ITEM: Y’all remember the “United Breaks Guitars” music video? Well, here’s a Downfall mashup (above) — possibly one of the best I’ve seen in a while. ITEM: Coming out of the Bryon White Courthouse in downtown Denver this afternoon, I saw this protest going on in front of the Federal Building across the street: In […]
EARLY MORNING LINKS — they’ll still be brief, because I’m still busy ITEM: The mainstream media tells us how to cope with difficult times: eat more candy (NY Times), play more (USA Today). No, really. ITEM: Think of it as evolution in action: Josh Freeze comes up with a novel (and brilliant) tiered pricing structure […]
. . . will be later today. Right now, it’s Tuesday morning, so it must be link time: President Obama’s War on Business continues. As I noted yesterday, I’m not happy with the AIG payout, but it is both unseemly and dangerous to have the President of the United States singling out and using taxpayer […]
…to the ridiculous. Orin Kerr, over at the Volokh Conspiracy, is attempting to find (and I quote) “the single cheesiest Lawrence Welk clip on YouTube.” Here’s his current nominee: Let’s see: ridiculous outfits — check. Ridiculous dance moves — check. A bland orchestra rendition of a Captain & Tennille song that manages to remove whatever […]
Hmm…. Was it in tune? The Baldwin piano discovered in the Bells Neck woods appears to be in perfect working condition and had a matching bench as if it had recently been played. The piano was discovered Saturday by a woman walking along a path inside a conservation area at the woods. Another question police […]
Featuring some of the worst lip syncing and most embarrassing dance moves ever seen, even in a 60s music video: Still, I must confess I’ve always liked the song. Hat tip to the lovely and erudite Ann Althouse. ..bruce w..
Joe Cocker’s cover of “A Little Help from My Friends” at Woodstock in 1969 is legendary for both his spasmotic gyrations and the incomprehensibility of his lyrics. It’s just remarkable fun to watch and listen to (and now you’ll know where John Belushi got those moves from). But now — and I have to assumue […]
Video o’ the day: (Here are the lyrics if you need them.) I find this video particularly endearing because the lead girl looks (dresses, acts, reads, etc.) so much like my 22-year-old daughter Salem (except Salem [aka Emily] is cuter). Hat tip to Bad Astronomy. ..bruce w..
I’m a fan of Howard Phillip Lovecraft, not because I think he was a great writer (his prose is a bit purple by today’s standards), but because he really was the father of 20th Century post-Gothic horror. Sadly, all the film adaptations of Lovecraft’s work to date have been mediocre at best and usually wretched, […]
Video o’ the day
This has been showing up in various places; I finally watched it and was moved: An observation on the closing song. Back in the summer of 2001, my wife Sandra and I attended the graduation from US Army boot camp (Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri) of our daughter Heather, who had joined the Utah Army National […]
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