I-mockery presents you with the following list, some I’ve played, some I’ve never even seen. Ah, to have the money, space and patience with continuous repairs to collect such things. Home systems have their advantage, but as a Gen X’er, I’ll always have nostalgia for these big clunkers. I don’t think Galaga made the list, but as a testimonial to it’s longevity, check any laundrymat.

Thanx Jairoo for the bite.

This will be “old hat” to some English druggies and serious electronica fans, but I just saw it for the first time a few months ago and am realizing it may not be as well know among some peers as anticipated. It’s Chris Cunningham’s video for an Aphex Twin song, done in ‘05. *WARNING – it’s twisted and far out. But I would argue also with artistic merit*



Here a link to creepy stills and interviews with Warp and Pitchfork. And the video, also by Cunningham, for Come to Daddy.

I caught Conan the Barbarian last night on cable and was noticing how hot the character who plays his mom is, and with a little research, wasn’t too surprised to find Nadiuska was in fact an Italian porn star. Actually, most every actress in the film looks like she might have done a little “Blue” work – the Witch, Thulsa Doom’s daughter, Conan’s girlfriend, the various cult and orgy members… It was sort of an interesting era for film: lingering 70’s ethos, lots of “Penthouse soft lense”, a certain European feel to the entire production. Not to mention the general crossover appeal of Italian porn actors-

Take the example of Ilona Staller, AKA Cicciolina, who in ‘79 ran for Italian parliament in their first incarnation of the Green Party, then switching to the Partito Radicale, was actually elected in ‘87. Near the beginning of the first Gulf War she offered to fuck Saddam Hussein to help ease escalating tensions with that conflict. She later made the same offer to both he and Osama Bin Laden for the same reason, but let’s face it, Osama’s a longshot, and not just because of the dialyses…

America is clearly behind the times, though porn stars here do cross over into legit film and pro wrestling. Recently a candidate may have increased her results in a primary by “tearing up” during a press conference, apparently it made her more relatable to some voters… makes you wonder. This is only a jokey insight Mrs. Clinton – please don’t do anything drastic!

In no way do I mean to discredit global warming, or human influence on earth’s weather patterns in mentioning 1816, The Year Without a Summer. If anything, it calls attention to how relatively fragile the entire system is: volcanic activity in the South Pacific can have startling influence on Europe and North America. And makes you think further how weather effects humans – how a botched vacation could lead a young goth chick to get involved in a writing contest. Humanity is certain to enjoy many future innovations as the “the world outside” becomes less hospitable.