fang island [video]

mondays don't do it for me. never have. today fang island earned a smile or two. these dudes do a whole lot of stuff, and i'm still trying to sort it out without listing a half dozen half-accurate band comparisons. mostly they have fun without spending money on their music videos. i'll admit that this video might be easier to like after having taught some wacky kids. just in case this one doesn't explode your dirigible, here are a number of other, thoroughly enjoyable fang island videos. try 'em.

U900 [video // music]

real good experiment [video]

in line with trying to sort through my [eventual?] career ideas, i've been doing a lot of media delving of late. i found 'the real good experiment'. kick it to hell as snooty designer kitsch and high-priced niche bombing if you must, but hell, it's a really interesting media fragment, and really well made. p.s. no, you probably can't afford anything made by blu dot (something to do with that niche i mentioned).

(via kitsunenoir)

do easy - gus van sant // william burroughs [video]

tv on the radio [video]

did you know that tv on the radio had such a sense of humor? because i didn't.

lost tribes of new york [video]

i wrote this off at first, thinking kitsch. but being away from the city, who am i kidding? this blog is soggy with new york kitsch.

lmfao [music // video]

you can call this a guilty pleasure, but i see no reason to feel guilty about it.

LINK: if you've somehow not had enough...

madden mondays, season 3 [video // friends]

apologies for the million reasons keeping me from posting, but my dad's coming to taiwan, and i'm just real busy. might continue to be slow for a while.

madden mondays was a fixture back in the heyday of the riverhorse, when pabst was more cheap than cool. the above clip is the first in a 5 part docu by renato umali, my old film TA (and later roommate). you can follow the whole 30 some minutes through the links below. it'll take you right back when you see babyfaced menchal smoking and squinting while mauro puts angelo in a headlock hug. and if you don't know those guys, well, have a laugh at a ramshackle cast of too-old brats screaming unholies at one another over playstation wizardry. to be fair, there's some good commentary from the whole sick crew in various states of disrepair. watch out for my shitty nimbus of hair. from mke, with love.

2 // 3 // 4 // 5

merry christmas [video]

metal heart [video]

by kieth loutit.

this is my milwaukee [hijinks]

this could be a good old fashioned snipe hunt, a lark. in fact, it most certainly is, in one way or another. if your "what the...?" is sufficiently perked, start by going to the this is my milwaukee page. if you find yourself still hooked, join the milieu and get into one of the many discussions being had by gumshoes all over the interweb.

UPDATE!: breaking news/clues, more discussion

i am the walrus [video]

doritos s.w.a.t. [video // friends]

battles

VS.



obama is my new man crush. i've been holding out, but it feels good to have that off my chest.

in the name of objectivity, i tried and tried to find something mccain-themed, but there seems to be a dearth of creativity in the mccain fanbase. coincidence? there's this, which i suppose is sufficiently boring.

gratuitous battles video because i've been listening all day...



LINK: the guy's got a sense of humor.