Thursday, May 3, 2007
PIL - THEY WANT YOUR BODY ---- !!!!
"we want... WE WANT YOUR BODY -- !!! (WE WANT YOUR BODY, WE WANT YOUR BODAAAAYYYYY"
Who can argue with logic like this? Its PIL, (John Lydon - aka Johnny Rotten) in its then.. latest reincarnation... a dance band? When you mentioned DANCE MUSIC in the late 80's in our campus this is what most people meant. Seriously. The songs didn't have the words... Babys Got Back or.. Bootylicious in it.. but... in this case.... We want your body.. pretty much sums it up in this case. The other type of dance music came in the form of Souixsie and the Banshees.
This isn't that great of a song but its what we had to work with. The earlier effort RISE off of ALBUM was a little bit better as a dance song. Of course the song WORLD DESTRUCTION with AFRIKA BAMBATTA... (I spell that right?) was a little easier on the feet as well as the ears. But when the album HAPPY came out it was in the theme of the times. All these different bands wer doing like... 50 different things. There was no MOVEMENT. There was only bands and songs and styles of hair and clothes... at times it could be very confusing.
We were NEW but... NEW WHAT? We certainly weren't the New Kids.. we were classified as kids who followed NEW MUSIC. This stuff didn't even have a classification. It wasn't New Wave, it wasn't Post Punk it wasn't Alternative...or Grunge so that would come later. THis stuff was considered New Music and that was very confusing all around. I was .... some sort of punk or sorts.... This album failed to really classify itself and it was also going to be one of the last great efforts from Public Image Limited. The band would produce a few near hits and then get lost in the shuffle of an emerging sound of Rap and Grunge.
Ah but back to the video. They are in a morgue or a demented hospital for lunatics etc. The singing body chart is my personal favorite in this video. It saves the whole damn thing. Without it this video would be a total bore. This was a much needed device. The scene where John Lydons face is in a toilet wasn't lodged into my memory bank. I had totally forgotten that scene and for good reason - it kind of sucks.
Even though this thing is somewhat enjoyable it makes me nostalgic for a time when being original was OKAY !!! This thing does defy convention.
But then again, so do I!!
Enjoy.
Cantu 2007
ROBERT TILTON IS BACK - A REAL BLAST IN THE GAS
"HOLY BURRITOS BATMAN - PRAISE HALLELULIAH"
This was yanked off line - someone must of complained.. BUT ALAS.. My dear friends, Robert Tilton is back WITH A VENGEANCE!!! He is spouting off good words here and there as well as a few complimentary air biscuits.
This is comedy. This isn't great comedy, but it is funny. Tilton was somewhat of a staple in the early 90's and I couldn't escape this guy. He was on late at night and really had a lot to say on the subject of religion. Sometimes he wanted money - other times he just wanted to scare the crap out of everyone and speak in "tongue".
I remember those episodes fondly. Not fondly as in I miss them. But I do remember them.
You could hear everything in the room when he started that babbling. Things got very surreal and everyone in my entire house fell silent, (which took a lot -- it had to be earth shattering in order for that to happen). Tilton could get very spooky when he got into the word.
Then he perked up and grinned ear to ear and asked you for money ..... again.
Cantu 2007
Monday, April 30, 2007
EMO PHILLIPS - the voice of sub-genius
"CHICK MAGNET: ULTIMATE HANDINESS WITH THE LADIES"
Back in the days before complete and total chaos and Comedy Central -- comedy was interesting.
It was an age that most likely won't be duplicated again. We had the likes of Tom Kinney, Emo Phillips, Sam Kinison, Dice Clay and Dennis Wolfberg...... all unique geniuses in their own way.
This guy was one of the more intriguing characters because he was so bizarre. He was like a 20 year old Pete Townshend with a hormone imbalance. It was painful to watch him perform sometimes because he was so geeky and awkward. But if you listen to his jokes they were really well crafted. This guy has been to a library. They were heady jokes. And he was funny.
The HASTY PUDDING THEATER footage is CLASSIC. IT was an HBO special and most likely these days it is probably pretty hard to find. This outlined some of his greatest bits. After the late 80's it was rumored that he married Judy Tenutta. According to comedian Sam Kinison these two were married and Emo dropped out of show biz.
Emo later emerged but he shaved off his bowl haircut which I thought was fitting. I cannot imagine going through life everyday with a haircut like that since he dropped out of public view. But I seriously cannot imagine him without it.
I can watch this guy for hours. His jokes are amazing. I liked his ANIMAL SQUARE DANCE. Unlike boring comedians that hogged up airtime after him like Jerry Seinfeld and the cast of Friends, this guy was actually talented. This is the kind of talent that rarely shows up these days. He just didn't sclugg his way on stage and ramble on about his wife.....
Back in the days before complete and total chaos and Comedy Central -- comedy was interesting.
It was an age that most likely won't be duplicated again. We had the likes of Tom Kinney, Emo Phillips, Sam Kinison, Dice Clay and Dennis Wolfberg...... all unique geniuses in their own way.
This guy was one of the more intriguing characters because he was so bizarre. He was like a 20 year old Pete Townshend with a hormone imbalance. It was painful to watch him perform sometimes because he was so geeky and awkward. But if you listen to his jokes they were really well crafted. This guy has been to a library. They were heady jokes. And he was funny.
The HASTY PUDDING THEATER footage is CLASSIC. IT was an HBO special and most likely these days it is probably pretty hard to find. This outlined some of his greatest bits. After the late 80's it was rumored that he married Judy Tenutta. According to comedian Sam Kinison these two were married and Emo dropped out of show biz.
Emo later emerged but he shaved off his bowl haircut which I thought was fitting. I cannot imagine going through life everyday with a haircut like that since he dropped out of public view. But I seriously cannot imagine him without it.
I can watch this guy for hours. His jokes are amazing. I liked his ANIMAL SQUARE DANCE. Unlike boring comedians that hogged up airtime after him like Jerry Seinfeld and the cast of Friends, this guy was actually talented. This is the kind of talent that rarely shows up these days. He just didn't sclugg his way on stage and ramble on about his wife.....
This guy actualy had something to say.
Cantu 2007
PINKY PINKY - TAKE A BOW
"Theres Nothing More Hilarious Than Watching This Law Abiding Doofus Get Mauled To Pieces By This Ferocious Feline"
Yes I said it.
This has become somewhat of a YOUTUBE staple. I really liked it the first time I saw it for my own reasons. But I really got a kick out of watching the office reenactment with prop and supporting cast.
I like this video because the cat is far from lovely. The officer should have known better. By the time this cat is three feet off the air the cop is still trying to convince the audience at home that he is a normal cat. By the time the box comes everyone within earshot is in grave danger. Then when the box comes down over the cat its very scary because the cat tries desperately to escape. This is where the video becomes somewhat hypnotic.
The cat wiggles behind the leg and then sinks its teeth and claws into the officers flesh. That is what good comedy is all about. I can watch this thing and laugh till I turn blue. Its perfect entertainment. And by the time you are done laughing.... its time to hit play and watch the whole thing again.
I like this video because the cat is far from lovely. The officer should have known better. By the time this cat is three feet off the air the cop is still trying to convince the audience at home that he is a normal cat. By the time the box comes everyone within earshot is in grave danger. Then when the box comes down over the cat its very scary because the cat tries desperately to escape. This is where the video becomes somewhat hypnotic.
The cat wiggles behind the leg and then sinks its teeth and claws into the officers flesh. That is what good comedy is all about. I can watch this thing and laugh till I turn blue. Its perfect entertainment. And by the time you are done laughing.... its time to hit play and watch the whole thing again.
HOT DAMN.
Cantu 2007
Cantu 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
THE ARCTIC MONKEYS - "THAT MAN JUST YAWNED!"
"THAT MAN JUST YAWNED!!"
First up -- we got Matt Dillon introducing the band on Saturday Night Live. I can't believe this guy is still around.... doing... much of anything... seriously. But anways.... ITs America, and we have an equal opportunity system in entertainment. We hawk them around back and forth to endorse products and crappy movies that in turn endorse more crappy products. There is NO SAVING GRACE when it comes to this shit... Its endless. Thats why I do not understand the snobbery that comes up in entertainment... whether you like Ellen, Oprah, WWF, or Nancy Grace.. These are all terrible crappy products...... SNL is a commercial to hawk Coke and Mc Donalds.
Bands have been snubbed on SNL countless times because the audience does not "GET IT". This happened to the B-52's, The Replacements and now..... THE ARCTIC MONKEYS.
I think its worth mentioning that the singer points out to the audience that someone in the audience yawned. Funny shit. They were obviously a bit turned off with America too. This is not an American song in the first place. Its a FRIGGEN LOCAL SONG about the Arctic Monkeys living environment in the streets where they come from. Its not a song about T & A, big trucks and or whiney Eddie Veddar garbage that our American radio system is used to.
This is different -- its unique. SO CONSEQUENTLY it will be jeered. WHO NEEDS SEX when you got this kind of sound. This stuff is powerful. These guys are powerful. I know these guys don't give a toss either way because they are big shots where they hail from.
Americans need a few key ingredients to stay "alive". Music isn't one of them. We even have to have our "entertainment scene" manufactured to us weekly and served on a cold frozen plate along with the other crappy pre-fab pre-packaged stuff one finds in the frozen aisle. We are a country of consuming filters who are homogenized and content, (or malcontent) with the unsavory choices that are put out in front of them. Pigs are the same way really. They just accept what they get. "Dancing With the Stars", and of course "American Idol" come to mind.
I have nothing against Kelly Clarkston as a person. But we strip out originality and rebellion for a pop MILF out of convenience. You know. there are OTHER things you can do with your money when it comes to music. There are other outlets besides Target, Walmart and Costco.
sad sad times. The Arctic Monkeys are brilliant. Honestly.
Too brilliant to be schlagging across the stage for mind numbingly boring Americans.
It hardly matters if you get snubbed on SNL by castmembers and audience alike. That is such a worthless way to measure true talent. SNL should have died 20 years ago.
Cantu 2007
First up -- we got Matt Dillon introducing the band on Saturday Night Live. I can't believe this guy is still around.... doing... much of anything... seriously. But anways.... ITs America, and we have an equal opportunity system in entertainment. We hawk them around back and forth to endorse products and crappy movies that in turn endorse more crappy products. There is NO SAVING GRACE when it comes to this shit... Its endless. Thats why I do not understand the snobbery that comes up in entertainment... whether you like Ellen, Oprah, WWF, or Nancy Grace.. These are all terrible crappy products...... SNL is a commercial to hawk Coke and Mc Donalds.
Bands have been snubbed on SNL countless times because the audience does not "GET IT". This happened to the B-52's, The Replacements and now..... THE ARCTIC MONKEYS.
I think its worth mentioning that the singer points out to the audience that someone in the audience yawned. Funny shit. They were obviously a bit turned off with America too. This is not an American song in the first place. Its a FRIGGEN LOCAL SONG about the Arctic Monkeys living environment in the streets where they come from. Its not a song about T & A, big trucks and or whiney Eddie Veddar garbage that our American radio system is used to.
This is different -- its unique. SO CONSEQUENTLY it will be jeered. WHO NEEDS SEX when you got this kind of sound. This stuff is powerful. These guys are powerful. I know these guys don't give a toss either way because they are big shots where they hail from.
Americans need a few key ingredients to stay "alive". Music isn't one of them. We even have to have our "entertainment scene" manufactured to us weekly and served on a cold frozen plate along with the other crappy pre-fab pre-packaged stuff one finds in the frozen aisle. We are a country of consuming filters who are homogenized and content, (or malcontent) with the unsavory choices that are put out in front of them. Pigs are the same way really. They just accept what they get. "Dancing With the Stars", and of course "American Idol" come to mind.
I have nothing against Kelly Clarkston as a person. But we strip out originality and rebellion for a pop MILF out of convenience. You know. there are OTHER things you can do with your money when it comes to music. There are other outlets besides Target, Walmart and Costco.
sad sad times. The Arctic Monkeys are brilliant. Honestly.
Too brilliant to be schlagging across the stage for mind numbingly boring Americans.
It hardly matters if you get snubbed on SNL by castmembers and audience alike. That is such a worthless way to measure true talent. SNL should have died 20 years ago.
Cantu 2007
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