Brando hath tasted that which he hath wrought, and it be a bitter pill.
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The spinning HALP at the end was a nice touch. A VERY NICE TOUCH.
Clock is ticking on CT’s C and D order.
A!!!
LOL!!
Needs more cowball.
In the breathtaking new single, “HALP (LOLCat Remix),” St. Vincent and producer Pinko Punko have created a sound both revolutionary and yet aware of all Internet traditions. The music grabs the listen with a frist-ian immediacy, with beats that are both meaty and cavernous, like the sound of a kitten devouring a quadruple cheezburger while inside a ten-story bucket. The melody is broken and spliced over and over with a Sisyphean intensity, summoning the feeling of a manic Webmaster repeatedly coding a link to the darkest regions of one’s soul, but tragically forgetting to close the tag each time.
Lyrically, on the surface, the plaintive pleas for “halp” appear to shine a much-needed light on the plight of kittens–their inability to get out of plush cushions, receive proper compensation for the repeated use of their images, or be seen as more than just slaves to mankind’s insatiable desire for adorably humorous ways to avoid working. Yet during the chorus, which spells out “H-A-L-P” as if The Beatles had been remixed by Barnes and Barnes, a male voice overdubs the “A” in a way that almost sounds like an “eh?” Perhaps this is a clarion call to America that the “halp” to some of our biggest problems–health care reform, gun violence, the linguistic integration of “ham” into the larger society of “bacon”–lies to our north. And yet, we as a country are stuck in the couch cushions of our own stubborn prejudices, unable to do more than make a continuous, repeatedly misspelled plea for assistance. Essential.
That was brilliant.
It’s nice to have Brando back.
I have a very special place in my heart for All Music Guide.
I note that if CT had a faster computer than his Commodore Amiga he would have been down the rabbit hole on this one. I picture CT reaching for my credit card for a Mac Pro with Final Cut and Logic. For the production of LOLCat remixes. I await the DSM description of this particular disease.
I also noticed that our Bake Off Anthem got zoinked by Phil’s lawyers. I just imagine the Warner Music Group staffer that had to pull the trigger on zapping Pugsley and Smokes- they better not blame me for their soul crushing guilt!
I blame Blue Girl.
You would.
Mine didn’t though! Neener-neener-neener!
I win!
Oh man, we both got zoinked!
I still win though.
That remix deserved a fully-assed AMG entry.
Wait, that was a male voice?
Wait, that was a male voice?
Beware of headlocks from old ladies, Pinko!
That was CT’s voice processed through “Female Basic” or something like that in Garage Band.
I can haz fair use doctrine?
Warner Music does NOT agree
TAKE A LOOK A ME NOW, ASSHOLES!
I think CP’s A has taken over your comment.
!EM PLAH
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this just came up on Words of Wisdom and I was so moved I needed to repost it here. Seemed appropriate with the “fixing the internets” post subject matter.
Words of Wisdom
Is there a Ty for Bonds defenders? Cos I would win.
1. Least Humorous: Drum in a dullslide. There was this one post a few months ago where he literally said, ‘My first instinct was to just make fun of X, but instead I will upchuck yet another turgid slab of mind-bending water-treading dullness that makes Ann Althouse look like the doyenne of partisanship.’ (slightly paraphrased) … sadly, Greenwald is a rising star in this category as well. But also megafrists to Chadwick on Atrios … like Preznit Give Me Turkee was slightly funny the first time, but the 1,000th serving of its leftovers, not so much.
2. Most Deserving of Less Recognition: EschatamericaTboggblog
3. Worst Community: Dave Neiwart, but only cos I can’t get his comments to work. But I imagine his comments are lively. So, instead, Atrios, where there are more ‘Goodnight JohnBoy’ comments on a single open thread than there would be on an alien planet that based its entire civilization on The Waltons.
Demogenes Aristophanes
Good ol’ DA.
GOOD NITE JOHNBOT
If the GreaneWalde in qwestion is Glenzilla, thean I must strike at D.A. with the force of a thousand sons.
UPDATE: Ten thousand!
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kathleen, is that “GOOD NITE (JOHNBOT)” or “(GOOD NITE JOHN)BOT”?
It is best to wait for Big Martin before messing with the ten-story bucket.
hey, did we know about this already?
http://www.reviewstream.com/reviews/?p=12373
OMG, Kathleen, that is so perfect. I don’t recall seeing it.
How could someone come her and understand what the hell was going on? I’m not even sure how I understood it the first time Fate brought me here.
I’m not sure I understand it STILL, and I’ve posted here.
I thought the whole point was to not understand. Did I misunderstand?
the people actively comment there are pretty few and they all seem to be part of some strange internet clique that is all in on the same in-joke or something.
I don’t know whether to be proud or insulted.
Also, “It’s not all that funny”
You’re telling me.
You guys were joking?
Also, only 4 stars? My incomprehensibility is slipping.
Fate brought me here
That was Fate?
I thought it was Pinko, with promises of Bacon and Take 5 bars. But it is all Texas Honey Bun and Chocolate Skittles.
What is this ‘reality’?
Has anyone been there?
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I am wounded sirs and ma’ams.