Posted in Movies | February 28th, 2009 | Comments Off on Jimmi Simpson rocks
Jimmi Simpson is my favourite actor. You may not have heard of him, but don’t let that fool you. He plays Scud in D.E.B.S., a movie you should all rent/buy, although many people will have difficulties connecting to it. But Jimmi rocks, no doubt about it. He’s the voice of reason, Cupid, the loyal friend, the God of bingo, the saviour of Australia, the winner of 50 bucks, the happy camper – all in one person (who isn’t even one of the lead characters).
He was in Loser, together with Thomas Sadoski and Zak Orth. All three of them went on to do great things afterwards. Orth did Wet Hot American Summer next (hilarious) and Thomas Sadoski recently starred in reasons to be pretty, where he delivered an amazing performance. Jimmi also turned to theatre, even dropping out of Live Free or Die Hard for this. I didn’t see him on stage and this entry is going nowhere and already too verbose.
I did see Jimmi in Girltrash. Once again, he delivered a spot on performance. He actually played the husband of Riki Lindhome‘s character in the series, closing the circle to the current Song Fu, in which Lindhome (as part of Garfunkel and Oates) competes as Master.
Check out the first round of Song Fu 3 over at QuickstopEntertainment.com! The task was to write a happy song. I came up with a song about a happy zombie. It’s called “A Mallful of Brains” and contains plenty of happiness (e.g., ukulele, brains). It’s the very last song on the page, so don’t despair while scrolling down. If you like zombies (or just like the song), please consider voting for me/my song.
Today on my way to work I met Sarah from next door
She drooled and took my hand and jerked me to the floor
I tried to get back up, still dizzy from the fall
Suddenly I felt hungry, so we headed for the mall Because there is nothing like a mallful of brains
There is nothing like a mallful of brains
I looked across the street to the diner by the mall
A sign said ‘all you can eat,’ so I tried to eat them all
Later on my friend Mike came by to grab a drink
I took a little bite of him and then went to see my shrink Because there is nothing like a mallful of brains
There is nothing like a mallful of brains
I really like to eat brains
I really like to eat brains
I really like to eat brains
I really like… Brains, a mallful of brains
Brains, a mallful of brains
Brains, a mallful of brains
Brains, a mallful of brains
Self-absorbed triviality. Assessement of lack of content. Typographic erorr. Unexplainable urge to share my boredom with a virtual audience. Lame fart joke. Link to meme that is so last summer. Cryptic reference to the title of the post.
Verbose prelude to supposed highlight. Dream I had tonight involving two opposite bands and a bunch of people I haven’t seen in ages. Fill words. Hidden reference to actual event =-). Another cryptic reference to the title of the post.
The blogging well is running dry. Don’t expect any more updates this year. I’m going to be too busy to become a better person. Or at least a better version of me. I’ll be back as soon as I have found something to say. Meanwhile, have fun and be good!
Posted in Life | November 19th, 2008 | Comments Off on World Toilet Day
Today is World Toilet Day! So why not check out (or revisit) my Toilet Song (recorded back in 2000, even before there was an annual World Toilet Day – so don’t accuse me of being trendy ;-).
This one started out with the lyrics. The idea took form while I read books by Schleichert, Dawkins etc. I wrote the lyrics during a Saturday morning class in Brussels in March 2008 after three hours sleep. The music took shape much later (when I was back in Germany) and I finally recorded it all in early August that year. There’s drums, guitars (acoustic ones for the refrain, electric ones for the rest), keyboards (organ, synth, bass, piano, and the drums in the refrain), vocals, a shaker, and some noises from my record player.
Noah built a mighty ark – therefore God exists
The day is bright, the night is dark – therefore God exists
Politicians never lie – therefore God exists
Life is just and pigs can fly – therefore God exists
Jesus made the blind man see – therefore God exists
They play my song on the MTV – therefore God exists
There is a chip inside my brain – therefore God exists
One day I’ll meet Shania Twain – therefore God exists If God was one of us I would call him Stephen
If God was one of us I would look her in the eye
The Bible says the earth is flat – therefore God exists
It takes one step to cross a gap – therefore God exists
A madman shot John Lennon dead – therefore God exists
I just want Beck in your head – therefore God exists If God was one of us I would call him Stephen
If God was one of us I would look her in the eye
3.14159 – therefore God exists
A quota sample will do fine – therefore God exists
My favourite drinks are cherry smoothies – therefore God exists
Michael Bay makes brilliant movies – therefore God exists
Piper Perabo cut her hair – therefore God exists
May I sit into your chair?
Posted in Books | October 28th, 2008 | Comments Off on List, Books, read, unread
From the vaults of the net: these are the top 106 books most often marked as “unread” by LibraryThing’s users. As in, they sit on the shelf to make you look smart or well-rounded. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones you read for school, italicize the ones you started but didn’t finish.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anna Karenina
Crime and Punishment
Catch-22
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Wuthering Heights
The Silmarillion
Life of Pi : a novel
The Name of the Rose
Don Quixote
Moby Dick
Ulysses
Madame Bovary
The Odyssey
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Eyre
A Tale of Two Cities
The Brothers Karamazov
Guns, Germs, and Steel: the fates of human societies
War and Peace
Vanity Fair
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Iliad
Emma
The Blind Assassin
The Kite Runner
Mrs. Dalloway
Great Expectations
American Gods
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Atlas Shrugged
Reading Lolita in Tehran : a memoir in books
Memoirs of a Geisha
Middlesex
Quicksilver
Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West
Posted in Music | October 22nd, 2008 | Comments Off on Paul and Storm Watch (week 2)
No reaction from Paul and Storm so far. Of course, I could just write @paulandstorm on Twitter; or send in half a picture of me as a minion. But if it were that easy, it’d be called Felicia Day Watch. So I’ll stay below the radar for some more time.
What a self-referential post so far! Where’s the bashing? Where’s the praise? This week’s 5-10 podcast was quite good: Naturally, they overdid the duel stuff. Still, Albert Einstein with a flame thrower was funny. Note that I do not link to the podcast itself. That would be too obvious in these days of trackbacks and Google Analytics. I have the feeling that the dynamic duo will refrain from acknoledging me, once they stumble upon this page, just to see what I’m going to say about Poochie, eh, Paul and Storm. Next week I’ll start with the story of how I discovered their music even before I heard of Jonathan Coulton.
Posted in Heteroscedasticity, Music | October 19th, 2008 | Comments Off on Heteroscedasticity – out now!
14 wonderful songs about life, love, Michael Owen, God, and statistics
NEW ALBUM OUT NOW! Featuring Graveyard Girl (the ultimate anthem of tombstone tourism), Judy Mary Jane (makes you inevitably shout out yeehaw!), I Wish Natalie Portman Was My Neighbour (don’t we all?), and the Toilet Song (recorded in the bathroom)!
So this is my album. I hope you like it. There a bunch of older, somewhat popular songs, some with electric guitars (7.-9.), two German ones, and a few with a more gloomy atmosphere towards the end. my personal favourite (song, not actress) is “Among Thieves”, an unusual song in several aspects (length, lyrics, brushes). If you consider burning the album on CD, I recommend downloading/using the flac-version, because it’s a lossless format (info) and offers additional entertainment.
All songs are licensed Creative Commons by-nc, meaning you are free to copy it, perform it, and make derivative works, as long as you are not making a profit from your work, and that you properly attribute the original artist (in this case Jutze, Johannes Schult, or www.jutze.com). So feel free to share them with your friends and family, play them in your podcast, and use them for your own personal creative endeavours!
