I Was Reminded Of This The Other Day

https://youtu.be/KSPzsV2YN6Q

Very funny, and very much NSFW.

From Our RoboCop Remake, a project undertaken by a group of filmmakers pissed off about the 2014 RoboCop remake …

Our RoboCop Remake is a crowd-sourced feature based on the 1987 Paul Verhoeven movie. Pooling our resources through various filmmaking channels (including Channel 101) we are 50 filmmakers (amateur and professional) from Los Angeles and New York who have split the original RoboCop into individual chunks, remaking the movie ourselves. Not necessarily a shot-for-shot remake, but a scene-for-scene recreation. We’re big fans of the original RoboCop, and as filmmakers and film fans kinda rolling our eyes at the Hollywood remake machine, we’ve elected to do this remake thing our own way.

Our RoboCop Remake premiered in Los Angeles on January 26th 2014 and New York on February 5th. On February 6th, it was released online.

Because if anyone is going to ruin RoboCop, it’s us.

25 Years Of Conan

Coco’s been at it for a while.

I probably watched more Letterman (I’m an old, old man), but I know enough Conan to be dumbfounded that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Masturbating Bear, and Live via Satellite Famous Person Interview did not make the final cut.

18 Years Ago…

Radiohead ditched their guitars and released Kid A. So now it’s old enough to buy cigarettes and vote. They grow up so fast…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnfPaaMR6Qc

Quote Of The Day

“I want to set forth my Mathematical Theory of Line  Dance Complexity versus Intelligence, which states: ‘The complexity of a given line dance is inversely proportional to the average IQ of the people doing it.'”

From Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs

The Bishop

I love how he tries to rescue only priests.   At the end is a good poke at the BBC, who in 70’s-80’s had a fetish for earnest, depressing documentaries.  Maybe they still do, I haven’t been over there in a while.

What Happened To Gibson?

I was wondering how the company that once made the best (in my opinion) six-string electrics alienated so many loyal customers and landed in bankruptcy.   Did some googling and came across the all-too-common tale of misplaced priorities, high staff turnover,  and ego-driven incompetence at the top.  It took bankruptcy to convince their CEO that just maybe they should focus on building  good guitars.   Fortunately he’s on the way out.  Here is a pretty good summary.