the absurdity doctrine

deconstruction and overanalysis of the cool kids

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in no particular order - the voice

            

                                                                  the new frontrunner?

1. what’s more entertaining: the singing? or watching christina milian’s career disintegrate before our eyes?

2. one person down from my “should win” group, sera hill. she was powerful upfront, but then she kinda fell off the most of everyone. i was seriously disappointed in her duet, her live, and her save song. they keep trying to get people away from their comfort zones and that, in part, leads to their elimination.

3. how did america miss Jordis??? isn’t she the most consistent of everyone? she has legit murdered every performance and we had to pray that 

4. when naia said something about the innerworkings of the show: Wifey: “they’re gonna go all Hunger Games on her.” it was a little weird that they let that slip through editing, right? and no, those portions of the performance are not live. they easily coulda got rid of that.

5. sucks to be Moses Stone…has his best performance of the entire competition on his death bed. holy shit, the kid can sing. wish he had known that 6 weeks ago. now he can continue his ambition to be the fifth black eyed pea.

6. raelynn…uggggh, what else can I say about this bitch. the chicks this year with that throaty, wavering voice nonsense are really pissing me off, and she is double piss me off because she sings country music with that annoying voice. even though Charlotte Sometimes punted her first song, she definitely deserved the last spot, but since America dropped the ball on Jordis, it made for a scenario where the save had to protect Jordis instead of axing Raelynn. unbelievable.

7. i think Ashley’s age allowed her to move on. her brain isn’t developed enough to realize that she was singing for her life. kinda a joke, but kinda serious…she was the only one that wasn’t clearly affected by nerves.

8. Erin Willett has moved into my “should win” group (best performance this week). Sera was eliminated from my “should win” group. Jesse barely hangs onto his “will win” spot. 

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I hate Raelynn.

Her peaks and valley voice is annoying. Christina didn’t even mention her voice in the critique. Why are the coaches continually obsessed with her? Thank god people that listen to country music don’t operate televisions. She gettin eliminated fo sho.

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handicapping The Voice

here are a few things you need to know about the voice before we go to the live shows.

1. Christina’s boobs need to have their own Twitter account. Also, 99 percent of the time, whatever she’s wearing on her head is asinine.

2. The amount of incorrect decisions made during the battle rounds are also asinine. The Line should have absolutely moved past Moses, who didn’t even sing most of his lyrics during his performance, while The Line absolutely crushed vocals on “Satisfaction”. Even with Christina’s wrong decision, she probably has the strongest team. Among those who also should not have won: Raelynn. Being four years old really shows in her voice.

3. The Orlando/Karla battle was sneaky good, right? Smoothest battle of the entire competition, no nerves, no pitch issues, and a legit squeaker in the end. Closest battle yet. Also, Christina’s cuntiness in judgement was a first from her. Karla was lucky to win it.

4. Erin Martin is the anti-christ. What a terrible person she is. 

5. Blake’s continued efforts to duplicate his team from last year makes no sense…I get that he liked Xenia and Dia, but he can’t pick 8 Xenias and Dias (and throw in a country guy for the fuck of it). Naia Kete is older, smeller Xenia with longer hair. Also, the battle between her and Jordan Rager was possibly the worst of all three battle shows. The opening was shaky and formulaic, and Jordan struggled to stand out, mostly because that broad has 8 foot dreadlocks. The song was poorly arranged as well. Against nearly any other competitor on the show, neither of them advance.

6. Naia’s family is a NatGeo show waiting to happen. I think every dreadlock on Earth is on the heads of those family members.

7. Tony Vincent is a snake. I don’t mean he’s like, a shady dude. I think he’s actually a snake. Wifey: “He looks too much like Voldemort.” Eyeliner, FTW.

8. Definitely won’t win: Raelynn. Tony Vincent. Naia Kete. Erin Martin. Cheesa. Moses Stone. Jermaine Paul. Charlotte Sometimes. Pip. Tony Lucca.

9. Probably won’t win: Tony Massone. Karla Davis. Mathai. Jordis Unga. Erin Willett. Jamar Rogers. Katrina Parker. Ashley De La Rosa. Lindsay Pavao.

10. Should win: Juliet Simms. Kim Yarbrough. Chris Mann. Sera Hill.

11. Will win: Jesse Campbell.

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big fan of the gus johnson audio overlay. BIG fan.

thedailywhat:

Memorable Sports Moment / In Case You Missed It of the Day: The United States women’s national soccer team shocks Brazil with a stunning Megan Rapinoe cross to Abby Wambach that tied the game 2-2 in the 122nd minute of play.

USA went on to beat Brazil 5-3 in penalty kicks.

Better still: Yesterday’s game was played on the 12th anniversary of Brandi Chastain’s iconic shirt-removing victory over China in the 1999 World Cup.

[video: alexcohenpsu.]

(via sportspage)

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fuckyeahlost:

Michael Emerson: The Philosophy of LOST

Stanford Professors Joshua Landy and R. Lanier Anderson interview LOST star Michael Emerson. Part of the Film and Philosophy conference at Stanford University, January 15-16, 2011.