At first glance, most people will see or hear about this album and say "Who the fuck are these guys?" But upon popping this gem into your CD player/mp3 player you'll fast recognize hits like "I'm On A Boat" and "Dick in a Box".

Incredibad is the debut album from the comedy troupe feature Andy Samberg of SNL, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone. For a group who refer to themselves as "the greatest fake emcees on Earth" these guys have a lot of talent, and the songs are made even more enjoyable by the inclusion of hit artists such as Jack Black, Justin Timberlake, and T-Pain.

SNL's popular digital shorts "Jizz in My Pants", "I'm on a Boat", "Dick in a Box", "Lazy Sunday", "Space Olympics", and "Natalie's Rap" all make their uncensored appearance on the album, along with several original titles that are just as comical and fun as the digital shorts. All of the songs share very great flow through the songs, and at no point do you feel like your listening to something truly terrible...The album's name says it all...the songs on the album are "Incredible and Bad" - thus Incredibad.

The beats on all of the tracks are actually very well put together, and the best part of the album is the dichotomy between the beats themselves and the lyrics is half of what makes this album so enjoyable to listen to. In my opinion, the music itself is clutch in producing the album. Instead of trying to be something they're not though, these guys just let their comedic side bleed right on through in their lyrics which makes the music itself somewhat unique. Sure we've seen this before with acts like Weird Al, but Weird Al is all about the parodies, whereas these guys are creating comedy from scratch and I've got to give them some mad credit.

All the lyrics to the songs have a lovely memorable feel to them, and after the first listen through you'll find yourself singing along to everything you know the words for. However, as with most hip-hop albums, this comes complete with "Interludes" and as on most hip-hop albums I generally did not find them to be vey interesting, and at some times they become very annoying very quickly. I skip over the interludes every playthrough, and the wonders of iTunes gives me the ability to just flat out remove them after I imported the album. So you're not stuck listening to them everytime.

I know I'll be following TLI after picking up this album, and rumour has it there might even be a small tour to coincide with the album, so keep your ears to the track for more information. This album is definitely a MUST have for ANYONE who's seen the Digital Shorts on SNL and was left wanting more. You'll be driving down Main Street belting away "Dick in a Box" alongside Justin Timberlake before you know it

5/5 - MUST HAVE

2/26/2009 08:40:00 PM
Categories: album, Andy Samberg, Box, Comedy, Dick, Digital Short, hip-hop, Incredibad, Lazy Sunday, Lonely Island, music, rap, review, SNL, T-Pain, TLI. Author: Slimee

Alright guys, last night's LOST. All about our boy, John Locke, and what he did up until his "suicide". This episode was definitely a filler episode, but for a filler episode, we got a few more answers here and there, and the overall pace of the episode wasn't too slow. I really wanted to focus on the reunion of other Lostees, but I guess we gotta settle for John Locke


As we see, Ajira Airways HAS crash landed on the island, Lapidus has supposedly taken off, the people find the same Outrigger boats that the other Lostees found in a previous episode. We learn more about Caesar, the man who interacted with Hurley on the plane. Well not a whole lot, we learned his name, and we learned that he's got secrets he wants hidden. He spends the entirity of the episode inside the Hydra Station (the station on the SECOND Island, the one that's right near the main island).

Locke is found and aided by Charles Widmore once he gets off the island, and Widmore proposes that perhaps HE is not the bad guy, and that Ben is (Just when we were all starting to trust Ben again too)

Much of the rest of the episode goes down how we expect. Locke goes to people, they all say no, and then Ben gets involved. He first STOPS Locke from killing himself, however, once Locke reveals that his next step involves going to Eliouse Hawking, Ben's attitude changes very quickly, and he strangles Locke to death.

Sadly, this is all that can really be said about the episode, as good as it was, nothing REALLY happened. Oh well, we've always got next week!

2/26/2009 05:22:00 PM
Categories: Blogging, Death, Dharma, Locke, LOST, Oceanic, plane, Season5, Widmore. Author: Slimee

February 22nd through February 28th - National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Eating Disorders plague the lives of many young men and women around the world and for many go untreated. It's very important to raise the awareness of Eating Disorders so that the people suffering from it can get the help that they need.

The causes for eating disorders are far and wide, ranging from traumatic experiences to identity crises, to depression or issues with one's self-image. The National Eating Disorders Association seeks to raise the awareness for this disease to provide support for individuals and families who have been affected by eating disorders. For so many eating disorders ruin lives and go untreated for far too long. NEDA's goal is to help people feel comfortable about themselves, and to not let outside issues influence their self-image. Eating Disorders are a very serious issue that doesn't get the attention it deserves because of how overly (behind closed-doors) glamourized it is in Hollywood and on TV.

Everywhere you look, every magazine you pick up, the media's version of "beautiful" is shoved in your face. This unreal, and unnatural look, usually enhanced digitally, leads to the destruction of one's self-image, causing many people to strive to reach a goal that isn't possible. It destroys the body both mentally and physically, and if untreated long enough, can permanently damage the body.

Treatment is not as simple as giving someone food to eat. There's usually many underlying issues that cause the eating disorder, much like the layers of an onion to use a food analogy. It's important to attack each and every one of these issues to ensure a proper treatment with any sort of hopes of a full recovery, and neglect these issues is to avoid solving the problem, leaving the high potential for a relapse.

Unfortunately many insurance companies don't see Eating Disorders as an actual disease and don't offer sufferers the coverage they need to get the treatment they need. It is with National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we hope to change this, and get people the help they really need.

