that's the spirit: ghostly music videos

And now, for your viewing pleasure, I present to you my favorite ghostly music videos...


Slipknot- Vermilion Part 1:
A beautiful, lonely ghost awakens to wander among us another day, tortured with her inability to touch humanity. Still, she wanders and watches the everyday world in frustration, complete with headbanging & hair-pulling, trying to reach out to the living...





Slipknot- Vermilion Part 2:
A companion video to the vid above (with a more melancholy rendering of the song), this is not your usual ghostly, this is a more unsettling, eerie Japanese-esque kind of ghostly, as the body of a beautiful dead (or is she undead?) girl is reanimated by unnatural breezes.





Oingo Boingo- Stay:
Oingo Boingo teams up with some ghostly waltzing spirits (and some midgets!) to play new wave cupid to a pair of 1940's lovers. Yes, it sounds crazy, and it is, in the best of ways. My fave part is at 3:06, when the little old lady sings to her little old man the line: "won't you stay with me one more day..." awww.





White Stripes- Blue Orchid:
I'd say that that is definitely a haunted house. I'm not sure whether ethereal tippytoe girl is a ghost, but I suspect she may be haunting the place after being trampled by a horse in the coolest video ending ever. Jack White looks like the illegitimate lovechild of Jack Sparrow and the devil. And Meg White dreamily bashing china with a demented smile is lovely too (and bonus points for creepy-cute baby!)





Rockwell- Somebody's Watching Me:
OK, Rockwell is living in one f'ed up house. He's got a blood-spraying shower, a veiled-in-black ghost lady spinny-dancing all over the place, a devil dog, a creepy-guy-in-diaper carrying a pig's head on a silver tray (wha?), an inexplicably half-under-the-bed woman, and of course, that no-good mailman. Oh, and somebody's watchin' him, AND he's got no privacy.




Tiger Army- Incorporeal:
In this video for a song about a ghost's lament, a departed spirit haunts his lost love, watching her every move like a sort of rockabilly Patrick Swayze without the sculpting wheel... sweet, ghostly, and retro romantic.




Michael Jackson- Ghosts:
MJ ripping off his face is a little umm, creepy, all things considered... but throw in the Disney-Haunted-Mansion-esque setting, some awesomely moldy, dusty old ghosts getting jiggy with it, and killer FX by the master Stan Winston, you've got a ghostly winna. The skull-busting move at the beginning is a nice touch. Here is an excerpt of the 30+ minute short film...




So, what are your favorite spooky videos?
Feel free to share in the comments!

tunes of the dead

For your viewing entertainment, I present: my top 5 zombie music videos of all time.... enjoy!

Gob- I Hear You Calling: this vid has cheerleading & soccer playing zombies, great zombie makeup, zombies losing body parts, and some humor thrown in... and it's a great song to boot....





Naked Ape- Fashion Freak: have you ever had a fantasy about sexy rotting zombies washing your car seductively? These guys obviously have. Bonus points for the cool 80's synthesized beat and the zombie chihuahua.... yes, a zombie chihuahua!





Misfits- Scream: a classic from the gods of horror punk. Old skool b&w zombie mayhem running rampant in a hospital, with gore galore, and of course starring the Misfits themselves as the hungry undead, it doesn't get any better than this...





Peaches feat. Iggy Pop- Kick It: what do you get when the always-awesome Peaches teams up with the legendary Iggy Pop? A badass and hilarious song, and a highly entertaining video complete with shambling zombie masses...





Phantom Planet- Big Brat: watch the zombie fanatics zombie themselves up, then watch their 'film' about the zombie apocalypse, the ending of which features a very sweet zombie love story awww....





And finally, special bonus mention goes to....

Michael Jackson- Thriller: although it is the most obvious choice for any zombie related list, there is no denying that MJ's undead extravaganza was a groundbreaking phenomena for zombies AND for music videos. Even today, it still stands up to the CGI and effects laden films of modern times, and looks fantastic. And everyone loves the zombie dance!




Well, that's it for zombies, stay tuned for more video posts!

2 girls, not even half the cup

So last night, these tough guys (said tough guys being my cousin Mike, his lady Amber, and our friend Buffalo) were SURE that they could handle watching the infamous 2 Girls 1 Cup video w/out cringing... keep in mind, they had NO IDEA what the 2G1C vid was, all they had seen were the hilarious 2G1C reaction videos that I had been showing them (if you are unaware of what 2G1C is, well, I feel unclean even trying to explain, so here, look it up on Wikipedia)

I tried to warn them. They wouldn't listen.

So I agreed to ruin them forever by showing them the vid, on the condition that I got to tape their reactions. And so, for your viewing amusement, here it is...





As you can see, they didn't even last 15 seconds... WUSSES! And yes that is me laughing maniacally while the tough guys are retching, crying, and pouring bleach onto their soiled eyeballs hahahhahhaaa...

taser guns + alcohol equals...

So last night we were hanging at my house when my crazy cousin Mike decided to see what it would be like to taser himself.

Here's what happened. Don't try this at home, kids.

clicquot

My Sis-In-Law showed me the most beautiful thing today. It's an amazing rendition of a song called Clicquot, a sorrowful song about the widow Clicquot mourning her beloved Francois.

The band is Beirut, and the singer is Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear. Awesome.

I just want to hang out and watch these people all day long:

BEIRUT -Cliquot - From the FLYING CLUB CUP
by flyingclubcup

put another dime in the jukebox baby

Last night I got to see Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at the El Paso Street Festival, yay!
Joan Jett was one of my earliest icons & inspirations, and I have pretty much worshipped her since I was a kid. I had seen her before- both in concert, and in the role of Columbia in the Rocky Horror Show on Broadway- but I'd jump at any chance to see her, anytime.



She pumped up the crowd with the same intensity as the brilliant fireworks show that lit up the sky just before she took the stage. She rocked it. The crowd loved her. But then, they always do- she's such a kickass, intense artist. The band did walk offstage for a moment when the crowd got too wild and someone threw a full beer can at the stage, but once they settled it down she came back out and handled it like a lady- a lady in black leather that can kick your motherf**king ass. I loved her look- she was totally rockin' the jet(t)-black shag & full-on leather style she made iconic in the 80's, and damn, does this woman ever age?? She looked HOT.

Since I didn't have my better camera with me, and I am a shorty shorty, it was pretty difficult to get any really decent pics or videos. I did my best, standing on my tippytoes w my camera extended high above my head, getting jostled around by the frisky (and partially inebriated) crowd... anyway, the quality may not be the greatest, but at least it captured the vibe of the show. Which was: ROCKIN'! Viva La Jett!

the grand debut of things you have to see

Today, I am proud to announce a brand new Shadyblog feature, welcome to the debut of....... Things You Have To See! *proclaimed in that reverb-y super echo voice like on Mexican radio*

I think it speaks for itself, no explanation needed. But for you sticklers (goddamn I hate you bastards!! *shakes fist*)... that means this is a new category for random things that, well, you have to see. IMHO.

Let's kick it off with a bitchin' video, yes?
Ok, go...

Toe Jam- BPA feat. David Byrne and Dizzy Rascal