“Don’t make me look at your car again.”
The Larry Sanders Show : Hank’s Thoughts
I was just reminded of Adam Yauch’s nutzoid bass line for “Sabotage” when the Beastie Boys played the 1994 MTV Music Video Awards. 1:53, don’t sleep.
Let’s not forget about the time that Adam Yauch pulled the original “Kanye” at the VMAs (start watching around 2:30).
RIP the man who “had all the ideas for Star Wars.”
I’ve seen Beastie Boys live more than any other. I had tickets to their sold-out show in 2009 when they had to cancel due to Adam’s diagnosis. I remember listening to License to Ill on my Walkman until the tape wore out wondering why my parents let me be born in the Midwest instead of Brooklyn.
This is the first time I have ever cried when I heard about a celebrity death.
This video was a live performance in 2004 on The David Letterman Show. There had been some chatter about how they had run their course. I tuned in prepared to see them do their thing on the stage and kill it.
The performance started out with Mix Master Mike on stage and then quickly cut to the Boys emerging from the subway. One straight, uncut shot of them walking through NYC while performing. It was exhilarating. The quality of this video isn’t that great, but it is one of my favorite live music television moments.
RIP, Adam
Oh hey, here’s Shepard Smith being awesome about Romney’s statement on the Ging’s withdrawal. I AM GOING TO MISS REPUBLICAN PRIMARY SEASON SO MUCH.
Shepard Smith is a national treasure. A delight, even.
This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
I should probably watch this movie at some point, right?
No one will ever be able to convince me that The Hives are not one of the best live bands in the world. This is worth eight minutes and twenty-one seconds of your time.
Louis CK speaking truth into my life. ”On 20-year-olds and jobs”.
At this point, I feel like any commentary I could add to a Louis C.K. clip would be superfluous. He is the most brilliant, spot-on asshole in the world.
Wub-Wub Wednesday
Resistance Hardcore star trek DubStep by RipSoundRecordings
You guys, my love for dubstep is becoming dangerously unironic. That’s why Wednesdays on this blog are now Wub-Wub Wednesdays! Because going on YouTube and looking for shitty homemade dubstep based on things like Star Trek and Jurassic Park is the best use of my time!
One of the signs of a truly great bad dubstep remix is that the remix has almost nothing to do with the thing it’s supposed to be a remix of. Take this “Resistance Hardcore star trek DubStep,” for example. It is Star Trek-related in that it has some Star Trek dialogue in it, and the accompanying video consists of Star Trek movie footage.
And that is all.
And that is beautiful.
Snuff Box is on Netflix Instant now. If you haven’t seen it, you should really see it.
Sleigh Bells
“Comeback Kid”
Reign of Terror
And so, Sleigh Bells continues to be one of the only newfangled indie-type bands those damned kids seem to go nuts for nowadays that I actually kind of enjoy.
Just finished watching White Christmas, and I found this particular song to be much more enjoyable when you assume they’re singing about cocaine.
Chevelle
“Point #1”
Point #1
Ah, my teenage years.
I don’t typically listen to harder music anymore, but there are one or two bands that I will occasionally use to indulge my proverbial rock boner. One of those bands is Queens of the Stone Age, which is nothing to feel guilty about. One of the other bands, Chevelle, might be another story. While I don’t believe in feeling guilty about guilty pleasures, I acknowledge that they may, in fact, be a guilty pleasure. Shut up. Get offa me.
I still like this music video, though. Setting fire to people (SAFELY!) is always fun.
So, I’ve been working through The Larry Sanders Show for the first time, recently. It’s pretty great. I have a new appreciation for Jeffrey Tambor and Rip Torn, and a deeper hatred of Jeremy Piven. The most recent episode I watched featured Gene Siskel, John Ritter, and Warren Zevon as guest stars. Apparently, I find this really creepy.
It’s remarkably disconcerting to watch two recently* deceased people have a conversation with one another, as seen above. This took place only 18 years ago, yet no one in this scene is still of this world. Saying that about something from 1943? No big deal. From 1993? Kinda weird.
* I know it’s not technically recent. You know what I mean. I was alive for it.
