Category: Music

What sort of nut-job gives their kid the middle name “Hellion” (meaning

“troublemaker”)? Bruce Glover, that’s who. Bruce Glover played one of

the two creepiest guys who tried to kill James Bond: Mr. Wint, of Mr.

Wint and Mr. Kidd, the creepy-geek assassins from Diamonds are Forever:

    

Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd. Mr. Kidd is holding the “bombe surprise” from the end of the movie.

Here’s the final video treat starring Crispin Glover: a video of the song Ben from the remake of the movie Willard [PG-13:

no nudity, Disney-fied creepy, cleavage and rats, rats, rats!]. The

video gets bonus marks from me for all-out surrealism, the lingerie

girls and…yes…accordion!

In the original movie, the track was performed by Michael Jackson, so

in the end, it’s full creepy-freak celebrity-on-creepy-freak celebrity

action!

 (I would so love to see Messrs. Jackson and Glover perform Ebony and Ivory. Wouldn’t you?)

Click on the image below to go to the site with the videos,

which are available in many sizes and in both QuickTime and Windows

Media.

“It’s okay, dude. ‘Hanging a rat’ is a figure of speech.”

For your enjoyment, here’s the video for the song Clowny Clown Clown [4.4. MB Windows Media, enclosure], which comes off Crispin Glover’s 1989 album, Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution. The Solution = Let It Be.

It features two Crispin Glovers: one with Brylcreemed hair and a suit and  the

long-haired version, dressed exactly the same way he did on his

“freak-out” appearance on Late Night with David Letterman.

If you have a clown phobia, this video will only make things worse.

The video is safe for work, but weeeeeeeeeird.

Are you on a coffee break right now? Take a look at this mesmerizing stick-in-your-brain Flash song-and-dance animation.

WARNING: Loud, silly techno music — you might want to turn down your computer speakers first!

Click on the image to see the Flash animation. It will stick your brain — you were warned!

For your listening pleasure: a cute little Christmas ditty called What Can You Get a Wookie for Christmas? [4.7 MB MP3 file, included as enclosure with this entry.]

Chanukah started last night at sundown, so happy Chanukah to all my Jewish homies and a double-happy Chanukah to Wendy! (I’m having Chanukah brunch at her parents’ place on Sunday.)

Don’t know what Chanukah is? Read this comic, Is It the Jewish Christmas? complete with special appearance by Judah Maccabee, the original Hebrew Hammer!

In case you missed ’em, you can download Adam Sandler’s Chanukah Song (parts 1 and 2) from this entry.

I like Philip Greenspun’s pronounciation of the holiday best: “chuh-NOO-kah”.

In celebration, may I direct you to this Chanukah-ized remix of Outkast’s Hey Ya? My favourite bit: the “shake it” break, which they turned into:

It’s a busy day at work, so I’ll leave it to another fine comic book to entertain you.

Long before Law and Order, CSI and their various spin-offs liberally took inspiration for their plotlines from news headlines, another methodical investigator’s stories were written the same way: Batman.

If you’re too young to have heard of the “Paul is Dead” hoax surrounding the Beatles, here’s the quick version: in late 1969, a rumour began to circulate that Paul McCartney had died in a traffic accident and that a look-alike had taken his place. For fans with an investigative bent, the Beatles are purported to have left clues all over their albums — in their lyrics, in the album art and even in backwards-masked vocals.

A few months later, this Batman comic book hit the stands:

Doesn’t the “World’s Greatest Detective” have better mysteries to solve?

In the comic book, the Beatles are now the Oliver Twists, whose singles include a number called Pink Submarine (which, to the modern reader — or someone like me, who’s watched waaaay too much Beavis and Butt-Head — seems disturbingly phallic, especially in light of the fact that we think Robin’s more than just Bruce Wayne’s ward). Paul McCartney’s fictional doppelganger is Saul Cartwright, who dressed as if he’s raided Magneto’s closet:

I think Marilyn Manson has that cape too.

Saul always carries his “mini recorder” in case musical inspiration strikes. Ah, the clunky flair of 1970’s technology!

Speaking of seventies clunkiness, check out this poor attempt at making Robin (who’s in college at this point) sound hip:

I groove crappy dialogue when I see it.

Batman doesn’t groove, Robin, he deduces

Want to see what happens? Is Saul really dead? Did successful businessmen wear orange shirts with black oxford stripes paired with blue ties in the 1970’s? Why do Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson “dress for dinner”? And why in the same room? And what’s up with this…?

My bum clenched involuntarily after I read this panel.

Download the comic [4.1 MB .zip file]. If you have one of those programs that can read .cbz files (like CDisplay for Windows or FFView for Mac OS X), change the filename extension of the file from .zip to .cbz.

I’m a little busy at the moment, so in the meantime, why not download

these lovely holiday tunes that I’ve attached to this entry? They are:

• Sarah Silverman: Give the Jew Girl Toys

  Quite possibly the best Christmas rock/pop song in a long time. I dedicate this tune with a shout-out to Wendy.

  (Note: Sarah Silverman was Star Trek: Voyager’s cutest guest star, IMHO.)

• Adam Sandler: The Chanukah Song and The Chanukah Song Part II

  These have already acheived classic status.

• Stryper: Winter Wonderland

  The premier Christian hair-metal band of the 1980s take on this classic carol; everybody loses.

On what day did the Lord create Stryper, and couldn’t He have rested then?

(Podcast-type people: the MP3 files are included in this entry as enclosures.)

Click here to see the page with the attached MP3 files.