Everybody Wang Chung tonight!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 10:03 AM on July 22, 2008

Besides the commercial for Magic the thing that most traumatized me as a kid was, of all things, the freakin' encyclopedia. You never new what deep sea fish would pop up on the next page. And, for some reason, pictures of deep space freaked me out, too. How I developed a love of learning, I'll never know.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 9:54 AM on June 13, 2008

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posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 11:48 AM on April 2, 2008

I almost posted this over in the Paul Raymond obit posting: way back in the 90s, I found some Paul Raymond men's mags where, for whatever reason (possibly due to the country where they were intended to be published?), each instance of an anus had been Photoshopped (or, given the year, possibly just airbrushed) out. All the other feminine pink spots were still there. It was very odd, and more than a little disturbing. I still sometimes wonder what the intended effect was, and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 9:01 AM on March 6, 2008

It's my fault Black Leaf died.

Oh, and .
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 10:45 AM on March 4, 2008

I was fully expecting a link to this.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 2:27 PM on February 22, 2008

"Why eat hamburger when you can have steak?"
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:32 AM on February 20, 2008

Whatever happened to "good artists borrow, great artists steal"?

I could swear I've heard a Lily Allen song that sampled Althea & Donna's "Uptown Top Ranking," but googling doesn't help. Any ideas?
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 8:32 AM on February 17, 2008

Waugh!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:18 PM on February 11, 2008

Seriously, I didn't even know about his illness, and thought his career was back on the upswing.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:21 PM on February 11, 2008

Metafilter: and there ain't no nothin' we can't love each other through
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 10:51 AM on February 1, 2008

Like many amphibians, hellbenders are considered an indicator species, hence The Hellbender Press.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:33 AM on January 24, 2008

Sorry to derail, but in the "not" video, who's the artist behind the first frame? It looks like the guy who did that Tom Tom Club video.
(not derailist)
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 12:11 PM on January 18, 2008

I wish I could pull off the username "enzo sprezzatura." Damn.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 5:11 AM on January 11, 2008

Equalpants, I don't think it's a matter of "using bugs for entertainment" that's upsetting people; it's "ending life for entertainment."
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 5:03 AM on January 6, 2008

But, mama, that's where the fun is!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 10:10 AM on January 2, 2008

Nothing is real. It says so right on the cover of Yellow Submarine.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 1:38 PM on December 28, 2007

The blog Scooter In The Sticks covered this recently. I hadn't heard of it at all before that, and now I'm curious to know just how influential it's actually been.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 4:21 AM on December 17, 2007

I bumped into this article about Sam Cooke in the last few years and really appreciated it.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 10:29 AM on December 11, 2007

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Thanks, tallthinone! I can't view the links right now; I have a water bill to pay.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 12:56 PM on December 10, 2007

Man, I played the hell out of "A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth." It's one of my life's regrets that I never finished it, even with the help of what would later be known as a walkthrough.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 12:46 PM on December 7, 2007

Thanks for this, yerfatma! I played the hell out of Electro-Shock Blues when my grandmother died; I can't wait to check out these links!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 9:26 AM on November 27, 2007

So, there's Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel, Jr., Mary Marvel, Uncle Marvel, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, the Lieutenant Marvels, and their Mormon cousins, the Osmonds. Good to know!

Oh, and Elvis.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:46 AM on November 12, 2007

They forgot about AC/DC.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 9:08 AM on November 5, 2007

Does anybody here recommend the Dave Marsh book on "Louie, Louie" that's referenced in the link? I've enjoyed other stuff by him, but 272 pages on one song...
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 8:28 AM on November 2, 2007

ANGER IS AN ENERGY!
ANGER IS AN ENERGY!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 9:52 AM on October 30, 2007

American Scary is a lot of fun, if you can see a screening of it. Here's hoping they finally get a distribution deal!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 11:58 AM on October 19, 2007

Devils Rancher, I suspect it went something like this, you know, just like everything else in this administration:

