The only one I wasn't really amused by was the tennis one. I'm in a library laughing with headphones looking like a fool. Thanks!
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 10:39 AM on June 24, 2008

And I can't get enough of the cocky shit head walk he does every time after kicking the football in this one.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 10:42 AM on June 24, 2008

In A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, he talks about returning to a city after being on the Appalachian Trail, and he relates a story about an Amazonian tribe taken to a city for the first time where they, according to him, collectively ("and lavishly") wet themselves.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 5:06 PM on June 2, 2008

Some of the father characters look like they're about to open a can of whup-ass when they make their fists.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 7:44 AM on April 18, 2008

Roger Clemens don't see age.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 9:22 PM on April 17, 2008

I know there is more to the inning than Bill Buckner. The point is that he got blamed for it. Period.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 4:55 AM on April 9, 2008

Thanks for the link justgary, I had no idea about that.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 12:34 PM on April 9, 2008

And I apologize for not including more info on the 1986 game in the original post. I just thought this was a nice moment, regardless.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 12:36 PM on April 9, 2008

You hear that? More than ten times bigger than your football field, ass holes.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 1:28 AM on March 25, 2008

Awesome post, umbu. I love both Gonzalez and Drake. "Fold" is my favorite Jose song. Everything about this song is perfect. His style seems like an incredible mix of everything; especially his voice. Man, what I'd give for that.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 9:23 PM on March 23, 2008

Makes me feel like I'm in kindergarten again. Back before science class got hard.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 11:41 AM on March 19, 2008

I love Jugband Blues, which I believe was Syd Barrets last (or one of his lasts) songs with Pink Floyd. It's lyrics are absolutely eerie, in that regard:

It's awfully considerate of you to think of me here
And I'm most obliged to you for making it clear
That I'm not here.
And I never knew the moon could be so big
And I never knew the moon could be so blue
And I'm grateful that you... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 2:58 PM on March 1, 2008

I'm with Bonzai. I've liked the majority of the songs from the Wall, and everything that came before. Division Bell was a piece of shit, though.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 1:53 PM on March 2, 2008

I don't know if any change to Calvin & Hobbes could be as successful as this one.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 5:26 PM on February 26, 2008

My goodness, that looked like hard work.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 9:06 PM on February 24, 2008

Good, I'm glad she has a blogette.


Because she is not a man.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 11:13 AM on February 13, 2008

It's an excellent CD, one of my favorites.

Didn't somebody on MetaFilter write a book about Neutral Milk Hotel? I'd like to find it.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 6:32 PM on February 10, 2008

And golly, he has a purdy wife (who also made a cool film).
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 6:50 PM on February 10, 2008

One thing about NMH that makes it special to me is that I found their music completely on my own, bascially at random. It was the first music that I found and enjoyed without any influence from anyone else. I literally didn't meet another NMH fan for a couple years.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 6:59 PM on February 10, 2008

Billy Mitchell: Does this fortune cookie have my name on it?
Film maker: What does it say?
Billy Mitchell: You yearn for perfection.


(No editing needed.)
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 12:11 PM on February 10, 2008

You're probably right, SpacemanStix. But there are ample quotes similar to that through out the movie. I don't think Mitchell is a bad person by any means, he just says some pretty ridiculous things, such as his line about how lucky he is and how that means there is some poor bastard out there getting "the screws put to him". I think his portrayal was very funny.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 6:28 PM on February 10, 2008

I also have to say that the bear photo is incredible.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 10:44 AM on February 9, 2008

WHICH COINCIDES WITH ADM AND EV AND WEERE TH CHOSN RACE!!
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 8:25 PM on February 5, 2008

Thanks for the other links deafmute and LobsterMitten!

I'm with rollerball on this. I've always really liked his voice, though I can definitely see why someone might not like it. But I think his voice is complimented very well by the style of music he plays, and the sort of drunk or dizzy persona he seems to put on in a lot of these videos (which is often accented by the spinning camera).
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 8:42 AM on February 3, 2008

Not covers, but great songs originally done in Ukulele by the band Beirut

Great post!

And this isn't primarily Ukulele, but it's wonderful.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 2:11 PM on January 31, 2008

And holy shit, this is amazing!
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 3:06 PM on January 31, 2008

Do you mean to tell me that all my years of what I thought was helpful racism was all for naught?




shit.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 5:03 PM on January 27, 2008

None of them look impressed. Which seems odd.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 2:28 PM on January 23, 2008

That looked like a lot of fun to make.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 1:12 PM on January 15, 2008

I'm not as into video games as I used to be, but the idea of homebrew apps sounds really cool to me. Plus, this reminds me of fond Paint memories.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 4:49 PM on January 13, 2008

This is great! I especially like the Jonathan Franzen article.

I think Bill Bryson takes good but not exactly flattering author portraits. Granted, he is going for a more affable image than the rest of them.
posted to MetaFilter by Corduroy at 9:42 PM on December 25, 2007