1988 in retrospect doesn’t seem to shape up as a great year for great films, but oh boy am I missing seeing some very highly rated movies. Still a lot of the comedies from that year are ones I think back about and still find very funny. I need to rewatch a bunch of them. HAVE SEEN: Die Hard, Scrooged, Beetlejuice, Rain Man, Who Framed Roger … Continue reading My Favorite: Movies: 1988
I don’t know how much credit is given to him, but Weird Al basically inspired a whole musical subgenre, Nerdcore, with his parodies of rap music that focused on suburban, middle class, well nerdy, subjects. He’s had three fairly large hit songs parodying rap songs and his last one, White & Nerdy was a top ten hit, a Platinum single according to the RIAA. Amish Paradise … Continue reading Weird Al Raps… Really!
This is turning into a whole week of Weird Al posts I guess. There’s a whole string of parodies Al did in the nineties where he took a popular song and then made fun not just the song and the band but a whole bunch of other pop culture stuff. More of a blender, shotgun approach. Smells Like Nirvana parodies the ur grunge song but … Continue reading Weird Al Finds The Force
I had forgotten how Michael Jackson MADE Weird Al. If Michael Jackson hadn’t gotten to be such a huge pop star — in a way I’m not sure anyone growing up in the 21st Century will understand – – than Weird Al might not have broken as big as he did in parodying two of Jackson’s hit songs: Beat It and Bad. Both songs from … Continue reading Thank You Michael Jackson for Weird Al
1987 wasn’t a bad year. I graduated from high school and some pretty memorable movies came out. The Untouchables is easily my favorite movie from that year – a stylish dynamic crime thriller with brilliant performances from Robert DeNiro, Sean Connery and yes, Kevin Costner. This had to have been one of Andy Garcia’s first roles, right? Everybody in the movie is quite good. The … Continue reading My Favorite: Movies: 1987
I read The Gutters — I have never closely followed the “comic book” industry though so sometimes the jokes and pokes escape me. The art is almost always nicely done though! Anyhow today’s jumped out at me — I have an ongoing interest in issues related to copyright, trademark, etc (even grouping all of that together as “intellectual property” is contentious to one side of … Continue reading Guttersniping
As a kid and than a teenager I loved Weird Al songs and most of the time I felt largely embarrassed by my love of Weird Al songs. I still would probably be reticent to bring up all of my pop culture enthusiasms with everyone I know. I had these pockets of compartmentalization in my life even then – things I liked where I just … Continue reading Weird Memories of Weird Al
It’s been a busy time at the x-household this weekend. Kids went rock climbing last night which went amazingly well until younger x girl bumped her chin on the wall at the last minute. She was fine but I hope it’s not the thing she remembers from the experience. Pancake breakfast this morning, sledding on the snow followed by the indoor soccer game (they won!). … Continue reading Donuts for Lunch? Sure why not
(Some earlier discussion of Fables in this post and this post) Fables: The Dark Ages feels like the final final to the big epic “war” storyline of the Fables comic books. It’s a great tale, fantastic comic — anyone who enjoys playing with myth and meta-ing out on existing stories would love this stuff for sure (Like Jasper Fford? You’ll amost certainly like Fables). So … Continue reading Bookmark: Fables
Exactly what movies have been in David Willis’ DVD player lately? Alternate title for this post — Hot for Teacher. Continue reading Bow-chicka-bow-bow
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