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Drunken Recollection… Wait, That Was Her? And What’s Her Deal?

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I’ve mentioned it before – I love IFC’s Portlandia.  It’s finished its six-episode run, and will be back some time next year, but one night while drinking, I learned something about one of its guest stars, Aimee Mann.  Here’s a sample of her appearance:

I thought I never heard of her, since I never saw Magnolia or heard her song from it:

But as I said, I thought I never heard of her…

I had no idea the lead singer from ‘Til Tuesday was the same person in Portlandia!

Also, another drunken night, I watched Letterman or Fallon and this performer came on:

Soooo…

I had no idea the lead singer from ‘Til Tuesday was the same person in Portlandia!

InASense, Lost… A Cheese And Crappers Double Whammy

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I rarely watch commercials, but these are two recent ones I’ve caught while watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network who know’s what.  One reminded me of an old childhood wish, and the other made me wish I was never born.  I’ll let you figure out which wish is which.

Happy Re-Find… Batman & Robin Shortened To The “Best” Parts

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I saw this film once before, long ago, and ever since, I’ve been trying to forget it.

I saw this video a while back, and it trudged up all kinds of awful memories, so I repressed it.

I’ve been in therapy for a bit now, and my doctor told me it was a good idea t o face down my demons and share.  Enjoy the hurt:

Musical Musings… More Liberal Borrowing To Report

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My job is getting easier and lazier easier.  Since officially declaring my mission to be the champion of originality, I thought:

To illustrate how musical acts steal, er, liberally borrow from others, is there no better way than for me to liberally borrow previously produced mash-ups to illustrate my point?

This was stumbled upon one night while driving to the bar with friends.  The Alan Parsons Project’s Eye in the Sky came on the radio – somehow – and we noticed a striking similarity to Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now.  Here’s the work of another:

As for this one, I read about it on the TripleDoubleU, but I’d be a very sad panda if I didn’t include any mention of how Justin Bieber’s Love Me liberally borrowed the chorus from The Cardigans’ Lovefool:

Fortunately (for him), my arch-enemy Dr. Luke had nothing to do with either of these songs… Although DJ Frank E (what is it with all these tools and their stupid names) produced Bieber’s tune, and he once worked with Dr. Luke to produce Flo Rida’s highly original Right Round (which also introduced the world to Ke$ha)…  Hmmm…

I'll get you next time, Dr. Luke... Next time!

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So, Duh! Pop Quiz… Songs Written By Other Artists Edition

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Battle of the Brands

I’ve been trying to figure out how to go about this edition of the So, Duh! Pop Quiz, so I decided to be graphic.

Graphic… in the sense I’m using pictures of both artists or groups that share a bond.  Namely, their bond is a song the one(s) on the left wrote and the one(s) on the right made famous.  In most of the cases, the one(s) on the left still made their own version, as it wasn’t initially intended to be for the one(s) on the right.

Get it?  Got it?  Gut it. Git-R-Done.

1) Neil Diamond and The Monkees

Forever in Blue Jeans (Not Leather or Knit Caps)

2) Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Cold

So Dork and Brooding

3) Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson

Different Photographers? U B the Judge

4) Prince and Sinead O’Connor

They Could Be in a Sci-Fi Film

5) The Beatles and The Rolling Stones

Remember When Everything was Black and White?

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In My Brain While Sleeping… Worse. Interview. Ever.

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Immediately after waking up from this dream, I knew I had to make the video using Xtranormal.  You’ve probably seen videos from that sight, used in Geico ads.

Anygekko, I knew it wasn’t that entertaining on its own (that was kind of the point of the weirdness), and in text form, it would be xtraboring.  Enjoy Terrible Radio Interview with Sean Penn:

God bless the musical fruit…

Awful Battle… Fairy Tale Updates

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I don’t know if these movies have been released yet or not because I didn’t care to double-check (although the preview for one hints that it was supposed to come out last summer), but it’s an Awful Battle of fairy tale proportions…

Red Riding Hood and Beastly are obvious updates of their respective stories (if you can’t garner the source from their titles, you’ll have to bear through their previews):

(SIDENOTE: Unlike Twilight, which these films are for some reason aspire to be like, I would probably watch either of them if nothing else was available.  Mostly because I’ve seen Beastly star Vanessa Hudgens nude, and Red Riding Hood star Amanda Seyfried have sex with Julianne Moore and make out with Megan Fox.  Mjusayin’…)

(ANOTHER SIDENOTE: Doesn’t Mary-Kate Olsen look a lot like Ke$ha in her preview?)

We R Who We R

Worth 1002 Words… Robocop Video Edition

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KID ROBBED

(SIDENOTE: Seriously, how could Peter Weller miss Kid Rock in his list of famous Detroiters?  He’s one of its staunchest supporters!  For shame, Robocop, for shame…)

The Sh– And Just Sh–ty… A Day In The Life Of The Hanks Family

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It’s safe to say that Tom Hanks is beloved.  (It’s an easier call than saying that about Grimace.)  But does that extend to his family?  Tough call.  (His wife, Rita Wilson, probably would feel some love.  She’s at least beminusloved.  And maybe son Colin Hanks has some fans…?)

After the Oscars, it was really nice to see Tom Hanks playing up his comedy skills again on the Jimmy Kimmel Live.  For the record, this is filed under The Shit:

Let it be known, Sophie Hanks is not his real daughter.  (She’s played by Actor! Nikki Hahn.)  But Rapper! Chet Haze is his real son:

Guess what this is filed under…

Drunken Recollection… Evil Grimace

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He has McDiabetes.

Okay, all you Super-Sized McFatties out there, are you ready for this?

Wait… that’s kind of the wrong way to start this post.  Kind of like how McDonald’s started Grimace out as an evil, four-armed thief…

He was introduced in 1971, and made only these two appearances as a bad guy.  For whatever reason, he was quickly converted into the purple gumdrop we all know and… are mildly nostalgic about?  But finding out about this, one night while drinking, finally shed some light on a question I’ve long battled:

If Grimace means a sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust, why would they name the lovable oaf that?

Lovable oaf? Really?!

It’s because he started out as a… sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disgust, I guess.

But I digress.  Anyone out there remember Uncle O’Grimacy?  Because for some reason, I don’t.

But this talk of Shamrock Shakes and St. Patrick’s Day gets me thinking… man, I can’t wait to do more drinking.  And drinking is what lead me to this overall discovery.

It’s the circle of life.  Or the Golden Arches of life.  Have it your way.  Oh wait, that’s the Burger King slogan, but I’m lovin’ it.