July 31, 2007
· Filed under Christina, Insane, Jamaica, engrish, movies
Larisa and I spent Saturday cruising New Kingston–we went shopping at Sovereign Centre, saw The Simpsons Movie at the movie theater there, and walked all the way down Hope Road to Half Way Tree for more shopping. Here are some funny sights along the way, followed by a report of the bizarre world of movie-watching in Jamaica after the jump.

Our cab driver is, as you can see, a proud fan of the Memphis Red Sox.

The theatre was a member of NATO! Maybe the RIAA should take a leaf out of this book: make your acronym sound like a really terrifying pan-national defense league, and maybe those pesky movie pirates will finally stop downloading all them motion pictures!

And down the road, they’ll harvest your organs while you get your nails done…?
And, my favorite, which merits a medium sized picture:
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July 31, 2007
· Filed under Evil, Politics, Tim, ca$hmoney$
July 31, 2007
· Filed under Tim

Psychonaut exploration without the use of expensive, illegal, and withdrawal-inducing drug abuse?
Introducing the dreamachine, endorsed by the likes of Tim Leary and Will Burroughs. The New York Times article on it is fantastic. You can experience the effect using your monitor here.
Though I’m thinking that it might be even more dramatic if it got hooked up to a projector for a whole audience to enjoy, which would allow you to induce mind alteration en masse (which is pretty sweet).
I’m thinking the Golden Arm will be regular “screenings” of the Dreamachine next year, with different soundtracks at each event.
How cool would that be
July 31, 2007
· Filed under Conspiracy Theory, Geekery, at&t, lingri, phone_tap, stickers
this sticker used to be really funny (especially given its location) however now one could presumably place it on every phone in America. Go AT&T!

July 30, 2007
· Filed under Geekery, Tim