A directory of lists

It's been a while since I last posted, and I've decided I'm going to make this post a directory of list-based articles I've found on the internet. It'll update a fair bit, I hope.

I shall organise it into categories based on necessity.

Business

• The 25 Secret Perks of Working at Google, Cracked (January 19, 2007), by Chris Kula
  

Culture

• 6 Insane Christmas Traditions From Around the World, Cracked (December 26, 2006), by Jay Pinkerton and Sean Crespo

Film

• The Top 19 Movie Blunders of All Time, Cracked (April 24, 2006), by Chris Bucholz
• Five Steps to a Horrible Comedy, Cracked (May 18, 2006), by Ritch Duncan
• The 7 Best '80s Movie Girlfriends, Cracked (June 15, 2006)
• The 9 Most Spin-Off Worthy Comedy Characters, Cracked (July 31, 2006), by Jack O'Brien and Vinnie Penn
• The 10 Best Robot Chicken Sketches of All Time, Cracked (August 14, 2006), by John Lichman
• Zoology Handbook: The 5 Deadliest Movie Directors, Cracked (August 20, 2006), by Forrest Rice
• 5 Movies Hollywood Needs to Stop Making, Cracked (September 22, 2006), by Alex Blagg
• The 007 Lamest James Bond Scenes, Cracked (November 20, 2006), by David Campbell
• The 7 Lamest Fight Scenes of All Time, Cracked (November 29, 2006), by Al Farrell
  

Internet

• Online Dating Strategies, Cracked (October 27, 2006), by Chris Bucholz

Music

• 10 Rules for Summer Concerts, Cracked (June 20, 2006), by Michael O'Brien
  

• The Five Worst Lyrics Ever to Ruin Good Rap Songs, Cracked (August 25, 2006), by Chris Pitino & Jack O'Brien
• The 5 Most Absurd Moments in VMA History, Cracked (August 31, 2006), by Jack O'Brien and Clive Bannister
• The 9 Biggest Wusses in Rock Today, Cracked (December 18, 2006)
• Rhyme Crime: The 20 Worst Rhymes in Pop Music History, Cracked (January 17, 2007), by Kevin Hill
  

Nerdery

• The 7 Greatest Superpowers, Cracked (June 29, 2006), by Jack O'Brien

Television

• The 11 Best Chappelle's Show Skits of All Time, Cracked (July 19, 2006)
• The 5 Most Obviously Drug-Fueled TV Appearances Ever, Cracked (August 18, 2006), by Jack O'Brien and Ryan Grim
• The 5 Most Ineffective Anti-Drug PSAs, Cracked (September 18, 2006), by Ethan Ryan
• The 5 Most Ridiculous Celebrity Cameos in Japanese Ads, Cracked (September 25, 2006), by Chris Kula
• The Best Cable Television Prank Calls, Cracked (October 18, 2006)
• The Rise and Fall of 5 Wacky Sitcom Neighbours, Cracked (November 27, 2006), by Rob Bloom
  

Food

• The Best & Worst Candy Bar Fillings, Cracked (October 25, 2006), by Matt Wilson
• The Best and Worst Thanksgiving Food, Cracked (November 21, 2006), by Matt Wilson
  

Politics

• President Bush Learns 5 Important Lessons from History, Cracked (June 12, 2006), by David Maize
  

Products

• 5 Awesomely Bad Christmas Gifts, Cracked (December 20, 2006), by Maddox
• Insane Japanese Halloween Costumes!, Cracked (October 31, 2006), by Chris Bucholz

Sex

• The Best and Worst Euphemisms for Sex, Cracked (October 20, 2006), by Matt Wilson
  

Sports

• Things To Look For At the US Open, Cracked (June 16, 2006)
• The 5 Most Insane Coaching Meltdowns, Cracked (October 26, 2006)
• The 15 Most Unnecessary College Bowl Games, Cracked (December 27, 2006), by Brendan Fitzgibbons
• 9 Predictions for This Year's Super Bowl Broadcast, Cracked (January 25, 2007)
• The 11 Obnoxious People You Meet at Every Super Bowl Party, Cracked (January 31, 2007)

A side-order of kvas with your gulag

A friend of mine has started a rather interesting blog in the same vain as the 'Stuff [insert ethnic community] People Like' blogs that were popular last year: Stuff Russian People Like. Have a look, it's quite well-written.

Forward Jah Jah Children

The great thing about Youtube is that it can introduce you to collaborations with obscure artists in various genres you'd never listen to otherwise. Jacob Miller, for example, seems to be practically unknown off Youtube. I have no idea, he has a great voice. Augustus Pablo had some damn good collaborations:

Things communists like

A friend of mine has started one of those '[ethnic group] people like' that were popular last year - in this case, Things Russian People Like:
http://thingsrussianslike.blogspot.com/
Worth a look, she's quite a good writer.

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Jah Light

I've been listening to (the awesomely named) Augustus Pablo recently, mostly on Youtube, and I came across a song with one of the best bass lines I've ever heard. Someone really needs to use this in a rock song.

Thought Process

I got into Outkast again during the past couple of weeks, properly this time (although I haven't quite managed to work my way through Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik just yet, and I think I'll give Idlewild a miss), and, in an effort to diversify my tastes, I decided to try and listen to a few songs by the Goodie Mob as well, seeing as they're held in similar regard as Southern rappers and are a part of Outkast's Dungeon Family. While Outkast has a tendency to explode in various musical directions at once, more often than not looking towards the sky for a(t)liens or astrology, what I've heard of the Goodie Mob so far sounds much earthier and grounded (even Big Boi has a tendency to muse philosophically). Soul Food is a great song, even if the film clips depiction of the stated subject makes me feel physically ill.

The one song of theirs that really reaches me, however, if Thought Process. There's a lot of socially conscious hip hop, and a lot of it, unfortunately, falls victim to the grand American tradition of cloyingly emotional tripe. But this song avoids that trap effortlessly. I honestly haven't heard a better song about poverty, everyone involved is fully involved. The line-up is great - T-Mo (I think it's him) wrote some incredibly confrontational lyrics, but managed to make it sound so self-aware and, to a degree, selfless, that his rap embodies a sort of timeless humanity (sorry, but I couldn't think of a less pretentious way to word that). And Andre 3000 caps it off nicely.

A Life in the Day of Benjamin Andre

Just a quick post (I've got 2 others in draft stage at the moment). I found this great song by Outkast the other day, it won't leave your head. Force yourself to like it.