Last night all of us at 651 Kansas had a little housecooling party, since in two weeks we're all moving on to greener pastures. I'm relocating to a super cute studio on 17th and Mission, Patty and Baldur are getting their own place since they're getting married, Jimmy is moving in with some bros in the Panhandle, and Hellyn is leaving us for New York. After a few glasses of wine, Hellyn and I decided it was time to finally make the phat house track that we've been talking about doing the entire time she's lived with us. With Jimmy's help mixxing, we produced the following LIVE HOUSE TRACK on the fly. That's me on diva vocals, singing a bunch of shit I made up on the spot about our awful landlord, apple bongs, PLUR, getting higher than the sun. Listen for Lauren Spiro's cameo somewhere around the 3 minute mark. I guess I should also mention that parts of this are a little nsfw...not sure where the um part about Lauren's sheets came from but uh I had a few glasses of wine last night.
My buddy Jason says that with his lyrical help, TWEET HOUSE (the name of our musical project) can make MILLION$.
Jason
you guys should come up with something tho
like seriously
like, crystal castles like
low fi
play up the sexiness
and have some concept
and make the lyrics really specific to SF.
Melanie Berlin
i mean, i would actually love to do some fucking diva house
i know that sounds funny
but like, its fun to sing
the lyrics would be about the love parade
and tranny prostitues
Jason
yeah...something like...you can poke me in a polk street bathromm.
Melanie Berlin
hahaha
i could write a song about the piss trough at the eagle
Jason
call one song teenage runaway
turning trick in the green poop processing maching, out there in front of safeway, i didnt go in the safeway, barbacking that ass up like a juvenile...
get it
so many layers
backing that ass up like a juvenile
get it
haha
teenage runaway
juvenile the singer
back that ass up the song
i should ghostwrite
Melanie Berlin
seriously you should just be my lyricist
Jason
you send me the tracks..
ill ghostwrite them
you can blow up
we'll make millions
Melanie Berlin
good thinking
we'll play our debut show at la mezcalera (a bar in tijuana that jason frequents)
Jason
yeah
go international before local
send me some tracks
the first sing will be called line up
about doing lines of a dick
imma start brain storming
freestyling
..........
Here's our epic 10-minute house jam, and the video I made to go with it. Sorry I suck so bad at iMovie, but that's the breaks dudes. Also um, the song is what you might call a little "reverb-heavy."
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Rainy Dayze
Ugh, I fucking hate this weather. Look what the rain and wind did to my shitty $6 Walgreens umbrella!
Look what it did to my hair!
Not to mention that my coat now smells like wet dog and my shoes are all soggy and cold. Walking around in a hailstorm when the wind is blowing sideways is no fun at all.
Yet still there's the Goth/Folkie/SHUGAZR(Hi Ansh!) side of me that kinda likes the wet, gray weather. It's perfect for staring out the window all wistfully, perfect for hot cocoa and for sleeping, and perfect for staying in and watching movies and snuggling. Plus I have to say, San Francisco on a gray day is actually really pretty. The black storm clouds look kinda rad hovering ominously over the mountains.
With the right soundtrack (and galoshes), it can be kinda awesome to walk around in. Here are some of my favorite songs that make me feel all dreamy and romantic on rainy days, instead of wet and irritated.
Vashti Bunyan - I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only
The Go-Betweens - Unkind And Unwise
Biff Bang Pow! - She Never Understood
My Bloody Valentine - Cigarette In Your Bed
Felt - Cathedral (from Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty, my fave rainy day album evs)
The Durutti Column - Tomorrow
Echo And The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
Joy Division - Atmoshpere
REM - Time After Time
Big Star - Thirteen
Espers - Black Is The Color
Jorge Ben - Oba, La Vem Ela
Novos Baianos - Preta Pretinha
Alton And Hortense Ellis - I'm Still In Love WIth You
Love - Andmoreagain
The Left Banke - Shadows Breaking Over My Head
The Zombies - I Love You
Hopkirk And Lee - Free Arthur Lee!
Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park
Papercuts - Future Primative
Cass McCombs - What Isn't Nature
SORRY THIS POST IS SO LONG GUYZ! Yikes.
Look what it did to my hair!
