Commercials That MUST Die

Hey folks. It's been a while, has it not? Nothing too exciting has been going on in the indie rock world this week, with the exception of Thom Yorke and Flea's new band project. Jim had the show to himself yesterday. And for me, I actually left Kutztown on Wednesday to come back home to New Jersey. A family member passed away. He lived long and well, all the way to 92. This man was always as sharp as tack. So I've been slacking with the blog this week. I'll start up again on Monday, when I head back to school.

Anyway, it's time for another random post about things that irritate me. Today, it's commercials that MUST die. Now. Ugh...these commercials make me want to break my TV, then go on a fighting rampage. Here are just a few:

The latest Papa John's and Pizza Hut commercials



Papa John tries to come off as a man of the people (little girl's soccer teams and frat boys, rather), by showing up uninvited and giving people cinnamon flavored pizza or whatever. I bet he's an ass of a boss. Just comes off that way. And also, in the newest one that I couldn't find, this little girl who goes "your pizza is the story of my life" - what an awkward and stupid comment to make. How can pizza be this 9 year old girl's life? I hope she's embarrassed.

Jim Breuer is at his most annoying in this new one from Pizza Hut. "JACKPOT!" - yes, that catchphrase will catch on, Pizza Hut. And what sucks is that it airs EVERY commercial break, no matter what show, on Comedy Central. I'm usually watching Comedy Central at night for South Park and Futurama, and nothing takes me more out of my funny mood, then "JACKPOT!" Damn good pizza, though.

Palm Pre Ginger Girl


Why is she the model for this thing? She's so pasty and creepy that I just want to cry. She gazes at you, like she's undressing you with her eyes. But what she's really doing, is putting you through an awful commercial. Sometimes a tan is a good thing.

KGB answers your dumb questions


I hate these two idiots. But I hate the people who use KGB (are there people who do it?) even more. It's so ridiculous. You don't know the answer to a question? Well shit, use Wikipedia, don't spend a dollar texting it to some crappy cell phone service. However, I will say this: at least we're nearing the end of those ringtone commercials. I hope to God Jamster went out of business.

Flo...from Progressive


I despise this woman the most. These commercials need to stop. Flo sucks. She's so awkward and unfunny. She isn't the slightest bit witty or cool or even "nerdy cool". I don't even know what else to say. These commercials are endless, on every station, and I just think the world would be a better place if she got replaced. I'll take anything over her. She annoys me beyond belief.

Those were just some of the commercials that piss me off. Do they make you want to pull your hair out, too? Let us know!

Kutztown Gets Sick

One thing that's truly negative about returning to college life is the spread of disease. College kids interact with each other so much that it's impossible not to get sick from each other. It's indeed inevitable. What really sucks, is that this whole "swine flu" business is causing a stir, and I'm sick with a cold right off the blocks. Lame, guys. Not the way I wanted to spend by my Labor Day Weekend. I'm not the only one though; other students are disappointed by being this sick this early in the semester. Make no mistake about it, unless your Superman, you will be affected by the common cold and it getting into your system. Here's some videos about being sick and how much it ruins your good time.

Morrissey - "Seasick, Yet Still Docked"


Mudhoney - "Touch Me, I'm Sick"


Queens Of The Stone Age - "Sick, Sick, Sick"

Music For Airports. And Naps.

I nap. Do you nap? Why don't you nap more? I nap often. Sometimes I find sleep is actually better than reality. Sounds depressing, but I've had better dreams about free falling than actually taking the real-life plunge. I need my sleep, you guys. Close friends and family members think I sleep too much, but I don't think that's such a bad thing. I'd say I'm usually pretty healthy otherwise. Did you know: a recent study has found that the good nappers, men and women, who napped at least three times per week for an average of at least 30 minutes, had a 37% lower coronary mortality risk than those who took no naps. And get this: earlier, NASA sleep researchers have found that a nap of 26 minutes can boost performance by as much as 34%. Nice numbers. Something cool (and kind of more our thing) to try is listening to atmospheric music before you sleep, you know, like to try to trick your mind into developing a dream about the music in your subconscious state. It's worked before. The results are usually confusing, but interesting all the plenty. Here are some tunes that I like to listen to before I sleep, while I sleep, and right when I wake up (because that's when your really affected). And so I write this all because I am bored and there's no need to talk about the new Imogen Heap record because it's going to be awesome and I will mention it slightly below, via music video.

Brian Eno - "1/1"


Frou Frou - "Shh" (See?)

The Postal Service - "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
Sonic Youth - "Rain On Tin"
Tycho - "The Daydream"

Sweet dreams, now.

3 Notes Of Interest

Check this out people. Movie Fone ("Welcome to Mooovvviiieee Fone!") conducted this list for their top 40 movie soundtracks. I must say, it's pretty tight. I found this while searching for good times to see "The Hangover" (excellent film by the way, hilarious). Anyway, I'm a fan of almost all these films and their respected albums. Do you agree with Movie Fone? Find out here.

In other news (news that really doesn't affect anyone who follows this blog a lot), someone's house was robbed in my neighborhood! I've never seen so many cops surrounding one street around here. It's like the entire station cleared out and investigated this thing. Though the details are bleak at the moment, it's safe to say that this event clearly prompts emotions felt in this song and video:

Lastly for today, I'm trying to give up my addiction to Facebook. College kids, you know how epicly awesome "the fas" is. You get to see who's up to no good, who looks like which animal now, and stalk people without feeling too creepy (totally acceptable now). Anyway, I'm on it a lot, just really doing nothing important (mainly seeing who looks like which animal now). So we'll see how long this will last. I'm sure I'll go back to it, but hopefully when I do decide to log back on, I won't waste precious hours of my summer seeing who got drunk and did what, where, when, why, and how. Oh the struggles of addiction...

And that concludes this random post.

In Case You Were Wondering...

This made my day.

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