The Fall of Sloan Peterson

1. TGIF
Dragon? I'll show you dragon...




And that lil baby grew up to be...


2. Flashback of the Week

Hard to choose when one has so many flashbacks on any given week...

Flashback: Bob Dylan Debuts 'Hurricane' In 1975

See him play the protest song on TV to honor John Hammond

Bob Dylan was more than a decade past his protest-song period when he came across Rubin "Hurricane" Carter's book The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 in the summer of 1975. Carter was a middleweight boxer that was arrested in 1966 and charged with a murder that he almost certainly didn't commit. The book moved Dylan deeply and he went out to go visit Carter at prison in Trenton, New Jersey. 

"I left knowing one thing," said Dylan. "That this man's philosophy and my philosophy were running on the same road, and you don't meet too many people like that. I took notes because I wasn't aware of all the facts and I thought maybe sometime I could condense it down and put it into a song." 

3. Going To Pot

Not a great week for the stoners to say the least..

This poor aspiring chef could be facing life in prison.. for baking pot brownies (hey, thats what you get for living in Texas)

But even here in Massachusetts, this poor dope learned that sometimes honesty is NOT the best policy after all (the lesson, as always.. CLICK IT OR TICKET!)

It was even a bad week for non-human stoners... (seriously, we're just trying to have a good time, Narc)


4. Old Favorites

Two of our favorite features return.. 

1st) More celebs reading mean tweets about themselves...

 In a related story, Sofia Vergara is now my favorite actress

2nd) Bad Lip Reading returns! And this time.. they're taking on American Idol

First of all, didn't realize Idol was still on the air. But judging by the dude who won, can't imagine it will be on much longer. Also, in the interest of full disclosure, I couldn't even make it through this entire video, because a video making fun of American Idol is still a video of American Idol, amirite?

5. Where Are They Now?

80's Edition! (Aka, the mother of all Where Are They Nows!)

I have to say, I was drawn to this link by the tease of Sloan Peterson, of Ferris Bueller fame..because I had always wondered what happened to her? She was probably my first crush, as I watched that movie dozens if not hundreds of times.. and I never saw her in anything again. So, finally, after decades of wondering what had become of poor Sloan, was she even alive.. I have found my answer.

And the results are oh so depressing..

Oh, Sloan! Why! Whyyyyy... I feel like my entire youth was a lie! Can we just go back in time and pretend we never saw this..

Quick..watch this..

Phew! Okay, I think I've calmed down. The good news.. this guy stayed true to himself...

Never change, Arvid... Never change.

(Also note: I made it through all 100 of those slides on that slideshow.. yes, I am a loser)

6. Twitter Update of the Week

I just recently found my way to Samuel L Jackson's account.. and not a moment too soon.. because I was able to see this magnificent update...

I can neither confirm, nor deny, if I have started following @AssBible as well.. you'll have to investigate that on your own...

7.Yay Science!

Can science be applied to a world with Dragons, Murderous Shadow Babies and White Walkers? Why yes, yes it can, thank you very much. #NerdAlert

8. Now Booking Bar Mitzvahs

I know we still have some time, but trying to decide should we go Flo Rida or Kid Rock for Julius' Bar Mitzvah... decisions, decisions..

This Giant List of What Bands Charge to Play Live Reveals a Grave Injustice

The good folks over at Priceonomics recently published a very long, leaked list of the fees some of the world's favorite bands and pop stars charge for a concert appearance. While scanning over it, my heart sank a little. Not only does Macklemore have a Grammy that, by all rights, should belong to Kendrick Lamar, he also appears to earn substantially more than Lamar at gigs, with an asking price of between $200,000–$300,000, versus a minimum of $150,000 for Lamar.

9. In His Defense

Can ya blame him? Lentils? For Dinner? WTF. You're in America now honey.

Man killed wife for making vegetarian dinner: prosecutors

A Pakistani immigrant beat his wife to death in their Brooklyn home after she made the mistake of cooking him lentils for dinner instead of the hearty meal of goat meat that he craved, according to court papers.
Noor Hussain, 75, was so outraged over the vegetarian fare that he pummeled his wife, Nazar Hussain, 66, with a stick until she was a “bloody mess,” according to prosecutors and court papers.
“Defendant asked [his wife] to cook goat and [his wife] said she made something else,” the court papers indicated as Hussain’s murder trial opened on Wednesday.
“The conversation got louder and [his wife] disrespected defendant by cursing at defendant and saying motherf- -ker, and . . . defendant took a wooden stick and hit her with it on her arm and mouth.”


10. Internet Sensation of the Week

#givegregtheholiday


11. And This One Needs No Introduction

Morgan Freeman.. on helium.


12. Full Show Friday

For those of you who don't know..  this is actually one of the greatest bands of all time.. Enjoy

Have a great holiday weekend yawl.. don't do anything I wouldn't do...

-Z