Burger Millenium Falcon King !!!

GOOD MERCY !!! ITS BURGER KING STAR WARS !!!
Where do I begin? The ending shot of the Burger King Millenium Falcon is pretty hilarious and in some ways... KING! I prefer this to the scary emotionless creeped out Burger King that is all of the current commercials. Definately destined to make you stay up countless nights in a state of sheer fear and panic.

I like this commercial because it goes back to a much more exciting time.

These glasses were never high caliber in quality. They would explode in your dish washer as my mother found out. These things are CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP... and manufactured in the salt mines of China with illegal help at the cost of 2 cents per hour. That is some mighty fine cheap labor.

Posted by Ted Cantu - He remembers an easier and gentler time in America's rich history.

2009 What Happened To You?

Good lord.

I just realized that I never even bothered to plug in ONE entry into this blog througout 2009. Will I be arrested? Have a committed a crime against humanity?

Maybe I will I mean ... after all. I subjected you to senseless radio drivel like 1 Eskimo and Peal Jam all last year. I never interviened with some intelligent sounds. Shame on me. And, I forgot to mention some of the more interesting musical news thats occured lately... such as the death of Malcom McLaren, (inventor of the Great Rock and Roll Swindle.. one of the greatest rock films ever constructed and filmed).

I cannot believe I subjected all of you kids out there to the available media. I should have been more on top of things....
What will happen now?

CANTU GOES REBEL

Cantu shows up on the, "Ike Engelbaum Show" and gives the audience a taste of, "Rebel Marketing". This skips around traditional methods of mass communication like radio and television because this is a, "Cybercast" and goes out to IPODs.

This is later entertwined with rock solid SEO and released to the public.

Is this a great country or what?



Posted on June 14, 2007 at 7:35 am

DEE DEE RAMONE LIVE ON THE UNCLE FLOYD SHOW

The best part of this video is seeing OOGIE the hand puppet.

I think Dee Dee used to sleep at the YMCA in Ann Arbor. That was the rumor when I was attending college in Michigan. The Ramones, his former band, had broken up around this time.

This clip is also interesting for another reason. I didn't know Uncle Floyd was still doing his show out of Newark, New Jersey! I didn't know that either of these guys, Dee Dee and Uncle Floyd Vivino were still working... let alone working together! HA.

WHO WAS UNCLE FLOYD?
Floyd Vivino was known as Uncle Floyd and a favorite to many kids growing up in the East Coast. He had a gaggle of grown men in their 40s for a peanut gallery and they were famous for making wise cracks, jeers and hoots of howling laughter off camera. The show was low rent humor, one liners and basement production quality, (slates drawn on pie plates in marker etc) and every once in a while they would feature a band.

A lot of bands got their start on Floyd, including Squeeze. They also featured wrestlers on the set, Gary US Bonds, Aztec Two Step, The Dreggs and many more smaller acts.
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JACKIE ROGERS JUNIOR - WE NEED YE

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE IN HOLLYWOOD MAKE A JACKIE ROGERS JUNIOR MOTION PICTURE ... PLEASE !!!

I would see this in a theater - I don't know why Martin Short hasn't already done this. The last Austin Powers movie wasn't that great. The only other character I would love to see in the theater in his own movie would have been Andy Kaufman's Tony Clifton character, (there actually was a Tony Clifton screenplay being passed around in the early 80's).

JACKIE ROGERS JR. IS CRAZY
Jackie Rogers Jr was the first albino Vegas star, He did all the Elvis tunes and wore lots of rhinestones and beads. His stories are great. Now his father, Jackie Rogers Sr. was mauled to death by live cougars. The tranquilized cougar was suddenly awakened by a plate of java mocha coffee beans..... I told you this guy was crazy.
This was reinacted on SCTV once in a flashback clip for his book, "Love + Genius = Jackie".

I also like the joke about the Beta machines.

Someone in Hollywood should really consider making this character into a movie. Its hysterical.
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JESSE CAMP - WELCOME TO CRAP

I remember this Toad Stool..... He sucked. In fact Jesse Camp and I actually met one time in New York City. His career was over. He was fired from MTV. I saw him in a Barnes and Noble bookstore. I was in a suit and it was near the stella adler acting school. I went to reach for a business magazine and he called me a corporate pig !!!.. hahaha.. I am not kidding you.

