Shanks and Praise

Shanskgiving Praise: Muscle Cars

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:16:00 +0000

I think Gooderson says it all right, all right, all right ...

Fckin nutz

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:51:00 +0000

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo.(Thanks Andy)

Bacon is Tasty

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:13:00 +0000

Kiss on my list

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:03:00 +0000

JOHN OATES - LIFETIME 'STACHE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
John Oates is the granddaddy of moustachioed rockers. Yeah, it's not really rock he plays, but no one has dedicated as much of his life to the ’stache as John Oates. For nearly 20 years he risked ridicule and the ire of Daryl Hall to keep his lip covered. No one with a 'stache has sat at the top of the pop charts as long as Oates (he and Hall are the most successful duo in history; check out their recently released Live at the Troubadour to see why). Even though he recently shaved it, Oates still has a phantom one: for us it’s always there, even when it's not there.

Daily Shanks and Praise: Tawny Kitaen in 1987

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:47:00 +0000

I dont know where Im going
But, I sure know where Ive been
Hanging on the promises
In songs of yesterday
An Ive made up my mind,
I aint wasting no more time
But, here I go again
Here I go again

Fresh and Exciting

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:24:00 +0000

I guess I never really thought doucher was a legally-defined term ...

LoL via Gawker

We heart New York

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:12:00 +0000

via YouTube

Youtuber mikehoye got off the subway at Bloor and Yonge one night in October and this is what he saw.

My long hair

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:05:00 +0000

via Flickr

This will be a lot less funny if (when) this guy turns out to be a serial killer. For bonus creepy, check his profile.

Meh

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:00 +0000

via MSNBC

"Meh," the expression of indifference made popular by a 2001 episode of The Simpsons, gained a place in the Collins English Dictionary. Publisher HarperCollins announced Monday that the word have been chosen from terms suggested by the public for inclusion in the dictionary's 30th anniversary edition. We here at Shanks and Praise are not sure which is stranger, that "meh," the apathetic anti-rallying cry mustered the enthusiasm needed to win a popular vote, or that it beat out "huggles," the happy hybrid of hug and snuggles also under consideration by Collins. Its a sad sign of the times my friends. I, for one, am all about the huggles.

Artist We Used To Like: The Roots

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:02:00 +0000

via Gawker

Consider this a message to my mellow in the front seat: Rumor has it that The Roots will be retiring from touring in order to become the house band when Jimmy Fallon takes over Conan O'Brien's late night show next year.

W . . . T . . . F?

Black Thought my ass.
Check "Proceed" and "Mellow My Man" from their debut album "do you want more?!!!??!" to see why we used to like The Roots before they decided to become background noise to nightly douchebaggery.

Artist We Like: Robert Burden

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:50:00 +0000

via Boing boing

Boue's Big Day

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:57:00 +0000

via Flicker (thanks Andy, who for some reason is also real insistent that everyone know some N.J. Councilman peed on people at the 9:30 Club last weekend)

American Idol

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:48:00 +0000

Paula Goodspeed - Proud Mary!
by Mr-Tee

via LA Times

Paula Goodspeed, a self-described fan of Paula Abdul, was found dead in her car outside of the the “American Idol” judge's Sherman Oaks home. Ms. Goodspeed’s car was reportedly decorated with a photo of Abdul hanging from the rear-view mirror. Her personalized license plate reportedly read “ABL LV,” which has been said to stand for Abdul Love.

"Ms. Goodspeed's mother had gone to [the sheriff's department] to report her daughter missing and advised them that she might be suicidal," Los Angeles Police Capt. James Miller reportedly told People. Officials "determined that Ms. Goodspeed may be up in the vicinity by Paula Abdul's house. Our officers discovered her vehicle parked on the street and found her inside. She was unresponsive to officers."

Authorities say her death may have been due to drug overdose, but tests still have to be performed.

Another theory: Ms. Goodspeed was a seriously deranged person who was exploited by her hero for the summer viewing pleasure of millions of Fox viewers, like you. But that's just a theory I'm working on.

Dom's visit to Nebraska

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:29:00 +0000

via WOW Report

Under cover of night, a vandal in a small Nebraska town has been leaving Vaseline impressions of his naked ass on store windows and other surfaces. "This is the weirdest case I've ever seen," said police Chief Ben McBride.

Artist We Like: Gnarls Barkley

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:16:00 +0000

Basketball jones

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:07:00 +0000

via LA Times

73 year old, Ken Mink, is a full-time student at Roane State (Tenn.) Community College and and member of the school's basketball team. Monday night, Mink played 10 minutes and scored two points - on free throws - in Roane State's 93042 victory over King College's junior varsity team.

"I found myself on the free-throw line 52 years after my last college game," Mink told the Associated Press. "I said, 'Just relax and shoot it like you know how to all day long.' I just floated the shots in there. I'm in the books now. I can relax a little bit."

Mink last played college basketball 52 years ago at Lees College in Jackson, Ky. He lost his spot on the team and was expelled after someone soaped the basketball coach's office. Mink still insists he didn't do it.

Yes We Can

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:16:00 +0000

Shanks and praise: President Obama

Giant Lego men

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:32:00 +0000

via geekologie

A giant Lego man washed up on the beach of Brighton, England last week. A different giant Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort in August. That model was yellow and blue, and had the words "No real than you are" in English across its torso.

Huey Lewis Still Rocks

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:06:00 +0000

Dom was in an elevator today and heard some muzak that reminded him of a time when all it took was a DeLorean and a flux capacitor to make some rock n roll history. I'm trying to get a copy of the Huey Lewis Behind the Music, not paying any money for it, but will share some shanks and praise.

Elvis Sighting - Plump or Petite?

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:51:00 +0000

Every Halloween we gives Shanks and Praise to all the Elvis sighting across this great land, and occasionally, from France. Share your faves with Dom and Huck, bonus points if you make it into the shot. We'll be giving away a prize (likely a haiku) to our favorites.

Elvis has manmel-toe.

Howl at the Moon

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:28:00 +0000

Move over Ozzie, the best new hotness for your pre-Halloween ritual is brought to you by the JSBX. That's what she said ...

The Origin of Jack's Lanterns

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:22:00 +0000

"An old Irish legend tells of a farmer named Jack who tricked the Devil into climbing an apple tree, whereupon Jack quickly carved a cross in the bark, so that the Devil couldn't get down. Jack only let the Devil go when he agreed never to take his soul.

"Years later when Jack died, his life had been too sinful for Jack to go to heaven; however, since the Devil had promised not to take his soul Jack couldn't go to Hell, either.

"Left with nowhere to go and having no light by which to see, he asked the Devil for help. The Devil mockingly tossed Jack an ember from the flames of Hell which would never burn out. Jack carved a lantern out of one of his pumpkins, put the ember inside it so he could see as he endlessly wandered the Earth. He became known as "Jack of the Lantern", or Jack-o'-Lantern."

Leading folklore historians have long debated the original shapes carved into Jack's first lantern, though it it widely believed to have been either Elmo or Cookie Monster.

Spooky amounts of shanks and praise to makelessnoise, via flickr

Gnarls Barkley

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Dom is a scratch golfer. Dom has seen a lot of crazy golf swings. Dom has a favorite. Wait for it. Gnarls has never hit a hole-in-one on the links.

Happy Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Huckleberry McFly) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Captain Tamagotchi

noreply@blogger.com (Dom Dumass) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:10:00 +0000

Ever wonder what it would be like to Race in the Volvo Ocean Race, what, with all the scurvy, and pirates, and rum, and the poop deck. Apparently, it's a lot easier to play the game on the internets, but that's not to say you can't still have the rum, and the poop deck. There's a pretty slick game that will be taking up much of my blog time - via Volvo Ocean Race