Why I sometimes hate YouTube

Alright I can't even pretend to hate YouTube because let's face it, there are days when all of us spend countless hours on it. It really is such a trap...you go on the Tube looking for a music video and end up clicking on so many sidebar videos and other stuff that your on there for hours.

BUT a pet peeve of mine is when they take down videos....it really ruins my Music Mondays that I work so hard on. So I really do apologize that the Kristina DeBarge and Fabolous song is taken down but I just searched the Tube and couldn't find a working video.

And so...since my half birthday was just a few short weeks ago I bring you this video to try and make up for the blemish of Music Monday. The lyrics are decent and I got a few laughs.


I will be back later on.

-JPerk

I'mma Let You Finish, but this is the Best Pic on the Internet

Lil' Mama is such a gremlin. Taking a quote from Kanye West: Lil' Mama's inner monologue, "Hova, I know you just performed and I'mma let you finish, but I'm Brooklyn's Best Rapper."

Kanye is a Jackass, true story. Obama knows some things about some things...

Google is as racist as...

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Google has since righted this not-so-PC search glitch. But still...really Google? Really? You have all those algorithms and all those MIT grads and some a-hole off the street is finding these ridic search corrections...Google is Evil, I'm telling you...I don't (but so often do) trust something so widespread and omnipotent...I google everything, It's pathetic. I think I'm going to pull a Benedict Arnold and start using Bing.com...but really Microsoft? way to come into the game 5 years late.

I want to clone this kid and hang out with all his clones while they all ask me cute questions about life. When was the last time something so simple put you in this state of wonder/awe? I miss childhood. Being a kid was the best.




For all the John Legend Fans and all the secret ones...

Freak Out, John Legend.



All Night Long, John Legend (Featuring Estelle & Ludacris)

Blog Hiatus

Here’s my obligatory I’m back and still relevant (or I hope) post. I will spare you the minor details of my absence, and move on with things.

My Life. So, one of my best friends from college was visiting Boston from Liberia -- yes, as in equatorial Africa. She was stateside for three weeks and went back this past Saturday. So after hearing all her stories, I began to doubt the coolness of my life. I compiled an incomplete list of reasons why her life is way cooler than mine.

1. She lives in Africa, first and foremost –Jamaica Plain loses its allure once people find out it’s a neighborhood in Boston, not affiliated with the island.
2. She has had Malaria twice, the quinine-resistant strain making it that much more badass; I thought I had swine flu last week.
3. She has heard firsthand accounts about blood diamonds; I saw the movie, Blood Diamonds.
4. She recently witnessed a military coup d'état in Monrovia; I witnessed a bum fight yesterday afternoon on Boylston Street.

Sacrilegious Film. I saw Angels and Demons yesterday afternoon. I’m not one to read a Dan Brown book before the film premieres, so please excuse this illegitimate rant. It was awesomely horrible. I was thoroughly engrossed for the entire 150 minutes, yet I didn’t know why. I will say with confidence that I am now well-versed in the History of the Vatican, random Latin adages, Papal Conclave protocol, anti-matter and its cataclysmic effects, and the trials and tribulations of the Illuminati. In other words, the movie was teeming with facts/trivial information, which I think was its biggest fault. See for yourself though.

Sinatra Biopic. Page Six reports that there is a number of Hollywood’s upper echelon vying for the role of Frank Sinatra in Scorsese’s upcoming biopic. Bet you can guess at least 5 of the wannabe’s off the top of your head before even reading any further. First, what’s a Scorsese film without a Leonardo DiCaprio? Then, you have Justin Motherlovin' Timberlake, who I think is convinced he is Sinatra incarnate. Then you’ve got Christian Bale, bona fide loose cannon – might do a solid job evoking Sinatra’s manic depressive/Zoloft side. Johnny Depp – will definitely fill the seats and he’s a seasoned pro. James Franco, another name in the mix – I think I’d like to see Franco get a shot at this, seems pretty versatile and I respect/enjoy what he’s done thus far.

Who would you like to see play Frank Sinatra? Anyone I didn’t mention? Joaquin Phoenix? Ha.

Paper Towels. Tried and true, I must agree.




This Vid. I came across this a couple of months ago, and it was so rlol to me I bookmarked it. I don’t know how I didn’t post it, but I watched it again last night and it was still unreal to me. The stereotyping isn’t what is funny to me here… the two kids themselves, are comedic geniuses.

People Amaze me.

Before I begin on more important things -- You know when you have to spell stuff over the phone and you are like A for Apple, S for Saturday...etc? Well, I had to do this today with an IT person at work and I realized that there might be something wrong with me. I got off the phone and started lol'n to myself about my word choices for the letters L, X, and C. I go "L for Libra", that's okay because that's my astrological sign, still kind of unnecessary. Then, "X for Xenon", yes that would be the chemical element, Xenon. Atomic number 54. I couldn't have just said "X" or "X-ray"? Wow. Last, but not least, "C for Citrus", or what? Cat? Caitlyn? Charlie? Nope...I had to say Citrus.

Superheros are Real, they really are. I think being homeless is a prerequisite for this band of crimefighters. Maybe our ninja from last week is only a smaller part of a larger, more honorable cause.

Also, here's the link to the Superhero Registry. I cannot believe it exists.




This Indian kid is mildly entertaining. I would recommend watching this in its entirety if you have time to kill. He has funny little anecdotes and sounds like the host of the Indian "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".

An Assortment

...of YouTubes.

(1) Drink 3 Galvatrons and disappoint your friends. Courtesy of Jared, the 3rd in what I had no idea was a 3-part Galvatron music video series. I was saying I kinda want to party with these people, but they seem exclusive. This one I think is my favorite, because Stanley finally gets to say his peace. Gone!



(2) New Kid Cudi. "Daps and Pound". I can't tell if I love it, yet. I'll give it a few more whirls, but for some reason I feel like the lyrics belong to a much slower, more mellow beat. You can DL this song and his '09 mixtape here.



(3) Snakes on a Monkey-Trickin-Flickin Plane! This is a LOL attempt at showing Snakes On A Motherfuckin' Plane on cable tv while re-dubbing with the most absurd and arbitrary words.



-Kate

Real Quick

There are LOLWiggers, LOLCats and I think LOLKanyes are definitely a long time in coming. This shot for Kanye's new LV kicks isn't LOL worthy at all, but for some reason I LOL. He's definitely channeling Zoolander here -- wicked serious, high fashion, haute couture facial expression. I also keep imagining him heckling with the people at LV to let Amber Rose be in some shots. You can tell they did it just to appease him or something, because like the other shots of just him are overall better, in my opinion.

via NahRight


Last, but not least I just noticed my cousin just signed up as a follower...I've been kind of harassing her about it since Easter...So, I just wanted to express my gratitude for her support. We were actually watching some sweet homevids from like early 90s on Sunday (I don't think I owned anything that wasn't equipped with some sweet shoulder pads) and I almost peed myself couple of times. The adults I think for Lolz always made us put on performances --we were definitely exploited for the sake of ROFL. In our poignantly forgettable Spring 1993 performance, I was dancing with the timeless styles of Napoleon Dynamite and the robot dancing guy from Dave Chappelle while my cousin was aggressively lip-syncing and expressively hand-gesturing a power ballad from the one and only, Michael Bolton. Thank god YouTubes wasn't around back then, me and Keri def would have some viral videos floating around. I digress, so this video is dedicated to Keri and her childhood dream of becoming an asian lip-syncing phenom. It's never too late.

Better Late than Never?

I personally don't think he has anything to apologize about...



-Kate

Scarlett gets owned by Zangief

Okay, Scarlett takes a falls is one of my most favorite YouTubes of 2008, maybe of all time. And then someone went and made it 10x better by having a streetfighter piledrive her...genius.

Here's the orginal, edited to highlight the most vital portion of Scarlett's performance. In case you haven't seen it yet.

You're Only as Gangsta as your Childhood Name.

I was aware, for the most part that rappers had real, birth-given names. However, after I watched this vid I was kinda disappointed to find out Lupe Fiasco had a different real life name. Sounds like it could be jamaican, mon orr. Also, his mom woulda had to have tremendous foresight to name him that, Kanye's mom was on point though. Umm so anyway... since you guys seem to appreciate hip-hop I deemed this appropriate for my first post. It's a pretty funny rap and The guy rapping was also my Freshman Year Orientation leader...useless tidbit, but his other stuff is pretty gold. Here's the link to his YouTube page if you wanna find more ways to fritter away your life on the internets.

Sweet Jump BRO.

Take a look at this Bro trying to impress everyone at this sweet party....I wish I could read his mind at the moment right before he lifted off, probably was something like this:

"Awww man, the chicks are going to love me off this trampoline dive into the pool. I just hope it doesn't mess up my L'oreal hair paste or ruin my sweet pooka shell necklace...cowabunga dude"

And then this happened.....




Thanks to Buck for the heads up...happy Friday everyone.



- J Perk

Williams' World

It’s about time for an info-style post:

-When’s it time to call it quits playing video games? Is it just one of those things like rap music where your generation grows up with it so it’s fine to just keep doing it? I don’t know the right answer, but I’m 23 and I’m still swearing my ass off trying to beat bosses.

-What’s with those DVD cases with the two flaps that click in to secure it shut? The other way wasn’t working? I’m not too sure why this is necessary. Where DVDs spilling out all over the place? I’m pretty sure it just prevents me from opening it the very first time I try. But maybe I’m just a caveman.

-I would love to know the people who make the YouTube clips with songs that don’t have music videos and then add various pictures of the artists. Who the hell makes this things? I won’t say anything bad about them because it’s awesome to just Google a new song and have it always be right there on YouTube, but I just can’t picture the type of person who does it. Especially the people who match up pictures with lyrics. Like the guy will say “locked up” and there will be a picture of steel bars. Who’s gangster enough to love this music but nerdy enough to make these vids?

-I’ve tried to keep a personal calendar to keep me organized, but found that it’s more work to update the friggin calendar than it is to remember stuff. I remember in college, sitting next to girls and they would literally have their entire weeks planned out by the hour. Oh, you need to make a note for lunch? How about this: JUST EAST WHEN YOUR HUNGRY. Don’t need to plan that shit. Or even better, the 6PM-10PM “Study for Anthropology Test” or something similar. What the hell? If the test is the next day you better know automatically to study for it. And if you’re studying for four hours, you better get a fuckin A+.

Other things you should know:

-Alex Cora is about to sign with the Mets.

-Dave Meggett (and NFL ’95 favorite of mine) is being charged with rape. Wonder what the former Pats RB/KR has been up to? Here:

“The woman told police she woke up at 1 a.m. Tuesday and found a man she knew as "Mike" sitting on her bed, according to an incident report. The man demanded that she repay $200 she owed him and raped her when she said she didn't have the money, police said.

“Afterward, the man told her he was sorry and that she didn't have to repay him. The woman drove herself to the hospital, where Meggett later met her and was arrested, according to police records”

-You NEED to see this Lebron James shot from last night if you haven’t yet. Was there any doubt it wasn’t going in? The announcing team must be from Memphis though, because they remain comatose throughout the whole thing.