Hideous Penguin Boy vs. Really Big Head

Because more than anything, we need real change.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

O cursed spite! (plus Music Time!)

So apparently, I'm one of maybe two people on the whole Internets that realizes that El-P, in his song "T.O.J." off his extraordinary album Fantastic Damage, isn't rapping that "the time is out of joy." Bone up on your fucking Hamlet, people, before you look even stupider. (Seriously, if you're familiar -- at all -- with El-P, the bastardizations of his lyrics on various lyric sites, all of which seem to be working from the same crib sheets, are bloody embarrassing. He's difficult to understand at times, but not by THIS much.)

Speaking of... here's a song I've been meaning to post up for a while: "Poisonville Kids No Wins/Reprise" by El-P. It's the closing track off his new album I'll Sleep When You're Dead (best album of the year so far, for what it's worth), and like much of his work, it alternates cryptic, intelligent wordplay with beats and music that manages to be both dense and catchy. The main reason I want y'all to hear this, though, is just so you can understand why I think we should all lobby to get El-P to write the theme song to the next Bond film. And no, I'm not joking. Take a listen, even if you think you don't like hip-hop.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Laugh? I thought I'd die...

Upon listening to the new Patton Oswalt CD Werewolves and Lollipops, I was surprised to find that Oswalt has discovered maybe the three funniest words in the English language: "Jon Voight's ballsack."

Seriously -- when listening to the routine that used that particular punchline, I damn near had to pull over to keep from wrecking my car, I was laughing so hard. Right now, I'm shamefully giggling just thinking about it.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

James Taylor says "motherfucker" for the big boys now

This just in: If I have the clue in the latest Criterion newsletter figured correctly, a few months down the line we should be seeing a brand-spanking new Criterion Collection DVD of Two-Lane Blacktop. AWESOME.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

So TIFF begins...

So I've got my fest pass. I've got my hotel. I am locked and goddamn loaded for Toronto. Hell yeah!

So who all else is ready? I know Paul and Girish will be there...