Archive for September, 2007
William Shatner sings “Taxi” on “Dinah!”
Comments(0)Not as awful as “Rocket Man,” but still lethal . . .
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William Shatner Singing “Rocket Man”
Comments(0)Seen this already? Well see it again, because it never gets old . . .
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Comments(0)Learn a Language for Free with Mango
Forget Rosetta Stone. With Mango you can learn 11 languages for free! Signup is easy. Just supply an email address and you’re off!
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$250 Laptop Asus Eee PC
Ultra-portable, ultra cheap laptop hitting the market in early October. Great for kids.
Flash Demonstration: ASUS Eee PC
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Download Everything: Firefox Add-ons
A very handy list of Firefox plugins that will help you download anything and everything from the web. One they missed is Image Grabber, which lets you download hotlinked images on forums.
NYT’s 1000 Greatest Films
Originally published as a book in 2004. Predictably, there are some major stinkers included.
The King of Lists
Do you like lists? Well Piero Scaruffi is the king of lists. All kinds of lists. Best films lists. Best music lists. And he’s not predictable. A bit of a controversialist: he thinks The Beatles are a minor rock band!
The Great Buddy Rich!
What an astonishing virtuoso! Gene Krupa, no slouch himself, called him the greatest drummer ever.
Esquire’s Best Story
“‘Frank Sinatra Has a Cold‘ is a profile of Frank Sinatra written by Gay Talese for the April 1966 issue of Esquire. The article is one of the most famous pieces of magazine journalism and is often considered not only the greatest profile ever written of Frank Sinatra but one of the greatest celebrity profiles ever written. The profile is one of the seminal works of New Journalism and is still widely read, discussed and studied. In the 70th anniversary issue of Esquire Magazine in October 2003, the editors declared the piece the “Best Story Esquire Ever Published.”–Wikipedia
100 Best Horror Novels
Stephen Jones’ & Kim Newman’s 100 Best Horror Novels
“Picking the 100 best horror novels is, in fact, a bit harder that the 100 best science fiction books (there’s pretty good consensus on this list) or the 100 best fantasy books (there’s a lot of leeway for choice here). Horror spans more categories of fiction, involving all the major genres, as well as being a subset of “real” literature. Jones and Newman (a major horror writer in his own right) do a pretty good job, quibbleable as is to be expected, but offering a good basic list of horror novels, with the added bonus of brief commentaries on the works by important writers. So here we go.”–strangewords.com
David Hasselhoff is Hooked on a Feeling
And I’m hooked on watching people make asses of themselves . . .
W.C. Fields Juggling
In addition to being one of screendom’s funniest comedians, Fields was also an accomplished juggler and he’s actually in the Juggler’s Hall of Fame.
Sealand
The Principality of Sealand is an independent micronation (its nationhood status is disputed) situated on the abandoned World War II seafort HM Fort Roughs. Fort Roughs was built in World War II to protect the port of Harwich/Essex from German mine-laying aircraft. In the late-60’s it was “claimed” by Paddy Roy Bates.
Bates is a bit of an eccentric (he’s English after all) and soon after claiming Fort Roughs and naming it Sealand he gave his wife and himself royal titles. He actually sells noble titles over the internet, so if you’ve ever had a hankering to be a lord or a baroness this might be your best shot.
James Traficant Hearing
In 2002 he was indicted for taking campaign contributions for personal use. He’s now incarcerated in Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institution where he’s taken up painting.
Someone’s got to do this character justice and compile a comprehensive compilation of all his shenanigans going back to his years on the floor of the House, and all the ridiculous speeches he made. For now, we’ll have to make do with this.
Chad Everett Meets A Fan
This is taken from the outtakes included on the DVD of the documentary It’s Your News where Ron Simonsen, a mentally retarded man, realizes his lifelong dream of meeting Chad Everett of Medical Center fame!
David Pringle’s 100 Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Novels
“David Pringle is a master of science fiction bibliography and criticism. Some find him a bit of a Britophile, but we certainly don’t see any harm in that (if true). Here is his list of the 100 best science fiction novels of all time (through about 1984, when Everything Changed anyway). It is a strange list in many ways; there are no Van Vogt books, Asimov’s Foundation isn’t included, but it is a good list in most aspects.”–strangewords.com
David Pringle’s 100 Best Science Fiction Novels
“Another of David Pringle’s Best 100 books, this time taking on the fantasy genre. In addition, Pringle includes some alternate “best of” choices in his introduction, something missing in his previous Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels. So, here we go again, with another good basis of a reading list for the Compleat Fantasy Fan of the Modern persuasion.”–strangewords.com
And I’m Telling You–Lakisha Jones
Amazing power!
Nessun Dorma–Paul Potts
Sickeningly sappy, and soooo edited, but I’m a sucker . . .
Stuff Like That There–Kelly Clarkson
Great performance!
Natural Woman–Kelly Clarkson
If only she would eschew originality and stick to covers.
Freeware Games List
Many people are under the assumption that the only free games one can get legally aren’t worth playing. Not so, and Wikipedia’s Freeware Games List points the way to many freebie games that are cutting edge!
Jean Vigo’s Zero For Conduct
Vigo’s celebrated short film, made just before L’Atalante.
Meg Ryan on Parkinson
Parkinson has called this interview “a lesson in embarrassment . . . an essay in awkwardness. . . .” Meg Ryan doesn’t come off badly, though. It’s just a situation where two people have no chemistry.
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Take On Me
Probably my favorite music video of all time.
I Want To Know What Love Is
Foreigner’s power ballad masterpiece, and one of the best MTV videos ever. This is what the great–and still great–Lou Gramm looks like today (can you say, “hobbit”?).
