Thing a Week 43 – Under the Pines
Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear.
I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline – hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it’s about Bigfoot and Leonard Nimoy. Godspeed.
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Holy Crap It’s Quick Links!
Duck and cover suckers!
A video of kids riding around on go-carts set to the delightfully car-y Stroller Town.
Another Creepy Doll image from Matt (OK, this one’s technically not a “link”).
A video of a giant creepy doll puppet from Macgellan. Yipes. This one’s really unsettling.
From JoCoPro, a video for The Presidents created by possibly non-US-citizen Holger.
Update on the AOL is Evil story: Consumerist has this rather damning copy of the employee manual on retaining customers (thanks Graham).
An interview with ME is posted over at GarageSpin.
That’s all the quick links for now! Was that too quick for you?
NJ Ready to be Soft Rocked
Just a reminder I’ll be in Riverside Gardens Park in Red Bank, NJ tonight, playing and singing my adorable little heart out. Show starts at 6:30, I’m on at 7:45. Bring your moms.
VTAW – Creepy Doll
I knew Len was going to like this one. It looks kind of like this doll just beat me to death with my own record.
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