My Favorite Rabbit Since Bugs Bunny

I guess I’m behind the times on this one, which escaped my gaze a few years ago on the short animated circuit.  I am absolutely loving it right now.  Treating my cat for milial skin infections, and the sudden snowstorm has made me just want to snuggle up next to a fireplace and watch this on repeat.  Viva Run Wrake.  Brilliant.

Humdrum

There something so very correct about this piece.  It’s transcendent.

Alexis and I Take a Ride

So last Thursday, Thanksgiving, this event occurred rather spontaneously, but me and my beautiful, wonderful daughter Alexis enjoyed every second.  The Laugh to End All Laughs.  Griffen joined in as well, and at 1:51 mark, it turns into chase Mom, Rachel, the videographer.  Pure joy!

Lex also just turned seven.  Happy Birthday, Lexie!

Yes! Michael Anthony Vocals!

Way back when I was using AOL, there was a chat room that broke into a conversation about who should replace Sammy Hagar in Van Halen.  I immediately thought they should just give those duties to Michael Anthony.  His backups were always top notch.  This suggestion was met with a lot of agreement, and now we can hear just how cool that might have been.

This was recorded while Gary Cherone was touring with them, and for the performance of “Somebody Get Me A Doctor,” Cherone gave the mic to Anthony and assumed backup position.  Wish I woulda been there.

Moments

The Pulp Fiction Audio Mix

I would be a clod if I didn’t have this on here.  This is the coolest!  Take one Awesome Movie, listen to its soundtrack, incorporate the beat-tastic, musical, and other transitory sounds into a mix.  Then, to cap it off, show the clips from the sounds on a six-screen blender as your new creation plays.  Instant classic.

Dokken Hates Your Chicken

…or a reminder ~ don’t forget to keep your security up to date. (Sigh), is that really George Lynch?

Villains

Video editor “hh” put this montage together, featuring a pretty solid arrangement of the best human movie villains.  Set to an amazingly perfect song, East Hastings, he hits the mark squarely.  Let the insanity begin…

And the list -

Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem in No Country For Old Men)
Don Logan (Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast)

Max Cady (Robert De Niro in Cape Fear)
Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York)
Drexl Spivey (Gary Oldman in True Romance)
Gaear Grimsrud (Peter Stormare in Fargo)

Clarence Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith in Robocop)

John Ryder (Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher)
Captain Vidal (Sergi López in Pan’s Labyrinth)
Dr. Christian Szell (Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man)

Alonzo (Denzel Washington in Training Day)
Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen in Resevoir Dogs)
Colonel Kurtz (Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now)
Don Lope de Aguirre (Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, Wrath of God)

Zero Wolf (Raoul Trujillo in Apocalypto)
Kit (Martin Sheen in Badlands

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins in Psycho)

Michael Myers (Halloween)
Ray (Ray Winstone in Nil by Mouth)

Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale in American Psycho)
Aileen Wuornos (Charlize Theron in Monster)

Lord Summerisle (Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man)

Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
Frank Booth (Dennis Hooper in Blue Velvet)
Paul (Arno Frisch in Funny Games)

Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum in Night of the Hunter)

Snoop (Felicia Pearson in The Wire)
Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell in Death Proof)

Hans Grueber (Alan Rickman in Die Hard)
Mr Blonde (2nd appearance-Michael Madsen in Resevoir Dogs)
Aaron (Edward Norton in Primal Fear)
Tony Montana (Al Pacino in Scarface)

Jigsaw (Saw)

Alex Forrest (Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction)
Nicky Santoro (Joe Pesci in Casino)

Baby Jane Hudson (Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?)

Harry Lime (Orson Welles in The Third Man)
Nurse Ratchet (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)

The Joker (Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight)

Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates in Misery)

John Doe (Kevin Spacey in Seven)

Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter (Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs)

Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson in The Shining)
Alex (Malcom McDowell in A Clockwork Orange)

Behold The Metal Glory: Rail

The year was 1984, and the hair metal was flourishing.  My friend Bill and I were glued to MTV to catch all the Rattness, the Dio-tude, and the general mayhem associated with leather pants.  That was when Northwest upstarts Rail released their one and only album, a self-titled EP with 4 or 5 songs on it.  Bill and I loved this EP.

In the past several years, having long since lost that cassette tape of juicy goodness, I’ve vainly searched the tubes and tunes to find Rail.  It’s been awhile, but last night I went looking again, and YouTube has ‘em.  The two best songs, actually, if you’re into that kind of thing.  The sound is terrible, but the boys are there, rocking hard and smiling big in their boots and leathers.

1-2-3-4 Rock n’ Roll was their first video~

Fantasy was my personal favorite to jam in the car late at night~

Okay, I’m done.  Gonna go hide now.

SpiderPinkFloydPig

A perfectly creepy salute to the iconic album cover, with a macarbe version of Homer Simpson’s lamest joke ever for audio accompaniment.

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