Behold the Awesome

Pitchfork Media has posted a list of their "100 Awesome Music Videos" and I think it's safe to say there are things here you've either never seen ever before, or just haven't seen in a long, long time.

Check out the full list at Pitchfork's site, but here are a few of my favorites:

The Jacksons: "Can You Feel It?"
1981 - Directed by Bruce Gowers

Remember when The Jacksons toured before "Thriller" took off and made Michael a solo act for good? If you do, you're old like me.

Björk: "Triumph of a Heart"
2005 - Directed by Spike Jonze

a cappella Bjork + Spike Jonze = bizarre man-kitty goodness

Pat Benatar: "Love Is a Battlefield"
1983 - Directed by Bob Giraldi

Just because I get it stuck in my head all the time and come on - you don't *fuck* with Pat Benatar... she'll kick your ass!

They Might Be Giants: "Ana Ng"
1989 - Directed by Adam Bernstein

Because this band is awesome, this song rocks, and if you disagree you're wrong!

Make Me America!

Have you bought Stephen Colbert's book yet? What are you waiting for?! Go here and pay up! Stephen is counting on you!

Just what is reality?

This is renown physicist David Deutsch, who may have just proven the existence of parallel universes (see story at NewScientist.com - subscription required). Even if he never does anything else, I think this video of him explaining the universe from the big picture perspective is already worth a Nobel Prize. You can visit David Deutsch's homepage here.

The return of David Blaine

This is just too funny to pass up. Enjoy!

The most satisfyingly funny podcast out there

I haven't been blogging much because I took time off to reorganize my home office. When I'm cleaning and sorting that much paperwork and scraps, I like to listen to lots of podcasts, and I was very happy to discover the most absorbing and entertaining show I've heard in a long time:


"Guys With Feelings" is the funniest show I've heard in a long time, and it's not just because the hosts, Jason Nash and Jeff Bumgarner, are comedians. It's because they are unflinchingly honest about their lives, and Jason in particular has done lots of dumb things that he's not afraid to talk about. It's like hanging out with a great group of guys that you knew back in the day and now you've found out they moved next door.

Not only are they funny themselves, but they're friends with a lot of funny people. They have guests you probably won't find on any other show. I heard a particularly candid conversation with Mary Lynn Rajskub (24, Mr. Show), and an episode with Paul F. Tompkins impersonating Lee Majors had me laughing so hard I spit coffee on my lap.

Plus they've had conversations with very funny film directors (Adam McKay, Harry Elfont, Bob Odenkirk) and other friends in the entertainment business. And they are always genuinely having fun, talking about everything and anything that seems to come their way.

Okay, I realize now I can't do this show justice. It's so unique that I can't do it justice by trying to explain it here. Go to GuysWithFeelings.com for the whole story, and click here to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes.