One beautiful mind thought to swap out Cylons and Vipers in place of Spike Jonez’ 70’s fueled bucket of kick-ass that was the Beastie Boys’ iconic Sabotage video, and all I can say is: THANK YOU.
Beats the everloving s$%! out of that half-assed “All Along the Watchtower” cover, don’t it?
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| | | | Honestly, on first hearing that Corey Haim died of an apparent drug overdose my first reaction was “Huh, he was still alive?” It might be too kind to call Haim a star, but for those grew up in the late 80’s or early 90’s it’s hard to not to recognize his impact on pop culture. In honor of the passing of half of “the Corey’s,” here’s classic clip of Haim and his hetero-life mate Corey Feldman discussing their roles in Lost Boys.
Because no matter what my mood may be, you bring me things like this:
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Just get back to your box by midnight or else you’ll turn into a can of beans.
…I said you were.”*
For those of you curious what teh monkey sounds like when I’m rambling on and on about engagement on the internet, I contributed to a discussion on the state of online comments today on KCUR’s ‘Up to Date’. You can listen to the broadcast here (my call kicks in at the 25:15 mark), but what prompted my own engagement was the notion that somehow the comment threads on most news sites were an in-salvageable mess of trolls and griefers with only the rarest gem.
Those of you who spent time with our precursor site Transbuddha (yes, yes, we’re still working on putting the archives up) know that we know from trolls and griefers, but I’ve long been proud of the quality and tone of the conversations coming from you, our dear semi-anonymous internet pals. And I know that it was our deciding to take part in those discussions that made it so rewarding, and had no small part in our decision to forge ahead under the new banner of dadsbigplan.
So thank you for that, and thank for all the kind welcome-backs you’ve thrown our way. I can’t possibly convey how much that support has meant not only to me personally, but to Alex and Alan as well.
As an aside, my cell phone dropped the call just seconds after I finished the last sentence you hear from me. Thanks, Verizon! Thanks for robbing me of local public radio infamy!
*100 “Holy Crap You Know Your Movies” points if anyone can tell me what that headline was lifted from…
| | | | I’ve been seeing a couple of these pics around the ‘net for a while now, but now My Modern Net has a nice full collection of Adrian Tranquilli’s super-hero sculptures definitely worth checking out (including this awesome Spider-Man wall sculpture that belongs on my wall).
| | | | I would spend some time setting up these clips from 1987’s Deadly Prey, but words simply will not do it justice.
The World’s Most Action Packed Action Movie (via Caveman Circus)
| | | | To help promote the new Clash of the Titans flick Warner Bros. has released two little flash games, Scorpioch Strike and Medusa’s Curse, just for you. There’s nothing here to bowl you over, but if you are one of the folks looking forward to this remake you might want to give them a couple moments of your time.
Ignoring the sociopolitical commentary inherent in replacing American soldiers in an iconic patriotic tableau with Nazi-analogue storm troopers, this is a pretty cool little painting.
(by Ryan Jampole)
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