Image above: Ambiente Tame Impala 2013, Dani Canto This May, you best get yourself out to Barcelona, because Primavera Sound, the famous indie music festival, has a ridiculous lineup. Bands from all over are going to grace the BCN stages with their presence, and tickets are […]
Do you remember Sharon Stone in “Basic instinct”? No panties on an occasional date night? Sexy! No underwear when at work, yoga and the lawyer’s office? Not so much. Most men don’t feel comfortable with their ladies pulling this scandalous move around others. Dr. Greer […]
Planet of the Rats as the title of a movie doesn’t hold a candle to the variety featuring talking primates, but according to scientific studies this is where we’re heading, so we should start getting used to it already now. Dr Jan Zalasiewicz, a paleobiologist […]
Oh man! Just as I’m getting used to Cloud. You know, because it came for free with my iMac. Now the guy at the Wall Street Journal says it’s yesterday’s news. Trendies, you see, are already backing up their devices to, not to mention streaming […]
Mexican drug cartels are recruiting American soldiers to act as clandestine hit men in the United States, paying them big bucks – up to US$100,000 – to whack out federal informants and organized crime rivals, according to DEA officers quoted in the New York Daily […]
While we here at BaDoink are up and open about dating whomever the hell we choose to date, there are some women that are off limits in our book. Of course in reality, you’re free to date who you want, but sometimes choosing to date […]
“Sixty stores in 60 days!” Mr. Park, the tall, handsome, Samsung representative in a Saville Row suit at the Las Vegas CEO show told me. “All over Europe. Apple worried. Apple worried, man.” “So,” I said as I made little notes, “60 stores in Europe […]
Last week, J.K. Rowling told Wonderland magazine (and subsequently the entire Internet) that, after taking a real, long think about it, Hermione should have ended up with Harry. She commented in an interview that Ron may not have been able to make the genius witch […]
Most of the anime out there (with a few notable exceptions) is Made In Japan. And that means it’s all in Japanese originally. A lot of us first met the world of anime through translations into English, and, don’t get me wrong, some of those […]
Why can’t I have a week when all my favorite shows air, Internet friends? Do the writers and actors know I occasionally rip on them, despite my fervent enjoyment? Well, at least the shows that did air this week were actually pretty awesome, so maybe […]
Top image by Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com Super Bowl XLVIII – February 2, 2014 – Rutherford, New Jersey – Seattle Seahawks 43-8 Denver Broncos I may have predicted Seattle were going to take it all at the beginning of the season, but I had expected at least a […]
Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Image by Dan Kosmayer / Shutterstock.com The great Philip Seymour Hoffman died this Sunday, February 2, 2014. According to the entire Internet, his death (at the age of 46) was caused by an apparent drug overdose, following a long struggle with drug abuse. […]
Above: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia What is the lightest metal known in nature? Lithium. It’s what electric cars, cellphones, and your laptop computer, have in common. All three depend upon batteries made with lithium, weighing about five grams in the average laptop, and maybe half a […]
Beards are fast becoming the staple of the new trendy man but not every guy is able to grow a beard fit for a lumberjack. When it comes to beards, there is a fine line between hot and scruffy, and that fine line is what […]
Society’s obsession with porn can’t be hidden, but people try. As much as adult videos have become more acceptable in some circles, there’s still a bit of a stigma that comes with them. Being publicly excited about a particular sex video is still kind of […]
Gary Madine was a striker for the English Championship Division soccer team Sheffield Wednesday, who punched two fans in two separate nightclub attacks and was consequently jailed for 18 months. Madine, who already had a previous conviction for knocking a man out in a Carlisle […]
The Internet Police by Nate Anderson – W.W. Norton & Co. (ISBN#0393062988) Nate Anderson’s The Internet Police is a giddily good read. A sort of urgent, right-now comprehensive history of various governments’ attempts to entrap the online universe in a giant, pliant mason jar, Anderson’s timing […]
Above image by Everett Collection / Shutterstock.com When I was about six years old my parents took me to go and see a magician for my birthday. Incidentally this was in the 90s when everything aimed at children had to be explicitly educational, so unfortunately most […]
Oskar Blues with Ska Brewing “OSKAr The G’Rauch” Double (Imperial) – American Double/Imperial IPA – 8.5% ABV IBU’s (unknown but I would venture to guess 60-70) Ladies and gentlemen: here is another weird entry into the experimental world of cross-eyed craft beers. This is a “canlaboration” between […]
Now men know that us women love our shoes. We love them a lot. We’ve got shoes for all occasions. And some shoes for no occasion at all. And about 5 pairs of boots. Men don’t understand, but you don’t have to. We don’t need […]
