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For a 40-something year old techno-geek father of a five year old, this is a must-see. And, most likely a must-have. First of all, it has monkeys. I think all men like monkeys. Second, it has pretty funny geeky guys. Thirdly, it has rockets. Fourthly, it has wormholes. But, for me, Space Chimps takes all that and pushes it over the edge with repeated references to my all-time sci-fi favorite, 2001: A Space Odyssey. The first wormhole trip when it zooms in on the eyes of Ham is priceless for a Clarke-phobe. But, it was one little bit by Titan just put it in a league of its own:
Titan: Are you wearing a tin-foil suit?
Ham: Yes
Titan: Are you David Bowie?
Ham: No
Titan: Then you’re an astronaut.
Other than some college humor and full frontal nudity ( human, of course ), what else could any 40-something year old techno-geek father of a five year old want in a movie?
All thumbs up on this one!
The Little Drummer Boy is a Christmas carol about a poor boy who can’t afford a gift for the infant Jesus. So, he does the only thing he knows to do, he plays his drum. Now, anyone that’s dealt with infants knows that repetitive noises and such will usually get an infant’s ear. However, being a newborn, it’s kinda stretching it to imagine the newborn king smiling in approval to the Little Drummer Boy.
Now, The Little Drummer Boy is not an old song either. Basically penned around 1941 or so, it’s origins are debatable. However, there is an old Czech carol that is very similar, but has a different plotline. The Trapp Family ( remember The Sound of Music? ) recorded a version of the Czech version, called Carol of the Drum, that seemed to be the modern version of Little Drummer Boy. The only difference being the ox and ass kept time, I kinda like that better than the ox and lamb.
Now, the tale of the poor little boy who had nothing material to give to the infant who had no clue who he was has morphed into full 21st century US materialism. This is one of my favoritest carols so I’m posting my two favorite videos. First, naturally, is the Bing Crosby/ David Bowie duet of 1977. Although panned and pretty much ignored in 1977, it’s held on to become a Christmas staple:
And, with the advent of massive amounts of bandwidth and disc space being readily available, we have the newest addition. A viral video featuring my favorite version of Little Drummer Boy as done by Bob Seger:
Amazing what a good song will lead to, huh? No matter the surrounding, no matter the environment, no matter who’s singing it, a beautiful song always sticks out.
I found another one of those amazingly stupid pages that becomes even more amazing when you realize they are serious. It starts with this warning:
And then lists those “bands” that will make you gay. Some of them are pretty shocking:
- The Spores (endorse suicide)
- Scissor Sisters
- Turbonegro
- Rufus Wainwright
- Merzbau
- Ravi Shankar
- Wilco
- Bjork (mb)
- Tech N9ne
- Ghostface Killah
- Bobby Conn
- Morton Subotnik
- Cole Porter
- The String Cheese Incident
- Eagles of Death Metal
- Polyphonic Spree
- The Faint
- Interpol
- Twisted Sister (jj)
- Tegan and Sara
- Erasure
- The Grateful Dead (drugs too)
- Le Tigre
- Marilyn Manson (dark gay)
- The Gossip
- The Magnetic Fields
- The Doors
- Phish
- Queen
- The Strokes
- Morrissey(?questionable?)
- Metallica
- Judas Priest
- The Village People
- The Secret Handshake
- The Rolling Stones
- David Bowie
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Man or Astroman
- Richard Cheese
- Jay-Z
- Depeche Mode
- Kansas
- Ani DiFranco
- Fischerspooner
- John Mayer
- George Michael (texan)
- Angel Eyes
- The Indigo Girls
- Velvet Underground
- Madonna
- Elton John
- Barry Manilow
- Indigo Girls
- Melissa Etheridge
- Eminmen
- Nirvana
- Boy George*
- The Killers
- Lou Reed
- Lil’ Wayne
- Motorhead
- Jill Sobule
- Wilson Phillips
- DMX
- Wesley Willis
- Lisa Loeb
- Ted Nugent (loincloth)
- Dogstar
- Thirty Seconds to Mars
- Lil’ Kim
- kd lang
- Frank Sinatra
- Hinder
- Nickleback
- Justus Kohncke
- Bob Mould
- Clay Aiken
- Arcade Fire
- Bright Eyes
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Audioslave
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Panic at the Disco
- The Cure (makeup)
- Spin Doctors
- The Deers
- Lindsey Lohan
- The Smiths
- Beck
- Tom Waits
- The Cramps
- Cannibal Corpse
- Britney Spears (kissed Madonna)
- Perfect Sin
- The Queers
- NoFx(gay punk)
- Soup Dragons
- Elton John (really gay)
They almost got me thinking there was some real content here when they showed two pictures of Metallica gays tonguing each other, but that’s about it for real content. I mean, TED NUGENT makes you gay? My gawd. Lemmy of Motorhead is supposed to be one of the most prolific males of modern history. How does listening to him make you gay? I mean, Kansas? They all converted to Christianity and sang about that. How does THAT make someone gay? The Grateful Dead? Jerry Garcia had kids by three women. The list goes on and on and makes little to no sense. I mean, they totally ignored the greatest turning gay song of all time, Lola by The Kinks
I met her in a club down in old Soho
where you drink champagne and it tastes just like Cherry Cola
C-O-L-A Cola.
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, “Lola”
L-O-L-A Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I’m not the world’s most physical guy,
but when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, I’m not dumb but I can’t understand
why she walks like a woman and talks like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
Well, we drank champagne and danced all night,
under electric candlelight,
she picked me up and sat me on her knee,
She said, “Little boy won’t you come home with me?”
Well, I’m not the world’s most passionate guy,
but when I looked in her eyes,
I almost fell for my Lola,
Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola
I pushed her away. I walked to the door.
I fell to the floor. I got down on my knees.
I looked at her, and she at me.
Well that’s the way that I want it to stay.
I always want it to be that way for my Lola.
Lo lo lo Lola.
Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls.
It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world,
except for Lola. Lo lo lo Lola. Lo lo lo Lola.
Well I left home just a week ago,
and I never ever kissed a woman before,
Lola smiled and took me by the hand,
she said, “Little boy, gonna make you a man.”
Well I’m not the world’s most masculine man,
but I know what I am and that I’m a man,
so is Lola.
Now, is that gay enough? I mean, surely that’s more gay than, say, Wang Dang Sweet Poontang
But, when someone labels a page “God Hates Fags! Love Gods Way”, I get a pretty quick clue what I’m in for. Thinking Cindy Lauper is safe for kids and Ted Nugent’s gay is the least of their problems.
We could have some real fun with this tho, I’ve listed mine, now tell me your favorite song ( or artist ) that would make people gay.
( Also, if anyone wants to fill me in on how some of these bands make you gay, I’m all ears. Some are obvious like Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Some like Motorhead and Ted Nugent seem absured to the point of surreal. So, I am definitely all ears. ) However, I’ve never heard the social/medical theory that listening to something could make you gay. Being a fan of several gay artists, I tend to think the creator of this list is nuts.
I have always loved music. I post on music a lot here. I started with classical piano training when I was a little kid. However, my improvising on Bach’s Jesu Joy of Man’s Desire got me tossed from piano lessons. Once old enough, I played in the school band. I played trombone, sousaphone, tuba, French horn, baritone, trumpet, or whatever they handed me to play at the time. It didn’t matter to me, it was the music. About that time PC’s were being introduced to the world. One of the first leaps of technology PC’s took was in the area of music. Although it was an expensive and frustrating effort, making and working with MIDI’s caught my attention and I loved it. No longer was music production limited only to studio musicians. The average hack ( read me ), could make sounds like any orchestra or punk rock act. I liked to mix the two actually. I liked making music that you didn’t hear on the radio. Abba with heavy metal chords, Ted Nugent with synthesizers, Gary Numan with a distorted lead ( he got that from me, I swear. ). Mixing it up ( later called moshing ), was a blast to me. I made song after song after song, and collected thousands more. About ten years ago mixing software started appearing such as Cakewalk, that allowed a person to expand the sound of the instruments in such a way that not every single song sounded exactly like a cheap PC playing midi files. What you recorded was exactly what someone else would hear, unlike the wild variances midi offered. Plus, you could add distortion, feedback, echo, the whole works. They even included effects that vanished with the hair bands, flanging, which I love to this day. So, I became obsessed with converting those old midis, and some new ones, to faux musical instruments. The results fascinated me. A couple of years ago the next step occurred when several music hosting services went online such as Funender. I quickly jumped on that bandwagon as well. Today, there are over 17,000 people posting music on Funender alone. And, there are several other services as well. About a year ago it suddenly dawned on me that in the very near future, anyone could be a rock star. If just for one day. Today marked a milestone for me that I really never expected since I don’t take this stuff seriously. I broke the Top 25 of Funender based on 39,000 plays. Now, Billboard’s not featuring my name anywhere. Rolling Stone has yet to call as well. However, in my little fantasy world, I became a rock star. The guys I beat out to break the Top 25 were opening for Bon Jovi. I’m waiting for my call from David Bowie or U2. I’ve got certain expectations on how my fifteen minutes of fantasy fame are going to go. Will keep you all posted from the road!
( The internet is such a silly place! )
Rolling Stone did a list of the Top 500 albums of all time a while back. At first glance, it looks kinda contrived. Needless to say, it had a LOT of stuff on there that I felt wasn’t merited ( all rap for instance ). However, whenever I trash some obscure band that contributed nothing in the long term to the history of music, I get whiners telling me they are greater than The Beatles. So, rather than doing that, I thought I’d go with a synopsis type thing.
The Top 10 albums:
| rank | album | band |
|---|
Now that’s a list I can live with. How many people here would have guessed Brian Eno is the all-time greatest album maker? ( I have stated it before, but I like seeing it quantified ).
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