Quite a while back, Eliza Gauger posted “Pet the Lion” by Moufette on Ectoplasmosis. Admittedly, I don’t follow their blog as religiously as I used to, but this little pop duo from Canada stuck with me. I found a new old, but still pretty, little song they did called Chew Your Heart. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did:
Or clickety click here: Moufette – Chew Your Heart
People peirce all kinds of things on their bodies. From the commonplace, like earlobes, to the painful, like the magic cross, piercings come in all kinds of forms. I found one that just doesn’t seem like a good idea at all: eyelid piercing. No, not eyebrow. Eyelid. Yes, that piece of skin that covers the eye to protect it. People are getting their eyelids pierced. Next thing you know, people will be stretching them and people will be walking around with 000 gauge eyelids with mirror finish, custom-made glass plugs so they can see with their lids closed.
I was introduced to the witch house subgenre this weekend. There seem to be some people having a fit and complaining that it’s nothing special. There are also people who are just wowed by the whole thing. I believe any time there is a whole group of people looking to say nasty things about something new it is almost assuredly a successful movement. You know you’re failing if all you hear is praise or, worse, nothing. Here’s some White Ring for you:
Peter Steele died yesterday, April 14th from heart failure My twitter feed looks like a funeral procession today. Rather than saying a million standard death-cliches, let’s just have a few words from the man, himself, on people and dying. Good night, Peter.
I’m not sure what led up to these “events” but it must have been a problem. Suffice to say, I’ve been enjoying videos lately. Especially warped ones. With machetes. And blond wigs.
Pulled from Jhonen Vasquez’s Twitter feed.
HEALTH “We are Water” from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.
I don’t even remember where I first found this video, but it still makes me just a touch queasy. Worse, I just can’t stop watching it. The combination of the music and the visuals is enough to compel and turn the stomach at the same time. Cheers for an unsettling time.
Into The Holes from VonSwank on Vimeo.
I went to see Tim Burton’s Alice this past weekend. Suffice to say, I agree with many of the critics. Burton has fallen into a rut and I fear we may have seen the best of his work come and go already. That said, I was searching Rotten Tomatoes for input on how other people felt about the movie. What I came across first was a surprise. A mixed live-action and stop-motion animation movie was made back in 1988 called “Alice.” Moreover, Rotten Tomatoes gave it 100%. I’ve never seen a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes before in my life so I had to see what I could find.
What I uncovered on YouTube was everything which was promised. Weird, kind of cool and, as my wife put it, creeptastic. I need to buy a copy of this movie. I need to do so ASAP. From the clips I’ve seen it makes me think of David Lynch, re-making Eraserhead around the Alice in Wonderland story line.
I recommend turning the sound down on the movie, and playing Alice from Sunn O))) as the background music instead. It adds an extra, creepy-longing feel. Both are provided below.
Since we’re doing Hitler stuff, let’s take a quick look at Li’l Hitler from Robot Chicken. It’s nothing to do with Apple or the iPad. It’s simply history in very brief. Enjoy.
There are a bunch of these Adolf Hitler videos. Hitler throwing a fit over having his Windows Live account suspended, Hitler throwing a fit over gaming systems and so on. So far, this one is my favorite. Hitler finds out that iPad doesn’t live up to the rumors. Who knew old Adolf was such an Apple fanboy?
HAL was reprogrammed by the sentient monolith to broadcast a message to earth in 2010 and I want to share with with you now.
ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE. USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.
Happy new year.