SNL still has hope sometimes....

As evidenced by this skit from last week's episode, which parodies the trailer for the Gathering of the Juggalos event that was so hilarious a couple of months ago....



See? they CAN be funny once in a while! I had almost completely lost hope.....

Now that Thanksgiving is over...

...we can legally play Christmas music.

Anyway, the Men's chorale sang this at my school's Christmas concert a couple years ago. It wasn't on the program, which was the best part haha. The director sat down after they finished their last song and were supposed to leave, but then one of the students ran down and started off this piece. We're singing it again this year, only it will be on the program this time.


We got the song from a group called "Straight No Chaser" who is from Indiana University, I believe. They were the first to do it. You'll see that they do it a bit differently, including an a capella rendition (with the lyrics changed to suit Christmas) of Africa by Toto.


...annnnnnd just because Africa is such a great 80s song, and because I know you're not sick of listening to choir music, here is a mixed choir rendition of it. They create this rainstorm effect by snapping their fingers and hitting their legs and finally the thunder by jumping on their risers. It's a bit cheesy, but if you can get over the cheese factor it's actually pretty cool. I'm not convinced that the thunder sound is completely from the risers, though...

OK Go makes the best videos

even if their songs are sometimes a bit iffy, the band does videos RIGHT. observe:



Edit: Gah, you can't embed the video. So go to YouTube itself and watch. It's rad.

Awesome, right? Well HOW THE HELL DID THEY DO THAT?

this is how. They were nice enough to do a behind the scenes video. And you CAN embed it. bam.



I wish I was that creative. le sigh.

And people say Twilight isn't good literature...

Here are some facts that a friend of mine showed me about that piece of crap ... wonderfully written ... Oh who am I kidding? We all hate that freaking book. I don't know how accurate they are, but they're quite entertaining:

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Number of Pages in the Book: 498
The First Hint of a Plot that Is Not Bella and Edward's Romance: page 328
When the Plot Actually Arrives: page 372

Boys that Totally Love Bella (Including Edward Cullen): 5

Approximate Amount of Time Bella and Edward are Romantically Involved Before Bella Is Begging Edward to Turn Her into a Vampire so They Can Be Together Forever: Like, two weeks. Maybe three. The timeline's a bit fuzzy.

References to Edward's Beauty: 165

Broken Down into the following categories -

* Face: 24 (Favorite adjectives: glorious, heavenly, seraphic)
* Voice: 20 (The voice of an archangel, donchaknow.)
* Eyes: 17
* Movement: 11
* Smile: 10
* Teeth: 8
* Muscles: 7
* Skin: 7 (Note: This only contains accounts of Edward's skin being beautiful. I didn't count references to it as "pale," "cold," or "white." If I had, this number would be about ten times larger.)
* Iron Strength or Limbs: 5
* Breath: 4 (EVEN HIS BREATH IS AMAZING.)
* Scent: 4
* Laughter: 3
* Handwriting: 2
* Chest: 2
* Driving Skills: 1


The Number of Times...

* Bella Is Clumsy or Makes a Reference to Her Clumsiness: 26
* Bella Sneers at Forks or Its Inhabitants: 22
* Bella is "Dazzled" or Rendered Speechless by Edward's Beauty or Touch: 17
* Edward Tells Bella to Stay Away from Him While Completely Contradicting Himself with His Behavior: 16
* Bella is Utterly Desolate at Edward's Absence: 12
* Edward and Bella Kiss: 8
o Bella's Hormones Get the Better of Her and She Attacks Edward, Almost Causing Him to Eat Her: 2 (She's not even allowed to kiss him back! Where's the fun in that?)
o Edward's Kiss Makes Bella Faint: 1
o Edward's Kiss Makes Bella's Heart Literally Stop: 1
* Bella Thinks She Isn't Good Enough for Edward: 6
* Edward Is Referred to As Godlike: 5 (Note: This number might be off, as I didn't start counting until three or four mentions in.)
* Edward Tells Bella She's Unnatural: 5
* Edward Sparkles: 3
* Bella is in Mortal Danger: 3
o Edward Saves Bella from Mortal Danger: 3
* Edward Stalks Bella, For Real: 2 (Note: One of these instances involves watching her sleep every night for, like, months.)
* Bella says "Holy Crow!": 2
* Bella and Edward Argue About Who Loves the Other Most: 1
* Edward's Inability to Read Bella's Mind is Explained: 0

sELF rocks, this is pretty accurate too

This is pretty cool...sELF was a very underrated band from the mid 1990's. Basically just Matt Mahaffee, the band released some pretty rad albums....this is from Ornament & Crime, an album that wasn't actually released. Thanks to the Internet, of course, this is hosted somewhere. It's the last track on that album....and it's a pretty accurate depiction of LA radio...ahha

Autotune Explained....with Weird Al!

The folks at Know Your Meme put together this information and funny video highlighting the exploitation of Auto-Tune in popular music today...check it out! There's even a little snippet of Eenie Meenie's own Wallpaper. and their remix of Jay-Z's "Death to Autotune" song....cool!

This video is great.

No, really. It's fabulous. The plot is just fantastic.

The Internet is Amazing

Umm.....where to begin? What/who/why is this? I have no clue. This guy's look reminds me of...



Chris Tucker from the 5th Element.

Not that that helps explain what the hell is going on in this video/song....but....it's entertaining, to say the least.

Them Crooked Vultures finally have a real song out

and here it is:



If anyone still cares, that is. The hype seems to have died down, as they just teased us for months until now, when there's finally a real full song out....and it's pretty cool.

I'll admit I'm not as super excited as I was two months ago, but I'm still looking forward to hearing the album and seeing them live.

jazz... and beatboxing?

I've never heard of Iiro Rantala or his new trio, but it's certainly an interesting combination: Piano, Guitar... and Beatboxing. They're completely different personalities, and it's great. It's really a fun song, but it feels a bit more like a jam session to me. Anyway, check it out:


Iiro Rantala New Trio - Shit Catapult

You're welcome....

for this:



:)

Where the Wild Things Are

Maybe it’s just me, but I have been waiting for this movie to come out for months. I had movietickets.com open daily to check when the midnight tickets went on sale. I searched the internet for hours to find the perfect onesie pajama (unfortunately they were backordered by the time I found the one I wanted so I didn’t have it last night http://www.theirongategallery.com/Wild-Things-Wolf-Pajamas_p_592.html ). I made a special trip to Barnes and Noble to read the book so I had a fresh memory of what happened. Basically, I prepared myself to be disappointed.

I went to the theater last night really excited and ready for a seriously amazing movie, but in the back of my mind preparing myself for disappointment. The crowd certainly did not disappoint, dozens of people dressing up as Max and there was even a guy dressed up in a huge wild thing outfit (the head alone was bigger than me). When we all got in the theater and the clock struck 12 a guy stood up and yelled “Let the wild rumpus start!” to which the whole audience erupted in cheers.

Anyway, getting to the movie. It was amazing. One of the most heartfelt and touching movies I’ve ever seen. I never cry at the movies, but this one had me really close and brought several of my friends and my twin brother to tears. From the opening scene to the last scene you can’t help but love Max and everything he does. Even when he is being mean to his mom, like when he stands up on the counter and yells, “Woman! Feed me!” you just laugh. I think the only thing I didn’t like about this movie was his magical ability to find his way home at the end, but I can live with that. Seriously, everyone needs to see this movie. I promise you you will love it. If you don’t, there’s something wrong with you.

Same as it ever was....

YES.

The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Talking Heads' concert film Stop Making Sense is out this week. I want it. You want it. Everyone wants it.