Month: November 2011

Leave a comment Posted on November 9, 2011November 8, 2011 by Steve Murray Link-Off

Wednesday Link-Off: Story Time

It’s Wednesday which means that the we weren’t destroyed by a giant asteroid last night. To celebrate not being obliterated, here is Kat Dennings. Insert easy “heavenly bodies” joke here.

By now, I’m sure you’ve read all about the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. I don’t think you need me adding my two cents but Drew Magary has a theory as to why Joe Paterno didn’t do more than go to his AD. (Deadspin)

Never one to let a good story make people feel happy, The Atlantic is trying to poke holes in the story of Navy SEAL Team 6 catching Osama Bin Laden. (The Atlantic Wire)

Yogi Berra goes to see Moneyball. I don’t think the movie ended until the fat lady sang. (Wall Street Journal)

After the jump, a big anniversary for David Lynch, an apparent CBS programming fail and Triumph visits Occupy Wall Street. Continue reading →

1 Comment Posted on November 8, 2011October 28, 2011 by Steve Murray Entertainment

Star Wars Episode IV Retold In Icons

Here at Lowdown HQ, we’re huge fans of Star Wars. Naturally, when we see something as completely awesome as this, we’re obligated to post it. British illustrator Wayne Dorrington has retold Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope using only icons. Continue reading →

1 Comment Posted on November 7, 2011November 5, 2011 by Steve Murray Entertainment

Worst of Music: Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All

What does it say about your career when the high point of your popularity after you finished up your stint on that reality show that launched your career is when Steve Carell yells your name during the chest waxing scene of 40-Year-Old Virgin? I’d ask Kelly Clarkson but she’d probably let her video for her new single speak for her seeing as it’s sort of a “fuck you” video. But a bad video doesn’t get you the WoM. You win the Worst of Music award with a bad song. Fortunately for us, Kelly has one with Mr. Know It All. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on November 6, 2011November 4, 2011 by Steve Murray Randominity

Wallpapers of the Week: November 6, 2011

I like changing up my desktop wallpaper on a regular basis. My wallpaper at work is even a slideshow so I have a new wallpaper every thirty minutes to change things up ever so slightly. So to help you change things up for your work week, I’ve scoured Flickr for five wallpapers that are worth adding to your collection for this week. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on November 6, 2011November 5, 2011 by Steve Murray Link-Off

Sunday Link-Off: Media Madness

The theme of this edition of the Sunday links is how bad the sports media is becoming. Most of them can be taken as seriously as the “broadcast journalists” of the WWE. And I forced that analogy in there so I could run this photo of WWE “Diva” Kelly Kelly.

The greatest fictional detective of all-time is making a comeback between TV and movies. Along the way, he’s gained legions of fans and here’s the history of Holmes and his fans. (The Awl)

Keeping with writing, social media isn’t killing hockey journalism but hockey media trying to make everything more like Twitter is killing it. (Globe and Mail)

True story: The last time I tried to order an Old Fashioned, the bartender didn’t know what it was so he couldn’t serve it. He should read this history to the Old Fashioned which is one of my favourite cocktails. (Slate)

After the jump, more awful sports media, the life of a potato chip chef, and a cool Goodfellas homage. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on November 5, 2011November 5, 2011 by Steve Murray Entertainment, Link-Off

Entertainment Link-Off: A Train Wreck

I’ve drawn in to cover the entertainment beat for Jackie this week. Unfortunately for you guys, I didn’t remember until this morning that I was supposed to do this post. Anyway, Jackie would normally start by talking about this weekend’s new movies but your options are Tower Heist which looks Razzie-worthy and Harold and Kumar 3D which looks awesome. Unfortunately for the ladies, I’m not going to lead this post off with the great NPH. So let’s kickoff with the leading lady of last week’s big release, The Rum Diary, Amber Heard.

Today in ridiculously odd and disturbing celebrity news, the A-List director who masturbated while eating shrimp in front of Olivia Munn that she noted in her autobiography came forward. It’s the intelligence destroying Brett Ratner. (Film Drunk)

After the jump, career ending performances, Eddie Murphy’s career arc and Trebek tells you to suck on it. Continue reading →

Leave a comment Posted on November 5, 2011January 3, 2012 by Steve Murray Humour

Caption This: October 29 – November 4, 2011

Inspired by the Globe and Mail’s caption writing person, we waste our time writing funny picture captions for some of the more interesting photos we come across when blogging. So here are some of the best pictures from the past week with a funny (-ish) caption. Continue reading →

1 Comment Posted on November 3, 2011October 22, 2011 by Steve Murray Randominity

The History of Digital Storage (Infographic)

Did you know that it’s been 64 years since the first digital storage device was invented? The Williams Tube was invented in 1947 and had about 64 bytes of data storage. We’ve come a long way since then. Computer hard drives now routinely measure in terabytes of storage capacity. But how did we get here? This infographic explains the evolution of digital storage. Continue reading →

4 Comments Posted on November 3, 2011November 11, 2011 by Steve Murray Sports

The Best of Occupy Tebow

The revolution will not be televised but rather posted on the internet. The media has been championing Tim Tebow as a great winner and essentially promoting him as the second coming for the Denver Broncos. His first start this season was 57 minutes of poor play followed by a comeback. His second start was utter garbage. Only then the media figured out that Tebow wasn’t the be all and end all of quarterbacks. Now, the people have taken to the ESPN comments section on an anti-Tebow article to show what they really think of Tebow.

Hit the jump for 30 of the best comments from Occupy Tebow and find out what really is greater than Tebow. Continue reading →

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