MR. SPOCK'S MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE

Nothing more to add really.

Except maybe this from William Shatner (Captain Kirk):

Cover of Pulp's Common People. A classic.

Shatner is well known for his spoken word covers

or parodies, you can never really tell what they're

supposed to be. Here is Zapp Brannigan who in

turn parodies Cap'n Kirk.

SHAKESPEAREAN INSULT KIT

Tired of the same old swear words? Need to inject new life into your insults? Try new improved 'Shakespeare Insult Kit' ©. Yours for 12 monthly installments of just $4.99.

Boss giving you a hard time lately?
Simply pick any 3 words from columns 1, 2, and 3 and watch him squirm as you call him a 'gleeking beef-witted bum bailey!'

Teacher constantly picking on you? Watch her jaw drop as you call her a 'mewling knotty-pated flax-wench!'

Driven mad by unsolicited phone calls? Hear them gasp as you call them 'venomed onion-eyed hugger-muggers!'

And how do you reckon Richard III feels being discovered buried under a car park? Well, like a 'gorbellied common-kissing puttock!'

Hours of fun guaranteed!


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/feb/05/king-richard-iii-face-recreated?INTCMP=SRCH

JESUS IN THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT II

I've re-posted this to do a little follow up and simply because I like it. I really don't want to get into the creationism v. evolution debate, you've got your beliefs, I've got mine. The creator of this little ditty was trying to make some kind of gesture to scientific discovery while keeping their feet firmly in the christian fundamentalist camp. I think its meant to be tongue-in-cheek and it would be wrong to read too much into it but there are certain issues to address here. Jesus was not around at the time of Noah and the flood, least not in human form, and secondly we can only imagine the kind of grief Noah had in providing bed and board for a boy and girl T-Rex, not to mention the full spectrum of dinosaur kind.

I did research (2 minutes Google) to check if the colouring book was genuine and found this instead:

It's a similar concept. I love the tag lines 'TRUE BELIEF COMICS', 'SCIENCE ACTION STORIES'. There are several more issues going on here. I love the fact that both protagonists have ginger hair. Jesus looks like some mad celt and Darwin (looks nothing like him) is drawn like some kind of Darby O'Gill character. Basically it looks like some kind of mad Irish bar room brawl. Jesus, a self-professed pacifist looks particularly demented.

I'm going to leave the final word to Bill Hicks, as he would wish:

PAUL BOLGER - ARTIST AND FILMMAKER

Paul is an old college mate of mine from way back. After many years away working on animated features he's returned home. In this short feature he discusses a personal ambition to develop a live action movie based on the exploits of Irish legendary figure Cú Chulainn. Ireland has a rich vein of mythological stories comparable to anything to come out of Greece and the Mediterranean. The Tain and Irish mythology in general is the oldest surviving vernacular outside of ancient Greece and Rome. While the heroes of ancient Greece and Sparta have been given the Hollywood treatment (not always successfully) no such examples exist of Irish mythological figures. You may argue that Irish mythology is not as widely known as the Greek but the stories and themes are universal. Swap the names of Achilles and Hercules with those of Cú Chulainn and Fionn MacCumhaill and you will still find magnificent tales of bravery, tragedy, treachery, love, deceit  and victory against all the odds. I think it requires a homegrown talent to do it justice. This is the gap Paul is attempting to fill.

http://www.pillarstoneproductions.com/

NEW YEAR SALES

Another January almost over and the bill for the end of year festivities will have come home to roost. Has anyone escaped the irony of paying through the nose for everything at Xmas and the day after you find them reduced by half. Nice little capitalist touch I feel. Xmas is a pagan festival with a little christian message bolted on. I'm waiting for archaeologists to discover that Jesus was actually born on July 5th. Sort that one out!

MUSIC CHOICE FOR DECEMBER - BAGPIPE JAZZ SPECIAL AND A LITTLE ACCORDIAN

Track 1: Bagpipe Blues - Rufus Harley
Track 2: Scotch & Soul - Rufus Harley
Track 3: Sweaters - Laurie Anderson ft Rufus Harley 
Track 4: La Paloma - E. Balise

FRIDAY DEC 21st - IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT AND I FEEL FINE

According to the Mayan calendar anyway.
It's come to my attention that with some people this Mayan prophecy/prediction is being taken seriously. For anyone worried, don't be. I'll see you back here on Saturday 22nd December.

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CHILLIN

GREAT STREET ART SAMPLE - BUT NOT BANKSY - I THINK

MUSIC CHOICE FOR NOVEMBER

Track 1. On My Radio - The Selecter
Track 2. Night Boat to Cairo - Madness
Track 3. Engine 54 - The Ethiopians
Track 4. Dat - Pluto Shervington

DISNEY BUYS STAR WARS FRANCHISE

SALVADOREAN PAINTER CARLOS CANAS

"Sumpul"  described as the Salvadorean Guernica. In reaction to the 1980 massacre at the Sumpul River in Chalatenango, El Salvador.

STAND WITH WALMART STRIKERS ON BLACK FRIDAY