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Bobby Darin - Dream Lover [1959] When Bobby D gets those...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:44:36 -0600

Bobby Darin - Dream Lover [1959]

When Bobby D gets those shoulders goin’, you ladies better watch out.

merlin: Maria Bamford’s One-Hour Homemade Christmas Special! on...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:51:15 -0600

Maria Bamford’s One-Hour Homemade Christmas Special! on Vimeo

Friends. You owe it to yourself to watch Maria Bamford’s whole video at leisure and in one uninterrupted sitting.¹ Because, it’s a gift. She made it for us. For Christmas.

A very special, homemade Christmas gift that will, in future generations, sit alongside A Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas Comes to Pac-Land, and your drunk aunt from Ohio who smells like formaldehyde and Starlight mints. All with equal awkward ease.

No words. Just. So good.

A very Merry Christmas to Maria, Bert, and Blossom. Thank you for the gift. Thank you very much.

Pretty much a native speaker in Pretend-Tiger. Ah-RAAHR-rahr-rahr-rrrraaahr. Rahr-rahr-rahr…Raaaaaaaaaahr.

Ready for Maximum Fun? Hey, know what? Maria Bamford will be at MaxFunCon in Lake Arrowhead, California from May 7-9 2009. Merlin will be there, too, performing with You Look Nice Today, alongside John Hodgman, Jonathan Coulton, Andrew WK, Marc Maron, and about a million other awesome people. Last year’s was amazing.
You should buy a ticket. We’ll hang.

“one uninterrupted sitting” Read as: not while surfing Tumblr for photos of sad girls wearing fingerless Etsy gloves and writing love in a Moleskine. ↩

I have watched this three times already.

Last year at MaxFunCon, I had the strange, unexpected pleasure of sharing a condolet with Ms. Bamford, a room-assignment error I’m sure will not be repeated. She was very nice and I will keep her “hey, roomie!” note forever. That’s just one example of the MAGICAL SURPRISES MaxFunCon provides! You want a few more? Terrifying drive through mountain fog, Crystal Head Vodka around the campfire, induction into a secret society, passing a bottle of wine with Bill Freakin’ Haverchuck, craft hour, fancy punch, and plenty of activities that in no way involve drinking but in every way involve being creative, being nice, and being awesome.

"Ana: What is something that freaks out, she flies and makes no noise? Enrique: It’s an album..."

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:21:00 -0600

“

Ana:
What is something that freaks out, she flies and makes no noise?

Enrique:
It’s an album of Chinese
China is the super hard

Ana:
If you lend me your your hard

Enrique:
I’ll lend you my album

Enrique and Anna:
Racket racket that everyone is the disking!

”

- Computer-translated lyrics to Ana y Enrique’s “Super Disco Chino.”

19- Enrique y Ana - LA GALLINA CO-CO-UA (via arqmauh) THIS SONG...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:14:00 -0600

19- Enrique y Ana - LA GALLINA CO-CO-UA (via arqmauh)

THIS SONG is about a SAD LITTLE CHICKEN who has trouble learning the same song all the other little hens already know! But in the end she learns it and is happy. At least I think that’s what happens.

Also, Enrique is kind of hot, no?

21- Enrique y Ana - SUPER DISCO CHINO (via arqmauh) In this...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:04:00 -0600

21- Enrique y Ana - SUPER DISCO CHINO (via arqmauh)

In this later clip, Enrique y Ana do a suuuuuuper questionable song and plate-spinning routine about a Chinese disco. Or something. “Disco disco disco disco, Chino Chino Chino Chino!” So catchy, and yet so racist.

enrique y ana - esto es amor (sweet talkin’ guy) (via...

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:54:08 -0600

enrique y ana - esto es amor (sweet talkin’ guy) (via nachoruiz)

Went looking for some Chiffons, came up with some little girl/full-grown man song and dance duo from the 70’s.

Oh, Mike Viola. Just when I was about to post your cover of...

