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The End Fake Rap Movement: Global Outreach

Gabe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:23:32 +0000

I can understand why maybe the international community wasn’t fired up about the news that Ed McMahon was going to be producing fake raps for FreeCreditReport.com. It didn’t seem like it would affect many people outside the U.S. and we’ve sunk so low in the esteem of our allies with the situation in Iraq that maybe they figured it was time to let America sort out its own problems. Well, international community, what if I told you that fake rap was indeed a human problem, and one that needed everyone’s attention. Sure, it seems localized and unimportant when it’s Ed McMahon, but what about when it’s Ban Ki Moon. You know, the SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS?

That kind of just sounds like a rhyme, but my sources (thanks for the tip, Louis) assure me it’s a rap, performed in honor of Jay-Z. DO I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION NOW, FRANCE? Le sign le petition le here.

Would You Like To Play A Game?

Gabe — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:05:31 +0000

This is a rap about a supercollider (via BoingBoing). The way the game works is you start watching it and see how far you can get without jamming sewing needles in your ears and face.

Can we just all agree to stop with the fake raps. I know that there are parody songs written in every genre, but somehow the fake raps are the most insufferable. It’s like children’s music designed specifically to raise an army of sociopathic misanthropes. Look, I love learning new things, but if this is the way you choose to convey your information, I will remain so stupid about your knowledge. But not quite as stupid as your fake rap.

I have started a petition to end fake rap, which you can sign here. It’s time someone took a stand against Big Fake Rap.

Paul Abdul Gradulate!

Gabe — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:55:43 +0000

I think we all agree that the current crop of reality television (which, on that note, it’s the most dominant form of programming that’s ever existed, when are we just going to call it television?) is sub-par. It’s all Who Wants To Be The Next Fart, or Seven Farts Were Picked To Live In A…It fails to teach us anything about the world we live in, or the depths to which the human soul can sink. But there used to be a show that did both of those things. It was a living nightmare that opened our eyes to the poverty of the human condition.