tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:07:27 +0000http://www.criticalasshole.com/noreply@blogger.com (ca)Blogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-7372875234318208845Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:51:00 +00002008-12-23T01:07:27.329-08:00 It being the holiday season and all, I'm inclined to dedicate this portion of the interwebs that I pay for, contribute, and manage to things that evoke feelings opposite that which I normally feel. Put a bit more simply: I'm trying not to be such a grouchy asshole all the time. So, we have ANOTHER post about something that makes me along with thousands (dare I say millions, billions, trillionshttp://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/12/things-that-make-me-happy-2-bourbon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-4962958113080882739Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:22:00 +00002008-12-20T14:38:20.667-08:00 It's a pretty simple concept, akshually. I don't know how we did not think of this sooner--funny pictures of kittehs with captions which are hilariously misspelled and use poor grammar as a means of conveying a manner of speech unique to the LOLcats (IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO ME!1!!!11!!!). There is a mythology that has developed (ceiling cat, basement cat, monorail cat, http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/12/things-that-make-me-happy-1-lolcats.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-2855785746135514480Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:10:00 +00002008-12-19T20:10:49.278-08:00I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm aMoney Managing Traveling Builder http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/12/43-things.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-3269251542131635453Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:18:00 +00002008-12-16T21:43:10.697-08:00 KTXT, the famed student-run college Radio station broadcasting from the Texas Tech campus in Lubbock, TX. For more than 47 years, "Lubbock's only alternative" has been a cultural staple of the Texas Tech community and to an extent, the Lubbock community as well. Known for playing independent music and most recently, sponsoring the "Tour de Tech Terrace" (an amateur bike ride around the http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/12/critical-asshole-is-not-listening-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-8895685842299714993Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:20:00 +00002008-12-02T22:21:48.774-08:00 I try not to be an instigator of class warfare, but there are few things that piss me off more than spoiled, upper-middle class, white kids. This brings us to the commercial for the new game for the Nintendo Wii called "Animal Crossing: City Folk." To be honest, I didn't really understand what the point of this game was from seeing the commercial, so I decided to do a little outside research. http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/12/things-that-make-me-angry-1-commercial_02.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-1958072807388003092Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:28:00 +00002008-08-10T13:24:33.216-07:00I'll write a more "in-depth" post about it, but for now here is a list of albums you should be checking out, legally or otherwise: Beck - Modern Guilt - Another great offering from the King of Funk/Soul/Indie/Electronic Slacker Music. Thank you, Beck. May I have another? The Features - Some Kind of Salvation (the only place you can get it is lala.com - long story) I'll be writing a http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/08/new-things-good.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-9194712365629852660Sat, 24 May 2008 03:16:00 +00002008-05-23T20:33:06.881-07:00 Blockbuster forced me to purchase the following movies due to excessive rental duration (in chronological order): 1. Without a Paddle - This is a movie with Seth Green and Dax Shepherd about three friends who venture into the woods to find hidden treasure in honor of their recently deceased friend. It also features a scene in which the three main character run through a burning field of http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/05/movies-i-own-accidentally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-4930315897123223709Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:51:00 +00002008-02-05T20:52:36.055-08:00http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/02/cindy-mccain-i-think-im-going-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-9198288119305394295Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:15:00 +00002008-02-20T18:18:58.567-08:00http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/01/clinton-in-new-hampshire-i-see-you-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-1901806613642189550Sat, 05 Jan 2008 22:08:00 +00002008-01-12T10:21:59.817-08:00http://www.criticalasshole.com/2008/01/breaking-news-republican-presidential.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-7886798339630263652Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:09:00 +00002007-11-14T22:10:05.080-08:00http://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/11/total-freaking-genius.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-1209165509833539326Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:35:00 +00002007-09-30T21:44:07.369-07:00 To be honest, it wasn't a completely uninspired discovery. Many is the night after Kelly leaves the apartment that I troll about on iTunes hoping to hear in a 30 second sample clip something I've never heard before—something that will capture and hold me. We're all sensitive to certain stimuli, mine is auditory. I surround myself with it—be it at work, on my daily jog, in the car, the shower,http://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/09/i-heard-it-first-meditation-on-being.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-4011687766098037181Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:56:00 +00002007-06-17T09:57:08.725-07:00 2006 was a bad year. 2006 was an awful, no good, terrible year. 2006 was the year that Satan rose from his (or her) layer of destruction and brought torment to me every where I went. I could have done without the whole damn thing. Few good things happened, and the bad things nearly killed me. I suppose it is easy to see why I would have overlooked such a good album, I was too worried about http://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/06/m-ward-post-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-7564730634772380377Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:55:00 +00002007-06-16T21:30:10.570-07:00 I'll cut to the chase: it's not very good; Queens is an honest to goodness "good" band too, which is why this is so difficult to say. On Era Vulgaris, the fifth release from the stoner-supergroup with the ever-revolving lineup led by resident scary asshole Josh Homme, the group (I'm guessing) has churned out a factory made, run of the mill, rock album. It's overall, an unimpressive, bland http://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/06/queens-of-stone-age-era-vulgaris.