Fire and smoke rising following an explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on March 21, 2019. The death toll from a huge explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China surged to 47 on Friday, making it one of the country’s worst industrial accidents in recent years:
New DEFTONES Album!! (2019)
•March 10, 2019 • Leave a CommentIn early December, Deftones posted a photo of Sacramento with the simple caption ‘#2019 #newmusic’. Kerrang! magazine (devoted to hard rock and heavy metal music) has confirmed this in an interview with frontman Chino Moreno.
The alt-rock icons are expected to release their follow-up to 2016’s ‘Gore’ in 2019 — Moreno says that the band are currently in the “experimental mode” of recording it.
“We’re definitely getting into experimental sort of modes, which is the funnest phase that we get into. One of the biggest records in our career is obviously White Pony, and it’s our most commercially successful record, as well, but that was also one of our most experimental records, especially for the time when it came out. That record, making it was… what’s a good word to describe it? We felt really free,” Moreno told Kerrang.
“We basically made whatever we liked, whatever was happening at that moment. It didn’t really go along with what was going on around us, as far as our contemporaries and where other music was.” [KERRANG!]
MR. THOMAS — Substitute Mr. X For Thomas The Tank Engine With This Resident Evil 2 Mod
•March 10, 2019 • Leave a CommentIf for whatever reason you wanted to replace Resident Evil 2’s insidious Mr. X with er, Thomas the Tank Engine, now you can!
It’s ridiculous to see a bulky locomotive swing through doors and move towards you with murderous intent while Thomas’ theme song plays in the background, and that never-ending smile is nearly as creepy as Mr. X.
A guide to installing the mod, which ensures that the iconic ABC tune will play whenever Mr. X is supposed to show up, while also replacing his stomp and punch with Thomas’s whistle and steam train sounds, is on the Steam Workshop. The model for Thomas himself is here: (https://www.mediafire.com/file/htnk4r39c8eyk76/Thomas+Over+MR+X.rar)
#ChildhoodRuined Hey modders, I think I found your audience:
Stan Lee Cameo in CAPTAIN MARVEL = Backstory of Cosmic Proportions [cameos & easter eggs]
•March 10, 2019 • Leave a CommentYes, Stan Lee does make a cameo appearance. It is perfectly appropriate given CAPTAIN MARVEL in set in the 90s, but unlike his other cameo appearances, this one is also an easter-egg with a backstory that alludes to one cosmic implication in the MCU.
Capt. Marvel passes Stan Lee on a train reciting lines from a script titled MALLRATS, a movie that came out in 1995 that Stan Lee made a cameo appearance in, as himself.
Here is the thing, in his MALLRATS scene, Stan Lee as Stan Lee mentions that he is the guy responsible for creating Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, which begs the question; how can these fictional characters exist in The Marvel Cinematic Universe?!
It is a rhetorical question because no one should really care about this sort of stuff. It’s just a neat, meta nod of a terrific cameo, about a cameo, within a cameo — watch it here:
Totally gives credence to the theories surrounding his appearance in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 as a Watcher informer.
At the press conference for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 , Marvel boss Kevin Feige was asked what the cameo meant;
“Stan Lee clearly exists above and apart from the reality of all the films.” He added the cameo proved, “he’s this same character who’s popped up in all these films, the same person.”
What better tribute to the comics legend than this theory being true.
CAPTAIN MEAN-AS-HELL [trailer spoof]
•March 9, 2019 • Leave a CommentArtSpear Entertainment twists the Captain Marvel trailer and gives us a hero who is aware that she’s the center of the movie and super salty about it:
R.I.P. Luke Perry 1966 ~ 2019
•March 6, 2019 • Leave a CommentAfter finishing up his 90210 heartthrob role, actor Luke Perry unexpectedly showed up in The Fifth Element (1997). Everyone involved in this movie rocks. Brilliant opening.
Just between us, I binged season 1 of Riverdale, and seeing Luke Perry’s role as Archie’s (played by Kiwi, KJ Apa) exemplary TV parent, I liked (Skeet Ulrich as well. Gruff Men actors in general really. Aww, this news will make my friend Nicole very sad).
Perry’s casting as Archie’s dad was a knowing wink to his teen-idol past, but the actor made sure it wasn’t just clever stunt casting. He served as the show’s emotional anchor, with Fred offering Archie unconditional love and sage advice through three seasons. Their father-son heart-to-hearts may seem like a corny relic from a bygone era, but they served as an essential counterweight to the show’s wilder storylines.
Keith Flint: RIP The Orginal Firestarter
•March 6, 2019 • Leave a CommentOn March the 4th 2019, the world lost a true maverick and star of the music world. Take a look at Keith Flint’s best moments with The Prodigy:
R.I.P. Keith Charles Flint 1969 ~ 2019
•March 5, 2019 • Leave a CommentKeith Charles Flint, best known as the vocalist frontman and dancer for the British electropunk band The Prodigy has died. He was aged 49.
I remember one particular house-party, listening to the best music ever because my friend had mad taste, and this one song played that I needed to know the name of because I had never danced so hard in my life!! Yeah, (lol) great times. “No Good” was the track:
Flint was originally cast as a dancer in the group but was propelled into the spotlight after featuring his vocals on Firestarter. He soon became renowned for his unique hairstyles, heavy eyeliner and energetic live performances.
The Prodigy shot to fame for taking their underground rave sound into the mainstream with number 1 singles like ‘Firestarter’ and ‘Breathe’. The band became one of the UK’s most successful of the 1990s, racking up six number 1 albums throughout their career.
Thanks for the music.
🍑🍆💦 Hunt for “butt plug bandits” Who Stole Sex Toys from Lower Hutt Adult Store
•February 19, 2019 • Leave a CommentWhen news hits hard in New Zealand, it is devastating. The country feels it. We unite. We show-up and the world takes notice of our down-to-earth nature. Between those moments however, Kiwis are either getting slapped by seals, hit by dildos, or just outright stealing dildos for hard-hitting slappers. Yeah, it gets pretty slapstick down under 🤭
On Sunday, two “rugged-looking” women entered the Peaches and Cream store in Petone and made off with a collection of toys.
These included two anal climaxers worth over $300 each, a Hustler brand rabbit vibrator worth over $250 and a leopard print dress worth $95. They also attempted to steal a wand vibrator worth $220.
Newshub spoke to the staff member who caught the pair. She says they aroused suspicion when they split up after walking in. As they went to exit, she noticed their bags had grown inside since entering the shop and gave them the opportunity to return the items. One – who looked “pretty scared” – opened her bag, returned one item, and apologised. However the other refused to open her bag and left with unpaid-for merchandise. “I gave her multiple chances to return the item but she said no,” the staff member told Newshub.
The post has drawn much attention from the community, who have identified the women as targeting other stores in the region.
“Police have been around her house multiple times but she’s never home,” one person commented on Facebook.
“Probably hiding in the bedroom with her collection of buttplugs,” came the reply.
A police report has been filed and police told Newshub they have completed “initial forensic analysis”.
It’s not the first time the stores have been targeted. Peaches and Cream have a whole Facebook album of people caught on security camera.
“They steal lube, they steal vibrators, they steal masturbators, they steal lingerie, they steal DVDs,” the Peaches and Cream CEO told Newshub.
“I think most of it would be personal use but some are stealing products to resell.”
The culprits are usually taken to court and forced to reimburse the store for the products they stole.
“We don’t normally want them back,” the CEO says. [NewsHub/butt-plug-bandits]
And there you have it, just another day in NZ really. …She’ll be right.
“A Theory of Flight” by All in Pixel [animation]
•February 10, 2019 • Leave a CommentAll in Pixel created this animated masterpiece for The Verge’s Better Worlds’ project. Based on a short story by Justina Ireland, it’s a science fiction tale about a woman determined to leave Earth for a more hopeful future on a colony only attainable for the wealthiest of people:
Narration: Andia Winslow / Music: Ambrose Yu / Sound Design: Sono Sanctus / Screenplay: Laura Hudson / Animation: All in Pixel / Based on a story by Justina Ireland / Read Justina Ireland’s original story
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