North Korean Friends
Coming this week on Pyongyang Mandatory Viewing Channel One is a brand new sitcom… North Korean Friends! Join Monica, Ross, Phoebe, Joey, Rachel, and Choi Chin-u every week as they grow up in the most wonderful city in the most wonderful country in the world discussing how much they love Kim Jong-un. Episodes will be set in and around Central Dirt Area, a hip and happening place to discuss how good it is not to have any coffee thanks to the wonderful leadership of Kim Jong-un. The first episode will air this Friday and is titled The One Where Everyone Loves Kim Jong-un. You are hereby instructed to consider this episode to be the finest thing you will have seen on your...
Animated GIFs
A lot of the time animated GIFs leave me cold; I think they’re pointless and irritating. But sometimes I see one and think “yeah, that’s pointless and irritating but it’s also got something else, something captivating, something indescribable, something gah! about it.” This is especially true if the animation looks like it was pulled straight from a VHS tape. Here are some animated GIFs that made me think that very thing from a recent perusal through my RSS feeds. I think it would be difficult to come up with any situation when they might be useful for illustrating some point now or in the future, and it’s equally difficult to know what possessed someone to turn them into GIFs in the first place. But someone did and for that I’m thankful. Sort...
John Barry Triple
So, someone on Facebook shared a video over the weekend of the theme music to The Black Hole. It’s a cracking film and most definitely not the sort of thing you’d normally associate with Disney. The music itself is pretty damn good too. But let us skip on to the next day… The following morning I awoke and there was a tune running through my head. It wasn’t from The Black Hole but was from James Bond. Not the standard theme or one of the movie title tracks either, but rather a snippet of music used in one of the films. The tune repeated and repeated and repeated and I couldn’t place the music. This necessitated a visit to Spotify and the skipping through of track on a James Bond music album by the always excellent City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (check them out if you like movie music). It didn’t take me long to discover the music I was after and when I did I couldn’t believe my ears. I’m very sorry. I’ve been reading too many Upworthy and Viral Nova headlines recently and appear to have become afflicted. Anyway, the composer for the Bond earworm was the same as that of The Black Hole theme: John Barry. Did my brain make the connection while I slept? Was it just a coincidence? I vowed to discover the truth! But I had a cup of tea instead and didn’t think about it any more. Until now! When I’ll also skip discovering the truth in favour of updating the site with one of my occasional threesomes of music video goodness (although less video goodness than usual this time) with tunes by that aforementioned composer. It’s lunch time, it’s raining, I can’t be bothered to go out today, so why not? Like anyone’s reading this. Why am I typing this? It’s quite therapeutic talking to yourself actually, don’t you find? Yes, I do, come to think of it. Although schizophrenic behaviour is a little more worrying. You’re telling me. Let us vow to merge personalities and never mention it again! Like we vowed to discover the truth behind the John Barry music? Exactly! I really hope nobody reads this. Er, three musical numbers from John Barry. The Black Hole The video that started the mental ball rolling. 007 Takes The Lektor From “From Russia With Love” and the earworm that infected my cranium. Midnight Cowboy Hey! I’m walking...
Star Trek Endings
Today I watched the final ever episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a mere fifteen years after it aired. The reason for the slight delay is one of bad luck and odd repeat-showing practices by the people in charge of such things. I never saw the final series of DS9 when it was first shown and every time I’ve seen the series being repeated, for some reason, the last season was never part of the cycle. Sure, I could have bought the last season on DVD but then I would have had to buy all of them because anybody who just purchases the final season of a television show gets put on a list of suspected psychopaths. That’s a fact. But anyway, SyFy finally came through and delivered season seven of Deep Space Nine and that meant that over the last few weeks I have finally, finally watched every single episode of every single Star Trek franchise. And… relax. And that means I can now give my thoughts about Deep Space Nine’s last season as well as a comparison of the endings of each of the series. Overall, I liked Deep Space Nine. The setting and general story arc worked well and if I were to rate the four non-TOS series (I’m not counting the original series because, well, I’m not and you can’t make me) in order of how much I liked them then – and this probably runs counter to a lot of people but that’s what makes the world a special place – for me it would be Enterprise, then Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and finally The Next Generation. Controversial, eh? As for the final season of Deep Space Nine itself there was one thing I didn’t like at all: Ezri Dax. Ezri Dax and all things Ezri Dax-related. The Worf/Jadzia/Ezri problem. The Ezri/Bashir love explosion. The counsellor on a warship bridge problem. The space sickness crap. The fact she looks younger than Nog. The acting using facial expressions (this is my confused face… and this is my worried face… and this is my worried and confused face). I didn’t buy into her at all. She was a decidedly weak link. I did like Vic Fontaine, though, but that may harbour back to my love of all things retro. And who doesn’t like a crooner? Nobody, that’s who. The one thing that really struck me about Vic, however, was how familiar he looked. At first I assumed he was a real singer but it took me a while to look him up (on those internets no less!) and that’s when I realised where I knew...
Cartoon Opening Titles Triple
Have three opening titles to cartoons I remember fondly from the 1980s. Dungeons and Dragons Always associated myself mostly with Venger. Ulysses 31 Probably my most favourite cartoon series as a kid. Some dark, dark storylines. Battle of the Planets Based on my social media presence I’m obligated to include...
Musicals Triple
Three videos featuring musical numbers from musicals – musicals being one of the best places to find musical numbers, I’ve found – for your delight. Unless you don’t like them. But why wouldn’t you like them? They’ve got singing and dancing, and everyone likes singing and dancing. Shipoopi From the musical The Music Man, a musical I’ve not actually seen and probably wouldn’t based on this video. Wait. I’m not selling this, am I? Look, I’ll be honest: I prefer Peter Griffin’s version but Family Guy’s not technically a musical so, well, there you go. Flash Bang Wallop From Half A Sixpence and referencing photography which means I love it. Me Ol’ Bamboo If you thought a musical number couldn’t sound more Cockney than the previous one from Tommy Steele then step back and feast your ear holes on this little beauty by Dick Van Dyke from Chitty Chitty Bang...
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