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Fight Shrub

Morning. Here’s a single-serving mash-up that combines the bridling, anarchist-alter-ego awakening of Fight Club and the socio-economic satire of Monty Python in 40 seconds of sweet, sweet remix hilarity. You’re welcome. Read more »

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Geek Fight Club Got the Rules Wrong

Chuck Palahniuk, look what thou have wrought! This Silicon Valley “fight club” has too many rules and breaks the only one that matters. Yet, towards the video’s end, there’re those IRL bruises and bloody wounds that echo so sweetly when you work in the internet all day. Read more »

‘Fight Club’ Starbucks Bomber Convicted

19-year-old Kyle Shaw just got 3.5 years for going all Project Mayhem on an Upper East Side Starbucks with a plastic bottle, tape and explosive powder back when he was 17 and breaking the first rule of Fight Club. Sure, lots of us go through a Palahniuk fandom phase ahem, ahem, but usually quietly so we don’t end up fight clubbing at Rikers for reals.

Here’s one for the film geeks: Ferris Club. Ferris Durden. Tyler Bueller. See where I’m going here?

Banker Dudes Beating the Crap Out of Each Other to Relieve Stress

Pity the poor Wall Street banker types. In the past couple of years they’ve seen their profession go from being one of the more glamorous to one of the more reviled, to the point that they now actually have to justify the ridiculous amounts of money they make to the public and asshole congressmen and the like. Read more »

Berserk Cyclist Uses Bike Lock On Dude’s Face

Shot recently at the corner of Delancey and Allen streets in Manhattan, this violent video depicts the aftermath of an apparent crash between a cyclist and an older man—who looks like he was walking. Instead of parting ways, the two began duking it out in the street. Brutally, the bicyclist whales the older man in the head with a u-lock until he starts bleeding and walks away in pain, clutching his face. The camera man describes the exchange firsthand: Read more »

Teen Blabbermouth Arrested For Bombing Upper East Side Starbucks

Inspired by the movie “Fight Club,” a teen arrested for the bombing of an Upper East Side Starbucks forgot the first rule: “You don’t talk about fight club.” Police arrested the teenager, Kyle Shaw, outside his home in Chelsea, charging him with arson, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal mischief for the May 25th blast that damaged a bench and shattered windows outside the coffee shop. With little evidence and few leads to go on, the police investigation was aided by the 17-year-old’s inability to stop talking. Read more »