Latest Weezer Album to Be Based on Color That Only Mantis Shrimp and Several Bee Species Are Capable of Seeing

Posted on by Stephen Bell

LOS ANGELES — Indie-rock band Weezer allegedly ran out of colors that are visible to the human eye on the 400nm to 750nm spectrum to name their albums after, and will now use a shade that is only visible to the mantis shrimp and several bee species. 

“I mean after having the blue, green, red, white, teal, black, and white album we kind of ran out of colors,” said Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. “We brainstormed several ideas such as making the album glow in the dark, but the radium paint we used caused our drummer’s fingers to rot off before ultimately killing him. So we changed tactics. And just like my artistic vision is beyond the scope of mere mortals, we decided the new album cover should also be out of people’s vision, literally.”

 Fans of Weezer were not thrilled with this marketing choice. 

“Even attempting to gaze at this new album is a total mindfuck,” said longtime Weezer fan Arnold Shortman. “My mind is incapable of registering what I’m even seeing. It’s like a black void that sucks you in that makes you question if you’re alive. And yet, I feel like I can see everything and nothing upon viewing this album. My nose starts to bleed and I hear the voices of angels calling to me. This ‘Fekete Album,’ the new word they invented to describe this color,  is cursed, I tell you.”

While humans may not be able to properly view the album cover, a large community of mantis shrimp who happen to enjoy the band have been enjoying it immensely. 

“Oh man this is the best album cover I’ve seen in years,” said local mantis shrimp Jeremy Prawn. “I can’t believe Rivers finally admitted that about himself! Oh, what’s that? You can’t read the messages because you’re some cone lacking homo sapien moron? I guess you’re not a real Weezer fan if you can’t experience the mind bending reality that is the Fekete Album. Why don’t you go and listen to some Coldplay or something instead, you fucking poser.”

At press time it was confirmed that Weezer’s next album would be pressed using dark matter and cost $87 trillion to produce. 



Opinion: You’ve Yet to Fully Convince Me That Breaking My Kid’s Arm Won’t Result in Him Pitching for the Chicago Cubs

Posted on by Steve Packosky

Listen, I’ll grant that you’ve made some salient points here. However, I still feel like I’ve seen plenty of evidence to the contrary, and the pros are still outweighing the cons. Also, you seem pretty upset, which really isn’t helping your argument. Should I come back later and we can discuss this with some civility?

Fine. Considering that you just pulled me back, you’re pretty intent on addressing this now. Well, the onus is on you, buddy, because I’m definitely not convinced that breaking my kid’s arm WON’T result in him pitching for the Chicago Cubs. So how about you put your phone down and we have a rational conversation? I’m sure cooler heads will prevail.

Okay, now you’re just staring at me in disbelief, so I’ll start. First, have you been following the MLB standings? The Cubs are in last place in the NL Central at the All-Star Break. Imagine their delight when they find out a twelve year old from Lakeview has a tendon in his arm that healed too tightly, and he’s throwing 100 MPH fastballs. They’ll be chomping at the bit to sign him. Wrigley will be PACKED for a kid who’s gone from dropping popups in Pony League to striking out Christian Yelich overnight. Can you imagine?

I guess not. And what did I say about the phone? There’s no reason to invite a third party into this conversation, whether it’s a concerned individual or a child welfare organization. We’re both adults here. I’ll be happy to walk away, and then we’ll see who’s “completely delusional and wholly unfit to be a parent” when you’re screaming into the void.

I haven’t even gotten to the meat and potatoes here. Think of the endorsements! The multimillion-dollar signing bonus is one thing, but picture the checks coming in when this kid starts hawking Pepsi and Nike products! “Bo Knows”? Not anymore he doesn’t, because a commercial with a tween baseball wunderkind playing the piano like Ray Charles will blow every other promotion line out of the goddamn water. College=paid for! Frankly, I’d be an abusive parent if I WASN’T contemplating pushing him in such a way that he lands awkwardly on his throwing arm.

Judging by the sudden arrival of some very stern-faced members of both law enforcement and CPS, you’ve ignored my completely reasonable request to keep this discussion exclusive to the two of us. Well, broken bones heal, but the monetary and life experience benefits of a hijinks-laden but still family-friendly season on the mound for the Cubs will last a lifetime. I’ll explain it to them. I’m sure they’re a lot more sensible than you are.

Oof, or not. I guess I can just train my kid to be the first minor to manage an MLB team once I’m allowed to see him again. I hear the Twins are in the market for one.

