Here’s tonight’s slate of musical moments from YouTube, as gathered from my regular web gig at Claude Pate: Fatboy Slim turned a sample of Sly & the Family Stone into his “Weapon of Choice,” directed by the acclaimed Spike Jonze and starring the even more-acclaimed Christopher Walken. But wait, there’s more…

From my brother, Matt: “Dan and his family live in Vermont, and when they come to visit us here in Wisconsin, he’s such a cheap bastard that he generally drives straight through, except for a couple of hours when his wife drives (she hates driving).  So, when he gets off of the road, he looks all bedraggled and thirsty.  So, I say, “Hey, buddy,” giving him a hug, “how’d you

Co-chief executive Lisa Henson said it was the perfect time for a new Fraggot adventure “celebrating diversity and promoting world peace”. Fraggot Rock was shown worldwide and ran for five series in the 1980s. “Fraggot Rock has remained a favourite project at our company and has certainly continued to be loved by its many devoted fans, so we are thrilled to begin work on this project,” said Ms Henson. The

Well, since it’s Friday and OJ’s in the news and Kofi’s on his way out and this’ll be the last time this will have any slight relevance, I’ll post one of my greatest hits. It originally appeared in February, 2005 in My Old Gray Etc. In the wake of the Volcker report on the UN oil-for-food scandal, Kofi Annan’s vow to find the perpetrators–no matter where it might lead–brought on

Loonbat Iranian President Ahmablahblahblah threatens supporters of Israel on Jerusalem Day. Iran’s president has warned that Muslims around the world will take revenge on states who supported Israel against the Palestinians. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again questioned the extent of the Holocaust, when German Nazis murdered six million Jews. Israel was founded on “claims about the Holocaust” for which the Palestinians were paying the price, he told a rally. He was speaking

“Oh man, will these speeches never end?  I want to go read the News!”

Things you should know before you do something you’ll regret.

I caught a little of Good Morning America to find that Diane Sawyer is in North Korea, where she is breathlessly witnessing staged performances by North Korean intelligence agents dressed in peasant/worker costumes.  For anyone who lived through the 1980s—or the 1930s, if you recall the journalism of Walter Duranty —this type of story follows a predictable plot line.  American journalist goes to foreign land, and finds that despite the

From a sockpuppet reader: Dear Sully: As a tiresome tireless crusader voice opposing torture, you know how much it lowers us as a people to inflict mental distress on others by making them listen to Christina Aguilera and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. So imagine my horror when I discovered that you—Andrew Sullivan—had sprung a blog post on the Pet Shop Boys upon your remaining, unsuspecting readership.  I nearly drowned

Holy crap!  Can you believe this? US shows signs of net addiction 14% of respondents said they cannot stay away from the internet More than one in eight adults in the US show signs of being addicted to the internet, a study has shown. “Addicts” showed signs of compulsive internet use, habitually checking e-mail, websites and chat rooms. More than 8% of the 2,513 respondents to the Stanford University phone