Melancholy Video Constitutional

Vodka mashed potatoes? Sure, why not? And that stroganoff looked incredible. I seriously need to try one of these recipes sometime.



Here's the teaser for "The Dark Knight Rises," the lastest Batman flick. It's mostly made up of footage from the previous two movies, but there's some new stuff with Gordon, and we get to see a little bit of Bane. I'm embedding it here, and I'm providing a link to the HD version, which is almost infinitely more awesome. Also, as I'm writing this I'm listening to the all-Prince soundtrack from the first Tim Burton Batman movie. Coincidence? Sure, why not.



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Here's a teaser for season 2 of "The Walking Dead." It's not groundbreaking, nor does it give any hint as to what to expect this season (except for zombie killin', but that's to be expected). It's cool, though.



Want to see the latest Harry Potter movie but need to get caught up? Here are cats!



I don't know what this is, but I think I like it.



I like how the people in Lost can poke fun at themselves. And we finally get the smoke monster's name!



Foo Fighters garage tour! I wish I could have done this.



Let's toss up some videos from this years San Diego Comic Con. First up is the Supernatural panel. And while we're at it, let's throw in a promo for Season 7.





The crossover that nobody asked for but everybody wanted! Epic Meal Time at ComiCon!



Here's the Castle panel.









Chuck! Yvonne Strahovski is so, so pretty.



Game of Thrones. I'm reading the book now, and it's helping me with the names I couldn't remember during the show. Also, I think that Nikolaj Coster-Waldau could be Dennis Leary's twin, and Emilia Clarke looks much better as a brunette.



Action Figure Therapy. Awesome. That's it. Just awesome.



I don't even know how to preface this one. It's hilarious, but dirty, but it doesn't show anything nasty, but yet it's pretty damn dirty. But funny.



The Muppets of Sesame Street gettin' down with the Beastie Boys.

Sesame Street breaks it down from Wonderful Creative on Vimeo.

Looks like I missed some Epic Meal Time. I'm going through bacon withdrawal.





The Walking Dead season 2? Yes please!



And Dexter, too? Sure! Why not!



I have quite a few friends who are teachers. My ex-wife used to be a teacher. My sister is a teacher. My mom used to be a teacher. I had SOOOOOO many good teachers during my time as a student. I believe that teachers are a vastly underappreciated group of professionals. I also like Matt Damon, and here he is standing up for teachers. Although, the Good Will Hunting clip spliced into this is a bit jarring.



Drive looks like a pretty good action movie, with the surprisingly cast Ryan Gossling as the lead. I also like the last half of the trailer, where they show a bunch of action with a soft instrumental piece behind it. Classy.

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What You Should Have Heard #17

My Mix CDs

I’ve got a lot of music but limited space to hold it in, especially in my car. So I’ve gone the old tried-and-true way of making mix CDs to have access to as many bands as possible while driving. I’m going slightly old-school since I’m a bit backwards and have no iPod.

Most of the songs will be more upbeat, with probably only the occasional ballad or slower song included. I like to sing in the car, and the more upbeat songs are more fun to sing.

I’ll be going in alpha-numeric order with these, so if you’re wanting to argue with me about what Weezer songs should be included, you’re going to be waiting for a while.

My only limitations are that I use 80 min. discs, and I’m only going to use one disc per band/artist. I will make exceptions for only my most favorite bands with huge playlists (Foo Fighters and Self, off the top of my head), but I’d really like to boil everything down to just one disc.

Here’s the list guide:

Track # - Song Name - Album Name

Beastie Boys Mix CD

1. So What’cha Want – Check Your Head
2. Body Movin’ – Hello Nasty
3. Intergalactic – Hello Nasty
4. Three MCs ad One DJ – Hello Nasty
5. Sure Shot – Ill Communication
6. Root Down – Ill Communication
7. Sabotage – Ill Communication
8. Girls – Licensed to Ill
9. Fight for Your Right – Licensed to Ill
10. No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn – Licensed to Ill
11. Paul Revere – Licensed to Ill
12. Hold It Now, Hit It – Licensed to Ill
13. Brass Monkey – Licensed to Ill
14. Shake Your Rump – Paul’s Boutique
15. Egg Man – Paul’s Boutique
16. Hey Ladies – Paul’s Boutique
17. Shadrach – Paul’s Boutique
18. Ch-Check It Out – To the 5 Boroughs
19. Triple Trouble – To the 5 Boroughs

The Beastie Boys is (gah, I cringe just typing that because it sounds weird, but I know it’s grammatically correct) a group that I didn’t really care all that much for when I first became aware of them (Fight for Your Right). It wasn’t until college and the release of Hello Nasty that I really started to get into them. It also didn’t hurt that I had some friends who were fans and opened my eyes (and ears) to some of their classic songs like Brass Monkey and Girls.

Going through their catalog, even now when I don’t like everything they do, I’ve grown to respect them. You can really see the trio mature and evolve as musicians. In a market that is dominated by African Americans, this trio of Jewish kids has had a steady and successful hip-hop career for more than 25 years. They’ve survived in a genre whose popularity was eventually overshadowed by its bastard child, rap (and really, it’s only been recently that I’ve made a distinction between the two in my own mind).

Beastie Boys’ Wikipedia entry

Beastie Boys’ AllMusic entry

Beastie Boys’ Official Site

Beastie Boys’ MySpace page

Beastie Boys’ Facebook page

Here’s the video for “Sabotage.” I haven’t really liked a lot of the group’s videos, but this is a classic. If you’ve not seen this homage to ‘70s-era cops/detectives, give it a view.