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New Video: Be Your Own Pet Returns from 15-Year Hiatus with a Roar

New Video: Be Your Own Pet Returns from 15-Year Hiatus with a Roar @byopband @grandstandhq @jaclynulman

Nashville-based punk outfit Be Your Own Pet — Jemina Pearl Abegg (vocals), Jonas Stein (guitar), Nathan Vasquez (bass) and John Eatherly (drums) — originally formed back in 2004 while its original lineup — Pearl, Stein, Vasquez, Eatherly and JEFF The Brotherhood‘s Jamin Orrall — were all attending Nashville School of the Arts. The then-quintet honed a spastic-yet poppy sound playing house shows…

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Pet Foods: Raw vs. Cooked Food Diets and Bacteria Concerns

The debate over which type of diet is best for dogs and other pets – raw meat-based or cooked meat-based – often stirs strong emotions and polarizes people into taking “sides”, often with no room for acceptance of the other viewpoint.

Proponents of raw food diets cite numerous benefits, including:

More closely mirrors the evolutionary diet of wolves and wild dogs.

Dogs are carnivores designed to consume raw meat, bones and viscera.

Dog guardian controls the ingredient selection and sourcing (with home-prepared raw diets).

Higher in enzymes, vitamins and minerals than cooked foods.

Greater nutrient availability than cooked foods.

Improved skin and coat.

Reduced or eliminated ear infections.

Improved breath.

Fewer, less bulky, less foul-smelling stools.

Increased energy levels.

Reduced incidences of chronic disease.

Enhanced immune function and overall optimum health.

Opponents of raw food diets cite negatives, including:

May expose humans to higher levels of bacterial contamination.

Lack of studies showing that raw-fed dogs live healthier, longer lives.

Exposes vulnerable dogs to dangerous bacteria.

Home-prepared raw meat-based diets are often unbalanced, with deficiencies and/or excesses of certain nutrients.

Unbalanced raw diets are of particular concern with regard to growing puppies.

Bones, even raw, pose risk of obstruction and perforation.

Proponents of fresh, home-cooked diets cite numerous benefits, including:

Dog guardian controls the ingredient selection and sourcing.

Fresh, whole foods provide higher levels of nutrients than processed commercial foods.

Nutrients contained in fresh foods are more bioavailable than those contained in processed commercial foods.

Fresh meat, fruits and vegetables are more species-appropriate than commercial foods, especially kibble.

Improved skin and coat.

Reduced or eliminated ear infections.

Improved breath.

Fewer, less bulky, less foul-smelling stools than with commercial foods.

Increased energy levels.

Reduced incidences of chronic disease.

Enhanced immune function and overall optimum health. 

Opponents of fresh, home-cooked diets cite numerous negatives, including:

The main negative cited by opponents of home-cooked diets is that they are nutritionally unbalanced and can contribute to long-term vitamin/mineral deficiencies.

Opponents are commonly those invested in the mass-market commercial pet food industry.

Many mainstream veterinarians are also opposed to home-prepared diets.

We believe the vast majority mean well and are basing their beliefs on information provided by commercial pet food industry.

The main objection veterinarians typically raise regarding raw meat-based diets has more to do with human food safety issues than the validity of the diet for the animal. It goes without saying that proper food handling and safety techniques should be used when feeding a raw meat-based diet, just as they should when handling raw meat prior to cooking. In addition, vulnerable individuals, such as young children, the elderly, sick or immune-impaired people, young puppies or ill dogs should not be exposed to raw meat due to potential health risks. Common-sense precautions can greatly minimize the potential of bacterial contamination from raw food.

In our view, neither a raw nor cooked diet is inherently “better” than the other. We work with many dogs that thrive on raw food diets, and others that do not do well on raw foods but thrive on freshly prepared cooked foods. As we keep coming back to, every dog is an individual, and we believe that individual needs should outweigh a devotion to any one way of feeding.

Food Recalls

Many of us prefer to believe that the foods we and our pets eat are healthy and safe, even if we and they overeat fatty foods or those with a high glycemic index (high sugars and starches). However, both the human and pet food industries have more recently been inundated with food recalls for contamination with microbes including bacteria, viruses and parasites. Every food type has been implicated, even candies.

Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, and E. coli

Food recalls in human and pet foods have primarily concerned contamination with Salmonella (many sources from animals, fish and plants), Listeria (mostly from bovine species), and Campylobacter bacteria, Hepatitis A virus in undercooked shellfish, and parasites.

The most recent pet food recall was for a cat food that was contaminated with both Salmonella and Listeria spp., and caused acute illness in 2 kittens and one died. It should be noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quoted a study from 2004 and stated, “Although L. monocytogenes can infect many animal species, dogs and cats rarely get listeriosis and they usually don’t show signs of disease. One reference mentions only six reported cases in dogs from 1947 to 2000, and the dogs showed a wide range of signs.”

