Posted Thursday, May 8th 2008 by Michael Rabinowitz
Say what you want about John Mayer, that his blue eyed blues albums are for the tween mall set or, even worse, something your aunt Edna would discover while ordering a triple caramel machiatto at $tarbucks. But, the dude is funny and is never to big to love at himself.
Case in point, he pairs up with the Judd Apatow/Will Ferrell site Funny or Die, and the writing staff hit a home run in describing a typical day for Mayer. Who, incidentally, is fucking Jennifer Anniston.
From the blog title, you can probably tell my favorite bit is Mayer's proxy drug addict.
Considering gang violence is now prevelant on a GLOBAL SCALE (see Al Qaeda) where said gangs prey on the misfortunes of young men for recruitment, and France itself is promoting Musilim violence with its ethnic discrimination laws, one would think French electronic duo Justice would be more sensitive to the issue of racial gangs. But, no, the wannabe Daft Punkers spew forth this nihilistic bile upon us, all in an the praise of post-modern irony.
"But look, Rabi," the film students and electro-clash pill poppers will argue "the faux-documentarians get their commupance when the gang turns on them at the end of the video. This is really a statement about the proliferation of media coverage."
Bull-fucking-shit. This is a Chuck Palahnuik/Quentin Tarrentino sized effort to look cool and anti-established. Except, the frogs put no effort into the design. At least Palahnuik and Tarrentino gave their characters purpose and soul. The video has about as much artistic integrity as a snuff film.
PS: This song, "Stress," sucks. I am proud to say the only Justice song I do like was "DVNO," and I ripped that shit from Rapidshare. Money well spent. (You can rip it here if you like.)