Not to mention that my coat now smells like wet dog and my shoes are all soggy and cold. Walking around in a hailstorm when the wind is blowing sideways is no fun at all.
Yet still there's the Goth/Folkie/SHUGAZR(Hi Ansh!) side of me that kinda likes the wet, gray weather. It's perfect for staring out the window all wistfully, perfect for hot cocoa and for sleeping, and perfect for staying in and watching movies and snuggling. Plus I have to say, San Francisco on a gray day is actually really pretty. The black storm clouds look kinda rad hovering ominously over the mountains.
With the right soundtrack (and galoshes), it can be kinda awesome to walk around in. Here are some of my favorite songs that make me feel all dreamy and romantic on rainy days, instead of wet and irritated.
Vashti Bunyan - I'd Like To Walk Around In Your Mind
Black Tambourine - For Ex-Lovers Only
The Go-Betweens - Unkind And Unwise
Biff Bang Pow! - She Never Understood
My Bloody Valentine - Cigarette In Your Bed
Felt - Cathedral (from Crumbling The Antiseptic Beauty, my fave rainy day album evs)
The Durutti Column - Tomorrow
Echo And The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
Cocteau Twins - Love's Easy Tears
Joy Division - Atmoshpere
REM - Time After Time
Big Star - Thirteen
Espers - Black Is The Color
Jorge Ben - Oba, La Vem Ela
Novos Baianos - Preta Pretinha
Alton And Hortense Ellis - I'm Still In Love WIth You
Love - Andmoreagain
The Left Banke - Shadows Breaking Over My Head
The Zombies - I Love You
Hopkirk And Lee - Free Arthur Lee!
Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park
Papercuts - Future Primative
Cass McCombs - What Isn't Nature
SORRY THIS POST IS SO LONG GUYZ! Yikes.
Monday, January 4, 2010
2009: Belated Best
Ok ok, I know I should have written this entry last week when it was still 2009, but I was just too busy doing other things like being hungover and watching Netflix On Demand in my pajamas. Anyway, in case you still care, here are my fave musics, movies, and other things of the last year of the last decade, in no particular order.
Movies
The Road
Drag Me To Hell (The only movie in 2009 that I watched twice in the theater)
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
Precious
Second Skin
Albums
My music taste is perpetually stuck in 1981, but here are the 5 albums from last year that ruled me the most.
Brilliant Colors - Introducing
Grass Widow - LP
Washed Out - Life Of Leisure EP (ok, it's an ep but whatevs.)
Espers - III
The Oh Sees - Help (also, best album cover of the year!)
Live Shows
Nodzzz/The Oh Sees/Mayyors at El Rincon
Kurt Vile/The Mantles/English Singles at an about-to-be demolished practice space in the Dogpatch
Mum at the Independent
The Homosexuals at Bottom of the Hill
The Raincoats at Part-Time Punks Fest at Mezzanine
TV Shows
I'm definitely not one of those annoying TV NO THANKS people, but in all honesty I don't watch a lot of TV. I think my attention span is just too short to follow one story line for an entire season. Still, here are 5 shows I was into enough this year to follow.
Eastbound And Down. Hands down, best show of 2009, if not ever.
True Blood. Like the rest of the world, I have vAmPyRe FeVeR!!!1
Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job Season 4
Party Down
Jersey Shore. OBVS
Places
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Bass Lake
Tijuana!!!
New York
Funniest Videos of the Internets
Tech Talk
Cat Goes On A Crime Spree
Bangs - Take U To Da Movies
Knives Vs. Cops (Faaackk Yoouuuu)
So Your Cat Wants A Massage?
2009 Gathering Of The Juggalos Infomercial
Video Dating Montage
Guido Beach
Nosferatu Dancing To Lady Gaga
Synth Coke
And one entry from late 2008 that is so awesome that I had to include it:
Movies
The Road
Drag Me To Hell (The only movie in 2009 that I watched twice in the theater)
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
Precious
Second Skin
Albums
My music taste is perpetually stuck in 1981, but here are the 5 albums from last year that ruled me the most.
Brilliant Colors - Introducing
Grass Widow - LP
Washed Out - Life Of Leisure EP (ok, it's an ep but whatevs.)
