Author: Penn

Normally, I wouldn’t say that having dinner with a famous person merits any commentary.  Honestly, if I had to eat a meal with the Beckhams, I would probably take it to my grave and never tell a soul.

But some celebrities are transcendent enough that when you hear someone met, dined with, or even saw them, you feel a wave of jealousy creep over your body.  That’s how many of us feel about Bill Murray, who has been a constant in cinematic comedy for the past 30 years.  He hasn’t gotten cheap, he hasn’t sold out, and he’s always been really really funny.  And cool.

How cool? Well, here he is at SXSW with RZA and GZA from Wu-Tang, taking over the bar and serving the drinks himself:

Not doing it for you? Fine. Here’s a story about him getting pulled over (drunk) in a golf cart in Stockholm and refusing a breathalyzer.

Sold?  Thought so.  Anyway, this reporter from New York Magazine had the pleasure, honor, and privilege of sitting down by the man we know by many names:  Carl Spackler, Peter Venkman, Steve Zissou, ummm…Bob.

Here is her story.  May her song never die.

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Noma, in Denmark. The best restaurant in the world.

Apparently people who know water know restaurants. S. Pellegrino has just released its annual list of the 50 best restaurants in the world, of which eight reside in the US.

However, unless you live in NYC (6), Chicago (1), or Napa (1), this list can be considered destination dining.

The full list of 50, along with a brief rundown on the criteria, can be found here.

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They’re there. You’re in front of your computer. Fix it.

Thanks to the introduction of Lollapalooza and the like in the early-90’s, music festivals have only recently proliferated in the United States despite the historic popularity of multi-day festivals in both Europe and Australia.

While some of the more popular festivals may not be terribly close to you, there are so many different and compelling festivals throughout the nation these days that you don’t have to make it to Coachella, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, or ACL to see renowned acts and have a kick-ass time.

The Space Lab does a pretty good job of running through the most pertinent and popular festivals this year, so rather than moping about missing Jay-Z at Coachella, get pro-active and go see live music.

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For absolutely no reason at all, here’s the world’s funniest push-up contest. (College Humor)

We gave you the 10 Worst Cities for Bachelor Parties a few days ago.  In the interest of fairness, here are 6 of the best places to go.  (Made Man)

Crass face tattoos + mugshots = Souvenirs of regret.  (CoEd Magazine)

Do everything right, and one day you might get the swagger of these business magnates.  One day.  (Bro Bible)

Buying a used car doesn’t mean you can’t afford new.  It often means you’re too smart to buy new.  Here’s how you do it.  (Art of Manliness)

Hmmm….despite having attended an outdoor concert festival, music isn’t exactly the focus of these pictures.  Good work at Coachella, EgoTV.  (EgoTV)

Why say no when it feels so good to say yes?  Adriana Lima in a live photo shoot.  (Made Man)

These sexual records aren’t all they’re cracked up to be.  Except siring an army of children.  That’s pretty cool.  (Gunaxin)

Your prayers have been answered: green, sustainable eyewear.  What?  Yes. (StyleCrave)

And finally, I had seen a few of these in Vegas at the World Championship of Beer Pong back in January.  Traveling beer pong tables.  Not just for the pros anymore.  Here’s where you get them.  (Tasty Booze)

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Wow. The Dolphins sure know how to charm a prospect.

Hey NFL GM’s – Please learn from the Miami Dolphins’ mistake. Keep the pre-draft questions tasteful. Apparently during a pre-draft interview, Dolphins’ GM Jeff Ireland asked Oklahoma State blue-chip receiver Dez Bryant if his mom (who accompanied Bryant on the visit) was a prostitute.

This prompted the hilarious out-of-context quote by Bryant to Yahoo! Sports, “No, my mom is not a prostitute.”

I think they probably followed up this question by keying Bryant’s car and banging his sister. Hard to believe they didn’t make the playoffs last year with front-office tactics like this.

See the hilarious story here at ESPN DFW.

