What happens when you combine 1977 T.V. sensibilities, Star Wars, Bea Arthur, Harvey Korman, and Jefferson Starship? Unarguably the worst Christmas special in United States history. I have a standing offer to everybody in my family: give this turd your undivided attention and sit through the entire episode without vomiting in your mouth, and $100 is yours. The initial wookie scene alone seems like 2 hours. Here's a taste of this absolute abomination:
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Saturday Morning Vitamins
Friday, December 12, 2008
Scary Horror Clip From 1981.
I was a horror film fanatic during my adolescence in the 80's. Unfortunately cheese, schtick, and schlock ruled the day in this genre. In general the makeup was poor, the acting second rate, and the director relied more on startle tactics than actually developing characters or formulating a coherent plot. There are some notable exceptions, of course, like The Changeling, Poltergeist, The Shining, etc. I don't remember Ghost Story being a superb piece of cinema, but I do remember this scene, and despite it's age it still gets me.
Chet Zar - Painter of Dark
Ryan Peterson (see his link on the sidebar under Artists) and Chet Zar became friends while working in the movie industry doing special effects. They both create a darker form of art, which I enjoy. Ryan grew up next door to my grandparents house in Paradise, Utah. When my family would visit, I would give my grandmother a quick hug then run over to Ryan's house with my brother where we would spend every waking hour. Ryan could draw a better dinosaur at age 2 than I can now. He always had various art projects in his room, sculptures, latex masks, drawings, etc. Ryan suggested I look at Chet Zar's art. Here is a snippet taken from the bio on Chet's website:
"The characters i paint may seem like creatures from another dimension, but i think they are simply us, here and now. Modern humanity without it's masks, without the adornments that make us acceptable to whatever group we are a part of. From the straight laced conservative to the tattooed, anti-social rebel, we all cover up to fit in someplace . Yet the only place where we are truly the same is on the inside. We all share feelings of fear and loneliness. We feel ugly and insecure. We feel separate from our environment and each other. These are the feelings that i try to convey in my paintings. These are the feelings that connect us."
Chet has a great website , and his limited edition signed prints are very reasonable. I bought several for $50 each. They'll be hanging in the guestroom to ensure pleasant dreams to anybody who visits.
Crunchy Horse Pellets
- Minerals evolve very slowly - Discovery
- Immortality exists in this animal
- Do you think you're a geek? Do you possess these skills?
- A twisted combination of Lazy Town and ghetto rap. It's quite catchy.
- Are you a real man? Are you searching for a bracelet?
- Electricity generation via revolving doors.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
1984 Chevrolet Corvette, A Futuristic Marvel!
A most heinous commercial from the dark ages, 1984. Enjoy!
Kris Kuksi, The Master of Grotesque
From the Beinart International Surreal Art Collective, a group that hosts an online gallery of various surrealist, psychedelic, esoteric, comic, lowbrow, and erotic artists. I first saw Kris Kuksi on this site. If you enjoy these pictures browse through his website, found here.
Breakfast Links
- They're meat, and they're in love!
- Onie Wheeler has the dubious distinction of being the only man to die on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry. Here's a video of him in better times.
- Circuit blowing, residential Christmas light displays.
- Japan marches to the beat of a mysterious drum. Here's the latest: mayonnaise margaritas!
- 20 pictures showing the transformation from egg to baby chicken.
- A family picture of the Mike Huckabee clan, with some choice comments.
- "Concrete is heavy; iron is hard--but the grass will prevail." - Edward Abbey
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Would You Buy This Computer for $9,340?
A nice article from Techyshit.com:
"Can you even imagine forking out nearly 20,000 dollars for a computer with 64K RAM? I can’t imagine what the people during that era of computer buying must have gone through. Jesus Christ! The price tags on these computers that you are about to see were beyond outrageous. In the 80s computers that weighed 55 pounds were called portable computers and now we whine if they are over 5 pounds. We sure as hell are spoiled cause personally I wouldn’t fork out more than 1000 dollars for a nice rig. Check out these images, although they were the roots for modern day computers, they were ugly as hell and the price no matter what anybody says didn’t justify whatsoever." Read more:
Hot Sausage Links
- Excellent wildlife photography by Nick Brandt.
- The worst band in the world according to Google.
- What kind of sick person actually responds to spam email?
- Life in a North Korean prison is not as glamorous as it sounds.
- Tycho Brache: scientist, moose lover, golden nose, worshipped a clairvoyant dwarf.
- "It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions." - Mark Twain
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
WTF?
Fran Drescher wants the New York senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton. Apparently nobody feels that actual qualifications are required to run a $7,000,000,000,000 per year government. I'm confident I speak for many Americans when I say, "This country has lost it's bloody mind!"
This Sums Up The Automotive Bailout:
Sadly, this automotive bailout pales in comparison to the financial bailout. We are screwed!
Fresh Morning Nuggets
- Stephen Johnson, EPA director, is a real asshole. - Youarehated.com
- Hadaka Matsuri, the Japanese Naked Man Festival - Weirdasiannews.com
- A new show, Kop Busters, sets embarrassing "reverse stings" on cops.
- The bizarre photography of Zhang Peng.
- Making a birthday cake? This is your ultimate candle. - Grand Illusions
Monday, December 08, 2008
Raw Japanese Kibbels
- A Japanese interpretation of Captain Underpants. - UniqueDaily
- It's unbelievable what the Japanese sell in vending machines.
- Barf bags don't work too well in zero gravity - Break.com
- How to speed peel a potato.
- A music video made from 45,000 photographs.
- Moisturizer for your coin slot. - Hulu
The Texan Chimp Knows All
Despite objections raised by every living former director of the National Park Service, several ranger organizations, and retired superintendents, the Bush Administration today finalized a decision to allow concealed, loaded firearms at 388 of 391 national park sites.
I mean, jeez, what do they know?
Bush continues on his plan to leave the country in smoldering ruins by the end of his administration.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Soft Mallow Chews
- What does an Arab carry in his knapsack? - Uniquedaily
- What are kids huffing these days? Jenkem, it's the good shit. - Thenonist
- The first photo taken from space. - Airspacemag
- Some terrible wax figures. - Humorsafari
- Is this the future of smoking? - Plunderguide
Mechanismo - Another Fine Article From The Nonist
This article is a great overview of some excellent science fiction artwork. Here's a taste:
"You might look at these images of the future and find them stylistically dated, and they are 30 years old at this point, literally images of futures past, so I wouldn’t argue with you. I do think, however, that in a very palpable way these images, and images like them from the late 50’s all the way through the early 80’s, represent something which, in sci-fi’s drive toward the future, and possibly more to the point its drive toward “respectability,” the marketers of the genre have let slip away. That thing being Style. " Read more...
Brothers Play the Best Practical Jokes
I'm guilty of subjecting my siblings to a variety of practical jokes. It never occured to me to use a car battery.
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