Favorite things of the week

Ninja Gaiden 2 Demo

Want to get out some hardcore aggression on a bunch of diligent ninjas? Well play through this demo (it will take you about a half hour) and you will certainly feel a little bit better about the dick who stole your parking space at the mall earlier that day. Fuck him.









Chuck Palahniuk's Survivor

Granted, I'm like a decade behind the rest of the world here, but this book kicks ass. For those of you not in the loop: it starts backwards (both in page numbers and chapters) and starts off with a guy telling his life story to an airplane's black box while its on the verge of going down. Heavy stuff by the guy that wrote the likes of Fight Club and Choke.





The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

I know, another thing I'm almost 20 years late on. I just Netflixed the first disc of the series. Holy Shit. If you love poignant, vaudevillian puns and a good western action series, you will love this show. Started in 93 by two guys (one of which went on to write for LOST and another who wrote "The Phantom" with Billy Zane. I know.) This was just a whole lot of fun. Bruce Campbell of course plays the exact same cheeky character he's played since he started acting, and I love it. A definite buy for anybody who loves TV and campy westerns.




The first hour and a half of Incredible Hulk

I caught an advance of this on Tuesday. I'm probably knocking the flick harder than I should here, but I'm a fan, so fuck you. This film was great fun, but could have been way more clever than they (studios/Letierrer/Norton/Penn/Your mom) allowed it to be. You can check out the full poop on it over here at comicmix or once you see the flick, come back here for a forthcoming "what they could have done to save the picture" post.





Bonus!!

Least favorite thing this week:

"Home" by Daughtry

I filled in on mid days this week over at Star 99.9 and we have a contest going where if you hear this song played twice in a row, be caller blahblah and you win $1K in gas money. This means one of several things:

1. Every time the song was even played, within the first 10 bars, the phones light up with morons asking "if they won". to which I reply "how many times did you hear it?" and the retort "oh, damn". Once, I even got a "fuck you! *click*" which totally made my day working for a station that prides itself on our "middle-aged housewives" demographic.

2. Any time anything by Daughtry or even songs that sound like daughtry are played, phones light up with more morons. To which I ask the same question, they giggle, and hang up. Or i end up getting in a "whose on first" style dialogue with them on "who that tim daltry guy is, and what he sings??"

3. Whenever I solicit the contest and mention the number, dozens--no exaggeration--DOZENS of people call to make sure that "the number is right". The number is 1800-330-9999. How hard is that? I'm pretty sure outside of your house number and 911, that has got to be one of the easiest numbers to remember in the book. (outside of 555-5555 or Jenny's number)

In conclusion, i now convulse when I hear "Home" played anywhere at anytime. So, thanks Chris.