NOGOODFORME.COM: We're Obsessed: Boris, Magical Keanu Reeves, Total Design: The Lighter Edition

I had heard a few Boris albums before I caught the experimental Japanese trio live for the first time at Pitchfork this past weekend. Their records are really kind of eccentric -- they release A LOT of stuff and it runs the gamut from sludge-doom metal to more straightforward punk to just plain weird. But you should never pass up an opportunity to see Boris live because they are straight up awesome: their girl guitarist, Wata, plays in pretty much the calmest way possible but can wail like you would not believe and drummer Atsuo is a maniac who loves his gong. They were my second favorite act at P4K this year after Public Enemy and probably would have been the first if not for their truncated set. I totally kicked myself for not getting tickets to their Empty Bottle show this past Sunday. Don't be like me and wait too long to experience them live. You'll lose your hearing and your internal organs may rearrange themselves after the aural onslaught, but it will be SO WORTH IT! (Kat)

One time last year I ran into Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (otherwise known as Bill & Ted) at the MOCA's Takashi Murakami exhibition and then Keanu asked me out and now we're gloriously immersed in secret marital bliss. Guess which 13 words of the previous sentence form a lie. But seriously: If there's one thing I'm sick of, it's trying to convince everyone I know that Keanu Reeves is awesome. Not ironically awesome, just straight-up awesome. I don't know if these wacky little clips help or hurt my cause, but at least they're good for giggling like a schoolgirl/big weirdo - especially the last 10 seconds of that Coke ad. (Liz)

Keanu in I Love You to Death, probably one of my top five favorites of all his roles. Is it weird that I find him exceptionally hot here? That hair!

Keanu and Alex Winter on MTV's The Big Picture around the time the second Bill & Ted came out. BTW, my pal and I are trying to make "Dude, I totally possessed my dad!" the hot non sequitur of the moment. Are you with us?

I get it. Smoking sucks and is bad for you. I was manipulated by evil cigarette corporations when I was young and impressionable into believing that smoking cigarettes would make me cool like James Dean, Keith Richards, and some other losers who smoke. It sucks. I smell bad and am going to die. But there also some really excellent positives to being a cigarette smoker, such as: You're less bored than you would be if you didn't smoke; you always end up meeting people you like at bars or on cigarette breaks (statistically, smokers are precisely 92% cooler than non-smokers); smoking alleviates stress, even though it only really alleviates the stress that it causes, but still. And the most important reason why smoking is cool is that it gives you reason to waste money on buying awesome novelty lighters!

1. Red & turquoise Ronsons: Ronson lighters are the cutest lighters available on the market right now, and probably ever. I have more brand loyalty to these lighters than I have to any brand of cigarette. Something about me is that I buy the same lighters over and over again. The thing about lighters is that people always steal them by accident, which is fine- I totally do the same thing. I could really care less if somebody pockets my blue Bic or whatever, but when scatterbrains lift my aqua Ronsons, I flip, bro. This is probably the twelfth aqua Ronson I've ever had.

4. Sexy jazz singer: This is from a whole little collection of lighters they sell at my corner store, each lighter dedicated to a different member of an imaginary jazz combo. I had the saxophonist before, but lost him.

5. HOT DOG: This was given to me as a gift the other day; I nearly started crying. You push up the hot dog bun and the flame comes out the top of the hot dog! That's freaking amazing. I was sitting outside of a bar the other night and some dude tried to light my cigarette for me and I was like "Ew! Don't you dare touch your crappy boring flame to my cigarette!" because I was so pumped to use my hot dog lighter.

6. AC/DC: Well, it's an AC/DC lighter. If you don't think that's cool, you're weird. For some reason these gem-encrusted lighters are really popular in Toronto. You can buy them at almost any convenience store in the whole city. Once I saw one with Michael Richards of Seinfeld on it, which makes no sense.

7. Pilot: Pilot lighters are the best lighters in the world. The only time I ever go to Pilot gas stations is when I'm on the Greyhound bus from Toronto to New York, and I always make sure to stock up on like fifteen of these. The flame is approximately five inches long, so you have to warn people about it, or they will burn their eyelashes off and hate you. Pilot lighters are cool, yes, but not worth ruining friendships over.

8. YES, IT'S TRUE. LAURA JANE NOW OWNS A PAUL MCCARTNEY LIGHTER. THE UNIVERSE IS IN PERFECT BALANCE. (Laura)

COMMENTS!!

How could you neglect the stylie Djeep Paris?

By flaneur on July 23, 2008 8:42 PM

this makes me delighted to be a smoker (terrible, i know). i always lose my lighters though, but luckily i don't invest in fancy/cool lighters. maybe if i did, i would actually be more careful with losing them all the time. i think you have just inspired me.

By lisa on July 24, 2008 1:05 PM

BORIS!!!! I saw them play with Merzbow (not opening, playing together, like Merzbow was the "fourth Boris") in Tokyo and the show got turned into a live album...amazing. I wanted to have sex with everyone on the stage. Kat I sometimes think you are actually my twin sister, separated at birth.

By John on July 24, 2008 2:36 PM

wow, if i was actually *at* that boris/merzbow show, i think i would have completely exploded or something!!

By Kat on July 24, 2008 4:04 PM

I couldn't hear out of my left ear for five or six days afterwards! But it was worth it.

By John on July 24, 2008 8:54 PM

Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.)

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	Sunday , September 28, 2008 We're Obsessed: Boris, Magical Keanu Reeves, Total Design: The Lighter Edition BORIS!!! I had heard a few Boris albums before I caught the experimental Japanese trio live for the first time at Pitchfork this past weekend. Their records are really kind of eccentric -- they release A LOT of stuff and it runs the gamut from sludge-doom metal to more straightforward punk to just plain weird. But you should never pass up an opportunity to see Boris live because they are straight up awesome: their girl guitarist, Wata, plays in pretty much the calmest way possible but can wail like you would not believe and drummer Atsuo is a maniac who loves his gong. They were my second favorite act at P4K this year after Public Enemy and probably would have been the first if not for their truncated set. I totally kicked myself for not getting tickets to their Empty Bottle show this past Sunday. Don't be like me and wait too long to experience them live. You'll lose your hearing and your internal organs may rearrange themselves after the aural onslaught, but it will be SO WORTH IT! (Kat) Boris at Pitchfork 2008: YouTubing funny videos of Keanu Reeves from the 80s/early 90s One time last year I ran into Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (otherwise known as Bill & Ted) at the MOCA's Takashi Murakami exhibition and then Keanu asked me out and now we're gloriously immersed in secret marital bliss. Guess which 13 words of the previous sentence form a lie. But seriously: If there's one thing I'm sick of, it's trying to convince everyone I know that Keanu Reeves is awesome. Not ironically awesome, just straight-up awesome. I don't know if these wacky little clips help or hurt my cause, but at least they're good for giggling like a schoolgirl/big weirdo - especially the last 10 seconds of that Coke ad. (Liz) *Keanu in I Love You to Death, probably one of my top five favorites of all his roles. Is it weird that I find him exceptionally hot here? That hair!* Teenage Keanu in a Coke commercial: Keanu and Alex Winter on MTV's The Big Picture around the time the second Bill & Ted came out. BTW, my pal and I are trying to make "Dude, I totally possessed my dad!" the hot non sequitur of the moment. Are you with us? Obtaining the World's Sickest Lighter Collection I get it. Smoking sucks and is bad for you. I was manipulated by evil cigarette corporations when I was young and impressionable into believing that smoking cigarettes would make me cool like James Dean, Keith Richards, and some other losers who smoke. It sucks. I smell bad and am going to die. But there also some really excellent positives to being a cigarette smoker, such as: You're less bored than you would be if you didn't smoke; you always end up meeting people you like at bars or on cigarette breaks (statistically, smokers are precisely 92% cooler than non-smokers); smoking alleviates stress, even though it only really alleviates the stress that it causes, but still. And the most important reason why smoking is cool is that it gives you reason to waste money on buying awesome novelty lighters! Here are the best lighters I've got going right now: 1. Red & turquoise Ronsons: Ronson lighters are the cutest lighters available on the market right now, and probably ever. I have more brand loyalty to these lighters than I have to any brand of cigarette. Something about me is that I buy the same lighters over and over again. The thing about lighters is that people always steal them by accident, which is fine- I totally do the same thing. I could really care less if somebody pockets my blue Bic or whatever, but when scatterbrains lift my aqua Ronsons, I flip, bro. This is probably the twelfth aqua Ronson I've ever had. 2. Shar-pei 3. Canada Pride 4. Sexy jazz singer: This is from a whole little collection of lighters they sell at my corner store, each lighter dedicated to a different member of an imaginary jazz combo. I had the saxophonist before, but lost him. 5. HOT DOG: This was given to me as a gift the other day; I nearly started crying. You push up the hot dog bun and the flame comes out the top of the hot dog! That's freaking amazing. I was sitting outside of a bar the other night and some dude tried to light my cigarette for me and I was like "Ew! Don't you dare touch your crappy boring flame to my cigarette!" because I was so pumped to use my hot dog lighter. 6. AC/DC: Well, it's an AC/DC lighter. If you don't think that's cool, you're weird. For some reason these gem-encrusted lighters are really popular in Toronto. You can buy them at almost any convenience store in the whole city. Once I saw one with Michael Richards of Seinfeld on it, which makes no sense. 7. Pilot: Pilot lighters are the best lighters in the world. The only time I ever go to Pilot gas stations is when I'm on the Greyhound bus from Toronto to New York, and I always make sure to stock up on like fifteen of these. The flame is approximately five inches long, so you have to warn people about it, or they will burn their eyelashes off and hate you. Pilot lighters are cool, yes, but not worth ruining friendships over. 8. YES, IT'S TRUE. LAURA JANE NOW OWNS A PAUL MCCARTNEY LIGHTER. THE UNIVERSE IS IN PERFECT BALANCE. (Laura) Tags: 90s nostalgia, AC/DC, awesome gongs, boris, don't smoke, doom, girl guitarists, japanese bands, Keanu Reeves, lighters, Paul McCartney, smoke, smoking rules, smoking sucks, total design, YouTube Posted by Kat, Liz and Laura in We're Obsessed Permalink \| Stumble This! \| Digg This! \| \| Leave a comment \| Comments (5) + Contact Us + HOME COMMENTS!! How could you neglect the stylie Djeep Paris? By flaneur on July 23, 2008 8:42 PM this makes me delighted to be a smoker (terrible, i know). i always lose my lighters though, but luckily i don't invest in fancy/cool lighters. maybe if i did, i would actually be more careful with losing them all the time. i think you have just inspired me. By lisa on July 24, 2008 1:05 PM BORIS!!!! I saw them play with Merzbow (not opening, playing together, like Merzbow was the "fourth Boris") in Tokyo and the show got turned into a live album...amazing. I wanted to have sex with everyone on the stage. Kat I sometimes think you are actually my twin sister, separated at birth. By John on July 24, 2008 2:36 PM wow, if i was actually at that boris/merzbow show, i think i would have completely exploded or something!! By Kat on July 24, 2008 4:04 PM I couldn't hear out of my left ear for five or six days afterwards! But it was worth it. By John on July 24, 2008 8:54 PM Say something so insightful and witty, it will blow us away. (No pressure.) 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