Here is the final film line delivered by film god Orson Welles in his final film role as Unicron in the only Transformers motion picture worth mentioning: The Transformers: The Movie (1986). And yes, that’s Stan Bush’s beyond awesome 80’s rock song “The Touch” playing in the background, making the explosive death scene absolutely perfect. This fantastic animated film needs a Blu-ray release pronto, especially in light of the immense popularity of the childhood memory-raping, live-action adaptations of recent years.
Bonus: The Touch music video —-> Full of unbelievable amounts of win (“you’re a winner!”).
Curb - Season 7, Ep 8: Officer Krupke
- Jeff Garlin (as Jeff Greene): Listen. I got big fucking news. Huge. Ready for this? I got a call from Virginia. She can't do the part! She's in a neck brace.
- Larry David (as himself): You're kidding!
- JG: No.
- LD: Oh my God.
- JG: Yes, and you know what that means?
- LD: Cheryl's going to do the part!
- JG : Cheryl's going to do the part.
- LD: Oh, this is fantastic!
- JG: Yes! It's unbelievable.
- LD: What happened?
- JG: She wouldn't tell me. I said "What happened" and she said "It's not important."
- LD: Interesting.
- JG: What?
- LD: As far as I know, there's only 2 ways you can injure your neck.
- JG: Mm-hmm.
- LD: One is a car accident.
- JG: Yeah.
- LD: The other is cunnilingus.
- JG: Mm-hmm.
- LD: If it wasn't a car accident, she injured her neck GOING DOWN on Cheryl.
- JG: Cheryl, oh my God!
- LD: Yes, they had a menage-a-trois!
- JG: You don't know that! It could've been a car accident. You don't know.
- LD: Let's check her car.
- JG: Alright, let's check her car. Alright. Who are you?
- LD: I'm Larry David.
- JG: And what do you happen to enjoy?
- LD: I happen to enjoy wearing womens panties.
- JG: Let's go.
So I'm watching Abel Ferrara's brutally dangerous, NYC exploitation masterpiece, Bad Lieutenant (1992) on IFC. Then my nephew (2 years, 10 months old) walks in the room...
- My nephew and I: *racing his Hot Wheels cars along the lines of the carpet rug*
- The Lieutenant (Harvey Keitel) on the TV: (reacting to the fictitious Mets/Dodgers play-by-play on the radio) You cocksucker! You fuckin' miserable fuckin' *shoots radio* cocksucker! *drives away* Piece of fucking shit. You fucking n****r! Fucking cocksucker! Oh *weeping* you fucking piece of shit! *crying*
- Magic Juan (me): *lowering the volume* Uhhh...he's just mad that his baseball team lost.
- My nephew: Baseball?
- Me: Yeah, but it's not right to react that way when you lose, right?
- Nephew: *acting reassuring towards Keitel's character* It's OK.
- Excellent review of the 2009 Special Edition DVD of Bad Lieutenant (which thankfully features the NC-17 cut, but unfortunately no reinstatement of the crucially impactful Schoolly D track): http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/dvd_review.asp?ID=1579
The mysterious monoleaf rising...
Now THAT...is one big pile of leaves.
You fell off, yo. (c) Red Maple Tree
F*ckin bag 'em up! (c) Mitch Hedberg
These Gather 'N Go rakes are a godsend.
Atten...HUT!
The Nephew, surveying the area.
Yes sir, yes sir, 10 bags full.
My huge Ernie work gloves, packin it in.
HEAVILY packed & ready for pick up. FIN.
Absolutely perfect raking weather today. Temps reached 14 Celsius (57.2 Fahrenheit) in the afternoon, which is incredibly warm for Ottawa at this time of year (I believe the informal term is “Indian Summer”). Anyways, no time like the surprisingly warm present to collect all of the deceased leaves before the real first snowfall comes down and sticks around. Hope you’re all enjoying the gorgeous splendor that is the Fall season.
Midnight, The Stars and Me...
Because I’m such a party animal, I am currently amidst the home stretch of a late night/early morning post-Halloween horror movie double bill…
TEN WAYS TO GOOD HEALTH
Behold the lovely tea cup I copped at the T & T Supermarket last weekend. Filled to the brim with Silver Needle White Tea (steeped at 75 celsius) with words to live by displayed on the exterior (the same sound advice is written in Japanese characters on the other side of the cup). A perfect way to drink to your health.
Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine (Solo Demo)
Minus Paul McCartney and therefore minus the kitschy end dialogue, and with some mega dreamy instrumentation and wonderful ad-libs not heard in the final (and IMO inferior) version. All in CD quality for the first time ever! Yes, Christmas has come exactly 7 weeks early as the official batch of CDQ Thriller demos from the famed early 80’s Thriller sessions have leaked online (thank you to whomever set these timeless gems free). These aren’t the same demos that have been heard on MJ’s Ultimate Collection or even the special edition of Thriller. These are the OH-FEE-SHALL blueprints, son. And if you didn’t enjoy the album version of The Girl Is Mine, then dare I say you might enjoy this.
