America</em> cross-promotionals.  Now &#8220;Butthole Surfers&#8221; is a name that can evokes credibility and even timelessness, not just a van of teens farting into a Carls Jr. drive-thru window. Are you listening, the &#8220;artists&#8221; formerly known as Rainbow Butt Monkeys?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Put quotation marks around &#8216;artists,&#8217;&#8221; Michaels added, leaning deep into his first smile of our time together.</p>
<p>But how are the Buttholes themselves responding to the news?  Characteristically aloof.  I caught up with them in a parking lot next to the Arizona turnpike.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the shit, I guess&#8221; slurs vocalist Gibby Haynes, lying motionless in a children&#8217;s swimming pool slowly leaking absinthe and kool-aid.  &#8220;Fuck angels that look like humans,&#8221; he adds, putting on a third pair of sunglasses.</p>
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<link>http://mayitzintli.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/parodias-de-weird-al-yankovic/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Daring to Be Stupid: "Weird Al" Yankovic Turns 50]]></title>
<link>http://thebrowntweedsociety.com/2009/10/28/daring-to-be-stupid-weird-al-yankovic-turns-50/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matt Shorr</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I’m a nerd.  I got pretty excited when I heard “Weird Al” Yankovic turned 50 last week, because it g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I’m a nerd.  I got pretty excited when I heard “Weird Al” Yankovic turned 50 last week, because it got me thinking about how much fun I’ve had listening to his albums for the last 25 years or so.  I’m pretty sure, though, that many of you out there are nerds, too.  From self-titled <a title="Weird Al self-titled" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic_(album)" target="_blank"><em>Weird Al</em></a> (1983) through <a title="Straight Outta Lynwood" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Lynwood" target="_blank"><em>Straight Outta Lynwood</em></a> (2006), several tracks on each CD have elicited anywhere from a few chuckles to snorting laughter.</p>
<p>Weird Al certainly didn’t invent musical parody—listen to Steve Allen, et al., and just about any Dr. Demento show—but he popularized the “genre” for folks my age.  For many of us, our earliest link to our parents’ music was the Weird Al version of songs they loved—“Yoda” for “Lola,” “I Lost on <em>Jeopardy!</em>” for “Jeopardy,” “The Brady Bunch” for “Safety Dance,” etc.  Sometimes we were in our teens or twenties before we even knew there was a “regular” version of a song: “Hey, they totally ripped that off of Weird Al!”  His more contemporary stuff was funny because we knew exactly the songs he was lampooning.  His polka medleys taught us snippets of Jimi Hendrix, Yes, Foreigner, and Talking Heads before we could appreciate the full, real songs.  And although he couldn’t make the accordion cool (who could?), he at least made it acceptable because he was in on the joke.</p>
<p>A lot of people think Weird Al is a quack, a huckster, a gimmicky hack riding other people’s coattails.  I disagree.  He is so good at what he does, his lyrics and original music so clever that it doesn’t matter if most of it comes from other people.  Some of his parodies have become more recognizable than the original songs.  If you think he’s a talentless biter, fine, but artists like Kurt Cobain (who thought Weird Al “a musical genius”), Mark Knopfler, and Don McLean (lyrics from Al’s “American Pie” parody get into his head during live performances) have enthusiastically given Weird Al their blessing to send-up their songs.  Even his band gets in on the action, mimicking almost perfectly the sounds of the originals.  Take the guitar solos and background riffs in “Eat It,” parodying Michael Jackson’s “<a title="Beat It" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqxo1SKB0z8" target="_blank">Beat It</a>”: nearly indistinguishable.  The <a title="Eat It" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfcOriVKBM" target="_blank">video’s</a> pretty spot-on, too.</p>
<p>Luckily Weird Al didn’t limit himself to musical parody.  What fan doesn’t love <a title="UHF" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UHF_(film)" target="_blank"><em>UHF</em></a>?  It was my introduction to Michael Richards (Seinfeld’s Kramer), as Stanley Spadowski.  Nerds my age still bring up <a title="Spatula City" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XbCWmY0eqY" target="_blank">Spatula City</a>&#8217;s, “What better way to say, ‘I love you.’”  We still laugh at the <a title="Gandhi II" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfvLcozLwtE" target="_blank"><em>Gandhi II</em></a> and <a title="Conan the Librarian" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8" target="_blank"><em>Conan the Librarian</em></a> trailers.  Please don’t get me started on <a title="The Firehose" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXc5ltzKq3Y" target="_blank">The Firehose</a>.</p>