Campylobacter spp. are now considered to be major triggering agents of acute polyradiculoneuritis (APN), an immune-mediated peripheral nerve disorder in dogs that shares many similarities with Guillain-Barre syndrome in humans. However, there is little information about the relationship between APN and Campylobacter spp. in dogs. Potential risk factors were investigated, particularly consumption of raw chicken in 27 client-owned dogs suffering from suspected APN and 47 healthy dogs, client- or staff member owned. Where fecal samples were collected within 7 days from onset of clinical signs, APN cases were 9.4 times more likely to be positive for Campylobacter spp. compared to control dogs.

Further, a significant association was detected between dogs affected by APN and the consumption of raw chicken (96% of APN cases; 26% of control dogs). The most common Campylobacter spp. identified was Campylobacter upsaliensis. Thus, raw chicken consumption is clearly a risk factor in dogs for the development of APN, which potentially is mediated by infection with Campylobacter spp. Dr. Frieda Jorgensen, Public Health England, states 90% of Campylobacter cells are killed slowly by freezing, making it much less likely that the bacteria will be passed to humans. The temperature range for growth is 30- 45°C, with an optimum of 42°C. Survival at room temperature is poor, but Campylobacter can survive for a short time at refrigeration temperatures – up to 15 times longer at 2°C than at 20°C.

Escherichia coli is a common fecal contaminant that can be found in many consumed human and animal foods.

W. Jean Dodds, DVM Hemopet / NutriScan 11561 Salinaz Avenue Garden Grove, CA 92843

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This weeks arrivals!

Again, as you see, a whole bunch of restocks, with a whole bunch headed for the Mill Markets in Geelong!

New releases from AC/DC "PWR UP", Actress "Karma & Desire", Belphegor "Necrodaemon Terrorsathan", Josh Teskey / Ash Grunwald "Push The Blues Away", Juice WRLD "Legends Never Die", Kylie Minogue "Disco", Machine Gun Kelly "Tickets To My Downfall".

Recent releases from DMA's "The Glow" and Vika & Linda "Sunday (The Gospel According To Iso)" are finally in stock.

Reissues and legacy releases from Beastie Boys, Boy & Bear, Booker T. & The MG's, Brian Eno, Flaming Lips, They Might Be Giants to name a few.

Plus much more!

AC/DC - PWR UP (Deluxe Lightbox) [CD]

AC/DC - PWR UP (Pic Disc) [LP] (sold)

AC/DC - PWR UP [CD]

AC/DC - PWR UP [LP]

Actress - Karma & Desire [2LP]

Amy Winehouse - Back To Black [LP]

Archie Roach - The Songs Of Charcoal Lane [CD]

Ariana Grande - Sweetener [2LP]

Basement - Colourmeinkindness [LP]

Beastie Boys - Beastie Boys Music [2LP]

Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part Two [2LP]

Beastie Boys - Ill Communication [LP]

Beastie Boys - In Sound From The Way Out [LP]

Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique [LP]

Beastie Boys - To The 5 Boroughs [LP]

Beck - Odelay [LP]

Beck - Sea Change [2LP]

Belphegor - Necrodaemon Terrorsathan [LP]

Benediction - Scriptures [2LP]

Black Crowes - Amorica [2LP]

Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker [LP]

Blink 182 - Enema Of The State [LP] (sold)

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Uprising [LP]

Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet [LP]

Booker T. & The M.G.'s - McLemore Ave [LP]

Boy & Bear - With Emperor Antarctica [LP]

Brian Eno - Discreet Music [LP]

Brian Eno - Music For Films [LP]

Brockhampton - Saturation 1 [2LP]

Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You [2LP] (sold, more soon)

Charles Mingus - Black Saint And The Sinner Lady [LP]

Clutch - Blast Tyrant [2LP] (sold)

Clutch - Earth Rocker [LP] (sold)

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy And The Poor Boys [LP]

Crowded House - The Very Very Best Of Crowded House [2LP]

Death Grips - Money Store [LP] (sold)

Def Leppard - High N Dry [LP]

Def Leppard - On Through The Night [LP]

DMA's - The Glow [LP]

Ella Fitzgerald - Ella At The Shrine [LP]

Elvis Costello - Hey Clockface [LP]

Enslaved - Utgard [CD] (sold)

Eric Clapton - Unplugged [2LP]

Finntroll - Vredesvavd [CD] (sold)

Flaming Lips - Transmissions From The Satellite Heart (Grey) [LP]

Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits [LP]

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti [2LP] (sold)

Gang Of Youths - MTV Unplugged: Live In Melbourne (Sea Glass) [2LP+DVD] (sold)

George Harrison - Cloud Nine [LP]

Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Be Televised [LP]

Gorillaz - Presents Song Machine, Season 1 (Orange) [LP]

Greta Van Fleet - Anthem Of The Peaceful Army [LP]

Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction [LP]

Iggy Pop - The Idiot [LP]

J. Cole - KOD [LP]

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced [LP]

John Coltrane - Blue Train [LP]

Josh Teskey / Ash Grunwald - Push The Blues Away (Cream) [LP]

Josh Teskey / Ash Grunwald - Push The Blues Away [CD]

Juice Wrld - Legends Never Die [2LP]

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, M.A.A.D City [2LP]

Kylie Minogue - Disco (Blue) [LP]

Kylie Minogue - Disco (Turqouise) [LP]

L.A. Guns - Renegades (Purple) [LP]

Lany - Lany [2LP] (sold)

Lany - Malibu Nights (Clear) [LP] (sold)

Lenny Kravitz - Greatest Hits [2LP]

Machine Gun Kelly - Tickets To My Downfall [LP]

Maggie Rogers - Heard It In A Past Life [LP] (sold)

Marilyn Manson - We Are Chaos [LP]

Mastodon - Emperor Of Sand [2LP]

Mastodon - Medium Rarities (Pink) [2LP]

Matt Berninger - Serpentine Prison [LP]

Metallica - Garage Inc. [3LP]

MF Doom - Operation Doomsday [2LP]

Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells [LP]

N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton [LP]

Nina Simone - Fodder On My Wings [LP]

Nina Simone - High Priestess Of Soul [LP]

Nina Simone - Let It All Out [LP]

Nina Simone - Pastel Blues [LP]

Nirvana - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah [2LP]

Nirvana - Live At Reading [2LP]

Opeth - In Cauda Venenum [2LP]

Pearl Jam - Live At Easy Street [LP]

Pearl Jam - Ten [LP] (sold)

Post Malone - Stoney [2LP]

Powderfinger - Odyssey Number Five [LP]

Queen - Innuendo [LP]

Queen - News Of The World [LP]

Ramones - Rocket To Russia [LP]

Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed [LP]

Rory Gallagher - Top Priority [LP]

Shawn Mendes - Illuminate [LP] (sold)

Skegss - My Own Mess [LP]

Small Faces - From The Beginning [LP]

Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle [2LP]

Snoop Doggy Dogg - Tha Doggfather [2LP]

Sonic Youth - Dirty [2LP]

Soundgarden - Louder Than Love [LP]

Spacey Jane - Sunlight [LP] (sold)

Sugar Ray & The Bluetones - Too Far From The Bar [CD] (sold)

Suicidal Tendencies - 1982 Demos [LP]

T. Rex - Electric Warrior [LP]

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds [LP]

The Beatles - 1962—1966 'Red Album' [2LP]

The Beatles - 1967—1970 'Blue Album' [2LP]

The Beatles - Live At The Hollywood Bowl [LP]

The Beatles - Love [2LP]

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 New Stereo Remix) [LP]

The Beatles - Yellow Submarine Songtrack [LP]

The Doors - Waiting For The Sun [LP]

The Mothers (Zappa) - We're Only In It For The Money [LP]

The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request [LP]

The Slits - Cut [LP]

The Teskey Brothers - Live At The Forum (Blue) [2LP]

The Teskey Brothers - Run Home Slow [LP]

The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico [LP]

The Who - My Generation [LP]

They Might Be Giants - Lincoln (Red) [LP]

Various - O Brother Where Art Thou [2LP] (sold)

Various: Guardians Of The Galaxy - Awesome Mix Vol. 2 [LP]

Vika & Linda - Sunday (The Gospel According To Iso) [LP]

Wednesday 13 - Necrophaze [CD] (sold)

Weezer - Pinkerton [LP]

Weezer - Weezer (Green Album) [LP]

Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac [2LP] (sold)

Wolfmother - Wolfmother [2LP]

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My Favorite Album #214 - Meet Me In The Bathroom author Lizzy Goodman on Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Fever to Tell'(2003), why Karen O is a true rock star, the magic of 'Maps' and more

Rock journalist and author of the definitive oral history of the New York rock revival 'Meet Me in the Bathroom', Lizzy Goodman, joins me to talk about one of the seminal albums of that era - the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' debut LP 'Fever to Tell'.

We talk about why Karen O is the truest rock star of her era, what makes 'Maps' such a special song and how it influenced mainstream pop, the contrast between the band's offstage awkwardness and their high-octane music, why being a woman can't be politically neutral in rock and the world in general, why it's silly to pretend clothes don't matter and why Lorde made Lizzy excited about the next wave of New York music.

Plus we delve into the writing process of 'Meet Me in the Bathroom', 2017's best music book, and why she will never undertake a similar project again.

Listen in the player above or download the episode by clicking here.

Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts here or in other podcasting apps by searching ‘My Favorite Album’ or copying/pasting our RSS feed -http://myfavoritealbum.libsyn.com/rss

My Favorite Album is a podcast on the impact great music has on our lives. Each episode features a guest on their favorite album of all time - why they love it, their history with the album and how it’s influenced them. Jeremy Dylan is a filmmaker, journalist and photographer from Sydney, Australia who has worked in the music industry since 2007. He directed the the feature music documentary Jim Lauderdale: The King of Broken Hearts (out now!) and the feature film Benjamin Sniddlegrass and the Cauldron of Penguins, in addition to many commercials and music videos.

If you’ve got any feedback or suggestions, drop us a line at myfavoritealbumpodcast@gmail.com.

LINKS

- Lizzy Goodman on Twitter and Instagram. Buy ‘Meet Me in the Bathroom’ here.

- Other profile pieces by Lizzy I reference in the show: What if Lorde was one of us? Audrey Gelman's The Wing Is the Feminist Answer to Co-Working Spaces Get Yer Yeah Yeah Yeahs Out

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[throwingideasatthewall]

Clone Wars    Kidnapped

Also, yeah how do you   follow up an episode like that?

    Also isn’t this like the     second kidnapped episode?

Oh

You know we actually needed the levity so that I am completely OK with the saving a   thing plot,

  Gives time to breathe-

Ho-nest,      This place looks pretty     neat,

[Though they still knowingly enabled     Tox be    hav-ior]

This is the equivalent of someone ditch    -ing productivity,      And att      -em       pt       Ing          To     Go     Straight         To     creat-iv-ity        Before      anything’s       set up,]

And I should really be careful   not   to get distracted by the pretty lights,

Wa-     rr    ior-

Well least      tox

  Whe         lp,       In-        Sti        gators       ,    Fe      ck,      -      Oh hey that   war we enabl     -ed

 Whelp

Okay, seriously who is that guy?         (Normally I wouldn’t be so nervous        (but the last few episodes                 Not Krell          The under water                   One)       Introduced a guy of a   random species that we have never heard or seen of    and he died before we ever did,

            So,

             I’m                   a                  Little                Nervous                    ,     (I like different   species,)

His design       seems      nice          ...    Neu       tral.

Yet we won’t assume the amount of   accoun-   tability necessary to     enforce it       Don’t get      me wrong;     I don’t want an  infinity war

  But if you enable, be prepared for the consequences and/or to push it back, (what      ever        You       Left,)         Whenever        it comes for your life,         For the rest of it,  (Or until you snap and       hold it accountable,)

      Pro-tection

Usual spiel    but it works.

You know that would’ve worked really well with overinvolved     positivity,

  Though at this point it’s pretty clear they are going for the clear-cut        Jedi- are      Posit         Ive          Ly         Over-          Involv        e               -d-            (Sith - negative)

  And more so         general   “everyone is a     shithead,”         Kinda         Vibe.

   Which is perfectly fine,

    Why?

   That’s a lot

 [also never mind with the     - warning - or get into lines,]

  Obi-Wan looks really young-er      in the scene for some reason

     -His face

         -it’s too smooth

           - and are his eyes a bit bigger?

  10

  Also yeah they specifically told us not to get involved and that they were going to do it on their own       I-n.       Ia        tiv        e

   But screw that

  “Let’s   escalate the situation!”

   Despite that being literally what the dude       fears and probably        his nightmares

                              [screw respecting other adult’(s) initia     tive]

    I know Dooku is implied to be really feckin tox also

   But talk means nothing

   Dude has to have the actions       Attempt it on himself and decide what to do for        himself,

     He’s decided to enable,          Ain’t nothing       that can be done         about that,

[What    was that look?

   [also did Obi-Wan not ask what happened               down there?]

               Great

                Time for   warfare

                 For the Jedi that can’t take a   “no,”             For an   an   -swer

 Gr      -e         a-t        -       ?       Voice    -act         -ing       -       People        Shield             -               What,          I’ve-         Watch          -ed             The     Watton           Boar         -         Arc-           -      -Battle

   Yeah but it’s      -also      pretty     bullshit          - (when have the separatist ever respected the Gen       eva convention?)

    Rex-        Has a           Feck’in            Point

   I

(Also that doesn’t tell them anything this could be    basic    clankers    when no   in fact they are commando droids              )

Ana       Kin’s         Voice      De-eper?

Com       -man                  do-

       [I have a feeling they’re really trying to contest           the we have no fig           -h-ters)

         Lin                  e-             -             A-g                  ain-

        O-h                           Sir,           Oh,           ,           Also, how?

     But also         ok that            guy,

               Surprisingly,     calm        ly      spoken-

    So this could make a great scene    contrasting Obi- won’s I believe   moral nature,       With another strategist that seems to be believing some kind of     chivalry

   [Also, OH SHIT,   is that where they’re keeping the     pris    oners,

  Whelp

   Anakin is a         dick to        holograms,

Seriously      you could’ve      just turned it off,

     [if you had news       or opinion to share        ?)- 

Ok, where the    fuck?

