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Song of the Week

Can I get a collective "amen" for the fact that MTV is actually playing music again?  At least in the morning.  AM MTV has become a pre-work staple in my apartment.  It's a good mix of old videos and new videos.  In spite of the wide mix of songs that otherwise don't feature many repeats, I must have caught Ida Maria's "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" at least seven times in the past two weeks.  So, you win, MTV.  It's the Yeah Right Song of the Week.  It's a catchy tune and I love the pop art music video.  Enjoy.

"This is going to take crackerjack timing, Wang."

You know it's a good day in the office when much of it is spent exchanging lines from Big Trouble In Little China with your co-workers.  In the process of trying to find more ammunition for the back-and-forth, though, I stumbled across this HuffPo post from last November. 

OK, yeah, I get that Jack Burton was an American blowhard, and that his wise Chinese side-kicks did most of the work in thwarting the diabolical plans of the evil Lo Pan, but claiming that director John Carpenter was "using the Burton character to deliberately ridicule American hubris" and that the movie is a "prescient warning" of America's place in the future world, seems like a teensy-weensy bit much to me.  I really hope the author, David Sirota, was trying to execute as much of a tongue-in-cheek send up of the urge to politicize everything as Carpenter was trying to pull off in tackling the Kung-Fu movie genre, but we are talking about HuffPo here...

At least now I know where to go for all my Big Trouble needs, though:  The Wing Kong Exchange!

Amplified

It's been a long time since I've read any fiction or poetry by a songwriter (I have bad memories of "A Spaniard in the Works" and "Tarantula"), but this looks like a pretty worthy collection of stories.  I just ordered a copy from Amazon, and if it's worth checking out I'll let YR readers know.

Insert "Reunited" Joke Here

Ever wonder what happened to Herb, from Peaches & Herb fame?  Me either, but this article tells the story.  Turns out he's a pretty admirable and likable cat.  He also just put a new album out, although I can't say I'm personally tempted to buy it. 

Say It Ain't So

Soon you'll be able to buy a Weezer Snuggie, otherwise known as a "Wuggie."

Hat tip: Amanda Lauren

Open Thread Thursday

Go!

Great Books/Plays Get Twitterized

My favorite is Hamlet:  'Danish guy's mum marries his murdered father's brother. He sees his dad's ghost. Everyone dies. Fail.'
 
More here.

Buffy Without Josh Whedon?

It just seems wrong.

Hat tip: The Corner

Mike Judge's Next Project: The Goode Family

...pokes fun at Al Gore.  As huge fan of everything he's ever done in the past (Beavis, Office Space, King of the Hill, Idiocracy), I for one cannot wait.

Download These Songs Now (And Thank Me Later)

Dinosaur Jr. - "I Want You to Know"
Phoenix - "Lisztomania"
Phoenix - "Fences"
Black Moth Super Rainbow - "Dark Bubbles"
Passion Pit - "To Kingdom Come"