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Three-peats Must-must-MUST Die

Johnny — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:51:52 +0000

Has anyone noticed this awful trends in TV ads where they repeat a certain word in triplicate? I call ‘em three-peats. It’s typically toward the end of the commercial, using clips of three different people saying the same damn thing, hammering home that their product or service is superior to their competition. “…And no one-NO one-no ONE-does it better than .” I hate this fad almost as much as the low-carb pasta craze. We know advertisers think we’re stupid, but do they have to use rote?

Screw you Madison Avenue. You-you-YOU guys suck-sucK-Suck.

Economics and Music: The Keynes-Hayek Rap Battle

Eric — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:00:52 +0000

There is nothing I like more then when two of my favorite things – in this case economics and music – are combined with killer results. Thanks to the guys at EconStories.tv we now have a Keynes-Hayek rap battle with great production values. The rap is fun and you’ll learn a lot about both the Keynesian and Hayekian economic philosophies. I already snagged the AAC file off the EconStories site for my iPhone. Awesome. The video is below. Enjoy! (Yes, I am a nerd.)

Rumors

Eric — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:16:49 +0000

I would just like to say that rumors of a fight at Martyr’s on Friday have been greatly exaggerated. Created and exaggerated by us nonetheless but still… After fielding a phone call from my worried Mom I figured we should end the joke. That is all.

Vicky’s Got A Brand New Bag

Johnny — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:01:05 +0000

Is this the Button Pushers’ blog section? Feels like it. The Victorian colors and design give it away immediately, not unlike the funky facade on the apartment building where Jeff and Rob live (my old building, my old apartment). Much unlike the basement of Jewel Osco on Ashland Ave. next to Office Depot. What? Never been? It’s tres chic, man. Very hip, very modern. Rumor is, it inspired the concept of Laser Tag for two weeks in the mid-1980s. But not the Button Pushers blog section, not Jeff and Rob’s apartment. We simply hope to inspire love-making in the most austere of ways–ways that would have made Queen Victoria herself proud to almost not be a part of. Old-fashioned mores long gone that we hope to to breathe new life into with newer, fresher oxygen from other modern basements. Such is the eclecticism of the Button Pushers’ musical pursuits. Don’t you think? I feel like I’m taking the words right out of your mouth.