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hang low

vronsky — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:45:34 -0800

Hamsapham

By: vronsky

vronsky — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:53:45 -0800

uTube

By: tellurian

tellurian — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:05:21 -0800

A perverted Cantonese hamster seems oblivious to surroundings.

By: unixrat

unixrat — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:06:37 -0800

Look, I don't know where the idea came from that it was cool to post unintelligible descriptions, but this shit has got to stop. Letters are not a scarce resource. Please use them to describe things. It is helpful and does not make you look any less cool; I know how important it is for you kids to always be "frontin'" these days.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:15:03 -0800

Chill unixrat.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:16:29 -0800

My daughter (7) she likey. Me likey too. Look, I don't know where the idea came from that it was cool to post unintelligible descriptions, but this shit has got to stop. Take it to MetaTalk, lady.

By: C17H19NO3

C17H19NO3 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:27:43 -0800

WTF did i just watch?

By: The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew

The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:37:27 -0800

Dear unixrat: meet Metatalk, the place where callouts are born. (and the only place where they are appropriate.)

By: maxwelton

maxwelton — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:40:59 -0800

I thought it was pretty neat, but the random shadows bugged me, too.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:41:32 -0800

I liked the animation a lot. The music not so much.

By: Item

Item — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:03:58 -0800

Yeah, the animation is really nice but that sub Belle & Sebastian twee bullshit lost it for me. Is Hamsapham the name of the group or something?

By: Item

Item — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:04:49 -0800

Oh. It's Momus. I see.

By: zardoz

zardoz — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:27:43 -0800

Oh. It's Momus. I see. That's not Belle and Sebastian?

By: pracowity

pracowity — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:06:24 -0800

It's an animation (2:48 youtube version) called "Ham Sap Ham" -- animation by Adam Philbin, music by Momus -- of a ~~bear~~ hamster ("I've also made a few animations featuring a perverted Cantonese hamster called Hamsapham") walking past a lot of stuff (roughly: house, clock tower, windmill, tree, house, house, house, tree, Chinese parade dragon, glue factory, horses, truck, tree, tree, barn, church, cemetery with emerging zombies, steamroller, kung-fu Jesus?, large cat, sun, plane, mountain, plane hitting mountain, tree, tree, falling star, giant bunny, hill, hill, house, house, shrubbery, maneating plant, tree, high rise, little people running away from big rooster fighting big robot behind Eiffel tower, high rise, tree, tree, boat on lake, four flying fish, snow falling or cherry blossoms floating on the wind, cherry trees around Chinese house, some gossamer-dressed figure walking in front of cherry trees, flowers blossoming where bear walks, cloud, cloud, cloud, green mountain) and finally the ~~bear~~ hamster getting into a house that takes off like a rocket. The end. The soundtrack is Momus singing "Hang Low":

I've set my heart on being good Very friendly And I will carve my heart of wood Splendid, splendid I'll ride a dragon made of jade And speak no evil I think it's strange to be afraid We're only people So hang low, hang low And do no evil Like aeroplanes on snow We're only people Make sure the tray tables are stowed To have here or to go? And now the blossom fails to show For we are landing On every lovely yellow night With spousy piety I shall perform the ancient rite With due sobriety And each uncomplicated thing Is never-ending And every lovely song you sing Is all-befriending So hang low, hang low And see no evil So hang low, hang low And see no evil Like aeroplanes on snow We're only people Make sure the tray tables are stowed To have here or to hold And now the blossom falls so slow It seems to glow And I will catch a Eurostar At Waterloo station And I will play my blue guitar In desperation But hang low, hang low And be no evil Like aeroplanes on show We're only people Make sure the tray tables are stowed To have here or to go And now the blossom falls so slow We're only people So hang low, hang low And do no evil Like aeroplanes on show We are landing Make sure the tray tables are stowed To have here or to go And now the blossom seems to glow We're only people

And though that's probably overkill for some, that's the sort of "more inside" information I wish people would post. If I'm interested in such posts, I want to know the details. If I'm not interested in such posts, now I don't have to bother opening the video link.

By: sidereal

sidereal — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:11:39 -0800

Metatalk, the place where callouts ~~are born~~ go to die Please describe your posts.

By: internal

internal — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:35:03 -0800

I found it interesting, mostly because the chorus sounded very odd at first, but then I figured out it was modulating back and forth between keys.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:08:44 -0800

My little niece really digs it too f@m. She likes beetleblue too, cause it is clickable, but it won't go fullscreen anymore for some reason:( And I wasn't trying to be mysterious or cool or oblique with the post, just honestly thought it was fairly self-explanatory once you clicked, and over-explaining could ruin the enjoyment of such a whimsical little vid. Alas I forgot I was in the land of the beanplaters. I wish I had been clever enough to add tellurian's first comment to the fpp because that would have been better.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:33:58 -0800

Momus and Koons 4:02 minutes, color slideshow. Momus' paean to postmodern artist/fraud/prankster/capitalist Jeff Koons. Embedded YouTube via - art&sex&music blog "Jeff Koons" [ from the album "Stars Forever" (1999) ] Lyrics He has come to bring you things that make you happy A gigantic puppy made of living flowers A balloon dog like a helium Brancusi Baroque and Rococo, Louis Quattorze (Louis Quattorze) (Louis Quattorze) (Louis Quattorze) (Louis Quattorze) (Louis Quattorze) He has come to bring you things that make you happy A gigantic puppy made of living flowers A balloon dog like a helium Brancusi Baroque and Rococo, Louis Quattorze Basketballs suspended in Bavaria Usher in a fat contented pig Whose every hair is hand-carved by Italian master-craftsmen A porcelain Michael Jackson and Bubbles in a wig A box of breakfast cereal we market to the morning A teddy bear policeman reprimands you with a warning And all that's made in heaven falls apart Pink and yellow arrows through your heart Blue and yellow arrows through your heart Green and yellow arrows through your heart Mr Koons with a swordfish! Pin the tail on Koons! President Koons on Mount Rushmore! The Klondike Trail by donkey Context is a game that you can play And art can help you have a better day Pink panthers from the realm of the ephemeral A friendly advertising testimonial A second empire chair, Botticelli hair Cut-outs at a fun fair and the clothes you love to wear Every time that it appears that happiness and fun Are as far away as Jupiter and Mars According to the lore of great philosophers A shaman must appear amongst the stars A Sun King lifts his hand amongst the stars And a vacuum cleaner stands amongst the stars Gigantic baboons Cereal spoons Philosopher kings The moon in June Disney cartoons The morning sun Jeff Koons

By: imperium

imperium — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:58:20 -0800

I call shenanigans on the "you can't call shenanigans in a post". Take your obsession with Metatalk to Metatalk. Post itself: cutesy, daft, no problem. More description wastey less time.

By: ethnomethodologist

ethnomethodologist — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:44:24 -0800

unixrat, "kids" don't WANT to be "frontin'." Jesus. How embarrassing for you. I liked this, thanks.

By: pracowity

pracowity — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:35:24 -0800

just honestly thought it was fairly self-explanatory once you clicked Ah. But if it's not explained (by you) before we click, it's a mystery link.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:22:22 -0800

Yes it is, but once you've clicked, it's clear.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:53:37 -0800

Cool blog ethnomethodologist. I used to be obsessed with making the perfect espresso too. When you get it right it is like nothing else is it? But my Gaggia died last year and I haven't gotten around to fixing/replacing it yet:(