Every Friday, Ben brings you SD&IF’s weekend space filler With Us / Against Us. Prepare to be torn down, then gloriously uplifted!

Hola, fuckers and fuckettes! I’m back. Don’t think you can get rid of me that easily.

Against Us

There is a price paid for enjoying rock that has become classic. The “like-but-not-love-hey-remember-when-we-won-state” crowd comes out of the woodwork to catch up on artists they weren’t cool enough to catch back in the day. A few weeks ago, Draplin encountered this fascinating, toolish group while experiencing the otherwise awesomeness that is Live Boss. In the same vein, is it possible that the, um, varied crowds the Stones attract were a factor in their intentional omission of the best line in “Some Girls“?

Let’s be honest, Hugo Chavez could have banned The Simpsons simply because he’s weird and has no sense of humor. I, however, like to imagine Chavez the fickle fanboy, disgusted by the recent subpar seasons, muttering “Worst import ever!” and getting on the horn to the Department of Cultural Oversight or whatever shadowy sinister agency handles these sorts of things.

MIT has taken a giant, terrifying step into the Social Roboting world. DO NOT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO NEXI!

Roger Goodell and the NFL apparently are super cool with the “No Fun League” moniker. After limiting endzone celebration—a tradition I consider one of the best parts of the pro football—the league’s know-it-all owners and administrators may ban long hair.

With Us

Now that web video is officially mainstream (which you may know as “over”), roundup and review sites will be popping up to take advantage of the gigantic public clusterwatch. Hopefully at least a small percentage are as delightfully off-kilter and intelligent as Videogum, the motionfied companion to my favorite music site. Check out “White Gold,” “Google Trends,” The Room and “Double Dog” for a look at the correct way to entertain while you inform. (Oh yeah, and this survey about video game content is so insanely ridiculous it has to be fake. Someone please tell me it’s fake… Please?)

Can your toxic tongue do its thing within a 200-word limit? A Brief Message brings you design rants that are actually focused and concise—not to mention illustrated!

I know, I know, you’ve only been watching HBO’s John Adams for the hot Rutledge on Dickinson action. What if the story was updated, Baz-Luhrmann-style, for today’s unimaginative audiences. Would that make you tune in more, fella? Huh? Would it?