Hilarious art historical parodies to be found here
March 15, 2011 – 4:19 pm by Andrew Paul Woodhttp://history.icanhascheezburger.com/ Regularly makes me pee in my pants with near-catatonic giggling.
GREAT WISDOM FROM THE JIMARY
March 15, 2011 – 4:10 pm by Andrew Paul WoodRead and obey. You have your orders. Fly, my Pretties! http://overthenet.blogspot.com/2011/03/five-things-to-do-tomorrow.html
Seperated at Birth?
March 14, 2011 – 3:11 pm by Andrew Paul WoodCarlos Santana and Muammar Gaddafi?
The Rory Award
March 14, 2011 – 3:04 am by Andrew Paul WoodIn the Douglas Adams novel Life, the Universe, and Everything (basically when it all went down hill - and don't get me started on that shitty Eoin Colfer cynical cash in And Another Thing - RUBBISH) there is a thing called the "Rory Award for the most Gratuitous Use of the Word 'Fuck" in a Serious Screenplay", which led me to think about the most artistic and gratuitous uses of the word 'fuck' in serious movies. Therefore, if I were to list potential Rory nominees, I would include Hugh Grant's introductory fuck barrage in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Colin Firth's funny little F-word bit in The King's Speech, and - though it is stretching the category - Bruce Willis' "Yipee-o-kay-ay Motherfucker!" from Die Hard. I await your suggestions with deliciously wicked anticipation.
Thinking about Parekowhai in Venice
March 13, 2011 – 3:53 am by Andrew Paul WoodAccording to my dear friend Jenny Harper, Director of Christchurch Art Gallery and New Zealander Commissioner for the Venice Biennale, as read in CNZ’s media material, Michael Parekowhai’s “On first looking at Chapman's Home,” his Venice contribution, “is topical and polished. Michael Parekowhai will create a sense of drama and surprise for the large audiences. His work operates on many different levels of meaning and he will certainly contribute to the growth of New Zealand's reputation as an increasingly important and sought-after player in the world of visual arts.” Although there is very little in the way of images of the work to go on, we do have enough information to perhaps test this, and even for me to offer a preliminary reading. The title is itself suggestive, taken from the title of John Keats well-known sonnet: On first looking into Chapman's Homer MUCH have I travell'd in the realms of gold, And many goodly ...
Earthquakes, Art, Cabbages and Kings.
March 12, 2011 – 7:23 pm by Andrew Paul WoodA lot on Christchurch post-quake heritage issues in the Sunday Star-Times this weekend. The Focus section has a big feature fostering the debate with the usual show ponies (does Justin Paton own any shirts that aren’t muscle tees? – put it away, Justin). That’s all well and good, though I’m not sure I particularly care what Norman Foster thinks – I’m no fan of his bar that gleaming icon of phallic fabulousness in London. Notes to all editors: (1) its name is the Swiss Re building, or 50 St Mary Ax – please use one or the other before reverting to “the gherkin”. (2) “Lord” is his non-hereditary title, not his first name, therefore he is to be called “Norman, Lord Foster”, and thereafter “Lord Foster” though given his celebrity “Foster” would do. What is former Christchurch Mayor Garry Moore’s obsession with Ballantynes anyway? Anytime someone asks his opinion, it’s all ...
French and Saunders do Bergman and Fellini
March 12, 2011 – 3:16 am by Andrew Paul WoodFirst the Ingmar Bergman: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2MQthEYGsI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XrAH9Z_Bjk And now the Fellini: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVTHeKnvMI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1cKQCPPfk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43J3ONMQrns Don't watch while eating or you may do yourself an injury.
So True!
March 11, 2011 – 7:53 pm by Andrew Paul Woodsee more Funny Graphs
Jim Stuart-Black: Hottie of the Emergency
March 11, 2011 – 2:56 pm by Andrew Paul WoodSome might consider running a series on "Hotties of the Emergency" to be somewhat bad taste. To that I respond that, while sitting on your bucket amidst the rubble in front of the telly waiting (presuming you are fortunate enough to have electricity again), all you really can do is look. So ladies, and indeed Knights of the Brotherhood of the Limp Wrist, I give you New Zealand Fire Service’s National Manager for Special Operations, Jim Stuart-Black... http://www.3news.co.nz/John-Campbell-interviews-Jim-Stuart-Black/tabid/423/articleID/199718/Default.aspx
WEB MEMES – MAKE ME VIRAL
March 10, 2011 – 7:03 pm by Andrew Paul WoodI just included this in a comment on Dr Brian Edwards' blog, but I was so impressed with myself, I am going to include it here also: I think I’ve just discovered another social media phenomenon, and I’m calling it a ChchTroll – someone who insists in a comments forum that No-one’s problems could possibly be as bad as theirs because they live in Christchurch and have to kak in a bucket. My other contribution to Web memes is Andrew Paul Wood’s Corollary to Godwin’s Law: Any time someone in an online forum compares anyone or anything to the Nazis, regardless of conscious hyperbole or historical accuracy, some forum troll will mention Godwin’s Law with a high probability of including a hyperlink to the Wikipedia entry.
