this week's LOTW

is a list of TV Show Spin-Offs That Sucked. i agree with some shows on this list. there are quite a few, though, that i have never even heard of. i guess they really were bombs.

this week's LOTW

is the top 15 strangest coincidences. i wanted to point out that the page has an extensive list of the the lincoln-kennedy coincidences, for those that are interested.

i'm one of those 'list' people

this week's link of the week is blender's list of famous firsts in music. a sample:

1965: First Recorded Rap Song: “RAP DIRTY” by Blowfly
1967: First Rock Album with Printed Lyrics: SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
1970: First Rock Star to Choke on His Own Vomit: Jimi Hendrix
1982: First Rock Album Released on CD: 52ND STREET by Billy Joel
1990: First Rap Song to Reach No. 1 on the Pop Charts: “ICE ICE BABY” by Vanilla Ice*

while browsing the lists, i found this one, too: 10 Songs You Were Probably Conceived To. there's some good music on this list.

* how sad.

did you know?

this week's LOTW is a site of trivia bits. here's another site listing. anyone know if this one really true?

While it's true that modern Australia was founded by British criminals, all of them were only guilty of jaywalking. To this day there are no crosswalks in Australia.

movies meme

the LOTW [over there] is a list of movies ebert says you must see so that you know what people are talking about. not a list of the best, but those everyone must see. i saw that other people made a meme of it and i thought i would play along. however, due to the fact that i have seen so few of these, instead of bolding the ones i'd seen, i thought it would be a shorter list if i just listed those i'd seen.

"2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) Stanley Kubrick
"Alien" (1979) Ridley Scott
"Bambi" (1942) Disney
"Carrie" (1975) Brian DePalma
"A Clockwork Orange" (1971) Stanley Kubrick
"Do the Right Thing" (1989) Spike Lee
"E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" (1982) Steven Spielberg
"The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) Irvin Kershner
"The Exorcist" (1973) William Friedkin
"Fargo" (1995) Joel & Ethan Coen
"Fight Club" (1999) David Fincher
"The Godfather," "The Godfather, Part II" (1972, 1974) Francis Ford Coppola
"The Graduate" (1967) Mike Nichols
"Halloween" (1978) John Carpenter
"It's a Wonderful Life" (1946) Frank Capra
"Jaws" (1975) Steven Spielberg
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975) Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam
"Psycho" (1960) Alfred Hitchcock
"Pulp Fiction" (1994) Quentin Tarantino
"Scarface" (1932) Howard Hawks
"Schindler's List" (1993) Steven Spielberg
"Some Like It Hot" (1959) Billy Wilder
"Taxi Driver" (1976) Martin Scorsese
"West Side Story" (1961) Jerome Robbins/Robert Wise
"The Wizard of Oz" (1939) Victor Fleming

yes, that means i have not Casablanca or Gone With the Wind. i am making it a special point to not see these movies before i die.

i want to point out

this week's link of the week is spoiled movies . but movies are just one category, spoileverything.com has 'spoiled' tv shows, video games, etc. the tv ones are good, for instance, the seinfeld one and the golden girls one.

one more...

i'm about to remove the LOTW featuring 'George Bush's 50 greatest accomplishments' so i wanted to leave you with this to keep the spirit alive:

Understanding the Bush Administration's Statements About Executive Power And Treatment of Prisoners in Nine Easy Steps

link of the week

a list of past LOTW [permapost]:

soyouwanna [first]
postsecret
the money shirt
worldometers
US Mayor's Report on Hunger and Homelessness, 2005
my favorite word
75 Fun Ways To Order A Pizza
2006 Sick Day Calendar
did you know?
On This Day
oxymoronlist
this date in history: #1 song
Keep-It-Clean Plan
George Bush's 50 greatest accomplishments
Cannot find server
vinegar uses & tips
bad fads
spoiled movies
google calendar
102 Movies You Must See
ghetto america
stuck in the 80s
did you know?
LoveFilm's cryptic film titles
50 worse things to happen in music
50 awesome dead rock stars
the way i see it
18 Tricks to Teach Your Body
TeeVeePedia
Internet Wayback Machine
not-to-do list
10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed
Rules That Guys Wish Women Knew
10 things more scary than terrorists
Famous Firsts in Music
Hidden Litter
Five 'mannish' female celebs
know your limits
nobody's watching
Hollywood Disasters
Top 15 Strangest Coincidences
the greatest comedies of all time
25 Differences Between Star Wars and Star Trek
What Your Congressman Won't Tell You
10 biggest spin-off bombs
group hug
list of unusual deaths
25 Songs With a Secret
Phobia List
2007 Hurricane Season
Genealogy of Pop & Rock Music
Things I've learned on movies and TV
Top 15 Manipulated Photographs
20 Things About Nothing
Politically Incorrect Adverts
10 accidental inventions