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Thursday, June 7, 2012

World Cup 2010 Blog: “The Official Euro 2012 Music Video” plus 1 more

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The Official Euro 2012 Music Video

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 04:55 PM PDT

This is the official video of the official song for UEFA Euro 2012, which you’d know without being told as it’s quite clear that the images of Poland and the Ukraine are displayed by a hut on a beach. Because that’s the first thing which always comes to mind when those countries are entered into the discussion. (They do get to the more identifiable parts of the two countries eventually.)

She’s rather popular, so there’s little controversy to be had here until K’Naan drops in to crash the party.

Those Toxic European Threads

Posted: 06 Jun 2012 03:49 PM PDT

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There are due to be hundreds of dodgy replica shirts floating around the consumer industry; those made of various narcotics will filter their way through the seedy underbelly of the football world, as well as an footballers knowing they won’t be nabbing a urine test. Some may spontaneously combust in the stands. Others may become just a little bit too porous as the game wears on.

The makeup of these replica shirts is suspect, to say the least. Which means one will have to wear a Hazmat suit underneath.

Football fans buying replica shirts of their favourite Euro 2012 team could be risking their health, Europe’s consumer watchdog has warned.

The shirts of tournament co-host Poland are so bad they should be banned, said BEUC, the umbrella group representing the EU’s national consumer organisations.

Research into the chemicals used in official team strips in Poland, Spain, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Italy, France, Holland and Portugal, showed all nine national shirts contained “worrying” levels of chemicals.

Lead, a heavy metal, was found in the team strip of six of the countries – Spain, Germany, Ukraine, Russia, France and Italy. In kits from Spain and Germany, lead exceeded the legal level for children’s products and Portuguese and Dutch shirts also contained nickel.

Weren’t these things supposed to be made out of green materials and recycled hippies?

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

World Cup 2010 Blog: Animated Spanish Celebrations

Animated Spanish Celebrations

Posted: 05 Jun 2012 02:15 PM PDT

Football doesn’t get a great deal of animated love, but it undoubtedly should. Maybe Pixar can budget out a blockbuster on the fall and rise of Chelsea 2011-12, with Andre Villas-Boas some diabolical villain, Didier Drogba looking rather equine and Fernando Torres four centimeters wide. The possibilities are endless, really.

This is a bit late for the Spanish World Cup 2010 celebrations, but it’s so good it needs to be shown. And happen again.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

World Cup 2010 Blog: The Euros In Toy Land

The Euros In Toy Land

Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:22 AM PDT

It’s summertime, which means fun time, which means lots of playing with little kid toys. Paired with the upcoming Euros, this is what you get. Incredibly, the the Lego men of today look more believable than the actual men of 1984. And that piece of plastic is just as good as Platini – swear.

This needs to be done with some action figures shortly.

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Friday, June 1, 2012

World Cup 2010 Blog: “EA Sports Plays Out Euro 2012 So No One Else Has To” plus 1 more

EA Sports Plays Out Euro 2012 So No One Else Has To

Posted: 31 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT

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Every single tournament, EA Sports launches simulation series to determine the winner ahead of time. They nailed Spain’s World Cup 2010 win, but then so did an octopus. Was it really all that impressive?

They’ve run out Euro 2012 for us, letting everyone know that Germany’s going to come home with the title by beating the Dutch – conquerors of the Spanish – in the final. Robin van Persie ends the tournament with the golden boot, too, so basically this whole thing is just a continuation of form. Which is precisely how it’s supposed to work.

The full knockouts (whole tournament in the link):

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The most disappointing portion of it all is that it’s so plausible, so likely. Who wants reality in their video games? Hell, who wants reality in their reality?

The stuff dreams are made of does not come from the standard stock. It comes from psychedelic drugs, which is how we want our major tournaments to play out.

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FEMEN Erects A Masculine Protest

Posted: 31 May 2012 07:59 AM PDT

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FEMEN’s remaining high profile with their protests, but the mainstream coverage indicates they might be getting a bit more creative with said protests. Which can only benefit everybody, if it might detract from the statement slightly.

A couple of young ladies found the landscaped mascots in Kiev this morning. Comedy might not be their intention, but it was damn sure achieved.

Very NSFW documentation after the jump – topless woman in a hilarious penis suit. (Serious.)

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