Ask Pud

Pud,

Are you really drumming in the header photo of Ask Pud, or are you beating the sh*t out of something for no reason somewhere that just happens to have a cymbal in the background (it could happen). And if so, do you consider yourself “a good drummer”?

SKL

SKL,

I am indeed drumming in that pic - here’s a link to the full photo.  The photo was taken by Scott Beale, a friend and great photographer.  Scott took the pic in one of the “jam rooms” at the Experience Music Museaum in Seattle, Washinton.  We were both there for the Gnomedex conference in 2006 where I was speaking.  

As for being a good drummer, you be the judge.  Just kidding - I’m awesome.  Just kidding.  Seriously, here’s a video. 

I just solicited questions on Twitter.  I should have asked for your Twitter usernames so I could link to them — if you’re one of these people, post your Twitter username in the comments.

Here are the questions and answers: 

What happened to Fuckedcompany.com, the dot-com deadpool? Did you close it cuz it was getting in the way of your real business? Also, were those dudes cheating in the high scores? I could never figure out how those top 5 always got so many points! They must have found a loophole!?

D. Mack Daddy

I closed Fuckedcompany a few years ago because traffic was slowing and I figured my full-time attention would be better spent working on the ad network I founded, AdBrite.  There was a small time when I was working on both simultaneously, but I felt I was doing a half-assed job on both.  I wanted AdBrite to be full-assed (or zero-assed?) so I shut down FC.  

Regarding the folks who were always in the top-5 for guessing which companies would go out of business (the deadpool game) — yes, they found a loophole that I never got around to fixing. I always felt a little guilty  about that. But not guilty enough to fix it.

What is the best way to make money in the adult marketing world these days?

Adam

Selling hand jobs at a bowling alley.

Why don’t you visit my blog more often @www.thechiefbrandofficer.com?

Luke

Spam

What ever happened to alleverything?

WaveGiggleBarbie

AllEverything was a site I made in 2003 that was pretty similar to what is now Yahoo Questions (or Wikipedia, in a way).  See an archive of it here.  As for what happened to it or why it doesn’t exist anymore, I honestly don’t remember. I think maybe I was too busy with FC or AdBrite at the time.  It’s a shame — that coulda been a great site. Maybe I’ll bring it back one day.

When are you launching your new project? BTW - what’s up!

Jim

Hey Jim! (Jim is a friend of mine).  I hope to have something to show in 3-4 weeks.

What’s your xbox live gamertag?

Dylan

I don’t remember. I bought an Xbox a long time ago, spent about 3-days straight playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater and haven’t really touched it since.

Why are you alive?

Anonymous

Because my parents… umm… damn why did you make me think of that.

Is there any such thing as a “recession proof job” these days, now that we’re officially in a recession?

Steve

Pawn shops.

Will there be another bubble in the financial market?

Kris

Yes.

When are we going to have a Lionel Richie sing-a-long?

Kattya

You mean like this?

Why haven’t you begun tracking the layoff situations on fuckedcompany again?

Colby

I’ve been working on other things, and I don’t think I could make Fuckedcompany as funny/mean as I used to, because I live in the Silicon Valley area now and know too many of the people involved. When I was running FC in 2000, I was living in NYC and didn’t know anyone.

I need some ideas for an Old Year’s Night church service.

Pam

Old-fashioned effigy.

Considering the economic meltdown, fuckedcompany.com seems suddenly relevant again. Any interest or plans in reviving it?

Ben

I think I answered that above.

What happened to Fuckedcompany - it seems to be so needed at this strange economic time.. 

Stuart

I’m sensing a theme here.

So that’s all for now.  I’ll try to post more as I get them.  Ask me anything.

Okay, I know I’ve been terrible at answering Ask Pud questions.  I’m going to try to answer more questions.  To make it easier for everyone involved, I created this handy form you can use to ask me anything.

Go ahead - ask me anything.

For some reason the song “When the Children Cry” by 80’s hair metal band White Lion popped into my head tonight.

I had to find the sheet music online, pick up my guitar and head into the bathroom where the acoustics are sweet.

Please excuse my forgetting of the lyrics and chords.

And the classic video:

I’ve had a ton of requests to bring back Fuckedcompany.com over the past couple of months.  Not since the dot-com bust of 2000 have we seen so many layoffs.

I’m not bringing back FC this time around, but I am working on something that I think is relevant to what’s going on.  I hope to launch it within the next 30 days.  Stay tuned and please check it out when it launches.

