Sheila – Bang Bang

French and fabulous music.

Blaster the Rocketboy – American Werewolf Video

We don’t care if you’ve never heard of this band or the song. That’s the point jackball.

Amazing Facts from World War II

I’ve enjoyed a site for a while called “Amazing Wartime Facts from WWII” that talks about several unknown or amazing facts from the world war 2 era. I’m not positive as to actual hard evidence found on the claims, but I would say that even the history books have a lot of “fact” that has very little absolute evidence behind it. With that being said, I have taken a few of the amazing facts and put them below for you to read. I suggest you check out their website by clicking here.

• The US Army had more ships that the US Navy.

• When the US Army landed in North Africa, among the equipment brought ashore were 3 complete Coca Cola bottling plants.

• The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937)The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940).

• At the time of Pearl Harbor, the top US Navy command was called CINCUS (pronounced “sink us”), the shoulder patch of the US Army’s 45^th Infantry division was the Swastika, and Hitler’s private train was named “Amerika”. All three were soon changed for PR purposes.

• Most members of the Waffen SS were not German.

• The only nation that Germany declared was on was the USA.

• Among the first “Germans” captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were capture by the US Army.

• A number of air crewmen died of farts. (ascending to 20,000 ft. in an un-pressurized aircraft causes intestinal gas to expand 300%!)

-Excerpts taken directly from: http://www.5ad.org/AmazingFacts.htm

Contributed by Ronald Padavan, LTC, CAP MIWG Chief of Staff
MSGT, USAF (Ret.) Past President Lodge 143, Fraternal Order of Police
As printed in, The Victory Division News.  No. 4. December, 2000.  

EgoAssassin’s Interview with Intro5pect

It’s hard to find a band that offers substance in their music. It’s even harder to find artists who value not only meaning in their content, but deliver raw and avant-garde sounds. I’m often excited to be alive when I observe humans who create solid music, as it shows our passion for unique expression, diversity, and having a voice. I recently came across a group named “Intro5pect”, who in my opinion holds a revolutionary sound and message that is extremely rare and refreshing. Although I don’t want pop-culture to get their dirty hands on these youngsters, I do wish them the best and appreciate their time in answering the following interview questions. You can catch Intro5pect live on tour in the USA and Europe with another solid band called Citizen Fish starting in June, 2008. Cheers! -The EA

*Ego Assassin’s Interview with Intro5pect*

May 30, 2008

Members:
D - Dave (vox, guitar, programming)
S - Sara (synth, electronics, vox)

EgoAssassin: Can you give a quick synopsis of how Intro5pect came together? (When, where, why, and who?)

Dave: I (Dave) had been in a couple of different punk bands and was also writing electronic music as a separate project. I eventually just got tired of trying to separate the two and took the aspects that I liked from both and combined them. The hard part was finding a band to play live. There have since been many different variations of the band, but it wasn’t until we got the lineup that we have now that it really started to feel like a real band.

EgoAssassin: What are three major influences on the overall sound, energy, and style of Intro5pect? (doesn’t have to be music)

Dave: Our socio-political views are a huge influence on the band. We’ve always been a “political” band and this has probably had a huge influence in the path that we have taken. The way that we write and record also affects the overall sound of the band.
Sara: some bands that we like are kraftwerk, crass, the clash, the faint, the smiths, metallica, lady sovereign and so on. we have pretty varied tastes.

EgoAssassin: Do one or two people write most of the songs or do they come together as a group effort?

Dave: Traditionally its been mostly one person (Dave), but we’ve been trying to write more stuff together recently. You can kind of see this progression in the fact that there are a lot more vocals done by people who are not Dave on Realpolitik as opposed to our first album.

EgoAssassin: What social, political, or global issues bother you guys the most?

Dave: Overpopulation is a big issue that doesn’t really get much if any airtime. It’s one of the easiest (theoretically of course) issues to solve, we have the technology and ability to give every couple the choice of children- or more importantly not having children. It’s really just a cultural issue at this point. But it’s really important in the fact that overpopulation and the strain that it puts on resources is really the root cause of a lot of the other issues that our world has to deal with.
Sara: equality is a big issue for me. i think Americans in particular are overly concerned with gender and race than in other areas in the world. it’s still a shame that people have refused to let me into shows because they didn’t think i was a member in the band because i’m a girl. things like this need to change.

EgoAssassin: Would Intro5pect consider signing with a major record label if they approached you?

Dave: No, It’s hard to see anything that a major label could bring to the table that a good indie label couldn’t, and with the way that the music business has evolved over the past 10 years or so, It’s getting harder and harder to even justify why bands need any label- indie or otherwise.
Sara: yeah i agree. there’d be no benefit at all for us. we do almost EVERYTHING ourselves (everything from recording to sending our merch) so it’d be pointless to put in the same amount of work but have a large chunk go to faceless suits at a large company.

EgoAssassin: What do you think is the most important song that you guys have written so far?

Intro5pect: I think the answer to this question depends on how you define important!? I think that one of the most important topics that we write about is (as stated before) overpopulation, and we tried to cover that on “Sustainable Yield”. But as far as overall importance to the band I’d have to say “The war at home” for a couple of reasons. It’s a topic that we all feel very strongly about, and the topic of immigrant rights is something that people can relate to wherever we play. It’s also the first song that we did with Sturgeon (from Leftover Crack) and it was the first time we’ve worked with someone outside the band. It’s also an important song in that it probably introduced Intro5pect to a lot of people who would have never noticed or heard of us otherwise.

EgoAssassin: If you had a chance to send one message to the people in the world who need help and change the most, what would you tell them?

Dave: I’m not sure that I’m the most qualified person to send that message- but assuming that I did, it would go something like this- Never forget that change is the only constant, and no matter how bad things are they will change, and with that comes the hope and opportunity to make things better.
Sara: change doesn’t come without hard work and dedication. if it means that much to you, you will fight for it but the rewards will be well worth the effort.

EgoAssassin: Would you consider touring overseas for non-profit causes?

Dave: Yes, definitely
Sara: we would love to!

EgoAssassin: Have you recorded any songs featuring vocals in other languages? Or plan to in the future?

Dave: There’s a small part in “The War at Home” where I butcher some spanish, but other than that, not yet. I think that it would be cool to do in the future. We are a fairly ethnically diverse band- but most of us are at least second generation so I think Sara is the only one in the band that even can speak another language fluently.
Sara: i’d love to, i think it would be great, though i’m not sure as many people would get the message.

EgoAssassin: Last question: Be honest, what’s the flat-out worst record your band has ever listened to while driving on tour?

Dave: Short answer, I don’t know that it’s even a bad record, but Andrew WK’s first album seems to be one of the few things we can all agree on listening to- so it gets played alot more than it probably should.
Sara: Let’s just say that some people’s ipod’s aren’t nearly as popular as others… but we tend to agree on hammerfall, metallica, ace of base, and europe.

The End.

Thanks to Intro5pect. Support them by checking out their music here

You Can Take Money with You When You Die

The majority of people with any common sense will tell you that you “can’t take money with you when you die”. But this statement is technically not true and we have noted the actual amounts that you are allowed to take with you once you depart from this life (shown below). Now you will need to convert these dollar amounts into your own countries currency, and it may not look like a lot, but it does prove that you CAN take money with you when you die.

Option 1 (if going to heaven): Upon death you can take $4.75 cents for the God bus to the gates.

Option 2 (if going to hell): Upon death you can take $3.50 cents for the fun bus to the pit of fire.

Option 3 (if being reincarnated): Upon death you can take as much as you need in order to buy your new entity/body some clothing/and or food.

-From the Mind of the EgoAssassin

11 Things I Can’t Believe Exist

1. Bolo Ties >>>What’s a bolo tie?

2. Comb Overs

3. Shopping Carts w/ Poles Attached (to deter people from stealing them)

4. Cowboy Boots (with spurs)

5. Animal Therapists (explain that profession to a starving child)

6. 10 Dollar Movie Admission (for a 2 hr formula Hollywood “film” that probably destroys a once original story or idea)

7. Spandex (on men or women)

8. The United Nations (you can toss Brad Pitt and Angelina in that one for free)

9. Kim Jong il

10. Fascism/Racism/Sexism/Xenophobia (ok that’s four)

11. Arrogant, spoiled brats who flaunt their beauty and cash but give nothing to society in return.

The End

-From the Mind of the EgoAssassin

Boost Your Ego

I’ve always wondered why we focus so much time and effort on impressing people we don’t necessarily like. I still can’t figure it out, but I’m sick of it.

Of all the things on this earth we choose to focus our time on….we decide to focus on appearance and image. What a bunch of nonsense. Do you ever get sick of it? I don’t care who you are or where you come from, you must be sick and tired of putting so much thought into how you come across to other people. And not only in your appearance, but in what you say or do. I’m not saying you should act on every single natural instinct you come across, but I’m saying that it’s ridiculous to get dressed up in a monkey suit every day and parade around in flashy cars to gain approval from society. What are we trying to prove anyways? Who are we fooling? Did we fool ourselves yet? Perhaps we have, but in the meantime I suggest you keep feeding your ego and telling yourself how wonderful you are. Keep worrying about your appearance and possessions to let others know what good taste you have.

Forget about the important things in life as they are truly secondary. It’s all about you.

-From the mind of the EgoAssassin