European Music Video Triple
I should really try to update this site more often other than simply putting up photos nobody cares about. I can’t help it. I like my camera. Also: Google+ is surprisingly engaging. For me. My time: it is being sapped. Anyhoo… here, have some music videos as a cheap way of keeping the site “fresh” and “yeah” and “Hannah Montana”. I have no idea what I’m talking about any longer. Duel – Propaganda Les Rita Mitsouko – Le Petit Train (Fat Freddy Remix) Whale – Hobo Humpin’ Slobo...
Classic Hip Hop Triple
Time for another trio of music videos. No need for a big write up here; it’s – quite simply – some true classics of hip hop. In my mind. Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock – It Takes Two Young MC – Know How (Stanton Warriors Remix) I’d never heard this mix before but it is flipping (yeah, that’s right, I said “flipping”) sweet 3rd Bass – Pop Goes The...
Hollywood Goes Japanese
The fact that some of Hollywood’s biggest and – occasionally – best actors and actresses appear in adverts around the world is something that most people familiar with the movie industry are all too aware of. Arnold Schwarzenegger famously advertised a pro-drugs campaign in Mozambique with the tagline “I’ll be crack”; Drew Barrymore was the face of Mexico’s most prestigious beauty treatment company Mayanbelline (“maybe she’s born with it!”) during the 1990s; the list goes on and on. For decades Japan has been the second largest user and abuser of Hollywood stars (after Qatar) and its fascination with such ‘A’-list celebrities as Matt Damon and Clint Howard has helped these actors through the lean years of low paydays as a direct result of rampant piracy. But it’s probably less well-known that in addition to television and newspaper ads many western stars also regularly appear in Japanese movies, albeit with dubbed voices. On my most recent trip abroad I managed to pick up copies of three such films featuring some all-too-familiar faces. Jodie Foster has made a nice living playing the popular superhero character of Happy Pink Weapon Girl since 1993 in a series of adventures about a girl who loves pink so much she ends up falling in love with it and becoming fused with pink power. If that doesn’t make sense to you then remember: this is a Japanese film we’re talking about. David Lynch doesn’t even watch Japanese films because they give him headaches. Happy Pink Weapon Girl fights all the non-pink things that are wrong in the world and this typically involves men in blue suits, flying gorillas, and her arch-nemesis Captain Sausage. The latest film in the franchise – Happy Pink Weapon Girl VI: Electric Speed Fight – takes place entirely on Captain Sausage’s supersonic maglev train that travels without rail tracks across all the islands of Japan shooting babies at single women. Subtlety has not made it into Japanese cinema yet. A newcomer to Japanese cinema is actress Jessica Simpson who has so far only appeared in one movie but it just so happened to be the largest grossing movie in Asia in 2010. The movie in question is Jessica Simpson Is Eaten By Monsters and consists entirely of thirty monsters taking it in turns to catch, eat, and then regurgitate Jessica Simpson for the next monster that comes along. The simple concept and repetitive yet enjoyable storyline wowed and thrilled eastern cinemagoers to such an extent that there were riots in Osaka when the actress scheduled a personal appearance at the main cineplex there but owing to a mix-up with airline bookings flew...
Nasir Triple
I used to love the TV series Robin of Sherwood despite a couple of flaws: Maid Marian… ginger Maid Marian… Much, the miller’s son, alternatively known as Much, the ineffective, whiny, retarded sub-moron On the other hand, it had far more positives: Ray Winstone as Will Scarlet Kevin Costner-free Nickolas Grace as the Sheriff of Nottingham Paganism and sorcery Not the 2006 BBC series Robin Hood But the thing I liked most was the character of Nasir, the Saracen assassin played by Mark Ryan. Two swords. Two curved swords. You have no idea how much I wished I had two curved swords strapped to my back at all times. In fact, I still want two curved swords strapped to my back. But I can’t, because this is England and the Health and Safety Executive would go all medieval siege engine on my Saracenny assassiny ways. Damn them to hell! Nasir versus Robin Nasir versus Sarak Nasir versus the...
Led Zeppelin Triple
It’s been a while since I put a trio of videos up on a weekend and that’s because I’m forgetful and lazy. However, today I went swimming for the first time in months in a bid to be marginally less lazy. It was hard work. I’m not designed for swimming. I’m more of your blimp-like swimmer. And not the buoyant kind of blimp either. The dense, heavy kind of blimp that struggles to stay above the water. Which is why I’ve picked Led Zeppelin for today’s triple taste of video goodness. Enjoy, while I wheeze over here in the corner. Kashmir Whole Lotta Love Over The Hills And Far...
Rapture Time Triple
The Rapture is almost upon us – if you believe one of the many, many, many determinations of the timing of this fictional event from one of the many, many, many variations of the fictional account of the life of the fictional Jesus in the all-too-real dross that is the Bible – and that means just one thing: website owners will want to embed Blondie’s 1981 hit Rapture in their sites because of the hilarious pun! Website owners aren’t renowned for their wit or originality. On a related note: Fun Boy Three – The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum Napoleon XIV – They’re Coming To Take Me...
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