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MarkAllen

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Video: breakdancing fingernails (Kid Sister f. Kanye West)

December 22, 2007 10:12am

All I could think of was the SNL commercial skit "Corn Chip Nail Tips" from around '00 or so.

Future Shock on the streets of Manhattan

December 15, 2007 1:48pm

"Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler is great. I understand (I think?) he re-wrote the book at some point (sometime in the 90's?) to make it less dated, but the zany characteristics of the original version have their own value. I used to read my copy using a screaming voice all the time on my radio show, with crazy noise playing in the background. The very first chapter is priceless -- sounds like one of Russ Meyers' shouted intro rants to one of his films. I have that exact copy above (background is bright orange though). Weirdly, I also bought mine on the sidewalks of New York City, about ten years ago, at some homeless person's book/magazine sale on the sidewalk.

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