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Who’s got blow?

Our friends at egotv.com compiled this list of bad places to celebrate the betrothal of a buddy. While this list is by no means exhaustive, it does demonstrate that, even if you’re going to Vegas for the sixth bachelor party of the year, at least it’s the devil you know.

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As many men approach 30, they suffer from bachelor party fatigue. There’s only so many times you can go to Vegas in a year and the agenda is pretty much set in stone:

-Pool
-Expensive Group Dinner
-Gamble
-Club
-Strip Club

Far be it from me to knock any of those activities, but they tend to bleed together from one trip to another. Is getting a table at Tao really that different from getting one at Light? Is gambling at the Bellagio any more or less fun than at the Encore? Not in my experience. The sum of my Vegas bachelor party trips have been a beautiful, hedonistic haze.

So how do you create a memorable bachelor party?

Machine guns are a step in the right direction.

At the Las Vegas Gun Range and Firearm Center, you can shoot the shit out of most anything and take home an experience that is (God willing) unlike any other you have had in Vegas.

If they were able to package this place with a steakhouse, bar, and strip club I think we would be on the verge of the first-ever all-inclusive bachelor party resort. Write your congressman.

Here’s an overview of what you’re in for (sweet guitar soundtrack courtesy of 1987):

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The Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is doing something special to celebrate the five-year anniversary of its small (12 seats) underwater restaurant, Ithaa. They are closing it. Well, to the public, anyway.

The restaurant will be converted into a private dining/hotel suite so you can act out your Jaws III fantasies four feet below sea level. One caveat (or bonus, depending on your outlook) is that the space gets so bright during the day that the waitstaff and diners need to wear sunglasses during the meal.

The Conrad Maldives – Good for oceanography, hell for hangovers.

More info on the conversion of the restaurant here.

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The fact that this video was made in 2003 leads me to believe that this is a tongue-in-cheek parody and not an earnest attempt at rap. But when it comes to NASCAR having their finger on the pulse of Black culture, I am still hesitant to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Without further ado, the rap video no one asked for, by the one and only…uhhh….Vanilla P.

After watching, I recommend you proceed here.

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Despite the misleading title, it would appear that this girl is very real. Star of the E! program, “Pretty Wild”, she has been a familiar face (for those that watch E!) the past year. Looks like she just expanded her audience quite a bit.

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Despite an oddly-timed release date (two months after the Academy Awards, four months after year’s end), the Yahoo Movies editorial staff has assembled a pretty accessible, decent list of the 100 Movies to See Before You Die: The Modern Classics. The list is arranged by year, starting in 1990.

While no list of this type is beyond criticism, most of the selections here are pretty damn hard to argue with, if only because they have been staples of most DVD collections (including my own). Surprisingly, no omissions came to mind, but I started to feel little nauseous when Gus Van Sant’s Elephant appeared on the list.

See for yourself here.

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“Christian Music Star: I’m a Lesbian”

Although only God can judge her, we approve.

Separately, those words don’t do much. Together they far exceed the sum of their parts. She’s kinda cool for a Christian rocker. Story here.

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If the iPad has its way, might this be the future landscape of your favorite bar or restaurant?

The past decade has demonstrated that the more dynamic our phones get, the more obnoxious people can be with their phones. Now that cell phones aren’t even primarily used for talking, the chatty Cathy has been replaced on the cultural shit list by those who check Facebook during first dates and text while nodding “uh-huh” while you discuss your day.

Those were with wallet-sized microcomputers. With the iPad, it will get worse.

Picture the person who “discreetly” checks their email under the dining table, creating a lull in the conversation. Annoying, right? Now imagine that same person reaching down to the ground, pulling out a tablet PC and perusing US Weekly or Harpers while you’re trying to discus whether or not you think you should get your yacht reupholstered. An action like that says something. What it says is “Fuck you. I’m more interested in this”. With cell phones, this announcement was somewhat mitigated by the fact that the action was discreet. When someone does toss a (relatively) unwieldy iPad on the table, they’re actually now using their action to say, “Fuck you. I’m more interested in this. And now you know. And I STILL don’t care.” Great.

My only hope here is that things get so bad that people don’t tolerate the behavior and it gets better. Nonetheless, there is something daunting about the evolution here. If people get torn away from me for a text message or an email, I now that they’ll be back in a second. With books now available to iPad owners, the threat is two-fold. Fold one: if someone dumps you to start a book, they probably aren’t coming back for a while. Books are longer than texts. You might as well say goodbye then and there. Fold two: I’m more interesting than almost any text message, tweet, or status update. I’m LESS interesting than a lot of books. What’s my recourse when my driving companion digs into a digital copy of Catch-22? I’m charming, but not “Joseph Heller charming”. Game over.

Another thing to consider: how are people going to carry these things around? They don’t fit in pockets. They might fit in cargo pants, but I try pretty hard not to hang out with people in cargo pants, so that’s not really an issue for me. Backpacks? Maybe. But those really aren’t professional, even to the unemployed. Briefcases? No way. People like Apple products because they are the anti-briefcase. Man purses? Yup. Those and messenger bags. Ugh. Can’t say I’m thrilled about the iPad’s impact on men’s fashion in the coming years.

So what do we do? Probably not much. Wait and hope that the critics are right that iPads don’t become the game-changer that Apple hopes they will be. Other than that, when it comes to fighting Apple, you might as well fight the wind.

Who knows? Maybe we can count on peoples’ sense of decency and manners to do the right thing. Eh. We probably should count on the iPad failing rather than manners succeeding.

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After watching Shaq consistently average 8 and 6 in the playoffs this year, it’s easy to forget the type of player he was in his prime and the dominance he commanded as a 21 year old.

I had never seen Shaq play in high school, but in this compilation he sincerely looks like a hybrid of Lebron James, Dirk Nowitzki, and of course, Shaq. I remember Shaq being able to run the court early in his career, but not like this.

Check it out and get weepy for what was and will never be again.

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Isn’t it ironic that when the times in your life when you’re broke, you want to drink the most? Well, Alanis, 7-11 feels your pain and has met your cries for cheap swill with a new, bespoke beer sold only at 7-11’s.

The new brew goes by the moniker “Game Day”, though it can apparently be consumed both during the off-season and at night. What else do we know about this beer? It’s available in regular and light varieties, it’s cheap ($6.99 for 12), and it’s beer. 7-11 claims it performed “well” in taste tests against other premium beers, which probably means it did not perform “well” and tastes like Lone Star or Pabst, sans the irony. However, given time, might 7-11 beer become the beverage equivalent of thrift-store clothing? That’s up to the hipsters.

While the coolness factor is pending, drink up. Why? It’s REALLY cheap. Isn’t that enough?

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Wow. In a rare instance of customization actually making a car look more tasteful and sophisticated, this matte black treatment of the new Panamera is an elegant take on a car that I was actually on the fence about in its stock colors.

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Hate ordering bottles of vodka at clubs? Hate other people that order bottles of vodka at clubs? Take a number. And life just got slightly worse.
Ugh.

Bottle service – the ultimate testament to conspicuous consumption just got a little more conspicuous with the advent of the programmable LCD-screen bottle. In addition to enjoying the parade of waitresses carrying sparklers to draw attention to your new purchase, now you can exhibit scrolling sleazy messages (or even worse, your name) on your newly purchased bottle. Hopefully, this will reduce the need for guidos to stand up and wave the fucking bottle in the air every time the club plays “Blame It on the Alcohol.”

Medea Vodka has introduced a bottle with an LCD screen that can be programmed to scroll, well, whatever a person who buys a bottle of vodka feels the need for their bottle to announce. A 750ml bottle of vodka with the programmable screen will retail for about $40, which means that they should be priced to move at clubs for about $400 a pop. Hooray?

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