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Felipunch

Clinton — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:51:22 +0000

Awesome Argentine artist Paul Boffeli.

via YayEverday!

They cancelled Party Down

Erik — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:21:46 +0000

Yesterday, Starz took Party Down, one of my favorite comedies of the past two years, out behind the barn and put it out of its misery. Not really a huge surprise. Few people ever heard of it, mostly because it was on Starz and few people even realize that their cable package includes Starz. If you’re a stranger to the series, you can watch both seasons on Netflix.

Starz takes the ‘Party Down’ – LA Times

Nightmare on Elm Street Documentary: Never Sleep Again

Erik — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:38:00 +0000

Last Saturday, I set an alarm so that I could wake up at 8am to watch this four-hour documentary about the original Nightmare on Elm Street franchise (no, it does not include any of that new bullshit starring Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy). I grew up watching the Nightmare on Elm Street movies and I loved them. I dressed up as Freddy for Halloween multiple times. I begged my mom to buy me those crappy sticker books every time a new movie came out. I think you had to be young to appreciate those movies the way I did. Somehow, I managed to overlook the campiness of even the worst sequels and stay terrified. In fact, when the whole franchise turned into a pop culture reference machine, it seemed even scarier to me, like Freddy was part of my reality. Are you shitting me? Freddy knows what a Power Glove is too? I’m toast!

Heather Langenkamp, Nancy from the original Nightmare on Elm Street, stars in, executive produced and narrates the film. It’s a must see for any late 80′s/early 90′s horror fan. All the behind the scenes footage really took me back to the days of reading Fangoria from cover to cover, seated on the floor of the local supermarket because it was way too expensive to buy. Seriously, what’s up with that? No advertisers wanted in on Fangoria?

A few of my favorite scenes:

Robert Englund, in full Freddy Krueger make-up, talking a make-up artist’s ear off, recalling the time he first saw Barbra Streisand performing live.

Footage of a giant Freddy, constructed in order to allow the actors to burrow through its abdomen, toppling over with all the actors inside because the only person holding the entire thing up was a tiny Asian woman dangling from a catwalk.

The entire segment on NoEL 2: Freddy’s Revenge. Apparently, the film’s writer was attempting to create gay subtext. What he actually created was a super gay movie.

Check out the trailer for the movie here. You can rent it on Netflix.

AMC’s The Walking Dead

Erik — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:34:14 +0000

Is it just me or does AMC’s TV adaptation of comic book series The Walking Dead seem a little underreported? I mean, it’s a zombie show from the network that brought you Mad Men, so that’s enough to make me think it would be pretty sweet, but it’s being written and directed by the guy who made The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile! Are you fuckin’ kidding me?! The Shawshank Redemption with zombies?!

I’m in.

It seems that AMC has started reaching out to the press (one of the Ain’t It Cool guys visited the set and wrote a review that reads like a 12 year old girl writing about her backstage experience at a Justin Bieber concert). There’s a bunch of production stills circulating now that look pretty badass. I absolutely cannot wait for footage. Incidentally, if you want to follow along with the production, AMC has a pretty good blog going here.

Anyway, here’s a bunch of stills I was able to snag from around the web.

V-J Day Footage, 1945 – In Color

Stephie — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:29:37 +0000

Stunning footage, courtesy of Richard Sullivan:

65 Years Ago my Dad shot this film along Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki capturing spontaneous celebrations that broke out upon first hearing news of the Japanese surrender. Kodachrome 16mm film: God Bless Kodachrome, right?

VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 from Richard Sullivan on Vimeo.

Via Richard Sullivan

First “That’s What She Said” On Record

Stephie — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:15:33 +0000

Leave it to Alfred Hitchcock in this 1929 sound test:

Via Jezebel

Banksy in Boston

Brad — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:50:14 +0000

The British graffiti artist known as Banksy made his presence known in Boston this week with an uplifting piece on Essex Street (photo credit to my wife Kathryn). I’ll always have room in my heart for Shepard Fairey and Borf, but Banksy rules them all. Recent cameos in a handful of North American cities likely means that Banksy is out on a publicity tour: his first film, Exit Through the Gift Shop, is currently screening in several major cities.

Definitely take a minute today to check out his oeuvre. My personal favorite, below, appeared on Leake Street in London before being painted over (whoa, meta-irony) in August 2008.

Treat Her Right

Clinton — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:53:04 +0000

I was going to say this is the best Mother’s Day song I’ve ever heard, but then I remembered:

Moms, you deserve it all!

Via Aubrey Hepburn Complex

Beck and Friends Cover INXS

Stephie — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:44:34 +0000

Whoa, how have I never heard about Record Club until now? From Beck’s website:

Record Club is an informal meeting of various musicians to record an album in a day. The album chosen to be reinterpreted is used as a framework. Nothing is rehearsed or arranged ahead of time. A track is put up here once a week. The songs are rough renditions, often first takes that document what happened over the course of a day as opposed to a polished rendering.

The list of musicians involved is pretty sick. Here they are covering “I Need You Tonight”:

Record Club: INXS “Need You Tonight” from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Via Varsity Basketweaving

Great Moments In Syndication

Stephie — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:37:53 +0000

You would think that waking up at 7:30am on a Saturday would never be worth it… but you’d be wrong.

My favorite part is the YouTube poster’s observation that he sounds exactly like Cartman. And the jam at the end, obviously.