With that out of the way, holy shit. Pulirula! Chicks in spandex! Skateboarding! Totally Rad Magic! All melted together, in and out like you're on salvia. Or like someone is still learning how to work Video Toaster. Either way, awesome.
Seriously.. i've had quite enough hearsay and conspiracies about Mr. O-Bomb being the anti-christ. Personally, i'd be a bit disappointed knowing he was our supposed end-all... C'est la vie though, right?
This evening i had the pleasure of deleting well over 400 e-mail from my gmail account. While it was a grueling task i did happen to stumble on some old pictures, old intraweb gems and ran-dumb links. Since i've been currently looking for more inspiration it ended up being a pretty cathartic night.
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Feeling a bit dark? Although the engine is currently undergoing some upgrades (or some such nonsense) hone your black arts or grab some fishnets with Googoth. "The search engine with real bat chunks in it."
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If you're looking for something to help you in those debates on the drag with those wonder-twit scientologists.. well.. Here's a good start courtesy of Hubbard's son himself...
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The folks at Dewanatron Electronics surely make some fine instruments... Seriously dig around and watch the vid's...
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And after all said and done... because i'mma slacker and don't feel like writing out my feelings considering i've been procrastinating on design work (always an excellent excuse!)... i leave you with the BEST music video ever...
Holy crap this song is still making me chuckle! And I totally approve of the newest addition of 8-bit crunch to the multi-layer 4 cheese lasagna that is the music of Lemon Demon.
Man am I going to be tormenting my friends and loved ones with lines from this track in the next couple of days...
In case you've never heard of Neil Cicierega (aka Lemon Demon), he's the guy that, at 15 years old, invented the video technique/genre Animutation, and before he turned 20 releasd a track ("The Ultimate Showdown Of Ultimate Destiny") that became the #1 hit on The Dr.Demento Show for that year (video below).
Yet again, the Church of Scientology has taken a scrappy young talent, full of charisma, and turned him into a bucket of crazy...
Just kidding. This is actually "Wanderin'", the first video from the ill-received Neil Young album "Everybody's Rockin". This was part of a series of experiments he made in the early 80s (his previous album Trans was a fascinating synth and vocoder heavy project spawned by noticing that his cerebral palsy-afflicted son reacted better to his voice when filtered with a vocoder).
His record label (Geffen) sued him after this album for making "uncharacteristic and uncommercial" albums. Legend says this move cost them being able to sign R.E.M., who cut off all contact with the label during the lawsuit and were snapped up by Warner.
Neil Young got sued for sounding TOO LITTLE like himself. Two years later, John Fogerty (from Credence Clearwater Revival) got sued by his publisher for sounding TOO MUCH like himself.
I'm kinda glad the mainstream Music Recording Industry is on its last legs.
Funny thing is, I actually really like this song. But the video is hilarious. Noel is one funny looking dude. And check out the fresh dance moves! My favorite part is at the 1:20 mark, where he appears to suck down an entire cigarette in 6 seconds and then launch into a nicotine-derived epileptic fit at the 1:28 mark.
"Must... dance out... my pain on the rooftops!"
Check out the awesome Casio SK-1 solo at the 2:15 mark! Then again at the 4 minute mark!
And the ninja kick at the 3:45 mark! This video is full of win.
Man, does he miss that wispy Samantha Fox look-alike, forever tousling her bangs in the depths of his heart...
