Monday, October 27, 2008
Wrapup: Rivers, censorship, and taking Rock Band a bit too far
Posted by Jeff in censorship, China, eternal sunshine, germany, john mccain, mcsweeneys, new yorker, rivers cuomo, rock band, science, wrapup
Welcome to the Wrapup, your new daily post that’s basically like that filter in your sink’s drain that catches all the junk and keeps it from ruining your disposal. That’s right, I’m here protecting the metaphorical disposal of the internets, giving you all these links that just don’t quite deserve a big fat post of their own. To begin:
- Scientists have watched Eternal Sunshine a few too many times, are developing ways to erase specific memories.
- Remember Rivers Cuomo’s pretty-good collection of solo demo tracks? I think it was called Alone? Well, another album of similar pretty-good solo demo tracks is on the way, and here’s a sample.
- I couldn’t tell if this was a joke or not at first, but I guess that’s typical of the New Yorker - take their test and see if you can figure out what the intention of the New Yorker cartoonist was.
- Ever wanted to experience the heavy arm of Chinese censorship? Install this Firefox extension and get yo tubes blocked.
- Kick your Rock Band home experience up a notch with lights and fog.
- On the lighter side, check out “McCain’s Rejected Robo-Call Scripts” on McSweeney’s.
- Our image today is courtesy of angry German traffic cops. I’ll let Boing Boing describe.