mr. blue sky...

London, Day Two.

I have exhausted my feet by walking more than taking the tube.

On set today (can't disclose the project, but it's pretty wacky).

Blue skies all around. Check out the photos below...

panic on the streets of london...

So it's official. I'm totally, completely in love with London.

I've been here for just under 48 hours and already I am ready to move here. A little recap of what I've done so far:

- fish and chips for lunch at a pub

- billy elliot at the victoria theatre

- beat an old couple senseless to the tune of 'singing in the rain'

Jolly good time, I tell you.

Experience day one in photos below...

run and tell that...

I have my parents in town this weekend, and last night we went to see Hairspray on Broadway, which was great.

I was pretty much obsessed with the original movie back in High School.

Ironically enough, I had won tickets to a preview screening in Detroit of the movie, which my dad took me to. Brilliant on two levels that I got my dad to take me to a John Waters film (albeit his most tame) and that I was so completely blind to how incredibly gay a movie it is.

It may have been 1988, with most kids listening to Milli Vanilli, but as far as I was concerned it was 1962. As a result, I listened to a lot of 60s tunes, learned to dance the Mashed Potato, and rented every John Waters film I could get my hands on.

The future's so flaming bright, I gotta wear shades.

wiki wacky wha?

Dude, talk about your 15 minutes of fame. That taxi driver even has a Wikipedia page now?! Click on Guy (Goma) to see it.

so not Guy Kewney...

This was just called to my attention by an Irish news magazine and I had to share it.

BBC News interviews a man who they think is "Online Music Expert" Guy Kewney.

Turns out, he is a taxi driver who helf his hand up by mistake outside the studios when Guy's name was called.

uh, no deal...

Remember that scene in Halloween III where the kids put the masks on while watching television on Halloween and their faces turn into bugs or something?

Tune in to NBC next Monday for the same effect, without the masks, as Deal or No Deal welcomes Celine Dion.

Guess that answers the question, could Deal or No Deal possibly be any more annoying?

full speedo ahead...

Summer's here and the time is right for dancing in the street, possibly in a speedo.

I need a new swimsuit. I need your help.

Comment your vote for either A, B, or C below...

Actual results may vary.

meanwhile, on the sunny d side of the street...

Did you see this story about the Sunny D factory mishap in Bridgwater, Somerset (UK)?

Apparently, 8,000 litres of concentrate used to make the drink leaked into a watercourse.

According to reports, "Dozens of fish were found floating on the surface, poisoned by the lurid mixture."

And they tried to tell us that the purple stuff was bad?

da vennchi code...

wow. just, wow.

it's only a movie folks...

...and not a very good one at that, reportedly.

The movie version of The Da Vinci Code, possibly THE most anticipated book to screen adaptation since The Godfather, could not possibly live up to all the free publicity from those who oppose it.

Everyone from The Pope to Rachel Weiss shuns the film, and all without seeing the film or possibly reading the book.

Is it pulp? Sure.

Is it trash? Maybe.

But I quote the great Rachel of NYC Babylon - "[Da Vinci Code] is a book designed to make stupid people feel smart. It's no Midnight's Children."

It's like Starbucks, without the killer Albino.

esme and the bee...

HEATHER AND THOR'S TEN SECOND CAT THEATRE is undergoing some changes and will relaunch this summer.

In the meantime, please enjoy the new film Esmerelda and the Bee

yub nub, eee chop yub nub...

Remeber that part in Jedi when the Ewoks think C3PO is some sort of deity and for like ten minutes out of the whole saga everyone has to kiss his ass for a change?

Well, where the hell was that action figure?

Better late than never...

ba doom ba doom...

You just know it or you don't know it.

I pitty the fool who doesn't.

Reminisce here

in the news today...

Actually, it's called swag.
Payola? What is this, 1956?
Have another frothy phosphate, AP.


Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on Oprah.


People can be so cruel.
Repent or feel the wrath of Lord Xenu, bitches.

'cause I've got pac-man fever...

