Simply Irresistible

Posted on Friday, 01/14/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“Most bizarre among the [Pentagon’s] plans was one for the development of an “aphrodisiac” chemical weapon that would make enemy soldiers sexually irresistible to each other. Provoking widespread homosexual behaviour among troops would cause a “distasteful but completely non-lethal” blow to morale, the proposal says.” — New Scientist.

Posted in Bizarre, Politics | 5 Comments

Kung Fu

Posted on Friday, 01/14/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

It figures. Yesterday we watched Kill Bill Vol I on DVD, today I get to announce a Roxy show from Sept 14 ’73, track 6 of which is named, what else: Kung Fu.

Update: zappa.com forum member Unica (aka “He Who Announces The Friday Boot On The Zappa Dot Com Forum Every Week”) posted some nice newspaper scans from around this date. Here they are: 1 | 2 | 3.

Posted in Film, Frank Zappa, Friday Boots, Personal | 8 Comments

Huh Huh

Posted on Thursday, 01/13/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“Our office is really modern and we’ve got nice computers and stuff. If you ever saw it, you’d say “Wow, cool office. These guys are legit.”
— HuhCorp. They Do Stuff â„¢

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Spam Attack

Posted on Thursday, 01/13/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

We’re under attack from a comment spammer who is currently attempting to post about 20 to 30 comments per minute. Weee! So why aren’t you seeing it here? Because he’s trying to hit a non-existent MovableType form (insert evil laughter). In the words of a certain someone: may his shit come to life and kiss him on the face. (Try googling that :) )

Posted in Personal, Site News | 4 Comments

Does My Toaster Have Bouts Of Depression?

Posted on Thursday, 01/13/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

VWbook

— Bad Book Covers (via Cartoonist)

Posted in Amusing, Books, Pop Cult | 1 Comment

Not This Time George

Posted on Wednesday, 01/12/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

On Thursday, January 20, 2005, George W. Bush will be inaugurated as president of the United States — AGAIN. For a nation that prides itself on being the land of the free, these are some interesting factoids to peruse. With that in mind, Mike’s Inauguration Guide might be of interest to those of you who live in the US. Various other calls to action are listed at Velvet Revolution. It is good to see the Bush-Neocon opposition alive and kicking, I must add. From all of us here at KUR: keep up the good work — it will make a difference, and that’s what matters.

Posted in Personal, Politics | 7 Comments

Teen Lingo

Posted on Wednesday, 01/12/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Did he just say “Off the heezy my nephew?” What the heck does that mean? Glad you asked. Get up to date quick with Jonathan’s TEEN LINGO Dictionary!

Posted in Amusing, Pop Cult | 1 Comment

HOT UNWANTED FASHION KIBITZ

Posted on Tuesday, 01/11/05 by Dr Sharleena

S2P DENYNG U R A TRULY “MODARN!”!!1 OMG LOL!!! SHOW IT 2 TEH WORLD WIT THIS COL T-SHIRTS 3VEN FOR MAC US3RS COMPUTER AROR T-SHIRTS AND GREAT GEK PIKS FOR TEH WEL NURTURED TURBO NERD!11!1!! OMG GREAT GOGLY MOGLY!11!1! PS:/ B THANKFUL IMM NOT MAKNG A POST ABOUT NORAH JONES OR SAED.1!1!1111!!!!!!1!!!1! WTF LOL

Posted in Silly | 17 Comments

Post Office to Issue XXX Stamps

Posted on Tuesday, 01/11/05 by Dr Sharleena

The U.S. Postal Service “need to generate some money pronto”, according with the office’s insider Rodney Cockburn. Now, with that name, he should consider start a career in the XXX field and maybe contribute to the cause. Just an idea… (via genetic material)

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South of Takoradi

Posted on Friday, 01/07/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

To all the nitwits who think I’m a US citizen I say: well ha! You’ll be interested to know I am in fact located 359 miles South of Takoradi, Ghana.

Posted in Amusing, Personal | 12 Comments

Only Innit

Posted on Friday, 01/07/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

And what might we find in this product placement gallery? Obviously.

Posted in Frank Zappa, Pop Cult, Zappa Imagery | 3 Comments

Grand Wazoo in ’72

Posted on Friday, 01/07/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Moving along from Roxy to Grand Wazoo, here’s Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Sept 15 1972. GMail-account, anyone?

Posted in Frank Zappa, Friday Boots | 16 Comments

Wacky Krishums

Posted on Thursday, 01/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Say what? Christian Wrestling.

I can hear the commentary for this:
— Ooh Kaïn took a mean hit there!
— Yeah, ya don’t mess with Abel and get away with it.
— Wait – there’s Mozes in the rebound!
— A miraculous turn of events here at Mount Sinaï Stadium!

Next, no doubt: Buddhist Boxing and Taoist Tennis.

Posted in Amusing, Bizarre, Religion | 2 Comments

A Very Exciting Post

Posted on Thursday, 01/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

If things look a little funky around here (specifically the top navbar), that would be because I’ve been messing with the stylesheet. Making room for the quiz page link turned out rather tricky. So anyway: kindly refresh your browser please.

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Album Covers – Again

Posted on Thursday, 01/06/05 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“A friend of mine sent me a link the other day that has kept me entertained with what has become my first top ten list. I guess ‘bottom 10’ would be more appropriate, since it goes from ‘really bad’ to ‘crime against humanity‘.” (via attu)

Posted in Amusing, Music, Pop Cult | 7 Comments