IF KEN BURNS COVERED THE O'BRIEN - LENO DUST UP

For the record... I'm for Coco.

OH, THE HUMANITY

The Irritation Waltz... music inspired by Nokia cell phones. This is what the soundtrack to the fifth circle of hell sounds like.

TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD

Here's a cleverly cut video that remixes Monty Python with Star Trek. That should help me shake the willies I got from the previous post.

CREEPY STOP-ACTION ANIMATION

It's from the UK but it sure ain't Wallace & Gromit. Sculptor Tessa Farmer has created a filmk called Nest Of The Skeletons and, well, color me disturbed...

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!

But it'll sound funny because my jaw is hanging open in amazement.

It's stuff like this that makes me realize how limited Hollywood's creativity is because of economical considerations and how boundlessly innovative and inventive independent artists can be.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

I REALLY LIKE THIS

And that should be good enough for you. After all it's Arcade Fire and David Bowie. What's not to like?

SOMETHING FOR THE GAMERS TO LOOK FORWARD TO...

We got a Wii for the boys for Xmas and I have say, Rabbids Go Home is a damn fun game. My son Nate is addicted to it.

Looking over game reviews I stumbled across this upcoming release...DeathSpank.. which I won't allow my under-10 year olds to get. But for the HS / College set, it looks like a hoot.

OKAY, HOW ABOUT SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL...

I can't embed this time-lapse video of the Northern Lights but trust me, it's worth the click!

Back in 2000, on a bike ride between Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska I got to see the Northern Lights up close and personal. It was at 2AM and they were silvery with a blue hue. Simply incredible. But not nearly as incredible as what's in this video.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Nothing says Feliz Ano like a video of Miles Davis doing a cover version of Michael Jackson's "Human Nature".

As you might expect, Miles sounds great but the rest is synth-pop vomit.

HIDEOUS ALIEN ENDORSES KELLOGG'S RAISIN BRAN

"I'm not pointing any talons here..."

Love this.

WHAT ENGLISH SOUNDS LIKE TO FOREIGNERS

This Italian singer performs a rock tune in gibberish that's imitating English. It's called "Prisencolinensinainciusol" and it was written in 1972. Funny thing is, it sounds like English to me too.

Plus it kinda rocks!

See more funny videos and Music Videos at Today's Big Thing.

THE PHANTOM MENACE - DECONSTRUCTED

This is a brilliant (and surprisingly informed) critique of everything that's wrong with The Phantom Menace. It's also pretty damn funny. All you haters (like me) will enjoy the hell of of it.

LET'S ENHANCE

This is brilliant.

MORE UKES

So, I took a uke lesson and, man, it was way fun. I only wish my life allowed me to actually practice. Maybe when my kids get a little older.

In the meantime I'll just have to be green with envy watching and listening to others master the uke.

Here are a few targets of my jealousy:

STYX + UKE - IRONY = EARNEST TUNE ABOUT ALIENS

...that's surprisingly palatable.

Or maybe dementia is setting in...

WE GOT THAT B-ROLL

Damn I wish I had thought of this! Freakin' funny. Love the depressed woman touching the wall.

WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO TIGER WOODS?

This explains it all for you. (Thanks Jeff S!)

MUPPETS + BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

= Pure Joy.

JUST AMAZING

There's something about stop-action animation that's simultaneously enthralling, compelling and haunting. Unlike computer animation, the weight and density of the objects moving seems 'real'... in a way that messes with your mind.

WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN ATOM WORKS?

These golden retrievers are here to help you...

I WAS CONVINCED THIS WAS A JOKE

...But maybe it's not. A religious Wii game that uses a crucifix controller and kneeling pad, and you can earn 'grace' points.

Oy!

ANOTHER HOLY SH%T VIDEO MOMENT

Watch this clip where a track inspector almost gets hit by a train. Twice! As the kids text these days... OMG!

STAR TREK... THE MISSING PILOT

Discovered this on Boing Boing. There's an unreleased alternative pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series that some German collector has made available. It's being offered with the complete Third Season DVDs. It was emtitled "Where No One Has Gone Before," and included a different opening monlogue, among other things.

Check out this footage...

H.P. LOVECRAFT FOR THE SPROUT NETWORK


If PBS Kids were truly interested in political and religious balance it'd include Li'l Cthulhu in it's morning line up! The Elder Gods of madness, despair and death have never been so cute!

SEAL TRIES TO TEACH PHOTOGRAPHER HOW TO EAT PENGUIN

...This amazing video shows... well, you read the title, right? What's incredible to me (aside from the photos) is that the seal showed genuine concern for the photographer. It not only wanted to feed him, it wanted to teach him how to survive on his own.

Give a man a penguin, and he'll eat for a day. But teach a man to hunt penguin...

WTF?!!!!

I sure wish I understood Japanese. Anyone want to translate? It's like Saved By The Bell meets William S Burroughs.




Oh, and there's a trailer...

DOGS CELEBRATE VETERAN'S DAY TOO!

I don't know how you can't get choked up over this one.

HIGH QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT FROM 1987

Ladies and gentleman, I give you the Crystal light National Aerobic Championship, hosted by none other than Alan Thicke!!!

THE MUPPET SHOW

For those of you who would like to take a walk down memory lane, I give you a smorgasbord of topnotch Muppet gags and bits. Jay Leno could take lesson...

Dueling banjos w Steve Martin....




Animal vs Buddy Rich...




John Cleese on The Muppet Show...



Beaker - Ode To Joy

THIS IS AMAZING!

99 Classic albums in one mash-up tune. Simply incredible! Wish I had an actual mp3 of the tune...

Eclectic Method Goes Phish from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

WELL, THEY ALWAYS SAY, "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW..."

Courtesy of Jeff S. As he says, another officially entry for the WTF category.

SOMETIMES JUSTICE IS... JUST. SORTA.

So, a nine year old girl accidentally sets down birthday gift cards at Wal-Mart. Then two women find them and decide to use of for their own purchases, even the girl's name is written on them.

The judge offers them jail time or public shaming.

I wish white collar criminals had to go through extended sentences of shaming like this whenever they get probation.

Going after poor people is just, well, too easy. Even when they do sucky things like steal a kid's gift card.

LIKE SODA POP?

Not as much as this guy...

I wish I lived in L.A. ... just so I could shop at the Galco’s Soda Pop Stop. I really want to try the Rose and Cuke sodas.

DUDE, THE INSECT WORLD IS TOTALLY BRUTAL

Praying mantis eats grasshopper. No left overs.

SO, HOW LONG UNTIL THE RIGHT WINGNUTS TRY TO SWIFTBOAT THIS GUY

This makes me cry...

HOLIDAYS ARE AROUND THE CORNER

So, here begins my posts about cool stuff you can buy. Now, I don't want everything on this on-going list of rampant consumer hipness... but I'm sure someone on your Xmas/ Chanukah/Kwaanza list would.

1. Rosie The Riveter Bookends. Very cool. Just $35.

2. Geeky T-Shirts. For that special person who doesn't care if no one 'gets it'.

3. Eyeball nesting dolls. Amazing and already SOLD.

4. Vampire Killing Kits. Oooh, I want one. Anyone got a spare $14K?

5. Zero-G Spice Racks. Cool looking and space-saving too!

HOLY SH*T!

That's all I have to say about this.

WHEN CAT'S BREAK UP...

...It isn't pretty. Man, I feel like I've been in that poor black and white's shoes...

28 Days Later... in one minute

Someone should make a film festival of stuff like this...

WORST BEATLES COVER EVAH!

'nuf said...

ZOMBIES ON YOUR LAWN

Cute Aussies. Cute Aussie song. Cure video.

'nuff said.

TOM WAITS ON FERNWOOD 2NIGHT

Amazing what you can find on the Internets.

THIS IS THE LEVEL IGNORANCE WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINST...

Teabaggers. Aside from their embarrasing name (do they know what a teabagger is?), they also exhibit an astounding level of ignorance and hatred. It really depresses me that we're in the year 2009 and people like this are influencing American political policy.

WOW, I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS COMMERCIAL EVER PLAYING IN THE U.S.

...or Israel. I can't decide if this is brilliant or offensive beyond belief. Truly...

TIME IS GOING REALLY REALLY REALLY SLOW...

A police officer in Dearborn confiscates marijuana from suspects, bakes it into brownies and then hilariously loses his job.

Is this why pot is illegal? To save us from stupid 9-1-1 calls?

THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS ROCK

My God these guys were brilliant.

AMAZING ANIMATED FILM BY SELF-TAUGHT ANIMATOR

Surreal. Brilliant. THis animated film is as ambitious an undertaking I've ever seen.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK IF IT WAS RELEASED IN 1952

It's a mind-boggling loop... a homage to an homage done in the style of the what Raiders was paying homage to...

And it's great!

