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Wednesday, 31 October 2007

Liverpool Watch: Somebody lost their pay slip

Full story on BBC News.

Robert Goulet dies at the age of 73

... and what most people remember him by is the following SNL sketch by Will Ferrell:



A tribute to Robert Goulet can be found here on 'Dispatches from the Lower East Side'. A tribute to the man's music can be seen here on Youtube. Some may remember that he was the main baddie, Quentin Hapsberg , in Naked Gun 2:

This is Halloween

Tim Burton's 'The Nighmare Before Christmas' re-cut with Marilyn Manson's version of 'This Is Halloween' for the re-release of the film in Disney Digital 3-D and 2-Disc Special Edition Soundtrack:



How to survive a Zombie attack (via CommonCraft):



Behind the scenes of Mel Brook's Young Frankenstein:



It wouldn't be Halloween post without a Thriller video:



There's another general Halloween survival guide here on Empire and a gallery of 74 amazing movie themed Jack-O-Laterns here on /Film.

Monday, 29 October 2007

Top Top Gear Moments

Top Gear is, by far, one of the best shows on TV right now. Here are just two examples from last Sunday's show.

The Bugatti Veyron versus the Eruofighter Typhoon:


Jeremy Clarkson reviews small cars:


Sorry about the lack of updates to the site. I had them all made up everyday but just kept forgetting to post the finished product. To make up for it, here is one of the funniest news pieces I've ever seen:



More features like this can be found on the constantly brilliant satire site The Onion.

Liverpool Watch: Arsenal


Well, that was lucky. It could've been much worse. Then again, if Liverpool managed to keep their early lead, the Kop could currently be 3 points behind Arsenal.

Sunday, 28 October 2007

Song Of The Week: The Band Of Horses edition (now with 100% more cowabunga)

Here's the brand new video and single from Band Of Horses called "Is There A Ghost" from their album "Cease To Begin". It's certainly a grower of a tune:



When searching for the video on YouTube I came across a similarly named band called Horse The Band. Here's a cover they did of the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles:



For some reason, someone uploaded another song of theirs ("Anti-Pizza") to footage from the TMNT movies. The video had the following description which I found hilarious:
A music video, a work of art, a retrospect, a documentary, and an epic adventure of a life time. SATAN!

I'm off to the moving pictures

I'll update this post later with a review of Ratatouille since I love these kind of movies. Pixar movies specifically, that is. Especially when they're directed by Brad Bird. Even though it's a Dreamworks production, Bee Movie seems promising enough too. Especially when they're viewed after alcohol consumption.

Here's a five minute clip from Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie: