Singing It Like You See It

So someone's been making 'Literal Video Versions' of 80's music videos, starting with A-ha a couple of weeks back. Tears For Fears' Head Over Heels was just released recently. Click the links for each song title to see the original video.

A-ha - "Take On Me"



Tears For Fears - "Head Over Heels"

Fun with Megaphones

My roommate Gary wants to use a megaphone for Halloween. He got one in the mail today, it's quite a fun toy. Here's a couple of videos that remind me of megaphones.

'Observational Humor' from The Tom Green Show:



From The Simpsons: I'm not sure if this would amplify Bart's voice, just amplify a giant wave of feedback, anyways hilarious. In remembrance of National Protect Your Hearing Month, remember kids, don't do this if you want to keep your hearing. That ringing at the end of this clip - tinnitus - may not go away.

A Day in the Life of a Sidewalk Superhero

I'm not sure how long this will be up, but SnagFilms has some legitimately free movies (mostly documentaries) up online. Posted here is the doc Confessions of a Superhero, which is a somewhat melancholy film about those who dress up and walk along Hollywood Blvd.

Update 3/26/09: Watch the whole thing below thanks to HULU





Update 10/19/08: If you're not quite sure what the film is, here's a trailer before you decide if you want to watch the whole thing:

Another Reason to Hate Def Leppard

I'm not a huge hockey fan, but Def Leppard was dumb enough to flip the Stanley Cup upside down.

I = V/R

We went more over Ohm's Law in one of my classes today, as applied to circuits - somehow reminded me of robots. Robots are going to take over the world. Reminds me of this Flight of the Conchords song:

Communication Strategy by Sir Mix-a-Lot

The rapper from Seattle gives us a good strategy that would work in aural rehab.

Netflix Gets Cooler....

Netflix has now added the Starz! collection to it's Watch Instantly section. Now I can also watch the primary Starz! channel streaming over the Netflix player as well. I can watch "No Country" whenever I want and as many times as I want! What a deal, friendo!