What We're Talking About When We're Not Talking About Anything

my new blog

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:08:31 -0700

I blog here now. Please check it out! Modest Proposal (www.mpempire.com)

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RIP Ed McMahon

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:05:21 -0700

Early McMahon obituaries mention the Tonight Show, Star Search, Publishers Clearing House, and even his work with Cash4Gold. However, they're forgetting his greatest achievement, ALF's Hit Talk Show. Watch Ol' Eddie get frisky.

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An Amazing Derby: Watch This Video

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:17:36 -0700

This is the most amazing run. I was in the Grand Stand at the beginning of the final sprint. When Mine That Bird made the turn and hit the rocket booster, I couldn't tell where he came from. It just looked like the other horses were running in place. I didn't win, but my girlfriend won over $100 on a $2 bet. We were standing on our seats so we could see. The excitement, mixed with the gallons of Mint Julep we consumed, almost caused us to eat shit. Watch this video.

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I Want To Be Richard Branson

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:48:37 -0700

Branson Has a Dick the size of America's Ego

Any man who says they want to be anyone but Branson is lying.

He can fly to space whenever he wants.

He can buy Donald Trump, shave his absurd golden hair, and sell him on eBay.

He's a knight.

He lives the life a billionaire 16-year old would choose.

He crashes hot-air balloons into the ocean for the hell of it.

Any man who disputes me need only to view the above photo. That's taken at his private island by the way.

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Mad Men Guide to Administrative Professional's Day

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:34:42 -0700

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Went to Yeah Yeah Yeahs Secret Easter Show

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:12:36 -0700

Around the NYC music geek scene, this is old news. I'm not a great blogger. I get around to it when I can, four days later. Lazy? Maybe.

I got on the guest list for this last minute show at Santos Party House because my buddy Mishka Shubaly just joined the opening band The Freshkills as their bassist. His first official show is opening for the YYYs. Pretty lucky. I got there at 9:30, just before Freshkills went on. I've liked them since they crashed at my house in Tempe, AZ when I lived there five years ago. Mishka was their temporary bassist with them back then. Their lead singer is a cross between Ian Curtis and Lars from Lars and The Real Girl. I mean that in the best way possible. Imagine that crossbreed fronting a tight art metal band and you have an idea. Great, right? Unquestionably.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs strolled out at 11pm. I’ve seen them at a festival show before and forgot about it. However, up close, in a small venue, they’re really fun to watch. I couldn’t help but smile. Karen O lives up to every bit of her hype. She’s also just as hot in person. Probably hotter. They performed the Cramps cover “Human Fly” and nailed it. They also performed “Art Star,” easily my favorite song of theirs. To see Karen O up in your face, holding the mic in her teeth while banshee screaming into it is an experience anyone with a punk heart should experience.

Freshkills

Karen O

The above photo is before she ripped off her Asian robe thing to reveal her bondage outfit.

Art Star

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

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High Point in Tom Hanks Career: Dragnet Rap Video

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:01:54 -0700

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List of Things I Like: Written While Drunk

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:44:40 -0700

Vagina cake

Woke up and this was on my computer. I've added explanations next to them in parenthesis.

Chunky Monkey (eating it while writing this)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (watching while I wrote this)
The Watchmen (if you love the book, it's hard not to love this)
Tapes 'n Tapes (been listening to their two CDs on a loop the last few weeks)
United States of Tara (funny Diablo-Cody-Showtime series, season finale a little disappointing)
Natural Light (I haven't drank this since college, but have rediscovered it now that NYC beer is soooo pricey)
Lite tall boys* (Love Miller Lite. Love tall boy cans)
Vagina cakes** (never eaten one. Our friend just showed us the picture)

* My girlfriend saw the list on my computer and asked me, "Why did you write that you like Tall Pale Boys?" She thought it was a gay thing.

** I really like how there is a second, diembodied vagina on the lower right side. "Throw on an extra vagina, why not?!"

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The Unsettling Ritualistic Origin of the Easter Bunny

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:33:26 -0700

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The Ball (new sketch by Ron Babcock and I)

nobody@vox.com(Ryan McKee) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:29:26 -0700

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