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August 19, 2008

My Morning Jacket - Why Did it Take Me So Long to Get Into You?

I've been hearing/reading all of the hype on the band My Morning Jacket for a long time now but never took the chance to listen to them until recently. I'm sure it wouldn't surprise you to learn I'm kind of judgmental and may or may not have been called a "b-word" more than once. The reason I didn't check out their music is really because I didn't like a picture of them that I saw on the cover of (I believe) CMJ a really long time ago. They looked like some long-haired hippies who probably hadn't showered since 1997 - not my jam. Of course, this has nothing to do with their musicality - which I have thankfully been able to experience. Check out their video for "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream" and delight in both a delicious bass line and some impressive visual artistry.

Also, check out this picture of My Morning Jacket's frontman Jim James performing at the Sasquatch festival. If I had known he rocked some hot moon boots I would've gotten into these guys a whole lot earlier.

Jim James at Sasquatch

August 14, 2008

Verizon Wireless: Stalking Customers For the Love of Viral Video

This is my warning to the Verizon Wireless people and their team of spies: If you EVER follow me I will kung fu chop you all in the knees.

xoxo,
Chubby

June 25, 2008

Yo Gabba Gabba

I am going to make this required viewing before and after every meal I ingest from now on.


June 4, 2008

Weezer Does You Tube

Regardless of whether or not this Weezer song, "Pork and Beans" is any good (and it really isn't), the video is awesome - as per usual. Rivers Cuomo and the rest of the boys may as well have gotten their lyrics by reading the road signs down Route 66. In fact, those lyrics may have made more sense. What Weezer lacks in originality and lyricism, they completely make up for in their music videos (almost) every time.

"Pork and Beans" is packed with YouTube all-stars. See if you can spot all of them (I'm not sure I can).

We've got the Numa Numa kid.

Kevin Federline and Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Chocolate Rain, which just completely creeps me out.

Miss Teen USA contestant from South Carolina and such as. And US Americans. The Iraq.

Chris Cocker crying about Britney and proving that it's really hard to look attractive while crying.

Daft Punk Hands - which actually shows talent.

Daft Punkers take 2 - this time with full (and really nice) bodies.

The dramatic hamster - which I REALLY think is a gerbil. That thing is too big to be a hamster (unless it is a panty hamster).

The afro ninja - good lord that looks like it hurts.

It's not every day that you think a Star Wars kid could take down an afro ninja...but today is no ordinary day.

Kelly Shoes which is a catchier tune than "Pork and Beans".

The Diet Coke and Mentos experiment.

Tron singing "If You Were Gay" - I missed this one the first time around. Glad to know he's not a homophobe though.

Another gay cartoon remix featuring a G.I. Joe character. He looks a lot like most of the men who were around for the IML convention last week.

The evolution of dance. WOW he gets a lot of air on his worm That sounds kinky.

Some dude breaking the Guiness World Record for wearing the most shirts at one time. He should've gotten another world record for not changing his facial expression for four hours.

What's better than gay cartoons? Gay UNICORN cartoons from Planet Unicorn.

May 21, 2008

Happy Hump Day - Doggy Style

This just made me pee my pants three times over.

Video brought to you by: Oops I crapped my Pants Diapers

Man Made an Ass by Giant Flying Penis

Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov was giving a speech when all of a sudden it was interrupted by a flying wang. Checkmate!

Incredible Works of Contemporary Art

New York City's Lever House has been home to some compelling works of contemporary art for almost ten years. In an interview with the folks at Cool Hunting, curator Richard Marshall talks about the pieces that make people stop and stare.

May 14, 2008

Putting the Chubby in Chubby Jones

So this morning I woke up extra early after having been out late covering the Entertainment Weekly red carpet event with a lot of beautiful skinny people. Let me tell you, there is nothing that makes you feel fatter than going to one of those...until maybe tonight when I'm at the finale party for America's Next Top Model. I can't wait to stick out like a big ass short pink elephant in the room.

Anywho, I made my way to Brooklyn and had my very own interview with Kimberly Rae Miller from Elastic Waist's The Daily Special. My chins are numerous and mighty (note to self, make sure the camera films from above next time) but it was a hella good time for being there so early.


May 5, 2008

It's a Music Monday

So here's the deal, I am wondering what the hell I've been doing all these years of my life. In almost 30 years I haven't accomplished that which The Tiny Masters of Tomorrow have. The brother/sister duo of Ivan and Ada are only 13 and 11 years old respectively, and already have an album out. But wait, there's more. These tiny masters have gotten some huge names to work with them: Kimya Dawson (you may know her from the Juno soundtrack or if you're more of a music nerd you may know her from her solo gig and her Moldy Peaches days), and the amazing talents of Karen O and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They've done an impressive job honing their sound and creating something more professional than something cutesy that you'd find on America's Got Talent. In fact, they would totally Hassle the Hoff. The only problem I have with the group is their video for Hologram World. The kick back to the Beastie Boy's "Fight For Your Right" video meets Night of the Living Dead, meets dress-up party for the Pitchfork Music Festival needs to end. They even got Karen O to out-hipster herself. The song though, is pretty slammin.


May 1, 2008

AC/DC Crew Challenges Miley Cyrus and BFF Mandy to ULTIMATE DANCE-OFF

Ok, this is some of the illest b-boying I have seen since I spent an entire day watching America's Best Dance Crew. I'm talkin' hot like kimchee. Amanda Bynes and Brittany Snow make appearances, and I only have to deal with Miley Cyrus for about two seconds (if that) which is all I can handle. LINDSAY MUTHA EFFIN LOHAN! Adam Sandler? Say WHAT! Wait, wait, I said WAIT FOR IT!!! DIANA ROSS!!!!!!!! Too much sickness in one lil video.


April 11, 2008

Wilford Brimley Drops it Like its Hot

I'm thinking Wilford should be touring Lollapalooza, Pitchfork and Coachella with the likes of JUSTICE, Simian Mobile Disco and Girl Talk.

So Hot.

April 8, 2008

Mathemeticious

I've heard of Math Rock before, but this dude went all out...enjoy this slice of pi.


April 7, 2008

La Pequeña Amy Winehouse Loses Her Top

Ok seriously, this is about to get played out...but for some reason I'm not over it yet. In fact, any time I need to say "no" all I can do is hear La Pequeña saying, "No no no" in her froggy, booze-laden voice. She's got new outfits in this video, and is even missing an outfit altogether. She reminds me of some of the girls I see every year at the Pride Parade with that electrical tape.

April 4, 2008

New York Underground Film Festival

If any of you are lucky enough to be in New York between April 2nd and 8th, check out the New York Underground Film Festival. Their official site says that it is the final festival, which makes me incredibly sad, especially since I won't be able to get there. Apparently there is a changing of the guards and some restructuring going on, so it will still have some NYUFF blood pumping through the new veins.

One of the more interesting events to check out will be Tube Time! - a game show where contestants battle it out by showing their favorite weird viral videos. It's kind of a strange concept, winning based on something you didn't create yourself; you just managed to somehow stumble upon the best library of clips.

I just tried to do a search for a fun clip...but couldn't find one worthy of posting (which is most likely why I was not invited to be on the game show). I did find this video though for a Hispanic dance contest show (I think Fame):

I can't help but think they stole their moves from the hottest girl group of the late 80's -

So please, someone go - tell us how it was. Pass along a list of the winners.

Bjork: Wanderlust Video

Bjork's video for Wanderlust is one of the most gorgeous works of art I've seen in a long time. While it is far from being one of my favorite songs, the video evokes such wonderful childhood memories of Max, the little boy from Where the Wild Things Are. It's as if the book was combined with Michele Gondry's film technique and thrown into a pool of Bjork's creative genius.

Another of my favorite videos (and songs) of all time, the gorgeous All is Full of Love:

I Can Haz Traffic Report

DANCE PARTY FRIDAY!!!! (as long as there are no accidents)

She loooves the sprinkler move.

April 2, 2008

More Fun Than Your Grandma...But Not Mine

Sue Teller puts the old in "old skool". Not only can she play the harpsichord and pretend to like the taste of Mountain Dew - she can throw it down on the ones and twos. Granny Teller shows us how to create a mash-up, although she'll never be as good as Girl Talk or 2 Many DJs she can still drop it like it's hot...and old. WHAT WHAT!



April 1, 2008

Ball Busting for Fun

The 70's were a simpler time when people played checkers, hopscotch and ball buster.

My favorite part of this commercial is at the very end, when the man gets so upset about the woman busting his balls.

March 20, 2008

Calling Cynthia Plaster Caster

Easily one of the coolest and scariest videos ever made, I give you: Liars "Plaster Casts of Everything"

February 27, 2008

Tegan and Sarah Bring Cool Haircuts and Grammar Lessons Across the Pond

We fink this is terribly charming

Backstage Bilingual episode 2

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February 26, 2008

Ashlee Simpson - Following Jamie Lynne's Lead?

Oh this is just too good to be true. The Sun is speculating that Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz might be engaged AND pregnant. At a recent cd signing event for her new album, Out of My Head (Ya Ya), the better Simpson sister's ring finger was looking a bit more bedazzled.

