Thursday, July 31, 2008

Kinderkraut.

Why set your kids to bouncing to a D.A.F. song? Why not!

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Fairy Dust and Hot Guys.

No, this isn't a night at Graham Norton's house.

Here is a mini-documentary from Barnes & Noble profiling cheesy romance novel cover artist Judy York. Come, get swept away by the magic of her work. She's obviously swept away by... something:


[via Judge a Book By It's Cover.]

Monday, July 28, 2008

Bollywood Monday: Jet Speed Chiru.

Time for more Chiru! The man is a force who cannot be stopped, which is why when he says he wants to do Bollywood Monday, we just step aside and let him play through. From the 1989 movie "Rudra Netra," here are Chiru and friends hitting you with "Jet Speed Pillaro":


[via Monkeys For Helping.]

Friday, July 25, 2008

Jukebox Friday: A Long Time Ago in a Country Far, Far Away.

In the past on Jukebox Friday, we've treated you to old vintage clips. Other times, we've treated you to sounds from around the world. This week, we've combined the old and the international, and passed the savings on to you!

From Mexico, Los Hooligans kick up their heels with "Despeinada":


From the Soviet Union(!) it's a group called Песняры (Pesnyary) performing the song "Косил Ясь" (sorry, I don't know the English translation) for state television:


The Japanese girl group Triangle does "Triangle Love Letter":


From Hong Kong, Fong Po Po sings a paean to "Active Youth":


And to finish off with something completely different, it's the German group Kraan (and their pet mimes) doing "Vollgas Ahoi":

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Surf's Up.

It's great surfing weather here lately, which means it's time for this guy:

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The State of the State.

Do you remember "The State"? Damn that was a great show. For you youngsters not in the know, "The State" was an early-'90s sketch show on MTV that absolutely rocked. You probably recognize a lot of the show's alums from more recent stuff like "Reno 911" or VH1's "I Love the...." shows, but this is where the magic happened. Let's take a trip down memory lane...

Barry and Levon have a loveseat:


Just another day in Jersey:


Beards... In... Space!!!


"Thomas Edison was a great man, but he was a bastard to his wife and kids!"


The joys of pants:


Barry and Levon are back with $240 worth of pudding:

Monday, July 21, 2008

Bollywood Monday: Jayshree T.

You know what's worse than a Monday morning? Your first Monday morning after three weeks of vacation. Time to get back to the grind, people. But to make it a little easier, here's some old school elegance (and booty shaking!) courtesy of '60s/'70s Bollywood dance icon Jayshree T.

From "Joroo Ka Ghulam" (1972):


From "Resham Ki Dori" (1974):