Tag Archives: 2008 Summer Olympics

The Chinese should have known that we here in the west have no patience for artists who lip-sync, and they would have known if they’d only bothered to Google Milli Vanilli… but then again, behind the Great Firewall, “Milli Vanilli” probably brings you to the Web site of Chinese pop sensations “Production Quotas Gloriously Shattered By Fireworks Factories”… who I imagine won’t be pop sensations next year. They will probably be the first band to fall off the charts with a bullet… [read more at link] Continue reading →

I’ve been following the Olympic progress of Michael Phelps, mostly because I have no choice; you can’t open up any American news site this week without seeing him, festooned in a lycra ballhugger Speedo, rubber cowl and reflectorized goggles like some kind of weird gay superhero (Beware, evildoers! Here comes The Butterfly! No? How about… The Breaststroke! Why are you giggling at me?)… [read more at link] Continue reading →

Table tennis, badminton and fucking beach volleyball are Olympic sports now. Frankly, if you can’t see the slippery slope inherent in the Olympics recognizing activities that they force you to do to kill time at Boy Scout Camp as legitimate sports, you’ll deserve it in 2012 when you accidentally catch the medal round for Doubles Circle Jerk… [read more at link] Continue reading →