With TV Came Happiness

“Dickey Lee was one of a number of performers from around the late 1950s-early1960s who specialized in teenage death songs which were in vogue back then.” That’s a quote and it’s awesome. You don’t realize how many of these trainwrecks (get it? death!) there were.
Since this song is the reason I’m starting this Top Ten List, I will have to put it up. Laurie (Strange Things Happen) is not in the top 10  So shut it. It is a song version of that urban legend/ ghost story about the dude who meets the girl and goes on a date and the it turns out it was her birthday and she was dead. Have fun with this depressing little number. And stay tuned for more fun with teen death songs.

I have no clue what to put up here. The world is still dead. I don’t want to start my award winnings until the 1st and I don’t want to post nothing. My last post was Donald Duck, so I can post anything of his for a few. Oh. I forgot. Hot Chip came out with a new music video. Their album comes out in February sometime. The song is entitled One Life Stand. The verses bit ain’t the greatest but the chorus is pretty great. Also, the video is sort of alright, but the miserable dancing is wonderful (1:40). White people.

It’s been a while since I put up some Donald Duck awesomeness. I got One Hundred and One Dalmatians for Christmas and got in a Disney mood tonight. Fantasia is one of the greatest things in cinematic history and I just had to watch Fantasia 2000 as soon as it came out in theaters. One of the standouts was this Donald clip. It’s a bit sad, a bit amazing, and all Donald. Classical music in conjunction with film is always amazing and here Donald and Daisy have their fun with “Pomp and Circumstance” in a Noah’s arc setting. The best is when Donald sees the duck pair and does a double-take.

Nothing is going on in the world. Yeah, there was that whole terrorist near incident on that flight and Iran had a huge issue with rioting and the world is coming to and end. But none of that matters. The Holidays have killed pop culture. Hopefully it will return come the new year. Celebrate my birthday on the 1st buy finding pop culture.

Oh yeah, Saturday Night Live has been awful for a while besides a few small glimmers in Kristin Wiig and that one dude. This digital short was right up my alley though. Besides the hotness that is James Franco, there are knives, pills and mayhem. And singing. Watch this freakshow.

Those sneaky extra awards, showing up on the scene in my brain. Here are 13-16 in a little caplette.

Best Concert: I can only remember going to 5 shows. Haha. I guess they are the top then. Cut Copy and The Presets are numbers 4 and 5 respectively so it is between: Kylie Minogue (a complete spectacle), Dragonette (an intimate performance) and Frankmusik/Ladyhawke (quite the little adventure).

Best Brit: La Roux, Robbie Williams, Timmy Trendy, Frankmusik, and Little Boots. You know them all. They all have a song out at the very least and all appear on Radio 1. You can imagine the winning possibilities

Best Gay: Rictor and Shatterstar, the non-ambiguously gay Marvel duo, Sal from Mad Men, a twice nominated this year, Jiz, lesbian pimp, Timmy Trendy, fabulous bang on trend star.

Best Movie: Orphan, 500 Days of Summer, Inglourious Basterds, Up In The Air, Drag Me To Hell. A fucked up killer child movie, a surprise indie quasi-romance, a shoot ‘em up, demented faux-war flick, an Oscar-worthy character piece, and a comedy-horror film that is hilariously grotesque.

This cover is awesome enough with the inclusion of Loa and Match. What makes it truly great is that green freak-ass blob, Doop. He is supposedly dead, but that doesn’t stop anybody nowadays. The green alien has his own language, his own crazy murderous powers and his own private detective agency. He also likes to have sex with the women and the men. And also minks. Try-sexual. I bet the ice cream is the next thing he’s going to use for a hole.

The Holidays and the snow have ruined me once again. Life is too busy. I’m sneaking in a few more awards before i reveal the winners on the first. Be sure to check for Best Gay, Best Brit, Best Movie, and Best Concert. Meanwhile, I am starting a new bit entitled “I Forgot About That 70s Song.” The following is “Fox On The Run”, by Sweet, some gay ass looking band. Look at all of the pretty girl hair.

Oh snap. What with people coming back for the holidays and people leaving and the crazy blizzard, I haven’t had time to do any of this here blog. I’m so very famous.  I will instead start announcing the winners tomorrow. I’m doing pretty well with time keeping besides. I couldn’t decide between this category and TV Drama by figured this one is bound to be more of a nail-biter. This is a group of near evenly-matched heavyweights and at press time, I’m still not quite sure as to who will emerge victorious.

Pushing Daisies. Canceled before it’s time #1. Being ratings challenged sucks especially for such a creative and weird project. There was and is nothing else like it on television, lamentably. There was a sense of whimsy that cannot be found anywhere else. Glee has a little bit of it, but certainly no dead bodies! This show has a secret extra dirty side. There were semen jokes in a cartoonish setting. The guests stars in the show were out of control. And Kristen Chenoweth, which just about says it all. GUNS IN PIES.

The Office. A tried and true comedy series. The Jim and Pam wedding was extra cute and I love the supporting cast terribly. From Phyllis to Creed to Ryan to Kelly and my new personal favorite, Meredith. Every character has their own real quirks and for the most part, they seem like real human beings. I got a tiny bit teary watching the wedding by the way. I’m not quite a fan of the other main characters, Michael and Dwight, so thats a minus. The Office won’t win. There I said it. The clip below is amazing though. All Phyllis all the time.

Flight Of The Conchords. This show has recently made me so very sad. I will never see Mel again. I’ve spoken about them so very much that I know you have all of the info in your heart. Just watch this and feel you heart warming up.

30 Rock. Who’s crazier? Me or Ann Curry? There is no comedy better produced then this show. Is it the funniest? We shall see. It pulls every political, social and cultural topic in America and throws it on it’s ear. There is no member of the cast that is not beyond perfection in their roles. Well except for Hornburger. He sucks. Why is he in the credits? Kill him off. Tina Fey is a genius and that is all I have to say about that. Here is the amazing Alec Baldwin nailing a scene.

It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. I love this pile of complete insanity. Seinfeld gone retarded. This sneaky little bastard is always on the cutting edge and it loves to be there. It too likes to take current trends and political topics and twist them all around. The oil crisis was made nuts by having the characters accidentally dress up as Muslims and Texas oil men. The economic crisis was done the same way. Somehow, it involved fingers being severed though. That’s when you know a show is good. When someone tries to hang himself in some ladies bathroom while covered in blood.

This song is pure pop. Not Saccharine sweet mind you. What is the IN artificial sweetener? Equal? What’s that other? Splenda. It’s a bit of Splenda in the afternoon. Heaven and Hell is another one of my favorites on the Top 5 album, Don’t Stop by Annie. She is correct, of course, love is Purgatory. So when you fall in love, it is because you are dead and you are waiting to be judged. Love sucks like that.