I am officially starting The Crasstalk Bad Song Contest. I got this idea from Jerrod’s Awful Songs column. I was also inspired by Dave Barry’s classic “Bad Song” column (yes, I know this makes me an old). This feature generated more mail than anything he ever did To quote “Americans care about song badness.” It’s been about 20 years since the original column. The entertainment world has gifted us with so much bad music during those two decades. It’s time to revisit the contest.
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The limerick packs laughs anatomical 
In space that is quite economical,
But the good ones I’ve seen
So seldom are clean,
And the clean ones so seldom are comical.
– Author Unknown, but I’d like to have a beer with him
We had our high-brow poetry column on Monday, but I think this crowd could really do some bang up limericks. Continue reading
I have become increasingly obsessed with Star Trek: The Next Generation lately. It’s because I married a Dork-American. My husband adores all things Star Trek (and Star Wars, and Battledork Gallectica, and Game of Dorks, but that’s not what we’re talking about here). Thus began my exposure. And my attraction to certain characters, which only intensified when I had the pleasure of seeing Patrick Stewart on Broadway in MacBeth a few years ago. Continue reading
One of the weird things about the Internet is that we talk so much but hear so little. The Internet has adopted text, photos, video, but never really audio. And audio matters. Without it, we miss the accent, emphasis and intonation through which so much information is passed when talking. There’s no missing sarcasm in person, but often there’s no spotting sarcasm on the Internet.
In the interests of enhancing communication among Crasstalkers, especially for the estimated 20% of the population said to be auditory learners, the question of the day is this: What celebrity do you most sound like? Continue reading
Here’s a fun diversion which some of you may remember.
Step 1: Go to Google. Type in a letter or two, a word or the start of a phrase. Wait for the box to pop up with suggestions
Step 2: Screenshot the hopefully hilarious suggestions.
Step 3: Profit! Continue reading
Well hello there my friends. Are we drunk yet? Hopefully by now I am somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on my way to Paris. Since I am going to France, I am going to serve you up some French Hip Hop courtesy of MC Solaar. French rap is usually pretty awful, but MC Solaar delivers sensitive lyrics over smart beats and he is great at creating a driving groove. Here’s a little sample to get the music started tonight. Continue reading
Whatcha listening to? Why don’t you share it with the rest of the gang? This is your Friday night DJ thread. Put up whatever you have been listening to. Here’s what I listened to on the train on the way home tonight. Continue reading
Thanks to everyone who submitted something to our very first Crasstalk Terrible Fiction Contest. That’s right, I said first. What? You thought this was going to be a one-off? You were wrong. We’re doing this again, slores, and sooner than you think. So! Let’s get down to business. Continue reading
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest crowned its grand prize winner on Monday. Named for novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, the contest began at San Jose State University in 1982 and each year invites entrants to compose terrible first sentences for imaginary novels. The contest has grown over the years and now includes a slew of genre categories. This year’s grand prize winner was Sue Fondrie, and here is her godawful winning sentence: Continue reading