If I’d been a teenager in 81 instead of a toddler this would be my embarrassing youthful subculture attachment:1
Which reminds me of this sketch from Big Train that kills me:
Notes:Not really all that different from my embarrassing youthful subculture attachment though. EXCEPT that I didn’t hang out with living harlequin dolls –something too creeptown for [...]
So there’s this random girl rocking out on the street, out loud. And golly she’s a looker. And then suddenly she’s beside you, and holding your hand! And the two of you go back to your place, and make out! You are in love with this singing stranger! You share your secrets! You are always [...]
When someone finally invents animated tattoos I want an arm full of these lovely bones:
[from The Monster Club (1980), music by Night] Maybe NSFW.
Da-doo doo doo doo doo
“They don’t think about how the popsicles got in the freezer,”
da-doo doo doo doo doo
“or where sidewalk chalk comes from.”
da-dum da da da da dum
“They don’t wonder how the hotdogs got on the grill.”
Da-doo doo doo doo doo da-doo doo doo doo doo
“To them, the magic of summer just happens.”
Da-dum da [...]
Each time I see the first half of this Lay’s commercial I think of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery.
C’mon, I can’t be alone here.
In an accidental feat of awesome timing, Don Netflixed The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T and we watched it on Sunday before even realizing Monday was Dr. Seuss’s birthday. (Thanks Google!)
This live-action musical is visually interesting and perfect for a Dr. Seuss tale. The sets and costumes, and even the musical instruments have all of [...]
This post contains spoilers for the 1935 film Mad Love starring Peter Lorre and Francis Drake. Please do not read below the cut (or photo if you’re reading this via the feed) if you have not seen this film and plan to, and aren’t already familiar with this or the story The Hands of Orlac.
Art [...]
I’ve been sans-wifi for about a week and a half at home and decided to pop into the coffee shop for some “internetting” before the weekend flurry of activity starts again.
Tomorrow –Friday– is the first Pittsburgh Drinking Skeptically get together.
Saturday is the bike race and sidewalk sale, so I’ll be assisting Mom at the boutique [...]
Run, don’t walk to the Sundance Channel’s website to watch Isabella Rossallini’s film shorts about the mating habits of eight insects, Green Porno!
Seriously, I ask you, could Isabella Rossallini be any cuter?
I really like her thoughts on producing film for “the fourth screen” and I would love to see more shorts in this unique style. [...]