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A Grab Bag of Goodies: Kitty Purry, Fiery Furnaces and Buzz Clips, and Malibu Shark Attacks

In the spirit of Damon Lindelof and Carleton Cuse stating at Comic-Con that season six of Lost will be a lot like season one of Lost, I thought it to be appropriate to bring back an old Blogulator feature, in which I ramble about a lot of different things that have been brewing in my over-televised head in the past few days. Yes , welcome to a Grab Bag of Goodies, hosted by Qualler. I'll try to do this as much like I did way back in 2005, but let's face it, even when you go home, and everything looks pretty much the same, you come to a realization that things are still a little different, and what you knew then, like in 2005, isn't the same as what you know now, in 2009. For example, Chris, Brigitte, Jerksica and I eating Rocky Rococco's pizza last night (still delicious), but with the added benefit of green peppers on the half-pepperoni, half-sausage large pie that we ordered. It was the same delicious thick, crispy, sweet crust, but with that extra kick of green peppers that I perhaps wouldn't have ordered in 2005. That's kinda like what bringing an old writing style back to life is like, amiright? Speaking of eating pizza...

...Chris, Brigitte, Jerksica and I ate said pizza in front of a wonderful new movie on the Sci-Fi Chann...er, SyFy (let's face it, even if they changed the name for international marketing reasons, it's still a stupid name) called Malibu Shark Attack. Snap judgement: is SyFy in on the joke? I hope so, because the special effects were laughably atrocious, the casting agents apparently worked based on "get a Matthew Fox type" and a "get an actress from Cinemax After Dark but put a bikini that barely fits on her." Also, the premise is that a tsunami brings prehistoric sharks back to the beaches of Malibu. I really need to know ASAP whether or not SyFy is in on the joke, because, srrsly, great/terrible stuff. Is this the future of SyFy? I hope so, sorta.

What I wish would come back is MTV's Buzz Clips. Remember those? Like, the videos that were buzz-worthy, such as that video by a band called Wax directed by Spike Jonze, and it was just a guy running in slow motion on fire? Well, the new video by The Fiery Furnaces, who now with their sixth LP of the decade have cemented their status in my mind as the best band of the decade, just released a video for said LP (I'm Going Away) called "Charmaine Champagne" which, if Matt Pinfield were still on MTV, would defintely be a Buzz Clip. (By the by, I'm Going Away is deceptively a logical step in the band's progression, deceptively complex yet their most straightforward release since their debut album Gallowsbird Bark.) See the video below.








The Fiery Furnaces - Charmaine Champagne from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

Finally, over the weekend I got the opportunity to hear Katy Perry's newest single "Waking Up in Vegas". In the song, she lists the things that one "gets" for "waking up in Vegas". Said items include "wearing your class ring", losing the "hotel key" AND your "fake ID", and also include questions like "why are these lights so bright?" "did we get hitched last night?" ALL OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ANYWHERE! NOT JUST VEGAS! That's why I wrote a parody called "Waking up in Cruces", as in Las Cruces, New Mexico. It goes a little like this:

"Got a tummy ache, right?

Had some McD's toni-e-i-e-ight

Dipped some Apple Pies

In-to-my-va-ni-la shake

My tummy hurts because of the drive thru

That's what you get for waking up in Cruces..."

-"Weird" Qualler

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  1. Blogger chris | 1:14 PM |  

    Hahaha I have no idea why you chose Las Cruces for your parody (it seems like the more obvious choice would be Canon Falls, MN, where we actually dipped our McDonalds apple pies into our vanilla shakes), but I love it.

  2. Blogger Brigitte | 1:51 PM |  

    that picture of the prehistoric shark is so wonderful...so wonderful.

  3. Blogger Old Man Duggan | 6:38 PM |  

    I met Eleanor Friedberger once. She was really nice.

  4. Blogger Unknown | 7:25 PM |  

    I did too -- I neglected to mention the time Lady Amy introduced me to her and I pretty much mumbled at my shoes the whole time like a jerk in total awe. Love....Eleanor...

  5. Blogger Jerksica | 11:54 AM |  

    Could we make a Katy Perry Hot 'N Cold Rocky Rococco's pizza? It could include pizza (hot) topped with McD's apple pie (hot) and vanilla shake (cold), delivered by a clone of Katy Perry or perhaps Kitty Purry. Alas, this is probably only something that SyFy could make reality.

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