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July 15, 2005
Video Killed The Blog Star
I missed most of this week with work; I'm going to miss most of the next week out on a much needed vacation. But I got your back, my friends -- I'll leave you with this pair of videos for your viewing pleasure.
1. Total Eclipse of The Heart. A friend of mine at work (who asked to be anonymized as "Hubert Cumberland" when I mentioned wanting to blog of this and make them 'famous'... so wish granted, Hubie) sent this to me. You know, I always thought "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" was a vaguely disturbing and somewhat destructive song... but that was before I saw this performance of it by Hurra Torpedo. Geez, between these guys and the Gert Johnnys, what the hell is in the water in Scandanavia?
You know, you really haven't lived until you've seen a band featuring a lead singer with a deep baritone voice and Grizzly Adams beard, a percussionist who seems to want to look like Janis Joplin and playing the oven and the kitchen sink, and a weird scrawny dude who looks like Carrot Top and wearing a blue jumpsuit that hangs around his ass smashing a stove top... covering Bonnie Tyler.
I'll actually give the oven-ist credit... given that he's got kitchen appliances for instruments, he actually keeps a decent beat with a variety of sounds.
The internet is still really $&*@!ing weird, man,
2. Dubya: The Movie Dave in California, knowing I'd appreciate the sentiment behind it, sent me this movie... and I think it's a front runner for this year's Oscars.
Ever wonder what Barney Fife injected with neocon serum and run by Karl Rove might look like? Ladies and Gentlemen, it's "Dubya: The Movie"... starring Don Knotts.
And yes, I do realize that this is not a realistic depiction of George W. Bush... there's no way that Don Knotts could act clueless enough or with enough bravado to be W.
I'm out, kids. Catch up with you in a few.
Comments
When the "Total Eclipse" video was loading I could swear that was Will Ferrel with that faux-Amish beard of his on lead guitar.
But OH MY GOD I haven't seen anything that funny since the "More Cowbell" skit here: http://mknx.com/v/cowbell.wmv
Posted by: Ethan McCarty at July 18, 2005 11:45 PM
