This was always SPIN's shark-jumping moment for me:
http://tinyurl.com/bqxbrrt

This was always SPIN's shark-jumping moment for me:
http://tinyurl.com/bqxbrrt

The 12-inch extended dance version of this song is one of my prized finds during my illegal file-sharing days.

The 12-inch extended dance version of this song is one of my prized finds during my illegal file-sharing days.

I'm late to the party, and I doubt anyone will read this, but I really didn't need to know that Patrice O'Neal and his girlfriend would travel to Brazil to engage in swinger parties (revealed post-mortem in a "Rolling Stone" article.)

I'm late to the party, and I doubt anyone will read this, but I really didn't need to know that Patrice O'Neal and his girlfriend would travel to Brazil to engage in swinger parties (revealed post-mortem in a "Rolling Stone" article.)

Glad to see that Harry Shearer has found another band to play bass with. 

Glad to see that Harry Shearer has found another band to play bass with. 

The end of the "Boobie Chew" commercial from the Firesign Theater's "Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolk". "Now available for men." The table falls over after the guy pops the gum in his mouth. Oh, I get it…

The end of the "Boobie Chew" commercial from the Firesign Theater's "Nick Danger in the Case of the Missing Yolk". "Now available for men." The table falls over after the guy pops the gum in his mouth. Oh, I get it…

In high school, I had a white liberal classmate who hated this film because Audrey II looked and sounded/sang like a stereotypical African-American. This was five years before the whole PC movement, so we ignored her. 

In high school, I had a white liberal classmate who hated this film because Audrey II looked and sounded/sang like a stereotypical African-American. This was five years before the whole PC movement, so we ignored her. 

My only knowledge of fairground strippers is via Tobe Hooper's "The Funhouse".

My only knowledge of fairground strippers is via Tobe Hooper's "The Funhouse".

My wife and I were putting together an IKEA closet the weekend after Michael Jackson died, and we had the TV on VH1 Classic, which was running a video tribute to him. I remember listening to his '90s output (specifically, a song where the video had African drumming and MJ dancing with Zulu warriors), and saying "It's…

My wife and I were putting together an IKEA closet the weekend after Michael Jackson died, and we had the TV on VH1 Classic, which was running a video tribute to him. I remember listening to his '90s output (specifically, a song where the video had African drumming and MJ dancing with Zulu warriors), and saying "It's…

Does anyone else remember a sketch from one of MTV's many comedy shows from the late '80s where Franken and Davis are explaining their joke-writing process? They're in their "mansion", thumbing through newspapers, and come across an article about Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen speaking to crowds in Spanish. The…

Does anyone else remember a sketch from one of MTV's many comedy shows from the late '80s where Franken and Davis are explaining their joke-writing process? They're in their "mansion", thumbing through newspapers, and come across an article about Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen speaking to crowds in Spanish. The…

"Play the hits, Johnny."
"I don't play the hits, I make hits!"

"Play the hits, Johnny."
"I don't play the hits, I make hits!"