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| Thursday Oct 27, 2005 | John Cage's Suite for Toy Pianoand the Loser's Lounge performance of The Zombies' "Butcher's Tale" got the toy piano going in the 20th century. But now, they're extensible. to Music by dha |
| Thursday May 8, 2003 | SuperHappyFun may be a dream
come true for the eclectic film buff. Have you ever wanted to see Skidoo,
Otto Preminger's attempt at an LSD picture, starring Jackie Gleason?
Frighteningly, I've actually seen it in a theater, but that's not the
point. (Sadly, I can't find a decent review on the web - try to find a
copy of Bad Movies We Love by Edward Margulies and Stephen Rebello, or
issue 6 of Shock
Cinema). Most fans of Aki Kaurismaki
have seen his film Leningrad Cowboys Go America. In fact, if you live
outside of Finland, it may be the only film of his you've seen
(although his latest was actually up for an oscar this year
- color me astounded). Few, however, have probably seen the sequel Leningrad Cowboys
Meet Moses. I know I haven't, although I've wanted to. Somewhere in
between we find William Klein's Mister Freedom
and the legendarily bad comic strip adaptation,
Dondi
(Yet another film with no decent web review). Sadly, if you don't know
what you're looking for, the site is a nightmare to navigate. Thank
[insert diety here] for the search box. Still, for some of the oddities
here, it's worth the work.
to Movies by dha |
| Monday Oct 22, 2001 | You've always wanted to conquer the world, but you've never quite been
able to find the cash. Well, fortunately for you, there's now a
source for the Evil
Genius on a Budget.
to Conspiracy by dha |
| Monday Sep 24, 2001 | Roy
Wood and the Wombles (Not to
be confused, naturally, with other Wombles). The
Wombles are - depending on what source I
look at - appear to be either bear-like things or rodent-like
things. They started as children's fiction, apparently, and became
recording artists. Roy Wood, on
the other hand, was a founder and main songwriter for the incredibly
influential band The
Move. Both have done songs about Christmas: Roy - "I Wish
It Could Be Christmas Every Day"(),
Wombles - "Wombling Merry Christmas". Now, due to... well,
some unknown force that we should all fear, we have "I Wish
It Could Be A Wombling Merry Christmas Everyday". There's
even a video.
What really frightens me is that I'm considering getting the CD.
to Music by dha |
| Tuesday Jun 19, 2001 | I'm still unsure if this guy is
serious (or not), but I am sure it has more "amen"
per word than anything else I've seen. Apparently, anyone who's not
part of his CHRISTIAN denomination (the Duck River Association of
Baptist Churches) is going to HELL, including
those "WAFER-GOD" worshiping Catholics. Examples of just
how few of us understand (his) God can be found on the "Messages from the
Damned" page.His FAQ is fascinating, telling
us that asking him why he believes the King James translation of the
bible is the real text is a "joke question" and
that his Jesus-promised girlfriend is a fast-food waitress in
Wisconsin, who has an unlisted number and who he can't visit because
he has no car - but we should give her his email address. It must be
interesting on his planet...
to Religion by dha |
| Friday Apr 13, 2001 | The cancellation of Doctor Who
by the BBC over a decade ago has left fans of the series a bit hungry
for more. Fortunately, people like The
Federation have been making fan videos "since the Reagan
administration". One of their recent efforts is to get some Doctor
Who out on the web. "Make a 6
minute video and we'll put it on our website!" they say. And they
have. Supposedly, one
of them isn't even a complete joke. Personally, I recommend the
6 Minute Time
Slacker video. If you're not screeching "FISHYSNAX" by the time
it's over, there's something wrong with you. to Television by dha |
| Tuesday Feb 6, 2001 | "Take the HAL 9000, mix in some Talking Moose, a little Bugs Bunny, a
Stooge or three, plus a whole lot of attitude and what do you get? DeskBots, the
robotic talking desktop companion!"
to Computing by dha |
| Wednesday Jan 17, 2001 | As someone with an actual philosophy degree, I've always wondered what
the hell I could do with it. Now I know. I
particularly like the Dorothy
Parker martini glasses and the Nietzsche and Van
Gogh (with removable ear!) Brainy
Beanies, although I may wait for them to make one of Wittgenstein. to Commerce by dha |
| Tuesday Jan 9, 2001 | It may be hard for These Kids Today to believe, but there was computer porn
before the public discovered the internet. to Computing by dha |
| Saturday Dec 30, 2000 | Miss the Cold War? Sure, we
all do! But do you realize how much of our film television
and music
is a direct result of nuclear
testing? to Culture by dha |
| Tuesday Dec 26, 2000 | It's not just old TV shows
that are being turned into movies (often bad ones), but
comics and cartoons. You can keep track of this at C2F. Sadly, the latest word on
the adaptation of Alan
Moore's The
Watchmen is not positive. to Movies by dha |
| Thursday Dec 21, 2000 | For those in extreme need of a hobby: see if you qualify to stalk William
Shatner.
to Television by dha |
| Monday Dec 4, 2000 | Finally, science comes through for us: Monkey Brains. to Science by dha |
| Be the leading light in your crowd by buying lots of really useless glowing stuff! to Commerce by dha |
| Sunday Dec 3, 2000 | With few, and admittedly borderline, exceptions (such as The
Munsters and Neil
Young), I had always thought that hearses were for dead people.
How wrong I was! to Transportation by dha |
| Monday Nov 27, 2000 | I'm picky about my malt
whiskies. I'm quite fond of the Dram
Select 21 year bottling, which you can actually get here in the
states without too much trouble. But for the connoisseur
there are few places more absorbing than the Covent Garden Whisky
Shop, located in (surprise!) London's Covent Garden.
Unfortunately, although you can buy on-line, the shipping
to the States is prohibitive. Good excuse for a trip overseas,
though. to Drugs by dha |
| Tuesday Nov 14, 2000 | I think the ordering instructions say it best: "...clearly state 'I
Need TitPillows'"
Hey, it's for charity! to Commerce by dha |
| Sunday Oct 29, 2000 | If you've got a rain of frogs on hand, Charles Fort
would have been the man to call. Unfortunately, he's dead. Even
though, given Fort's devotion to weird phenomena, that might not
actually stop him, it's fortunate that many have carried on the study of
Forteana. One of the best known
current sources of information in this area is The Fortean Times, a magazine
devoted to carrying on Fort's work. Sort of a Skeptical Inquirer for those not
quite so skeptical. to Occult by dha |
| "Quite simply, if you haven't seen this, your life is incomplete." This
quote about The
Curious Dr. Humpp really applies to the whole of the Something Weird video catalog. Something
for everyone (except possibly one's parents): Blaxsploitation trailers,
drive-in theater
intermission films and so much more! Oh, and, of course, pornography.
Frighteningly, they have started releasing DVDs. to Movies by dha |
| Tuesday Jul 11, 2000 | The Brothers Schlemiel may or
may not be the first serialized email novel, but it's certainly the
first one about the town of Chelm.
While you're there, read some of Mark Binder's other fiction,
such as The
Mr. Potato Head Murders or his cyber-novella, "How You Destroyed
The Entire World (Almost)". Heck, while you're at it, publish some of his
stuff.
to Books by dha |
| Friday Jun 2, 2000 | It's your chance to date Jesus! Ok,
maybe he's not really Jesus, but he does have "a lean swimmer's body
and a six-pack". You can even win a chance to shower with him! He even
provides a Frequently Asked
Questions document, which answers the immortal question "Do you know that you are going to go to Hell?" to Religion by dha |
| Wednesday Apr 19, 2000 | Sure, you're familiar with their dictatorships, but what about their
fashion
sense? to Fashion by dha |
| Letterboxing: Those black
bars you see on your television screen when watching some movies.
People both love and hate them. This guy, for
some reason beyond mortal ken, thinks they're a form of censorship.
Fortunately for the rest of us, it's fairly obvious that he's, um, a bit out of
touch. to Wackos by dha |
| Meme collision: Mahir
meets Doctor Who. I
believe I will go have a seizure now. to Memetics by dha |
| Monday Apr 17, 2000 | Finally! Being a geek is in! geekculture.com proves that
it's cool to be geek! Featuring Mind-Numbing
Magazine, Geek
Erotica and cartoons
beyond mere mortal ken, this is the place for the fashionably
nerdy. The odd thing is that I came to this through a t-shirt
link from the instrumental surf mailing
list. to Culture by dha |
| Sunday Apr 16, 2000 | As someone with a morbid fascination for interpersonal virtual train
wrecks, I thought Usenet was a good place for me. Boy, have I
been missing out! to Wackos by dha |
| Wednesday Apr 12, 2000 | Clearly, the need for data acquisition has gone much too far.
to Gadgets by dha |
| Monday Apr 10, 2000 | Finally! Yet another outlet for random complaints! Beefnut - from the people who bring
you Goats, showing, yet again, that
idle hands really are the Devil's playground. to Commentary by dha |
| Tuesday Apr 4, 2000 | Although I'm quite fond of dogs, the only pet I've ever had is a gerbil .
I'm so glad my favorite rodent appears to be a deity. It's
also
cool that it seems to have bestowed its blessing on the Satanic Hamster
Dance, although I'm not so sure about the Lime Jello... to Religion by dha |
| Monday Apr 3, 2000 | As a certified
(and possibly certifiable, but that's a different story) film
editor, I have some experience with what can go wrong in
post-production. I would not, however, be prepared for most of these horror
stories. to Movies by dha |
| Wednesday Mar 29, 2000 | I like breakfast cereal as much as the next person, but this seems a
bit obsessive. Nice to see the extensive Quisp
coverage, though. to Food by dha |
| It is unfortunate that Britain's premiere pop musician/poet Martin Newell isn't
more widely revered. Despite having such better known figures as
Captain
Sensible (late of the The
Damned) and Andy Partridge of XTC work with him, Newell has
trouble making a dent, particularly in the American market. Since
about 98% of Martin's output is out of print, you may have to send to
Germany
to feed your jangly habit.
to Music by dha |
| Wednesday Mar 22, 2000 | Like the rest of you, I hate having to explain what a jump
cut is when discussing Godard.
It is much better to point people with such questions to a glossary
of film terms.
to Movies by dha |
| Wednesday Mar 15, 2000 | The comforting thing about being a Doctor Who
fan is that there's always another one who's sadder or has way too much
time on their hands.
to Television by dha |
| Monday Mar 13, 2000 | Admit it. You know you want a porn film about a magical Tiki statue.
Catch up on the early career of Annie Sprinkle while you're at
it. All this and more at the Alpha Blue Archives.
to Sex by dha |
| Friday Mar 10, 2000 | It's truly impressive how William Shatner has resurrected his career by, uh,
I guess we can call it "singing"... Nevertheless, if you're like me, you don't watch
enough television to see those truly surreal ads on a regular basis - What to do??? Fortunately(?)
Priceline has put the ads on the web for us!
In both RealMedia and
QuickTime, no less.
to Media by dha |
| If you have that rare combination of a love for surf music and the urge
to be a secret agent, The
Penetrators are the band for you! Join the Southern Surf Syndicate
today! to Music by dha |
| As a memepool reader, you are doubtless aware of those old Hostess comic
book ads. What you may not know is that you can now write your own! The AntiWesley brings us
the Do
It YOURSELF Hostess Ads page - with the extra added attraction of O.
J. Simpson's ad for Dingo Boots! to Comics by dha |
| If you want a guitar that makes you look like you should be in
Man or Astroman, perhaps you should
consider getting a
Teuffelguitar!
They certainly look as though they should be played by non-humans... to Music by dha |
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