Astrology Songs

The astrological interpretations of one Harvey Sid Fisher are another spectacular find courtesy of the guys over at The Found Footage Festival. A public access artist extraordinaire, Fisher, clad in a tuxedo, captured his collection of 12 zodiac songs (just try to get “Talkin’ bout the Taurus, talkin’ ’bout the bully bull bull” out of your head once it gets inside) back in 1989, setting each to an amazing interpretive dance.

So do enjoy and make sure to check out the compilations of The Found Footage Festival available on DVD (which we just picked up at Amoeba) for more gems, many of which have (or soon will) appear on this very blog.

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Posted on February 28, 2010

More Cursed Than Macbeth

This video of a Peter Pan production gone awry just makes me laugh… There’s something about disastrous amateur shows that always cracks me up; I vividly remember fleeing the Pike’s Peak Center in a fit of uncontrollable giggles when a chorus girl fell off the top riser (she was fine).

Of course, the video can’t help but remind me of another side-splitting Peter Pan fail wryly recalled by the always charming Jack Hitt at the beginning of the classic This American Life episode, Fiasco!

A Google image search turned up the awesome Captain Hook photo below; the video is below/after the jump.

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Posted on February 14, 2010

He Brings Crowds

I hope that if I ever spend twenty five years creating something that it is at least in the ball park of this man’s business card. This almost seems too crazy to be real, but I believe it’s legit and for obvious reasons it should be viewed in concert with Patrick Bateman’s inner ruminations on the subtleties of the perfect business card.

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Posted on January 17, 2010

An Intense Songster

My friend Luke just introduced me to Mark Gromley, the internet musical sensation that is more Tim and Eric than Tim and Eric over on Rotating Corpse. Gormley is described most accurately at his own site:

“Behold the awesome power and glory of Mark Gormley!
…Amen
His music and songs touch souls in a profound way, while his music videos expand minds to possibilities never before dreamed. Mark Gormley is a man that his captivated the hearts and minds of a generation, and will so for generations to come.”

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Posted on December 26, 2009

Here's what I wrote on July 20th:

For me, Brad Neely's alternative commentary track for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone calls to mind the expressive ramblings and raspy, wild, and often despairing voice of suicidal beat poet Steven Jesse Bernstein. Inspired by the idea of retelling the popular tale from a wildly misinformed (he refers to Hagrid as Hagar the Horrible and mistakes Snape for a woman) though enthusiastic point of view, Neely has created a sort of cult phenomenon that has made Warner Brothers bristle.

Though there are curse words, it's not a low brow piece of appropriation with mere fart jokes and f-words – it's far more interesting and bizarre than that.

RUNNERS UP:
Hoogie Boogie Land
911 Warthog Call
Cool as Ice
Kid in Red Shirt Dancing
Capucine
Imaginative Sex

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Posted on November 2, 2009