I must admit, I have a strange fascination with Weird Al. No, it’s not the Riff Raff hunched over shoulder look… It’s the fact that he capitalized on something we were all thinking of and parlayed into a career. Nay, a veritable cottage industry. And, he’s managed to stay in touch with the kids, despite the fact that he’s 46 years old. The second album I ever bought was “Weird Al Yankovic In 3-D”. I crafted a character I played in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” based on Michael Richard’s Stanley Spadowski in UHF.
I should also say I like Eminem. No, not the persona of Eminem, arguing with Triumph is a bit too much. But ever since I picked up the “I Just Don’t Give A Fuck” single for free at Chicago’s Evil Clown Records, I knew this guy had moxie. Kinda like Rosanne or Madonna. He’s the guy you love to hate, but at the same time he’s churning out some pretty damn good music.
So it should come as no surprise that I find this entertaining.
- Listen to UHF: Spatula City
- Listen to Yoda
- Listen to Christmas at Ground Zero
Buy Hits of Weird Al Yankovic, Vol. 1 from Insound.
Say hello to Coca Cola’s newest pitchman, Jack White of the White Stripes, selling drinks to bovine America.
Raconteur indeed.
This brings to mind the late comedian Bill Hicks‘ rant about Jay Leno shilling Doritos when he obviously didn’t need the money. At one point in time Bill had considered Jay a great comedian and even a friend, afterall he had helped Hicks get his first TV appearance on Letterman, but the idea of Leno selling his soul in order to discuss inane topics with celebrities on late night TV was too much to bear.
- Listen to Bill Hicks’ Artistic Rollcall
- Listen to Bill Hicks’ Orange Drink
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By the way, Jack White, Brendan Benson and whoever the hell else is in the Raconteurs will be appearing at this summer’s Lollapalooza festival in Chicago… brought to you by Bud Light.
I am a big fan of the original British series The Office with Ricky Gervais and I was more than a bit skeptical when I heard an American version was planned. The first few episodes of NBC’s The Office, starring Stephen Carell, were almost word-for-word recastings, so I didn’t hold out much hope. But this season has been a pleasant surprise; the writing has been excellent (The Injury was a classic) and the show is really starting to hit its stride – as evidenced by the “April Fool’s” The More You Know PSAs that ran during the commercial breaks of this past Thursday’s episode.
Here’s “Thumb” featuring Dwight Shrute (Rainn Wilson).
You can watch more PSAs on the video section of NBC’s The Office website.
This may seem like a shameful plug for Web.com, but it’s actually a shameless plug for my sista-in-law who stars in their new commercial. Yay, Krista! You’re crazy!
How does Jack Bauer do it? How does he stay so alert yet so calm in the face of danger? Shots of Kopi Luwak? Cold showers? Foxy? Volcanic bong hits?!!
Nah, man. It’s the Kleptones. That earpiece he’s always got in? That’s not for talking to Chloe back at CTU. Those are earbuds and they’re for jamming out to 24 Hours.
The masters of the mash-up [A Night At The Hip-Hopera, Yoshimi Battles The Hip-Hop Robots] have returned with a 2-disc narrative spanning roughly the same amount of time it will take Jack to return from the dead, stop the Russian terrorists and repair his relationship with his estranged daughter. Initial Highlights Disc 1: 1150 Closer to the Boxer, 1800 War of Confusion.
Tracks and torrents are available the Kleptones site, and there’s also a video for the nine o’clock hour, 0900 Daft Purple.
Since Daft Purple samples Thomas Bangalter and Roy Davis, Jr.’s Rock Shock, here’s withoutsound (((friend))) Joel Lava’s video for the original track.