Someone on one of the fan comms just pointed out that the white-faced bad guy ("Horse") is played by Grant Morrison. I may never stop laughing. Ever.

Oh ... wow. I recognized him but didn't recognize him enough to put a name and a why on him.

I've only watched once with no time to pause. I will have to fix this later.

LJ Lyric Attempt

Look alive Sunshine
109 in the sky
But the pigs won’t quit
You’re here with me, Dr Death Defying
I’ll be your surgeon, your proctor, your helicopter
Bumpin’ out the slaughtermatic sounds to keep you live
A system failure for the masses
Anti-matter for the master plan
Louder than God’s revolver and twice as shiny
This one’s for all you rock-n-rollers, all you crash queens and motor babies
Listen up
The future is bullet proof
The aftermath is secondary
It’s time to do now and do it loud,
Killjoys make some noise.

nananananananana
for our security
for every enemy
were not your property
standing in free formation (free fall something idk)

nananananana
so bite the bullet shell
Just like a sleeper cell
I’d rather go to hell
Than be in purgatory
Cut my hair
Gag and bore(?) me
Pull this pin
Let this world explode

The Wall is on Fuse, and I Wiki'd it to look up some stuff. Learned that Toni Tennille is listed as backup vocals on the album, which amused me.

Have not watched this yet:

Peter Murphy in Maxell cassette ad

Bauhaus frontman Peter Murphy in a 1980s TV ad for Maxell cassettes. Press the eject and give me the tape?

Here's a fun tweet:

Holy fuck, MWay is playing with Weezer!! He must be shitting himself. RT @MSI MIKEY FUCKIN WAY @weezer [link]

New MCR single being premiered tomorrow on KROQ! Which means it will be a matter of hours after that before there is some sort of file of it floating around the bandom comms, and then the Official! Release! probably next week.

(Yes, I am going to be all MCR all the time for a bit. Deal. Or think of Pete, who has to deal with my flailing in person.)

The 50 Worst Rock Fails Of All Time

36. R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People"

It's rare that ONE SONG can definitively mark the point at which one of the dopest rock bands of its day went soft and sold the fuck out, so this track is almost valuable for its quantifiable levels of suck. It was their biggest hit to date, reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, but "Shiny Happy People" is generally regarded as the band's worst (and most annoying) song.

I kinda' like that song.

19. Starship Builds A City On Schlock & Roll

We Built This City" topped Billboard's pop charts in November 1985, evidence of the judgment-impairing effects of using cocaine. It was sampled 18 years later by Harlem rap group the Diplomats for their song, "Built This City," evidence of the judgment-impairing effects of bragging about selling cocaine. Finally, in 2004, the editors of Blender magazine got it right, naming it the worst of song of all-time. And through it all, Marconi still plays the mamba.

OTOH, I hate "We Built This City" with the passion of something very passionate.

8. Mike Love Gives a Hateful Speech at 1988 Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

In an acceptance speech ostensibly about the importance of harmony, and how he and his group "love all people," the Beach Boys' Mike Love suddenly veers left and attacks Paul McCartney and Diana Ross for not being in the room, and says that "Mick Jagger has always been chickenshit to get on the stage with the Beach Boys." Later that night, Bob Dylan starts his own by speech by saying, "I'd like to thank Mike Love for not mentioning me."

Heh. Did not know this.

4. Rolling Stones Hire Hells Angels to Provide Security at Altamont

Yeah, that could have gone better.

R.E.M. redeemed that song by remaking it for Sesame Street.

In my head, I sing it as "Whiny, Crappy People".

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