Guess Who: Okay, we admit it. Ours is a culture of paranoia. Unspeakable threats lurk around every corner. On one hand, you have radical Islamist terrorism, on the other, longwinded bluegrass-inspired electrified Americana. So to that end, we pose the eternal question: Jam Band Fan or Taliban? This eponymous blog presents a new challenge each day. Certainly both groups have similar physical characteristics—long, unwashed beard, glazed-over, dilated eyes, natural hemp garments. Help separate the mullahs from the mellow at jambandfanortaliban.blogspot.com.
Lost in Translation: We like to make fun of the Japanese for their often weird, twisted and missing-the-point takes on American culture, like the widely circulated (and possibly fake) picture of the “Crap Your Hands” Elmo toy. But what happens when Americans take something typically Japanese like Cosplay, dressing up like your favourite anime character, and turn it into something creepy, gross and disturbing? This is what happens. Think inflatable hair at morbidoptimism.com/forums/2007/05/03/americans-shouldnt-cosplay/ |
