So, lately I've been questioning Jay-Z's claim of being the greatest rapper alive. I finally checked out his "On to the Next" video and, though I am still not a huge fan of the song itself, I definitely have to give some props for the video.
Tonight, Hova earns from me the coveted "rapper with the creepiest, unrap rap video" award. Congratulations.
I fear that I will have nightmares about my sneakers bleeding milk tonight.
Streetlight Manifesto just released this video for "Would You Be Impressed?" (The song's like two years old, but whatever.) From the very first second I knew this would be a Paige favorite. But with the murdering and all, I may have to keep this one to myself.
Speaking of censorship, Paige would probably be upset if she knew I wasn't sharing the new Matt & Kim video with her. I'm withholding it for two reasons:
1. The fact that the whole video is Matt & Kim walking naked through Manhattan.
2. Kim is so dang muscle-y.
I can barely handle watching the video myself due to reason #2. But if you decide to check it out, stick around for the ending.
I did put "Lessons Learned" on Paige's last mixtape, so she's happy enough.
It's just the price you have to paywhen you're famous--racy videos of you appearing on the internet. I am no exception. My acting debut recently found its way onto the world wide web. (Thanks, Ike.)
Back in the innocence of 2002, I had a video production class at the U. Our final project was to create a five minute video based on the theme "The Odd Couple." We split up into groups of five and started brainstorming. We went around the circle trying to figure out if anyone had anything cool to contribute.
Ike had access to a mailman hat, I had some hand puppets, Rashed had the fact that he was from Kuwait, Brett knew to handle the production, and Becca mentioned that she happened to live in the basement of a mortuary. Thus Rashed's Neighborhood was born.
The best part for me was Rashed trying to get the grasp on the whole thing. He was an exchange student and still working on his English. He'd obviously never seen Mr. Roger's Neighborhood before, but he watched a couple of episodes for research. His Mexican girlfriend was also an exchange student, learning English. Together, the two of them worked on learning the lyrics to the theme song. They tried their best, but usually here's the best they could come up with:
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, beautiful day neighbor...hood.
Ah, close enough.
So, with no further introduction, here's Rashed's Neighborhood. (Notice my lush, full head of hair.)
Endlessly Walking Through the Desert: Daft Punk's Electroma
From the human body/dog head awesomeness of Da Funk, to the anime-tastic to full-length Interstella 5555, Daft Punk has always had great visuals. Thus I eagerly anticipated the French duo's directorial debut.
It's no surpise that the movie is about two robots named Daft Punk. Though Electroma is an hour long, I can give you the whole script in 30 seconds. SPOILER ALERT!!!
Robots drive through desert (10 minutes). Robots reach the equivalent of Burley, Idaho. All inhabitants look like Daft Punk (5 minutes). Robots go to old rec center administration building to receive putty-based human faces (10 minutes). Townsfolk don't appreciate the faux humans (5 minutes). Putty faces melt off in the sun. The robots are very sad (5 minutes). Robots walk endlessly back through the desert (10 minutes). One robot is so sad that he is not a human that he chooses to self-destruct (5 minutes). Other robot walks for a long time before he realizes he is sad, too. He chooses to set himself on fire and walk off into the distance. (10 minutes).
The film includes absolutely zero dialogue, extremely minimal ambiant sound and about 10 minutes of music (not Daft Punk music).
After I watched it the first time, I was a little disappointed. But after I sat back and thought about it, it turns out it was the best movie in the history of the world.
Here's a clip:
Thanks to Traci, you can't rent a copy down to the Murray Library.
