HyperBored

How many ADHD brothers does it take to write a blog?

I turned to look back at myspace... and it turned into a pile of suck.

It's been a LONG time since I logged into myspace. But fortunately they don't care if you park an account there forever. First thing I notice is that you can now "connect through facebook". Which is like saying, we know that you have moved on and replaced us with facebook, but we are ok with the occasional booty call when you're bored.

Myspace

It use to be that myspace was the best place on the internet to find out what shows were playing near you because every band that had either a name (even if it changed every other week) and a gig (even if it was in there mom's basement) had a myspace page.  And by putting that show in there basement on their calendar for people to see it was searchable under shows near __.  So although "Pollstar" had all of the big shows, myspace had ALL of the shows big and small. And often shows that barely made the Pollstar radar would only have the headliner and possibly another band listed, while that same bands myspace page would list the full line up.  So after checking Pollstar for this summer's shows in Milwaukee and Chicago (which seem just ok for being two big cities, maybe I'm getting old) I thought: "Hey myspace is still alive because it's good for one thing MUSIC! Awesome! I'll go find all the good shows that aren't on Pollstar."....

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Yeah... come to find out, not only does myspace suck at it's intended purpose, social content, it now sucks at music. I looked for shows in Milwaukee and it came up with 9. NINE SHOWS IN ALL OF MILWAUKEE IN THE NEXT 5 MONTHS?! You have got to be kidding me myspace. This is like a respected author with multiple degrees in a field of study going senile.  But in the case of the Scientist/Doctor/Journalist respectable journals would stop publishing said author when he writes about alien abductions out of respect for him and their journal. Unfortunately no one can cut off myspace's access to the public through mainstream channels, because they are their own channel. I guess the only consolation is that many people like myself have gone so long without accessing their myspace accounts that they haven't seen it lapse into dementia.

I shouldn't have looked back. I should have moved on with found memories of my first social profile. (Geocities doesn't count since it was more of a one note website than a social profile)

Hot Sauce Committee Part 2

Glad to see Adam is cancer free and doing well. You have to check out this album, it is as beastie as Paul's Boutique.  Buy it from there website http://beastieboys.com/

Also enjoy this hilarious music video with the best actors of all time.

HyperBored is Back

The last post here was back in November of last year. It's been a while. Between work, Jeremy and TJ having babies, the holidays and all of that stuff/life, things kind of got neglected here. But we're back for all 20 or 30 people that were reading on a regular basis. 

We switched platforms. We moved from WordPress to Posterous. Posterous is a little less flexible but super easy and free (the best part). We still have the HyperBored Facebook page (and our 80+ fans) and the HyperBored Twitter account (with it's whopping 5 followers). 

As soon as Jeremy and TJ finish getting set up on Posterous you should be hearing from them as well, soon enough. 

HyperBored

 

a very short story. more like a thought

when my little brother was in high school, he was on the wrestling team. He had a girl on his team and i don’t think she did very well. i think she was on the team to be "that girl", than to actually want ot wrestle. maybe I’m wrong.

i went to one of the tournaments at Boise high. if you’ve never been into the gym, its built with bleachers up top and down below. the bleachers on the floor were retracted to make room for all the mats that were going to be in use. so all the spectators were up top looking down on the wrestlers like watching gladiators of old.

the day was wearing on a little by the time they were wrapping up the last of the preliminary rounds. this girl was on her second match to see if she was going move on. the young man she had to wrestle was in the same boat. loser left.

by the time the first period was over there were only a couple of matches still going. needless to say, most eyes were on this particular match. the boy was a real bobby hill. lumpy. squishy. not out of his baby fat stage. the girl was lean, but a little uncoordinated still. so it kind of evened out.

the match started into the third period and now Everyone was watching. left over wrestlers and coaches had made there way to the mat to watch. it was intense.

he has the lead 

she has the lead

reversal

he has her

NO! REVERSAL! OH! …OH!…..OH!….

collectively we held our breath as she rolled him on to his back to sink in the reverse half nelson. more like a bear hug.she got onto her toes. he bridged. she sunk it in tighter. (breath still holding)…

then the slap on the mat was followed by a moment of eternal silence. which was quickly replaced by the roar. the kind of roar you are a part of only a small hand full of times; where your voice is totally unheard by anyone because no one can hear themselves yelling over all the noise. it was insane. the brick walls flexed out. the air became thin…a dog howled off in the distance…

the girl stood, realizing that the ruckus was for her. and her alone. the screaming, the frothing of mouths, the mad stopping on the bleachers, everyone trying to tear off the roof with there will and enthusiasm.

in the girls wake, we saw the boy. she pinned him and we destroyed him with our enthusiasm. everyone for 5 schools were there to witness this boy being scraped off the mat by his coach and hauled off to some quite, dark corner so he could learn to bottle his shame and defeat, in the hopes that it would make him stronger. harder. a Man.

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Someone just put my brain in a blender and hit frappé: Nirvana v Rick Astley Mashup

This is so mind altering I really don't know if it's the best thing I've ever seen/herd or the most horrible. 

I do know this: You HAVE to watch Rick dance to the guitar solo at 2:15.

Thanks to coworker Chris Sewell for the tweet link. 

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So Good It Hurts: SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE MATRIX

Soooooooo Awesome. I love this stuff. Now I just need the Fight Club Mashup.

Just saw this one now. Scott Pilgrim Vs The Last Airbender. Not as awesome as the Matrix, but still pretty alright.

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Watch Yojimbo

Don't google it, or look up the spoilers on Wikipedia or IMDB.

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Just watch it.   Tonight. I know you have a netflix account. Or access to someone's online account. It's a watch instantly. You've probably seen, or at least heard about, A Fistful of Dollars. The Clint Eastwood movie that is often accredited with rise in popularity of "Spaghetti Westerns".  Or Maybe you've seen the really good Bruce Willis movie Last Man Standing, which is based on A Fistful of Dollars. Well Yojimbo was the predecessor to them all. If your looking for good martial arts there are many movies with subtitles exponentially better than this one. But this is arguably the best movie I know of to have come out of Japan during that era in terms of plot and characters. Watch it. Now.

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Darth Vader Hits Bottom Robs Bank

Apparently since the fall of the Empire Darth Vader has hit rock bottom. I hear he's living in a van down by the river and sold his light saber for beer money. 

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h/t Boing Boing via 'Darth Vader' Robs Bank on Long Island

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Zombie Fight Club: Bring On the Mashups

Now that Brad Pitt has decided to start on Aurthur Brooks World War Z

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(seriously, great book BTW), how long until we see the first Zombie Fight Club mashups? The movie doesn't come out until 2012 so we may not see anything until mid 2011 when the movie's PR engine kicks in. 

More from MTV:

Comic-Con is barely underway in San Diego and we already have some big news from the show floor!

While chatting up "World War Z" author Max Brooks at the booth for comic publisher Avatar Press, the writer confirmed to MTV News that the adaption of his novel about the zombie apocalypse is not only moving forward, but Brad Pitt is now officially attached to star in the film. Additionally, Brooks revealed that Paramount has optioned the movie rights to two more of his projects: "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks" graphic novel.

More from books Aurthur Brooks (all of which are rumored to be made into a movie if World War Z does well):

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

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The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

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The Most Amazing Movie Theory EVER! Ferris Bueller Fight Club

Will they please remake this movie? Please!

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"My favorite thought-piece about Ferris Bueller is the “Fight Club” theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron’s imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves."


Read more: The Ferris Bueller Fight Club Theory | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/30/the-ferris-bueller-fight-club-theory/#ixzz0uKyadzov

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