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July 4, 2009

The Greatest '80s Music Video You've Never Seen

Drum kit that can be seen from space? Check.
Six cases of Aqua Net hair spray? Check.
Live tiger? Check.
Phyllis Diller? Check.

Then without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I hereby present "Hungry For Your Love" by Luis Cardenas:

Thriller, schmiller...no latex-coated "zombie" scares me like Diller!

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Neat Airplane Toilet Trick

Next time you're on a flight see if you can get away with trying this.
You probably don't need to roll it down the aisle for it to work.

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July 3, 2009

Michael Jackson's Secret Basement

Well, this explains a lot. Audio NSFW. (via b3ta)

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Upgrades in Process

We've tasked George, our IT director, to make some upgrades to our backend system, so you may find a few things broken at YBNBY from now until Monday. Don't worry if things look a little screwy around here in the meantime. We'll let you know when we think everything is back in place, but until then, remember - it's not over till the Fat Man sings.

Have a good July 4th everyone.

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July 2, 2009

The One Thing Michael Jackson Couldn't Buy: The Elephant Man's Bones

One of the "addictions" that was attributed to the late Michael Jackson was shopping. In the famous Martin Bashir interview he is shown going through a shop in Vegas spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on kitschy junk. We have all heard the figure of $400 million in the hole being thrown about.

However, Jacko couldn't buy Joseph (John) Merrick's skeleton.

The reports were admittedly dubious. But there are accounts in the late 80's that say the MJ attempted to buy the Elephant Man's bones from the Royal London Hospital. To no avail. One report said:

Michael Jackson has submitted an official bid, for an undisclosed sum, for the remains of the late John Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, from the London Hospital Medical College which has kept them since Merrick's death in 1890.

I don't know if the story is true. Though I think it is. Let's just be glad the Merrick's remains are safe in the London Hospital Museum and not about to be auctioned off to pay outstanding lawyer's fees. That would be a real bummer. Joseph Merrick was an amazing man. The film made about his life honestly makes me cry. When you look at these photos, as I have done many times, one wonders if they could handle Merrick's mistreatment and mockery. He was the definition of bravery.

It's my hope that Merrick's ghost is trying to buy Michael Jackson's bones.

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RoboGeisha

Here's a bloodier Japanese version of the fantasy played out in the Light Saber Catfight post below. Apparently, this is a real movie.

(via Geeks Are Sexy)

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Our Great Manifesto

Thomas Jefferson intended for the Declaration of Independence to be performed, not just read.
He believed the public reading and performance of this manifesto would be the ultimate act of defiance.

A few years ago his wish came true with this 14 minute video. The reading begins at about 4:45.

Take it away Morgan Freeman and fellow famous folks...

Happy 4th to you and yours.

Link

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Light Saber Catfight

Saber
Your fantasies have been pegged and brought to life. Be sure to stay for the punchline.

(via Gorilla Mask)

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Listen to The Bugle

The other night Baierman and I had dinner. A romantic night at a cozy hole-in-the-wall bistro called Quizno's. If you're ever in Manhattan and near 5th Avenue, I highly recommend the joint. Try the Steakhouse Beef Dip. A delight for the taste buds. It's a party in your mouth ... and everyone's invited.

Anyhoo, we conversed about all manner of topics. Jimmy Page, Elvis Presley, the unintentional comedy in Rattle and Hum, my beliefs concerning the Loch Ness Monster and Bigfoot (Seriously, we did talk about that), David Letterman and the Ed Sullivan Theater, snake charmers, the history of magic, all kinds of crap. We also talked about our favorite podcasts.

The recommendation I gave to BM I am passing on to you, faithful readers. The Bugle. My favorite podcast. The show feature's the Daily Show's John Oliver and fellow Brit Andy Zaltzman. It is a satirical current events podcast with some of the funniest analysis you'll hear on the interwebs.

Give it a listen. It's smart and entertaining.

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Minnesota Senator Does a Mean Mick Jagger

Sure, everyone knows the new junior senator from Minnesota used to be on SNL (including the roughly 4.5 trillion people yesterday who Tweeted a "good enough, smart enough, and doggone it, people like him" joke after the news broke.)

But did you know that in the early '80s Al Franken also co-founded the Franken & Davis School of Rock Star Impersonators?

(I originally wanted to do a retrospective of some of my favorite Franken & Davis sketches from back in the day, but my searches for embeddable SNL videos came up short...this was a pretty fantastic consolation prize, though, one I couldn't believe I'd missed until now.)

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