Of course, I am talking about the 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. As far as I’m concerned, it is the ONLY version. I love you Johnny Depp, but that remake sucked. Never, ever try to outdo Gene Wilder, you are setting yourself up for fail.
It’s apparent to most that this is [...]

A compilation of a few of my favorite magazine covers. 

*top to bottom; photos courtesy of: magazine.org, no magazine’s myspace, perspectivabr.wordpress.com, fashaddix.com, intelligentgossip.com, models.com, fashionbox.17.forumer.com, majorlycool.com, and fashionbox.17.forumer.com. 

…includes witnessing street performers on public transportation. It’s moments like this when I forget how much I despise waiting twenty minutes in the cold, pouring rain for a packed street car to arrive that doesn’t have room for wet, miserable, furious me. While riding the subway from Boston to Cambridge last night, NYC-based dance group [...]

I could have cried tears of joy when I first saw Bill Maher’s ‘Religulous’…if not for the fact that I was laughing my ass off throughout most of it. The whole documentary was vindication for all of the arguments I myself had been making since the age of freakin’ five. Better yet, I felt hopeful, [...]

We @ The Neave believe (rhyming not intended) that everything has its own righteous place.
Allow me to demonstrate:

T.I=jail (too soon?)
Megan Fox= My bed, in my car, backseat, trunk, every magazine, my desktop, on my wall, tattooed on my wife’s face, pillow covers, comforter, bathroom, kitchen sink, toilet sink and my daughters diaper pads.
A nine year [...]

Come on! Really?!!
What the fuck is wrong with you?
Are you just completely retarded?
The reason why I am a little bit aggravated is, obese people need to realize that fast food or poor eating habits is going to kill them one day.
All I want is to not see a soon to be obese person order a [...]

I hate drivers over the age of 60. They all suck. Yesterday, driving home from work, an old man driving a van…..(rhyme unintentional) came on to the freeway during traffic, almost made everyone crash making his way to the car pool lane (it was only him in the car too!), and again making his way [...]

 
 

I will admit, I am hardly unbiased when it comes to cigarettes. I know they are bad for you, I know they cause cancer (what doesn’t?) and wrinkles…but…I love them. The ritual of smoking…sigh. I love having a lighter in my pocket. Something to do when I’m waiting for something so I don’t feel aimless. [...]

…sometimes!

Unedited photos taken an hour ago in Tulare, Ca. Courtesy of yours truly, K.Marie and J. Michael Lockhart.
The very last one is of my little sister right in front of our house. Enjoy

By Britt Warner

If you’re in Los Angeles on the night of June 6th, your time and money would be well-spent at The Knitting Factory. One hundred percent of the proceeds from Blazin’ Hope III go to charity, and the event itself features live performance artists showcasing dance, hip-hop, spoken-word, and world flavor.
Kristeen Singh, founder [...]

Summer is almost here, and that means plenty of relaxing, partying and overall having a good time.
Whether you are a beach bunny, a devoted road tripper or simply like to go with the flow, the right music can assist tremendously in letting the good times roll, no matter what your plans are this summer.
Below I [...]

The National combines heavy indie rock with profoundly serious poetry. I had the pleasure of observing the translation from their recorded sound to a dramatic display of emotional desperation; live in concert at the House of Blues, Boston during The National’s recent tour. The guitarists, bassist, keyboard player, and horn section enthusiastically pounded away behind [...]

Over the course of the past five years the street wear clothing industry has been a serious hobby and passion of mine.  I have seen many brands succeed and I have seen even more fail.  What I have come to realize is that many of the brands in the industry solely rely on hype as [...]

Yes, I will be bold enough to claim my sangria as the best ever. I perfected this recipe recently with my dear friend Laurel. In honor of the beginning of summer, and long nights spent imbibing by the ocean, I present to you this concoction. Not only is sangria delicious, but (in moderation) healthy. So [...]

Because who wants to hear “And then she pulled out my mushroom tip/And when it came out, it went drip drip drip,” while hanging out with his mom…?
1. “Sex and Candy” – Marcy Playground
2. “Closer” – NIN
3. “Bad Touch” – Bloodhound Gang
4. “Sir Psycho Sexy” – RHCP
5. “What’s Your Fantasy” – Ludacris
6. “My Neck, My [...]

They were all so eager to please, and as soon as he walked inside Sam knew he’d been to this party before. There were the freshmen to his left who were in a rush, guzzling the vodka like it was water. Well, it’s going to happen sooner or later. The stereo had a medley of [...]

Whenever I’m on the road, something happens to my mind: it wanders with my wheels. On this occasion, nothing cohesive was transfered to paper but a collection of spasmodic sentences were recorded. This is the partial transcript of a life in motion 
A liberal consumer of language, she was a thief among phrases.
Callous but tender, she [...]

As of last March, Liverpool Hope University of Liverpool, England announced they’d be hosting the first ever masters of art degree, with emphasis in Beatles education.
According to cnn.com, the Popular Music and Society course will be a long-overdue examination of the band behind songs such as “Help!” “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” and “Octopus’s [...]

The house is built on a hill looking down at a town area. The site’s shape has an irregular form. There is a height difference of 2m in the site. The north side is adjacent to a neighbor with this height difference. In the west and the south sides trees grow thick right next to [...]

It has been wayyyy too long since I have made fun of someone and it has been difficult. I shake my self to sleep every night, I yell at my wife and my black baby. “Why the hell are you black!?” I scream at it, but it never answers. It just gives me that blank [...]

I spent my most formative musical years growing up in the 90s. Sometime in fourth grade (1998, I think), I experienced my first real introduction to the modern rock scene. I discovered the local alternative rock radio station, and my father bought me my first three cassettes: Green Day’s Dookie, The Offspring’s Americana, and Nine [...]

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I don’t really like posting things that I don’t make up on my own, but this news story was the funniest thing I’ve seen all year.
Chen Fuchao, a china man who is $290,000 in debt was standing, contemplating suicide on the edge of a bridge in southern China for [...]

 

I will never be the girl who discourages the use of pick-up lines. No, they will never, ever work on me. Ever. But they do provide much amusement for my friends and I for days afterward. So feel free, we’re running out of people to make fun of!
Sometimes, when approached by a guy who seems [...]

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I don’t know about you, but I think this is a great invention.
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