Espers - III
The Oh Sees - Help (also, best album cover of the year!)
Live Shows
Nodzzz/The Oh Sees/Mayyors at El Rincon
Kurt Vile/The Mantles/English Singles at an about-to-be demolished practice space in the Dogpatch
Mum at the Independent
The Homosexuals at Bottom of the Hill
The Raincoats at Part-Time Punks Fest at Mezzanine
TV Shows
I'm definitely not one of those annoying TV NO THANKS people, but in all honesty I don't watch a lot of TV. I think my attention span is just too short to follow one story line for an entire season. Still, here are 5 shows I was into enough this year to follow.
Eastbound And Down. Hands down, best show of 2009, if not ever.
True Blood. Like the rest of the world, I have vAmPyRe FeVeR!!!1
Tim And Eric Awesome Show Great Job Season 4
Party Down
Jersey Shore. OBVS
Places
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Bass Lake
Tijuana!!!
New York
Funniest Videos of the Internets
Tech Talk
Cat Goes On A Crime Spree
Bangs - Take U To Da Movies
Knives Vs. Cops (Faaackk Yoouuuu)
So Your Cat Wants A Massage?
2009 Gathering Of The Juggalos Infomercial
Video Dating Montage
Guido Beach
Nosferatu Dancing To Lady Gaga
Synth Coke
And one entry from late 2008 that is so awesome that I had to include it:
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
2009 In Days That Ruled
I'm not gonna lie, 2009 kinda sucked. It was a year of breakups and layoffs and poverty and stress. Eat a D, 2009! On a positive note, all the crappy stuff that happened this year made me take a look at my life and realize that I needed to change things, especially career-wise, so I'm going back to school in 3 weeks to start working on a degree in Social Work. So I guess you could say I'm pretty stoked for 2010 and for like, my future in general.
Of course, bright spots were plenty. Here are some of my favorite days and nights of 2009. Who knows? You're probably mentioned at least once.
1. January 10, 2009 - Leti organizes karaoke at Do Re Mi. Bertie is impressed by my karaoke prowess and our band Wine Club is born.
2. February 13, 2009 - Fell in love with New Orleans. Had an amazing dinner at Commander's Palace in the Garden District, saw a giant Jack-O-Lantern walking around on stilts on Decatur Street, goth bar-hopped in the Faubourg Marigny, then got painted in zombie makeup at One-Eyed Jack's.
3. March 7, 2009 - Hellyn and Sarah's Mexican Party Bus Birthday. Epic levels of fun and wastedness that ended up with karaoke at Do Re Mi that I barely remember.
4. April 17, 2009 - Holly's karaoke birthday party, for which I made this lovely ass cake.
5. May 7, 2009 - Awesome buddies joined me for birthday dinner at Pauline's, then at the Knockout for a special bday edition of All Fall Down. A great way to kick off my 32nd year. The next morning, I caught a plane to NYC with Michael and spent 4 days hanging out with him and Leti and Teva.
6. May 16, 2009 - Baldur and Jessica and I took a series of buses to Baker Beach on one of the first summery days of the year, where we saw some nude dudes and played with a really dumb dog. This was follwed by an amazing dinner at Burma Superstar. Later that night JB and I went to Booty Bassment at the Knockout and a guy showed me a picture of his penis in a hot dog bun on his cellie. Classy shit.
Here's a lovely video of Baldur giving Jess and I Icelandic lessons at the bus stop.
7. July 3, 2009 - Went to the Alameda County Fair with Cimi, Will, Shawn R and Ken T. Petted baby animalz, saw Nite Ranger LIVE and watched fireworks on the roof of Cimi's car. Pretty much any day where I get to go to a fair is an epic day for me.
8. August 8, 2009 - Met Rion, Colin and Cimi at Dolores Park, then watched OBSESSED STARRING BEYONCE at Cimi's. Later we were joined by Bertie and Rahel and went to 1994 at 111 Minna and became bff's with Lady Miss Kier.
9. August 10, 2009 - Colin and I went took a bunch of Monday trips to Bass Lake this summer. Each time was totally amazing, but the best was the day we drove with Neela, Christine and David and sunned ourselves in the company of a sneezing horse, a weird dude who kept swinging from the trees, the horse's letchy owner and the one and only Frances McDormand.
