Beat Poetry
This was a piece performed by Tim Minchin on December 21st at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Enjoy.
There is a sweary mary every now and then, so NSFW, but I fucking loved it…
(Edit) Fixed (/Edit)
A Christmas Song I’ve Enjoyed This Season…
This is Tim Minchin’s White Wine In The Sun (Christmas Song).
LYRICS:
I’m looking forward to Christmas
It’s sentimental I know, but I just really like it
I’m, I’m hardly religious
I’d rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu to be honest
And yes I have all of the usual objections to consumerism
The commercialisation of an ancient religion
And the western-isation of a dead Palestinian
Press-ganged into selling PlayStations and beer
But I still really like it.
I, I really like Christmas
Though I’m not expecting a visit from Jesus
I’ll be seeing my dad
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
They’ll be drinking white wine in the sun
I’ll be seeing my dad
My sisters and brother, my gran and my mum
We’ll be drinking white wine in the sun.
I don’t go for ancient wisdom
I don’t believe just ’cause ideas are tenacious it means that they’re worthy
I get freaked out by churches
Some of the hymns that they sing have nice chords
But the lyrics are dodgy
And yes I have all of the usual objections to the mis-education of children forced into a cult institution
And taughted to externalise blame
And to feel ashamed
And to judge things as plain right and wrong
But I quite like the songs.
I’m not expecting big presents
The old combination of socks, jocks and chocolate is just fine by me.
‘Cause I’ll be seeing my dad
My brother and sisters, my gran and my mum
They’ll be drinking white wine in the sun
I’ll be seeing my dad
My sisters and brothers, my gran and my mum
They’ll be drinking white wine in the sun.
And you my baby girl
My jetlagged infant daughter
You’ll be handed round the room
Like a puppy at a primary school
And you’re too young to know
But you will learn yourself one day
That wherever you are and whatever you face
These are the people who’ll make you feel safe in this world
My sweet blue-eyed girl
And if my baby girl
When you’re twenty-one or thirty-one
And Christmas comes around
And you find yourself nine thousand miles from home
You’ll know whatever comes
Your brother and sister, and me and your mum
Will be waiting for you in the sun
Girl, when Christmas comes
Your brothers and sisters, your aunts and your uncles
Your grandparents, cousins, and me and your mum
Will be drinking white wine in the sun
We’ll be waiting for you in the sun
Baby, whenever you come
We’ll be drinking white wine in the sun
Waiting.
I, I really like Christmas
It’s sentimental I know.
Obama responds to controversy stirred up by McCain campaign…
I agree wholeheartedly… Enough is enough…
Zombie Stalin? Gorbachev the Barbarian?
Came across this video yesterday, and suffice it to say it’s the best music video I’ve seen in I don’t know how long. I love the allegory and art direction.
Enjoy “Gorbachov” by Anj… (Full HD version is here <-+-> )
Toto - Africa
A favorite song of mine, but I’d never seen the video… Here it is for all y’all…
What a story, huh?
Everyday on the interweb is a new adventure…
People are loving the “Fail” descriptor of recent…
…here’s a “Success”… I know who’s doing my wedding video…
Alright! Enough! I’m Officialy Creeped Out.
Meet the Little Girl Giant.
I’m looking for more info on this monstrosity that was displayed in the streets of London on May 7th. For now i’ll just say that it may be time to run from the hills.
My favorite comment on this: “FAKE!! its not really a giant, but rather a really big puppet, You can see the wires and people moving the “giant” if you look closely. Dont Be fooled!!, I repeat THIS IS NOT A REAL GIANT!!”
Paper Mario…
Fascinating art installation…
Quietly slips under radar…
This totally slipped under my radar at least, but the iPod Touch is now available in a 32 Gig version for $499. The iPhone’s lowest model is now the 8Gig for $399 (no change there) and they’ve added a 16Gig model for $499… I do have to say I’m content with the 8Gig iPhone I have, and by the time I need to replace it there will be the iPhone2 or something like that. Just keeping everybody up to date… Wiggly icons are pretty sweet (but even sweeter with the wiggly Installer.app icon (yes I am a 1337 haxx0r dood (or I just followed instructions (but whatever))))…