<p>I don’t know how well Yankovic appeals to younger generations, but “White &#38; Nerdy,” off of <em>Straight Outta Lynwood </em>(Al’s birthplace), hit #9 on the U. S. Billboard Top 100 in 2006, his best showing ever on that chart.  Maybe it was only 30-somethings like me cracking up at Weird Al rapping (ably, I might add) and staying relevant by parodying the newest rap and hip-hop.  Maybe, though, teens and 20-somethings were digging it too.  You’d be doing yourself a disservice not to check out the song and video, which is hilarious and syncs up quite well with the original, Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’.”</p>
<p>Nick Yankovic reminded his son Alfred Matthew often of his life philosophy:  do for a living whatever makes you happy.  He did.  It just so happens that his living has made a lot of other people happy, too.  Happy 50<sup>th</sup>, Weird Al.  We hope to see you rollin’ for another 50.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Free mp3: Weird Al]]></title>
<link>http://10minuteramble.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/free-mp3-weird-al/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediamugshot</dc:creator>
<guid>http://10minuteramble.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/free-mp3-weird-al/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com is offering Weird Al&#8217;s parody (really &#8230; Weird Al? Parody?) of the cause theme]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters]]></title>
<link>http://scodpub.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/attack-of-the-radioactive-hamsters/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:09:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Drogo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://scodpub.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/attack-of-the-radioactive-hamsters/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Written in 1989 (inspired by Weird Al) The US Starquake was orbiting Mars, its crew numbering eight.]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Written in 1989 (inspired by Weird Al)<br />
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<p>The US Starquake was orbiting Mars, its crew numbering eight. The 1972 model mining ship passed silently through a radioactive, electric dust cloud. The ship’s haul vibrated violently, shocked by thousands of volts of electricity.</p>
<p>Private Donald, who was busy unloading on the toilet, smiled to himself. The bathroom was the only room on the craft a man could get his peace and quiet. Suddenly the Computer’s voice blared through the intercom.</p>
<p>“There is an emergency. There is still an emergency. The emergency is still taking place. I will repeat myself. There is an emergency. I have just repeated myself. Private Donald and Mechanic Williams, report to Sector 13. Suits are mandatory. There is a radioactive leak and spreading. By the way, there is still an emergency.”</p>
<p>“Just great!” Donald complained. “My only free time I get, and I’m interrupted! Oh no, perfect. I’m stuck!”</p>
<p>Meanwhile in a room far, far away; Williams was punching out Samual for dropping his solidified prune juice down his pants. Samual fell back against a shelf, knocking a hamster cage to the floor. It shattered and Velveeta and Elvis, the two hamsters, escaped.</p>
<p>“I’ll finish with you later!” Williams said as he headed toward Sector 13. He came to the sector door and punched in his code. The computer blared his clearance. “Welcome mop and broom, summer vacuums of the month! Got some fresh sour milk?”</p>
<p>“Darn sponge-head slag, Mark was messing with the speech system again!” Williams shouted as he slammed his fist against the door. It slid open. He attached his body armor and breathing gear. Just as he took a step inside, rusty-orange vapors rushed from within.</p>
<p>“Pressurized radiation!!” Williams yelled as he turned the intercom on. “Attention, there’s a major radiation leak spreading throughout the entire port wing!!”</p>
<p>Hearing the news Bubba awoke violently from his bunk bed. “I’m a comin’ Mamma!” and with that Bubba jerked up, slammed his head against the ceiling, and fell onto the floor. “Oh, man!” Bubba said as he pulled on his jumpsuit.</p>
<p>Tim rolled out of his bed, onto the floor beside Bubba. Then he slowly got on his uniform. “Let’s get some coffee!” Tim said, and the door slid open.</p>
<p>A huge furry mass sat hunched over in the doorway. The 10 foot tall hamster’s red eyes glared down upon them! Tim and Bubba froze in fear.</p>
<p>Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, and Karate Kid posters decorated the walls of Kim’s room. When she heard William’s words on the intercom, she leapt out of bed, broke a couple boards, did a few splits, and kicked open her door.</p>
