Today is the 79th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s birth. To celebrate, enjoy the trailer for Bubba Ho Tep. And if you haven’t seen Bubba Ho Tep yet, why not?
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For Elvis’ Birthday: The Trailer for Bubba Ho Tep
Wednesday, January 8th, 2014Shoegazer Sunday: Tamaryn’s “Love Fade”
Sunday, December 29th, 2013Tamaryn (New York/LA/San Francisco by way of New Zealand) gets compared to Mazzy Star a lot, and you can hear that, but The Jesus and Mary Chain is another good point of comparison. Here’s “Love Fade”.
Merry Christmas!
Wednesday, December 25th, 2013To celebrate Christmas, here’s The Dropkick Murphys with “The Season’s Upon Us.”
Shoegaze Sunday: Swell Cover of Slowdive’s “Machine Gun”
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013Here’s an ethereal electronica cover of Slowdive’s “Machine Gun” by (if I’m decrypting the credits correctly) “Dick Isreal and The Soothsayer with Neon Signal.” So a teamup of three musical entities I’ve never heard of.
I think Amy Archibald is The Soothsayer, and has a beautiful (albeit highly processed) voice on this song. I’m guessing the “Lightwave” of the video title is the theoretical genre this belongs to. Whatever it is it’s very pretty…
Peter O’Toole, RIP: 1932-2013
Sunday, December 15th, 2013Acting legend Peter O’Toole has died at age 81. One of the greats, and one of my personal favorite actors, not only from Lawrence of Arabia, but as The Stunt Man, Lord Jim, The Lion in Winter, Beckett, My Favorite Year, and even his great, weird, twitchy turn in The Ruling Class.
Since everyone else in the world will have clips from Lawrence of Arabia, here’s an entire play O’Toole was in, Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, in which he plays a very talkative drunk writer (or perhaps a writing drunkard).
Shoegazer Sunday: Bailter Space’s “Robot World”
Sunday, December 15th, 2013Here’s New Zealand’s Baltier Space with the title track from their Robot World shoegaze album, which checks in on the crunchier side of classic shoegaze:
Insanely Awesome Japanese Lego Ball Machine
Friday, December 13th, 2013Happy Friday the 13th!
I’m not a LEGO fanatic, but I know two people who are, so I thought I’d put this up for them:
This is for Kurt Baty and Steve Jackson, who now need to step up their LEGO game…
New Godzilla Trailer
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013There’s a new Godzilla trailer out:
Points:
Mood: Cautious Optimism.
Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark
Friday, December 6th, 2013Thanks to the keen eye of SF Signal’s John DeNardo, we have word that the auteurs at The Asylum or offering their homage to Terror of MechaGodzilla: Mega Shark vs. Mecha Shark.
It looks like pretty much everything we’ve come to expect from The Asylum…
William Shatner’s Annual Warning Not To Set Yourself On Fire Frying a Turkey
Wednesday, November 27th, 2013Just as I’ve done the last two Thanksgivings, I bring you a public service announcement from William Shatner: try not to set yourself on fire while frying a turkey.
For those with low Shatner thresholds, the advice is:
If you’re going to fry a turkey, this is pretty sound advice.
The remix!