THE HELL OF SMOOTH JAZZ

All I can say is that animator Mike Stern and I are kindred souls...

OK, TELL ME YOU AREN'T IMPRESSED....

The film is called Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. and it's amazing.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

OMG THIS IS BRILLIANT

Now why don't we see more ads like this on the TV? I'm pretty far from Deisel's intended market but I'd be willing to buy a pair of their jeans if they promised to keep making commercials like this.

BTW ... this is probably NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

QUICK DRAW McGRAW WAS A NIHILIST

Created Merril Markoe, David Letterman's old partner and main squeeze.

Simply brilliant...

REAGAN EXPLAINS HOW HE'S HELPED THE NEGROES...

Ah, yes, the Great Communicator in action.

BABY POLICE

This one's got foreign language Oscar written all over it...

THEY DON'T END MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE...

Flames.
Swing music.
A swimming pool.
Esther Williams.

What more do you need?

THE RING... AS PERFORMED BY CHIMPS

It's kinda cute and kinda creepy at the same time. Oy! What will those Japanese come up with next?

30 ROCK... THE PORNO

Nothing says "success" like a porn send-up.

AMERICAN PSYCHO meets THIS MUST BE THE PLACE

As far as homage music videos go this one is the sh%t.

Miles Fisher is a lesser-known actor who does a great job of evoking Christian Bale's iconic performance.

He also did a great job of sending up Tom Cruise in the execrable Superhero Movie.

Anywho, I like this video and I like the cover tune. Check it out... please.

Jesus H Christ!

I always wondered what the "H" was for.

Anywho...

In the sprawling suburb of Livonia, MI, there's a city council race and apparently bat-shit crazy Glenn Moon is running for office. Now, I've never met Glenn but after watching his campaign video I feel fairly confident in my assessment that he's part of insane party.

INGMAR BERGMAN - IN PRAISE OF COMMERCIALS

These are courtesy of my friend Steffen. Supposedly Bergman called these commercials by director Roy Andersson the best in the world. Not sure I'd go that far but I certainly do like 'em!

MOLLY RINGWALD: ON JOHN HUGHES

The star of Sixteen Candles (and the girl I had a serious crush on when I was 18) writes a poignant and moving editorial about John Hughes. Damn, I have a crush all over again.

Read it here.

WAY COOL COMMERCIAL...

I think it's for the French Postal Service. Forgive me, I don't speak French. Still, watch the Mac laptop turn into a cool-ass spaceship.

A WOODEN MIRROR

Freaky and incredible. Watch the video then go to this site to learn how it works.

I really really want to see one of these up close. I also imagine a cool music video using the wooden images is in the works.

80's POP MEETS RAGTIME

If you ever wondered what "Don't You Love Me" would sound like if Scott Joplin wrote it, wonder no more...

OKAY THIS IS CREEPY...

The video is called Fucking Hell. It's by British conceptual artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, who created this lovely sculpture. Check it out.

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APPARENTLY BEN STILLER IS REALLY EXCITED TO JOIN FOX STUDIOS

When you're as rich as he is you can blow a whole lotta cash on stuff like this...

DIAMOND DAVE GOES BLUEGRASS

Van Halen the way it was meant to be heard... as Ozark-ified goodness. Man, I can't wait for the album... Strummin With The Devil.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ROTTWEILER SAID...

...but it sure pissed off that cat.

(hey, I'm back from vacation and ready to post!)

I HOPE THE RECEPTION WASW HALF AS FUN AS THE CEREMONY...

Those Minnesotans! This St. Paul wedding party clearly had a damn good time making a one-of-a-kind entrance.

IF ONLY THE REST OF THE FILM LIVED UP TO ITS OPENING

This is from Ghost Ship, a mediocre horror film with an outrageously concocted opening scene. It actually goes giddy with violence for another 3-4 minutes before moving to modern times and just generally sucking.

THESE PEOPLE ARE FREAKIN' HEROES!

THE BEST JUGGLING ROUTINE I'VE EVER SEEN...

Not because he wows you with what he can do. Not because he uses dangerous objects. But because he turns something that is typically clownish into something artistic and expressive. Seriously. Check it out...

HOW DID I MISS THIS ONE?

Best movie trailer evah! Get before you been got.
Uhura? WTF?

AMAZING PHOTO ESSAY

And I mean AMAZING. This collection of 20 photos of places on Earth that seem like alien landscapes is truly stunning. Don't miss it.

And FYI, the included picture is from Oregon. Yeah. Wow.