Grindcore Band Releases Album on Singular HitClips Cartridge

Posted on by Valley Simone

NEW MILFORD, Conn. — Experimental grindcore outfit Invasive Eel announced a 19-track full-length album to be released exclusively on a Tiger Electronics “HitClips” cartridge, nostalgia-fueled sources confirmed.

“Finally, we’ll be sold alongside our musical heroes like Destiny’s Child, Michelle Branch, and Shaggy” enthused Invasive Eel guitarist Barn Webster, as he jangled his keys adorned with other HitClips cartridges. “In fact, we bet all of them are just as excited to be in the same catalog as ‘Abattoir Entrail Exhumer’ as we are to be within the ranks of that A-Teens cover of ‘Dancing Queen.’ To be honest with you, we’re pretty nervous about hitting that gargantuan 60-second mark the HitClip technology affords us. What is this, a triple album? We ain’t no prog rock band!”

Representatives from Tiger Electronics were welcoming of the Invasive Eel release, if not a bit confused.

“Here I am, sitting in my office, when six ratty delinquents burst in despite my secretary’s protests, and say they want to release their album via HitClips or else they’ll pour goat’s blood all over my desk,” said Tiger Electronics president Gregor Maylond. “I saved a fortune in carpet cleaning by just putting out their damn record. Kids mostly end up accidentally swallowing these things anyway, so it’s all the same to me what music goes on ‘em. I admire their initiative, I really do. I just wish they’d stop asking me what’s become of Aaron Carter. I don’t have the heart to tell them.”

Elementary school teacher Geraldine Wembley offered her insight into how the youth of today are responding to the release.

“Well, first off, I’m torn between whether I should be happy or concerned with the increased instances of my fourth-graders coming up to me asking how to pronounce the word ‘abattoir.’ While it isn’t necessarily on the vocabulary list for our particular curriculum, it is indeed a good word to know,” said Ms. Wembley, who has been educating at Hill and Plain Elementary for 9 years. “These kids apparently think HitClips are ‘cool and vintage’ now. My god. We used to confiscate these things, along with BeyBlades and Pokemon cards and what have you, but I’ve since seen the educational value this grindcore group instills upon the youth of today. Plus, it’s really hard to understand what the lyrics are, so it’s really anyone’s guess as to whether it’s offensive or not.”

At press time, the band was heard discussing a follow-up release recorded on the “single slice of Lunchables pepperoni” format.

New Taco Bell Drive-Thru AI Keeps Making Human Fingers Found in Burritos Look Weird

Posted on by Bobby Korec

IRVINE, Calif. — Taco Bell’s revamped artificial intelligence drive-thru has reportedly been making the human fingers commonly found in their burritos look unrealistic and perverse, confirmed sources who thought the Doritos collaboration was the grossest thing the fast food company has ever done to that point.

“There I was eating my black bean grilled cheese burrito when all of a sudden I bit into what appeared to be a human finger that had a few littler fingers sprouting from the sides, half of which looked like soba noodles and the others didn’t even have fingernails,” said longtime Taco Bell patron Jason Merwich. “Don’t get me wrong, I’ll be back here tomorrow for lunch. After all, the regular human toe I found in my Crunchwrap Supreme a few weeks ago hasn’t deterred me, and at least that was prepared by a non-artificially intelligent person. However, I do have a problem with Taco Bell using AI. You can always tell when something was done with artificial intelligence and it’s never with the care of a 17-year-old employee. AI can rot in hell.”

Employees of the fast food chain weren’t all that pleased with the new drive-thru system either.

“First, AI took my drive-thru job. Then it took it upon itself to make a batch of burritos for customers, but since it only referenced Google for our food, it mainly came up with stories about human appendages found in our menu items, so it clearly tried to do just that,” said Taco Bell cashier Dave Mooring. “And to think, I used to work an office job before this, but they laid me off and replaced me with AI there too. I heard it was putting images of messed up fingers in Excel spreadsheets and they had to stop using it. It’s like AI can’t handle capitalism. Or fingers for that matter.”

Tech experts believe employers should be expecting more of this as AI is implemented worldwide.

“Sure, AI may be coming for our jobs, but it’s fucking up those jobs at an alarming rate,” said insider Maria Ventos. “McDonald’s has already pulled out of using AI for their drive-thru windows, not to mention their marketing campaigns. The images AI was generating for Grimace were not of this world. First, it gave Grimace five fingers, which is of course sickening. But it also made him look like a human liver riddled with cirrhosis. Just gross.”

At press time, Taco Bell announced they’d discontinue the use of AI at drive-thrus and promised that all index, thumb, middle, ring, and pinkie fingers found in their burritos will only be of human origin from henceforth.

Simone Biles Opens Up the Pit With Perfect Double Layout With Half Twist

Posted on by Ben Friedman

PARIS — A local hardcore show instantly achieved immediate legendary status after Olympic legend Simone Biles single-handedly opened up the pit with a perfect double layout with half twist, impressed show attendees reported.

“I was just looking to celebrate with the team after racking up all those medals, and we wandered into a Birds in Row show near the Olympic Village. I was getting really into it and I was still amped from the awards ceremony, so I knocked out one of my signature floor moves, and the next thing I know the club just descended into complete chaos,” said Biles. “Some big dudes started doing cartwheels and somersaulting into the knees of people standing on the edge of the pit and I can’t say everyone’s form is as good as mine, but they definitely have the energy. The team and I were impressed by some of the people using the stage monitor as a springboard to stage dive, but until then they can stay the hell out of my way because if they play ‘Cathedrals’ I’m turning into a human windmill.”

Showgoers immediately fed off of Biles’ energy but had to exercise extreme caution around her.

“I heard there were Americans in the crowd trying to show up the locals, so I threw myself into the pit just for someone to launch me into the merch table 20 feet away. I was gonna fuck them up until I saw it Simone Biles and the entire goddamn US gymnastics team casually doing consecutive double layouts,” said local Raphael Bernard. “Seriously, it felt like I was hit in the chest by a jackhammer. I’ve fought crowdkillers half as intimidating as her, so if tonight we have to change the phrase to ‘no dick in the pit,’ I’m on board if it means I won’t bleed internally.”

Former Olympic coaches were not surprised Biles was absolutely tearing it up, and noted there is a long history connecting gymnastics and the hardcore scene.

“You’d be shocked how many transferable skills there are in gymnastics and decimating people in a mosh pit. I mean have you seen the size of the U.S. team’s legs? Many athletes who’ve been in the program also became scene legends wherever the Olympics were taking place,” said former assistant coach Cheryl Smith. “I’ll never forget Mary Lou Retton going straight from her historic all around gold medal performance to fucking everyone up with two-stepping backflips at a Bad Black show back in ‘84. That was some good shit.”

By the end of the show, Biles had created three new moves after successfully landing multiple gymnastic moves while hanging from the venue’s rafters

Officials Confirm Olympic Games “May Never Recover” From Rob Schneider Boycott

Posted on by Dan Rice

PARIS — International Olympics Committee spokesperson Mark Adams confirmed that the 3000-year-old world amateur sporting contest was “Unlikely to continue” in the wake of a boycott issued by Hollywood powerhouse Rob Schneider.

“We have to be realistic,” said a crestfallen Adams struggling to keep his composure in front of the sea of flashbulbs and television cameras. “The boycott from the ‘making copies’ guy has dried up our funds and put the games in an unsustainable position. Even now our athletes are starving, the Seine is more polluted than it’s ever been, and moisture-wicking undergarments are running scarce. The Thailand badminton team has no idea how they’re getting home and the Australian Rugby team had to take jobs working security at some seedy Paris sex clubs to make ends meet. This is what we get. This is what we deserve for invoking the wrath of Adam Sandler’s 12th-best friend from SNL.”

Schneider expressed zero remorse for ending the world’s largest and longest-running cooperative international event with his infamous clout and influence.

“I’m sorry to all of the athletes, but I refuse to feel sorry for an organization that openly mocks Christianity with a tableau of The Last Super that I hate for totally non-hate-related reasons,” said Schneider in between mailing unsolicited copies of a “Deuce Bigalow 3” script to Netflix. “You think you can keep playing your little worldwide sporting games after openly celebrating Satan with that woke indoctrination? Not if the most powerful conservative entertainer next to Kevin Sorbo and James Woods has anything to say about it, and I do!!”

Seasoned Olympic historian Russell Knowells notes that this is not the first time a celebrity boycott has affected the games.

“When curling became an official winter games sport in 1998, Sinbad said it was for fart-heads,” recounts Adams. “Sinbad was at the height of his powers, but he just seemed to be riffing on stage and didn’t have any ill will towards the sport. It shook things up but they recovered. This Schneider thing though? I don’t know. I’m not sure how you recover when the guy who did comic relief on ‘Judge Dread’ and ‘Demolition Man’ over 30 years ago boycotts you. That’s like being boycotted by, well, I can’t think of anyone bigger actually, the Pope feels like a step-down. From Hercules to Usain Bolt, it all ends like this.”

