PCQOTD : 5-31-06

Plebian:
"Hey there, hi there, ho there."

Erudite:
"My creepy girl, won't you be mine? I'll give you scrolls and fish and Tinkertoys and wine."

PCQOTD : 5-30-06

Plebian:
"We shall never surrender."

Erudite:
"Live to fly, fly to live, do or die."

CageMatch Promo For 5-27-06

Boy, this one took a long time to make. I started working on this after the Company Meeting on Sunday, then worked on it just about every lunch break and after work each day this week, culminating in a marathon session of editing on Friday, and from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturday. I used ten different programs, used stock video and animation for the first time, filled up nearly five gigs of disk space. It was GREAT fun to make. I love creating these videos.

I've also started playing the videos at intermission for the 7:30 and 9:30 videos, and they seem to be well-received.

Available now on YouTube, downloadable version soon on Powerbomb.

PCQOTD : 5-26-06

Plebian:
"The dreams that you dare to dream really do come true."

Erudite:
"Of rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes, and motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes"

Who Es Muy Macho?

I've been searching for this commercial clip for years, and now Kit FitzSimons has found it for me! YouTube is truly amazing. I don't see how they survive the vast number of non-public-domain videos that are put up there, but you can find just about anything your heart desires.

Bask your eyes on the beautiful Corinthian Leather and the Chrysler Cordoba, as only Ricardo Montalban can present and pronounce it.

PCQOTD : 5-25-06

Plebian:
"Go to the Slauson Cutoff, cut off your slauson."

Erudite:
"God, I'd give anything for a drink. I'd give my god-damned soul for just a glass of beer."

Humans Bad, Must Be Punished

Very slick retro-style animation from Three Legged Legs about natural conservation and the evils of the human race. See it here.

PCQOTD : 5-24-06

Plebian:
"Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo"

Erudite:
"Whenever they got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom."

I'm Just A Normal Guy

In what I like to call "The Ancient Days of MTV", the first music video channel was fabulously entertaining. First of all, they showed music videos, a rarity in these troubled times. Second, the bigtime pop artists weren't making videos, so the only videos MTV had to play were stuff from bizarro european synthesizer bands, so we had lots of Buggles and Tenpole Tudor and Flock of Seagulls mixed in with the protean punkish pop video stars like Pat Benatar and Billy Idol. My friend Brantley has been wandering through the music videos of the Eighties that can be found on YouTube, and he said to me in an email today, "you just can't stump this thing." Well, I can stump anything, so I unleashed my standard huge piece of ammo that I use when trying to bewilder someone about my favourite obscure songs of the early 1980s-- I typed in "Landscape" and "Norman Bates", and wouldn't ya know it, YouTube had it. This is one weird video, one weird song, and it is a shining example of what ruled about MTV in the first three years of its existence. Enjoy.

(BTW, I'm sure I could stump YouTube with one of my early 80s MTV memories, but right now I'm just stunned they had Landscape. Amazing.)

(PS They DO have Tenpole Tudor! Check 'em out--both these songs rule.)

PCQOTD : 5-23-06

Plebian:
"Oh, bother!"

Erudite:
"I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles."

CageMatch Promo for 5-20-06

It's Siegel-Prov vs Sumo, better late than never! (I finished this one about five minutes before ComedySportz on Saturday.)

Available on Powerbomb.

There's a summary page of all the CageMatches to date here. I plan on prettyfying this page, and including information about the music I used, amusing tidbits about the videos, and so on.

PCQOTD : 5-19-06

Plebian:
"That's damn fine pie."

Erudite:
"There's still time to change the road you're on."

PCQOTD : 5-18-06

Plebian:
"Sufferin' succotash!"

Erudite With Spurious Connection:
"Let those who worship evil's might beware my power."

Ridiculously Obscure Erudite:
"And remember, keep smiling!"

PCQOTD : 5-17-06

Plebian:
"Oh what a relief it is!"

Erudite:
"I'm just about to lose my mind."

PCQOTD : 5-16-06

Plebian:
"These pretzels are making me thirsty."

Erudite:
"Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice, giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake!"

Crabs Are Funny

If you've been over to my house and dared to go into the kitchen (not recommended) you might glean from my toy collection that I like crustaceans and arthropods. They're like the robots of the animal kingdom, all articulated and armoured and creepy. I also like Weeble and Bob, a nutty little bizarro flash series from Britain. The creator of Weebl and Bob just came out with a new nonsensical cartoon entitled "Crabs", and I present it here for your enjoyment.

