I've always been impressed by anyone who can fluently speak more than one language. People who learn a manufactured language confound me. And being able to perform a known song in a manufactured language is just plain cool. Introducing the artist known as Klenginem, performing the Klingon version of Eminem's song Without Me. In Klingon, the song is called SuvwI'pu' qan tu'lu'be.

Growing up on the Klingon starbase Morska, it was no problem for Klenginem - whose real name is Quvar muHwI' valer - to receive the most different kinds of communication waves, among which also the terran rap-music.

As a communications officer, it was no problem for him to adapt the songs to the klingon music, and then he presented his first try to the warriors of the Dark Vengeance Fleet. To make his pseudonym, he used the name of a famous terran rap-singer, from the "Klingon Eminem" he got the name "Klenginem".

The website is clearly labeled as a parody, but what does that mean? I don't know the Klingon language, so I don't know how much of an accomplishment this song is. Maybe you know someone who is passingly fluent in Klingon to ask whether this performance is in fluent Klingon. Maybe we'll never know.

(via Culture Popped)

The US, the English, the Brazilians think they know how to make good advertising, but really, they can't hold a candle to the Germans.

This is pure insanity, with a dose of laughter and WTF.
A memorable way to sell your product.

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"Where the Wild Things Are" **1/2 (out of four): Spike Jonze's beautifully audacious and sadly flawed film brings Maurice Sendak's much-beloved, nine-sentence children's story to vivid, CGI-enhanced life. If only he had kept it a short story.

Full disclosure: I've only read "Where the Wild Things Are" - Maurice Sendak's much-beloved, nine-sentence children's story - one time. And that was about four days ago. It just wasn't part of my childhood bookshelf. Don't judge. That being said, I may be the best (or worst) audience for Spike Jonze's beautifully audacious and sadly flawed film adaptation. On the one hand, I don't have a deep-rooted affection for the source material, so I don't approach the original text with the unabated reverence that many do. On the other hand, I don't have a deep-rooted affection for the source material, so I don't entirely understand the veneration in the first place. That being said, Mr. Jonze has done yeoman's work bringing Mr. Sendak's wonderfully edgy vision to vivid, CGI-enhanced life. If only he had kept it a short story.

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This just in: A 6-year-old boy was thought to be inside this massive experimental balloon floating above Colorado. Authorities now believe he wasn't. Phew.

No word if the buttery popcorn inside has exploded.

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It looks like it'll be a stormy weekend for those of us in the Northeast, and what better way to get into the Halloween spirit than reading some of our past articles on ghouls, ghosts, the macabre, and the marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin? A select few are below.

Jacko Already Haunting Neverland Ranch - Ironic that a man who's as white as a ghost turned into one.
Haunted Connecticut - Echo takes us on a tour of his home state's spookiest places.
Top Ten Slutty Costumes - Because Halloween isn't about dressing up, it's about being mostly naked.
Eaten By a Shark - Who knew ironic vintage t-shirts attracted sharks?
Top Ten Creepy Ad Icons - The Burger King has haunted all our dreams.
Who You Gonna Call? - The British are seriously hard up for entertainment. How else would you account for their love of Friday Night with Jonathon Ross?
Creep Me Out - The ten best ghost photographs ever taken.
Vampire Bats Strike - Unlike vampire hedgehogs, vampire bats won't actually turn you into one of the undead.

This clip is called Back to the Ship, from Fall on Your Sword, who also brought us Captain Kirk is Climbing the Mountain.

Office workers with too much time on their hands? Check.
Access to iChat? Check.
One horribly catchy song? Check.
It's videos like these that make me happy I work in a de-feathering factory at the Tyson plant.

The generation gap in slang usage comes to light in this interview with Dustin Hoffman. I found this in the Telegraph article Infectious laughter: 20 best 'corpsing' videos. Of course, I had a little slang gap myself when I saw the headline. I thought I'd found something gross and scary for Halloween! Turns out that 'corpsing' is British slang for actors breaking up into laughter while doing a scene -or in this case, a promotional interview.

Alcohol? K-hole? Avant-garde theatre performance?

What do you think?

The weather is turning. As I was out for a walk early this morning I saw my breath. A good sign. Fall is almost here.

As a swan song to the sticky summer, we bring you a tale of a dope that can't sleep, a suspected drug addict/salesman, and a mysterious air conditioner. It's a rip-roaring weird and wonderful Manhattan yarn. We did this one about 6 weeks ago and forgot about it, but the story still stands. A little goodbye to the heat and to my sweaty misery.

Then Adam and I discuss what is the worst thing ever witnessed on the streets of New York. They are both awful. And amazing. And ... awful.



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