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-2183683558996486578Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:50:00 +00002007-06-16T21:31:13.118-07:00 The Fantastic Four vs. The Universe Part of the joy of being a comic book geek is the liquidity of stories and characters at your disposal. In this alternate universe, nearly anything goes. You can ascribe nearly any superpower to your heroes and villains as well as being able to alter the, thought previously to be immutable, laws of nature to nearly any degree. What is by far the most http://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/06/kings-of-leon-because-of-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-8956084494851595499Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:28:00 +00002007-06-08T19:41:44.593-07:00 I have to admit: today, for a brief moment--I was elated. I was elated because the heiress of the Hilton Hotel fortune was ordered (and forcefully moved, I might add) to return to jail to fulfill the rest of a 45 day sentence for violating a probation ordered by the court for reckless driving. She was intially released by the sheriff to serve the remainder of her sentence under house arrest. http://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/06/justice-served-kind-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-1919844890353881752Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:57:00 +00002007-06-16T21:31:43.022-07:00 Alright--I was with you all along until this. 1. Two-piece, garage-rock, guitar/drums outfit. Ok...not too bad. 2. Lead man getting into scuffle at clubs with other bands. Sounds like Rock'n'Roll to me. 3. Ambiguous, slightly incestuous relationship between lead man and drummer. Alright...I'll bite. 4. Icky Thump. Now this just doesn't make any goddamn sense. Buyer beware. The album ishttp://www.criticalasshole.com/2007/06/quickie-icky-thump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-116176850370848772Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:33:00 +00002007-06-16T21:32:14.124-07:00 I will be honest--as I am prone and not prone to be--I am not able to write a balanced review of this album. This is just too good. What we have is a band from Montreal, Canada that was essentially trained and bred to produce that style of NYC new wave bullshit that has been popular and present for too long. It's done--what has emerged from this sophomore release is a retro-look and return orhttp://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/10/stills-without-feathers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-116105766097344241Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:36:00 +00002007-06-16T21:32:36.390-07:00 I feel like I won the mix tape competition. You should put a lot of thought into a mix tape, but then again you shouldn't--it's like an act of thoughtfulness. No chick wants a shitty picnic because you're too cheap to take her to dinner, they want a shitty picnic because you're doing something that you pretend is effortlessly kind. That is the same as a mix tape--it is a tender expression of http://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/10/killers-sams-town.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-116073209962269838Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:21:00 +00002006-10-21T23:03:39.610-07:00What a turbulent time, my friends...the Critical Asshole must once again engage in a Mix Tape battle with a travelling companion. I lost the popular vote last time. How could that be? I'm not foolish or arrogant enough to believe that the masses don't get it right most of the time...or do they? What makes art "good?" What is funny is...this isn't even the creation of art...this is a display http://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/10/mix-tapethe-perception.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-116055117310762608Wed, 11 Oct 2006 07:19:00 +00002006-10-11T00:19:33.106-07:00I know it's a tired discussion. I know that the arguments aren't new...but still I wonder...how did it come to be that one of my favorite bands is on Mainstream radio and all my asshole, lame-o coworkers are now their biggest fans? WHY? DEAR GOD, WHY?!?!?!? This opens a multitude of discussions that I wouldn't want to get into..."Do a band's fans make a band more or less cooler?" "Does the http://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/10/since-when-was-x-cool_11.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-114931670529753919Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:37:00 +00002007-06-16T21:33:06.732-07:00 Sounds like a novice melting pot of indie-rock cliches. The Grates, a lo-fi 3-peice act from Australia blend a bit of kid-like wannabeism with oddly mixed guitar and drums for what shall surely be "the next big thing." I know I listened to this late at night, but I honestly couldn't figure out who vocalist Patience Hodgson is trying to imitate (or fool). It's listenable and I hope for their http://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/06/grates-ouch-touch_02.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-114931658685726980Sat, 03 Jun 2006 06:34:00 +00002006-10-31T20:48:36.593-08:00 It's little soft, but... ...the elements of a good, listenable album here. Seriously. I went ahead and bought the single “Gold Lion” from the iTunes music store. You know what? It's pretty dry—and not in a good British food type of way. On first listen I had the same guttural reaction a reasonable person would have after listening to a praise and worship band at a Baptist church in Texas: http://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/06/yeah-yeah-yeahs-show-your-bones_02.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679363.post-114931007777658002Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:46:00 +00002006-10-31T20:49:29.943-08:00 Generic Indie-Pop for Generic Indie-Pop Fans Rebounding off his freshman “where the hell did this guy come from” success, Zach Rogue and friend(s) deliver up a spinning platter of unoffensive indie-pop non-classics. Nothing here seems to be groundbreaking, but alas, breaking ground does not necessarily make for good listening (another argument for another time). All the great elements of a http://www.criticalasshole.com/2006/06/rogue-wave-descended-like-vultures.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ca)0