Sly & The Family Stone Live – Thank You (1970)

Just the best ever. Why is there no raw music coming out these days with this type of originality? Come on!

5 Ways to Start Getting Noticed in Public

Are you sick of being average and always fitting in with the rest of this boring society? Try these tips on for size the next time you’re in public and you’ll be sure to start getting some attention….finally. Oh, and it’s only funny if you do these things with a serious face as if there is nothing wrong.

1. Wear tighty whitey underwear on the outside of your pants (I don’t mean just guys, girls too)

2. When strolling down the street, put a dog harness on a wild rabbit & walk it around town. (make sure you have a dead serious face of course)

3. When pumping gas, jump on the hood of your car and start doing the robot while simultaneously yelling out the amount of gallons that you’ve paid for.

4. When your co-workers ask you a question, just respond by hissing back at them like a cat.

5. Wear a giant watch on your forehead with a sticker of your face on it.

-From the Mind of the EgoAssassin

Your Comb Over is Ridiculous

Everyone jokes around about the infamous “comb over” as if it is globally accepted as a ridiculous style, so I’ve never figured out how so many guys can wear this hairstyle with a straight face. I have to give it to them, they have much more guts than I do. I am usually the first to say that we should not be concerned with our appearance so much, but when it comes to the comb over…come on! Give it up. If or when I do lose my hair on top, I pray that I will be wise enough just to simply shave my damn head and not put people through the punishment of seeing some slicked over scraps of hair in my last attempt of denial. And why do people who have this hairstyle think it looks acceptable? Will someone please tell me? Why would you leave hair on the side at all? It looks like a clown. Ri-diculous. As far as I’m concerned, the comb over goes in the same category with the bolo tie and parachute pants. Time to stop the insanity. If you know anyone with a comb over, tell them what time it is.

Below is an entertaining video on these absurd comb over fiends.

Los Intocables – Live Concert (Video of the Week)

I feel like posting this today because this band from South America called The Intocables (means untouchables) are just good. And besides, who else is going to post this type of music up? Everyone is too obsessed with what is popular or in English and blahblahblah. Screw popularity. Ok so I am in a bad mood today, so what…

Reactable – The New Age in Synth & Sound Minipulation

There is a very interesting revolutionary synthesizer type product that was recently invented that apparently is a computer intelligent surface that allows for multiple sources to place different shaped objects on top of it to shape and form music.  I have placed a video below as well as a link to the official web site for this new “reactable” technology.  I found this to be pretty damn cool and am sure that you will be hearing a lot about this new music tool.  I also read a recent blog that was saying that it already caught the eye of Bjork for her future projects.  What a surprise, something new comes out, and the big names in music are the first ones to jump on it and exploit it to the death.  I’m sure I will regret even writing about this when it becomes as brand name as Sony, but either way, it is pretty interesting and cool to watch.

EgoAssassin’s Interview with GWAR

Most humans believe that GWAR is a band from Virginia that’s been around since 1985 and dresses up in outlandish sci-fi/horror outfits to entertain people with thrashing metal music, fire, gore, and chaos. The truth is that (according to GWAR), they are an “elite group of chaos warriors who ravaged the galaxy with a boundless hatred of all things alive”.

I was excited to get the chance to interview these guys because they make even odd people like me seem sane. If you haven’t heard of GWAR, you’ll be glad that I introduced you to them regardless of your taste in music because they have a fascinating legacy to say the least. They’ve been all over the world, created their own costumes and production facility (named the slave pit) and put on possibly one of the strangest, but entertaining live shows I’ve seen in my entire life. GWAR has also been guests on TV shows like Jerry Springer and Joan, but what’s so funny about these guys is that they never break character. Ever! The lead singer, Oderus Urungus, who calls himself an ‘Extra-Terrestrial Warlord’ and ‘Lord of Earth’, was kind enough to take time out of his busy day to answer some questions I had for him. Check out the interview below and visit GWAR’s official website at: www.gwar.net

*Ego Assassin’s Interview w/ Oderus Urungus from GWAR*

Interview Date: April 8, 2008:

Ego Assassin: How old is GWAR?

GWAR (Oderus): OLDER THAN GOD’S BALLS

Ego Assassin: Oderus, can you tell us about the slave pit?

GWAR: IT IS A HIDEOUS PLACE WHERE THE SLAVES SUFFER IN ETERNAL TORMENT, LABORING CEASELESSLY IN ORDER TO CREATE OUR HULKING WAR MACHINES. HOWEVER DUE TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS WE HAVE MOVED SEVERAL OF OUR SLAVE PITS TO MEXICO IN ORDER TO SAVE SOME MONEY (SO WE CAN SPEND IT ON DOPE). THIS HAS RESULTED IN MEXICAN GWAR SLAVES, WITH HUGE SOMBRERO’S AND HOT, SLUTTY MOM’S.

Ego Assassin: I heard that president Bush was ordering GWAR to go overseas and fight in Iraq. What do you think about that?

GWAR: NOBODY IS ORDERING GWAR TO DO SH**. DESPITE THIS WE DECIDED TO GO BACK TO IRAQ AND FIGHT ANYWAY. WE BROUGHT THE MUMMIFIED YET RESSURECTED SADDAM HUSSEIN WITH US. AS PART OF HIS NECROTIC AWAKENING, HIS FECAL D**K SLIT DRIPPED RANCID GOO. THERE WAS MUCH REJOICING IN BAGDHAD THAT NIGHT, AND THEN WE FU**ED GOATS..

Ego Assassin: What are your thoughts on GWAR auditioning for American Idol?

