Johnny Depp: LA Father’s Day
Johnny Depp: LA Father’s Day
Most of the year, he calls France home, but Johnny Depp was spotted in Los Angeles, California yesterday, returning to his family for a Father’s Day celebration.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” stud took a private plane to LA, where he was seen shortly after landing as he made his way to a chauffeured SUV, en route to see his kids.
Depp has been spending the lion’s share of his time lately in Chicago where he’s been filming “Public Enemies,” a film set during the Great Depression involving an organized crime ring.
Johnny plays ganster John Dillinger, who, together with Pretty Boy Floyd (Channing Tatum), is trying to outrun the FBI. “Public Enemies” is slated for a July 1, 2009 release.
South Park: Over Logging
(S12E06) South Park, along with the rest of the country, has lost the Internet. As a result, Randy Marsh takes his family on a trek to California to find it.
As someone who is an Internet addict, I certainly can understand the dilemma of this situation. I don’t think we could go back to being a society without Internet, much as we can’t go back to being a society without phones, television or cars.
As someone who works with the Internet for his day job, I had some problems with the simplistic way that it was presented. The Internet is used for much more than shopping or e-mailing (or, indeed, porn). Entire industries rely on it. The only part that struck me as truthful was seeing people live in a Great Depression-type state without the Internet.
There are several subtle ironies in this episode. The Great Depression happened as a result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929. The South Park Depression happened as a result of the Internet crash of 2008. Also, without the Internet itself I wonder if South Park would have become the phenomenon that it is.
I don’t think this episode was a satire of any particular show or movie (although there was a glaring reference to Close Encounters of the Third Kind), but there were historical references to the California Gold Rush of 1849 and the Great Depression. They even used the cinematic tradition of presenting that context in black and white.
One of the characters in the show was stating about how he couldn’t wait to e-mail someone, and my first thought was “if nobody has Internet, who’d read it?”
The episode focused on the Marsh family with minimal appearances by the other kids (although Kyle had a critical role in getting the Internet back). Stan’s sister Shelley remains her usual sadistic self. Grandpa didn’t say anything. He didn’t even call Stan “Billy.”
At first, I thought Shelley’s Internet boyfriend Amir was one of those middle-aged Internet stalkers (which may have led to another Chris Hansen episode). Let us not forget that 12-year old Shelley once dated a 23 year old in the “Timmy 2000″ episode . However, we eventually learn that he’s a normal kid around her age and as usual, Internet relationships are awkward when put face-to-face.
I love how they presented the Internet as a giant wireless router, which is probably what it looks like to the general public who have one in their household. Kyle used the same solution to fix the problem as most of the tech support people at my ISP tell me to do whenever the Internet is down. It’s always the simplest solution.
I’ve got to say that Randy’s Internet habits are disturbing. I don’t know a single guy that would masturbate to women vomiting in each other’s mouths. And he’s very loud. I loved how at the end he was dressed in an American-Indian costume and speaking of the Internet as if it were a limited resource like oil (which was a parody of a 70’s commercial).
At the end, Randy was given the honor of the money shot. And what a money shot it was! Last year, he took the world’s biggest poop and now this. The man has more bodily secretions and less dignity than any other cartoon character I know. However, that scene was a hilarious punchline to an otherwise lackluster episode.
Overall, a good if not great episode. I didn’t think it was as good as last week’s with the Penis Mouse.
Usher - Moving Mountains Video and Lyrics
Moving Mountains by Usher, Music Video and Lyrics
“Moving Mountains” is the third single from “Here I Stand” album by American artist Usher. The song will be released to radio in the U.S. on June 24, 2008.
The video was shot back to back with Love In This Club, both were directed by Brothers Strause.
You can listen the song here, this is a video of Usher performing live Moving Mountains at Radio 1’s Big Weekend in Maidstone.
Usher - Moving Mountains Lyrics
One, Two, Three, L.O.V.E
It’s like whatever I do… ( Ohhh Ohhh )
Just can’t get through to you… ( Ohhh Ohhh )
I Never gonna tell you nothing wrong…
Listen…
Verse 1
Now, now she love me, shawty I love her
Used to jump up in the Maybach and roll out
Used to care, she used to share
The love that she used to give me can’t be found
I lost my way, she said she’d stay
And lately I’ve been sleeping with a ghost
My stock is down and out, I used to be worth my weight in gold.
That was before the great depression kicked in and rocked us
And that was before the hurricane came in and stopped us.
I told you to leave, but you lied to me
When you said that, baby no worries I promise to get us back
Chorus
I know sorries, just wouldn’t do it,
My heart is obliterated, I’m trying to travel through
But it’s like moving mountains…
It’s like moving mountains… ( Hey… )
But I keep climbing and hoping things would change
Then the sky turns grey, and the water from the rain, washes progress away
It’s like moving mountains…
It’s like moving mountains…
Why you just leave me
Just leave me be
Just leave me
Just leave me be
Why you just leave me
Just leave me be
Why you just leave me
Just leave me be oh oh ohh
Verse 2
She, She don’t touch me, I don’t touch her
We don’t really ever say a word
I really wanna give her everything she deserves
But the fact the way the girl (not sure about this line)
She thinks that I’m full of it, arguments
Always pissed, man I’m tired
Every kiss, that I miss, girl you know I’m trying
You never believe when I say
And I never believe it when you say
I love you, and I shouldn’t complain about it
I should take it like a man and walk up out it
Cuz we will never be the same
I’ve been standing in gas and you have been the flame
Chrous x2
Usher - Moving Mountains Song Information
Released June 24, 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre R&B, hip hop
Length 5:08
Label LaFace
Producer Tricky Stewart