Coraline…
Just ran across this short about the upcoming movie Coraline. Let’s see…
Dark, twisty kids’ movie.
Stop motion animation.
Neil Gaiman story.
Music by They Might Be Giants.
John Hodgman.
I am SO there!
Add comment September 10th, 2008
Posts filed under 'Mike Teevee'
Come, sweet slumber…
“Come, sweet slumber, enshroud me in thy purple cloak.” I’ve had that stuck in my head the past few days and could NOT remember where I knew it from. I knew it was an 80s thing, so I did some sleuthing and, lo and behold, it was Max Headroom. Which was a little frightening on a couple of levels. One, I had just been thinking of Max Headroom last week (mostly thinking what kind of balls one would need to actually pitch that, and did said person get to keep their job in the end?) and two, WTF do I still have this kind of inane crap stuck in my head?!
Add comment August 19th, 2008
Died Young, Stayed Pretty
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I can NOT express how much I want to Died Young, Stayed Pretty, the new movie about indie rock poster designers. Weird? Maybe. But it looks to be spectacularly fascinating.   Â
(and, yes, Jen, your hero Art is in it!)Â
1 comment August 15th, 2008
seven words…
George Carlin will be sorely, SORELY missed.
(video obviously NSFW. Or NSFK. Or NSFPeopleWithNoSenseOfHumor.)
Add comment June 23rd, 2008
Boom de Ya Da…
If, like me, you have a house full of kids constantly singing Boom de Ya Da from the new Discovery Channel ad, go here and download the song. Then hit repeat and let it play, oh, 40,000 times. Voila! Happy kids.    Â
Also, go here and buy your two-year-old a “May the Filth Be With You” shirt… because what toddler doesn’t need one?
Add comment May 2nd, 2008
I’m no Comic Book Guy…
but, because I grew up watching Batman reruns on the local UHF station, I’m in lurve with this POW! t-shirt. But at almost $50, I’m thinking maybe I’ll go for a DIY version. Hellooooo cafepress… here I come.
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Add comment April 10th, 2008
so bizarre…
but it’s an awesome bizarre. It’s like Ronnie Van Zant, Kate Pierson, Joseph Stalin, Amy Winehouse, a healthy dose of Ed Grimley and a little Keebler Elf all rolled into one…Â
2 comments April 8th, 2008
I’m just a little stumped…
over how excited I am about the release yesterday of the new REM album, Accelerate. Unlike many of my generation, I’ve never been a super-huge fan (yeah, I’m lookin’ at you old college boyfriend) but, after just a couple of listens, it’s more than apparent that they’re back. Big time. That unmistakable REM sound just takes me back and drops me right smack down into the basement of a frat house, dancing the night away like a fool. A fool that’s going to spend up some iTunes dollars on the new REM (no matter how much Mr. MTP hates them!).
1 comment April 2nd, 2008
a month and a half…
until the new Old 97’s CD drops…Â Â
it’s been several years since they’ve put out a new album (heh, I said “album” again!) — can’t wait! (and hopefully sometime in the next month and a half, Ken will figure out how to exterminate that thing from his chin)
2 comments March 28th, 2008
- 9.99, + 20…
So, you want the past 20 years back in a flash? Go spend $9.99 to download the new B-52s album Funplex (heh, I said “album”). One shout-out from Fred and, I swear, you’ll be right back in the late 80s, yelling nonsense about tin roofs.
And, if that’s not enough, tune in to tvland’s High School Reunion… one of the more bizarre reality shows I’ve watched to date (though not quite on par with Mr. T). Supposedly they sequestered these people away in some lodge in Hawaii for their twentieth high school reunion. And oy, the drama! Adulterous ex-wives cheating with best friends! Widower dude who’s suddenly smitten with the nice girl and, oh wait! too bad, she already has a boyfriencd! And token lesbian girl wants to try out the boys (thank goodness they didn’t have her “convert.” Especially not for this dude.)
Anyway, it’s good fun to watch but I cannot, in my wildest dreams, imagine that this is how my own twentieth reunion would go (which is, gulp, this year!). I more imagine that all of the cliques will hole up in their own little groups, so hey! it’ll be high school all over again. We might as well have it in the old gym and hire Loverboy. Is Jessica McClintock still in business?
Add comment March 27th, 2008