M Ward

Fine song from fellow Portland resident M Ward:

Art Brut

Mike, my brother in law has been talking about Art Brut to me for the past six months, and for some reason, they just clicked with me today. They might not be for everyone, but they're clicking with me today.

Fantastic Planet

I love this movie.



Saw it first on late night cable in the 80s.

http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue105/classic.html

Baker Street

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street

Justin Timberlake does something good

80s Isuzu commercial

Awesome Show Good Job

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/timanderic/index.html

Cornelius - Fit song

Cornelius has some good, twisted, electronic music, and the video for this song lives up to the music.

A twisted christmas

Ding Fries are Done

Tyra goes ape

don't date robots!

all the cats join in

Bushy

Three Little Bops

The age of Consent

Indian Thriller!

Rubens Tube - Physics at work

Honesty

how she gets to look beautiful

trojan horse!

white and nerdy

Uncle Tom's Apartment

Ever wonder what Ted Lange from the Love Boat has been up to lately?

best choreography ever

neon city

Mac Commercial Spoof

Those Crazy Russians

deal a day sites

There are many "deal a day" sites out there, but my favorite by far is Woot.com.

If you'd like to check out a few others, go here.

Flatlife

Via: VideoSift

boom boom bada

Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager

meteor strike!

more lordi - finnish monster rock

Solve problems like Zidane!

Hifana - Wamono

What happend to the guys from ABBA

Ha Cha!

rubber band ball bounce

F-em all

New desktop UI

giggity goo

Crazy

666 - A good day for Maiden & Slayer

and a little angel of death

History of Oil

Chico Science & Nacao Zumbi - Maracatu Atomico

Zanini - Tu veux ou tu veux pas

bad darth bad

slap it silly

Ninja on Net Neutrality

go beatbox go

Evolution of dance

Live performance of the first level of Super Mario

Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents Dinner

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

My Big Cups

Random links

Eviltree

Net Disaster

crimes against the art of writing

research

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Self Assembling Chair

For those times when you really want to throw your dinner party guests on the ground, but don't want to bother with gluing back together all of the broken furniture.

The Decider - Koo Koo Kachoo

Let's all parody the President, the President, the President.
Let's all parody the President.
All the live long day!

The Decider

You gotta love me tender, really you just gotta

The Easter Bunny Hates You

He will chase you down, then beat you down. Why? That's just the way the he rolls.

The Specials - A Message To You Rudy

Ultraman!

Lambrett Twist

Oh I wish that every product had it's own theme song. I can see the Shell Oil Swing and the Eggo Tango coming to a TV near you!

Cake Pony

There is something oh, so incredibly wrong with this site. I don't know what, but it's just not right...

Cake Pony

The Art of Motion

Choco Party! Good! Good!

Escher Audi Commercial

This French site has posted an interesting Audi car commercial that uses some of the reality bending techniques that MC Escher used. Cool stuff.

It's a comic takedown

Liberty Meadows

Acid!

Here comes Dr. Tran!

"Manly" gymnastics

Growing up with younger sisters, I was always being drug around to their after school activities. I always thought that the flips, flops and swinging around that was done into the "pit" was a blast. My enthusiasm was stymied by the mere fact that I was continually told that I was too tall. Heck, I by my own admission, I was way too uncoordinated too! Well, I gotta admire this fellow, and his flippin' antics:

Most amazing octopus camoflage

Must be seen to be believed.

My first baby

When I was in junior high I saved up money from my paper route and helped purchase my first computer, a high-end Atari 800. This machine was superior to the Vic 20, and on par with the Commodore 64. Heck, I actually preferred it to the Commodore line of products. Atari's version of Basic was easy to use and was fun to create programs, and even type in programs from magazines such as Antic.

After a year or two, my machine was fully expanded to 48k of memory with two floppy disk drives. Mmmmm that was the shiznik.

One of these days I'm going to pick me up a used machine to relive my childhood.

Check 'em out.

Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman is an author who has grown from his initial medium of graphic novels up to his current status as a great novelist and screenwriter. I grew up reading his Sandman series of graphic novels, and am currently in the middle of his most recent novel, Anansi Boys.

I just discovered today that in addition to all of his other work, he also keeps a blog. Wonder how long he will be able to keep that up with the numerous directions that he's pulled every day.

Kung Fu FU!

Sometimes I think that mentally I'm still a 14-year old boy. This little video cracked me up.

Kung-fu FU!

Simpsons in the flesh

If you ever wondered what it would be like to see the simpsons in the flesh, check out this entire remake of the opening credits to the show:

Da Da Da Da Dum De dum dum dum da da dum

Another Brick in the Wall Videos

Music videos are an interesting media to me. Even though MTV has turned tail and has developed the most insipid form of entertainment, they were at the head of the game in the 80s with videos. In this day and age, music videos can be considered mainstream media. That being said, it's still one area where artists can go off in pretty much any tanget, and still have it be viewed by thousands of people. I recently found a site that posts links to an enormous number of online videos. Spend some time browsing and I'm willing to bet that you'll find something that you never expected.
Another Brick In The Wall

Rediscovering MC Solaar

It's always been a hobby of mine to peruse the used bins of my local record store. There's nothing quite like the feeling of finding a CD that brings back memories of a time gone by. MC Solaar's CD Prose Combat does that for me. It reminds me of a time in my life when I had very little responsibilities and spent a ton of time relaxing on the front porch of my rented house. The song "Obsolete" can still get my rump shakin'.

Hermione loves her butterbeer

My, oh my. The call of sweet beer has reached its hand down to 15 year old Hermione.

More vintage photography

Always a fan of found object art, vintage snapshots give insight into the human condition like no other. Square America publishes found photographs from over the years that are often as well as poignant.

Stuff on my cat

This site is one of those viral sites that has made its way around, but it's always fun to go back and revisit an old favorite. Pardon me, but I'm off to go and put stuff on my litte friend.

www.stuffonmycat.com

Photographer Portfolio - Matthew Mahon

Long ago, in the dark ages, I was educated as a photographer. I no longer take pictures for a living, but always have had a soft spot in my heart for talented people that are able to make it into a career. Matthew Mahon has a unique style and a fun online portfolio to match. I highly recommend spending a few moments poking around his site, and be sure to click on the little head superimposed on some photos - doing so calls in little puppets of matthew and his assistent to give you more details about the photo.

When you need hot bunny action

No, not that kind of bunny. These are animated bunnies giving you the Cliff's Notes version of your favorite movie classics. There's just something incredibly special about seeing an alien baby pop out of an infected bunny.

Dig it.

Boo Boo Lives

Through the heroic efforts of her owner, Boo Boo the chicken has been given the breath of life by her Arkadelphia owner. I think that I'd just make a yummy soup.

What Would Chewy Blog?

I can appreciate a well-written missive as much as the next guy. Chewy gets straight to the point and tells it like it is.

http://rrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnhhhh.blogspot.com/

Hinoi featuring Koriki

I'm sure that even in Japan a guy running around in a red Speedo with a gold cape is considered somewhat strange. I'm at a loss for words.

Tegan and Sara

Tegan Rain and Sara Kiersten Quin are Calgary natives that have been turning out tunes for the past three years or so. I've just been turned-on to their CD So Jealous, and was immediately drawn in to their catchy lyrics and rock instrumentation. They have been described as a "Twin teen folk act," but they are much more than that. Their pop sensibilities are tinged with an indie feeling, but not so much that it won't appeal to the OC crowd. A worthy listen.

Tegan and Sara - Walking with a ghost

Pearls Before Swine

For a few years now, one of my favorite comic strips has been Pearls Before Swine. The simply drawn strip has animal characters with straightforward names. The pleasingly dense Pig and the over the top sadistic Rat come into contact with a host of other characters - Zebra, Croc, etc. Rat even recently discovered the narcissistic joy of blogging.

I subscribe to the online comics provider, comics.com who sends me a daily email of my favorite syndicated comics, this one included. Since I'm a bit of a comic hound, I also subscribe to
mycomicspage.com where I'm also able to select from a slew of comics. It's from this second site that I'm also able to get an almost daily dose of political comics - some of which can really hit the spot. I think that this is what helped me through the last presidential election - masking my pain with all of the laughter. I highly recommend both of these services, as they were the main reason I ever subscribed to the newspaper anyway.

Houseplant Picture Studio

Very soon, the web shall bid a fond adieu to one of my favorite places to waste time, Houseplant Picture Studio. A veritable bounty of found art, this site collects images found at flea markets, thrift stores, and basements across the country. I was hit with a strong wave of nostalgia recently when they posted a whole series of photographs from Dayton in the 70s. I don't normally get nostalgic, but the hairstyles, facial hair and general body shapes of people took me back. If you were to take the same photos today, you'd have shorter hair, no mustaches and much much fatter people.

Today: The Comic

Here's a fun concept - take a current news story and turn it into a comic. Sounds like what political cartoons do, right? Well, the fine fellows (or fellow?) over at Today: The Comic pulls out all of the stops to create a fun bi-weekly comic ripped directly from the headlines. You'll read all about how Osama Bin Laden's niece posed for racy pictures, as well as other fun tidbits like how a man recently died because he dodged some flying shrimp at a Japanese restaurant. Sounds like something from The Onion, but no, these come from real stories of the weird. Oh, the fun you will have.

And be sure to pick up your very own custom trucker cap.

One Self

DJ Vadim's new project isn't really your typical DJ Vadim. The new One Self project includes Yarah Bravo and Blu Rm 13 and comes together sounding like a modern day Digible Planets to me. The one place that the new project has over on the 'Planets is that Yarah Bravo can actually rap in time. I always loved the general style of Digable Planets, but it drove me nuts that they couldn't actually pull themselves out of their overly-stoned state to rap with the beat. I remember seeing a show in the mid 90's where Spearhead opened up for Digable Planets, and Michael Franti's crew just blew the Planets off the stage. You know you suck when the opening band puts you to shame.

One Self has grooves that draw you in, and is well worth the purchase price. At very least, be sure to check out the single "Bluebird" it draws you in and will surely have your head bobbing with the funky beat.

Ugly Duckling

Where have I been? I just heard the hip-hop group Ugly Duckling for the first time today.

This three piece group reminds me of the fun old house party days, back when most people still referred to the genre as "rap." Their CD Taste the Secret reminds me of the early Pharcyde CD Bizarre Ride II mixed in with a little House of Pain style white-boy rap - complete with little skits between and often during the songs.

The beats are infectious and catchy. You'll surely be tapping your toes to the beat. As for lasting power, I'm willing to bet that I won't be listening to this CD from beginning to end many times. The skits get kindof annoying after a while, but there are a number of songs that I'll put into other mixes, including my favorite, Rio de Janeiro. Find it in the used bin and you'll have some fun with it.