Category Archives: Allegory

fun with loopy Japanese art

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Here, straight from Japanprobe, we have Sentimental Journey, a tasty wad of fresh, chewy video from Nagi Noda, who also claims responsibility for the demented poodle exercise video we posted earlier, because we must have been drunk or something. In fairness, this is quite an achievement; with a cast just slightly smaller than that of Cecil B. DeMille’s Cleopatra, Noda manages to outdo George Lucas in the special effects field without, you know, using any special effects. I have only one question:

Why does that woman walk like she just peed herself?

And here, also from Japanprobe, is what Japan thinks happens when Japanese women marry Westerners. Gee, thanks, I always wondered where Danny DeVito came from.

Danny DeVito, you get back in that bathtub right now!

music vid o’ the day: Syd Barrett and hallucinogenic Octopus

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It just doesn’t get any better than this, gentle readers. Syd Barrett, the officially insane and most talented member of Pink Floyd, plus Gimme Gimme Octopus, the bizarre 60’s Japanese children’s show (think HR Pufnstuf on about ten ounces of tequila).

everything has a fansite: Martin Scorsese’s Eybrows’ edition

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Martin Scorcese's eyebrowsHaven’t I told you, many a time, that everything on Earth, no matter how sordid, obscure, or meaningless, has a fansite?

Oh yes I did, and here is the proof: a fansite devoted entirely to the poetical expression of the attraction/repulsion principle as it relates to Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese’s eyebrows.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we at the ol’ raincoaster blog are proud to present Nosebleed Ridge. via Defamer.

The Getaway

I scream in my sleep
Martin Scorsese’s eyebrows are chasing me
across LA
I carry a tired cardboard suitcase stuffed
full of my old writings
novels and screenplays
and scraps of ideas
jotted onto bar napkins
crowding away the
phone numbers
of lovers gotten
and forgotten
notes for unwritten books
spill as I run
Martin Scorsese’s eyebrows are chasing me
across LA

Discuss.

campaign attack ad of the year!

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from TORn

This is one attack ad I think we can all get behind. If only we could figure out this woman’s impenetrable accent, that is.

Frodo for King!!!

elf/human missing link found

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Ch'yeah, maybe not the missing link. I hope they take those to the drycleaner before returning them.No, it’s totally, totally true and on scientific websites and everything, so suck it unbelievers! I bet you didn’t even clap for Tink!

Alert TORn!!!

It appears that elves may be descended from humans, which kinda throws a wrench into all my Tengmar-speaking friends’ philosophies (yes, I have friends who email only in the Elvish languages of Middle Earth, and further, will not email those who only email in the Elvish languages of the Undying Lands, and no, I am not kidding; where do you think I got this strong an opinion about fandom?). Still, I have candid shots of me frightening Viggo Mortensen, so they’ll cut me a fair bit of slack.

Dr. Charles’ science blog, which I am devastated to learn does not belong to a certain Dr. Charles Dexter Ward who, after all, graduated from his course of study prior to the founding of Yale, reports that preliminary findings indicate that the missing genetic link between elves and humans has been isolated.

It’s not as straightforward as some evidence would lead us to conclude.

C'mon Aragorn, do it for me.

Remember pixies, elves, and the wee folk of legend? They were generally small, musical characters with playful natures, given to singing and dancing. In the Scandinavian folklore, elves were so musically inspired that they could dance a man to death. Were these diminutive characters originally inspired by real humans who carried a genetic variation, namely a deletion of the elastin gene that produces humans of short stature, elfin features, and intense emotional responses to music?

NPR recently ran a story on Williams Syndrome. They profiled a young man who became an excellent drummer, but who struggled in many other developmental areas such as measured IQ, fine and gross motor skills, and attention. His mother noticed that he was unusually sensitive to music as an infant. For example, the child was moved to tears by a Brahms lullaby. He possessed many of the characteristic physical features of Williams Syndrome (WS) which usually include a small upturned nose, long philtrum (upper lip length), wide mouth, full lips, small chin, puffiness around the eyes, and a prominent “starburst” or white lacy pattern on the iris of the eyes.

*runs to mirror*

I'll hold your sword for you, baby!