Speak like Kristen Stewart (a how to guide)
Posted: December 8, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
I’m always trying to figure out what bugs me so much about Kristen Stewart (even though, not being a watcher of the Twilight movies, I don’t actually see much of her). Well, I think this woman has pretty much nailed it in her how to speak like K-Stew guide with tips like “look nauseous.”
For the record, however, I disagree VEHEMENTLY with the statement that K-Stew is “hot.” It always makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills when people talk about this woman is though she’s a raving beauty. Look, she looks fine. I’m not mad at her looks. If you brought her out to dinner as your new girlfriend, I’d think she was cute. But the very idea that the WHOLE PLOT of Snow White and the Huntsman is supposed to be based around the notion that Kristen Stewart is better looking that Charlize Theron is so stupid it got fired from the M&M factory because it kept throwing out all the Ws. Just had to get that out there. (Video actually went up in July but I just discovered it via Doobybrain)
(Image: lukeford.net)
The Three Stooges movie trailer is perfect
Posted: December 7, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
People don’t know what they want. REALLY. They don’t know.
It’s probably very difficult to make a movie version of a property as beloved as The Three Stooges, and I never got The Three Stooges and kind of hate them, which means I can’t fairly judge this trailer for the Farrelly Brothers’ new movie.
But to me, it looks pretty much exactly like the Three Stooges, to perfection. Could this look more Stooges-y? Does that mean it looks good? It looks wretched. But it also looks perfect. People all over the web are saying it looks terrible as though there’s a way it could have been better. How on EARTH could this have been better?
It’s possible, I suppose, that because I am not a fan, there’s something I’m missing. Is the subtlety and nuance of the Stooges getting lost here? Was their oeuvre full of obscure references and one percenter jokes about Foucault or Plato’s Symposium and I TOTALLY MISSED IT? Were they giving over my head nods to physics or phenomenology? And now that subtlety has been lost?
Because if not, it’s a FARKING THREE STOOGES MOVIE. IT’S PERFECT.
Amazing, holy fark pole dance by Jenyne Butterfly
Posted: December 5, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
This is some pretty AMAZING pole dancing. For the record, I wish she’d done it to something other than Florence + The Machine, because I can’t STAND Florence + The Machine. But I guess there’s no way she could have known that, so I’ll let it go this time. But maybe next time we could go for some Yeezy?
This woman’s name is Jenyne Butterfly and she is an aerial performance artist and champion pole dancer.
This makes me feel like I need to do some sit-ups or something…but I think we all know I’m gonna have another hot chocolate with vodka and whipped cream.
India’s Got Talent is farking insane
Posted: November 30, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff, Uncategorized Leave a comment »
These dudes are everywhere on the web over the past couple of weeks. So, I can’t imagine you missed it, but if you have just woken up from a coma or returned from outer space (and in either case, congratulations!) The Warriors of Goja were recent contestants on India’s Got Talent.
They remind me of this guy my friend once had a one night stand with who used to hammer himself with nails and walk on swords and stuff, on stage, as part of a show. Those freakshow and sideshow things were everywhere in the 1990s. I won’t share either of their names because she is SUPER embarrassed about it and if I ever want to shut her up about anything I’ve ever done, all I have to do is remind her of it.
Anyway, I can’t figure out if the Warriors of Goja have a philosophy or anything but I can note that India’s Got Talent looks like a lot more fun than America’s Got Talent.
Porn star turned disco star Andrea True (More, More More) dead at 68
Posted: November 21, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, music, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
Andrea True, who had a major hit in 1976 with the song “More, More, More” (which I’ve been known to sing as “Mo, Mo, Mo” for my friend Mo, who is actually mentioned in the previous post) died earlier this month at age 68.
True was a well known porn star before hitting the disco scene with her group Andrea True Connection. She also released the singles “N.Y. You Got Me Dancing” in 1977 and “What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number” in 1978. Her third album tanked and she left the music industry and, according to Dangerous Minds, she’d been working as a psychic for a number of years.
According to the Kingston Daily Freeman, True died on November 7 of causes that have not been released.
The Freeman also says More, More, More is being used in a TV commercial for the Post cereal Honey Bunches of Oats.
Look at the kitty! Catvertising!
Posted: November 18, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
Look! A kitty!
A few months ago I read about a fascinating scientific discovery that showed that people are more likely to click on a picture of a cat than on a picture that is not of a cat (the above picture is of my cat, Kafka).
The Toronto Star reported that, “A cat in an ad will get 78 per cent more Facebook users to click through to your company website, according to the findings of Red Square Agency, an ad agency based in Mobile, Ala.”
So, this ever so clever video was made about an ad agency that decided to take it to the muthafuckin’ EXTREME!
Bonus: video has cats in it.
(Also, I think it might be made in Toronto. Not sure…did you make it?)
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON, TWO!!!
Posted: November 16, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
Yay. I was wondering when this would show up. You saw the first one, right?
Animation by Dean Fleischer-Camp and starring Jenny Slate (who was on SNL from 2009-2010) as Marcel.
There’s a book too, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me. If you like, you can buy it for me.
Bert & Ernie record TomTom GPS voiceover (behind the scenes footage)
Posted: November 15, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
I don’t drive but if I did I would want this as my GPS, even if Bert & Ernie sound crazy different from how they did when I was a kid. Apparently TomTom, which already has stars like Ozzy doing navigational voiceovers, is launching a Sesame Street line. Here’s a behind-the-scenes video of the recording session.
Darth Vader recorded his nav in 2010. (But the guy doesn’t sound like James Earl Jones. I don’t think it’s James Earl Jones….Update! It’s not him. Lorraine Muller of Montreal band Les Handclaps, sent me this link, so we know who it’s not, but not who it is. Onward… )
Mindblowing breakdance
Posted: November 15, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, music, pop culture, Random Stuff 1 Comment »Motherf’in’ are you kidding me? This kid is amazing.
This video makes me feel old and fat and inflexible and heavy and…other stuff…uncool, maybe. Kinda makes you feel like you need to cut down on the sandwiches and do some stretching, huh?
The director’s name is Alex Yde and he is from Bretagne, France. He’s got a Vimeo channel here.
INCREDIBLE, inspiring acapella version of John Cage’s 4’33″
Posted: November 14, 2011 Filed under: Entertainment, music, pop culture, Random Stuff Leave a comment »
I know, I know. If you know me, I have shown you this before. But it just cracks me the fark up.
