So; another thing I like to do when I’m totally lacking originality…I mean when I want to help our patrons discover new and exciting things, is to upload someone else’s video that they worked very hard on. I recently discovered a song called “Bulletproof” by a group calling themselves La Roux. It’s kind of a catchy tune and the lead singer Eleanor Jackson seems like an…interesting person (despite the fact that her hair and makeup look like they were done by Ray Charles on a bender).
Now for some inexplicable reason I can’t seem to actually embed the video here. However, you can just click on the link and be instantly transported to someplace where you can watch it. Enjoy.
If you’re anything like me (and if you’re reading this then I assume that you are); you lead a very busy life. Between drinking six to eight Blue Beaver Beers a night, working full time down at The Redneck Bar & Grill, watching a dozen different shows on t.v. per week, plus keeping up with all of my Facebook friends’ status updates; I barely have time to go to more than one movie a week.
Fortunately I have stumbled across a solution to that. Over on YouTube there’s a guy called Will Tribble and he has re-imagined a few popular movies in such a way that they are much shorter. Embedded here for your viewing pleasure is, “28 Days Later, In One Minute, In One Take”. I like how he does away with unnecessary things like character development and lengthy dialogue. He just leaves in the essential action and just a few spoken lines. It really quite brilliant. I also urge you to check out, “Forrest Gump”, “Kill Bill parts 1 & 2″ and “Star Wars” all “In One Minute, In One Take”.
Recently, I had occasion to watch the movie S. Darko. I thought it was not bad, though not particularly good. Just kind of, meh. However, that is beside the point that I wish to make. There is one scene with a bunch of young people at a party and in the background there an unusual song playing. I looked at the credits and found out that it’s called “Hobo Humpin’ Slobo Babe” by a group called Whale. The song really caught my ear and I immeadiately had to try and find it. Alas, it is not available on iTunes (though I’m sure I could illegally download it, but that would make me an “evil hard-bitten criminal scum”).
I looked up Whale on Wikipedia and learned a few things about them. They are (or, I think, were) a Swedish band who wrote songs in English. The band consisted of, Henrik Schyffert, Gordon Cyrus and Cia Berg. Slobo Babe was their biggest success reaching the top ten in Denmark and Norway.
I’m not really sure what a “slobo babe” is. The only results I could find with a search was an abbreviation for Slobodan Milosevic. I assume that the “hobo humpin’” part means exactly what it seems to. For some reason, even though I don’t know the true definition, when I think about the phrase “Hobo humpin’ slobo babe”, a picture of Britney Spears comes to mind. Isn’t that weird?
Fortunately, I was able to find the video for the song on YouTube. It is very odd and thus I like it very much. After seeing Cia Berg in this, it makes me want to pretend to be a hobo for one night. You may now watch it here.
In the past I have occasionally sought out inspiration from other blogers out there on the inter-web. If I wanted to be even more Canadian than I already was I turned to Canucklehead, if I wanted to become a low level minister in the Papa Hari World Government, obviously I would seek advice from Hari’s Corner. Then again, every single time that I’ve had questions about how to set up a trade show the only choice was Steve – The Trade Show Guru. I have receive much brainwashing very excellent advice from these three in the past; however now I have fallen under the sway of a new master. From now on I shall be following Dr. Ronald Chevalier. He is an acclaimed science-fiction author and a true genius. I urge all of you reading this to follow his methods on the art of relaxating.
So; another thing I like to do when I’m totally lacking originality…I mean when I want to help our patrons discover new and exciting things, is to upload someone else’s video that they worked very hard on. I recently discovered a song called “Bulletproof” by a group calling themselves La Roux. It’s kind of a catchy tune and the lead singer Eleanor Jackson seems like an…interesting person (despite the fact that her hair and makeup look like they were done by Ray Charles on a bender).