Bush Administration: Well, what have you got for us?
Army Think Tank Guy: It doesn't look too good...
BA: That just won't do.
ATTG: But...
BA: Get another report that says everything we do is sunshine and light, or we'll find someone else who will.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 8:12 AM on October 14, 2007

It's happening in Tennessee, too. As with rising gas prices, it'll affect most Americans sooner or later.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:55 AM on October 14, 2007

Future House Now refers to these as "Sea Containers" and has some neat links.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 1:13 PM on October 5, 2007

Mise en abyme, anyone?
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:27 AM on September 26, 2007

I am so crushing on miss lynnster right now. The easiest way to my heart is saying nice things about the English Beat.

No one's mentioned Don Kirshner's Rock Concert as a Midnight Special contemporary or the way HBO used to play one or two videos to fill time between movies in its pre-Video Jukebox days. (Various Don Kirshner YouTube videos here.)

Also, Hilly Michaels and The Waitresses had a couple of videos that thoroughly... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:53 AM on September 24, 2007

pineapple: you're thinking of Asia's Don't Cry, which for some reason often reminds me of Rick Springfield's Human Touch.

Also, a video that left an impression on me: Ultravox's Dancing with Tears In My Eyes. I can't believe how the nuclear apocalypse always felt so imminent.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:58 AM on September 24, 2007

"Who nicked who?"

Common ancestry: Little Queenie by Chuck Berry. More at the wikipedia page for Get It On.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:17 AM on September 17, 2007

Perfect for a 70s female porn star: Muffin Underwood
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 4:32 AM on August 21, 2007

And people thought Procter and Gamble were satanic.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 11:56 AM on August 9, 2007

See Rock City bird houses; more info on them and See Rock City cookie jars.

I love these signs, just like I love vintage painted Coca-Cola advertisements and Ghost Signs.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:27 AM on August 9, 2007

No lie: dude's Ferris Bueller blog entry is worth a read.

And props to davejay for quoting Too Much Joy!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 5:29 PM on August 3, 2007

Barclay... Barry... Bert... BORT? Aw, c'mon! "Bort?"
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:35 PM on July 28, 2007

Is there a text in this class?
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:38 PM on July 18, 2007

More on the Jet Boy Jet Girl/Ca Plane Pour Moi connection, which I'd never heard of before tonight. (A little bit NSFW.) Thanks, piratebowling!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:10 PM on July 13, 2007

My first thought was, are they sure he wasn't a ghost?
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:42 PM on July 13, 2007

Obligatory Occasional Superheroine link, as seen previously (remember the phrase, "busted vagina"?)
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:48 PM on July 4, 2007

One time, my girlfriend and were giving our cat its first ever bath, and, freaking out, he leapt up and attached his claws to the skin on my forearm and was just hanging there. I then freaked out from the appearance of it, but after a moment, it sunk in that it didn't actually hurt. This is what I think of every time someone mentions A Man Called Horse, or hook suspension, (although I suspect there's much more pain involved).
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 12:01 PM on June 26, 2007

So, was On The Beach the Day After/When The Wind Blows of the previous generation, or did it fail to make a dent in the universe in 1959?
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 7:09 AM on June 15, 2007

Everybody wants prosthetic croc heads on their real heads!
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 2:42 PM on June 11, 2007

I wonder, in all seriousness, if this is Paul's way of saying, after Heather, that he really misses Linda. Or, alternately, to what extent Linda weighed on his (and Gondry's) mind while developing the video.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 6:35 PM on May 29, 2007

Are they sure it's Mars? 'Cause it looks like Uranus.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 4:53 AM on May 25, 2007

What's the key to the cipher in which 'y2karl' = 'pruner'? I just can't figure it out! Favorited, nonetheless.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 9:30 AM on May 15, 2007

“We endorse our consumers’ finding innovative ways to use our products.”

After the DMCA, I never would've expected to hear these words from any kind of corporate bigwig.
posted to MetaFilter by kimota at 8:46 AM on May 10, 2007