If you haven’t heard yet, the new cover of The New Yorker features presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. It is causing controversy in the world of political media and people don’t know how to react so instead.. freak out! Guess they don’t understand the whole idea of SATIRE?

The illustration by Barry Blitt portrays the couple as terrorists who have taken over the Oval Office. It’s basically every smear tactic and rightwing claim about Obama illustrated together in a goofy satire. Last time I checked, The New Yorker is known for having an educated reader base. It’s not a terrible tabloid or biased news source.

Obama’s campaign thinks the cover is “tasteless and offensive” and really missed the humorous point of the illustration. Sorry Obama, no pounds for this one.

This guy’s voice reminds me of a cartoon character… I can’t quite pinpoint it, but I want to say it’s a character in FernGully, that old school movie about environmental awareness and wood fairies. Man, I wanna watch that again… Anyway, bitch, you’re breakfast!

The song’s callede “Breakfast” by Le le and is about bitches and eggs. The video is drawings made by Piet Parra.

Baseball player Corey Hart was elected for an All-Star bid. During the press conference, Hart’s Milwaukee Brewers teammates couldn’t wait to congratulate him. Hart had his two-year-old daughter on his lap during the conference when his teammates ran into the room spraying beers all over them. His daughter was fine after getting a popsicle and forgetting all about it but now there is a major media backlash. Judge for yourself, here’s the video:

Just got done posting a bunch of new reviews to the front page of this bitch, including DVD reviews for The Onion Movie: Revealing the Raw Truth and Cloverfield, and a bunch of new CD reviews including The Herbaliser, Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet and The Brakes. Yep. Oh yeah, and this was my face while I was posting them:

A friend of a friend decided one day that he needed a change of pace. “I know!” He exclaimed. “I will spend my entire savings on traveling and beer and blog about it.” Extraordinary! He did just that. And thebeertraveller.com was born in good ol’ Seattle, WA. It’s not a very pretty blog, but it’s knowledgeable nonetheless. And he uses terms like “lizard draining”. The best part is that he’s just getting started. If you’re a beer lover, check in on him from time to time. He’s a fun read.

I was being tagged team by both Nicole & Sara at the bar. Being Sara’s 1st day on the job, Nicole was helping field my questions about bar history & beers on tap. I decided to go with a pint of Roslyn Beer (a dark mild lager) & a sample of Brookside Pale (a pale lager). See my reviews. Nicole threw me a curve ball when she asked if I have had a mix. She poured me a sample of 50/50 (dark/pale). Seemed a little weird at first, but she said “they’re both lagers…why not?”. More I think about it, it’s like a Black & Tan. It actually worked out quite well as the Pale removed some of the sweetness of the Dark & the Dark removed the tartness of the Pale.