Our most recent visit to the Windows Too bar in the Jing'an district revealed these hilarious posters. It looks like our favorite purveyor of dirt cheap drinks and equally cheap food has turned to The Simpsons to warn people off illegal behavior. And so: to illustrate the ban on gambling, there's Bart, Lisa and lil' Maggie in an intense game of poker; to show how prostitution isn't allowed, there's Homer grabbing a redhead's tit and offering her some Maojamins; and to warn against doing drugs, there's a Krusty the Clown-ish officer pulling... is that a pill out of Bart's butt? Marge would not approve. more ›

With the tagline "Does for rock and roll what The Sound of Music did for hills", we wonder if you can possibly refuse this week´s SubCinema screening. The film in question is This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary about the fictional heavy metal band Spinal Tap. That is, a fake documentary about a fake band - that became real in the process. Well, kind of real anyway. more ›

Well, would you look at that! The iconic CCTV building (whose neighbor, we all remember, burned up earlier this year) has appeared in The Simpsons as Milhouse's school project. "Big Hemmorhoids" now has equal billing as the Westminster Abbey and the Taj Mahal. Hurrah! If you want to check it out, here's the entire episode below. The CCTV building shows up at the 18:08 mark. more ›

Not long ago, we asked when our local DVD shop would have decent bootlegs of The Simpsons Movie. The answer: Now. And it was probably here a while ago (we were out of town). We haven't not watched the whole thing yet, but the quality of this camcorder version seems to be passable. Who is to thank blame for this intellectual property violation? Someone in Germany, it would seem. Screen shots to the right. more ›

How does the other half live? Shanghaiist is talking about our print media counterparts — you know, the ones that have actual deadlines and office space to fuss over. We won’t pretend to put ourselves in their shoes (well, some of us might, seeing as how we occasionally swing both ways — in the non-biblical sense, of course), but we can, at least appreciate an alliterative headline, a punchy lead, and some slick, savvy reporting. Oh, and artsy photos — we like those too. So without further ado, we bring you Shanghaiist Reads, where we tell it like they tell it — only better. And without costing you a dime. (Just kidding ... we love our local rags. And they’re free.) Think of our summary of what's in the local mags as a tribute to our print brothers and sisters who fight the good fight — and still have time to come to our website when their bosses aren’t looking. more ›

Via the ever-informative (and concise) Pacific Epoch: more ›