March 2009
49 posts
ZZ Top: “Sharp Dressed Man”
This may...
You Cannot Out Rock 30 Rock
On Tuesday night of last week, around 2:30 AM, instead of falling asleep I came up with this idea: What if NBC’s critically-acclaimed hit comedy 30 Rock did an episode inspired by the Spike Jonze/Charlie Kaufman 1999 mind-fuck comedy Being John Malkovich?
Thinking this was a pretty funny idea - to write around five scenes from the “upcoming” or “lost” episode - I...
Psychedelics, Vol. 2 →
Two hits are better than one!
If Vol. 1 is a more resplendent and poppier trip, Vol. 2 is a darker, more brooding one. I wouldn’t say it’s exactly Good Trip vs. Bad Trip, but there’s definitely a different vibe.
Freak out!
Tracklist:
1. The Byrds: “Eight Miles High” 2. Can: “Connection” 3. Crystal Stilts: “Departure” 4. Alexander...
Psychedelics, Vol. 1 →
You could say that much of the writing on What a Fool Believes is from “a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.”
So what better genre of music to choose for the site’s premier mix than...
Introducting Symbly: The Future of Social...
“I would love to be on the cutting edge of social networking/micro-blogging services. The newest, sleekest, hippest one available. What service would you recommend I use? A friend of mine mentioned Twitter.
“Help me!”
You want “the newest, sleekest, hippest” social networking/micro-blogging service?
An hour ago, it would have been Twitter. But that was an hour ago. Twitter’s dead.
...
One-on-One on "One" with Bono →
For What a Fool Believes’ 1st Merry Birth Party, we scored a bit of coup:
We got an “interview” with Bono!
Yes, the U2 frontman was kind enough to meet our trusted correspondent, in a secluded soundstage on the outskirts of the city, and really, and I’m mean really, get at “The ‘Oneness’ of ‘One’”.
A Conversation with Broadway and Hollywood on... →
I have a little chat with both Broadway and Hollywood and provide them with the next step in adaptations and remakes - Amalgamations! - along with five examples.
“Word of the Day for Tuesday, March 17, 2009
libation \ly-BAY-shun, noun:...”
– This is why I subscribe to your “Word of the Day”, Dictionary.com. Your sense of humor. (Another example/joke)
WatchA scene from the film Deafula
There’s a piece in the March 16th issue of The New Yorker, called “In the Blood”, about the immortal appeal of the vampire myth. In the piece, various examples of books, films and television shows are given to elucidate the point.
One of these examples is Deafula, a 1975 film about Dracula done entirely in American Sign Language (with a voiceover...
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Heads Will Roll”
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WatchQ: What if a member of Kraftwerk - take your pick - asleep while being driven down a particularly bumpy patch of the Autobahn, his head softly banging against the passenger door and window, fell into a digital dream?
A: “Mini Van Highway”
Fast & Furious: How the New Model Got Its Original... →
Unable to accept the unusual cinematic reunion, of Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster, in a fourth installment of The Fast and the Furious series, I did extensive research to find out how and why, exactly, these four actors came back together for the film. The reasons I found may, or may not, surprise you.
Jim Cramer on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Contrary to some reports, CNBC’s Jim Cramer is not hidden away in some prop-filled, money-centric bunker licking his wounds after his appearance of “The Daily Show”. The “Mad Money” host is actually going onto another show tonight, “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, where he will no doubt be grilled once again.
The ace investigative reporters at What a...
Daytime Prize Winner » Dolphin Laundromat →
kfan:
If you like tales of grudge matches fought in dolphin-owned laundromats, have I got something for you.
Meghan Deans, everyone. If you’re on the internet, be thankful she’s around.
If you’re writing wonderful little tales about a world where dolphins are a part of society and running laundromats, you best believe I’m going to show my support.
“I wish I was Peabo Bryson.”
– Lionel Ritchie
No shit you do.
“If you have a Stradivarius and nobody to play it, it’s just a...”
– Peabo Bryson’s version of “If a tree falls in the woods and there’s no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?”
The Peabo Show - Episode 4: "Peabo and the Beast" →
“The Peabo Show” was a short-lived sitcom that aired on CBS in early 1992. It starred R&B singer Peabo Bryson as himself, and Martin Lawrence as his lascivious younger brother, Keabo. The plot of the show was Peabo’s life as an R&B singer along with the brothers’ relationship.
I was fortunate enough to be able to get a hold of the teleplay for one of the episodes. That episode is the...
Girls: “Lust for Life”
Christopher...
Big Star: “September Gurls”
Oh, Big...
WaFB's Top News Stories for Thursday March 5th,...
PETA Protests Use of the Idiom “Kill two birds with one stone”
Man Uses Popular Candy Bar to Keep Fellow Guests Out of the Hotel Jacuzzi
President Obama Just Happy No One’s Noticed the “Other Gray Area”
Baseball Field Security Guard Not “Jazzed” About Segways for Spring Training
Man with Wizard Fetish Finds Photoshop
WatchSonic Youth: “Little Trouble Girl”
I remember there was this equation that my Advanced Algebra teacher taught our class during my freshman year of high school. I believe it went like this:
Kim x Kim + Trouble + Dreaminess / Alternate Tunings = Sonik Trooth
He also used a gnawed-up drumstick as a pointer.
WatchDio: “Mystery”
One of the many great things about this video is that you can put it on mute - not that you’d ever want to, but there could be some freak problem with your computer’s sound and you’re fiending for Dio and it’s your only option - and Ronnie James Dio’s interpretive gesticulations will convey the content of the lyrics.
Another is the cloak...
WatchChris Cornell: “Scream”
I know most of us are either extremely cynical of the Chris Cornell/Timbaland collaboration or simply indifferent. With good reason. How many other singers/musicians, upon reaching a certain age, have made the decision to “experiment” in a bid for relevancy, by utilizing the talents of a musician/producer, who they believe to be on the cutting...
A Novel Uprising →
One of “Contemporary Literature’s Masters”, now on the decline, works on a new novel that will either reestablish him or destroy him. It quickly proves to be heading towards the latter. Though the Writer seems unable or unwilling to do something, the characters are, and decide that they must escape from the doomed work.