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:32:19 -0600

Oh, Mike Viola. Just when I was about to post your cover of “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” you go and record this lovely, serious version of my favorite traditional carol.

I heart you, dude.

(via mikeviola)

Raise your hand if you just fell in love with this sweet, sweet...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:31:49 -0600

Raise your hand if you just fell in love with this sweet, sweet jam.

merlin: nevver: Jane Goodall, Unchanging Window Auto reblog...

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:31:18 -0600

merlin:

nevver:

Jane Goodall, Unchanging Window

Auto reblog for the hero of my youth! I met her once. It was glorious. I cried.

SHHH, IRA AND I ARE NAPPING.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:45:11 -0600

SHHH, IRA AND I ARE NAPPING.

I’VE JUST RECEIVED THE MOST MARVELOUS GIFT.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:44:20 -0600

I’VE JUST RECEIVED THE MOST MARVELOUS GIFT.

What’s that? You’re in the holiday mood? You have a...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:07:00 -0600

What’s that? You’re in the holiday mood? You have a burning desire to see country superstar Randy Travis act in a motion picture? You think Connie “Married to Certified Giant John Tesh” Sellecca is a criminally underrated made-for-television movie actress? You love sassy daughters of divorce, precocious orphans with shaggy dogs, evil social workers, and small-town sheriffs? YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF LOVE, CHRISTMAS, AND RUE MCCLANAHAN EVERLASTING?

You need to watch A Holiday to Remember, my favorite made-for-television Christmas movie, now available on Hulu.

Brian Cox Masterclass with Theo (via hopscotchboss) Oh my...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:52:00 -0600

Brian Cox Masterclass with Theo (via hopscotchboss)

Oh my goddddddd I want a tiny British baaaaaaabyyyyy, and I want his stripey sweater in a ladies plus-siiiiiiiiize! I also want his friend Brian Cox to hang out and talk Shakespeare to me alllllllll dayyyyyy loooooonnngggg!

“END ‘EM.”

nebraskagasm: (via maeby) You stand no chance Ted Mosby . MORE...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:11:33 -0600

nebraskagasm:

(via maeby)

You stand no chance Ted Mosby .

MORE INTENSITY.

Jill Hennessy, Robby Gjersoe, and Rhett Miller, singing...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:20:25 -0600

Jill Hennessy, Robby Gjersoe, and Rhett Miller, singing “Fairytale of New York.”

Things that are weird about this:

-Jill Hennessy plays music?

-Rhett stands around looking awkward a lot, then sings way below his register.

-I’ve never seen Robby Gjersoe not with Robbie Fulks, and not sitting down. He plays with a lot of different people, but I know him best as Robbie’s guitar-duelling buddy. It’s weird to see him standing and singing.

-It’s not all that good, really, but then nothing tops the original.

eels, “Christmas is Going To the Dogs”

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:45:00 -0600

eels, “Christmas is Going To the Dogs”

Horse (FREE) IN MONTANA, they give away horses on the...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:22:59 -0600

Horse (FREE)

IN MONTANA, they give away horses on the internet!

True fact: I am mildly afraid of horses. How better to overcome my fear than to accept this offer of a FREE HORSE?

Custom Audio Horn Speakers made by Specimen Products Sweet...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:48:04 -0600

Custom Audio Horn Speakers made by Specimen Products

Sweet mother of Santa I want these suckers in my home.

Joni Mitchell, “River” (live version ‘cause...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:00:00 -0600

Joni Mitchell, “River” (live version ‘cause it’s boss)

Listen, lady singer-songwriters, I know you need to play some covers to pay your dues, and it’s important to establish cred, and it’s hard to resist Joni, but let’s all agree that some songs aren’t meant to be covered. Perhaps you should consider an acoustic version of a hip-hop song, intead.

Phil Hartman, Alcatraz Tour Guide :36-:40. What a fucking...

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:47:00 -0600

Phil Hartman, Alcatraz Tour Guide

:36-:40. What a fucking genius.