We're really sorry to say this because we're sure of at least some backlash but...Pete Wentz is a sexy beast.
We don't care if you're not into the androgynous emo skater-punk look. There is something undeniably hot about him.

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February 25, 2008

Gary Busey Shows Jennifer Garner Some Neck Love

Gary Busey is a bit of a wild card; the crazy doesn't just lurk in the darkness of his eyes, it dances in front of his corneas. Let's be honest, that's what we love about him. So, it should be no surprise that when this former Celebrity Fit Club member saw Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet at last night's Oscars he got a little over-excited and stole the show (and a kiss) from Jennifer Garner.

Watching this video makes us even more thankful for Gary Busey. He actually makes things INTERESTING during one of these lame interviews. And, while Ryan is later trying to squirm his way out of the hijacked interview, he's really the one who threw Jen Garner into Busey's hands in the first place - making sure they had been introduced.

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February 21, 2008

Get Off the Mika, You're Standing in the Way of Control

The Brit Awards had some high profile performances (and we're not talking Britney Spears awards, those were already handed out and her pink wig-wearing personality went home with all of the prizes). Mika won as the Best Breakthrough Artist of 2008. Here he sings with The Gossip's lead singer, and one of Chubby's faves, Beth Ditto.

The tuxedo pants just aren't doing it for us. The Mr. might be a sister, but he missed some of the fashion sense many of the Marys are blessed with. He can't pull off the high-pitched Bee Gee's throwback voice and high theatrical value that Scissors Sisters frontman Jake Shears pulls off so effortlessly either.

Beth Ditto on the other hand, can belt it out like no one's business. She may be larger than life (and that might not be the most flattering of outfit choices), but her talent is larger than life as well. Mika, ruined her freaking song.

We wish we could play this game with Mika's head, but yet again, the Scissor Sisters out-do him.

MC Hammer 2 Legit 2 Quit, Tyra Banks Finds Craziest Contestants So Far!

As if Monopoly couldn't get any more boring, Universal Pictures is now thinking about making a MOVIE about it. Hopefully it will take less time to sit through than it does to play the actual game.

Please Hammer, don't hurt us...It seems as though Reality Television only prepares its "stars" for more Reality Television. Let's call it the Real World/Road Rules Career Path as it seems as though the only thing those fools are good for is appearing on a Real World/Road Rules Challenge. M.C. Hammer, ruler of the Hammer Pant, has already appeared on VH1's The Surreal Life and is now shopping around a reality program based on the ups and downs of his life.

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February 19, 2008

Chubby Down! We Caught What Barack's Got

Chubby has caught a bit of a cold. Wah wah. So while we're drinking tea and catching up on who the real baby daddy is on Maury Povich, we'll leave you with a clip from the British show, French and Saunders. Dawn French does an amazing job parodying Bjork's Big Time Sensuality

February 15, 2008

Martha Stewart Loves Hairy Beasts

When we die, we want to come back as one of Martha Stewart's dogs. Each meal will probably consist of the finest meats. We would wear only the finest in haute dog couture. And we would be sent to the finest of groomers.

To top it all off, at night we could doze off into our Martha Stewart brand doggie beds knowing that we are more than appreciated. In fact, the fur that was just shaved off of our bellies will be used as yarn to make something special for Momma Martha. This is no joke. Paw Paw's fur is being woven into yarn and Martha is asking for suggestions as to what to make with it.

Some of our ideas?
A superhero cape - You can never really have too many of those
A sexy nighty - Chow fur will totally keep you warm even when you're scantily clad!
Hair extensions - If anyone can do it, Martha sure can! Halloween will be AMAZING this year.
Swimsuit - He looked so cute getting his hair shampooed! There may even be enough hair to make a sarong, very classy.

Any ideas out there in the peanut gallery? Put 'em in the comments!

Oh, and as if you needed any more reason to love Martha:

Yearning for the Breakin' Years

Somehow we missed the first Step Up (we were probably too busy watching Save the Last Dance or Stomp the Yard) but right now we wished we lived closer to Mandi Bierly so that we'd both have someone else to see Step Up 2 with.

To bow our heads even lower in shame, we kind of also want to see How She Move

Don't judge us.

February 14, 2008

Post Secret Valentine's

My gawd we love this...and we've lived some of it too.

Dear Lily Allen

Ooooh Lily Allen, we love you. We heard about your new BBC talk show and were a little bit worried about it, particularly since you started taping after learning of your unfortunate miscarriage. But girl, you look great. Beautiful, in fact. And you deserve higher quality guests than Tay Zonday, who creeps us out almost more than clowns do.

After seeing this, we can't get the image/sound out of our heads of him ordering a White Castle Crave Case to the tune of Chocolate Rain.

February 11, 2008

Shy, Red, Adorable - Reddelicious

Last Friday I was welcomed into the apartment that houses folk-pop artist, Reddelicious. She was a little shy at first, as was I, especially since she agreed to be the very first band interviewed for the site. She likes to play shows for 16 year old kids whose love for music hasn't been jaded by the Grammys (unlike some of the rest of us). She doesn't like being called a ginger kid and points out the differences between gingers vs. redheads.

She graciously played two of her songs for us, and I've been singing them in my head all weekend. Enjoy!

V-I-D-E-O and Fergie Was Her Name-O

Ok, so this is really funny

....BUT where the HELL was this spelling bee when she was trying to spell tasty? She's Fergalicious, but according to her she is T-A-S-T-E-Y.

Come on Fergs, when you're doin it for the children, do it right.

February 8, 2008

Well Hello! And Welcome to My Blog

Brenda Dickson proves that the 80's were obviously big drug years, especially in fashion. Where was Nancy Reagan when we needed her?

Someone from VH1's I Love the 80's should've paid Ms. Dickson for writing their entire show for them.

"I chose orange lipstick"
"Ostrich feathers anyone?"
"Leather is great, I wear a lot of it"
"I just add a belt and I'm ready to go!"
"Leggings and oversize sweaters are great"

Something tells me I'm going to have to do one of these for 2008.

February 7, 2008

Band-Aid This is Not

Seth's bar mitzvah was a real hit. I love how half of the family seems completely embarrassed to be associated with them. Linda Richmond in front looks like the singing is giving her indigestion. Grandpa Mordechi seems to be having a great time though. Welcome to the world of manhood!

p.s. if you make it past the first two minutes, you are a very brave soul.

February 6, 2008

Ummmm

I'm not even sure I have words for what you about to see, especially since when I was a six year old I was convinced that one day I would marry Mr. T. If I had seen this earlier, maybe I would still be living the dream.

Ashley Simpson: Things Can't Get Much Worse, So Why Not Try it All?

Ashley Simpson isn't my least favorite celebrity. I mean, she's kind of pretty -she's way better-looking than her man-chin, Proactive-pushing, tweedle dumb sister, Jessica. Her boyfriend, Pete Wentz, rocks the guyliner better than most men in tight black pants. And shhhhh don't tell anyone, but a couple of years ago I totally downloaded her song, "Boyfriend", to be one of my ringtones. I don't even care that she didn't sing on Saturday Night Live - I'd rather see her do an awkward jig ANY DAY! But when today's Idolator mentioned that her new song, Rule Breaker, was a possible attempt to transform into the likes of electro-punk crusaders Le Tigre, I had to end the lovefest.

Le Tigre's music is about power and feminism. It's about shaking your ass all the way to the next human rights protest. Ashley's music seems to be about how she has a boyfriend "We like to break rules; both got tattoos" and wants to fight for her right to party in ways that perhaps Papa Joe wouldn't be too happy about - "I don't wanna fight, tonight, but I aint goin home for no one" --Oooooooooh SNAP! Ashley, layin down the law! She'd also like us to think she's hardcore by suggesting, "Some say I'm a black sheep cuz I like to sleep late" - A "black sheep"? Really? I'd just think you were out partying late, or maybe in college, or even better yet, you're JUST LIKE ME! You go girl.

I don't think Maura Johnston over at Idolator really meant that Ashley was trying to mold herself into someone who makes important music (that would be a cruel joke on all of us); I think Le Tigre may have just been the first electro-clashy sounding band that popped into her head. Regardless, Ms. Simpson can't pull off the electroclash for me. Her voice is too whiney, her lyrics too dopey to be interesting. I'll let you be the judge for yourself:

I'll also direct your attention to the genius of Le Tigre's 1999 hit Deceptacon:

January 25, 2008

T.G.I.F - Thank God It's Florida

I'm about to peace out of this 4 degree weather and head on out to sunny 75 degree Florida weather. You see, there's a Pirate Festival taking place, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to swig some drinks back with people wearing eye patches, hooks, and fluffy button down shirts. I will - of course - paint my face, because any excuse to be in a costume usually gets me in one.

Before I leave I wanted to leave you with this - It's Of Montreal's cover of M.I.A.'s Jimmy and it is HOT TO DEATH! Thanks to Pitchfork for the download, and big thanks to my pal at Ugly Yeti for the head's up.

Also...I want to leave you with this, so that you too can think about how much you loved Reality Bites. It was a much simpler time when Winona Ryder was cute and didn't need to go to court appearances; Jeanine Garafolo was someone you wanted to be friends with; Ethan Hawke was greasier and still somehow much more attractive; and I could remember the guy's name who played Sammy.