Pud

Regardless of your politics, you will enjoy this video.

Update: I had the embedded YouTube video here, but it was removed from YouTube likely due to copyright violation by FunnyOrDie.com.  FunnyOrDie is a great site but, currently, the hosted version of WordPress (thusly this blog) does not allow FunnyOrDie videos to be embedded.  Dang.

It’s been a while since I’ve answered any questions.  

Ask me anything.

I’m a huge fan of the site RottenTomatoes.com.  It looks at tons of movie reviews, decides if each review is positive or negative, and then shows a score for each movie from 1 to 100.  My favorite movies, Pulp Fiction and The Professional, score 96% and 73% respectively.

The problem is, I couldn’t find a mobile (iPhone) optimized version of the site.  Which is kind of frustrating when you’re away from a computer and trying to decide what movie to see.

So I built QuickRot.com.  It’s a slimmed-down version of RottenTomatoes that looks great on iPhone (and probably other mobile devices).  I hope the RottenTomatoes people are okay with this. I built it using their RSS feeds.  They can have the site for free if they want — I’m not trying to take away any business from them.

Hope you find it useful!

Ever wonder if expensive speaker (or guitar) cable makes a difference?  See my head-to-head comparison of Monster Cable vs a cheap no-name cable below.

The song “Whatever You Like” by T.I. is currently the #1 song in the country according to Billboard.  It’s a great song but I thought it could use some drums.  Video below.

Lyrics:

Ay Jim
You know them old sugar daddies
They be trickin’, they tell them girls…

I said you can have whatever you like [if you like]
I said you can have whatever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]…

[Hook]
Stacks on deck [deck], Patron on ice [ice]
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby you can have whatever you like [if you like]
I said you can have whatever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]
Late night sex, so wet, so tight [tight]
Gas up the jet for you tonight
And baby you can go wherever you like [if you like]
I said you can go wherever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]

[1st Verse]
Anytime you want to, pick up the telephone, you
know it ain’t nothin’, drop a couple stacks on you
Want it, you can get it, my dear
Five million dollar homes, drop Bentleys, I swear, yeah
I want yo’ body [body], need yo’ body [body]
Long as you got me, you won’t need nobody
You want it, I got it, go get it, I buy it
Tell them other broke niggas be quiet [hey!]

[Hook]
Stacks on deck [deck], Patron on ice [ice]
And we can pop bottles all night
And baby you can have whatever you like [if you like]
I said you can have whatever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]
Late night sex, so wet, so tight [tight]
Gas up the jet for you tonight
And baby you can go wherever you like [if you like]
I said you can go wherever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]

[2nd Verse]
Shawty, you the hottest
Love the way you drop it
Brain so good, coulda swore you went to college
100K deposits, vacations in the tropics
Everybody know it ain’t trickin’ if you got it
And you ain’t never ever gotta go in yo’ wallet
Long as I got rubberband banks in my pocket
Five, six rides with rims and a bodykit
You ain’t gotta downgrade, you can get what I get
My chick can have what she want
Can go to any store, buy any bag she want
I know girl, you ain’t never had a man like that
To buy you anything ya heart desired like that, yeah
I want yo’ body [body], need yo’ body [body]
Long as you got me, you won’t need nobody
You want it, I got it, go get it, I buy it
Tell them other broke niggas be quiet

[Hook]
Stacks on deck [deck], Patron on ice [ice]
And we can pop bottles all night
Baby you can have whatever you like [if you like]
I said you can have whatever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]
Late night sex, so wet, so tight [tight]
Gas up the jet for you tonight
And baby you can go wherever you like [if you like]
I said you can go wherever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]

[B-Section]
I’m talkin’ big boy rides and big boy ice
Let me put this big boy in your life
The thang get so wet and hit so right
Let me put this big boy in your life, that’s right
I want yo’ body [body], need yo’ body [body]
Long as you got me, you won’t need nobody
You want it, I got it, go get it, I’ll buy it
Tell them other broke niggas be quiet

[Hook]
Stacks on deck [deck], Patron on ice [ice]
And we can pop bottles all night
And baby you can have whatever you like [if you like]
I said you can have whatever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]
Late night sex, so wet, so tight [tight]
Gas up the jet for you tonight
And baby you can go wherever you like [if you like]
I said you can go wherever you like [if you like], yeah [yeah]

[Ay Jim...]