    [Don’t, get me wrong I know Anakin,         was an ex slave,           Everything else             is new..  .  

 Including his    rage towards it,

      Me,

 Hey, they’re being smart    about this,         -                        Up-   s-   et-

Yes,   thank you,   did I miss     something?

P-ast

Doesn’t     justify any of this     bullshit. .

I     mean,

Literally no one     is smarter   than anyone else

 So       Ana        Kin,      ,      OK but that’s a whole different species     and/or a group - -           this is not “past”    this is I just hate feck     -ing    sl-av        er s              -                       And possibly un-vented            anger at trauma-         -                          Either way pretty damn           va                 -lid                  -                         Dis-              trust                 -              Whe-  

Oka-y         ,          I don’t- 

  Also is that an animal or     sentient?            - A game      I find myself playing           to no         One         ‘s      Cha        -grin-         -,         Oh

    Arro         gan      -c-          e

    Ah- tak        e?          ,            Also he has a    non-evil       pet           -            That’s kinda          cute

       But also kinda sad,            Hint,ing          at the fact              Dude was probably intended to be some kind of   animal      focus        (Someone who works around or just generally likes animals - special             ity)

       Before he went     corrupt

            (Showing some    interest in keeping them out of the battlefield,                    And                  Fond-ness)

       Or this could just be a short han     d-e        d symbolism                 For              slavery          and   grooming          -          Both    -work           -             Do        -Tell           -          [oh yeah         dude totally gave away his plan,]

     Despite Obi-Wan almost clearly not being          in earshot

     Nice interaction         * introduction

   Also     ,doesn’t he         already know,            Holo-gra       -m    -         Formal     in-         tro         duc-          tions            -                Are           Nice,             -              Er-

    Seriously what is up with         these two            people?

     Also why did dude           growl?

    For people that look like cats      they sure act like dogs              (Bor- d       -er)        (Nothing wrong with that-        just-         curious-             “      -i

    How?

    Also they’re just really shout-ing their      plans out here      aren’t they?

    S-u        -rr          en-          der-            -           Obi- won    still playing        along..     ——           W-help            -           He       gave        him            a         chance             -         Whelp-

    O-k

  Honestly he’s acting pretty calm and      diff-erent-ly characterized,             The Kenobi we know wouldn’t raise             a hand to help even himself                   (In ani.)             Also            I’m surprised Aniken hasn’t stumbled across anything by           now,

       Thought that would be the        crutch            of the narr-ative tension in the          office,

       But          Aight           ,         Calling the chips early is completely fine I will never have an issue with chara-     ter     -(s-     acting slightly smarter than expected,

Though wish Anakin had shown some kind of      initia-       tive-

 Like the stories telling us that he’s really      pumped up   “about      the     whole      slave      thing,”          . . .         But has just found          nada when it comes down to      rescuing the slaves,         Or just finding any hints about this    oper     -ation      in general,

To summarize;     What the heck has Aniken been doing the last minute      and a half             ~              ?            No-thing

[like if everyone had told him to chill due to his       clear aggression     believe he caused some harm      in his rage,

   And sent         Ahsoka         in-stead

         That would make a lot    more sense,

  [and make up Obi- wan look like less of a              Irrational Dick        By sh(ar-ing) Anakin‘s backstory         without any permission       or reason,

    While there    he might have to explain to       Ahsoka    why he’s sending her      and not Anakin,]

  Just-        Writer       Th-       ough   -t-         -      Treat-        ment          -    “ You have broken        through my         defenses,”

   Emotionally             or            ...      physically?             . .           Never           mind-

        Would’ve              been nice      if someone actually took him up on that          offer               -              (Like some villain(/enabler) is like you know what my job sucks,    my boss sucks, I could really use an       nap...

    Sure]     ..     They were just standing there          ...      doing nothing,

     Like,      Dude literally just said       there were bombs planted all over the city,

  And, no one’s in a ru-sh            to fix that-

       Or use them to find the           kidnapped people..

[I   mean      fair       ...    but      geez.

   Colo      -nists,

     Again,      where are they?            . . .             You supposedly sent Anakin to find       - them but we haven’t seen anything           -               Also yeah the dude is totally going to give up    his only bargaining     chip         . . .           After being          out gunn        -ed-            -            Well             -           Also you have one button that only activate(s     one mine?

          Like did you, set that up just for the purpose of    in-timi     dating people

   Also congrats    you likely threw away    your only bargaining chip                 -      because from his point of view     the explosion already went off-                        -       And he doesn’t know that you had one     specific button just for that      one mine-             -      (Like it   doesn’t sound that loud but he could’ve gotten     hear-ing probl-em (s-) from the      near- by      explosions,     )

  We-         ll-

   “Col-on-ists,”

  Oh     good thing you told him after you destroy-ed the       thing-

   And he didn’t go into attack mode and you have a light saber press-ed to your throat-

   dumb

I’m sorry but that’s just so adorable

   Look         at            it;

   Man like(s soft squishy things and    he doesn’t seem to be      hurt          ing-           -it,

      Like,           How               ?

        Also, did       no one check               for               that               shit?

Like,      No-

Me-      dic

 Wh-       el        p-

  Bo-

 Several people      -just died           And he         comforts the    robot.. .

   Dick

Also, Maybe       It’s be       cause         Cody         is     Obi-Wan’s        Gen.       (Generation          or      General)            Doesn’t     make much         of a        dif-ference?            -         That          this        flies?      (I mean I can        understand him not giving       too much of a heck,       Due to this being a war      caused by this guys’             Gen,         But     seriously,)

     Also yeah            kinda          ,dick             ,          Screw         medical     attention,

      Well,

     That’s a lot of faith          for a whole              lot a          nothing,

     Also let’s go do the thing       we were supposed to be doing            this entire time,

   (I think)

  My brain started going numb and I half paid    attention            -         Oh, wait 

now we’re getting into the back      story?

 After they’re on the planet

  Without any       pre-emption?

 -Er

My brain      cells      are    asleep,        -        Al        -ive         -           Seriously, what is up with the   -bird     thing,

   (I really hope     it factors into his character)

   Or is brought up

  Frust-      trat-      Ion

“Zy,”

  Dude they’re slave traders    I really don’t think     you want to do that          (Just           a       thought)

Also maybe     suggest     trading        him some       exotic animals,

   Dude seems to have a pen      -chant

   And he seems to treat them    re-     lati       vely       well,

   (There   are some in cages but that just seems to be for      transport,                         ) -  no I thought you should ever take animals        out of a pre-         ferr              ed         Safe  climate

       But he could have one set up            abet a smaller one,

        Wha?             (The      voice acting           there           was         weird,)

       Also, really?

    That’s the     competition?

 (Is there ever a tradition..   

    That isn’t fighting?)

  Also, okay,

 but is it like some kind of style of fighting?

     (I swear he you challenges him to sword fighting.)

   Then again Zy-         ger-          Ian-       fighting-

  Dif-ferent rules   could be interesting

   Possibly establish           Obi-Wan                 as                a          well traveled              man,

                   (So long as he isn’t allowed to use his                         feck -in light saber,                             -) (Which     Anakin      hasn’t        been       doing         at all,

 Also lower      ed risks     are nice,

Again, not saying anything about     deactivating em,

Also what the fuck is with that guy’s facial   expressions,

  Like ever since that moment       it has gone     insane,       (As in I can’t for my life     read what they’re trying to express,       And that is the closest     translation;       I can come up with,

Never   mind      -   he’s an asshole      -    Even th-

  Screw         It

  (The       logic         is not on        the high setting           with this one.”

       Any way,              Per-

        That’s

         [do you know how back when I was revie-       wing the movie I thought about how the escalation one from         1 to 10 and the characterization switched on a dime?

               -Not to   insult,

    But this is starting to feel a lot like   that-

 My brain already very checked out at this   point-

Because I     really   don’t    need      it for     this-      -   W-

  Constant      Characteri-zation?!

   What-  

[Excuse me while I sit over here drinking my       ‘wtf just happened,’          juice

   You know      when I was reviewing (Earlier) scenes       like this;           I used to give it somewhat of a pass    saying;              (Some        thing       along           the          lines            of)

       Well people change on a dime,

  Which I’m starting to realize    getting further into this;        Is that you need some kind of sentiment       Or pre-       -empt         To        Connect          Those           Thoughts      -             The           eyes             need              to           narrow                 -               The             body          language            needs              to             change                 -      The     music       (perhaps)        a subtle       change in tone;         -        It can’t change on    that much of a dime        -

            I               don’t               need                   a                  lot;                 Just some kind of indication about what the      feck just happened,     -             Because otherwise it’s just    spaghetti      -         Like I’m sorry     but it’s true-              -      The expressions before were completely unreadable      and down          right-        unhuman,

      There was no word      ,cues to indicate anything

      And the music     which could’ve been a brief    Cue,        Of whether this is supposed to be        abrupt or         instigated,             Well I don’t,     think there is any,   

                        Fix scen;                                    e

                     This guy smirks, possibly chuckling, the bird leaving his           arm-, possibly pre-facing it with, “ well then,  let’s          be-gin,” or a body posture is simply leaning in before     pouncing,

      Telling me    this is part of the plan,

        And that’s Zygrians value a more wild style of fighting with the element of surprise      being      emphasiz       ed-

    Which makes sense considering what seems to be a      hunting         focus,

    With snark following up either confirming or     denying,  

    That as true           (Or          False)

     That his actions were        prec-        edent-        ed         or        not,

      As it stands,  

   There was no      Cue

    And I’m        completely          lost.              . . .           Whel            -p

