Archive for September, 2006

Little Brother - Atari 2600

I found this song on WFMU’s blog and as soon as I heard it, I knew I had to make a video for it. Bow before the awesome majesty of the Atari 2600 and bask in it’s glory.

Joe Jackson - Steppin Out

We are young but getting old before our time. We’ll leave the TV and the radio behind. Don’t you wonder what we’ll find? Steppin out tonight…

The Hunt

Italian 3D CG artist Marco Spitoni sure is putting out some nifty looking vids. Now I want to take up hunting giant killer robotic dragons.

The Beatles - Paperback Writer

In the 80’s MTV reaired these shoddily animated antics of the Fab Four on weekend mornings. I might have been the only one watching.

Hyperland

Set the wayback machine for 1990 where Douglas Adams speculates upon the possibilities of interactive media alongside Tom Baker.

The Police - Synchronicity II

I’m so fucking old that I remember when Sting was too busy being significant and culturally relevant to be bothered with settling right down into the middle of the road.

Studio 60 - Change the Channel

I’m not much of a fan of network TV, but I am a fan of Network. In the opening to Studio 60, the vastly underrated Judd Hirsch tells the truth just like Howard Beale.

Bruce Springsteen - The River

At this point in 1979, Springsteen looked for all the world to be the second coming of Dylan. I think this is one of his finest “everyman” ballads.

Zardoz - The Penis Is Evil

Zardoz is one of my favorite films of all time. I can’t explain why, but there is something so ludicrous about it that just makes me smile.

I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper

Sarah Brightman and company sure did take goofy novelty disco to an entirely new dimension. In space no one can hear your cheese.

Code Hunters

So MTV Asia gets gnarly stuff like this and we get garbage such as Laguna Beach and Parental Control? That just isn’t fair.

The Spanish Inquisition

This is probably my favorite sequence from any Mel Brooks film. Something about Tomás de Torquemada prancing around in Busby Berkeley fashion just appeals to me.

Little Superstar

I have absolutely no idea what movie this is from but damn, it sure it freaky. What in the holy name of Ganesh is going on here people?

Super Nerds

This Pilot from Posehn & Oswalt was probably just a little bit too geek-centric for network TV. I can relate to it a bit more than I’d like to admit.

The Doors - Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection. Send my credentials to the House of Detention. I got some friends inside.

Lazy Town - You’re A Pirate

Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day so have your inner scallywag batten down the hatches, lower the boom, and raise the misenmast.

Lil Bush - Hot Dog

See now, they are so darn cute when they are little and then everything starts to go down hill after they buy their way into office.

Parliament-Funkadelic - Mothership Connection

Put a glide in your stride, a dip in your hip and come up to the Mothership. There is no way your memory banks have forgotten this funk

Carlin On Campus

Still fucking funny after all these years

Carlin was one of the kings of HBO standup specials back in the eighties and this is one I watched a zillion times back then..

Destroy All Planets

Gamera, the worlds most powerful atomic turtle, does battle with a giant space squid because that is just what he does, man.

The Retro-Encabulator

Whenever a barescent skor motion is required, it may be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocating dingle arm to reduce sinusoidal depleneration.