<p>Samual wiped the blood from his lip, grabbed his rifle, and went out into the halls. Samual was looking to shoot Williams for beating him up, so he was surprised to find a giant glowing hamster instead. Samual’s blood and guts were splattered on the walls.</p>
<p>Mark was busy pressing buttons in the control room. “Aliens,” Captain J mumbled as he switched on autopilot. Suddenly the door slid open and Williams stumbled in. The door closed behind him, as Williams collapsed to the floor with the words “Velveeta!”</p>
<p>The crew in the control room rushed to help Williams get his helmet off. “What did he say?” Mark asked. “I think he wants cheese.” Captain said. When they got his helmet off, Williams said it again. “Velveeta!” “What do you make of this Captain?” Mark said. “He said Velveeta.” “Yes, I know what he said Mr. Connect-the-dots.” Captain said. “John Williams, what is the matter?!” They all looked at eachother in desperation.</p>
<p>“Velveeta, big, large, huge! A…she’s um, grown; real big!” Williams exhaustedly said. “He’s evidently crazy Captain. Williams has lost his mind; bonkers,” Mark said. “I’m gonna go get a drink!” “Don’t open that door!” Williams managed to say.</p>
<p>“See, he’s mad!” said Mark as he opened the door and came face with a 9 foot tall Velveeta. Instinctively Mark leapt upon the beastie and grabbed it by it’s neck. “Freeze!” yelled Captain J. Williams finally passed out.</p>
<p>Meanwhile Private Donald had freed himself from the toilet. He washed his hands and prepared to leave. Suddenly the door flew open and Donald starred down the barrel of a lazer rifle. As he slipped backwards, a hand grabbed him and picked him up. “Ah Private Donald, trying to hide?” Corporal Samual demanded.</p>
<p>“I-I was really just trying to…” Donald started. Samual interjected “I don’t think so. We all know you’re scared of Sector 13 ever since Paul, James, and Kurt died there. Ok, now let’s just go get some de-radiation guns, shall we Donald?” Unexpectedly a strange large furry object passed by quickly. “What the heck was that?” Donald asked. “We had better get some cages too.”</p>
<p>Velveeta the Xtra-large-hamster tossed Mark against the wall, knocking him out cold. Then the furry beast headed towards Captain J. He picked up his coffee and threw it at the creature. Velveeta squeaked and shrank back to regular hamster size, which is small, and ceased glowing; with features returning to normal.</p>
<p>“Wow that was amazing!” Captain J said. “Coffee must reduce radioactivity.” “My aren’t we a genius today!” Velveeta said. “The radiation must have affected her vocal cords and mind!” “Stop it, you’re beginning to sound like a nerd in one of those stupid science fiction stories!” Velveeta screamed.</p>
<p><a href="http://scodpub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/attack-starship.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-158" title="U.S. Starquake" src="http://scodpub.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/attack-starship.jpg?w=300" alt="U.S. Starquake" width="300" height="180" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Plan of the mining ship U.S. Starquake</strong></p>
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<td width="295" valign="top">1.   control room</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">11.study-library</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">2.   Store rooms</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">12.guest   quarters</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">3.   Transformer outlet</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">13.sector   13</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">4.   Environs moderator</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">14.captains   quarters</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">5.   Enlisted quarters</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">15.observatory-docks</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">6.   Sergeants quarters</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">16.laboratory</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">7.   cafeteria-kitchen</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">17.mechanics   room</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">8.   meeting room</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">18.Engine   room</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">9.   Officers quarters</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">Fuel   / generators</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">10.games-rest   rooms</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">Blast   engine valves</td>
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<td width="295" valign="top">Air   ducts</td>
<td width="295" valign="top">Mining   arms</td>
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<title><![CDATA[Attention Nerds (a light rant)]]></title>
<link>http://thephilwells.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/attention-nerds-a-light-rant/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Wells</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thephilwells.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/attention-nerds-a-light-rant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, actually, we do get it. The joke is on us.  You were ostracized in your youth and now look what]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Yes, actually, we do get it.</p>
<p>The joke is on us.  You were ostracized in your youth and now look what&#8217;s happened.  The tables have turned.  The nerds and the geeks are in charge.  In fact, the nerds are now the cool ones.  Congratulations.  The bums lost.</p>
<p>But you need to stop gloating about it.  Every time  you indignantly ask some square, &#8220;You haven&#8217;t seen MST3K?!&#8221;, I die a little inside because I also enjoy that show, and I&#8217;m not indignant about it, and you&#8217;re an embarrassment.  Your nerd pride is sullying all the very few benefits you and your so-called nerd brethren are privy to.</p>
<p>America cannot survive by nerds alone.  This world needs people who don&#8217;t realize that Weird Al also wrote a bunch of original songs.  These people enter your data and talk to your customers.  They <em>are</em> your customers.  They raise the kids that will be your kids&#8217; classmates.  They vote.  So drop the condescending tone and pretend you know what social cues and fashion are.</p>
<p>Which brings me to my next point: just because a person is an expert at something does not make that person a nerd.  I realize this is semantics, but nerds are nerds because they&#8217;ve been shunned by popular society.  When it became cool to wear thick plastic glasses, it ceased being nerdy to wear thick plastic glasses.  This is the way it has to be.  Go ahead and learn Perl, but you&#8217;re not a nerd until you know Perl <em>and </em>you sing TV theme songs at work without realizing it bugs the shit out of people around you.</p>
<p>So you go to Renaissance  Faires in costume and get drunk.  Maybe you hack Super Nintendo roms.  Or you consider yourself a theatre nerd, or a football nerd, or a food nerd.  At least you have a hobby that brings you out into the light every now and then.  You have your nerd pride but deep down you don&#8217;t think of yourself as uncool.</p>
<p>But imagine the people that you, a cool nerd, shun.  The coworkers who never hang out.  The smelly guys with no personality.  The loud eaters who pick their asses at bus stops.  These are nerds.  They don&#8217;t even have to know Perl.  Why are you defending these people?</p>
<p>Look, I own and play an orange ukulele.  I do improv comedy.  I&#8217;m adapting a film into poetry.  But I&#8217;m not a nerd.  I&#8217;m a square with interests.  And so are most of the self-proclaimed nerds I know.</p>
<p>Nerds aren&#8217;t ironic.  You are*.  Nerds are not proud of themselves.  You are.  If everyone who likes computers and felt vulnerable during adolescence is a nerd, then no one is.</p>
<p><em>*(This includes tweeting about nerdy things you&#8217;ve done to let everyone know how nerdy you just were.  &#8220;Imagine!  I just did that!  Ha!&#8221;)</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Friday Fives]]></title>
<link>http://iamcorrect.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/friday-fives-103/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lono</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iamcorrect.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/friday-fives-103/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[1. Today is Christopher Lloyd&#8217;s birthday.  He was on Taxi.  Do you have any childhood sitcom o]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Trapped in the Closet (R. Kelly)]]></title>
<link>http://assumeyes.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/trapped-in-the-closet/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hoomanbeink</dc:creator>
<guid>http://assumeyes.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/trapped-in-the-closet/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Coined the term &quot;hip-hopera&quot;. Also coined the term &quot;narcissistic crap-fest of sucknes]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 361px"><img title="Trapped in the Closet" src="http://terminallaughter.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/closet.jpg?w=351&#038;h=500" alt="Coined the term urban opera. Also coined the term narcassistic crap-fest of stupidity. " width="351" height="500" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Coined the term &#34;hip-hopera&#34;. Also coined the term &#34;narcissistic crap-fest of suckness&#34;. </p></div>
<p>Man, I spent almost an hour watching this. I didn&#8217;t even get to the end of the episodes that have been released (more have been promised/threatened). But it was worth it.</p>
