thane July 28th, 2010
Today was a great day for getting youtube links that you can’t unhear. First, there was the Orchestra Fail:
Followed closely by an apparently old example of someone strangling a trumpet:
And this was all followed up by the an excellent video response:
thane July 23rd, 2010
So, Stuart was imitating one of Tory’s songs for her band, saying that he was going to make his own band and play those songs. Anyway, Tory is getting all upset and we explain to her that (a) imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and that (b) there are bands that just do covers of other bands songs. This devolves into a discussion of the cover song she is most familiar with, Baby Got Back by Jonathan Coulton. So that she can hear the original song, we pull up Sir Mix Alot’s version on YouTube and she gets to see it in all it’s glory and splendor.
Parent of the year Awards, this is my entry. We followed it up with a Gilbert and Sullivan cover.
thane July 6th, 2010
Dad:
Tory: What do you say?
D: Must have been a barge coming through.
T: Try again.
D: Tasted better going down than it did coming up.
T: Three strikes and you’re out, buster.
D: ‘scuse me.
thane July 3rd, 2010
Summary: Watch the TV show, dodge the movie.
I expect a lot from Mr. Shyamalan. This time, he failed to deliver. While he stuck to the story, he removed most of the best aspects of the characters. In the show, Sokka and Irho are mostly used for comic relief. With the removal of the comedy, they come off more like 3rd wheels. For Peet’s sake, we never see Sokka eat! Irho never even has a cup of TEA! Also, there is way too much angst. Zuko is supposed to be all angsty, but Sokka and Ang? WTF?! Oh, and while he stuck with the story, sometimes he would just chuck in elements without any explanation, or rush through things so fast that there was no way anyone who hasn’t seen the show would ever get pulled in. Thankfully, since I had the kids there, I was able to feed of their love of the story and enjoyed myself. But I will never forgive Shyamalan for not using the statues in the air temple to tie in his past lives.