Chris Crocker Redux
Okay, this’ll be my last post on Crocker, but I couldn’t resist. I’m a sucker for satire and this internet phenomenon has bridged pop culture with politics.
Filed under Politics & Activism, The Internets, WTF? | Comment (0)Leave Britney Alone
It is only appropriate that no sooner did the Internet People video come out that it was already outdated with the addition of yet another internet celebrity. Doubtless we’ve all seen or at least heard of Britney’s lethargic performance at the recent VMA’s. While major media outlets, bloggers, and your grandmother were busy lambasting Britney, one individual took the bold stance in defense of the pop songstress. Meet Chris Crocker.
Look Chris, I know most everybody has been pretty mean to Britney this past week, but come on. You have to admit that was a pretty half-assed performance on her part. I know you’re upset about the entertainment news industry making a buck off poking fun, but that’s their job. At least they’re doing a good job with it. It’s Britney’s job to put on a good performance, and girl couldn’t even get her lip synching right, yet she makes nearly $740k a month. Sorry Chris, with that kind of a paycheck, you’d better be able to deliver.
Posted only six days ago, Crocker’s video has gained internet infamy and ridicule to rival Spears’ original performance. Even Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at the guy on his show.
Kimmel references a YouTube spoof of the Crocker vid featuring Crocker’s “father” asking, “Why? Where did I go wrong?!” As with any good internet fad, there has been no shortage of parodying from all kinds of angles. My personal favorite is the one by Seth Green, of Robot Chicken fame, where he implores the internet world to “leave Chris Crocker alone!”
Now that’s a job well done.
Filed under Movies & Television, Music, The Internets, WTF? | Comment (0)Deconstructing Internet People: Part I
So I keep watching the Internet People video to see which references I do and don’t get. I decided I’d take it upon myself to dig up all the original videos and post them up here. Thanks to YouTube, this is all made so much easier. So that it won’t be one gigantic post, I’ll post them five at a time, starting from the beginning.
The Dramatic Prairie Dog - I hadn’t seen this one. I’m glad that has been rectified. Short and sweet.
South Park - I’m not really sure if this is supposed to reference any specific thing from South Park beyond the fact that you can find pretty much anything from South Park, be it a short clip or an entire episode, on the internet without any complaints of copyright infringement. To represent the mass amounts of hilarity that are South Park clips, here’s one of Cartman singing Styx’s “Come Sail Away” - the full version, not the quick one-minute one.
The Star Wars Kid - Internet gold! It’s spawned countless remixes, been parodied by Stephen Colbert and the Colbert Report, and even earned a nod from George Michael Bluth in the television show Arrested Development. Here’s the original.
Numa Numa - Because everybody loves fat people dancing! He tried to rekindle his internet popularity with another, far more produced Numa clip, but honestly it was pretty lame.
Back Dorm Boys - College kids doing what they do best - procrastinating. It’s heartwarming to see that even in cultures that are oceans apart there exist unshakeable similarities.
That’s it for now. More to come later.
Filed under The Internets, WTF? | Comment (0)Maps for South Africans and Such
I’m sure you’ve all heard about this:
That’s so two weeks ago. But Miss Teen South Carolina should be happy to know that her incomprehensible words have not fallen onto deaf ears! She has inspired a movement amongst the people over at MapsForUs.org. Their mission statement: “The children of the US America are in deep trouble. Because some people out there don’t have maps. Such as South Africa.”
Filed under The Internets, WTF? | Comment (0)Now you’re playing with power!
Three entries today, but I found this photo and couldn’t resist.
Way to rock that power glove, champ! Don’t get me wrong - I’ve been a life-long Nintendo lover, too, but my interest was primarily in the games. This peripheral fetishization approaches some kind of odd meta-technological idolatry not seen since… well I guess Captain N: The Game Master. The difference? Captain N did it with style.
Whatever will kids do in the age of less-is-more wireless Wii-motes?
Filed under Movies & Television, WTF? | Comment (0)Slice of Random: Bunnies
I’m a pretty avid fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and all other things Whedon. In fact, I wrote my college thesis on the show. It won an award, which is not to brag, but just to point out that the show is serious bid-ness.
Anyway, anyone who’s familiar with the show knows of the running joke that one of the primary characters, Anya, has a never fully-explained phobia of bunnies. I saw this picture today and I’ve got to say I can’t blame her.
Seriously now, what is going on? As if the guy in the bunny suit in Donnie Darko wasn’t enough. At least with that a body is able to sleep at night, comforted by the fact that “it’s just a movie.” Not so with this Easter bunny. The knowledge that this diabolical, costumed menace will haunt me until the end of my years. Fighting terrorism starts at home, folks. Easter bunny, beware, you’re on notice!
Speaking of people in creepy animal costumes, the Bat for Lashes video for “What’s a Girl to Do” keeps popping up on various bicycle message boards and blogs I frequent. It’s for good reason, too; even if you’re not a big fan of the music (like a lot of the punk-centric urban cyclists that populate aforementioned boards), you’ve got to admit this video is pretty rad.
Myself, I am seriously digging the new album, Fur and Gold. I managed to catch the band when they played at Spaceland a couple of weeks ago. I snapped a few pictures that I need to get around to tagging and organizing properly in my Flickr.
Filed under Bicycles & Scooters, Music, WTF? | Comment (0)Mic Check 1, 2 - An Introduction
I’m a web designer by profession and a couple of years ago I wanted to have a side-project just for fun. One of my favorite bands, Headlights, had recently put out their first EP and I, enthralled by the release, decided I wanted to make my side-project a fan site. “The joke is up” is the opening lyric to a song off of that EP.
I emailed the band, who are all super nice people, and I had all these grand schemes going on in my head about what I was going to do with the fan site, but as it turns out I ended up being too busy with my actual work. Ah well, so it goes.
The domain name sat unused for years with nothing more than a “fan site coming soon” image. Fast forward to today and the Headlights have a mighty fine looking site themselves, plus a myspace page, plus a virb page. All that makes a fan page a little obsolete. So instead, I’ve decided just to make this a blog. What about? I’m not sure, really. Music, bicycles, scooters, design, food, beer, bourbon, random YouTube videos… I guess we’ll find out as we go along.
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