                           Well that was a bunch of nothing                                                                                  .  .  .                               Which is a shame because it had a lot of good     subjects to focus on, Slavery, the difference between Wild and Order, tam-ing, groom-       Ing,      Cap-       tivity              -         The concept of an invasive species,

     Unfortunately the writing is so inconsistent,      And generally        poor,         That it can’t carry a beat for longer than a few     min-utes

        Well I’ve noticeably praised the attempt to take on a higher intensity material

         That doesn’t give an     excuse for the apparent drop in quality

          Often; i’ve said that            stupid villains are fine

        However       the thing that often irritates me         in those episodes;           Isn’t that the villain’s            Stupid   

          It’s the lack of          self-awareness             (Not in the poking            fun of one’s                 self                 way)

  Is that it isn’t        framed that way,

  (No snark,    very little realistic the consequences without drawing attention to it,        And very little change       except the     villain is now Stupider          Though it attempts to keep the same dramatic tension          and stakes)

   In sum        -mary:

    While I think this episode had a lot of interesting concepts to work with they will unfortunately             Wasted                   By the episode lack of commitment, consistency, and constant characterization,

      Most        notably;

     - Anakin’s resent             -ment                    Of          slavery             (His care of it turns off and on like a light switch and his intensity             varies)

         Functioning less like a Berzerk/.              accountability button                  (Mild               Responsibility)  

               And                 more                  like                   an                excuse            to have him             flip his lid,

             Make                   odd                 facial            expressions,  

             And generally put, shout  put emphasis In a nonsensical bordering on                  inhumane way

                What seems to be a disturbing trend (with the characters       ;)

               Specifically the                  Zygarian                     here

                 And                      Ani             

              -The                 difference               between            wild and tamed;                   Along with a constant theme of slavery,                  It’s paired with the constant imagery                 of animals in cages

             Which would be fine if it was actually presented as an               excessive detail,

             But the focus is put on it and nothing ever seems to come of it

            (Almost as if it’s expected that just by having      it there, the motif comes with it)

             Which no

             Animals in cages and...            What?

             Like, I have an idea         what they’re trying to hint at,

             But until           the story commits;

             “These animals           are very much like you,”

               Then it remains in                        limbo,

 As wasted time          And wasted     emphasis,            -

      The Zy-             Gar            Ian             (s)          backstory;           Note      this works off another point         about captivity,

        Now, from the little bits,  I could get from the conversation;

        The Republic                inter                   fer                  r                   e                  d,                   Note; this seems to be a pretty big deal

   The antagonist      esp          ecially             affec               t-                e-d

           By                  It,

  But we never learn much about it      or him        (How it affected)

    Yeah he re-peats           Some          po-ints;            But it’s never elaborate-         d on

         What exactly       hap-pened to him?

          What exactly       hap-pened with the conflict?

           How?

            To be more                  precise;                     This presents the idea of a rather fas-       cin-        at        ing      conflict about the over- involve-ment of an outside species into              a           Nother’s            Planet          -           And I don’t think it really       utilizes it

       Drop      ping it almost instantly,          For an almost emotion-    less        fi-        gh          t,        Where are dude repeats ‘they were happy,        And generally everything except “I”             (How he was affected)                 Or any authentic emotion

       Just unread         able        inhumane       expressions            . . .       Not much in the way of themes,        motifs,            Or anything of         real        sub-      stance-         -       Sub      Category;           The clones got injured in an            attack;             This is not treated with any sort of        heaviness              -             Or even note             (Nor to the status/            theme of captiv-               ity- or                Sta              Tus                In               The              Empire-)

            Or         represen-tation               of             order,

           (And is quite point blank pointless)

           Not to speak of the ending where the Anakin is         almost point-blank informed                  That the captives are being held on                    Ty-                    Ger                        ia/                        By the Ty-                       ger-ians

                Po-int being;                      This is pretty subst                  antless                          Sn                            -ack,                             That lacks any kind of consis          tence

    ��  - And isn’t.          worth the                watch,

           (With             nothing              set up)

          (Might’ve wanted to go with an                 R2-D2/ (CpO?) episode)                   Work on that tone                first

               Before trying anything serious,                   With that robots scream of absolute terror                  upon its death..

[hammerofthezods]

Movie Review - Big Trouble in Little China

Okay, so this movie is pretty much unmatched in its shear level of badassery. My suggestion is that you watch this movie daily and take many notes.