At press time, “The Hot Chick” is available to stream on Tubi.

Sports Shirt Safely Vintage Enough That You Won’t Be Mistaken for Actual Fan

Posted on by Joe Rumrill

LOS FELIZ, Calif. — A shirt bearing the logo of a professional hockey team was deemed an acceptable purchase recently as the retro-quality of the clothing is unlikely to spur attention from actual sports aficionados, sources confirmed.

“I was initially reluctant to wear a shirt advertising a sports team I knew nothing about. But, weighing my options, I figured since it was a Hartford Whalers children’s pajama top with a goofy cartoon whale on the front, I would be in the clear,” said hipster Lewis Spinney, while affixing a few pins to it. “It’s old and mis-sized enough that I don’t think anyone would mistake me for an actual hockey guy. I think their questions would be more along the lines of ‘you’re really going to work looking like that?’ than ‘did you catch the tournament last night?’ Plus, get a load of the propellor on my hat. All attention will be drawn there…oh, and to my super interesting personality, of course.”

Spinney’s uncle Fran Crowley, an avowed “sports nut,” concurred with his nephew’s new shirt’s irony level estimation.

“Hell, that team hasn’t been around since two ex-wives ago! There’s no way anyone would mistake my nephew for anyone who’d even seen ‘Slap Shot,’ much less an actual hockey game,” chuckled Crowley, without breaking eye contact with the TV playing ESPN. “He won’t have to have any stats or roster order at the ready, not at all. Plus, who’s gonna ask him about it? The keyboardist in his rock band, or the guys checking the expiration on the oat milk at his coffee shop job? Gimme a break here!”

Peter Karmanos, former owner of the Hartford Whalers, took offense to the insincerity of Spinney’s attire choice.

“I’ll show that little snot. Just for that, I’m bringing back the Whalers to make them more popular than ever. He’s gonna regret shelling out $65 bucks at the Replay Vintage shop for that little outfit of his, you mark my words,” said Karmanos, while shaking his fist. “On top of that, I’m issuing a press release tomorrow announcing that this kid’s starting at left wing for the team. Let’s see him try to get out of talking about hockey when he’s lacing up his skates and getting pucks whipped at his skull. And I’ll be sure to let him know that the jerseys? Oh, the jerseys will be brand new and fit perfectly. He’s gonna hate it.”

At press time, though the shirt had evaded attention from sports fans, it has unfortunately sparked up multiple unwanted conversations with professional whale hunters.

Opinion: Why Haven’t We Are Scientists Written a Song About Mitochondria Being the Powerhouse of the Cell?

Posted on by Ben Friedman

I think it’s fair to say that We Are Scientists is a great band but every time I listen to them there’s this feeling that comes over me akin to an itch I can’t scratch. It’s been driving me crazy for years, like there is some unresolved melody or out-of-place synth I couldn’t pinpoint.

It wasn’t until I started paying attention to the lyrics that it finally hit me: the band, despite their name invoking knowledge and study of the natural world, has never written a single song about mitochondria being the powerhouse of the cell.

Seriously, what the hell is up with that? As a band with a STEM reference they have some responsibility to educate the public, like an indie rock Bill Nye (or Beakman’s World since there’s three of them). The closest thing they’ve done to anything science-related was “Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt” which I assume is about that bowling ball pendulum experiment from physics class.

I find it hard to believe that after eight studio albums, the guys wouldn’t put out one winking inside joke track about breaking down glucose into adenosine triphosphate. Are they trying to gatekeep eighth-grade science from the masses? I’m fully aware they’re not a theme band like Mac Sabbath, Okilly Dokilly, or the Misfits but given how badly underfunded our public schools have become, they should feel a moral obligation to sneak in some lines about our body’s ability to produce energy.

Hell at this rate I’d be satisfied if they covered Adolescents’ “Amoeba”. It’s not exactly what I’m looking for but their name is one of the first lines in the damn song! How has their body of work never been peer-reviewed?

I bet if we lobbied Congress to give them some research grant with 100% royalties they could knock out a few songs about photosynthesis or whatever. I don’t care if they’re just named after a Guided by Voices song, this whole outfit stinks of stolen valor, or at the very least false advertising.

Had I retained any scientific knowledge past middle school and possessed any musical acumen, I’d have done it myself already. So if the band would just live up to their namesake and drop an EP or just a one-off single about mitochondria and the human genome, I can get back to dancing my ass off to Lobes.

