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JusWondering… Is A Detroit Bucket List Ironic?

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I wish I took a screen cap of an advertisement for something called The Detroit Bucket List, or that I at clicked on the link, because I’m having the hardest time finding out what it was (translation–> nothing on the first page of my Google search looked familiar.

One thing I found was a trailer for a locally produced “movie” with the same name:

It’s from two years ago, though (you can catch a glimpse of Tiger Stadium before it became a barren field).

Otherwise, I found this Facebook page and not much else.

But all in all, it got me JusWondering… is a Detroit Bucket List in any way ironic (because both imply impending doom)?  Is it an oxymoron?  Or just plain ol’ moronic?

Well, anyyallzboy… about this time last year, I started a bucket list with the promise to continue it.  This is me continuing it – Detroit style!

  • I want to produce a documentary about Detroit in its heyday (what a fun word, BTW). I would love to see footage of Detroit’s early American origins, through its prosperous periods, to its eventual downfall.  Maybe Ken Burns could put together this opus.  Why won’t I do it?  I’m too lazy.
  • I want to produce a show about a cop from another (better funded) city trying to get things done in the Detroit Police Department. Imagine a detective from New York, Chicago, or Miami battling not only the crime, but the system… I think it could be intriguing.
  • I want to shake up the system. Namely, I could see myself running for mayor.  I’ve lived in Detroit for 98.8% of my life, and I deserve the opportunity as much as any of the other clowns that have “won” the position.  First order of business – shit-can the useless City Council and bump up the number of fire fighters and police.
  • I want to build a movie studio in Detroit. This was an early wish, long before Hollywood even came calling our neck of the woods.  I also envisioned setting up excellent filmmaking programs at Wayne State University (my alma mater), U of M Dearborn (only), and Hank High (a.k.a. Henry Ford Community College).  I have my reasons for these three.
  • I want to move out of Detroit. A man can dream, can’t he?

So, Duh! Pop Quiz… Guess That 900 Number Edition

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Can you call me?

 

For this edition of the So, Duh! Pop Quiz, I thought I’d go with a nostalgic walk down memory lane in the style of Pop Culture Perfect Storms.  

In the days of yore – “pre-TripleDoubleU” – there were only so many ways to get in touch with celebrities.  Actually, aside from fan letters and magazines, there was only one truly sorta interactive way to reach them… 900 phone numbers.  

This is a test of your memory or pure guessing skills.  The corresponding answers in the form of commercials follow after the jump.  Good luck!  

1) (900) 909-JEFF  

    a) Jeff Bridges
    b) DJ Jazzy Jeff
    c) Jeff Goldblum
    d) Jeff Daniels

 2) (900) 740-3500   

    a) Easter Bunny
    b) Santa Claus
    c) Fairy Godmother
    d) none of the above

3) (900) 909-FRED  

    a) Fred Savage
    b) Fred Kruger
    c) Fred McGriff
    d) Fred Stanley

4) (900) 909-1133 

    a) Women’s Secret Confessions, featuring Donna Rice
    b) Women’s Secret Confessions, featuring Fawn Hall
    c) Women’s Secret Confessions, featuring Jessica Hahn
    d) Women’s Secret Confessions, featuring “Marilyn Monroe” lookalike

5) (900) 490-FREAK  

    a) Freddie Freak
    b) a freaky puppet
    c) a waste of time
    d) all the above

6) (900) 660-4LOU  

    a) Lou Albano
    b) Lou Ferrigno
    c) Lou Diamond Phillips
    d) Luigi and Mario

7) (900) 909-5KIDS  

    a) Bebe’s Kids
    b) a group of five kids
    c) “Quints” brand dolls
    d) New Kids on the Block

8) (900) 909-4300  

    a) Easter Bunny
    b) Santa Claus
    c) Fairy Godmother
    d) none of the above

9) (900) 909-1800 

    a) Paula Abdul
    b) Madonna
    c) Stacey Q
    d) a guide to 800 numbers

10) (900) 909-MCMC 

    a) MC Skat Kat
    b) Mayor McCheese and Ronald McDonald
    c) Young MC
    d) MC Hammer

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A Handful Of… Songs About Robots, Maybe

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I lurve robots.  So much in fact, that at times when I’ve been in altered states, I’ve admitted that if I found out I was one, I wouldn’t be upset.  Because I wouldn’t have emotions, you see.

Anyweirdo, here are some songs I like because they’re about robots… I think:

Mr. Roboto – Styx

Machinehead – Bush

Who’s Johnny? – El Debarge

Paranoid Android – Radiohead

The Humans are Dead – The Flight of the Conchords

Happy Finds… And One Not-So-Happy Find

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Ever see your grandma naked?

I could have went with many other options to that image (list after the jump), but I merely mentioned it as a lead in to introduce the website…

CANNOT UNSEE

Here’s an example:

Not a common image on the site, but one that cracked me up (a true LOL).

Another coolish thing to check out is no doubt inspired by the creepy and awesome Garfield Minus Garfield.  It’s called…

CALVIN MINUS HOBBES

Here’s an example:

A common image on the site... especially since new ones haven't been added.

Another site that hasn’t been updated in a while includes this image:

(click the pic for the site)

And then I just love this commercial… particularly the part about tacos:

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Coinkydink Or Coinkydonk? Rango Goes Gonzo

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Let me be the first to admit that I wasn’t the only one that saw the similarities between Rango and Hunter S. Thompson, as both played by Johnny Depp.

