Help solve a dispute between myself and Ste in the read more...

Who is the bigger badass:

The Pistol Shrimp

Stats: Claws double as massive sonic pistols; fires bubbles that reach the temperature of the sun; likes to mess with submarine transmissions; general badass.



OR

The Vampire Squid (from hell)

Stats: Deceptive Dumbo-esque ears; laser eyes; Shapeshifting capabilities, has Vampire in its name (pretty cool); Pre-historic.



Let the games begin...

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Cathy kindly drew attention to this promo video for Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign:



Mike Huckabee is clearly a nut.

I'm kinda obsessed with the US candidacy race at the moment, what with the uber-important primary results coming out today, so I've spent a fair bit of time reading up on the various candidates.

I'll more than likely post something on it when the results come out, but for now, here's another nutbar, Mitt Romney (who is down in the polls to Huckabee), backtracking on some crazy bullshit he tried to spin about his Dad being mates with Martin Luther King:




By the by, voting is going well in our race for the Pop-Culture President. Barack Obama's 'hip' vote is currently in the lead, with 'Crazy' Mike Huckabee coming in close second.

You can still vote here.

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Conor Oberst supports Barak Obama? (Click). Wow, now he's definitely my favorite!!

Sarcasm aside, I wonder what would happen if the presidential race was decided on celebrity endorsements alone? Forget policies, America really wants to know who your famous mates are, and what kinda music you listen to.

Lets vote, shall we?

Here are some of the major runners, and the celebs fighting in their corner:


Barack Obama (Democrat):

Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Oprah Winfrey, Will Smith, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Tyra Banks, Jamie Foxx, Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johanson, Zack Braff, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Matt Damon, Gene Wilder.


Hillary Clinton (Democrat):

Martha Stuart, Tom Hanks, Tony Bennett, Barbara Streisand, Magic Johnson, Steven Spielberg, Rob Reiner, John Grisham, Carly Simon, Ted Danson, Quincy Jones, Carole King, Magic Johnson, Jenna Jameson, Jerry Springer.



John Edwards (Democrat):

Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, John Mellencamp, Madeleine Stowe, Lance Armstrong.



Mike Huckabee (Republican):

Chuck Norris, Ric Flair, Ted Nugent.



Rudy Giuliani (Republican):

Bo Derek, Robert Duvall, Kelsey Grammer, Cheryl Ladd, Dennis Miller, Adam Sandler, Tom Selleck, Ron Silver, David Zucker.



Hillary & Obama are both looking strong with Obama taking an early lead with the hip vote by wrangling Jeff Tweedy, Conor Oberst & Zack Braff; but then Clinton comes straight back in there with the winning pair of porn star Jenna Jameson & movie god Steven Spielberg.

Poor John Edwards has to make do with Kevin Bacon, but at least has cyclist/cancer surviver Lance Armstrong to pick up the slack.

Giuliani looks strong with the solid mustached support of Tom Selleck, but the dark horse is definitely Mike Huckabee with his possible match-winner in Chuck Norris.

It's gonna be a tough race, with all to play for.

Let the voting begin...




***UPDATE***

Arcade Fire's Win Butler has leapt into the race in support of, you guessed it, Barack Obama. Will this late addition have any effect on the the polls? Probably not so much, as Obama seems to be running away with it anyway...

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Howdy all, so things are coming together nicely for the next Sugarlips show, which is (more than likely) gonna be held on the first weekend of February. Hopefully be that stage all our wallets will have healed enough to venture back into the word of partying.

So in order to raise the bar for ourselves, we're holding a table quiz in a couple of weeks to raise money (so we can buy more coke & hookers for backstage, obviously).

The quiz will be held in the Harbour Bar in Bray on Wednesday the 16th of January. Here's the fun part: we're not sure whether folk would prefer a Movie quiz, or a Music quiz, so we're gonna throw it out there and let you decide. Are we generous, or just lazy.. I don't quite know.

Soooooo.....



More details of quiz & gig to follow soon.

****UPDATE: Some people are saying both.. damn, shoulda put in a third option. If you reckon both, just leave a comment saying so, I shall tabulate the votes accordingly.

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