We need more music videos like this one. (Probably needs high bandwidth to view.)
Category Archives: Popular Culture
And Here I Thought It Already Was
Especially the most recent three. Star Wars as a comedy series.
Rewriting History
Apparently, Hollywood (and Abu Dhabi) are up to their old tricks again, demonizing and lying about the Bush administration, in a new fictional movie about the Plame affair. This is a consequence of the fact that so much Hollywood money comes from overseas, to make movies planned in advance to appeal to anti-American sensibilities. That’s one of the reasons there were so many troop-bashing and America-bashing movies about Iraq in the past few years, that bombed at the American box office.
It would be amusing to raise some money in America to do the real story, and see which does better with the audience.
Cereal Wars
I found Lileks’ Bleat more amusing than normal this morning. What an eye for cultural detail.
Painting What Can’t Be Seen
Some thoughts on the history of space art, with some excellent examples of the prescience of many of the artists.
A Hollywood Miracle
A Matt dumber than Damon.
Lovestruck
I know, some people think this joke is past its sell-by date, but I can’t get enough of them. I liked the reassurance about helping her trim.
Not So Mad About Obama
The bloom is off the rose:
I have to say that I liked these, too.
The Meaning Of Glamour
An essay by Virginia Postrel. I’m pretty indifferent and immune to glamour and charisma, which is one of the reasons I saw through Obama right away, but many otherwise smart people obviously aren’t, so glamour is more important than many think.
Daniel Boone Was A Man
A big man. Fess Parker has died. We used to see him when we went to the Fess Parker winery up north of Los Olivos. I wonder how many kids today know who Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett were?
[Evening update]
I am negligent, given the occasion and timing, in not linking to Davy Crockett’s famous speech on his obligation to the Constitution. Sadly, we live in a time when not many of either party give much of a damn about it, but certainly not the Democrats.