10. August 15, 2009 - Probably my favorite day of the entire year. Drove from Tijuana to Ensenada with Jason (miss u dude!) and his friend Sergio for a wine festival thingie at La Cetto Winery. Saw a bullfight and hobnobbed with fancy rich people and ate amazing food and drank so much wine. Headed back to TJ for another awesome night at La Mezcalera drinking Padrinos. Magical.
10. September 18 - Cimi's Dirty 30 Pajama Jammy Jam. Cimi hosted a karaoke party in her living room and had a cake made of Cinnabons. I'm noticing a theme here with birthdays and karaoke.
11. October 21 - Hellyn and I rode our bikes around Chinatown and took pictures of weird shit. Then I blogged about it.
12. October 24, 2009 - Went to Half Moon Bay to go pumpkin hunting with my good buddy Chris and then ended up eating at some weird English Pub with a fun bus in the back. Later that night went to weird early Halloween party where Jesse put on a shark costume and Lloyd wandered in dressed as bacon. WaCkY.
13. November 14, 2009 - Karaoke with a couple of members of Mum, who are good friends of Baldur and were staying at our house. Baldur and Jesse's rendition of "I Gotta Feeling" still gets stuck in my head whenever I think about this night. So fun.
14. November 15, 2009 - Karaoke Part 2!! Have you guys noticed that I like karaoke? A whole bunch of us went to L'Amour Nightclub in Chinatown and witnessed a dude get a handjob in a well-lit corner of the bar. (I yelped about it here.) Then we cabbed over to Playground Karaoke in Japantown and raged on the mic in one of the upstairs rooms and drank epic amounts of Soju. Being hungover from soju...not exactly an awesome way to spend a shift at the needle exchange.
15. December 12, 2009 - 651 Kansas Holiday Party. Awesome people and lots of lots and lots of booze and snacks up in my house. A very pleasant evening indeed.
16. December 18, 2009 - Rion, Soumeya, Soumeya's friend Leigh and I went to Alcatraz and got the EXTRA SPECIAL TOUR from Rion's friend Ranger John. He took us on the roof and in the creepy basement. Later that night Bertie and Rahel and I went to Blow-Up and soaked in the hilarity.
17. December 23, 2009 - Jessica's birthday party at the Knockout was a Factory Records tribute night with Jess, Josh Yule, John Segura and myself djing. Sarah, Brendan, Bertie and Josh and I put together a special band called FAC32 that covered hitz by New Order, Joy Division, The Wake, Stockholm Monsters and The Happy Mondays. It was ridiculously fun and everyone seemed to really be into it.
Of course, bright spots were plenty. Here are some of my favorite days and nights of 2009. Who knows? You're probably mentioned at least once.
1. January 10, 2009 - Leti organizes karaoke at Do Re Mi. Bertie is impressed by my karaoke prowess and our band Wine Club is born.
2. February 13, 2009 - Fell in love with New Orleans. Had an amazing dinner at Commander's Palace in the Garden District, saw a giant Jack-O-Lantern walking around on stilts on Decatur Street, goth bar-hopped in the Faubourg Marigny, then got painted in zombie makeup at One-Eyed Jack's.
3. March 7, 2009 - Hellyn and Sarah's Mexican Party Bus Birthday. Epic levels of fun and wastedness that ended up with karaoke at Do Re Mi that I barely remember.
4. April 17, 2009 - Holly's karaoke birthday party, for which I made this lovely ass cake.
5. May 7, 2009 - Awesome buddies joined me for birthday dinner at Pauline's, then at the Knockout for a special bday edition of All Fall Down. A great way to kick off my 32nd year. The next morning, I caught a plane to NYC with Michael and spent 4 days hanging out with him and Leti and Teva.
6. May 16, 2009 - Baldur and Jessica and I took a series of buses to Baker Beach on one of the first summery days of the year, where we saw some nude dudes and played with a really dumb dog. This was follwed by an amazing dinner at Burma Superstar. Later that night JB and I went to Booty Bassment at the Knockout and a guy showed me a picture of his penis in a hot dog bun on his cellie. Classy shit.
Here's a lovely video of Baldur giving Jess and I Icelandic lessons at the bus stop.
