OTB Latenight – Soft Cell
Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 5, 2009 23:44
Caption Contest Winners
The ♬ Louie Louie ♬ Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Maggie Mama - Although he's still dithering about Afghanistan, President Obama decided that a replacement for the USS Sequoia is essential? Second: yetanotherjohn - The justice department found no reason to suspect any voter intimidation based on the photos. Third: charles austin ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 5, 2009 20:30
Caption Contest
Time for the Thursday OTB Caption ContestTM (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Winners will be announced Monday PMPosted in Outside The Beltway on November 5, 2009 07:10
Caption Contest Winners
The Below C-Level Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: physics geek - I don't understand. Where is the "and then a miracle occurs" part? Second: FormerHostage - "Stop. Touching. My. Nipples!" Third: yetanotherjohn - Is it just me, or did we just elect Urkel with contacts. HONORABLE MENTION William d'Inger - ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 2, 2009 21:17
DVR Saving TV
Television executives have figured out that people watching their shows via TiVo-delay is a good thing. Against almost every expectation, nearly half of all people watching delayed shows are still slouching on their couches watching messages about movies, cars and beer. According to Nielsen, 46 percent of viewers 18 to 49 years old for all four networks taken together are watching ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 2, 2009 08:57
Caption Contest
Time for the Monday OTB Caption ContestTM (AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei) Winners will be announced Thursday PMPosted in Outside The Beltway on November 2, 2009 07:14
OTB Latenight – Ednaswap
Compare to the "original" of the cover:Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 1, 2009 20:08
Mathematics of Layla
Bernard Chazelle explains "the technical part" of Eric Clapton's classic "Layla." Played here with an assist from Mark Knopfler, for those in need of a reminder. The intro and chorus follow the progression of "All Along the Watchtower" (i-VII-VI-VII-i, ie here, Dm-C-Bb-C-Dm): one of the most common chord sequences in rock (0:27-1:10). The song is in Dm, but the verse ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 1, 2009 08:53
OTB Latenight – The Allman Brothers Band
Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 30, 2009 22:49
Capitalism: A Love Story
I was reading the review of Capitalism over at Reason and at the end it had this, One final note: Just before the film started, Moore asked the audience to turn off any recording devices because the studio did not want bootleg versions of the film getting around. Apparently this socialism stuff has its limits. I had to laugh. Frankly I ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 30, 2009 16:24
Caption Contest Winners
The Ray-Bandogge Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. REUTERS/Natalie Behring (UNITED STATES ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY ANIMALS) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: Clovis - Stay cool. Robert and Brenda Vale will never recognize us in these bitchin' disguises. Second: elliot - Excuse me, did you just call us a couple of bitches? Third: DL - Obama demonstrates his new homeland security attack ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 29, 2009 20:34
Caption Contest
Time for the Thursday OTB Caption ContestTM REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES POLITICS EDUCATION) Winners will be announced Monday PMPosted in Outside The Beltway on October 29, 2009 06:19
Late Night Sexual Harrassment
Nell Scovell, one of a handful of women who has ever worked as a comedy writer for David Letterman -- or any of the late night comic talk shows -- contends that an atmosphere of sexual harassment routinely exists on those shows: Without naming names or digging up decades-old dirt, let’s address the pertinent questions. Did Dave hit on me? No. ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 28, 2009 09:00
OTB Latenight – John Cleese
In honour of John Cleese's 70th birthday, here's something completely different:Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 27, 2009 22:01
Caption Contest Winners
The Baracky Horror Picture Show Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. (H/T Drudgereport) ✰ THE WINNERS ✰ First: floyd - Looks like we fluxed up again! Second: Eric Florack - Unexplained were the reports that a voice was heard from the clouds, saying "The choice is made! Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, The Traveler has come!" Third: physics ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on October 26, 2009 21:09