Cinema Blend was the first to put the posters for Gore Verbinski’s upcoming animated film and Terry Gilliam’s trippy classic side-by-side:

The chameleons played by a chameleon...

But I saw something in the new trailer that I take as further proof the similarities are more Coinkydink than Coinkydonk.  See if you can catch it:

If you didn’t, it occurred around the 1:47 mark.

Here’s Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:

"I just licked the back of salamander or chameleon I found..."

And here’s the sequence from Rango:

Hunter S. Thompson, meet Rango - your shirts match!

Awesome Battle… Cool Tech Of Varying Degrees

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Should I go big news first?  Nah.

Guess what finally got approved by the FAA?  (You know, the Federal Aviation Administration – which is not to be confused with the DOE, RAE, MI, SO, LAA, or TI.)  Anywhoosh, if your curiosity is piqued, take a peek at the peak of human innovation:

Hrm... I always thought it would use magnets, not wings.

It’s a flying car (source)!  Or a small plane that’s car-ish.  But whatever… we’re that much closer to text messaging accidents causing roof damage!

So what could be better than a flying car, you might ask?  Auto-origami!

(via The Daily What)

Hibbidy-Wah?! Blue Ball Sex (But Not How You Think)

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I didn’t think anything could beat a Play-Doh dildo (wait, that doesn’t sound right), but I was wrong.

Musical Musings… Bands Named After Sports Jargon

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He used that card to pick out his shirt color at Sears.

 

With all the brouhaha about the World Cup (and the brew-ha-ha’s over funny beer cups), I started thinking… hey, the band Yellowcard must have gotten their band name from yellow cards.  Since I got the soccer-referenced band name out-of-the-way, let’s move onto some others: 

FOOTBALL

Not this kind of nickel back...

 

Nickelback is a Canadian band named after a position in an American sport.  They claim their name is in reference to change band member Mike Kroeger would return to customers while working at Starbucks, but that’s suspect.  Under this pretense, the band could have been named Sixcentsback or Buck-O-Nine.  I’m sticking to the football ties. 

Helmet could fall under football… or baseball… or hockey… or bicycling… but I tend to believe their moniker derives from Vikings… if Vikings were condoms. 

HOCKEY

When you only got 100 years to live, you don't need to see crap like this.

 

You wouldn’t think a guy with a high-pitched falsetto would be a hockey fan, but John Ondrasik must be enough of when to name his band himself, Five for Fighting.  I was going to let this be a standalone entry, until I came across a mention of The Zambonis.  “Who they hell are they?” I said to myself.  “I won’t include them if I never heard any of their music.”  Turns out, I did.  Hockey Monkey was the theme song to a short-lived show I enjoyed (and forgot to include on this list) called The Loop: 

BASEBALL

Alfred Hitchcock meets Christopher Lloyd and Tony Danza in "Birds in the Outfield"

 

Are you ready for the battle of the one hit (baseball pun!) wonders? 

One of my all-time favorite songs from the 80’s has to be Your Love by The Outfield, my primary entry for the All-American Rejects Sport.  On the other hand, Fastball’s The Way has to be one of the most annoying songs from the 90’s (mostly courtesy of overplay… but still). 

BASKETBALL

Bill Berry traveled from the Chicago Bulls to the Washington Wizards, but he's only one guy.

 

This sport was the toughest one.  I was hard half-court pressed to think of a single entry here.  And suddenly there were two (courtesy of my boss/friend Paul): 

  1. Blues Traveler (FYI and off subject – John Popper was hilarious in Z Rock)
  2. Travelling Wilburys

Stretches?  Both yes.  But basketball players are usually very tall… 

BONUS SPORTS, a.k.a. OVERTIME

RUNNERS UP

HONORABLE MENTION

Huey Lewis and the News for having albums entitled Sports and simply, Fore!

InASense, Lost… The Toy That Got Away

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This post is inspired by two items:

  1. This Geek Dad article from Wired about classic toys and their modern equivalents (fear not – it’s geeky)
  2. This scene from Hot Tub Time Machine

Waxing nostalgic is always a risky endeavor, but sometimes, it’s worth the heartache.  Case in point – here’s the one that got away, my great white buffalo… my childhood dream of becoming a director, molded in flimsy plastic and recorded on audio cassettes’ magnetic tape…

Fisher Price’s PXL 2000

It’s quite honestly the only Christmas wish list item that I can recall the pining over, like a forgotten summer crush.

There’s one CD cover I can think of that captures that similar sense of adolescent longing, now long lost.

Like a Polaroid from my mind...

Otherwise there’s this video of Whitney, filmed in Pixelvision, courtesy of the PXL 2000:

Man, I feel bummed out… save me President Taft (for no particular reason)!

A Handful Of… Bad Rap Songs From Movies Still Stuck In My Head

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I would never call myself a fan of any specific genre because, hey – if it’s good, it’s good.  If it’s catchy, it’s catchy.  If it’s kitschy, it’s kitschy.  This handful of soundtrack “rap” songs remain in my noggin to this very day… mostly filed under the kitschy label.

Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh – Spirit from Ghostbusters 2

Partners in Kryme – Turtle Power from – what else? – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

MC Hammer – Addams Groove from The Addams Family

Amanda Ingber (?) – Top That! from Teen Witch

This one isn’t really a rap song, but it still gets stuck in my head…

Shampoo – Trouble from Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie