A Christmas Story Marathon

Wednesday, December 24 8PM-8PM TBS, TV-PG
Marathon
A Christmas Story
The single greatest Christmas film in the history of cinema! Ok, maybe not. But it comes close. This child's eye view of the holiday is filled with so many must-see moments it's hard to pick just one. It's worth a viewing, or six, just to watch the look of impending doom on Ralphie's face when he lets slip ''the queen mother of dirty words'' in front of his father. Tune in anytime during the 24-hour marathon to catch your favorite parts. Oh, and be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

December Fun!

Live in North Seattle

Nini and Dane go sledding

The New Episode of Flight of the Conchords

Season 2 Online Premiere - Flight of the Conchords (US Only) - watch more funny videos

Amy Poehler says goodbye to SNL.

Meryl was afraid to cancel on Dave!

Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman

Attractive Girls Union Refuses To Enter Into Talks With Mike Greenman

Jon Stewart and Mike Huckabee debate Gay Marriage.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Mike Huckabee Pt. 2

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Putz traded in a 12 player deal.

Pearl Jam will re-issue Ten in four deluxe versions!

Wow. Here are the details of the re-issue.











Summary:

1. Legacy Edition (2-disc set in mini-LP style slipcase):

Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O'Brien, plus six bonus tracks: Brother, Just a Girl, State of Love and Trust, Breath and a Scream, 2,000 Mile Blues and Evil Little Goat
- Re-designed packaging

2. Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD specially designed hardbound package):

Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O'Brien, plus six bonus tracks: Brother, Just a Girl, State of Love and Trust, Breath and a Scream, 2,000 Mile Blues and Evil Little Goat
- DVD of Pearl Jam's previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged performance including never before seen bonus performance of Oceans with 5.1 surround sound audio remix

3. Vinyl Collection (2-LP set)

LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by Brendan O'Brien

4. Super Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD, 4 LPs and replica cassette in linen-covered, slip-cased clamshell box):
Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O'Brien, plus six bonus tracks: Brother, Just a Girl, State of Love and Trust, Breath and a Scream, 2,000 Mile Blues and Evil Little Goat
- DVD of Pearl Jam's previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged performance including never before seen bonus performance of Oceans with 5.1 surround sound audio remix
- LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
- LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by Brendan O'Brien
- LP 3 & 4: Drop in the Park - Live at Magnuson Park in Seattle on September 20, 1992 (audio mixed by Brendan O'Brien)
- Cassette replica of original Momma-Son Pearl Jam demo cassette featuring Alive, Once and Footsteps
- Package also includes an Eddie Vedder-style composition notebook filled with replica personal notes, images and mementos from the collections of Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, a vellum envelope with replicated era-specific ephemera from Pearl Jam's early work and a two-sided print commemorating the Drop in the Park concert

A best of 2008 iMix

Jizz in my pants!

Letterman's Best Interviews of the Year.

Very funny stuff. Especially when he rips on The Hill's cast.

The Dodos Rule!

Soirée à emporter #2 The Dodos
by lablogotheque

Top Five Albums of 2008

Hi Music fans. Believe it or not it's the end of another music year and it's time for Kicked It In the Sun rate the best five albums.
This post won't be as long as last year's Top Five, but hopefully you will find some new bands to listen to and/or you will recommend a few bands yourself.
Please post your own Top Five in the comments section below. On to the countdown...

5. Cut Copy- In Ghost Colours

This Australian 8o's influenced post-wave band created the perfect "original music mix tape remix album". I know that doesn't make too much sense but the album just flows like you are grooving to it at a club. Songs blend in to each other and just when one groove starts to become old and new hook grabs you. Fun party music for sure. The best track is Lights and Music.


4. Ra Ra Riot- The Rhumb Line

These guys kind of remind me of a more uptempo early Death Cab For Cutie combined with The Cure,strings,and some bizarre arrangements. Very poppy but sad. I think the stand out tracks are Ghost Under Rocks and Can You Tell (which is also one of the best pop songs of the year). I'll be honest and tell you this album is not an amazing first listen. Instead it grows and grows on you as you notice more and more little treasures with each listen.


3. Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

It's rare that blog bands ever live up to the hype (see Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Tapes-n-Tapes). However, Vampire Weekend have created an album full of hit singles. Everyone of these afro-centric pop songs clocks in at four minutes or under, contains multiple hooks, and is very easy to sing along to. They pay homage to influences like Paul Simon and the Arctic Monkeys without ripping them off directly.
Are they are great live band? No. Are their ironic preppy outfits annoying? Yes. It this album one of the best debuts ever? Also yes.

mp3: Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
A-Punk
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma

2. Fleet Foxes- Fleet Foxes

Picture early My Morning Jacket with harmonies borrowed from the Byrds or Beach Boys. The music sounds earthy without seeming too hippy-ish and sounds big while at same time still feeling lo-fi. White Winter Hymnal is easily the most beautiful song that came out in 2008 and Ragged Wood pays homage to some of the folkier Grateful Dead songs.


1. The Dodos- Visiter

Visiter is the hidden treasure of 2008. This duo combines the acoustic punk of Neutral Milk Hotel with bizarre original arrangements that would make Modest Mouse or Arcade Fire happy. They put on a stellar live show and make some cool videos too. Plus, it's nice to listen to a band where the drummer (Logan Kroeger) is part of the team as opposed to just a supporting player.
Free Downloads: Jodi, and Fools.
Listen to the entire album here.

Other great bands that released awesome records this year:
The Raconteurs, Girl Talk, The Hold Steady, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, MGMT, Conor Oberst, Bon Iver, R.E.M, Beck, M83,Okkervil River, Deerhunter, The Whigs, and Blitzen Trapper.

NME's Top 50 albums of 2008
Rolling Stone's Top 50
Stereogum's Top 50
Spin's Top 40 albums
Paste Magazine's Top 50

Here is a suggested Best of 2008 mix (click the picture for a bigger view).
Click here to purchase mix on iTunes.



Click in the comments section below to post your own top five albums.

The Religious Case for Gay Marriage

The Dark Knight in Imax again!

The Dark Knight will be re-released in Imax theaters on January 23rd.
Click here for details and an interview with Christopher Nolan.

Coldplay rips off Joe Satriani

Proposition 8 The Musical! You have to see this!

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Hawaii to be 1st state with electric car stations

Axl Rose Wants Dr Pepper to Apologize for Giveaway Stunt

Tina Fey Reveals Trauma Behind Her Scar

CyberMonday deals!

Give Meet the Press to Rachel Maddow

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Top 200 Albums of all time.

For more information on the Definitive 200, please visit www.definitive200.com.

The top 20:

1. BEATLES – SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
2. PINK FLOYD – DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
3. MICHAEL JACKSON – THRILLER
4. LED ZEPPELIN – LED ZEPPELIN IV
5. U2 – JOSHUA TREE
6. ROLLING STONES – EXILE ON MAIN ST.
7. CAROLE KING – TAPESTRY
8. BOB DYLAN – HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED
9. BEACH BOYS – PET SOUNDS
10. NIRVANA – NEVERMIND
11. PEARL JAM – TEN
12. BEATLES – ABBEY ROAD
13. SANTANA – SUPERNATURAL
14. METALLICA – METALLICA
15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – BORN TO RUN
16. PRINCE – PURPLE RAIN
17. AC/DC – BACK IN BLACK
18. ROLLING STONES – LET IT BLEED
19. DOORS – DOORS
20. GRATEFUL DEAD – AMERICAN BEAUTY

Study Finds Link Between Red Wine, Letting Mother Know What You Really Think

Just three glasses with dinner can support finally letting her have it.

This doesn't look like Ricki Lake.

Hillary Clinton's test at State: How she'll work with Obama

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Fans Celebrate 25 Years of 'A Christmas Story'

Turner/Reuters

11 people shot in weekend of violence

Could someone please remind me why we shouldn't have at least a five-day minimum wait in order to buy guns? Why do we need semi-automatic weapons again?
Are the red coats still coming?
Oh yeah, it's not guns that kill people, it's just the idiot humans who shoot the guns (and the idiot humans who sell/give the guns to these people, and the idiot people who market these weapons to the masses,and the idiot people who make these guns and so on......)

I guess I sort of understand people who hunt with guns for food and use all the extra parts for accessories etc. So I guess I understand Indians circa 1830-1920. Oh well.

It's just sad.

Read an excerpt from Carrie Fischer's memoir.

I promise you will laugh out loud at least three times with an extra 8-10 soft chuckles thrown in for good measure..

Your Weekly Address from the President-elect

The Master Plan has been approved at Snoqualmie. Here are some highlights:

The Seattle Times article is here:

Some highlights of the MDP include (broken down by base area):

Alpental

• New International Quad Chair
• Sessel realignment/replacement with Quad Chair
• Night skiing on International
• Additional Visitor Services Building

Summit East

• New Rampart Quad Chair (front side of Hyak)
• New Mill Creek Triple Chair (back side of Hyak)
• Replacement/realignment of Keechelus with Mt. Hyak High Speed Quad
• Night skiing at Rampart and Mill Creek chairs
• Mountain-top restaurant

Summit Central

• New Ski School Quad Lift
• Replacement/realignment of Triple 60 Chair with Quad lift
• Replacement/realignment of Holiday Chair with Quad lift
• Additional parking at Silver Fir
• Replacement/expansion of Central Base Area Lodge, Silver Fir Lodge

Summit West

• New Northside Double Lift (Advanced terrain, skier's left from top of Pacific Crest)
• New Baby Chair Double Lift (Looker's right of Julie's chair)
• Replacement/realignment of Wildside Chair with Quad lift
• Replacement/realignment of Dodge Ridge Chair with Quad lift
• Realignment of Julie's Chair
• Expansion of main parking lot
• Expansion of Slide-in Lodge

At all base areas, there will also be extensive vegetation/restoration work to include adding tree islands, paving some parking lots and improving the existing drainage.

Check out the rest of the info here.

A Colbert Christmas!

Unreal! Palin interviewed while turkeys are slaughtered!

More Garfield Minus Garfield

Nov 19

Nov 13

Nov 12

Nov 11

New gondola at Whistler-Blackcomb takes ski lifts to new heights

The Seattle Times loves me!
:)

From the article:

Whistler regulars see early- (and late-) season advantages offered by Peak 2 Peak. Says Seattle's Trent Mitchell, 33, an avid snowboarder who makes regular pilgrimages northward, "It will help the most on days where the snow level is high and you can only ride the top half of each mountain. It's always taken forever to go down to the base of one mountain and then back up to where the snow is on the other one. This will be awesome on days when the snow level is above 4,000 feet!"

Blitzen Trapper on Conan last night

A new Half Acre Day Video!

Thousands rally for gay marriage in Seattle

The Best (worst) quote from the people against the marches today in Seattle and elsewhere:

Sen. Dan Swecker, R-Rochester, a longtime opponent of same-sex marriage, said if a gay marriage bill is passed he will work to put it on the ballot statewide and defeat it. "For me, this is the biggest issue," Swecker said, "and I will oppose it with every resource I can possibly muster. Marriage is something that needs to be set apart and protected."

Really, gay marriage is the biggest issue facing the country? Not the economy, the multiple wars, or unemployment, or the homeless?
And what, Mr. Swecker, are you protecting marriage from exactly? Oh I get it, you are against equal rights for all people. Similar to separate and unequal? You like segregation perhaps?
If the country was run by a bunch of people under 40 the USA would be a much happier place. It's sickening that this is even an issue.

Beijing Pictures!

The Bird's Nest where the Olympic Opening Ceremonies took place

Near the Pearl Market


An entrance to a village


The Wall




KTV

KTV

Random small store

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square

Relaxing after shopping at the Pearl Market


Near the Birds Nest

Random street workout spot






Guard in front of the Forbidden City


Forbidden City Fountains


Forbidden City




Forbidden City Fountains