<p>If you aren&#8217;t familiar, here&#8217;s Wikipedia&#8217;s reliable description:</p>
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<blockquote><p><em>Trapped in the Closet</em> is an urban opera, R&#38;B opera, or hip-hopera released by contemporary R&#38;B singer R. Kelly in 2005. The songs relate an ongoing narrative, which Kelly and Jive Records promoted by releasing each chapter to radio stations one at a time.</p></blockquote>
<p>Weird Al and South Park did parodies of it (the latter on the infamous Scientology-baiting episode also named &#8220;Trapped in the Closet&#8221;).</p>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 298px"><img title="R. Kelly" src="http://www.ordable.com/img/lists/the-best-clips-from-south-park/items/2705200978859rkelly.jpg" alt="One: Im gonna shoot you both. Two: Im gonna cap some bitch!" width="288" height="216" /><p class="wp-caption-text">&#34;One: I&#39;m gonna shoot you both. Two: I&#39;m gonna cap some bitch!&#34;</p></div>
<p>Characters and locations weave in and out of the episodes, each of which ends in a crazy cliff-hanger, the characters pulling guns and mouthing sung obscenities at each other for no reason, all at the mercy of R. Kelly&#8217;s dubious-at-best-rhymes.</p>
<p>A friggen&#8217; midget (I would say &#8220;little person&#8221;, but then I&#8217;m politically correct) is introduced to the &#8220;narrative&#8221;, just because the word &#8220;rhymes&#8221; with twisted. Here&#8217;s the lyric in full:</p>
<blockquote><p>Now pause the movie &#8217;cause what I&#8217;m about to say to ya&#8217;ll is so damn twisted,<br />
Not only is there a man in his cabinet, but the man is a MIDGET!</p></blockquote>
<p>Anyway, if you have 40 minutes to kill on some stupid but entertaining crap (who doesn&#8217;t?), check out the first 12 chapters on <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2969374583886026984#">Google Video</a>. It&#8217;s better than paying for it.</p>
<p>Then check out the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmGVYki-oyQ">Weird Al parody</a>, and the <a href="http://www.xepisodes.com/southpark/episodes/912/Trapped-in-the-Closet.html">South Park episode</a>, if you haven&#8217;t already.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[#musicmonday #9 - Paródias]]></title>
<link>http://cafecomritalina.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/musicmonday-9-parodias/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Cassio</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cafecomritalina.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/musicmonday-9-parodias/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bom dia&#8230; Boa tarde, garotos e garotas! Cá estamos de volta com mais um #musicmonday, desta vez]]></description>
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<p>Cá estamos de volta com mais um #musicmonday, desta vez um pouco atrasado, mas isto se deve ao tal do horário de verão, o meu relógio biológico ficou completamente desnorteado&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Ok, é mentira, eu fiz esse post de última hora mesmo (pra variar), pois sou um sujeito muito trabalhadeiro. Por consequência, o texto está uma porcaria, então eu, se fosse você, não clicaria ali embaixo onde diz &#8220;Leia o resto deste post »&#8221;.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Tem certeza? Ok, vamos lá então. Mas prometo que na próxima quinzena vou me dedicar mais a essa coluna.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Devido ao <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">DITADOR do blog já estar cobrando o texto</span> avançado do horário, hoje o texto será curto. Vou apenas citar algumas bandas que existem não somente para fazer música, mas também para divertir. Nem tudo é paródia, como diz no título, mas o que importa é a graça que fazem.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Beatallica</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O <a href="http://www.beatallica.org/" target="_blank">Beatallica</a> <em>[cuidado, o site toca música sozinho]</em> nasceu como uma brincadeira de dois amigos que resolveram tocar músicas dos Beatles numa levada mais &#8216;Metallica&#8217;. Adicionaram alguns <em>mash-ups</em> e toques de ironia às letras e viraram uma banda de sucesso.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/qyCK0a3XbMo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/qyCK0a3XbMo&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Weird Al Yankovic</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.weirdal.com/" target="_blank">Weird Al</a> é conhecido por suas músicas satirizando a cultura popular e suas paródias de músicas contemporâneas.