GWAR: AS PAULA ABDUL’S JAW WAS RIPPED AWAY BY MY PROBING LOVE-KNUCKLE, AS SIMON WHATEVER HIS NAME IS WAS ATTACKED BY WILD BOARS, AS THE FAT BLACK GUY ATE A BULLET RATHER THAN FACE MY ENDLESS WRATH, I REFLECTED THAT IT WAS A GOOD THING.

Ego Assassin: Is there a such thing as a GWAR diet program?

GWAR: ENCOURAGING GLUTTONY IS PART OF OUR DOCTRINE SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY NO. BUT THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO LOSE WEIGHT AT A GWAR SHOW. THE AVERAGE DUMP IS ABOUT 3 POUNDS SO RIGHT THERE YOU’VE SLIMMED DOWN. JUST MAKE SURE THE CRAP CLEARS YOUR PANTS. ONE WAY TO ENSURE THIS IS TO NOT WEAR PANTS. AN EVENING SPENT FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE IN THE GWAR PIT IS ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO GET A GOOD WORK OUT, EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS HAVING SEX WITH YOUR UN-WILLING MOM, YOU KNOW THE ONE WHO USED TO BE A ROMANIAN GYMNAST.

Ego Assassin: Does GWAR use a tour bus instead of a spaceship so that they can blend in with our human society?

GWAR: GWAR HAS ALWAYS TRAVELLED IN THE ULTIMATE STYLE—A BAT-SHAPED HELICOPTER THAT RUNS ON CRACK. HOWEVER WE DISGUISE THIS CRAFT AS A TOUR BUS, ON OCCASION, IN ORDER TO AVOID THE FANS WHO INSIST ON SPENDING THE DAY IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE CRAFT, PUBICLY MASTERBATING AND SMEARING THE SPENT SPUNK ALL OVER THE WINDOWS. PLUS THEY EAT GARBAGE.

Ego Assassin: What is GWAR’s position on global warming?

GWAR: ALL FOURS, DI** OUT, WILDLY MASTERBATING. AS LONG AS IT FU**S WITH PENGUINS I’M INTO IT. YOU THINK PENGUINS ARE FRIENDLY BUT YOU ARE NUTS. THEY ARE DANGEROUS FU**ERS AND IF WE HAVE TO SET FIRE TO THE ENTIRE PLANET TO REMOVE THEIR CURSED SCOURGE THEN SO BE IT.

Ego Assassin: Did you think the movie ‘300′ was realistic?

GWAR: NOWHERE NEAR ENOUGH BLOOD!

Ego Assassin: If you could meet anyone in the universe (living or dead), who would it be?

GWAR: I PRETTY MUCH HAVE ALREADY, AND I USUALLY TAKE THEM ON TOUR WITH ME. I’D HAVE TO SAY ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET IS THE NOTORIOUS NEW YORK PLAYWRIGHT ANTON REEMCOBB. HE LIVES IN A SEWER AND EXISTS AS A DISEMBODIED HEAD THAT CONTINUALLY MAKES CRACKS ABOUT HOW MUCH WE SUCK. HE HAS RECENTLY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE PERIWINKLE FOUNDATION TO RESARCH OFF-TRACK BETTING FOR GAY CAMELS.

Ego Assassin: What is your favorite weapon?

GWAR: MY ABILITY TO SPEW VAPID BULLS**T THE LENGTH OF EIGHT FOOTBALL FIELDS. EITHER THAT OR MY GIANT TWO-HANDED BLADE, LICK.

Ego Assassin: Who is the biggest sissy in the band?

GWAR: ME, ME, WITHOUT A DOUBT ME! HERE, LET ME PROVE IT…THERE…I BAKED MUFFINS. THEY REALLY TASTE LIKE S**T THOUGH. MAYBE I SHOULDN’T HAVE MADE THEM OUT OF SH**.

Ego Assassin: Does GWAR believe in world peace? Or do you guys just want a piece of war?

GWAR: HMMMM….YOU REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT ONE! I’D HAVE TO SAY NO…AND YES! WAR IS THE NATURAL STATE OF EXISTENCE FOR ALL THINGS. ALL FORCES ARE SET TO FIGHT AGAINST EACHOTHER. WHO AM I TO GO AGAINST THE VERY TIDE OF FATE. PLUS I AM ONE VIOLENT MOTHERFU**ER.

Ego Assassin: When is your next record coming out?

GWAR: WHY SHOULD IT EVER COME OUT? OUR LAST ONE WAS SO GOOD, WHY SHOULD WE EVEN BOTHER? IT’S NOT LIKE WE PRACTICE OR HAVE THESE SONGS JUST LYING AROUND. IT TAKES ACTUAL EFFORT TO RECORD THEM! BUT I SUPPOSE OUR INCREDIBLE TALENT WILL ULTIMATLEY COME TO THE FORE, FORCING US TO BE EVEN GREATER THAN WE USED TO BE. SO I WOULD HAVE TO SAY WE ARE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW AND HOPE TO HAVE IT OUT BY GWAR’S GIGANTIC 25^TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR!

The End. Thanks Gwar, thanks Urungus, and special thanks to your management for getting me the interview (Issachar Entertainment/ NYC). Cheers to the scumdogs of the universe.

Check out the GWAR video below to see a glimpse of a live experience with these jackballs:

No Logo – Brands, Globalization & Resistance

I found this video to be pretty interesting. I don’t agree with every single idea coming from this site, but check out the Media Education Foundation at: www.mediaed.org. This news outlet, unlike most mainstream media organizations, have several interesting stories and are not obsessed with hype, gossip, fluff, or over sensationalized news.