on the heels of space travel talk, please enjoy the awesome and wonderful sounds & visuals with this video for try dis by the band hella. great song too. video directed by david nicholson & brook caballero. neato!
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i guess these sort of things just happen when you buy a samurai sword and a high speed camera. slow motion tomato slicing with a super sharp samuri sword at its finest. if you hate tomatoes, this may thrill you to no end.
over on a blog called sport people there’s an amusing to quite funny photograph collection of assorted athletes action shots and faces in mid-exertion called funny sport. good times.
the mullet, a haircut spanning all social classes and ages, and often described as ‘business in the front, party in the back’, is alive and kicking. case in point: the amazing amount of photos over at mulletjunky (frames website). holy yikes! so many mullets, so few good barbers & stylists. raw america at it’s finest! don’t miss the mullabinos, mullatinos, mullets for ladies, the rise of the skullets, and the top mullet pix archive.
it’s friday. and all i can say is this hella heavanly van is waaaayy cooler than your van. totally. way. cooler. hats off! wow - that is too good. i wanna ride! we can roll by the comic-con in style! neverending story 1 on the passenger side + never ending story 2 on the driver side = HOT!!!!!!!!!!!
darn it - i missed stretch monster week over at neatocoolville! yes, neatocoolville is where everything and anything stretch monster related can be found. everything from a stretch monster coloring book (with such sexy poses!), the stretch monster box art, stretch monster anatomy, a stretch monster birthday cake baked by yours truly, and a lot more. check it out when you get a chance.
it’s friday. end of the week. i hope you are wearing a half-shirt today. yes, it’s time to turn gay. yes, truly. and giantmonster wants to help! how? simple (way more simple than you think!). apparently & according to love god’s way ministries you can put all this pent up heterosexuality behind you and turn hella gay by listening to specific bands & music that will make you a gay. amazing. elton john is so gay he’s mentioned twice. and very little disco. wow - who knew? well, not just ted haggart, but donny davies too. donnie seems to know a thing or two about gayness. if this offends anyone, please just relax, let the spirit of andy kaufman fill your heart and say ‘meet the new borat.’ and, if you like, you can also bolster your heterosexuality by listening to non-gay ( a.k.a. ’shitty’) bands too. save that for later. for now, just access those music mix below (sorry, no elton john) and get onto turning gay! you’re welcome.
download:
music-to-turn-gay-by.zip (39.6 megabytes)
track listing:
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
Queen - Play The Game
Judas Priest - Turbo Lover
Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
Interpol - Not Even Jail
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
it’s not wise to upset a wookie. otherwise the wookie may head-butt you. chewbacca arrested in hollywood. the news story comes with video (embedded in page). yes, a prime example of either a failed news media or slow news week or both. the video clip is also complete with important interviews with spiderman, pinhead, and captain jack sparrow. fine journalism! meanwhile global warming is likely man made and possibly unstoppable, habeas corpus is dead, and “we probably gave (colin) powell the wrong speech.”
a marvelous event happend last year around this time. and today, the giantmonster headquarters got an anonymous tip (thank you!!!) with great news: the pillowfight is returning to SF for 2007! yes! choose your pillow wisely and come out and prepare to eat feathers! are you down with that? the same pillow fighting arena of justin herman plaza has been chosen. the date? february 14th (of course). and the rules? they are simple and very much like last years:
1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
2) Tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW about Pillow Fight !!!!!! (done!)
3) Nothing in your pillow but pillow
4) Do not hit anyone with out a pillow
5) Do not hit anyone with a camera
please note: last years rules of Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm and Have Fun still apply. see you there! please spread the word!
how do you deal with a truly bullshit media circus? the same media that gives a cake walk to our political leaders on pretty much everything but gets irate when their own dumb dialouge and faux discussion format is spun back at them? simple: talk about hair. just hair. and take talking about hair seriously. very seriously. then watch the press get mad. brilliant. i love these guys! also, does this look like a bomb to you? then how about this? ‘dude, there’s a light-up LED thingy with a bit-map character flipping me off on the overpass … must be a terrorist bomb plot.’ are we that far gone? then we have become too paranoid. or is only the city of boston (or boston’s mayor) that lame? good photo gallery of the event. and a great video of the making of the LED signs on youtube too. the hair-raising press conference is below.
