Video Of The Week: Rage Against The Machine

It may have been too long since I last featured Rage Against The Machine, so I thought I could show them from yet another single from their 1999 masterpiece The Battle Of Los Angeles, this time with Guerilla Radio, directed by Honey (the husband-and-wife directing duo of Laura Kelly and Nicholas Brooks:

It's a parody of the early-to-mid 1990s Gap ads directed by Pedro Romhanyi where people would dance around in the brand's clothing in a white backdrop while the "hip" music of the day (among which punk band Rancid) ran in the background. Instead, RATM use the video to criticize the garment industry.

Porn Music

Funniest And Most Honest Video This Week

Once more, courtesy of Cassetteboy, this time with a remix of BBC News footage:



Prime Minister David Cameron once again made the cut.

Funniest And Most Honest Video Of The Week

Courtesy of Cassetteboy:



Ironic that it comes right after Prime Minister David Cameron (the subject of the video) made video parodies legal and protected speech...

Best 1980s Toys Parody: Cockmasters

Unexplained fire and explosions? Check.
Over-hyped kids talking too fast? Check.
Toys at war with no clear definition of what makes one side ''good'' and the other side ''bad''? Check.
Avalanche of phallic symbols? Check.

R.I.P. Dave Brockie, a.k.a. Oderus Urungus (Of Gwar)

I wasn't the biggest fan of Gwar (I prefered their half-cousin band Green Jellÿ as a kid), but I did love the spectacle that accompanied them whether they were playing a show, doing interviews, or appearing on Jerry Springer...

And, to be honest, as far as heavy metal slapstick goes, Scumdogs Of The Universe (1990) and This Toilet Earth (1994) are pretty much classics, and are still listenable today - provided you know what you're getting into (which is the story of alien characters here to kill off the human race and spread sex and violence).

Their long-time lead vocalist (and one-time bassist and/or guitarist) Dave Brockie, a.k.a. Oderus Urungus was found dead in his apartment yesterday. Though he wasn't the first member to die while an active member (guitarist Cory Smoot, who had portrayed the now-retired character Flattus Maximus since 2002, was found dead by his fellow band members in the band's tour bus in 2011). But Brockie was the lone original member left, the voice of the band - both in song and in the public eye.

NSFW: Olympic Sex, Sochi Edition

Who knew The Onion could be so accurate not only in their parodies but also reporting non-fiction?


Olympic Village Tour: See Where The Athletes Live, Train And Fuck Each Other

Of course, not only are Olympians receiving 100,000 condoms  for their two weeks - as usual - this time around, there's also a phone app designed to make matchmaking even more efficient, Tinder. So much so that some athletes, like Jamie Anderson, have had to uninstall it so they could concentrate on their events and win medals.

One thing's for sure, every athlete's spouse who stayed behind at home is probably wondering exactly how much sex is going on... and also secretly hoping never to find out.

Rob Ford Re-Enacted

Superb Parody

I'll give you a choice today, between watching this parody of Jay-Z & Alicia Keys' Empire State Of Mind referring to Newark rather than New York, either as a stand-alone piece of art:



... or through a side-by-side comparison with the original:



The verdict?

Epic Win. A+

Fallon Does Vedder In Tribute To Jeremy Lin

Jimmy Fallon can't remember the lines he writes for himself, can't really read, is awful at telling jokes and not really excellent at interviewing people either.

But he can sure do music impressions.

Last night, in a tribute to both Jeremy Lin and Pearl Jam, he did an impression of Eddie Vedder circa 1992 that was spot-on, to say the least...

Career-Altering Mistakes

It had been a while since a page from Cracked.com made me laugh this much.

Here, they list 5 film celebs who have made dramatic mistakes that have forever altered their careers. I agree with just about everything - except omitting Delirious in Eddie Murphy's credits.

Half-Funny Will Ferrrell Skit

Out of the Osama Bin Laden's Death parodies, though, it definitely ranks in the top-whatever so far, though.

President Bush Reacts to Osama Bin Laden's Death with Will Ferrell from Will Ferrell

Context. Antoine Dodson. Hide Your Kids.

In case you didn't get what the title of my last post referred to, I decided to revisit a terrible crime (or attempted crime) that became a tremendously catchy song thanks to the magic of Auto-tune.

The back-story: there was a break-in in Madison County, AL, but instead of trying to steal stuff, the alleged criminal crawled into the bed of a sleeping Kelly Dodson and tried to rape her. Her brother, Antoine Dodson, came in to help, but the criminal escaped.

Then the media heard of the story and TV reporters were dispatched on the scene. Antoine proved to be highly quotable, and The Gregory Brothers remixed his voice into one of their catchy songs, fast-tracking Dodson to web immortality.

Here it is, first the story, then the video and song:

Iron Baby

If, like me, Iron Man 2's lack of action has left you on your appetite, rejoice: Iron Baby delivers!

(if the full video doesn't appear in your screen, click the link above)

Racist Batman (Parody)

Those who know me know of my affection for comic books, especially the character Batman.

By night - or whenever there is crime to fight - he is The Bat, The Dark Knight, the big scary creature expertly-trained in all forms of combat protecting the innocents from dangerous criminals.

By day - or when there are really hot women to seduce - he is Bruce Wayne, the most intelligent, classy and beautiful guy on the planet - he's Brad fucking Pitt, not Christian Bale - a 10, not a B+.

In any event, I fell on a nice parody of the Bale-Batman, showing racism in a conversation with someone playing Commissioner Gordon the Gary Oldman way. Enjoy.


Edit: the video cuts a bit of the image to the right; for the full version, go to the original YouTube page, here.