This is going to be a quick one. Hurricane Irma is breathing down Florida's neck and I've been feeling REALLY lethargic lately. I've been diagnosed with a thyroid problem recently and have been taking medicine for it, so I guess that accounts for it, so sorry if things are coming a little slow.
TODAYBORDAY IS LABORDAY
BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO FOR "SUPLEX SAGA BATTLE THEME"
JAM OF THE WEEK: "Goodnight Alt Right" by Stray From The Path
Given current events, this only seemed appropriate. Everything that should be said has been more or less covered already about the Neo-Nazi/"Unite The Right" rally in Charloettesville:
-This is fucking bullshit after we fought 2 wars about this (Civil War and WWII)
-The idiots chanting white power slogans have never faced real oppression, as in their existence is not being legislated away, they're squabbling about convenience. The only "positive" trait they have is being born white.
-White Nationalist and Neo-Nazis are our bankers, police officers, neighbors, etc. and to recognize this as happening NOW, is to be ignorant of the struggles everyone else went through.
-This:
NON INVOLVEMENT IS IMPLICIT SUPPORT OF THE STATUS QUO
-Trump has dropped the ball on this shit so hard by adopting the phrase "alt-left" which is a term used by centrist Democrats
But two things I don't see as often:
1. In a way, as a white male, I let this happen. Not in any obvious ways, but there have been jokes or comments I let slide from fellow white dudes because I was either too afraid of conflict or wasn't "prepared". Most of the time, a "Dude, what's your problem?" will suffice.
2. MC Lars tweeted out "The Alt-Right Are Not Punk Rock". I wrote a piece a while ago speculating if punk could be right wing, and I came to the point of "Reject labels, you do you", anyone can play power chords, etc.
Now? My answer would be vastly different, considering all that had happened in the past 8 years. Especially now that a lot of conservative commentators on YouTube are claiming that they are the new "punk rock"
It isn't rebellion of the status quo: This is the status quo, just yelled louder and more aggressively. When you believe that women and minorities deserve less rights and should be even MORE marginalized, and a governor in North Carolina is signing a bill for the same thing, you're not punk rock.
The Neo-Nazis that call themselves the Alt-Right thinking they're punk is the equivalent of rebelling against the doom metal scene by forming The Chainsmokers. PALATE CLEANSER TIME: NEW STRONG BAD E-MAIL
-I've seen a lot of episodes of "One Hit Wonderland" and I'd like to see the Harvey Danger/Flagpole Sitta episode. The song is just so good, and encapsulates all of that late-90's quirk and angst that the band would have nothing left to say after that. The song was about the commodification of the Seattle area in the wake of the alt-rock boom, and it's at the crux between pop and weird.
“Flagpole Sitta” unwittingly resonates on multiple levels. On the
surface, it’s a pop song that can be appreciated for its earworm chorus
and how it crescendos to a perfectly calibrated, cathartic punk
explosion. It can also be viewed as a neatly packaged encapsulation of
the decade’s underground signifiers and teen angst. Dig a little deeper,
and it’s a rallying cry for anyone who loathes the pomposity of the
mainstream alternative pantheon. Dig deeper still, and it’s a crisp,
intellectual evisceration of pseudo-rebellion and bloated
self-importance—but yet, skillfully and luckily, doesn’t fall prey to
either of these foibles.
-Treat You Better Video:
...Well, at least it gives the Domestic Violence Hotline number, so it's not entirely useless. I don't entirely hate Shaun Mendez, but he's part of an already oversaturated niche, so while I won't immediately shut the radio off, I'll usually do a couple laps to find something better.
-"Jugga Jigga Wugga" comes from this Strong Bad Email, "Death Metal":
-Hatsune Miku Pedal
Now to think of some anime words that start with "de-"
DE-SU! jugga jigga wugga
DEATH THE KID! jugga jigga wugga
DE-KU TREE jugga jugga wugga I'D RATHER NOT EPISODE 33
-For reference a toonie is a Canadian Two Dollar Coin:
It's about the size of a Golden Dollar, and would hurt like a motherfucker.
-This is where Sailor Henry's origin comes from:
Is Sonic just a little pudgy, or is he pregnant too?
-I think if we combine these two prompts, then we have the making of a pretty good cyber punk novel. I mean "Trace Evans" already sounds like a Cyberpunk protagonist name. Speaking of Trace, he was adorable to watch on the Skype video chat. If we did a video version of this podcast, you will see us doing a lot of finger quotes and me dabbing.
