In Honor Of...

today's Global Gathering concert in sydney (which i was supposed to attend) here is a clip from Kraftwerk circa 1978, who are headlining the festival this evening and who i am really pissed to be missing.

anyways, here's what i would be seeing (if it were 30 years ago, and minus the tv host):

Video of the Day: So What, "I Was Lucky"

so this duo is kinda like the swedish Wham!, i'm guessing:

-pretty boy lead singer with fluffy george michael mullet and earring
-the overshadowed "other guy" who kinda sings/mouths words sometimes (andrew ridgeley-esque)
-enthusiastic dance moves

yay!

Video of the Day: Lio, "Les Brunes Comptent Pas Pour des Prunes"

...yes, another one from Lio, but i find it quite amusing. ah, the neverending battle of blondes vs. brunettes continues, but this time, in musical form.

plus, it's pretty funny that this video beat out cyndi lauper AND the police for the top spot.

Video of the Day: Miami Horror, "Don't Be On With Her"

...homage to my favorite era: faux lasers, leggy models, and smoke machines.

the video may look 25 years old, but the EP actually just came out this month.

Video of the Day: Kaiser Chiefs, "Never Miss a Beat"

...because i just got back from my road trip to Byron Bay and this song was playing all the time on australian radio, and i loved hearing it every time--a very rare occurrence.

Video of the Day/Ode to the Ass: Mos Def, "Ms. Fat Booty"

"...ass so fat that you can see it from the front."

truer words have never been spoken. i heart mos def.

Things that are AWESOME: The LFC Fernando Torres Story

so lfc tv made an hour long special about the love of my life, fernando, and you should watch it. its awesome. unfortunately, lfctv pulled the version off of youtube.

such insight.

not really, but still a lot of torres...so it's good for me.

thanks, lfc tv.

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drilldown/N162025081109-0903.htm

Video of the Day: The C.S. Angels, "I'm Falling," Montage from 'Real Genius'

just a top-notch movie montage from one of my all-time 80's film favorites. val kilmer has never been hotter than when he played chris knight. and i always thought that the other kid in this movie bore a striking resemblance to sarah jessica parker.

thoughts?

Video of the Day: The Outrunners, "Blazing Speed and Neon Lights With You"

the hotness.

Things that are AWESOME: The Letter People

hopefully this is not your introduction to these fine friends of mine who, from the ages of 4-6 played a key role in my life and continue to influence me to this day.

yes, i am talking about the letter people. and yes, i was "Mrs. O" (or "Obstinate Mrs. O") in my second grade stage production of the letter people. fitting? yes...cruel? somewhat.

but anywho, i really did/do love these cartoons and watching my weekly lesson and coloring their corresponding coloring-book tear-out sheets was the highlight of my friday afternoons in kindergarten. that, and cleaning my desk with shaving cream. does that actually clean anything?

and now...the letter people.

Video of the Day: Mouth & McNeal, "Hello-A"

don't really know what to say about this one.

Video of the Day: The Yardbirds, "For Your Love"

totally unrelated to the happenings of the day, but i'm posting it anyways.

Video of the Day, Aussie Style: PNAU, "Baby"

yes, since i am spending some time in the land down under, thought i'd post a video from an aussie band.

yay!

Halloween-Inspired Video of the Day: Danzig, "Can't Speak"

here's one from my personal favorite prince of dark-rockness, glenn danzig.

i don't know what is scariest...the terrible special effects, the black contacts, or the mellowness of this song.

it's like watching a mortal combat movie or something. there is lightning everywhere!



p.s. this video was my introduction to glenn. i think i was about 13 and was watching Liquid Television. no point in telling you this, just having a weird nostalgia flashback.

Video of the Day: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, "Do You Wanna Touch Me"

the answer here could be yes for me. i mean, normally i'm about as boy crazy as one can get, but joan is the exception. because she rocks.

so thanks, JJ, for making me question my sexuality.

(Oh Yeah)



(Oh Yeah)

WTF?!?! Pepa got a nose job!

this is awful. crystal skull awful.

why ruin a classic, pep?

Video(s) of the Day: Imagination, "Just an Illusion" and "In and Out of Love"

holy hell, please watch these. this band officially has the best videos ever. i couldn't pick a favorite, so i had to post both.

this first video combines so many classic elements, it would be difficult not to classify it as an all-time winner:

-haunted house
-sparkling leather jacket over bare chest
-mounted deer head
-really terrible disappearing/reappearing ghosts
-hand dancing

i bring you, "Just an Illusion"



the second is possibly better. definitely smoother.

-swimming pools
-long red fingernails holding cocktails
-synchronized pelvic thrusts
-underwater antics
-lots of headbands and beaded braids



could you decide?

Four Words: Steven Seagal, Rock Legend?

just watch it.

Things that are AWESOME: Celtic Thunder

what can be said about this beautiful and talented vocal ensemble? listen to that intro! the beating drums, the orchestra...such openings are worthy only of the most powerful of voices--

--enter Celtic Thunder.



wow.

Video of the Day: The Brian Jonestown Massacre, "Going to Hell"

just watched "DiG!" and was inspired. so here's some rock stylings by the ever-antic BJM: