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>>> April 26, 2001
Damned dirty apes Kung Fu: In the past few days, a series of bizarre Web movies have been sweeping the Net. Of unknown origin, these short films combine fighting video games and martial arts movies into a package that includes stick figures beating each other senseless. The first short has Player One's stick figure go up against opponents ranging from falling balls to a large stone column. The second is a take-off of the classic Nintendo game Kung Fu (aka Spartan X), but with some Matrix-style special effects added. It's three minutes of visual over-stimulation. Check them out at www.stileproject.com/kungfu.html and kungfu2.html. Ape must not kill ape: If you love The Planet of the Apes--and you know you do--then you can hardly wait for the new movie coming out this summer. So you'll want to monkey around with Planet Of The Apes: The Forbidden Zone, a Web site so comprehensive it covers not only the movies, but also the ill-fated TV series, comic books etc. Go ape at http://members.nbci.com/planetofapes/. Michael Citrome |
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>>> April 19, 2001
Legalize it High concept: The Internet has made many promises and brought sweeping changes to the media landscape. One of them is democratizing the media. Inevitably, people will just use this new-found power to talk about smoking ganja--nay, to create an entire online TV network about smoking ganja! And so Pot-TV was born, a veritable hot box of pot-related programming live from basements all over the world. Programs include the Grow Show, THC-TV, and the aptly named Marijuana News. With over 240 hours of shows in the archives, Pot-TV can keep you entertained for a long time, or at least until you run out. Light it up at www.pottv.com. Outta here: Joey Ramone has passed on into history but his legacy won't soon be forgotten. Keep your finger on the pulse of the Ramones' fans at Ramones Online, the Web's best Ramones fan site. There's rare MP3s, up-to-the-second news and links to other Ramones sites all over the Web. Gabba gabba hey at www.ramonesonline.com. Michael Citrome |
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>>> April 12, 2001
Out and about Gay, gay, gay: Have you had your daily dose of abuse? Isgay.com makes it easy to piss off those around you. Just send them an innocuous e-mail pointing them to a new site, devoted to their life: Their.name.isgay.com. Put in your name, and you'll be shocked to see what's already been revealed to the entire Web--that you are gay! Just kidding. Isgay.com works by taking any name you type into the address and running a script that enters it into a little gay report. So no matter your lifestyle preference, the site pays no heed. Plus you can check out the hate mail from people who just don't get it. Accuse your friends at www.isgay.com. Rare: The Strange (and Rare) Videogame Pics Page takes a walk on the rare side of classic video games: photos and background info on some of the rarest bits of hardware and software out there--the unreleased and the forgotten. It's like a walk down memory lane, in an alternate weird dimension. Up up down down at members.tripod.com/~faberp/. Michael Citrome |
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>>> April 5, 2001
Rude food Time of the season: If you're like everyone else in North America, except for the people in the Central Time zone area of Indiana, you lost an hour of sleep last weekend. Why? That scourge of the ages called Daylight Saving Time. People have been trying to get rid of DST since it was introduced during the First World War to allegedly save energy. So far it's been blamed for everything from sleep pattern disruptions to school bus accidents. Well, don't just show up late, you can make a difference. Join the movement at End Daylight Saving Time. Clock in at www.standardtime.com. Vomitacular: If lovey-dovey, sugarpill, hearts-and-roses Web sites make you want to violently puke on puppies--and don't they do that to us all--you'll love Sappy Site of the Week, the creation of Marlene, the Queen of Mean. Each week Marlene presents a revolting, insipid site, which usually inspires a volley of hate mail. Be mean at www.heartlessbitches.com/ssotw/. Michael Citrome |
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>>> March 29, 2001
Rude food Tasteless: Ray's List of Weird and Disgusting Foods is an exhaustive (and exhausting) document cataloguing the most vile and horrible foods in nearly every culture worldwide. Cross-referenced and linked, with plenty of supplemental and anecdotal information, Ray includes everything from the process of getting prairie oysters (it takes balls) to recipes for traditional Mexican insect dishes. Yum. But prepare for a rude awakening--Ray's belief is that every culture has a food item prized by its members, but incredibly rude to everyone else. So if you enjoy the occasional glass of spruce beer, you may be shocked that you're GROSSING US ALL OUT! That's nasty at www.andreas.com/food.html. Efil4zdren: Yo, G, want to flash los signos and represent the colours like a real gangsta? Check out the dilly at Chicagoland Gangs for the guide to how to appear as a real thug from the streets. Instructions for hand signs, gang tags and colours are all here. Break out the Ben Davis and Nike Cortez at sobs.org/chilocal/gangs/gnghome.html. Michael Citrome |