The fine art of writing commentarys...

....is completely lost on us.

THE CRACKED FEATURES

 

IS THAT REALLY YOUR LIFE?

the collected frontpage-columns and more by Georg "Head Honcho" Cracked.

Updated very, very often. Promised. Because there is a lot to talk about.

ITRYL #137: If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things..." here
 
OTHER STUFF:
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: DJANGO REINHARDT inventor of gypsy jazz,
FOOD FOR EYES how designers and experts make our food look better
SEARCH ENGINE TEST we conducted an infallible test to find out the best search engine available
KIDNAPPING THE CEO desperate times cry for desperate measures
NOTHING IS FOR FREE never. that's rule #1.
BEING LUCKY what happiness is all about, a guide
THE SEVEN SINS AND THE DUDE 10 years of the greatest movie ever shot, ten years of indepth thinking and meditating on it, ten years of "The Big Lebowski"
GLOBAL CRIME it is all around us, and it is a shame
TERROR IN UZBEKISTAN a brutal regime in Russia's backyard
GENDERBENDING BY PLASTIC PRODUCTS it's science
KING KONG GOES A LONG WAY a new(?) reading of the same old story
FRIENDLY FLOATEES a few thousand of them travelling the world
THE ONLINE ROLE PLAYER BUSINESS MYSTIQUE what I find exciting about multi-mass-online-role-playing-games (and it is not the elves...)
PROBLEM WITH CHINA it's the economy, stupid, and it is destroying the planet
THE FUTURE OF EATING some facts, some ideas and some trends on one of the most important things there is: food
I STILL HATE CONCERTS CONTINUED
THE LIFE OF BRIAN REVISITED on a movie that couldn't be made today
NEURO-SCIENCE (FICTION) what's new in brain research and some hints at the threats involved.
CANNIBALISM AT SEA a short flashlight at one of history's most gruesome footnotes
A STATE OF COMPLETE CONTROL modern technology and the power to the powers to control every move you make
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: DEAN MARTIN actor, singer, womanizer, the original definition of cool.
THE GLOBAL VILLAGE IS SEE-THROUGH what they know about you.
BIOPIRACY OVER AFRICA its robbery and those being robbed have hardly a clue of what's happened
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: JELLY ROLL MORTON hustler, roller, jewelled tooth and piano master - the original o.g.
UPDATING SEXUAL DEVIANCY psychiatrists find a new look on human sexuality aside of the norm
WHEN BLOGS COLLIDE with common sense
THE MOST AWFUL SPAM MAIL EVER
METALLICA MISTAKEN SONGLYRIC
CRACKED SCIENCE PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: BUCKMINSTER FULLER 

Thinker, architect, artist, writer, intellectual - a man who was at least 30 years ahead of everyone else.

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES: HOWARD HUGHES 

A short look on the life and work of Howard Hughes: moviemaker, aviator, billionaire, eccentric

CREDIT RATINGS & HOW TO GET CREDIT

Ed Brown on how banks share credit information on you and what you can do about it

jesuskyuss

a real-life-story of ignorance and stupidity

THE STORY OF MP3s

how the music industry is responsible for its own downfall

WAR AND DRUGS

a short history of the usage of drugs in wars

THE FAKE GENERATION

Or: what about this generation, the last one and the one before?

THE BEAR WITCH PROJECT

ANNEX TO "MY OWN MUSICAL CHARTA"

INTRODUCTION TO MY OWN MUSICAL CHARTA

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THE OSBOURNES ARE GOOD FOR THE WORLD

or How the pop-business betrays itself for the good of the people 

ERFURT SHOOTINGS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS

or Why Slipknot makes you kill people. 

EVEN MORE REASONS WHY I STILL HATE CONCERTS

other interesting writing on the net:

THAT THING ABOUT STARBUCKS

STRATEGIES FOR EMERGING ARTISTS ... AND SUPERSTARS

David Byrne's (yes, of Talking Heads) strategies for survival in the new way of music business

THE INTERNET HOAX

THE KLF MANUAL

the manual on how to produce a number one charts hit by KLF

WAR AND FEMINISM

controversial thoughts by Dan Simmons 

PLUNDERPHONICS

or Audio Piracy as a Compositional Prerogative

I STILL HATE CONCERTS

meet the THE SUPERPRODUCERS

PHONES - a lesson for the paranoid

turn it off 

BIG BOOTY HOES (and other whack rap video images)

DOGMA - The movie allusions

a little something about the funny movie by Kevin Smith, not that artsy shmoo-from Denkmark

CONSUMER SOCIETY AND AUTHENCITY: The (Il)logic of Punk Practices

by Tony Lack

MALCOM IN THE MIDDLE-CLASS

where's all the revolution in mainstream-tv gone to?

WHAT ABOUT BARCODES AND THE 666: THE MARK OF THE BEAST?

to answer that question once and for all

DRUG-CRAZED?

the American fear of Anthrax and its double moral

AN OBJECTIVE OVERVIEW OF AUTOEROTIC FATALITIES

okay, so no real commentary, but also unfit for the „stupid stuff on the internet“-collection

CAT TORTURE IN EARLIER CENTURIES

a very short account of how our ancestors treated the all-beloved mice-hunters

THE HARDCORE/PUNK GUIDE TO CHRISTIANITY

do you need more reasoning that religions are stupid?

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE

childhood-memories by our good friend Husbert

STRAWBERRYS?

Interesting revelations about food, the food-industry and your daily diet

LESBO VAMPIRE-HUNTER-WITCH in LOVE WITH DEMON

SPEX-magazine stole this idea from us! You read it here first!

WHY MUSIC IS BAD

Steve Albini tells all about the music industry - outside link

WHY COUNTRY MUSIC IS BETTER THAN PUNK pt.2

I HATE CONCERTS