ROOK RUSH

ROOKRUSH IS MOVING!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Bye Blogspot!

If you're looking for the goods here is the new link

ROOK RUSH

update your bookmarks yo!

Dragon Dreams

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:42:00 +0000

who knew Corn Pops had LSD in them?

Andrew WK getting down on some Bach

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:12:00 +0000

Foundtrack I love you for stuff like this.

Who would thought? Andrew WK tickling the synth-ivories on some Bach.

The Hidden Costs of War

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:12:00 +0000

Taken from Good Magazine's website Good Magazine

On the Night My Love Broke Through

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:07:00 +0000

I don't usually take "personal" days from work, but maybe I should look into doing it more often, because yesterday was awesome!

Pancakes!
Beach!
Watched Ratatouille!
Rock Band!
Beer!
COLD WAR KIDS IN STORE AT FINGERPRINTS!
More beer!
Indulge!

The new Cold War album is great off a first listen, I'll be posting my favorite songs once I've broken the repeat button.

I hope she remembers what I said.....

Lolly Jane Blue - Worms

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:51:00 +0000

Worms
Uploaded by www-microbia-nl

This video is done beautiful. I'm not head over heels for the song, but damn it's pretty to look at.

You can check out a higher rez version of the video on the director's website: Sil Van Der Woerd

Coke Zero

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:14:00 +0000

I am obsessed with this teeth staining can of amazingness

For Cori...

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:05:00 +0000

....cause you make me fuckin laugh homie

And then the bed starts rotating, and strobe lights come on and Rihanna is like "Jen, please don't stop the music!"

Love Lockdown

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:53:00 +0000

Kanye. dang homie.

Mazda Stadium

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:41:00 +0000

Latest commercial coming out of Zoic. Big ups to our artists who designed the stadium and crowds, car work, and comp.

Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:51:00 +0000

Wild Beasts - Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants. Dir: OneInThree from OneInThree on Vimeo

Get ready to get very queasy. Pretty awesome.
Director: OneInThree

The 9/11 Conspiracies: Fact or Fiction

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:44:00 +0000

It's been close to 7 years since "9-11" and the battle and argument over what really happened that day is still as strong as ever and may not ever really be answered in a world that can be bought, edited, bribed, convinced, or any combination of these things.

I honestly thought this documentary on the History channel was going to be more objective. I can be naive sometimes.

It took the derogatory route of saying anyone who questioned what happen on 9-11 is paranoid, disrespectful to the victims, and in most cases reads too deeply into the situation.

The "experts" were for the most part the staff at Popular Mechanics, which has been owned by the media conglomerate, Hearst Corporation since the 1950s, a publishing company drench in all kinds of "interesting" history. Just watch Citizen Kane or take a look at William Randolph Hearst wiki page. That's besides the point though, just a fun fact. The point is Popular Mechanics, just like conspiracy theorists have their own agenda and it's not to "debunk" the truth. The agenda is to not piss off their owners and their advertisers who are for the most part, oh wouldn't you know, military and defense contractors and maybe throw in some tobacco companies and Wal-Mart for good measure.

The best part about this documentary is when you dig deeper is this. A&E Television Networks owns the History Channel. Who is A&E Television jointly owned by? ABC, Inc., THE HEARST CORPORATION and NBC Universal.

Cash is KING ya'll, don't let it hold you back from asking questions no matter how much they criticize you.

Sweetwater Saloon

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:10:00 +0000

This is just a shout out to my local dive bar The Sweetwater Saloon. 5 reasons the Saloon is cooler than your dive bar.

1) The ICIEST beer mugs you'll ever hold. I swear they are stored in Antarctica and somehow magically show up in my hand. Cheap Bud Light only tastes good here.
2) Two pool tables, darts, jukebox, bar game thing all in this little fucking place that holds like 80 people if even.
3) Cowboy doors! and a little door on the front door that makes it feel like a speak easy
4) No one is ever really there, and if crowded bars give you anxiety like me, this is a life saver
5) Tinted front windows that make them like mirrors so you can always check your look or be creepy and eye people outside smoking

RNC Convention

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:19:00 +0000

Not that I think Republicans deserve any coverage, but how boring has the RNC Convention been?

Have any of them taken a public speaking class or at least put any passion behind what they're saying? They sound like drones.

It would be really great as well if they would be honest about the audience they are speaking to. They're always saying "the people" "the people" - "this is for the people!" They need to be honest and say "the rich people, not everyone." I guess that won't go over well with the poor uneducated citizens who they usually sucker into voting for them.

The whole motto of "drill baby drill" also freaks me out. Calling for more drilling in the US is not energy independence. It's a short term solution to present problems and a retarded one at that. If they actually believed in science and took the time to realize the solution is to free ourselves from oil completely they actually might make money with something that doesn't destroy our environment.

Where are they expecting their un-aborted children to live anyway?

Everything Bad is Good for You

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:16:00 +0000

This is a good book to check out if you're into Science and Technology and you're always wondering why people say TV will rot your brain or video games spawn real life violence blah blah when really we are flexing our cognitive muscles more than ever and with a little effort really expanding our critical thinking with mutli-level games, multi-thread plot lines on tv and the internet leaving knowledge right at our finger tips.

excellent read. I recommend for fearful mom's everywhere.

Trailer for Milk

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:10:00 +0000

Is out.

Hello Sean Penn it's Oscar calling.

Check out my "Milk" post from May 08 for more info

Cold War Kids @ Sunset Junction...

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:18:00 +0000

....so this blog post is a little late, but I can't stress enough how GOOD Cold War Kids are live! You can just tell these guys are buddies who probably sit around and drink and smoke a lot and just jam.

Sickboy

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:01:00 +0000

"Silence in the Conversation"

Director went off the idea of two of the band members being identical twins, hence the photocopy look, pretty darn sweet.

Espresso Depresso

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:59:00 +0000

Funny animation short from 1997. Taking it back to the old school when speciality coffee was just starting to get cool

Randoms!

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:49:00 +0000

Work can be very amusing most of the time since I'm in a creative environment. A few of my favorite quotes from meetings today:

"His helicopter broke, he won't back from shooting until tomorrow."

"They just want the face to melt, they don't want any parts falling off"

A few other things:

I have a dope t-shirt on today

Myspace profile trackers: creepy for all parties involved. Viewer is made to feel like a stalker rather than a curious. User insecure? self absorbed? combination?

We Used To Be Friends

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:28:00 +0000

Dandy Warhols - We Used To Be Friends
This is one of those songs that I always get excited about when comes on the shuffle and I turn it up wayyy loud and anytime I make a fun playlist it's on there. I don't know if it's all the "ah's" or just how fucking cool Courtney's voice is (yes, his name is Courtney) , or maybe it's because they're from Portland, but the Dandy Warhols are one of my favorite bands of all time.

This is a hilarious puppet video set to the song:

I believe this is the actual video:

You pick your favorite. I'm going with the puppets.

Here are the lyrics to sing along!

A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet to the soul I intend.

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

Come on now, honey,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when you're good to go
Come on now, sugar,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when.

It's something I said, or someone I know.
Or you called me up, maybe I wasn't home.
Now everybody needs some time,
And everybody knows
The rest of it's fine
And everybody knows that.

Come on now, sugar,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when you're good to go
Come on now, honey,
Bring it on, bring it on, yeah.
Just remember me when.

We used to be friends.A long time ago
We used to be friends.A long time ago
We used to be friends.A long time ago
We used to be friends, hey hey.

A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

A long time ago, we used to be friends
But I haven't thought of you lately at all
If ever again, a greeting I send to you,
Short and sweet is all I intend.

We used to be friends.A long time ago
We used to be friends.A long time ago
We used to be friends.A long time ago
We used to be friends,
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh
A, ah-ahh-ahh-ahh

DeBlob

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:21:00 +0000

I would buy a wii for the this new game, DeBlob, alone.
In a world that has been sucked of it's color, DeBlob, goes on a bring back the color mission, fighting enemies that look similar to Teddy Troopers and other bad guys looking to drain the color and vibrancy out of life.

Check out the trailer:

Be My Baby

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:36:00 +0000

and I thought I had fun at work...I was wrong.

By My Baby Speed Dub @ Yahoo! Video

Bike Brutality

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:59:00 +0000

Fuck.

Read the whole story here:

Bad Cop No Donut

You know how I hate tasers

noreply@blogger.com (rOOk) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:31:00 +0000

Saw this on the front page of Google today and it's another incident of abuse of tasing.
I hate tasers. I think it's the stupidest weapon the police have ever been given, because since it doesn't have the stigma of a gun, cops feel it's ok to abuse the shit out of it.

Here's the whole article

Tasing

The most fucked up quote is this:

"The only thing he could have done other than to say, 'OK, we're going to let you go' is to beat him or Tase him. He did the right thing," Terrell said.

WTF? Is a petty drug dealer really worth killing?

The police officer has only now been fired because out of the 14 incidents of tasing from this particular station in Louisiana 10, yes 10! Have been by this one officer.

fuck this.