on the 50th anniversary of the release of The Boys Are Back in Town I'm morally obligated to share my favorite story of all time
I Played 'The Boys Are Back in Town' on a Bar Jukebox Until I Got Kicked Out
The boys were back in town, but I was out of the bar, because they asked me to leave.
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We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most. Learn more:
‘The Toxic Avenger’ Partners With Undue Medical Debt to Erase at Least $5 Million in Medical Debt
It’s the final week of marketing and promotion for The Toxic Avenger, and the teams here at Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting have decided to do something a little different. Rather than spending the re...
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I'd love to be able to say the same but I know myself well enough that I know I'd book shows just to pop me and the boys.
Imran Khan@imrankhan.bsky.social · last yr.What job are you extremely unlikely to ever get that you think you would kick ass at? I think I could book compelling wrestling storylines.
There was going to be a Spice Girls anime, but they cancelled it. We were fucking ROBBED.
I cosign this sentiment 100% and think it's very helpful for when you think about some of the fawning but detailed coverage in the NYT versus more critical coverage in many other outlets that's sometimes thinner.
sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social · last yr.aside from that I'll pull back the curtain a little and say: the AI industry has been very resistant to giving access to journalists who do not seem like true believers
I found Sonic having an existential crisis in M&S today.
I saw Razorlight when they were a support act for The Raveonettes in Brighton.
Jaybeans (or Stephen)@jaybeans.bsky.social · last yr.What musical act did you get to see in an intimate setting? Because it was before they got big or after they had their huge moment?
I'm editorializing here, but one of the many problems with Britain's classist/racist film industry is that if a marginalized storyteller DOES manage to get in the room, they're ushered toward grounded/"relatable" projects while posh people get more freedom to explore a range of genres and tones.
The one at Wandsworth Sainsbury's is so bad that I'm pretty sure the staff switched it off so it would remain open.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 2y agoI do think it says a lot about both countries that the Netherlands and the UK both have these horrendous “scan a receipt to exit” gates in supermarkets, *and* that the UK ones don’t work.
Yeet Man winning the Rumble is such a disappointment man, the sort of booking I do for laughs to screw up a mate's emulator save.
Great reporting. The Israeli army said that most people killed in bombing a Beirut apartment block were Hezbollah. The BBC found that nearly all were in fact civilians, and a third were children. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oh wow so you did research into this thing and confidently came to conclusions that contradict international medical organisations oh wow thats pretty big can we see it? “Nah“
James McCarthy@jamesmccarthy97.bsky.social · 2y agoExecutive say releasing evidence supporting puberty blocker ban 'not in the public interest' www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
I'm going to haul this one out again, about why it's not a great idea to idolize creative people, or indeed anyone, and certainly not me, because today really is the day to be reminded about that, isn't it: whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
Please Don’t Idolize Me (or Anyone, Really)
In the wake of the various recent allegations involving Neil Gaiman, people have been both very sad that someone who they looked up to as an inspiration has, allegedly, turned out to be something l…
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Forgiving all the annoying Saltburn discourse if it got us this Sophie Ellis-Bextor New Years TV special.
Predict your 2025 with an image from your phone.
horror Ewacui@ewacat.bsky.social · 2y agoPredict your 2025 with an image from your phone. BONK
The New York Times had entire homepages full of stories on campus antisemitism hearings. It has not yet written about the biggest human rights organization in the world saying that Israel is committing genocide.
Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW: Human rights organization Amnesty International has released a 296-page report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The group joins Holocaust historians, United Nations experts, and a growing number of nations worldwide in doing so.
Day 2 of running the office Christmas song tournament and senior management have taken issue with the lack of Buble but my resolve is pure.
Finally took the plunge and created one of these. Guess we'll see if I end up using it much.