7. July 3, 2009 - Went to the Alameda County Fair with Cimi, Will, Shawn R and Ken T. Petted baby animalz, saw Nite Ranger LIVE and watched fireworks on the roof of Cimi's car. Pretty much any day where I get to go to a fair is an epic day for me.
8. August 8, 2009 - Met Rion, Colin and Cimi at Dolores Park, then watched OBSESSED STARRING BEYONCE at Cimi's. Later we were joined by Bertie and Rahel and went to 1994 at 111 Minna and became bff's with Lady Miss Kier.
9. August 10, 2009 - Colin and I went took a bunch of Monday trips to Bass Lake this summer. Each time was totally amazing, but the best was the day we drove with Neela, Christine and David and sunned ourselves in the company of a sneezing horse, a weird dude who kept swinging from the trees, the horse's letchy owner and the one and only Frances McDormand.
10. August 15, 2009 - Probably my favorite day of the entire year. Drove from Tijuana to Ensenada with Jason (miss u dude!) and his friend Sergio for a wine festival thingie at La Cetto Winery. Saw a bullfight and hobnobbed with fancy rich people and ate amazing food and drank so much wine. Headed back to TJ for another awesome night at La Mezcalera drinking Padrinos. Magical.
10. September 18 - Cimi's Dirty 30 Pajama Jammy Jam. Cimi hosted a karaoke party in her living room and had a cake made of Cinnabons. I'm noticing a theme here with birthdays and karaoke.
11. October 21 - Hellyn and I rode our bikes around Chinatown and took pictures of weird shit. Then I blogged about it.
12. October 24, 2009 - Went to Half Moon Bay to go pumpkin hunting with my good buddy Chris and then ended up eating at some weird English Pub with a fun bus in the back. Later that night went to weird early Halloween party where Jesse put on a shark costume and Lloyd wandered in dressed as bacon. WaCkY.
13. November 14, 2009 - Karaoke with a couple of members of Mum, who are good friends of Baldur and were staying at our house. Baldur and Jesse's rendition of "I Gotta Feeling" still gets stuck in my head whenever I think about this night. So fun.
14. November 15, 2009 - Karaoke Part 2!! Have you guys noticed that I like karaoke? A whole bunch of us went to L'Amour Nightclub in Chinatown and witnessed a dude get a handjob in a well-lit corner of the bar. (I yelped about it here.) Then we cabbed over to Playground Karaoke in Japantown and raged on the mic in one of the upstairs rooms and drank epic amounts of Soju. Being hungover from soju...not exactly an awesome way to spend a shift at the needle exchange.
15. December 12, 2009 - 651 Kansas Holiday Party. Awesome people and lots of lots and lots of booze and snacks up in my house. A very pleasant evening indeed.
16. December 18, 2009 - Rion, Soumeya, Soumeya's friend Leigh and I went to Alcatraz and got the EXTRA SPECIAL TOUR from Rion's friend Ranger John. He took us on the roof and in the creepy basement. Later that night Bertie and Rahel and I went to Blow-Up and soaked in the hilarity.
17. December 23, 2009 - Jessica's birthday party at the Knockout was a Factory Records tribute night with Jess, Josh Yule, John Segura and myself djing. Sarah, Brendan, Bertie and Josh and I put together a special band called FAC32 that covered hitz by New Order, Joy Division, The Wake, Stockholm Monsters and The Happy Mondays. It was ridiculously fun and everyone seemed to really be into it.
Monday, December 21, 2009
XMAS JAMZ!!!!!
I swear, if I have to hear 'Last Christmas' one more fucking time this year, I am going to choke somebody with a length of tinsel. So, as my gift to you guys, here are some non-Wham Xmas/Winter jams that don't make me want to go on a murderous 'Silent Night, Deadly Night' rampage.(Puuuniiiiiissshhhhhhhhhh)
1.
August Darnell - Christmas On Riverside Drive August Darnell is best-known for being one of the front dudes in Kid Creole And The Coconuts. I love this goddamned song so much that I play it year-round.
