Something Shiny

It’s no Three Little Pigs, but Green Jelly’s The Bear Song has been on my mind lately and it happened to pop up on random from the Zune so I’ll post the video so all may enjoy it with me.

I don’t remember seeing this Quiznos ad back in the day

I’m pretty sure some of the hats are left over from:

I didn’t think Manimal was on long enough to warrant translation into any other languages, but here we are, Manimal in French. Skip to about 1:30 to see the amazing 80′s effects.

Anyone looking for a new karaoke song to add to their repertoire?

I have nothing to add…

Thanks, Chris Hardwick aka Nerdist.

I feel like I’m probably late to the game on this one, but I hadn’t seen it so maybe you haven’t either.

Sorry, but I couldn’t get this out of my head, so I’m sharing in the hope that, much like the video from The Ring passing on the curse makes you immune to it yourself.

I like the idea of Kirsten Dunst, but rarely anything she does. I like the idea of this video, but… well… the cover is a little weak.

Back in December, I’d wished the animatronic robots at Chuck E. Cheese would learn Dethklok’s Dethday song. Well, I had no idea the Rock-afire Explosion existed at that time. For those of you who are as clueless about them as I was 10 minutes ago, there are some videos from YouTube below. I don’t know the back story on these guys, but they’re animatronic entertainers that perform, well, not necessarily popular music, but well, just check them out for yourself.

Thanks to Radio K’s Rock and Rollover for blowing my mind.

I’d like to see the Chuck E. Cheese robots update their repertoire and add this:

Lyrics via AZLyrics

“Birthday Dethday”

Many years ago today something grew
inside of your mother…
That thing was you

YOU

YOU YOU YOU YOU

Did she scream did she cry
Only those that are born are the ones that
Get to die

One more year closer to dying
Rotting organs ripping grinding
Biological discordance
Birthday equals self abhorrence

Years keep passing aging always
Mutate into vapid slugs
Doctor gives a new perscription
Bullet in a fucking gun

One more year closer to dying
Plastic surgeons fuel the lying
You forget why you came in here
Your mind rots with every New Year

RSVP PLEASE
For the DETH of thee
You have little time
And you’re running out of life

Happy Birthday
You’re gonna die

Now you’re old and full of hatred
Take a pill to masturbatred
Children point to you and scream
Because they will become that thing

One more year of further suffering
There’s no point of fucking bluffing
Open up your DETHDAY present
It’s a box of fucking nothing

RSVP PLEASE
For the DETH of thee
You have little time
And you’re running out of life

DIE DIE
DETHDAY
BIRTHDAY
DETHDAY
DIE DIE
DETHDAY
BIRTHDAY
DETHDAY

RSVP PLEASE
For the DETH of thee
You have little time
And you’re running out of life

Happy Birthday
You’re gonna die

A couple cat related items came recently. Xkcd illustrates the technical complexity of making you laugh at some silly cat on the internet. The second item is a silly cat on the internet.

See how that ties in?

Ah, I remember the days when I nothing better to do than play Dungeons and Dragons (Advanced, 2nd Edition) on a weekend night. I still have nothing better to do, but at a certain age it becomes sad and/or creepy.

Via BoingBoing

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The Uptown Bar used to have some great shows “back in the day.” A wildly impressive list of bands that later made it big, I mean BIG. Eventually they dropped the live shows and later tried to pick them up again, but never managed to book much other than generally mediocre local bands.

The Current did a series of well done videos looking back on the heyday of live music at the Uptown. I really can’t say it enough, try to get out there this week before they close. It’s a historical site that may or may not come back. But regardless of whether or not it makes it back, it will never be the same.

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How is it that certain types of cliques are drawn to certain things, even when separated by an ocean? I’d agree that Guided by Voices isn’t exactly mainstream, although I’m not sure it’s exactly nerdy. Is there a substantial overlap between the Nerd Clique and the Indie Scenesters?

I’ll let you be the judge, here’s a sample of GBV: