I can't quite get over that last blog but before I reach for the Ketamine to calm down from the shock I'm posting my next movie installment. Enjoy (with sound).
is back once again. Mesdames et Messieurs, je vous presente - Beirut!
I've been obsessed with Beirut for the last few months and Nantes, from their sublime second album The Flying Club Cup, is one of my favourite tunes. The driving force behind Beruit is the uber-talented, 21 year-old Zach Condon. If you'd like to find out more about Beirut, here's a good article on them from the Village Voice. Last year, Mount Wroclai (Idle days) - one of the my favourite songs from The Gulag Orkestar - was featured as the song of the day on NPR. Click here to read the blurb, and listen to the track for free.
was last week. I thought there should be at least some passing acknowledgment of the great American holiday, and to that end I'll now direct you over to The Adventures of Daniel Marie, who spent his Thanksgiving South of the Border. Here's a snippet to whet you're appetite...
"following dinner, we head to this little jazz club called "new orleans jazz club".... it may have been the sloppiest band i've ever seen although the tenor sax guy and the piano guy were alright. the trombonist was this old, fat, american who looked as though he loved jimmy buffet and left the states in a huff looking for glory in central america and found a huge collection of hawaiian shirts instead."
You know the nomination race is heating up when Chuck Norris gets involved. For the uninitiated, Chuck Norris has been an internet phenomenon for a while. Tales of his great strength, skill and roundhouse kicks have been found on message boards and forums for years now. To illustrate this point, here are some of my favourite Chuck Norris Facts:
3. Chuck Norris is ten feet tall, weighs two-tons, breathes fire, and could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast standing.
4. Chuck Norris once ate three 72 oz. steaks in one hour. He spent the first 45 minutes having sex with his waitress.
5. Chuck Norris can win a game of Connect Four in only three moves.
6. Chuck Norris once challenged Lance Armstrong in a "Who has more testicles?" contest. Chuck Norris won by 5.
7. Chuck Norris once ate a whole cake before his friends could tell him there was a stripper in it.
8. On his birthday, Chuck Norris randomly selects one lucky child to be thrown into the sun.
9. Chuck Norris can touch MC Hammer.
10. Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you.
11. The square root of Chuck Norris is pain. Do not try to square Chuck Norris, the result is death.
12. Chuck Norris doesn't believe in Germany.
13. Count from one to ten. That's how long it would take Chuck Norris to kill you...Fourty seven times.
14. Chuck Norris wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.
So that's all well and good. But what is the deal with this campaign ad featuring Chuck Norris?
I have a sneaking feeling the evangelical movement (Huckabee's main constituency) is unlikely to be well versed in Chuck-trivia. So is this a stroke of genius, madness, or desperation on the part of the Huckabee campaign? I suppose we'll have to wait and see...
Could England actually qualify for the 2008 European Cup after all? It seemed like the fainest of hopes at the start of the week, but with Israel's upset against Russia today, England are back in with a chance. Now we just have to win or draw against Croatia (Wednesday at 3:00pm EST/8:00pm GMT), which may be a struggle considering our current form.
...done good! (depending on where you live, and on what you consider local.) I, as a citizen of the great stable that is the world, consider him to be almost in the neighboring loose box. Anyway, the long and the short of all this is that Shepard Fairey, he of the Obey Giant and so much more has a show on in London, as is detailed here. Sounds tempting, my pony friends...
