Comments on: Building a Lionel Richie Head

Building a Lionel Richie Head

rollick — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:19:51 -0800

Here is a chronicle of how my friend and I built our first Lionel Richie head.

By: Egg Shen

Egg Shen — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:24:36 -0800

I'm disturbed by the word "first".

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:31:28 -0800

I'm disturbed by the words "Lionel Ritchie head".

By: tooloudinhere

tooloudinhere — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:31:35 -0800

If you build it, they will come?

By: brony

brony — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:35:56 -0800

I'm not sure I'd have better luck, though I feel I wouldn't have left Lionel as a bowl.

By: goethean

goethean — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:36:40 -0800

Why?

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:39:17 -0800

I think they have a greater confidence in the accuracy of their efforts than quite is warranted.

By: Ghostride The Whip

Ghostride The Whip — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:40:26 -0800

This would go nicely with my "Hello, is it tea you're looking for?" set.

By: dirtdirt

dirtdirt — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:53:07 -0800

Somehow, the awesomeness of them completing a Lionel Richie head is not quite as awesome as the awesomeness of the terribly half-assed Lionel Richie head they do not complete. I mean, this seems like a fairly humble goal and they don't even get close. The half head they produced looks neither like Lionel or like the Lionel head in the video. Sort of looks like Snake from the Simpsons. Has his mustache, anyway. Bless their hearts. It reminds me, though, of a quote from Lionel about the head, from an article about the early days of MTV. "Bob, that bust of me does not look like me." "Bob, the bust does not look like me." Finally, Bob came over to me and said, "Lionel, she's blind."

By: metagnathous

metagnathous — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 07:55:49 -0800

We hadn't had any prior experience. Gotta start somewhere.

By: LouieLoco

LouieLoco — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:13:25 -0800

Is it wrong that I did a double take when I read this sentence: "Luckily, you'll find that anyone with a little time and a lot of clay will eventually be able to make an enormous noggin"

By: obscurator

obscurator — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:24:02 -0800

it sat atop the woodpile in front of the leaf blower. I placed numerous Lionel Richie pictures around the head, so everyone could see our major influences in this project. It's proximity to kindling and the means to easily collect dried leaves are a constant reminder of how it should have been killed with fire.

By: NoMich

NoMich — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:24:04 -0800

Meh, too easy. (get it? get it? huh? like a sunday morning?)

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:25:26 -0800

Um... For the next one, they're gonna wanna use a chickenwire armature. That's pretty basic Lionel Richie Head 101.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:27:07 -0800

it should have been killned with fire. FTFY

By: RobotVoodooPower

RobotVoodooPower — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:29:19 -0800

Just add seeds and you have a Lionel Richia Pet.

By: blucevalo

blucevalo — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:34:23 -0800

Saw Lionel Richie do an interview a little while back. The man (or at least his public persona) seems to have a surprisingly good sense of humor, about himself, about fame, etc.

By: 1f2frfbf

1f2frfbf — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:45:30 -0800

As folk art, I love it. It would be right in place with the rest of my collection of face jugs.

By: slogger

slogger — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:56:40 -0800

Why? This question is never asked of any worthwhile pursuit.

By: aught

aught — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:00:16 -0800

my friend and I built our first Lionel Richie head. Didn't Lionel Richie's genes build the first Lionel Richie head?

By: gompa

gompa — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:03:15 -0800

Obligatory. Still cracks me up every time.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:10:26 -0800

"Now I know what it's like to BE God!" - ~~Frankenstein~~ These two guys

By: octobersurprise

octobersurprise — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:15:32 -0800

anyone with a little time and a lot of clay will eventually be able to make an enormous noggin How long does it take to make an enormous Lionel Richie head? All night long.

By: chavenet

chavenet — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:00:30 -0800

Hello? Is it you I'm looking for?

By: straight

straight — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:15:46 -0800

"Bob, the bust does not look like me." Finally, Bob came over to me and said, "Lionel, she's blind." That's the problem right there. These guys are trying to make a head by just looking at pictures when what they need to do is rub their fingers all over his face.

By: Slarty Bartfast

Slarty Bartfast — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:11:15 -0800

Bah! My son's preschool makes better Lionel Ritchie Heads than this.

By: iviken

iviken — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:24:00 -0800

You call that a Lionel Richie head? This is a Lionel Richie head (At least, it could have been.)

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:21:47 -0800

I just noticed that Lionel Richie is playing a festival a couple towns over from me later this month. It is a country music festival. ? ? ?

By: Mezentian

Mezentian — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:26:30 -0800

Richie is experimental, yo. Here he is getting his funk on (okay, expected) with Rob Zombie (less expected) and someone else in case there's anyone who has missed the wonder of Brickhouse. Spoiler: They are not singing about construction methods.

By: chapps

chapps — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:04:26 -0800

This refreshes my ardent hope I can make a pottery Garden Gnome Chomsky for my yard.

By: gompa

gompa — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:18:29 -0800

I would buy one of those, chapps. I'd pay in advance.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:50:24 -0800

Hello?

By: chapps

chapps — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:01:26 -0800

Ok Gomps! I need a project to derail my thesis progress, and I am starting to think this is it.