XVIII- How to Sleep like you were poisoned

Greetings loyal Apprisal readers! I know I have not posted in a while, but I had to break down what has happened over the last 12 hours or so. I'm talking about sleep, son!!!

Don't worry, the blog is still getting plenty of hits, which reminds me....
Alison Rosen Adam Carolla Bald Brian Daves of Thunder DOT BTL Delicious Pancakes In my mouth

Sleep

Like a lot of people in their early to mid 20's, sleep is a love hate relationship. I like staying up late and hate getting up in the morning. It's a constant battle to go to bed on time. Despite this, I have pretty good sleeping habits (except when I pass out at my neighbor's place, on their floor, when I have my bed about 150 yards away). I usually go to bed around 11:15 to 11:30, with my alarm going off at 7 a.m.



  Everyone has their own particulars for an environment they can sleep in. I have a friend of mine that would play loud music on his computer and pass out no problem. Now banging. Linkin Park and Eminem in my room is not what I like to do, so....

The Official List of Ideal Sleep Conditions
Temperature- Slightly on the "Cool" side. If I had to guess, between 63-67 degrees.
Humidity- As little humidity as possible

Sound- As little sound as possible

Light- As little light as possible.

Smell- As little smell as possible.

Covers- Light, clean sheet and comforter.

Pillows- Standard issue, slightly to moderately broken in.

Bed- Breathable, firmer material. Twin XL, Queen, or larger for length.

Like a Utopian society, it is hard to reach all of these conditions, but it doesn't hurt to strive for. It's hard to control all of these factors, such as when my window is open. Apparently, the intersection I live by occasionally turns into Need for Speed: Underground 2.

The Set-up

Last night was the first night I used my air conditioning unit all spring/summer. I usually have it run to cool my room just a tad, but mainly to utilize it's ability to remove humidity. I rarely need to have it run all night, so I had it run for the typical two hours or so on timer, just long enough to get me to sleep. It does make some noise as it kicks on and off as it maintains temperature, but the comfort benefit greatly outweighs the noise.

Well, I slept like a rock last night. I slept so hard that I slept straight through my alarm. I felt like I had taken a bunch of Advil or NyQuil right before bed. Even with those products, I still would have woken up to my alarm! I was actually worried that maybe my A/C had a leak and I got like freon poisoning or something. I found out that Freon is non-toxic, thanks Google. THAT'S A NIGHT OF SLEEP!

The A/C benefits my sleep greatly, but I had never woken up that groggy, through my moderately loud alarm, and thought that I had been drugged and/or poisoned during the night.

The Culprit
So, after ruling out the poisonous A/C unit, I reviewed what I had consumed before bed.

About a month ago, I decided to make Gin Rickey's for the first time. A Gin Rickey consists of: Gin, Ice, Club Soda, and fresh squeezed Lime. I have since adapted to drink just the same thing minus the Gin, as it is a very refreshing and healthy drink. I will be consuming more and more of these as the temperature goes up during the summer.



Gin Rickey

Enter Sandman

Well, last time I went to Safeway, that had some real b-stock limes: off color, small, and not even on sale. Instead, that had some giant lemons on sale, 2 for $1. I deducted that they must be in season, and I could make the same drink with Lemon instead. I had the first Lemon drinks on Sunday, during the late afternoon. I slept well that night, but nothing out of the ordinary (out of the ordinary i.e. drugged/poisoned). Last night, I did the same thing, except much closer to bed time. I usually make two drinks, half the fruit in each, and finished the second one around 11pm.




Consult your doctor before consuming



Turns out, Lemon is sort of a homeopathic sleep aid, among other things. A Hot Toddy, for example, contains lemon, as well as many teas, etc. designed to help you get over being sick faster and help you sleep. I haven't seen anything promoting the "knocked-out" experience that I had, but seems to be enough evidence to say this is what did me in. I hope now that I have come forward, others will as well with their extreme lemon sleep.

Recipe: The Big Sleep

 (The Big Sleep is a euphemism for death)

Throw 5 or 6 big ice cubes into a pint(16oz.) glass

Squeeze half a large fresh lemon into the glass. I prefer to puncture the lemon several times with a fork to facilitate the juicin'.

Top the glass off with club soda, or water. See you in 16 hours!!!

Warning: Consumption may result in large losses in time

Articles

"In case of insomnia, raw lemon juice helps to improve sleep."

http://www.ehow.com/how_6857990_do-use-lemon-cure-snoring_.html

http://healthmad.com/nutrition/lemon-juice-offers-surprising-benefits-you-want-to-enjoy/

http://goneraw.com/forum/drinking-lemon-juice-sleep-and-waking

XVII- War. Dogs.

I wasn't going to talk about war dogs in the blog, until a new article popped up that expressed the same fan boy-spirit I had for them. War dog's, also called Military Work Dog or MWD's, recently got highlighted all over the news because of the helicopter raid on Bin Laden's complex, which utilized at least one dog.

And, oh yeah...I SAW THIS PICTURE




! ! ! ! !


You can read the article at Fast Company, everything is bad-ass about the article including the title:

"The Bullet Proof Dog That Stormed Bin Laden's Lair"

I originally expressed my interest in war dogs watching Diane Sawyer gloss over all the expensive items these dogs get tricked out with. I started thinking about how police dogs are trained to take down attackers by biting them, and I imagined if their mouth had some teeth, similar to a bear trap. Sure enough, these dogs get missing teeth replaced with titanium (although not as awesome as my bear trap concept). Teeth, according to D-Soy, that are broken during training. Titanium is named after the Titans from Greek Mythology,

Official Apprisal List of Animals you do not want to get bit by

4. Cobra, etc.

3. Any type of a gator, boy! ROLL TIDE

2. shark, killer whale, etc.

1. Dog that is trained to kill with it's teeth, is so ferocious that it breaks it's teeth during training, and has it's teeth replaced with titanium. Bite strength: 700 lbs/ sq.in.

German Shepherd Puppy

The thing I most like about involving dogs in combat, that it's kind of a retro concept. People used to utilize animals in combat all the time, horses, elephants, etc. and moved away with the advancement in technology. Now, these advancements allow these animals to get re-introduced into combat. Lucky them! Seriously though, pretty soon it's going to be like a sci-fi novel or something similar, with Chewbacca's running around with laser guns.

Special Made Vest for Dogs: $20,000 - $30,000

XVI- John Demjanjuk (talk about a bad day)

I was reading the news today, and had to talk about this story of John Demjanjuk. Today, he has been sentenced to 5 years in prison...for Nazi war crimes.

John D. is 91 years old. I imagine the prosecution went something like this:
"Do you remember where you were in 1943?"
"That was 68 years ago. so no"

They have numerous articles that have been linked to him being there, so odds are he is guilty as charged. He maintains his innocence despite this evidence. Although, the only reason he was regarded as a Nazi is because he was a prisoner of war. It was common for POW's to be forced into service for Germany in WWII. Unless...you were Jewish. So here we are, almost 70 years later, prosecuting a man who is 91 years old.

Some things that stuck out from reading about this crazy event:

• "As survivors and defendants have aged and died, the prosecution of Nazi-era war criminals has become increasingly difficult because, 66 years after the end of World War II, few potential witnesses are still alive."New York Times.  I imagine.
• He's been deported from the USA. Twice
• He is a retired US auto worker, meaning if you own an American car 30-40 years old, there is an outside chance it was part built by a Nazi.
• He was sentenced to death in 1988 in Israel, but was pardoned when they discovered they mistook him for a different Nazi.
• They had to make special arrangements for him because of his old age and health conditions.

Should John Demjanjuk be prosecuted?

The UK's First Post has a good article here

"But his accusers have maintained that between March and September 1943, he was a guard at the Polish Sobibor death camp. This was a relatively common way for Soviet prisoners to avoid being one of the three million Russian soldiers who starved to death in camps. Demjanjuk later testified, "I would have given my soul for a loaf of bread."

XV- Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man

Happy Special Tuesday Edition, everyone!

Dave Dameshek Daves of Thunder DOT BTL end cancelled Pancake Recipe Get Rich Quick Free Xbox

As you have hopefully figured out by now, I am a big fan of Adam Carolla. He is doing a show at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland on Saturday, May 14th. However, I will be out of town at a concert in Sea-Town, wasssup, Seattle, Jump on it! Jump on it! Jump on it! Also, tickets to his show are quite a bit more than other comedy acts I have been to. The neighborhood of $50 is a little much for a 90 minute show. I will probably check him out next time, if he is at a less prestigious venue (my living room, perhaps?)

THE MAN with new funny girl Alison Rosen



The Schnitz'


The Actual Article
I wanted to highlight a concept that Adam came up with a lone time ago. I was first introduced to Adam Carolla listening to loveline as a kid. Not really "content a 13 year old should be listening to", but my main attraction was the humor that he brought to the show. I imagine the majority of people's only familiarity with him is from The Man Show, which is like the only time eating chocolate is when it was on rotten fruit. I then followed him onto his morning show that was cancelled (I believe 2008?) despite it's popularity. As I'm sure I mentioned before, he now has his own podcast company, and the #1 podcast in the US (2nd in the world to Ricky Gervais' podcast, currently trying overtake him in the next week or two).

Ever since I can remember he has periodically talked about "Rich Man, Poor Man". This points out similarities between the poorest in our society and the richest in our society, which passes the middle 80-90% of society. It is one of my favorite things because of the hilarious and true analogies

assembled from fan submissions, Twitter (#richmanpoorman) and actual Adam Carolla, Bald Brian, etc. examples

Really Long Driveways
Rich people have those really long driveways that end in a circle, and poor people have long driveways that end in trailers
Make Your Own Alcohol
Rich people own wineries and do extensive home brewing while poor people make toilet wine and moonshine
Owning Lots of animals
Owning a bunch of Chihuahuas vs. a bunch of feral cats
Living in multiple houses a year
Couch surfing, getting evicted compared to vacationing in France, downtown penthouses
Their house has a lot of wood paneling
Rich people have hand carved mahogany panels, libraries, etc. Poor people have fake paneling from the 70's

They spend a lot of time in a bath robe

Playing guitar in front of people for money

Eating the exotic parts off of animals

From 2006 log of the ACS Show

"6:07 RICH MAN, POOR MAN

Adam plays a spirited round of Rich Man, Poor Man.

One thing the middle class seems to be brainwashed with, Adam says, is that second hand smoke is a first class killer. Rich people will smoke in the house, and even have a smoking room. Poor people just don’t care.
Dave brings up another thing that is just a middle class thing. The middle class will tell you, “Oh, my wife runs this house.” The rich don’t ever see their wife, and the poor just beat the hell out of their wife.

A listener calls in. The Harley-Davidson, he says. The rich man will of course have a nice motorcycle to play around with, and the poor man will just be a white trash biker dude. The middle class guy isn’t allowed to have a motorcycle.

James proffers “eviction notices.” The rich man gets to hand out eviction notices, and the poor man gets them. Interesting, Adam says. The middle class rarely deals with eviction notices.

Chris brings up taxidermy. The nice rich guy has a big marlin on his wall that he caught on some fishing trip. The poor guy has a jackalope.

Marcus calls in with “fishing.” Rich people do it for fun and sport, and poor people sometimes do it just to catch some food to cook up and eat.

Darren points out that neither rich guys nor poor guys will clean up after themselves. Agreed, Adam says. Rich guys feel entitled to be cleaned up after, and poor guys just don’t care."
-The Official Adam Carolla Show Blog

XIV- Trend Hopping

1st of all, happy Monday to everyone. All 3 of you who read my blog. If you got here looking for the Daves of Thunder post, scroll down and look over to the right. I decided to start today's edition of The Apprisal with the famous scene from Billy Madison for two main reasons:

1. To remind people that Adam Sandler used to be funny

2. To illustrate that most people are sheep.

What is Trend Hopping

I would classify trend hopping as jumping on the band wagon of some cultural trend, regardless of your actual interest in said trend. I'm not in the business of telling people how to live their life (Yet...more information to follow), but the point of this post isn't to ridicule these people. It's to help these people. By making fun of them.

As a point of disclosure, I'm sure everyone has had an interest or hobby as a younger person, and now upon reflecting back can laugh at what they were into. During Jr. High/ High School, I listened to a lot of metal/ hard rock music. While I still enjoy the majority of this modern metal, etc., there are some Cd's that aren't worth the material they are printed on. For an example, I present 18 Visions (18 Visions are great for their nonsensical approach to song structure and horrible lyrics/singing). I own worse Cd's then this, if you can believe it.

The Problem with Trend Hopping

The main problem with trend hopping is you are revolving your interest around a trend, i.e. a fad, because of the popularity or perceived "coolness" of the fad. That is all fine and dandy, but what happens when this trend, like the dodo bird, goes away? A person who has set this precedent of trying to associate with whatever is the latest & greatest, is forced into another trend. A great example of this are celebrities. They are easily dated by their appearances. Think of what was popular in the 80's- feathered hair, gaudy color combinations, nylon pants, etc. I think it's ironic that fashion shows are trying to sell clothing by designing stuff that is so weird no one would ever wear it. Is there something I'm missing here?

Examples of "Dead" Trends

Jnco Jeans

 I could write a whole post on Jnco Jeans. Absolutely horrible. I like to buy jeans that have a nice "boot cut", etc. so the jean fits around my shoe. I think the actual measurement is typically 18-20" in circumference. I'm not sure the point of jeans that have a 30"+ opening at the bottom, unless you A. want to look like a Jawa from Star Wars IV, or B. have elephant-man feet. Not to mention the standard patch that looked like it came out of a cereal box.

Personal Story Time-When I lived in California, I saw someone in the local mall wearing

-Jnco Jeans, standard issue HUGE

-a large,white plastic chain fashioned into a belt and wallet chain

-Stuffed Teletubbies clipped to the chain and dangling off of it.

The image is going to stay with me to the grave.



Jawa's after they shocked R2D2 in Episode IV



Yo-Yo's

I remember when Yo-Yo's were making a comeback in the 90's. A god damn yo-yo. People wonder why America is slipping behind other countries in terms of innovation, etc. It's because full grown adults were learning how to "walk the dog", and customizing the counter-balances in their yo-yo's instead of something productive.

Livestrong Bracelets

These bracelet/bands were all the rage a few years ago. I understand they helped raise a lot of money for cancer research, etc. But it's a little dystopian to see the majority of the populous wearing identical yellow bands everywhere they go.

Affliction T-Shirts

-I'm not sure how this trend got started, maybe from the MMA crowd. I don't think it was ever a good idea to have a look that was reminiscent of a Bedazzler, mixed in with Gothic symbols including skulls and gargoyles

Current "Trends"

Jersey Shore

I was entertained during the first season or so of Jersey Shore, but there is almost nothing on TV that is more repetitive. There is a big, thick line that many people cross. That line divides "Hey this show is funny, all they do is get drunk and fight" and "Hey this show is awesome, these people are awesome. I'm going to dress like them and say their phrases all the time!" I can't wait for a few years to go by, I know more than a few people will be trying to destroy any record of this time frame. What are we on, Season 3? Most shows don't make it 5 seasons, and they are already doing a spin off. MTV already screwed up enough culture with the TRL era, etc.

(Personal Note- It's a bad thing that I am going to a particular person's page to get more ideas of current, soon-to-be-dead trends to finish this post)

Dubstep

My problem isn't with actual dubstep music, but pretty much everything else surrounding it. This is going to burn out real soon, as far as a trend anyways. Right now, Dubstep has turned into a trend similar to previous music genre's, such as punk. Think about punk music. Think about people who listen to punk music. D-bags. A bunch of idiots should have popped into your head. However, a lot of punk music is very good but it is overshadowed by they bumbling simpletons who eventually ruin the genre so much you wouldn't want to say you listen to it for fear of association. As I mentioned in a previous post, I listen to a lot of different genres, which includes a lot of electronic music. Anything electronic that is edgy and might borrow some cadences here and there is now grouped in the "dupstep category", which is inaccurate and has turned it into a trend.

Just Google for dubstep images, or read the comments on some YouTube videos. "OMG THIS MELTED MY FACE OFF, DUBSTEP IS THE BEST" "Jesus died for our sins, and so we could enjoy dubstep"



People who are overexcited about anything, is usually a turnoff for me. Which is unfortunate. So everybody-chill out before you kill something people might enjoy!

P.S. I don't remember people walking around in the 70's with shirts that say "I LOVE GUITARS" "ROCK N' MOTHERF---ING ROLL" and "I LOVE BRITISH INVASION". chill out, everyone needs to chill out. Stop drinking 5 Hour Energies all the time.

P.P.S. I just came came up with an idea. It's going to a huge speaker cabinet, a person biting the head off a bird, and in big text "LISTEN TO BRITISH INVASION" on a black shirt. Don't steal my idea.

XIII- The President Gets Paid Money???

The President Gets Paid Money??? AKA Facebook Politics

I get paid roughly the NFL minimum to lead the free world

I'm sure most people have seen posts recently similar to this:

Salary of the US President = $400,000.
Salary of retired US Presidents = $180,000.
Salary of House/Senate = $174,000.
Salary of Speaker of House = $223,500.
Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders = $193,400.
......Average US Salary = $33,000 - $77,000
HELLO!!! I think we found where the cuts should be made!!
If you agree….REPOST!!!!

I am now going to rip this apart

This is an example of people re-posting something that seems to make sense, instead of doing critical thinking of any issues. Facebook politics are the worst. There are so many things wrong with this post, let alone this it is mixed in to a social forum where most posts consist of:
A. The weather B. What you just ate C. What you are doing this weekend D. Other (less then 10%)

Let's start with the math
Salary of the US President = $400,000.

Barack Obama gets $400,000.00 a year, for probably the worst job in America. CEO's of companies you have never heard of probably make more than $400,000/year. You don't even have to be the top dog at a a Large company, many CFO's, COO's, VP's of large companies make much more than 400k. I don't know any other job where you are seen as responsible for 300 million people, get blamed for everything going wrong in an entire country, and get slandered on national television 24/7, not to mention the complete lack of privacy or constant scrutiny about where you were born. For your entire term.

Total for president: $400,000.00

Salary of retired US Presidents = $180,000.

There are currently 4 U.S presidents still alive,
George Bush Jr. (2 terms)
Bill Clinton (2 terms)
George Bush Sr. (1 term)
Jimmy Carter (1 term) (barely)

I don't know about you, but this sounds like OK money. I don't really want ex-presidents, who should be held among the most distinguished in our society, living in high rise apartment buildings and bagging groceries to get benefits. Just because they are "retired", doesn't mean they don't do anything. Typically they lead lives that involve copious amounts of civic duty, give speeches, and generally try to promote "world peace".

Total for retired presidents: $720,000.00

Salary of House/Senate = $174,000.00

100 Senators (2 per state)
435 members of the House of Representatives (distributed to states based upon population)

Members of the Senate and House are appointed by each state to represent the citizens that have elected them. This includes voicing opinion, proposing/ supporting measures etc. in best interest of their constituents. If you want to cut the salary of people who are responsible for representing your state and interests fairly, be my guest. They are similar to a real estate agent of sorts, except that they don't make as much as top real estates.

Total for Senate AND House: $93,090,000.00
(535 members, representing 50 States/ 307+ million people)

Salary of Speaker of House = $223,500.00
This is a member of the House of representatives accounted for already, so he (John Boehner) gets paid for the additional responsibility, similar to a shift lead at McDonald's.

Total for Speaker of the house: $49,500.00 (additional)

Salary of Majority/Minority Leaders = $193,400.00

Majority/ Minority Leaders of the Senate : Harry Reid/ Mitch McConnell 
Majority/ Minority Leaders of the House: Eric Cantor/ Nancy Pelosi

Same deal as the Speaker of the House, these positions are compensated based on the increased responsibility. Generally, this is how jobs work in America.

Total for Majority/ Minority Leaders of the House/Senate: $185,600.00 (additional)

This brings our grand total to: $94,445,100.00

*Please note little to none fact checking was done for these salaries, simply taken straight across from the Facebook re-post in circulation.

Now I know what you are thinking. "OMG the President of the United States gets paid more than me? UNFAIR." Well, let's say you cut everyone of the aforementioned people's salaries in half. Forgot the part that if this was a business, and the CEO called up all the managers and said cut every one's pay in half, their would be strikes, walkouts, and would destroy the business. Forget that part.

That would equal a savings of ....$47.2 Million. For comparison, that would be equivalent to:

.0067% of the roughly $700 Billion dollars a year for defense spending. (Which is typically 10 times what the next highest NATO country spends on defense) Source: The Washington Post

Or, about 1/3 a modern Jet (F-22: $150 million, F-35 $156 Million)
Older Style jets, such as the Boeing Harrier II introduced in 1985, run a measly $35 million.

Enjoy your recession, PEW PEW PEW PEW

From CNN, 4/13/11:
"By virtually every measure, U.S. military spending, which rose 2.8%, leaves every other nation in the dust. The $698 billion it spent accounted for 43% of all the military spending in the world and was six times the amount expended by the No. 2 country, China. Military spending amounted to 4.8% of U.S. gross domestic product, compared to the world average of 2.6%."

Conclusion

So obviously, I am suggesting we need to cool it on the defense/ military spending instead of trying to vilify the people we vote into office and compensate fairly to represent our interests. Maybe. I decided to use jets as just an example, $150 million/ a jet doesn't even begin to scrape the surface. Most of those programs cost $50 billion and up just to get off the ground. Have you seen the new laser ray gun the military is trying out? I'm guessing that isn't cheap. Insanely deadly and scary, but not cheap. But still pretty cool.

What's interesting to me is how the Vice President escape this repost trend? That's right, I'm coming after you Joe Biden! After all, according to Wikipedia he makes $230,000/ year. If anyone gets paid too much, it's that guy. He's basically an intern, just moping around the white house saying "You're right, Barack!" , "What do you think, Barack?" and "GO GET 'EM". We're going to pay a guy a quarter mil to sit around, praying that the president takes a bullet? I've been trying to keep personal attacks/ taking political sides in this article, but I got a biiig problem with Joe Biden. This guy is one heartbeat away from being the leader of the free world and this guy drinks non-alcoholic beer. Puhhhhhhhh.

I had to share this picture of another vice president:

Caption from Wikipedia: "John C. Calhoun was the first Vice President to resign from office." Thank God. This guy looks like pure insanity. And he has 12 year old girl hands.


Later, Alligators!!!


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NEW MOUTH'S CRADLE EP! Released 4/13 (aka yesterday). 5 tracks, using clips from http://www.everythingisterrible.com/, a video website of the weirdest videos on the web.

"Why is everyone obeying???"  "Do the vegeboogie"
Download HERE

XII- Mouth's Cradle

Free mix tape recently released, but currently unavailable for download :( sad face

I decided to devote a new music post to a duo called Mouth's Cradle, because I really enjoy their music and they are definitely the "smallest" group/duo I listen to. How I heard of them is convoluted which I will explain below. As I mentioned in the previous music post, I am interested in how people hear of different artists and delve into different genres. If you share the same interest, you are in luck. If not, go pound sand!

I was sitting on a boat
floating down the Mis'sippi
down to New Orleans
where the girls are so pretty
got my glasses I'm out the door
I'm gonna hit this city
and on the radio all I heard
was "a milli, a milli"
so I got out a notebook
and wrote a rhyme of my own
I sang it over synthesizers
and a dial tone
but I was too scared to see if the people
liked it or not
so you know I missed out
on when that opportunity knocked
- "Opportunity Knocks"
 How I heard of Mouth's Cradle

I am a fairly active YouTube user, as I am sure a lot of people who have computers and Internet are. It is a great way to learn about different topics and check out some videos from people who share the same interests. I started checking out Modern Warfare 2 videos by a guy who goes by the name "Hutch". For those unfamiliar with the gaming YouTube family, Hutch now gets paid to play and comment on video games by the company Machinima. Hutch's personal channel is shaun0728. (For the record, my favorite YouTube gamer is seananners). At some point Hutch re-posted a video from a user name joehands0me. Joe is a video editor, and would take game play video from Modern Warfare 1 and edit it to music in a music video style which was amazing. The video that really pulled me in is Double Dare:



At this point I was like "this is awesome, SUBSCRIBBBBEEEE". Joe also, however, does a lot of projects not involving video games. Surprising, I know. After following him for a short period of time, he released a live action music video for Mouth's Cradle's "Demon", and the rest is history. It's funny that I just realised this video was posted about 9 months ago, which feels weird because of the amount I have listened to Mouth's Cradle.

The Band

Mouth's Cradle consists of two members, Mouf and Master Rodgers. It's safe to assume these are their stage names. They incorporate many different sounds and genres in a great blend, with clever and contemporary lyrics. They can pull off simpler/softer tracks, while maintaining an edge. What has really impressed me about Mouth's Cradle is the high production value of their tracks, and the great vocals. They write some pretty catchy choruses, as well as blend into some up-tempo raps. One of my favorite songs, New York Border, starts out:

crash my Maserati
too much gin and toddy
put my mask on like somebody stop me

but the coppers got me
put me in a padded cell
kind of like a players club for those who used to have it well

- "New York Border"

 

MC goes to Syracuse University (or least Moufy does), and seem to stay fairly local to the Northeast as far as shows go. Understandably. I would love to see these guys in person, but I don't see them coming to the Ory-gun anytime soon. On the bright side, new material is in the works. I am stoked. Their YouTube channel has a wide selection of the majority of their published tracks.

Recently, to promote the new music to be soon released, they have been "MC'ing" up fan photos for fun

Happy Listening!!!

fun link time!

Mouth's Cradle on Facebook

Mouth's Cradle on Youtube

Mouth's Cradle on Twitter

Gilbert Gottfried recently got fired from Aflac for making a Japan tsunami joke. However, double G has been doing this his whole career so what do you expect. He infamously made 9/11 jokes at the Hugh Hefner roast something like 10 days after it happened. Double G, btw, is the voice of the duck who screams "AFFFLAAAAACCCC". To parody this, he recently did a video with Funny or Die, called "Too Soon Gilbert Gottfried"