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Monkey Vs. Robot

June 30, 2008 in Cinema, Music by admin | 4 comments

There are two sides to human nature, and they are forever at war. There is the cool, soul-dead rational side. There is the raging animal, all appetite, all anger. Neither side can win the battle, for to win is to destroy our own nature. Victory is cataclysm. It’s like that Star Trek episode with the two Kirks. No, not that one, the other one.

Monkey hate technology
Robot hate the monkey
They will fight eternally
Monkey vs. Robot!
Monkey vs. Robot!

I first saw this video seven or eight years ago. It’s always hung around in my head since then as a metaphor for our inner battles, and as a meta-metaphor for really cheesey metaphors. I lost track of it, and I couldn’t find it forever. But being that we now live in a world without obscurity, there it is, smack-dab on YooToob.

It’s brilliant. It’s stupid. It’s stupidly brilliant.

Click to play, Dummy.

Short People

June 17, 2008 in Music by Jerry Thomas | 4 comments

I don’t know if this is worth a whole blog post, but I’ve been clicking around Imeem.com and finding some nifty stuff there, nifty at least to me. The song provided below is an a cappella version of Randy Newman’s “Short People” by a group called The King’s Singers. And, no, I nevuh hoid uv em eeder.

Perhaps I should take a moment to point out that I actually like the songs and videos I’ve been posting here. The thought has occurred to me that since much of this (much? how about all, buster?) is offbeat and loopy, that maybe people could be thinking I’m only yanking chains with what I post.

On the contrary, I consider myself the standard of good taste and high art, and I provide these materials merely for your edification. Yes, clearly you’re all a bunch of filthy troglodytes, and I am all too aware that I am wasting my time in my fruitless efforts to bring you to civilization. But perhaps when the walls of the citadel are crumbled finally to dust, you will then find a moment to thank me for these vain attempts at instruction. Alas, your regrets will be futile, as I will already be lodged in my island fortress laughing at your post-apocalyptic horror from my giant mad genius evil display monitor.

Click to play, dummy!