Braindead Shithead

Bambi Meets Godzilla. There's a rule that you can not run a multimedia site without showing this animation. I should know. I just made it up. Our YouTube animation scholars tell us that this was done in 1969 and has the honor(?) of being the first independent animation to gain wide scale recognition. The climatic chord also happens to be the very same as the Beatles' song "A Day In the Life". Wow. Such a long introduction for such a short toon.

This is a really funny video by Grandaddy. Apparently, this is a B side release for the new album, Just Like The Fambly Cat. Jason Lytle stars. I laughed my ass off at this. Literally...my ass fell off!

When I was 8, this show was GOD.
I have no way to tell you how much I freaking LOVED this show.
I think the fact that I still remember it to this day, and use it as a litmus test on my friends..."Do you remember that show "The Highwayman"?"
I am so, so deeply ashamed, and probably couldn't even watch a single episode now, but between this and "Barnaby Jones", I was one kick-ass third-grader.

This brief piece in The Onion made me chuckle...

Critics Blast Al Gore's Documentary As 'Realistic'
NEW YORK— The Al Gore-produced global-warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth is being panned by critics nationwide who claim the 90-plus minute environmental film is "too disturbingly realistic and well-researched to enjoy." "I found it difficult to suspend my disbelief in man-made climate change for the first half-hour—and utterly impossible after that—which makes for a movie-going experience that's far more educational than it is enjoyable," said New York Post film critic Skip Hack. "Gore's film overwhelms viewers with staggering amounts of scientific information until nothing about global warming is left to the imagination, and that's just not good entertainment. Two stars." Some critics have called the film's claims that sea levels could rise 20 feet somewhat sensationalistic, although most agree that this is not enough to save the film from being unwatchably factual.

Well, we start a new installment of Schoolhouse Rock this week: America Rock! My access to AR is somewhat limited, but I do have a couple to share. This week, "Elbow Room".

...and maybe he really DOES like Pat Robertson!

Okay, that's a little TOO much for me to swallow, but still...I like to think that this is the proof there is no god, because certainly that jackass Robertson would be on his hitlist.

Anyway, a plane owned by everybody's favorite smarmy televangelist crashed today, killing 2 of the five people on board. While that is certainly a tragedy-it was due to a heavy fog in the area, according to reports-I think the bigger tragedy is that the hypocritical fucker wasn't on board.
I'd be dancing in the streets right now if he had been. Oh, and calling everyone I know to tell them he was dead.




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Yes, I know everybody and their dog have done Brokeback Mountain parodies, but still...I remember watching this stupid show every damn day on TBS.
I still have no idea why.
And yes, I even watched "The College Years".
(hanging head in shame)

I love Mr. Rogers. Hell, I still watch him every chance I get! Anyway, here's a clip of him testifying in front of the senate to continue funding for PBS back in the early '70s.
One thing, though...I guess I never really picked up on how slow he talks. I mean, he always sounds so nice and soothing on his show, I just never really thought that must be how he always speaks.

I LOVE Sue Johansen. She's basically a taller, easier to understand Dr. Ruth.
And besides, nothing is hotter than hearing your grandma talk about sex. Without the euphemisms!

A little late with this post but it's still really cool. This is the Huygens probe landing on Saturn's moon Titan, complete with cool instrumentation and bells and whistles. I could watch this all day.




UPDATE!
Here is the mp3 file of the above video. Enjoy.

Sounds like a real Mona

Dr Matsumi Suzuki, who generally uses his skills to help with criminal investigations, measured the face and hands of Leonardo da Vinci's famous 16th century portrait to estimate her height at 168cm and create a model of her skull.

"Once we have that, we can create a voice very similar to that of the person concerned," Suzuki said in an interview at his Tokyo office.

There seems to be video here but it didn't immediately play at work.

Since this seems to be a great day for posting (aside from people dying and all), it makes perfect sense I found this today. It is an actual blues album from the actual Steven Seagal.


