meltdown
09/12/2007
Leave Britney Alone, Chris Crocker Cries!
Britney Spears has gotta be like catnip to vlogger Chris Crocker. But face it, Crocker himself has achieved internet fame via a mystifying, train wreck sort of appeal. Is he real? Is he a performance artist? Is he Project Runway's Austin Scarlett after a two-month bender on a sanity-destabilizing cocktail of crystal meth, Maybelline Great Lash, and Coco Puffs?
Well, whatever else he is, he's Britney Spears' new knight in shining armor. In this video, a weeping Crocker rants, raves, and screams as he pleads with us all to leave Brit-Brit in peace. She lost her aunt! She went through a divorce! She had two babies! Oh, the HUMANITY!
Now, whether Britney wants a hysterical sexually ambiguous internet phenom as her champion is a matter for her and her legal team to decide. (Going by an earlier display of support, my advice would be, "Run, Britney, run!") And one really does have to wonder why such a giant fan of Britney's would do this to her song.
But the question remains -- is Chris Crocker for real? I gotta tell ya, I just don't know. His videos range from the out there to the simply insipid. If he's the real deal, he is terrifyingly strange and stupid. If he's an insidious satiric mastermind, well, a lot of his material needs work. Tell you what: I will leave you with one final video, The Secret, and let you decide for yourself. 'Cause damn. That shit ain't right.
07/18/2007
NYC Steam Explosion
This may not exactly work as a "Coffee Break" video, but we don't have anywhere else to put footage like this. And that's a good thing. This clip was taken at the scene of a terrifying steam explosion outside New York's Grand Central Station this afternoon. Initial reports are saying that only one person was injured, and we pray that it stays that way. There is no tally on how many people were scared shitless by the sight of debris flying through one of Gotham's most populated business districts. Hang in there, NYC!