2. Cristina Monet - Things Fall Apart
3. Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
4. Fear - Fuck Christmas (the best X-mas song of ALL TIME)
5. Aislers Set - Hit The Snow
6. Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow Is Falling
7. Papercuts - December Morning
8. Orange Juice - Holiday Hymn (Track 8 on this list)
9. Caetano Veloso - In The Hot Sun of A Christmas Day
10. Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'
11. Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas
12. Frank Cosmo - Merry Christmas (yay, i love this song)
13. Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter
14. The Fall - Winter
15. Scott Walker - Winter Night
16. Vashti Bunyan - Winter Is Blue
17. And what X-mas mix would be complete without MACCA?!
1.
August Darnell - Christmas On Riverside Drive August Darnell is best-known for being one of the front dudes in Kid Creole And The Coconuts. I love this goddamned song so much that I play it year-round.
2. Cristina Monet - Things Fall Apart
3. Cocteau Twins - Winter Wonderland
4. Fear - Fuck Christmas (the best X-mas song of ALL TIME)
5. Aislers Set - Hit The Snow
6. Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow Is Falling
7. Papercuts - December Morning
8. Orange Juice - Holiday Hymn (Track 8 on this list)
9. Caetano Veloso - In The Hot Sun of A Christmas Day
10. Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin'
11. Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas
12. Frank Cosmo - Merry Christmas (yay, i love this song)
13. Aztec Camera - Walk Out To Winter
14. The Fall - Winter
15. Scott Walker - Winter Night
16. Vashti Bunyan - Winter Is Blue
17. And what X-mas mix would be complete without MACCA?!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Do You Like Websites?
I sure do. Here are some of my favorite non-dontgimmenobullshit sites on the 'net. Most of them are either music-related or people making snarky comments about funny pix. What can I say? I love music and I love to laff! At any rate, surf on over to these hot cyberspots!
flickrlurkr
Pictures that will make you go "OMG that's like sooooo random!!!!"
musicophilia
In which some dude compiles some of the most amazing post-punk mixes you'll find anywhere. The 1981 series is completely mindblowing.
cool dogs
Just a bunch of dogs that are awesome, cool and rad.
Joy Division Bootlegs
Do you love Joy Division and New Order? Of course you do. This site has a pretty impressive archive of live bootlegs of both. You're welcome.
Lamebook
Other people's retarted facebook updates and pictures. So many chuckles in my Google Reader each day.
People of Wal-Mart
You've all seen this, right? Unbelievable.
Regretsy
A treasure trove of Twilight-related crafts, sculpted vaginas of all medias and hideous burning man fashions. Amazing.
black and wtf
Weird olde-tyme pictures.
MY PODCAST!!!
Yes, I do feel the need to plug my own stuff here. This version of the Little Wizard Hour is still in the new and janky stages, but go ahead and click this link and download my shows anyway. New ones going up soon, I promise.
And last but not least, um the Facebook page for WINE CLUB, Bertie Pearson and my band.
flickrlurkr
Pictures that will make you go "OMG that's like sooooo random!!!!"
musicophilia
In which some dude compiles some of the most amazing post-punk mixes you'll find anywhere. The 1981 series is completely mindblowing.
cool dogs
Just a bunch of dogs that are awesome, cool and rad.
Joy Division Bootlegs
Do you love Joy Division and New Order? Of course you do. This site has a pretty impressive archive of live bootlegs of both. You're welcome.
Lamebook
Other people's retarted facebook updates and pictures. So many chuckles in my Google Reader each day.
People of Wal-Mart
You've all seen this, right? Unbelievable.
Regretsy
A treasure trove of Twilight-related crafts, sculpted vaginas of all medias and hideous burning man fashions. Amazing.
black and wtf
Weird olde-tyme pictures.
MY PODCAST!!!
Yes, I do feel the need to plug my own stuff here. This version of the Little Wizard Hour is still in the new and janky stages, but go ahead and click this link and download my shows anyway. New ones going up soon, I promise.
