A Grab Bag of Goodies: Kitty Purry, Fiery Furnaces and Buzz Clips, and Malibu Shark Attacks
...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
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.
that picture of the prehistoric shark is so wonderful...so wonderful.
I met Eleanor Friedberger once. She was really nice.
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...
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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