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Literal Videos — going viral ?

“Ever wish songs just sang what was happening in the music video?”

Many excellent songs with great music and lyrics often have music videos which don’t seem to fit the songs at all, and also get strange.

Bonnie Tyler had a huge hit with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” which was written by Jim Steinman (one of my favorite song writers).

Although Steinman gets credited with storyboards for the music video, the action in the video rarely seems to match the lyrics. However, in the literal version it matches the changed lyrics.

For comparison here’s a link to the original video.

It was 20 years ago today . . .

No, not “Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play” . . . not quite . . .

Catchy tune

“Musical op-ed piece written and performed by John Forster and Tom Chapin”

Dom DeLuise, R.I.P.

Dom had many, many great comic roles. I favor examples from Blazing Saddles for anyone who had a role in it. Even though his part was small, he did his usual great job.

Remembering May 4th, 1970

I remember the Kent State killings very well. I was just the right age for the military draft but had gotten lucky with a 1Y classification (at least until they eliminated that, and then I lucked out with a high lottery number). Of the people my age which I knew well enough to talk with about the Kent State events, most suspected what the clip below shows.

How far have we come ?

We could consider death rates from medical misadventure.

[UPDATE: Sorry about the ads, but copyright covers SNL and I couldn't find it on YouTube.]

Spring brings new theme

Winter seems over, so I have changed the theme here. Rather than continuing to fool around with the theme I was using, which had troubles, I’ve switched to this one, which I like for its clean look.

I may customize it a bit eventually, or change it again, but I like the default appearance for now.

Dream inspired violence on the rise ?

Should We Be Doing More To Reduce The Graphic Violence In Our Dreams?

In The Know panelists discuss whether seeing images of dead babies and other horrors in our sleep is desensitizing Americans to violence.

Porn misinforms children


Study: Children Exposed To Pornography May Expect Sex To Be Enjoyable

Panelists discuss how pornography warps children’s minds, leading them to believe sex is actually fun rather than shameful and embarrassing.

Sweet Melissa

Happy Birthday cousin Melissa !