What happens is that there’s this guy named Jack Burton who wears jeans tucked into some sweet moccasin boots and he also wears a tucked in sleeveless t-shirt. Right away his choice of attire screams “Hey ladies, get at me for hot times and tender loving”. Jack is played by none other than the ultra-male Kurt Russell who, as you might recall, once pushed Goldie Hawn off of a boat and then kidnapped her to live with him and his hillbilly kids. Anyway, Jack drives a tractor trailer and when he’s on break he also plays weird Chinese gambling games and chops up bottles with a knife. This knife is pretty important to the overall plot. So, Jack is just going about his everyday business of being a badass and sending ladies into heat when his Chinese friend, Wang (haha, right?), go to the airport to pick up Wang’s girlfriend. At the airport, this totally 80’s style Chinese gang steals the girlfriend and Jack’s all like “Nope”. Jack gets in his rig and chases the 80’s gang through the streets of San Francisco. Jack finally thinks he has the gang cornered and is getting ready to throw down when this other gang rolls up and is all like “Hey, first gang, we’re ready to battle in this alley. You down?” The first gang is like “Shit yeah, we’re down”. So these two gangs start to rumble and beat the shit out of each other plus they both have their own little hand signs which is obviously way cool in a gang fight. So, during the battle these three Level 9 badass Chinese guys parachute onto the scene and start crush-killing everyone in their path. Of course Jack thinks this is pretty badass, but you just know that secretly he’s thinking “Yeah, but no way these clowns pull as much tail as old Jack Burton”. Who really knows if they do, but they probably do all right. So anyway, in the middle of all this, another boss level guy shows up, but this guy is like ten feet tall and is dressed like some old drag queen. Turns out that his name is Lo-Pan and he’s actually some witch from China. Lo-Pan can do all kinds of trick fighting shit like disappear and shoot lasers out of his eyes (alternate theory is that he’s a robot like Van Damme was in that cyborg movie). Jack tries to run Lo-Pan over with his truck, but Lo-Pan is like “Hahaha, try again lame-ass. I’m Lo-Pan and your truck is now mine”. Oh yeah, one thing I forgot to tell you is that Lo-Pan’s first name is David. This is kind of lame and weird because David seems like a pretty weak name for a powerful witch drag queen. So, finally the fighting ends and Jack and Wang (hah) are back at some Chinese diner telling their friends how they were kicking so much ass in this fight.

They then realize that Wang’s girlfriend is still missing and is probably being held in a brothel. They decide to go and rescue her and they also bring along these other two chicks probably because those girls wouldn’t leave them alone as Jack is seriously a lady magnet. Jack goes into the brothel disguised as some normal business dude looking for a lady for the night. The head girl at the brothel totally sees right through the disguise because Jack cannot even begin to hide his shear masculinity and badassness. Right before the brothel girl calls bullshit, the three Level 9 guys from the gang fight parachute in again and steal Wang’s girlfriend to take her back to David LP’s house. Jack and Wang of course have to go there now to save her. They infiltrate David LP’s house by totally fooling the idiot guards into thinking that they were there to fix the telephones. Once inside, they get captured and beat up by the three parachuting guys. So then Lo-Pan shows up in a wheel chair and is now a frail old man with totally gross skin and hair. Jack thinks this is way hilarious so he talks major shit. Old man Lo-Pan is having none of this so he pouts and wheels himself away. Jack and Wang find out that Lo-Pan needs the girl because if he has sex with her (gross, right?) he won’t be a drag queen witch anymore. While all this is happening the two white girls that were hanging around earlier come to try and save Jack because they probably want to have his babies. One of the girls gets kidnapped by a miniature Rancor monster, but luckily Jack gets away.

So now, Jack and Wang are all like “Shit, David keeps stealing all our women” and they want to go back and show the bad guys that they won’t stand for this. This time however, they recruit one of the gangs from the alley fight to help them. Jack is obviously the new leader of this gang. Before they go back to David LP’s house they drink something that probably has PCP in it so they’ll be invincible. Anyway, now they’re at the house again and are successfully battling foes left and right. While the fighting is going on, Jack decides that he wants to teach his new gang to be more self-reliant so he pretends that he got knocked out so his boys will have to kick ass without him. Jack then says, “Okay, you guys did pretty good. I’ll come help out now.” This is obviously a total boss move and all gang leaders should use this as an example of how to motivate people. So now Jack chases down Lo-Pan who is about to make it with the stolen girls. Jack is like “No chance old man.” and he takes his trusty knife and plants it in Lo-Pan’s head from about 50 feet away. As soon as he does this he says “It’s all in the reflexes” which is obviously the most perfect thing to say after knife-spearing your witch drag queen rival right in the face.

So now everyone is safely back at the diner telling Jack how much they love him and want to have sex with him. Jack thinks it would be unfair to bed down all these women so he says that some of them should have babies with his friends Wang (hah) and some other guys. Jack thinks about hanging around to lead his gang some more, but decides that he wants to drive his truck again. As he’s driving off we see that he has picked up the miniature Rancor monster as a pet.

This is probably the best movie ever made and is also a good source of historical knowledge on Chinese culture and witchery. You can probably even pick up some karate fighting tips by watching it many times. Finally, when you watch this, you will no doubt make every attempt to model your life after Jack Burton. I highly encourage this.