Kim Gordon & Thurston Moore

Remember the love?

Mike Watt -- 'Ballhog or Tugboat'

Ahhh, what a great fucking record.

Charlie Murphy -- 'I Want More'

Funny and creepy at the same time. "I took this boy to the brick oven."

1998 Nike Advert

The joke at the time was they wanted to include Maradona (nice Cantona cameo, btw) but he could never make it through Customs. Ha!

1177BC

Did you realize that all this shit fell apart way back in the day?

Shunt McGuppin -- Voice overs

"It was worth a try."

Eazy E Recording from 'Straight Outta Compton'

Watched this again the other day, holds up well. Deftly avoids falling into cheesy melodrama on the one hand or overwrought hero worship on the either. Keeps it real and the gritty is what makes the movie work. This was one of my favorite scenes of that whole year.

Caravaggio -- 79 Paintings

No commentary, just music. Nice.

Minnesota Fats

Ricky Jay -- 'Spades'

I never get tired of Ricky Jay.

Scene from 'Nigthcrawler'

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."

Veep

I think I might actually vote for this guy.



But not her.  Or, I dunno, maybe I would.

Pink Floyd -- 'Obscured by Clouds'

SNL -- 'What's Wrong with Tanya?'

Tectonic Spread Theory

Ah, okay. This makes a lot more sense than Continental Drift Theory.



Here's an overview of the original theories concocted by Alfred Wegener back in the day. 

Ol' Dirty Bastard -- 'Return to the 36 Chambers'

Man, hadn't thought about this one in a while.

The History of Asia

Ollie Bye is my latest addiction.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses (full film)

Coming soon on Criterion, I believe, but you can still catch it for free on You Tube. This is still my favorite version of this tale.

Akira the Don -- 'Clockwork Elves'

Not what I thought it would be but still fun. (Never noticed how much Terence McKenna sounds like George HW Bush)

Chuck Palahniuk with Joe Rogan

Some are funny, some are horrifying, all of them are intriguing.

Time-Lapse Map of Nuclear Explosions

1945-1998

Sterling Hayden on The Killing

God damn, what a weird fucking dude, huh?

Shandling v. Gervais

Yeesh! This is as cringeworthy as anything I've ever seen.

My Top Ten/Eleven for 2018

Zama, Death of Stalin, The Favourite, Roma, The Rider, The Sisters Brothers, Game Night, A Star is Born, Private Life, Shirkers/The Side of the Wind

#24 -- Australian Outback

Robert Klein

'Steam Heat' from The Pajama Game

In a musical it's not uncommon for characters to spontaneously sing and dance in a sort of collective out-of-body experience, its how the audience can take in a musical number but still remain with the cinematic world of the film. But this scene from The Pajama Game is from a talent show where the other characters are present. For the movie-going audience it's just another musical number, but in the course of the story being told, this is altogether different. How do the other characters not notice that Gladys Hotchkiss has some serious fucking skills for a factory bookkeeper? This should bring the movie to a halt, shouldn't it? Whatever was going on should be utterly ignored now, everyone would be absolutely changed by this, wouldn't they? (Also this is really the only scene in the movie that makes you go, 'Oh yeah, Bob Fosse did this!')

2018 Run the Jewels Megamix

Ahhhhhhhh, let's start 2019 off right.