Happy Buy Nothing Day, guys! I’m going to sit in my room and not buy anything all day. So excited to do my Christmas shopping on another day instead. Did you all hear about how shopping kills? From newsday.com:  

Bargain-hungry shoppers stepped on a fallen Wal-Mart worker, who died Friday morning, after the crowd knocked down the store’s front doors — and the worker — during the “utter chaos” of a Black Friday shopping melee, Nassau County police said.

“A throng of shoppers . . . physically broke down the doors” at around 5 a.m. Friday and knocked the 34-year-old part-time worker to the ground as the crowd pushed its way into the store at the Green Acres Mall, Nassau police said.

“This crowd was out of control,” said Nassau Police Det. Lt. Michael Fleming, who is investigating the death. He characterized the melee as “utter chaos.”

Fleming said an estimated 2,000 people had gathered in line around 5 a.m. as the store was preparing to open.

Who are these people who go shopping at 4am? What were they shopping for? Are they trying to get the newest X-box release? Also , I’m really curious about the person who got trampled. Was it one of the 90 year old retirees they hire as greeters? This is actually really sad. Are people so pumped for deals this year because the economy is in such a downturn? I’m really hoping that change.gov will find a way to stop shoppers from trampling store employees.

Remember when malls and shopping was a simple joyful activity? I miss my youth and innocence.

Don’t buy anything today, ok?

Now that Obama’s won and we are in a time of change.gov, I have to wonder what this loss must have felt like to McCain supporters. And then I saw these tweens and everything was so so clear.

What’s the difference between a presidential race an American Idol? That’s a rhetorical question; I don’t really want to know the answer.

It is what it is. A hamster eating popcorn on a piano set to a really strange original song.

It’s like Fred meets Cute Overload. My brain just exploded.

Erin reminded me today of what I thought was a brief, passing internet meme. Remember this internet sensation?

Erin: i sent you that youtube vid of the guy in the terrible outfit doing the beyonce dance to “single ladies (put a ring on it)” right?so weirdso that got a million hits and now he’s on like, talkshows doing the dance
me: OH, yeah
i remember
Erin: he got FAMOUS
me: he’s on talkshows?
Erin: yup, dancing
me: why is drag SO popular online?
Erin: i dont know it’s weird
me: when people do really flamboyant drag stuff online
INSTA-FAME
like, chris crocker is such a tranny
hence his fame
Erin: it’s weird and kinda awful
me: Kelly… dirty drag
Erin: just in that it’s like, circus freaks or something
which sucks
me: John Roberts… he dresses up like his mother…
Erin: hahahathat’s deep
me: like, the internet is SO GAY
Erin: it is!
me: it’s a gay medium for gay things
and dressing up like women and gender bending
Erin: strange phenom

I present you with the evidence of the “Single Man dancing to Single Ladies” newfound fame, a clip of Shane Mercado, the dancing man above, on some day time talk show called The Bonnie Hunt Show.

But, guys, not all drag performance is intended to leave you slackjawed and dumbfounded and questioning the nature of yourself and humanity. Some drag is comedic art and deserves real recognition. After the jump, check out some of the great drag internet video classics by Mike Albo and John Roberts. Read More!

Have you all seen this Nintendo Amusement Park (.com) thing? Because I’m thinking it might be real. And I’ve never been more excited. It reminds me of Nick Arcade, if Nick Arcade was real life instead of a weird blue screen based game show from the 90s. It also has a strong resemblance to Takeshi’s Castle (aka Most Extreme Elimination Challenge).

My favorite detail is that you have to put on the Mario mustache. It’s just part of the ride. You can’t hit the power box or jump on the giant air sculpture of the Goomba without it. The mustache is essential. I just take this as a second sign (the first one being the sexy facial hair in Gus Van Sant’s MILK) that mustache’s are making an important comeback this year. Trends always starts with gays and then move on to the sorts of people that want to create and  play simulated video games. That’s a tip for you big PR types next time you’re establishing a new brand.

After the jump, bonus nostalgia featuring the unlikely combo of Nick Arcade and Joey Fatone.  Read More!

Our friends Meat Picnic have just finished a new music video for post-hardcore(yeah, not sure what that genre mean, but I’ll run with it, because the video is cool) band Racebannon. It’s strongly reminiscent of those awesome Tool videos from the 90s. It’s pretty rad.

Candida & Parasites from Meat Picnic on Vimeo.

If that was too much for you, you can always just check out the puppies live Web cam to recover.

Tonight at 6:30 at the New York Manhattan Mormon Temple, 125 Columbus Ave at 65th there will be a peaceful protest in opposition to the passing of Proposition 8.

What should I put on my sign? I saw this one the other day. It’s the sweet sign on the left.

Can’t really tell if it’s about h8 or not, but I kind of like the math behind gay = anal sex = marriage. Plus that’s a pretty great ring graphic he drew.

Have you seen Keith Olberman’s statement on the matter. He’s right, these are matters of the heart, no matter how cheesy that sounds.

Let’s stand up for them. This is a time to be angry. This is a time to speak out. This is a time to show solidarity. This is a time to show people how little tolerance we have for discrimination.

But really, what should I write on my sign?

Can someone explain to me why this exists? It makes me so angry. Like… WTF white people. H8 you so much. Please never go around spreading meaningful messages in a weird knit hoodie ever. Also, please don’t put on a vinyl album in the morning and dance around your room in the clothes you slept in. It’s just weird and nobody likes the way you smell when you forget to change your clothes because you’re too busy dancing for your own narcissistic gratification.

Via HRO.

Fun fact: This takes place in Seattle! On Capitol Hill by the reservoir! How authentically alternative!

Happy Obama week, ya’ll. Wasn’t it so great that when Barack won? I totally cried during his speech when he mentioned the 106 year old woman. I kind of imagined what the world will look like when I am 307 years old (medication advances will have stopped us from dying) and I got to see all the great advances in the world in gay rights, such as gays and straights finally using the same legal entity to form families (what we now call marriage) and the first gay president. Should I start politically aligning as a homo-supremacist?

Point is, I was listening to Guided By Voices‘ Bee Thousand the other day and really felt like maybe Robert Pollard was predicting the future. Normally I’d abhor posting song lyrics on a site, but I’m making an exception for myself because I think Guided By Voices may be the best ever (realize when you read this that I also fetishize low-fi production), and I don’t understand why the world doesn’t agree. Normally I think that posting song lyrics is for teenagers who have livejournals and check out people on Make Out Club back when it was basically a weird message board in 1998, a time when the Internet was young and we didn’t know better. You might as well consider this entry living at gmsc.livejournal.com.

After the jump, lyrics to the song that maybe predicted our current location in history, “Echoes Myron.” Read More!