Whoever wins...

I promise I'll do a more substantial post sooner or later, but this just made me laugh, so it gets posted.

That Mitchell and Webb Post

A Mimi joint

Ok, you know what's weird? That a couple of years ago, Spike Lee made a short film about/starring Mariah frickin' Carey.



I mean, am I the only one who finds this odd, who doesn't immediately lump those two together in their head? I mean, I just find it jarring considering some of the subjects of Lee's other, feature films, no?

Oh, and ignore the bullshit about a free iPhone too. Sorry, but this is the only version of this video that I could find online.

Real Riot Grrls

Pussy Superstar

Tsk, that's annoying. One of my all-time favourite fan-made music videos has apparently disappeared from the internet. If anyone finds a surprisingly well-edited-together music video for Jack Off Jill's "Strawberry Gashes" featuring Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel (note: not this one) please send it this way.

In the meantime, I did discover this video that I'd somehow never seen before whilst I was searching.

Word!

I've mentioned before that I am so sick of being called close-minded because I don't believe in ghosts or whatever, especially considering the absolute irony that most people who hold supernatural beliefs unconditionally are practicing a kind of absolute close-mindedness themselves.

But hey, why listen to me when you can listen to this:

(Dresden) Doll parts

Well, I'm not quite certain what's going on with Amanda Palmer right now. It appears she is still with Roadrunner Records, but is actively trying to get dropped by them. Hey, she's even written them a song to that effect:



One thing that this song does address is the fact that the Dresden Dolls/Amanda Palmer really don't fit with Roadrunner Records' overall style, which is something I've noted since I first started listening to them/her. After all, does she sound like she belongs on the same label as Slipknot, Killswitch Engage and Hatebreed?

Oh, and just for fun, here's the Dresden Dolls being interviewed by Simon Amstell at the 2005 O2 Wireless festival, where I actually saw them performing the song that they sing here.

Man-eaters

I could go on for days about all of the nonsense presented in the first clip above. As for the second, that bell idea is so weird that it absolutely intrigues me. Imagine if they still employed that in cinemas today. It's pretty distractingly fourth-wall-breaking though, no?

A couple of videos that have me practically wetting myself

Not really a "debate" as such

An oldie but a goodie, this video. I very well may never have seen such a great discrepancy in intelligence between two adult human beings.



There are so many things to criticise here that I barely know where to begin, although the "yeah, I can say that Hitler is representative of all atheists [??] but you can't say that the Inquisition is representative of all Christians, that's just fairness" shtick that O'Reilly brings up at one point is pretty remarkable. OMGWTFBBQ!?

Also, check out this amazing blog for some atheism/lolcat fun.

I'm so predictable...

Youtube vidoes connected by nothing other than the fact that they amuse me

LGBT issues in 20th century/contemporary Unites States...

...presented in the form of a pair of musicals. Enjoy!*

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

That "what else does the Bible say, Jesus?" cracks me up every time.

*but more importantly, learn!

Trektacular

Over at Siskoid's Blog of Geekery, the always eminently readable Siskoid has just finished up his two-year (or so) blogging project of reviewing every single episode of Star Trek from beginning to end, posting a new review every day. Just so we're clear, that's over 700 episodes of Star Trek in all its various television and movie incarnations (bar the new film that doesn't come out until next year, of course). An incredibly geeky "bravo" to him, not just for this achievement, but for making it so enjoyable and interesting for his readers throughout.

[Insert witty segue into loosely connected youtube vid here]

 

Some franchises don't need your money, only your love

Sometimes, despite what people may say about supposed new spin-offs, new tv series, movies or comics...

...I think that Buffy doesn't really need any more "official" material. The fandom is keeping it alive and well all by itself.

(Suggested further reading)

I know I'm a sinner but I can't say "no..."

It can hardly be said that I'm a "fan" of Tegan & Sara, although this is predominantly through my incredible ignorance of almost all of their body of work, rather than any kind of actual distaste for what I've heard. No, my own taste in music seems to hover between the obscure-and-probably-rightly-so and the actually-very-popular-yet-maintaining-illusion-of-obscurity stuff, I never seem to get right down the middle and hit that vein of indie rock royalty, which is where acts like Tegan & Sara seem to lie.

Still, I recently stumbled upon several youtube vids of them performing covers of a certain Weezer song which is definitely my current earworm du jour. I pretty much could not have asked for a more entertaining match of song and cover artist.

Loving this (and other vids featuring the same phenomenon) so much!

More Divynls!

Two very different takes on Sleeping Beauty

I'm a huge fairy tale geek and a Queen Adreena fan, so this music video by Daisy Chainsaw - the proto-Queen Adreena - for "Hope Your Dreams Come True" is pretty much one of my favourite things ever. The story is taken from Angela Carter's subversive take on Sleeping Beauty: "The Lady of the House of Love" aka "Vampirella," in which the vampiric Beauty is essentially asleep until a fresh, virginal victim boy awakens her.

And from the sublime to the ridiculous, here's a slightly different take on a more "adult" Sleeping Beauty:

Ok, I lied about that being my last post for today

Troma-tastic.