it’s is friday. full week. time for another dose of video insanity showcasing spoken word singing (a.k.a. bad music). combining chain smoking, baldness, a slow & steady zoom-in, kojak floating in space, a giant blonde women’s loving gaze, full body tan, creamy, hushed speaking tones, shirts with no buttons, & the art of soft focus - it can only be telly savalas singing ‘if.’ don’t watch this if you are high - you will implode.
wow - i have been going to the bathroom all wrong these last 30+ years. at least that’s what i get from watching this animated japanese instructional video on potty training called how to poop. there are no songs nor any signing, i do not teleport onto the toilet seat like this animated kid does, my feces and urine do not laugh and smile back at me, no sound effects to alert me of impending bathroom trip, and no pinata breaks open after i take a dump (well, maybe it does somewhere in the world, which is kind of nice when you think about it). be sure to watch for the live action segment at the end - grunting never looked so cute. watch. learn. enjoy.
some very intense, imaginative, disturbing, beautiful, and provocative photos can be seen in a project titled starlight meadows by jason king. briliant imagery and composition the images. starlight meadows was “designed as a story and a puzzle both for me and for anyone that interacts with it” (quoting jason king). the design of the site is really well done too. i also like the closing statement on the website: “Sometimes I wonder if I created the characters or if the characters were already here and I just gave them masks.” thanks tony for the link. via daily monkey and via neatorama.
struggling with what to get for the star wars sex fetish geek in your circle of jedi friends? this unique take on restoring order to the galaxy should do it. use the force & stuff stockings in style with this step-by-step DIY post on how to make a laser sword dildo sex toy. brilliant! makes a handy flashlight & conversation starter for when the lights go out too.
it’s friday and it’s the holidays. gonna be lots of food on the table. maybe some carrots. which could mean there’ll be a lot of left-over carrots. not much you can do with left-over carrots … either eat them or throw them out. i highly recommend throwing them out. they can get really, really disgusting after a while. and speaking of gross leftover carrots … um, what the fuck happened to carrot top? creepy. scary. yikes. and, now more than ever, still not funny. should’ve posted this for halloween. images of the horror that is carrot top 2.0 borrowed from the endless stream of disturbing content that is totallycrap.com. must go burn out eyes now.
i never new i had a deprived childhood until now: my mom never made me squirrel melts! why?! from a show in canada called ‘huntress’ comes an odd video of a mom & son team killing machine with a taste for squirrel blood. once the ferocius squirrel is shot and brought home, mom then trades in her hunting gear for an apron & a cosby sweater and cooks up some squirrel melts! squirrel melts .. you must try them. warning - you shouldn’t watch this clip if seeing a squirrel get shot and then cooked bothers you.
yes, it is friday. and funerals don’t have to be gloomy. in fact, a little style can put the fun back in funeral. so if you are lucky enough to own a bright yellow lamborghini and feel like you’re going to miss it, then why not just take it with you?
one of the many reasons to visit boingboing every day is for little gems like this:
seems to be a rash of bollywood viral clips these days on the internet. why stop now? this thursday morning it’s music video VS music video here as the bollywood magic and blatant rip-off that is indian thriller goes up against the highly powerful and original michael jackson’s thriller. takes more than just red leather pants to pull this off. who will win? your comments decide. it’s always fun to see the culture you grew up with repackaged. right on time for halloween too. indian thriller via it’s a mad mad mad mad blog (thanks russ!).
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it’s friday. many fridays have passed, so maybe it’s your laundry day. fresh clean clothes for the weekend - yay! giantmonster would like to remind you to not let all of your clothing get so dirty and unwearable that you are forced into a serious fashion compromise on that fateful day of clothes washing.
hey, are you a martini lover? well, if yes, then maybe not for long. this photo snapped by my friend matt captures a fairly perfect burning man moment that can be summed up with ‘oh my!’ and ‘what the fuck?!’. yeeesshhh. presenting the very special teabag martini. awesome! thanks matt!
few video clips have me laughing out loud as much as this one titled turkish star wars training montage. oh. my. god. soo great! how can it not be? could have easily been titled ‘dude, i fucking hate rocks.’ but whatever the title, it’s pure cinematic gold - perhaps platinum. and the giantmonster staff agrees that it contains the best montage theme music ever in the history of movie montages. push it to the limit!! it’s also nice to know that when you fuck your hands up from punching rocks all day, your hot lady friend will rub salad all over your bloody fists and make them all better. many thanks to derek for the link. enough talk - get onto the magic!!!
in keeping with the gomer inspirational poster theme, derekmonster sends in the image below with the reminder that while you are definitely awesome, you may not be as awesome as this poster.
been working hard all week. but it’s friday. and tonight … i’m gonna do it right, baby … oh yeah …. i’m going to treat you so well … hold me close … we’re gonna make such sweet, sweet love … oh yes … i’ll put on that luther vandross CD you like … yes … then i’ll light some candles … gonna be so good … mmm hmmm … just you and me … make it special … yes, just like that … tonight it’s on … just don’t let me forget to close the window blinds … oh no! a camera!!!
who wants candy? let me see a show of hands … what? no hands? hello? here’s something new for casual fridays at work. mom always said to never take candy from strangers. this may prove her to be correct.
note to self: if there is such a thing as reincarnation, i’d like to establish right now that i do not want to come back as a government insect trap. no sir. just wanted to get that out there.
it’s friday. time to get naked and try to beat the outstanding world record of most naked women in a phone box. yes! and of course there is video (embedded wmv link). though i wanted to hear the benny hill theme, the audio on this is pretty good. so what are you doing with your clothes on? there’s hundreds of naked world records to be broken! NSFW by the way. naked bodies everywhere. human achievement is beautiful.
life is hard for ninjas. just ask ninja-in-training jeremiah ransom. who, while dressed as a ninja and on his way to a ninja-pirate mixer on his college campus, was ambushed and subdued by ATF agents. this should be taken into account: ATF agents hate costume parties. and apparently ATF agents hate ninjas too (ouch with the knee, jackass!). i feel safer though.
warning: clowns are heading into nursing homes to feed upon entertain the elderly. send help now! what? don’t believe me? well, thanks to wmfu’s beware the blog there’s proof. bear witness to the end of sanity and watch clown ministry video 1 and then, yes, clown ministry video 2. i’ll let the dialogue from the video speak for itself:
when you’re ready to launch out into the unknown, possibly the best place to begin is in a nursing home, or a care center for the elderly. one reason is simply this: the elderly really receive you quite well. i think it’s because they already know how vulnerable they are. they’re lonely, and longing for touch. so as clowns we take seriously what jesus said in matthew 25 …
also, halfway through the first video, there’s some very good advice on the “clown clustering” phenomenon:
when you enter the nursing home, do not stand there with your group in a large cluster of clowns. clowns can look rather intimidating if you see a lot of them in one place.
so true. so very, very true. i remember a traffic-stopping clown party on geary and 23rd ave in SF about 3 years ago. dozens of country clowns and hillbilly clowns. there was a pie fight too. soo scary.
this was sent to my by derek a long, long while back. for anyone who loves bad movies (really bad) there’s the good badmovies.org website. so much love and goodness has gone into this site. archiving and chronicling all the bad cheesy shitty movies your mind has tried to block out. or won’t block out - can’t block out. seriously. 
they’ve got video clips and sound bytes too! i have to recommend the review for the buddha fist - classic kung-fu cinema. don’t miss the buddha fist video clip either! then there’s the star wars holiday special (still better than episode 1), matango: attack of the mushroom people, xanadu, 
the rowdy roddy piper visual opus hell comes to frogtown, santa claus conquers the martians (peep the movie clip of the lameness), raiders of wu tang (more kung-fu!), and lots more. wow. painful. perhaps brutal. but worth a visit i say. and, i’m not sure, but did someone say C.H.U.D.?