I posted this to the Sly Oyster Tumblr a few days ago, but my buddy Zack, who is currently working in Afghanistan, said I have to post it on the main site and who am I to disagree with him.
This sketch was part of a recent episode of The Soup. It’s hard to imagine Vanilla Ice is still getting traction with “Ice Ice Baby,” but he is, so good for him.
The best part of this sketch isn’t that it’s making fun of Vanilla Ice, it’s that Vanilla Ice and The Soup are making fun of hipsters. A minor distinction, but an important one. [via Newsfeed]
There’s no better meal than pizza and beer. That’s just a fact of life like gravity or Lindsay Lohan’s insobriety. Apparently, a couple in Illinois loved the combination so much they decided to brew a beer that tastes like pizza.
The Margarita pizza is put into the mash & steeped like a tea bag. A whole wheat crust made with water, flour & yeast is topped with tomato, oregano, basil & garlic. The essence of the pizza spices is washed off with hot water and filtered into a brewpot, where it is boiled for a long, long time. During the process, we add hops & spices in a cheesecloth type bag & filter the cooled liquid into a fermentation vessel. (big glass 6 gallon water jug). After a week or two, the beer is good to go. Keg it or bottle it.
I’m having a hard time imaging that pizza beer, in any way, tastes any good. Then again, I’d be prepared to stand corrected. [via coolmaterial]
Neither of the two Nolan-directed Batman films have had opening credit title sequences, but that hasn’t stopped Doğan Can Gündoğdu from creating one for the upcoming The Dark Knight Rises. And while it’s very good and would certainly make a nice calling card if this is what he wants to do for a living, it feels more like the opening credit sequence for a David Fincher film or a Batman movie where the villain is Mr. Freeze.
The music used in the piece is by Massive Attack, which gives it that Fincher-ian feel to it. I would have preferred he use music by Hans Zimmer or something more akin to the Nolan Batverse.
If you understood any of the above, congratulations, you’re as big a dork as I am. [via FirstShowing]
First, the good news: “A record 37 films were nominated this year, and the studios sent out screeners for all but four of them. But, so far, only eight of those 33 screeners have leaked online, a record low that continues the downward trend from last year.”
But, wait: “While screeners declined in popularity, 34 of the nominated films (92 percent) were leaked online by nomination day, with 25 of them available as high-quality DVD or Blu-ray rips. Only three films — Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, My Week with Marilyn and W.E. — haven’t leaked online in any form (yet!). If the goal of blocking leaks is to keep the films off the internet, then the MPAA still has a long way to go.”
The other interesting tidbit (among an article full of them) is that the average number of days from a films release in theaters to the movie’s DVD/Blu-ray leak online is roughly three months. However, within three weeks the movie is generally leaked online is some form — shaky cam, telesync, etc.
It’s just more proof that Hollywood needs to rethink how they do business. The experience of going to the movies isn’t worth it, but there are plenty of people who would pay $10 to watch a theatrical movie at home. Movies should be available to digitally buy or rent within a month of their theatrical release.
That might be hard to hear, but Baio’s data suggests that’s the reality.
LEGO and Moleskine have gotten in bed together to create a LEGO-themed notebook series. The collection will be available in limited quantities starting March 1st of this year at Moleskine’s webstore.
These would be great if all they were was a Moleskine notebook with a bit of LEGO decoration, but the series is encouraging people to “think with your hands,” which is a message I can get behind. [via designtaxi]
Matthew Broderick is apparently stepping back into the shoes of Ferris Bueller for a SuperBowl commercial.
We hate to be such a tease, but on a day like today, we just have to. Stick it out until the Super Bowl, or take a “day off” on Monday and catch the big reveal.
If this isn’t a reveal for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 2, then I’m going to be very grumpy.
Anyway, the account that uploaded the video joined YouTube today, has only posted that one video and has since begun to favorite various Ferris Bueller clips. I’m sure he’s just selling Ferraries or whatever, but it would be cool to see a multi-commercial, mini-Ferris Bueller short story unfold on Super Bowl Sunday.
The source also added that the spot was going to mimic much of the original film, except this time prominently featuring Hondas. The big jump the two valets do in Cameron’s dad’s Ferrari? We hear this time it’s going to be a Honda CR-V.
Honda is pouring a lot of money into this ad and, according to our source, hired The Hangover writer/director Todd Phillips to put it all together.
So, that’s happening. Anyone slightly disappointed by this development? [via laughingsquid]
What’s the best way to fend off aggressive wolves?
Luckily, Slate offers an answer: “If you can’t scare a wolf away and you don’t have a viable weapon, you might try to wrestle it into submission. One Canadian man, Fred Desjarlais, dissuaded an attacking wolf by putting it into a headlock; another, Diamond Jenness, reportedly choked a snarling wolf with his hands. Some biologists recommend making a fist with your hand and shoving it down the wolf’s throat to prevent it from biting; if a wolf can’t breathe, it will probably decide that attacking you isn’t worth the effort. Climbing a tree could also compel a wolf to leave you alone, but never run away; doing so could trigger a wolf’s predatory instinct to chase you.”
You don’t even want to know how this changes if a wolf has rabies.
Dan Seitz, over at Uproxx, offers media companies five easy steps to help curb piracy. Seitz’ five steps are fairly obvious to anyone following the trend of technology/piracy/media consumption, which someone in the music/movie/publishing industry has already thought of them.
That, however, begs the question of why has no one implemented a decent plan? Seitz argues media industries just need digitize everything as quickly as possible, move to a tiered pricing model, reject DRM or anything else restricting the use of digital content, and work with customers.
Look, not to put too fine a point on it, but your customers hate you. They buy your products, but they do so grudgingly because, not unreasonably, they think you view them as dangerous thieving slime to be dragged into court at the least provocation. You tend to have terrible labor practices. A lot of your products are viewed as subpar crap. And worst of all, you act like a bully to demand premium prices for said subpar crap.
It’s not a great place to be.
So, listen to what your customers have to say, and, more importantly, act on it.
Steam proves this with video games and Louis CK proved this recently as well. If you make your content affordable, easy to buy, and without restriction to its use after purchase, people are more than willing to buy things instead of stealing them.
Nothing says I love you quite like a love note from Jon Hamm, the actor who plays Don Draper on Mad Men. The company behind the Hamm-o-gram say it’s “like a classic telegram, where you send a special someone a transcribed message, usually in letter form. Except this message is always a picture of handsome actor Jon Hamm (with a lil’ somethin’ extra).”
It costs $5, but a portion of that goes to the charity A Caring Hand. The Hamm-o-gram is at once the most ridiculous thing and also the greatest thing. Can’t wait to send one to my grandmother.
“In certain arty neighborhoods like Williamsburg and Bushwick, some men are twisting their long hair into a form more famously worn by librarians, schoolmarms and Katharine Hepburn. But don’t call the male version an up-do or a chignon. Call it a man bun.”
ZOMG! Can you believe there are dudes in Brooklyn who wear their long hair in a bun? Clearly, the New York Times has uncovered the most significant story in the early days of 2012.