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/B81Srse-ayE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/B81Srse-ayE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Mamonas Assassinas</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Os Mamonas dispensam apresentações. Fizeram sucesso estrondoso pelos idos de 1995, e morreram no auge da fama. Se você não foi num show deles, você não teve infância.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/tD9zaR_nuxE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/tD9zaR_nuxE&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Massacration</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O <a href="http://www.mtv.com.br/massacration" target="_blank">Massacration</a> nasceu como uma esquete do programa Hermes e Renato, da MTV. Porém o quadro fez tanto sucesso que a banda saiu para o &#8220;mundo real&#8221;, se apresentando inclusive em grandes festivais de música.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/QWkcvwDBSF4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/QWkcvwDBSF4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Nanowar</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">O <a href="http://www.nanowar.it/" target="_blank">Nanowar</a> é um grupo italiano de heavy metal cômico, ou seja, eles zoam os metaleiros tocando metal. Não é muito conhecida, nem mesmo por mim.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/sn-MmCJiVck&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/sn-MmCJiVck&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Desenhos animados</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Algumas das paródias mais engraçadas são feitas através de dublagens de desenhos animados. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/caioloki" target="_blank">caioloki</a> é mestre nisso.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/r3f50be1aqM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/r3f50be1aqM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Cassio e Lucas</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Há alguns anos, quando o RU da universidade ainda não era informatizado, alguns jovens passavam seu tempo escrevendo besteiras em vez de estudar. Daí nasceu o mp3 abaixo.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~crcons/music/Cassio_Cons_e_Lucas_Junqueira_-_Com_Licenca_Cidadao.mp3">Cassio e Lucas &#8211; Com Licença, Cidadão</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Hoje encerro por aqui. Espero que ainda tenha crédito para que vocês voltem na próxima quinzena!<br />
Não esqueçam-se de:<br />
* Mandar sua fotinho para cafecomritalina@hotmail.com escrito &#8220;Eu leio CCR&#8221;!;<br />
* Conversar com a gente no grupo do chat: group308100@groupsim.com !</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Até mais!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Poll: Most Americans blame Bush for "Balloon Boy" hoax]]></title>
<link>http://thewackydeli.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/poll-most-americans-blame-bush-for-balloon-boy-hoax/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite being out of office for nearly a year, former President Bush is the person most Americans bl]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Despite being out of office for nearly a year, former President Bush is the person most Americans blame for the recent &#8220;Balloon Boy&#8221; hoax, according to a recent Wacky Deli News Poll.</p>
<p>A solid 56 percent of Americans said Bush was most responsible for the incident, followed by the &#8220;Liberal Media&#8221; at 22 percent and the boy&#8217;s con artist parents and Weird Al Yankovic at 11 percent respectively.</p>
<p>Average Americans contacted by the Wacky Deli during &#8220;man on the street&#8221; interviews&#8221; seemed vehement at Bush&#8217;s culpability for the high-flying drama, and were unswayed at the total lack of evidence that the former president was in any way involved.</p>
<p>&#8220;Oh Bush was behind this somehow, you just watch,&#8221; said Sue Ellen Barbachuck of Grand Rapids, Michigan. &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if he and Cheney&#8217;s Halliburton friends were the ones who REALLY made the balloon and staged its crash to distract our attention from the investigations of their torture policies.&#8221;</p>
<p>Others apparently believe that while Bush wasn&#8217;t directly involved, his lackluster leadership contributed to the incident.</p>
<p>&#8220;He was in there for what &#8211; eight years? He had plenty of time to address the longstanding problem of publicity-seeking parents who fool the public into thinking their kids are flying around in balloons,&#8221; said Ed Barry of Newark, New Jersey. &#8220;This is just another instance of Bush asleep at the switch.&#8221;</p>
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<link>http://jesuspaez74.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/cows-pigs-and-brains-at-the-puyallup-fair/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mr. Nonsense</dc:creator>
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