PCQOTD : 5-15-06

Plebian:
"The truth is out there."

Erudite:
"Now dat's the kinda day where you can't opem yo mouf widout a song jumpin right out of it!"

PCQOTD : 5-12-06

Apologies for no PCQOTD yesterday; I've been under the weather.

Plebian:
"And now for something completely different."

Erudite:
"Mr. Humphries, are you free?"

TV Is Better In Japan

The Japanese continue to be fabulously odd.

I'm at home sick again (allergies or flu, I can't tell) and have nothing better to do than drink copious amounts of orange juice and wander the interweb. I tripped across this little gem of Japanese television. It was strangely enticing, and I can't describe it any better than it was described on the linked page:

During the game "Silent Library 3", whoever gets the death card gets has to perform a nasty deed without making a sound. Part of the Japanese variety show "DOWN TOWN no gaki no tsukai ya arahende!!". Kickboxer and four-time world K-1 champion from The Netherlands, Ernesto Hoost, appears as a guest.

CageMatch Promo For 5-13-06

Here's the sneak peek of this week's CageMatch video, featuring the champions, Siegel-Prov, defending against GD Module from ComedyWorx!

Available on Powerbomb.

I've also created a summary page of all the CageMatches to date, with scores and thumbnails and links to the videos. I'll be updating this each week as new videos are made and scores are revealed. It'll always be here.

PCQOTD : 5-10-06

Plebian:
"Look! Up in the sky!"

Erudite:
"You can see the morning sun if you try."

PCQOTD : 5-9-06

Plebian:
"No time to wallow in the mire."

Erudite:
"I'll satisfy your every need and I now know you will satisfy me"

PCQOTD : 5-8-06

Plebian:
"There's a little Tuttle in all of us."

Erudite:
"The best to you each morning."

All In The Cards

Derren Brown does a card trick for Stephen Fry. A must-see.

Astounding.

Pizza From Hell

This is fucking cool.

CageMatch Promo For 5-6-06

Here's the sneak peek of the new CageMatch promo exclusively for loyal Transmutation Effect readers. The YouTube version of the video will be posted on the DSI boards later today. This promo features a little tribute to the amazing four-time champs The Pride, a nice dramatic entrance of the new champs Siegel-Prov, and the introduction of the tough opponents for this week.

You can view it at Powerbomb.

PCQOTD : 5-4-06

Plebian:
"Lesson number one: don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed!"

Erudite:
"He's the highest paid lover in Beverly Hills."

Erudite Erudite (this has a Connection to the Erudite--it's a chain!):
"Under this garb, we're perfectly ordinary Americans."

They Seek Him Here, They Seek Him There

This is a fun little cutout animation about the invention of the colour red. It sort of reminds me of Terry Gilliam (although that might just be that I've been home sick for two days and watching "Monty Python's Flying Circus" non-stop.)

Now, if only John Rozum would do a cutout animation short...

PCQOTD : 5-3-06

Plebian:
"What we’re dealing with here is a complete lack of respect for the law."

Erudite:
"All the stars are here, waiting for you; couldn't have a show without ya."

PCQOTD : 5-2-06

Plebian:
"They’re the people that you meet when you’re walking down the street."

Erudite:
"Hassan CHOP!"

Last Week's CageMatch Promo

Better late than never!

I've finally gotten the promo for LAST week's CageMatch with The Pride vs Siegel-Prov uploaded. It was a hectic week for me, and I didn't finish the piece until about fifteen minutes before I had to leave for the theater on Saturday. We did get to play the video before the show, and the audience loved it. A host of Siegel-Prov supporters roared when they saw the first appearance of Dave (and I'm told that Bret roared at that moment as well, for the amusing scripture reference.)

It was a great episode of CageMatch. Dave and Dan put on an inspired show, The Pride rocked on even with three out of their seven members absent, and we have NEW CageMatch champions! Stay tuned later this week for a new promo video (hopefully on time this time!) and plan on showing up this Saturday for what promises to be an incredible explosion as Siegel-Prov takes on the challenge of Papa Fibonacci!


Download the promo on Powerbomb.

PCQOTD : 5-1-06

Plebian:
"You don't need to see his identification."

Erudite:
"The crops can be re-sown, the homes re-built. Within these walls... we will outlast them."