Here is the description:


Beyond that, I say let the music do the talking. Rock on, Steven!

Personally, it looks like a tiny albino lobster to me.
I wonder how soon it'll be coming to a dinner table near us?


"Israeli scientists say they have discovered a prehistoric ecosystem dating back millions of years."

"The discovery was made in a cave near the central Israeli city of Ramle during rock drilling at a quarry. Scientists were called in and soon found eight previously unknown species of crustaceans and invertebrates similar to scorpions."


"The cave was completely sealed off from the world, including from water and nutrients seeping through rock crevices above. Scientists who discovered the cave believe it has been intact for millions of years."

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Nothing says "I only love you, baby" like a self-severed penis.

A Malaysian man apparently made the cruelest cut in an effort to prove to his wife that he was not cheating on her.
I hope it worked, dude. For reals.
His wife found a message on his cell phone (damn those text messaging hussies!) from another woman, and confronted him with her suspicions of his infidelity.
Which, y'know, unless it says "I want your hot man meat inside me AGAIN" really proves nothing.

And, in a move that will cost them thousands in therapy, their 14 year old son was at home, too. He reported hearing his father shouting that he wanted to do something to prove his faithfulness, screams, then his father came out "bleeding profusely".

Something tells me this kid will either never, ever cheat, or never, ever have sex.

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I can't get over the incredible amount of classic music videos available on the internet now, especially performances of older acts from the '60s and '70s. It's really amazing. Of course, it also means I get to inflict my awful musical tastes on Shitheadland. So here's Van der Graaf Generator performing their seminal A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers live on Belgian TV in 1971. I kid you not, this stuff is like a time machine. And probably evidence that I was born about 15 years too late.

I am surprised one of you other Shitheads hasn't picked this up yet.

Actor Paul Gleason has passed away.



He died from "mesothelioma, a rare form of lung cancer linked to asbestos." [CNN: 'Die Hard,' 'Breakfast Club' actor Gleason dead at 67]

He was also the father in The Ewok Adventures - The Battle for Endor.

Until yesterday, known to me only as 'that guy.' As in, "Hey, it's that guy! . . . You know, from the Breakfast Club."

Paul Gleason, you will be missed.

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Via: Comandante Agí

Yes, the teaser trailer for Snakes on a Plane is making the rounds. I've got to say, this could be a lot of fun with the right audience. I can't believe I just admitted that.

Of course you do! It's "Mr. Microphone!"


Thanks for the heads up from PopCereal.

I upped this video for use in a substantive post at Neural Gourmet, but frankly it's cool enough that I'll share it with you Shitheads too. When I was a kid I really thought this would be my future, but unfortunately morons in Congress were working to effectively kill the manned space program even as I was watching the moon landings on my family's crappy 15" black and white TV. Anyway, here's an animation of NASA plans for new lunar and crew exploration vehicles.

I know you guys are looking forward to Clerks II, so here is a review posted over at Ain't it Cool News. Looks like a very positive review.

And thanks to everybody for picking up the slack for me lately. Nice posting.

OK, I've really been hammering away at you with the Japanese rock lately, so this time I thought we'd go with Russian rocker (that's what he claims) Igor Talkov.

Stop motion video. For when you want to realize your deepest, most inner fantasies.

The only thing this dining table needs is for Honda to build a little miniature robotic John Travolta and a built in mp3 player stocked with disco classics (that must be an oxymoron). From the TechEBlog and Make Magazine.

Here's two videos from the band which happens to be my other latest obsession, Zwei. Zwei combines a typically upbeat J-Pop style with good solid guitar rock. Both these videos are from their latest album Z released late last year. Enjoy.

Here are links to the romanji lyrics in case you want to sing along: Hikari and Dragon.

Bring on the 'gravitas'! You even get an extra track this week (sort of).

Bonus points to the person who correctly identifies the quote in "Thorns".