These tracks were spawned during the beyond legendary Thriller sessions of the early 80’s and have never been heard before in full and in CD quality until now (which is pretty unbelievable). This magical package also includes some songs that were excluded from Thriller (like Carousel, Nite Line, Hot Street and Trouble) which, although they’ve been heard from in some form before, are also available in CDQ for the first time ever. If you’ve been listening to the low-quality demos all this time like I have, then you’ll thank your lucky stars for this momentous leak; for MJ fans, this is big news if you haven’t realized it by now.
Furthermore, I’m a demo freak as I tend to find the early drafts of songs much more fascinating than the finished product; they’re like the raw, creative form of the song before it gets all polished up and, in many cases, over produced in comparision (I’m just talking in general terms here). And if anything, demos are the blueprint for without which the final version would never ever come to fruition. To me, the demos sound like minimalist remixes hailing from an alternate universe. And although Thriller isn’t my personal favourite MJ album (it’s third behind 1. Off The Wall and 2. Dangerous), it doesn’t really get much better than the official demos/blueprints of the biggest selling album of all-time. The holy grail of demos, you could say.
I’ll post more tracks from this treasure trove of wonderfully raw and pure-sounding recording gems as the days go by (due to the limitations of the Tumblr audio posting system). Getting to hear these tracks at all is what the Internet was invented for, I feel. Hell, I’m just so thankful that I have good hearing to experience this (and you should be too). *turning up the volume on my headphones* A good Friday morning to you.
Now there’s a perfect set of googl(e)y eyes if I ever saw any. Happy early 40th Sesame Street! November 10th is the big day. The Sesame Street: 20 and counting… anniversary special seems like it was just yesterday and definitely not 20 years ago (I wonder how John-John is doing these days?). But wow, where did all of the time go? Oh well…1, 2, 3, 4, 5…6, 7, 8, 9, 10…11, 12!
Michael Jackson - Carousel (Full CDQ Version)
Recorded in early 1982 and written by Don Freeman and Michael Sembello. This track was dropped off of Thriller in favour of Human Nature (a decision by Quincy and Michael that no one can really debate). Previously only available on the Thriller Special Edition release in shortened form (1:50) as well as in a low-quality, near-full version floating around online (3:55). Not anymore though, for here is the complete composition (4:10) of Carousel in CD quality sound. This is the way that this beautiful track was meant to be heard. Good morning.
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Press X, oh God, press X!
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IT!
God of War III demo pics. The precursor to a major reason why the PS3 was invented. And also the main reason why I will finally get a Slim(kid)3 to call my own, hopefully by Christmastime.
If you have a PS3 already, then you can access this epic demo in one of the following ways:
- Pre-order God of War III (Regular or Ultimate edition)
- Purchase District 9 on Blu-ray (the demo is included within)
- Cop the God of War Collection —-> This shall be my ticket
Images courtesy of the fine geeks over at NeoGaf—-> 56K warning…just kidding! (but on the real, if you’re still using a 56K modem, then you’re most likely not reading this since you probably don’t even know that Tumblr exists, let alone my little online culture nook…no offense)
If we’re talking strictly food, then it’s a toss up as I love both (depends what day it is). But if we’re talking World Series, then…cheesesteaks all the way! In particular, I would love to see Pedro who, according to the article, is the spicy onions of the sandwich (which is actually my favourite part) put an exclamation mark on his superb career by taking the Phills to a 7th and deciding game against the Yanks, hopefully somehow leading to a World Series title repeat on the road (easier said than done). Either way, I’ve enjoyed this year’s Fall Classic a lot more than I thought I would, considering my indifference towards both teams (but moreso towards the Bankees). Now then, what time is it? Game time (WHOOO!).
Edit: Pedro’s got the flu? Sh!t. Here’s hoping he pulls a Jordan. Not looking strong early on though.
Edit2: Matsui is God…zilla.
The Roots - Kirk’s Election Day Song (from the November 3, 2009 ep of Late Night w/ Jimmy Fallon)
Even though it’s not election time up here in Canada, this could very well become the official song for whenever the time to vote for anything does arrive (in my mind, anyway). Best election song ever! I salute you, Captain Kirk. Owwwww!
Night 1 of the re-birth of Court Surfing on The Score is in the can and was wonderful to say the least. I’m talking about the multi-game surfing, b-ball TV program, of course (up top is a link to the corresponding blog). Sid & Tim taking the reins this season (awesome) with some great action all around tonight; in particular them Thunder kids done grown up indeed with an oh-so-close-but-no-cigar effort against the defending champion Fakers (not this time, but next time). And of course there was the glorious return of Court Cuts (only the finest!). A great way to start month eleven, no doubt.
NBA Court Surfing, Tuesdays at 8PM on HD channel 509 in the great white north. One of the reasons why HD was invented (I feel).
"Astonishment is our natural state of mind." - Paul Harris.
"Style is what an artist uses to fascinate the beholder in order to convey to him his feelings and emotions and thoughts." - Stanley Kubrick.
"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it." - Bruce Lee.
"If ya ears hurt, you shouldn't listen. That means you artificial and my style'll poison ya brain tissue." - Black Thought
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