And last but not least, um the Facebook page for WINE CLUB, Bertie Pearson and my band.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
I'm A Rough Rider Filled Up With Christ's Love
Ok, by now I'm sure all of you have seen the "Christian Side Hug" video that has been making its way through cyberspace. For those of you living under a rock, here it is in all its Christly glory:
At first I thought this was just some totally unfunny comedy troupe making fun of how Christian music is always just a lamer version of whatever popular music it's trying to sound like. Remember DC Talk? Jars of Clay? STRYPER? But looking at the other videos on their Vimeo Channel, I discovered that these dudes are something far, far worse. These dudes are a CHRISTIAN COMEDY TROUPE who make videos for the youth of The Father's House, which is apparently a franchise of megachurches. Which means, that yes, while these guys are obviously attempting to be funny, THE MESSAGE IS REAL. THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO HUG MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX FOR FEAR THAT YOUR GENITALS MIGHT TOUCH AND CAUSE YOU TO HAVE IMPURE THOUGHTS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY LEAD TO FORNICATION AND TEENAGE AIDS BABIES BORN ADDICTED TO CRACK.
God Help Us all. I weep for you today, America.
Below is the conversation I had with Fant which led to this revelation. (pun intended)
ERIN:
but by the way
please watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daJoMRm1x4
MELANIE:
haha ive seen this
i think these dudes are a comedy troupe
ERIN:
nope
MELANIE:
also, i like this guy:
wait weird...ok so these guys are like, a christian comedy troupe?
ERIN:
i think they're for real.
but the thing is
the gun shots?
sound effects?
MELANIE:
i cant tell if this is a joke or what
ERIN:
IT'S NOT!!!
MELANIE:
http://www.vimeo.com/3507070
ERIN:
that's like telling me there is no santa
MELANIE
i think they make funny videos for The Lord
ERIN:
he loves to laugh!!
melanie berlin 11:10
i guess so
i think its for the youth at the church
they are like...christian hipster comedy rappers?
GAH
ERIN:
it has replaced guitar mass
MELANIE:
dude at least i could get down with that
like, "on eagles wings" all satriani-ed out
ERIN:
SERIOUSLY
MELANIE:
that would actually get me to go to church
ERIN:
you could sing like an angel
i hated it
because i could NOT sing
MELANIE:
yeah but i pretty much just mumbled becuase i hated church and was holding back my angel's voice out of spite
Christian Side Hug from The Fathers House on Vimeo.
At first I thought this was just some totally unfunny comedy troupe making fun of how Christian music is always just a lamer version of whatever popular music it's trying to sound like. Remember DC Talk? Jars of Clay? STRYPER? But looking at the other videos on their Vimeo Channel, I discovered that these dudes are something far, far worse. These dudes are a CHRISTIAN COMEDY TROUPE who make videos for the youth of The Father's House, which is apparently a franchise of megachurches. Which means, that yes, while these guys are obviously attempting to be funny, THE MESSAGE IS REAL. THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO HUG MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSITE SEX FOR FEAR THAT YOUR GENITALS MIGHT TOUCH AND CAUSE YOU TO HAVE IMPURE THOUGHTS THAT MIGHT POSSIBLY LEAD TO FORNICATION AND TEENAGE AIDS BABIES BORN ADDICTED TO CRACK.
God Help Us all. I weep for you today, America.
Below is the conversation I had with Fant which led to this revelation. (pun intended)
ERIN:
but by the way
please watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0daJoMRm1x4
MELANIE:
haha ive seen this
i think these dudes are a comedy troupe
ERIN:
nope
MELANIE:
also, i like this guy:
wait weird...ok so these guys are like, a christian comedy troupe?
ERIN:
i think they're for real.
but the thing is
the gun shots?
sound effects?
MELANIE:
i cant tell if this is a joke or what
ERIN:
IT'S NOT!!!
MELANIE:
http://www.vimeo.com/3507070
ERIN:
that's like telling me there is no santa
MELANIE
i think they make funny videos for The Lord
ERIN:
he loves to laugh!!
melanie berlin 11:10
i guess so
i think its for the youth at the church
they are like...christian hipster comedy rappers?
GAH
ERIN:
it has replaced guitar mass
MELANIE:
dude at least i could get down with that
like, "on eagles wings" all satriani-ed out
ERIN:
SERIOUSLY
MELANIE:
that would actually get me to go to church
ERIN:
you could sing like an angel
i hated it
because i could NOT sing
MELANIE:
yeah but i pretty much just mumbled becuase i hated church and was holding back my angel's voice out of spite
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