Do not, repeat do not put another dime in the jukebox at this time.

[substitute]

1. The always reliable Exploding Aardvark pointed me today to the best rock video ever made: Bring Me The Head Of Rooster Alfredo, by Kill Lizzie. Wow. (Quicktime)
   
   
2. Via The Null Device, a darkly hilarious list of intellectual property craziness. My favorite: A French director had to pay $1,300 after a character in his film whistled the communist anthem, “The Internationale,” without permission.
   
   
3. New frontiers in advertising: The popcorn machines have been replaced with the Bread of Life.
   
   
4. Now that we're facing the most serious challenges to infectious disease management ever, it's a great time to cut the funding of the Centers for Disease Control.
   
   
5. Oh bother! It's Apocalypse Pooh. (iFilm, insane)
   
   
6. If you're both morbid and bored (borbid?), I suggest browsing Wikipedia's excellent List of Unusual Deaths.

Comments

weird

[cordiloquy.livejournal.com]

I just read a play by Ödön von Horváth for my German lit class. I'd never heard of him before. I mentioned this to my concentration adviser in passing a few weeks ago, and he recognized the name as "the guy who got killed by a tree branch".

Also, I intend to start using "borbid" in conversation whenever possible.

Re: weird

[substitute.livejournal.com]

von Horvath is the narrator/chorus of Tales From Hollywood, my favorite Christopher Hampton play. That play introduced me to the whole expat German scene and started a lifetime fascination with Brecht, all in high school!

Re: weird

[eyeteeth.livejournal.com]

Wow, I work with a guy named Horvath, next time I see him I can ask "Are you related to that guy who was killed by a tree branch?"

[frobisher.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember thinking about Apocalypse Pooh recently. Coincidence? I think not.

[ganatronic.livejournal.com]

I just heard about it for the first time about a month ago. I was playing a Trivial Pursuit DVD game, it was mentioned, and so then I hopped on ifilm and watched it. It was okay.

And at the risk of exposing myself as an inhabitant of a plane mostly unrelatable to you two fine folks, I think my recent viewing and this posting is a coincidence.

[frobisher.livejournal.com]

Well, at least I can feel special. :-)

Apocalypse Pooh.

[hersheyjumper.livejournal.com]

That is the most amazing thing I've seen since "The End Of The World".

[mr-flippant.livejournal.com]

Bring me the head of Charlie Brown...