After simultaneously grabbing the last beer, two guys decide that they'll play Rock Paper Scissors for it.
One guy throws paper, and the other guy throws rock . . . or throws a rock, to be precise. That'll win every time.
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"Weird Al" Yankovic's new album, ::amazon("B000H9HWSM", "Straight Outta Lynwood"):: will be released on September 26, 2006.
The 12 tracks include:
::amazon("B000H9HWSM", "Straight Outta Lynwood"):: is a DualDisc release. The extra features on the other side will be six animated music videos, karaoke versions of all songs, and a brief documentary.
Get more news and hear some other clips at Weird Als' MySpace page.
Here is the video for "Don't Download This Song." The animation was done by Bill Plympton, perhaps the animators of animators. You can't watch a shorts show without crossing a Plympton animation. (He animated 2005 Academy Award "Best Animated Short Film" nominee "Guard Dog.") Of course, you can also obtain "Don't Download This Song" at dontdownloadthissong.com . . .
In addition to listening to "White & Nerdy" on Weird Als' MySpace page, you can also watch the video. It's not a strict parody of the "Ridin'" video, but if you'd like to compare with the original, check out Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" video.
As an aside, ::amazon("B000H9HWSM", "Straight Outta Lynwood"):: is the first album release since his parents died of carbon monoxide poisoning in April 2004. (This three year span is not different than the spacing between any of his other albums.)
New Numa!
Gary Brolsma, the guy thrust into online fame via his video "The Numa Numa Dance," is back with a new video and a new dance!
Earlier this month, NewNuma.com appeared. Lo and behold, Gary finally returned at everyone's request to create a New Numa video along with his band, The Nowadays.
The newly released song "New Numa" has Russian lyrics and is performed by Minnesotan Chad Russell. It is reminiscent of O-Zone's "Dragosta Din Tei" (the original song used in the Numa Numa Dance).
Watch New Numa now:
NewNuma.com is also hosting a contest with a total of $45,000 given out in prize money to the top winners. Details will not be released until September 22, but it looks like it will probably be a "make your own video" contest.
Thornton and Heder
School for Scoundrels looks to be an entertaining comedy revolving around a loser-turned-romantic battling a teacher of romance.
Roger (John Heder, best known as Napoleon Dynamite) is a down-on-his-luck loser who can't communicate properly with women. He has the ever-popular (and manly) job of NYC meter maid.
Tired of being pushed around whereever he goes, Roger enrolls in a confidence-building class taught by Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton). He tells them not to bother with self-help books: "You can't help yourself because yourself sucks." Dr. P and his assistant Lesher (Michael Clarke Duncan) take the students through the dangerous yet effective confidence-building course. As promised, the program is successful for Roger: He switches from loser to lover and impresses his longtime crush Amanda (Jacinda Barrett).
After Dr. P congratulates Roger on his success, Roger makes the mistake of telling him, "Maybe one day I'll teach the class." This causes Dr. P's competitive side to come out, and Dr. P becomes obsessed with showing Roger that he is the master — by stealing Amanda away from him.
Watch the School for Scoundrels trailer and decide for yourself. Don't forget to check out the official site, too. The movie is scheduled to be released September 29, 2006.
Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie have this great song truthfully titled "Every OS Sucks." It's funny because it's true.
There is a fairly lengthy introduction, but it's worth the wait if you're a computer geek. The song reminisces about the good ol' days when our computers never crashed. It's truly geeky snark at its best.
Be sure to check out the Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie site for more!
Ever wonder what happens when you cross a marionette with one of those giant parade balloons? Royal de Luxe is a European street theatre company that is best known for its mechanical marionettes. This video is from a show called The Sultan's Elephant:
For more videos of varying quality, search YouTube for Royal de Luxe.
If you like marionettes, you can also watch a really cool video of a much smaller scale skeleton marionette singing and dancing in a busking performance.
Here's a pretty cool video by a band named OK Go. The song is "Here It Goes," and the theme is treadmills.
Keep in mind that the video is by the band and is not a fan movie. At first, I was worried that four guys working in a fitness club or fitness equipment store had way too much time on their hands. As it turns out, it's four guys working in a band that have way too much time on their hands.
The video's online popularity is booming as the YouTube video has been viewed over 1.8M times thus far. It's now on VH1's Top 20 Countdown, too.
Two thoughts going through my mind throughout the video are:
Nonetheless, this music video uses up less money and personal time than most of the videos you see on MTV and VH1.
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