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Don't wanna be a bum? You better chew gum.
on Bob Dylan Mistaken For Vagrant at August 15, 2009 11:18 AMScore = 2
Record Store Day purchases in Portland, OR:
1. The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage
2. Iron & Wine - Norfolk 6/20/05 [Record Store Day "exclusive"]
3. Dark Was The Night
4. War Child Presents Heroes
5. Elizabethtown: Songs from the Brown Hotel EP [yes, the same "Worst Movie of All Time" Elizabethtown -- never seen the film, but this was $4 and Cameron Crowe's pretty good at soundtrack comps]
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It's probably not as exciting news to the Stereogum crowd, but Jakob Dylan & Elvis Costello's take on The Clash's "Straight To Hell" from this same show became available for download yesterday via (RED)Wire. Performances from Costello's 'Spectacle' have been making frequent appearances on (RED)Wire, & Jenny Lewis was part of their premiere issue, so I wouldn't be surprised if one of the above performances becomes available for download in the months ahead.
on Elvis Costello Fleshes Out His Spectacle With She & Him & Jenny Lewis at February 12, 2009 6:26 PMScore = 0
Seriously, forget Topher Grace. What I really wanna know is, What's Up with Norm Macdonald?
on Hey, What's Up With Topher Grace? at November 11, 2009 7:00 PMScore = 7
Whoa, heavy on the midget jokes there. How is this stuff different from Jeff Dunham's? (I agree, though, that Jeff Dunham is the worst).
on Ghost Stories With Ghostface Killah at October 30, 2009 6:33 PMScore = 4
Couldn't we make more money if all the actors in Hollywood who have big shiny mansions sell their big shiny mansions (I don't think Sarah Silverman has one of these, so this isn't about her)? Or, better yet, how about ALL of those who own big shiny mansions tear them down, sell & recycle the scrap materials, move into more humble abodes, and use their excess wealth to feed the poor? Instead of, you know, selling a building w/ major historical & cultural significance that houses tons of offices & already makes major contributions to aid & relief services throughout the world.
All that being said, maybe she just made this vid to piss off Jimmy Kimmel (raised Catholic).
on Sell The Vatican, Feed The World at October 12, 2009 2:30 PMScore = 15
The soundtrack to the Geisha Robot trailer is totally ripping off "Live or Let Die" by Paul McCartney and Wings.
on A Few Things That, Admittedly, Videogum Has Missed at July 15, 2009 8:05 PMScore = 1
My bad; i just watched the video again and he is being constantly pulled back.
In reply to bandofrogues's comment on Holy Shit, You Guys, Let's All Agree To Never Get Parkinson's at July 3, 2009 11:29 PMScore = -1
This video attempts to capture the experience of bradykinesia, which literally means "slow movement." It's the most disabling feature of Parkinson's, affecting the person's every move. I don't believe the experience causes physical pain, so the video would have been perhaps been more accurate if it showed the patient being pulled back instead of taking a barrage of punches. That being said, I'd imagine the experience would be as frustrating and humiliating as getting a virtually constant beat-down.
on Holy Shit, You Guys, Let's All Agree To Never Get Parkinson's at July 3, 2009 11:26 PMScore = 0
On a semi-related note, can we please discuss the other mind-bending movie Zach Galifianakis
is going to be in this year?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVY_UspXyc
The cast also includes WIll Arnett and the voices of Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, and....Tracy Morgan. The production is questionable at best with the combined forces of Disney-sans-Pixar and Jerry Bruckheimer, and the writing team's credits include such (not) greats as National Treasure, The Shaggy Dog remake, and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Canl Zach, Will, Tracy, and Steve (I know, odd one out, but I like Steve Buscemi's work) pull this one from the muck and mire?
on The Hangover Takes Hollywood To Movie Poster School at May 28, 2009 10:43 PMScore = 1
"...black toothpaste the grinding up and exploitation of which causes things to be whiter?" Kudos on the reference to Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' Hopefully that was intentional.
on Just A Straight Up Racist Toothpaste Commercial at April 3, 2009 11:48 AMScore = 1
I can't decide if this is a happy day or a sad day for American Irish-Catholics...
on Colbert Surprises Conan With An Invisible String Dance-Off at February 18, 2009 1:03 PMScore = 0
Thanks for the tip! I thought the "Straight To Hell" performance was pretty impressive. Maybe Jakob Dylan is secretly awesome?
Permalink for Adam's comment on Elvis Costello Fleshes Out His Spectacle With She & Him & Jenny Lewis at February 13, 2009 9:25 AMScore = 1