Right now is that time in a New York City apartment where you have the window open because: a) it's too warm to be winter, b) it's too cold to be summer, or c) I'm too lazy to put in the air conditioning unit now.

So, as a result of the open window, I keep hearing the ghosts of Chuck E. Cheese past.

Just last night, I could have sworn I heard this, followed by this, and then by this.

Either I'm really loosing it, or the taxi repair shop across the street just got Ms. Pac-Man.

Drowned Alive: Beware of the Babylon

Hold your breath!

INSPIRED BY POSEIDON AND DAVID BLAINE, WE BREAK THE WORLD RECORD FOR LONGEST UNDERWATER PODCAST FROM A HOT TUB...

• How long can we hold our breath?

• Will we get electrocuted first by the microphone in the hot tub?

• Will we reform the Pussy Posse?

• So much background water noise, you'll have to pee.

As always, this, and EVERY, BEWARE OF THE BABYLON podcast can be automatically downloaded to your computer and transferred to your iPod through iTunes.

return of jimmy!

The good news first...

Poseidon doesn't suck. Not perfect, mind you, but edge-of-your-seat nonsense and enough, "whoa" factor to make it worth your $10.75.

The bad news...

Firewall's Jimmy Bennett plays the Bobby Brady part.





I'm telling you, the kid's the antichrist of Hollywood.

Right after Dakota Fanning.

make it so...

Okay, I take it back.

THIS is probably like the greatest karaoke session ever...

i got sunshine, in a bag...

The good folks over at the Indie Laundry blog have been kind enough to provide us with the BRAND SPANKING NEW Gorillaz track.

It's called Stop the Dams and you can download it out here!

Me likey.

zillow saturday...

Some anonymous commenter yesterday introduced me to Zillow.com and thanks to him/her I now know the Amityville Horror House is valued at over $857,000.

Donations to the Todd Buys the Amityville House Fund accepted.

google earth friday...

My new online addiction to the MAC Google Earth must be controlled. Seriously.

In the meantime, guess what this is a Google Earth birds-eye view of?

First person to guess gets a FREE episode of Beware of the Babylon for their IPod.

oh yeah!

So I come home last night from seeing Silent Hill (an unnecessary film based on a video game) and came across this old ad for Kool-Aid Man: The Video Game (an unnecessary video game based on a powdered drink).

Let me wax lyrical a bit about Kool-Aid.

My brother and I never had Kool-Aid in the house growing up. It was the forbidden artificial fruit flavor.

For years I tried to figure out why. Was it the bag and a half of sugar you added to the one packet and water pitcher? Was it a Kosher thing even though we didn't keep Kosher?

Finally it hit me one day watching Inspector Gadget that it had to do with my dad's fence.

The backyard wooden fence was the pride of our property.

Seeing as how the Kool-Aid man managed to destroy every wall, fence, and building he came crashing through to aid children's thirst, I wasn't getting' no Kool-Aid any time soon.

It didn't help that for some reason the poor kids in school used to suck on plastic bags of Kool-Aid as a snack.

I so wished to be a poor kid without a fence.

in a barbie world...

Is nothing sacred?

Barbie is the latest in that growing trend these days to pimp your daughter.

She has her own video in which she and her bitches mac on "so hot" guys.






She has Marcia Gay Harden desperately seeking emulation.







And she feels it's a badge of honor, to be a baby mama.



Life in plastic, it's fantastic.

The TrumpCast

You're Fired!

No wait, come back here.

Todd and Rachel get Trumped in this special BEWARE OF THE BABYLON podcast from Trump Tower...

• Is Trump Tower the next "Blueberry Hill?"

• What is Tony Soprano's secret?

• Why is the York County Junior Miss Pageant good for Evolution?

• Who is Rachel bitching out this week?

• Where is the best place to buy infant gangsta clothing?

As always, this, and EVERY, BEWARE OF THE BABYLON podcast can be automatically downloaded to your computer and transferred to your iPod through iTunes.