2/23/2009 04:27:00 PM
Categories: ana, anorexia, Anorexia nervosa, awareness, binge, binge eating, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, disease, disorder, Eating Disorder, mia, NEDA, over eating. Author: Slimee

So sorry for the delay on this, but I just didn't have time to get in front of the DVR.

Ok guys, LOST this week. I literally just finished watching it and I can't even get the words out. I think my favourite line was "We're not going to Guam are we?"

We got more answers this week, especially regarding John Locke's death. All the Lostees managed to board a plane and crash land on the island but so far we don't know if they all made it on the island ok.

We also met two new characters this episode. Ray - Jack's Grandfather, and a as of yet unnamed man, who Jack interacted with at the airport, and Hurley also interacted with on the plane. He only had one line this episode, but I've got a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of him. I feel like we'll also see more of Jack's grandfather as well, it seemed unnessecary to just stick him in for the purpose of giving Jack shoes, so he's got to have a role somewhere.

Let's move onto Desmond. Desmond did NOT board the plane (as he was not an original passenger on board the plane) but I've got a sneaky suspicion that his being on a boat will lead him (and subsequently Penny and their child) to the island. Hawking specifically said that "the island is not done with you" to Desmond, so we know something will happen to him.

Ben. Okay, what the hell happened to Ben? Someone wanted Ben dead, but who? Part of me thinks, it could have been Sayid, because Saiyd was in handcuffs. But why would Ben call the cops? And Sayid already had plenty of chances before, why now? Why haven't any of the characters (read: Jack) ask him about his injuries? Perhaps Whidmore is behind it?

Aaron. What happened to Aaron? What did Kate do with Aaron? Did she give him to somebody she trusts? Did she go to back to Claire's grandmother and give Aaron to her and explain that it wasn't her kid? Will we even find out anytime soon what happened to him, or will this question go unanswered for weeks or months?

Hurley. How did Hurley end up on the same flight? Who told him? Did Ben convince him to go under some sort of circumstances? Is this why Ben got hurt? Did Ben get hurt getting to Hurley? Hurley seemed surprised to know that Ben was coming, but didn't seem TOO surprised to just see Ben.

Sayid. What did Sayid do to get arrested? Does he have some past connection with Guam to put him on a plane TOO Guam?

Jin. Hands down, the craziest moment in the show. Jin, driving a SHINY VW bus, dressed in a Dharma uniform...Are the characters from the present time travelling now too? Was Jin already on the island? Is Jin related in anyway to the Asian guy from the Dharma initative films? Or has Jin and company travelled back in time and have just dressed to blend in? Perhaps everyone is in the same time together, but Sawyer's group may have changed outfits? It looked like Jin recognized Jack though, so I don't know what's up with that

Time Travel - Was time travel supposed to end when the Lostees got back? Are the present characters travelling too? Will Charlette stay dead? What's going to happen to the other bloody nosers?


Please comment and let me know what you thought of this week's episode and clue me in on anything I may have left out.

2/20/2009 02:16:00 PM
Categories: ABC, crash, Dharma, LOST, plane, The Island, time travel. Author: Slimee

I had this chilling over in the side for a little while now, but it sits very awkwardly over there so I'm just gonna post it below, and link to it from the homepage

2/20/2009 12:46:00 AM
Categories: 2009, bonnaroo, festival, lineup, music, preview, roo. Author: Slimee

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So what does that mean for the viewers of those 421 stations? Well it probably looks a bit something like THIS. Rather unfortunate for them, but I hardly take pity. Many stations just didn't have enough forewarning to reverse the in-motion plan to shut down on the 17th, other companies were eagerly anticipating the 17th to shut down their analog broadcasters, enabling them to save money.

That's all I've got to say

Slimee, signing out

2/20/2009 12:31:00 AM
Categories: analog, analog tv, digital, dtv, early bird gets the worm, vlog. Author: Slimee

Hey guys, just a quick update here. I want to apologize for the lack of updates the past two days. Jess and I have been working on getting a weekly webcomic up on the site, and getting the first one drawn is taking a little bit because we're still working on getting the characters right, and since we're drawing by hand it's been a bit difficult maintaining decent replicas of characters. It's coming along EXTREMELY well though, and I think you all will like what you see when it comes up. I'm really excited for it. I am also considering a change in layout, as with each passing day, I grow a bit more frustrated with this one. So we may re-enter a construction zone here. I'll keep everyone updated

In other news, I missed LOST last night and I'll be catching up on it today, so either look out for the LOST blog tonight or tomorrow.

To those who saw my rant on the auto industry, here's a few updates for you - GM is eliminating the Saturn brand, and plans to have it completely removed by 2011. Pontiac will also receive a large de-emphasis on product, with all but a few brand-specific models (probably the Solstice) keeping the Pontiac badge. These few models will be sold at Chevrolet dealerships, however. GM's subsidary Hummer will be sold off and is also facing elimination (not really a surprise) if the company doesn't find a buyer by March 31st. Sadly, the worst for last, Saab (another GM sub) is also facing hard times, though GM said it may offer it the oppurtunity to Re-organize, if the Swedish government provides Saab with some cash flow. The Swedish Government isn't looking very likely to extend the helping hand to its ailing car company though. Read all about it at Left Lane News. I'll be sure to keep everyone as up-to-date as I can on the recent developments of the Dying of the Dinosaurs.

That's all I've got for now, keep your eyes peeled, I've got another vlog hitting youtube tonight. I'll post the video once it's uploaded

Until then...

Slimee, signing out.

2/19/2009 12:34:00 PM
Categories: auto, comic, GM, Hummer, industry, Pontiac, quickie, Saab, Saturn, Sweden, update, vlog, webcomic. Author: Slimee