The Blair Witch Project, which I haven’t seen, is a cultural phenomenon (details here). Simply put, it’s a horror-genre movie based on a fictional plot involving people who disappear. Now, a Seattle TV station helpfully uses the movie to explain the Trump phenomenon (read story here). Si[...]
Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’
November 11th, 2021 - 1:48 am § in Humor
Why the Founding Fathers didn’t go with pure democracy
Obviously because they watched this clip from the (now-canceled) Norwegian TV series “Norsemen” on YouTube (like we do) and after thinking about it went “hmm.” Yeah, reserving a veto power is always a good idea. Especially when you’re among friends. https://youtu.be/Jb_[...]
November 9th, 2021 - 4:33 pm § in Misc.
Money is lovely, but tall and handsome is better
Watch Jeff Bezos’ (current) girlfriend dish on Leonardo diCaprio while Short Stuff watches, and read about his reaction here. The poor guy is destined to go through life playing this Beatles song over and over in his head. https://youtu.be/NUPex7lBYgI Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
How gross, vile, and dumb is Donny Trump Jr.?
Shooting an elephant, cutting off its tail, and gloating at a camera was gross. (Here.) Claiming Democrats hoped Covid-19 would come to America and “kill millions of people” in order to “end Donald Trump’s streak of winning” (here) was more vile than gross, but I’[...]
You’d think she killed somebody
From the U.K.-based tabloid Daily Mail, on Thursday, October 21, 2021 (here): “Republicans are telling Meghan Markle to ‘stick to acting’ and daring the royal family to strip her of her title after she wrote a letter to Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Majority Lea[...]
71% of Americans say tax the rich
Biden wants to spend lots of money on social programs and pay for it by taxing the rich. A very big chunk of the American electorate loves that idea. A survey conducted October 8-12, 2021, found two-thirds of Americans support Biden’s $3.5 trillion package, which includes things like child ca[...]
July 16th, 2021 - 12:56 am § in Misc.
Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 (video)
Background here. Conducted by Estonian-American conductor Paavo Jarvi (bio here); performed by Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (info here), with Georgian concert pianist Khatia Buniatishvili on the grand piano. Running time: 39:50 mins. Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Music video: Necking with donkeys
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The legal consequences of volunteering to be the butt of a joke
Back in 2018, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen made a fool of notorious Alabama politician Roy Moore. Cohen invited Moore to appear on his TV show. Moore took the bait. He even signed a contract agreeing, buried in so many obfuscating legal phrases, to be made a fool of. “During the segment, Cohen p[...]
June 29th, 2021 - 6:35 pm § in Misc.
What sex is Miss Nevada USA?
The answer depends on whether you ask “is” or “was.” “Kataluna Enriquez, who was crowned Miss Nevada USA on Sunday, will become the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Miss USA pageant,” NBC News reported on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Her platform? Trans[...]