This guy smelled ... it was hot too that day. He wore a black Hefty trash bag with two arm holes in it as a shirt. He must have been roasting in this thing. It was about 90 degrees out and it was august. Plus the heat from the concrete. I know I was sweating bullets. But this swine called me a corporate pig. I didnt do anything to provoke him or to upset him. I didnt even sneer at his wardrobe. Honest.

I watched him slunk down the aisle. He might have been high, who knows. I saw him stumble out into the blazing hot heat in that ridiculous garb he considered pop fashion. I felt bad for him.... because im a decent human being.

But still... I found it somewhat funny too, I had mixed feelings. One hand I felt like saying.. SCREW HIM. The other half of me wanted to say... who cares, get some real clothes loser... or go get a job.

This is what others said about his video:

Jesse Camp had a weak attempt at Rock n Roll. Nowhere to be found, no one seems to care.

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Filthy idiot
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JESSE CAMP isn't cute and he needs to take a shower. all the money he made during this time, and he couldn't even fix his nasty teeth! go figure! - BRIAN
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Why is he talking like that in the song? Even when it came out, this song was crap, and don't even say it was before it's time. No one plays rock 'n' roll today, or at least deserves to be called "Rock 'n' Roll". Jesse Camp sucks, and everybody hates him.
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IMG get this, this music is so unkown you cant even GOOGLE THE LYRICS, you end up with nothing. God jesse camp sucked balls. Out of morbid curiosity i wonder were he is now
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I REST MY CASE
He should change the bands name to JESSE CAMP AND THE MORONS FROM MARS

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Ted Cantu is the grooviest creator of FASCUBE Fashion Culture Beauty Network 2006

JESSE CAMP - SEE YOU AROUND

XTC - PEPPERED WITH POP BRILLIANCE

PERFECT.

I don't hand out many titles of that nature when it comes to pop music. I hardly hand them out even in Andy Partridge's case. But as an XTC this song goes past what is expected and delivers the song exactly as it should be. Better than I fantasized about. Its more electric then I could have dreamed of.

Frenetic. Mad. Disasterous. Ecstatic and Frenzied.

The office shots, screaming into a plastic toy telephone and appearing on multiple tv monitors..... all the shots equally vying for your attention.

ARE YOU RECIEVING ME?

YES... i SHOULD HOPE SO !

Of course too much exposure to this type of psychotic pop frenzied music could be dangerous to ones health, (irregular heart beats and copulous beer consumption). Not to mentioned a bruised imagination.

While I am on the subject of XTC let me ask you if you ever heard of these louts?

www.dukesofsimpleton.com

A tribute band to XTC. Spreading imagination to soul dead world.
THanks to an era of Bush and Post-Hope.... we need all the encouragement we can get.
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Ted Cantu IS THE FASCUBE NETWORK 2006

XTC - ARE YOU RECIEVING ME !?!?

CROWDED HOUSE - WHAT WORLD WAS THIS?

This clip sold me on Crowded House. They only had one copy of this album when I bought it. School Kids Records in ann arbor, mi always had one album as a tester for new releases. This stuff was not popular when it was released. It may as well have had my name on it. I would always buy the new stuff.. the risky stuff... the stuff they werent sure was going to immediately sell. IN this case.... ex Split Enz frontman... Neil Finn and Crowded House.

Instantly they established a sound and image. Hand painted suits and props. They had a very quirky and unforgettable sound. This clip also screams 120 MINUTES. It carried the basic themes to eclectic music. It was like rat poison to the mall set, you know.. the food court kids that were intertwined with hair spray Heavy Metal. It wasn't primal for one reason.... it didn't do anything predictable and didn't beg to be liked.

In fact it was far from likeable. The intro to this song used to confuse me, I couldn't relate to it. I didn't see what it had to do with the CHORUS !!! iN FACT I found the beginning wind up to be a bit borish and embarrasing. Now, of course its a classic.

And i like it very much.

Hester, the dummer, hung himself about a year ago due to depression. This band had a lot of energy to it. For what its worth they were asked to play for the drunken rich kids at spring break in south beach, Florida.

To the cerebral set, this band speaks a certain voice. Its enduring.

no wait.

Its endearing.
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Ted Cantu FASCUBE 2006

CROWDED HOUSE - WORLD WHERE YOU LIVE

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE - IT HAD TO HAPPEN

When the Clash broke it splintered into two factions. Joe STrummer had his own group and Mick Jones had his own version of the band. The Temptations pulled this monkey business too back in the day. Each version battling eachother and itself and the audience was asked to divide its attention to what was going on .... that very minute instead of focussing on the music.

AHHHH THE PRESSURE......

BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE burst out the flaming wreck that was THE MIGHTY CLASH. And at first I looked over the reviews that came out of SPIN magazine and was not impressed. BAD for me didn't have the punch or pull of The Clash at first glance. But I soon fell into the trance of the world beat sounds. It had the guts to take the Clash sound and elevate it into something vibrant.

As life spiraled out of control in the late 80's it proved to be a perfect soundtrack to my days in Chicago and NYC. THe music had weight and was relevant. It had a street pulse. It was world smart. In short it was the only direction for Mick Jones because there was no where else to go. and It holds up today quite nicely.
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Ted Cantu FASCUBE 2006

THE DAMNED - JUST FOR YOU - ITS A LOVE SONG !!!

HERE IS ANOTHER CLIP FROM, "TOP OF THE POPS"

This is completely muffled and the quality is poor. But if you ever heard it rip from, "Machine Gun Ettiquette" you will know that this song is stylistically out of control. The volume is out there and there is a strong melody hidden under the thrashing drums of Rat Scabbies.

I saw these guys on their 10th anniversary in New York City at the Ritz -- the world's first rock and roll hotel -- in the late 80's and they were very powerful..... They played the entire first album in about 20 blazing minutes!

Then ten years later I caught them again in Chicago. This time the show was more controlled and the sound was very polished. They were even more powerful than they were the first time. I caught this show at Chicago's House of Blues.

The Damned fell under the shadow of the Clash even though they briefly toured together. They were obscure. But they were no less charming in their own fiendish way. They were just as brilliant.

1977 was a year that celebrated punk music. But just as it was released it was forgotten about as it was squashed by Disco's overbearing presence. 1980 was also a very confusing time as this music edged its sound into commercial releases. In America, the New Wave sound was about as close to punk as the record industry would get. With the invention of MTV punk would reach a broader audience. By 1983 the presence of punk and hardcore was available in just about everywhere imaginable. But in England... the sound had reverted to something else.. Ska, Dub, Goth and danceable pop.

The Damned then went into more changes trading as many as 20+ members in its roster. Each release was more creative and unique but hard to classify. Their sound matured and was very textural. But the classic punk sound that made them famous was forever frozen in this classic 1976 release.. DAMNED DAMNED DAMNED.
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Ted Cantu - FASCUBE -- 2006

THE DAMNED - LOVE SONG

Echo and the Bunnymen - Rescue - Point of Departure

The kings of escapism. There are two major chapters in my life. One is when I didn't listen to Echo and the Bunnymen, ( i was a little more simple minded -- all for the better some would say) then there was the one where I listened to Echo and the Bunnymen.... and then became more complicated.

I'll never forget when i saw them the first time thats for sure. It was Jan. 1988 at Hill Auditorium. I never seen so many trenchcoat wearing kids in one spot before. I was among them. Rescue.... was the first song they played and I was stunned with the whole thing. I was simply blown away with it.
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Ted Cantu is the creator of FASCUBE

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN

A Ferocious Kick !

Welcome to the first installment of - POUND. This is a collection of music videos and visually charged images positioned to make you stand up and take notice! With so much drivel on the airwaves Americans in general are being automatically lined up to partake in a homogenized cultural experience, (ex. no matter if you live in Nebraska, Oregon or in the bustling streets of Manhattan).

This new collection created by Ted Cantu, (FASCUBE, 911 Copywriters, co creator of the Ann Arbor Artists Co-op) is once again at it... FULL ON. The name POUND is an exact result of you putting on a pair of Doc Martens and hitting the streets and coming face to face with radical street culture, (ex. art galleries, eccentric people and especially live music).
In this age of SUV's, mortgage payments and derivative bands like the ones heard on 89.X its nice to come across something with a little more moxy. This entire project doesn't reek of the corporate dollar. Its off the beaten path and it is something that is delivered with no compromises.

It's interesting. Innovative. Fresh.

If you prefer to have your cultural experience on this Earth and lifetime dictated to you by a corporate sponsor, (see Coca Cola) then go thwack on, "AMERICAN IDOL" or "DANCING WITH THE STARS".

This is NOT for you.