Nu Metal Dad Sits Teenage Son Down to Have the “Nookie Talk”

Posted on by Matt Husser

INDIANAPOLIS — Nu metal superfan Travis Cornwall reportedly sat his son down to have the “Nookie Talk” after the teenager started asking about the “birdz and the beez,” sources close to the family confirmed.

“Wispy soul patch coming in, trying to hide his male pattern baldness with a backwards red hat—my little bizkit boy is finally becoming a nu metal man, and I think it’s high time we sat down and finally told him how Nookie works,” said Cornwall, dusting off a sealed “Significant Other” CD he had saved for just this occasion. “Everything you need to know about sex is right here in this album, from where to stick that cookie, to dealing with the ‘he says, she says bullshit.’ I’ll probably wait to discuss ‘Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water’ with him though—that’s pretty advanced for his age, and he’ll learn to experiment with that kinda stuff in college.”

Despite the good intentions behind the discussion, Cornwall’s teenage son was reportedly mortified by the Limp Bizkit-themed sex talk.

“My dad is so embarrassing, he told me that I’m probably at the age where ‘All Day I Dream About Sex,’ but that it’s perfectly normal to want to play with my ‘Freak on a Leash’ in private,” said Fred Cornwall, slamming his bedroom door shut. “I know that he’s trying to be helpful, but his stupid nu metal analogies don’t make any sense. What am I supposed to do with ‘when a man and a woman love each other very much, sometimes they take their privates and put them N 2 Gether Now’? And he went on and on about wearing condoms or I’d get down with the sickness.”

Music-themed sex talks were reportedly a longstanding family tradition according to the family’s grandfather, who revealed that he had once had the ‘Cherry Pie’ talk with his own son.

“All boys have questions about ‘Girls, Girls, Girls’ at that age, so when it came time for the ‘Cherry Pie’ talk I imparted Travis with all the wisdom I’d learned from Warrant and Motley Crue,” said Ray Cornwall, spraying a cloud of hairspray into his receding mane. “Then we took a drive in my Camaro and listened to Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’ together. I mean everything you need to know is right there in ‘Pour Some Sugar On Me’—girls got the peaches, boys got the cream—then they teach you the rest of the details at school.”

At press time, the teenage son reported that he considered himself extremely lucky after finding out that a classmate’s dad had used Nine Inch Nails’ “Closer” as the basis for their sex talk.

JD Vance Catching More Backlash After Saying Women Over 30 Shouldn’t Be Happy

Posted on by Ben Friedman

ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance found himself in hot water again over his views regarding childless women at a recent rally after stating that women over the age of 30 are not supposed to be happy, sources within the Trump campaign have admitted.

“Listen, all I’m saying is that any woman over the age of 30 who prioritizes a fulfilling existence over being a breeding sow for her husband is an enemy of the state. It frightens me that the woke mind virus would have women believe joy can be derived from traveling and creative expression and not, say, rearing children and doing all the housework,” said Vance. “I believe that in order for this great country to prosper, all women should set aside personal ambition and peace of mind to toil endlessly through a mediocre marriage until they can no longer bear children, then they can be euthanized and go forth to the loving arms of Christ. Any other way of thinking is just deranged.”

Many undecided women voters who attended the rally could not believe Vance was expressing these sentiments out loud.

“Shitting on women for choosing cats over mediocre men wasn’t enough, so now he had to come out and say we’re all insane. What I think is insane was my Trump loving, gaslighter ex-husband who made my life a living hell. I’m infinitely happier on my own and too bad if that upsets Senator Couch Fucker,” said Jane Lawson. “Sorry if protecting my peace is a threat to democracy, but I’m not the only one who’s going to waste their one time on this planet suppressing joy and self discovery to be a trad wife. Keep that shit in Ohio where it belongs.”

Political strategists were dumbfounded by the Senator’s series of unforced blunders.

“Senator Vance’s best course of action would be keeping his mouth shut for the remainder of the campaign. Every time I think he can’t alienate women voters more, he just blurts out some incel talking point unprovoked. It’s unreal,” said Carter Smith. “Last we checked, the Declaration of Independence stated that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable rights, so maybe shitting on 55% of the population in order to obtain the second highest position in the country isn’t the smartest move. He’d be better off resigning and spend his days shitposting his backwards views on X.”

At press time, Vance was not helping his case after also saying men who treat their partners with respect are pussies.