EXTREME ACCORDIAN

Courtesy Oleg Sharov, the original dude of the accordian...

BUZZ ALDRIN PUNCHES MOON LANDING DENIER

Maybe we could convince him to kick the crap out of a few Holocaust deniers as well...

CHEECH & CHONG DISCUSS THE ECONOMY

And when they disagree they go all Tron on each other's ass.

...which I would love to embed but it won't allow me. So, go here and watch it.


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FIRST PERSON SHOOTER DISEASE

All they need is Sally Struthers asking, "Won't you give?"

SO WRONG... YET, SO RIGHT

My son was briefly into Duck Tales and my God how I hated that opening song. The show was, well, mediocre Disney for TV. This version is so much better...

Though there's no way in hell I'd let me son see it!

LOVE THIS

The video choreography in this is just wonderful... and it actually gets better as it goes along. What I particularly love is how it illustrates the landscape of creativity that the Internet is offering, creating a cultural language and expression that is unique, collaborative and adaptable.

Enjoy!

BATMAN DRANK TOO MUCH ICE TEA

This is damn funny.

Batman: Number One - watch more funny videos

MONEY'S EYE MUDDISH BY DESIGN

He's very passionate about...something. "ALICE ALICE GET MORE PIE"

This cannot be explained. Well, except by Germans. But you should watch it.

CREEPY ADS

Retro Comedy gathers the 15 Creepiest Ads Of All Time.

And they are. Really.

THE GREATEST BULLSHIT STORY EVER TOLD

I really miss George Carlin.

EVEN MEMBERS OF SARAH PALIN'S STAFF ARE CRAZY

I love listening Anderson Cooper puzzle over Meg Stapleton's basketball analogy... which makes no sense.

God, the sooner we are done with this woman the better off we'll all be. I blame you, John McCain. Not only did you throw away what little respect people had for you but you unleashed this hillbilly power-hungry mental midget on our nation. I mean, she actually seems to believe that getting elected to political office is akin to winning American Idol.

Hitler finds out Michael Jackson has died

It's the movie clip that keeps on giving. I wonder how the filmmakers feel about it?

WHAT. IS. UP. WITH. THE. JAPANESE?

This is insane. Just utterly insane.

BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS

Can you guess who they are? Well, of course, you don't have to guess. The vids tell you.

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1. Sarah Michelle Gellar 2. Leonardo DiCaprio 3. Ben Affleck 4. John Travolta

MOTHER UCKERS

The genius of Flight Of The Conchords. I needed something like these to break up the tedium of my work day. Luckily, I work from home so I don't have to worry about whether it was safe for work.

It's not. But that shouldn't stop you from enjoying the hell out of these hilarious tunes.

Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenoceros (There ain't no party like my nana's tea party)



"Does the space cold make your nipples go pointy? "



LADIES OF THE WORLD



Probably the best way to ask for, well, you know... anal sex...



LEGGY BLONDE (the office equipment solo is awesome)



Best for last: It's Business Time

ON A DJANGO REINHARDT KICK...

Enjoy the hell out these. I certainly have.

MJ RIP

JOHN HODGEMAN TESTS OBAMA'S NERD CREDENTIALS

Wonderful! And the three part answer is:

1. Shai-Hulud

2. A Thumper

3. The Water of Life

TOOTHPICK S.F.

Okay, this is pretty amazing. And Ripley's Believe It Or Not should be ashamed they only offered the guy $40K. It took him 34 years to make it!

I'm not ashamed to admit...

...this story made me cry.

WHAT I REALLY WANTED FOR FATHER'S DAY

Anybody want to spend $3500 to make me a very happy dad?

Didn't think so.

Still, I've always wanted to open a wine bar called Macabre, where tables were made from tombstones and classic Universal horror films constantly ran on B&W TV screens and, man, wouldn't this couch look so great in that setting?

WHEN THE MUPPETS WERE BAD

Check out these incredibly violent commercials created in the late 50s by Jim Henson. I always knew there was a dark side to Kermit and the gang.

OBAMA'S DOG VS THE PRESS

The dog wins!

EVERYBODY KEEPS CALLING ME S

Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport. Brilliant!



Prague's Franz Kafka International Named World's Most Alienating Airport

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS...

Stop action goodness. Watch and feel the filmmaking love...

MORE WEIRDNESS FROM JAPAN

Nice Muscle! All I gotta say is thong-wearing polar bears. Courtesy my pal, Jeff S.