On The Fence

The 5 Most Inappropriate Children’s Videos

bmo0 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:36:18 +0000

A collection of videos so wrong, so offensive, your kids are bound to love them….

Tasered, Shot With Bean Bag Rounds For Filming Warrantless Police Search

bmo0 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:25:43 +0000

A man from Portland Oregon is suing police for unlawful seizure with excessive force after officers fired a Taser and bean bag rounds at him when he refused to stop filming a warrantless search of his neighbour’s property last year.
more after the jump
-Bmo

Artist Defiantly Draws Prophet Mohammed as a Dog

bmo0 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:23:04 +0000

There is a $100,000 price on Swedish artist Lars Vilks
’s head (an extra $50,000 for anyone who slits his throat) after he drew a cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a dog. One Swedish Muslim woman who lives just an hour-and-a-half drive from Vilks said she hopes to make good on the al Qaeda threat and slaughter him like a lamb.
This is Ridiculous. While i respect freedom of speech, going this far to prove your point?
I’m on the fence on this one
-Bmo

Hatchet.

Vendryes — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:46:55 +0000

The other night I was blessed with the opportunity to watch a fresh bootleg copy of the horror hack and slash film Hatchet. After seeing the trailer on Apple.com I knew that I would have to keep a hand over my face in order to avoid having gruesome nightmares the following night. The storyline in the movie is about a group of teens who go on a ‘haunted’ swamp tour, I don’t know why in the fuck they would want to do this, but ok… I’ll let that slide. The swamp is home to some kind of deformed child who was apparently killed by his father but somehow still lurks and kills all who come to the swamp. One by one, each stereotypical character is killed, with each kill topping the prior one on the Vendryes scale of obliteration. Hell, one kill has the deformed beast ripping the top part of a womans head off from the jaw up, leaving her tung violently convulsing. Although these kills should have given me a sick feeling to my stomach, instead I found myself either laughing, or raising my shoulders in confusion as to why there are random flashes of blood splattering on trees throughout the kills. About 20 minutes into the film all story and plot is lost, the cast of nobody’s definitely suits the movie, because I don’ think any real actor would embarrass themselves by making an appearance in this piece of shit. Did I mention it has the most anti climactic ending, hands down, ever, in movie history.

With all that aside I recommend you do see Hatchet, it’s hilarious, and it’s something you have to witness for yourself to believe. Even hours after the movie ended and I had left the basement where the bootleg Hatchet DVD had been played for myself and a couple of close friends, I was still confused weather or not I had just saw the funniest movie ever, or the worst fucking movie on earth. I’m definitely on the fence with this one.

-Vendryes

Maybe it wasn’t soulja boy’s fault..

bmo0 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:34:12 +0000

Record Labels Are Dead

bmo0 — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:18:12 +0000

It’s no secret to the public that the recording industry is on its last set of legs. Sales of Physical CD’s have been on a constant decline since 2001 and show no signs at all of letting up. The public have realized this, the press has realized this and the artists have realized this. Earlier this month on October 10th, Radiohead released their new album “In Rainbows” exclusively on their website, allowing their fans to pay whatever price they want, even nothing. Reports have shown that this business model has proven successful for the band (who are not signed on a label), and other top acts such as Jamiroquai and Oasis are reported to be following. Who is to blame though? is it the rising sales of dvds? or piracy? The RIAA would like you to believe its the latter and have been ignorant to come up with any sort of solution to defend the slumping sales. I personally blame the lack of quality music to purchase for the decline in sales. Take a look at what is on top of the charts right now, Soulja Boys Crank that tell em. How on earth did such a horrible song top the charts? Only god knows..

The days of the album are apparently dead, as is evident by the rise of the Itunes music store. Companies are spending more and more advertising money on single songs than albums than ever before. The bands do not even have much creative emphasis anymore, they are constantly being pressured to create more mainstream music that sells, because they are signed onto big labels. I like to call this the Nickelback effect. Which brings me back to my original question, Who is to blame? I think it is quite clear that the record labels are to blame and are the sole reason for Musics decline in quality and sales over the years. There needs to be a new business model to sell music and make it accessible to younger, less tech-savvy people. If Soulja boy is on top of the charts right now, who will be on top 5 years from now? Something needs to be done! And until that happens, DOWNLOAD AWAY!

-Bmo