“Sissy Boy Slap Party”
Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin’s new “A Brand Upon the Brain” is a silent feature, but it’s being screened in the capitals of the world with a live 16-piece orchestra, three-person sound-effects crew, and a rotating […]
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The Pipettes, “Pull Shapes”
Britain’s darling Pipettes (Becki, Gwenno, and Rosay) are touring the U.S., and everyone’s going nuts for “Pull Shapes”—the catchy song and the colorful video, which is a close copy of a scene from the beloved […]
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“Tommy Chat Just Emailed Me”
By Ryan Trecartin, the young video art star also behind the five-part “A Family Finds Entertainment” (if you survived “Tommy Chat,” check out part four, which by itself is better than the whole thing put […]
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Kook Hall of Fame: Soy Bomb
Remember this nut? He made an unscheduled guest appearance during Bob Dylan‘s 1998 Grammy performance, with the cryptic phrase “Soy Bomb” inked on his lean, nude torso. No one stopped him for about a minute […]
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Blendtec Blenders’s “Will it Blend?”: Makeup Smoothie
John Waters made a movie called “Eat Your Makeup” and even shot outrageous scenes of people injecting themselves with cosmetics. Now, the people at Blendtec make their bid for viral-marketing superiority by putting a Walgreens […]
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Merrill Markoe’s F-to-F Transformation
David Letterman‘s former head writer (and former offscreen leading lady) Merrill Markoe tosses aside beauty-advice books from the likes of Christie Brinkley, Linda Evans, and even Jacqueline Smith and instead gets a makeover from two […]
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Eurovision Fever
Above is Finland’s Lordi, the monster-rock winners of last year’s Eurovision Song Contest. They’ll open the big show tomorrow, but who will prevail this year at the glamorous competition? Will it be D’Nash, representing Spain? […]
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Barbra’s New Career?
Breezy impersonator Barbra by Halstead calls Hollywood’s fabled Comedy Store looking for her big break in the industry. As usual, her unwitting skit partner doesn’t know he’s purportedly speaking to Barbra, which makes it all […]
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The Carpenters, “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft”
The favorite video of Anne “Celestia” Heche? The world’s going to hell—but maybe if we all wish really hard at the same time for an alien invasion, it’ll be ok! That’s the message of this […]
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Dschinghis Khan, “Moskau”
Ever wonder what Santa might look like if he were gay and not morbidly obese? This video gives us a glimpse, and that’s just one of the eye-poppers on parade here. There’s no point in […]
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