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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

WTF: Japanese Star Wars Chicken

Damn, C3P0’s got some snug-ass gold lamay pants. And I think this chicken is made from imitation crab meat. Not sure what else is happening.

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Video: SNL “Curse” Is Tim Cappello Gyrating Lovefest

So awesome. SNL Digital Short “The Curse” with Jon Hamm as  … Sergio!
An unabashed homage to “that buff sax dude from the 80s”. (Thanks, Shaun)

BONUS DOÜBLE SHOT OF TIM CAPPELLO:

This Lost Boys remix shows you can’t resist the squirmy siren song of Cappello!

Tina Turner’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome video
for “One Of The Living”(cut straight to the goods here).

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Video: Vanishing Point Is Abstract LP Cover Trip-Out

For me, after a long day at Amoeba, this is what you see when you blink. And it is beautiful. We need more square format videos.

Vanishing Point is AfterEffects goodness from Bonsajo. (via WorkForFood)

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WTF: Epic Nanook Hockey Opener Video

Wow. Just, wow. Won’t ruin this with spoilers. You just need to watch. I was bugged all morning to and regret taking so long to finally witness its awesomely fantastic spectacle. WTF? Thanks, DK!

This laser bear and time-portal laden video opens all Nanook (U of Alaska Fairbanks) home games on the Carlson Center jumbotron. The crowd must go apeshit.

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Video/MP3: Homeless Mustard Sings Radiohead’s Creep, Has Great Beard

Somebody give this guy a contract.

This is Mustard. A homeless guy who just appeared on a Sirius XM Radio show who’s jackass hosts don’t need any more press. See, messing with the homeless is one of their recurring bits  (i.e., offering one a whole pie and then stomping on it in front of them). Doesn’t matter if they give ’em cash afterwards, that’s F’d up.

But this time they didn’t get a homeless guy who was visibly drunk or with obvious mental problems to toy with. Surprised, they got a guy with some seriously gruff pipes and a heartbreaking rendition of Radiohead‘s Creep. To me, that deserves all the press he can get. (via workforfood)

DOWNLOAD THE MP3:
Homeless Mustard “Creep” (Radiohead)
live on Sirius XM Radio

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MP3: The Top Last Christmas Covers, The Literal Version Video, and Glee

Cover by Jeff Fang

For four years, Last-Christmas.com has collected cover versions of Wham‘s … wait for it … Last Christmas. The site’s as brilliant and wrong as the original song. So to get in the mood for over 418+ takes on George Michael‘s festive opus, here are my picks for the Top 4, naturally:

THE NËCESSARY PICKS:

Sugary, sunny Indie pop straight outta Detroit:
PAS/CAL “Last Christmas”

8-bit ‘n bloopy:
Magnus Djurberg “Last Christmas”

If you don’t have a gramophone to play this through, imagine one:
Das Palast Orchester & Max Raabe “Last Christmas” (English)

The best, saddest-in-a-good-way version yet.
From the Kings of Convenience / Whitest Boy Alive:
Erlend Øye “Last Christmas”

THE BEST, WORST LAST CHRISTMAS:
Between his accent and those (almost) high notes, this one’s pure magic:

El Pulpo “Last Christmas”

There’s so much more. Go explore the wonders at Last-Christmas.com.

BONUS: Last Christmas Literal Version Video
(Akmainz left this in the comments at Last Christmas.

This show makes my ears bleed. But in the spirit of giving, here’s the cast of Glee singing Last Christmas.

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Stop Motion: SpongeBob SquarePants Anniversary Intro

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon brought in Screen Novelties to do something very special. Which they did.(via Adland)

FYI, Screen Novelties are the same stop motion wizards behind the zombie Corn Pop spot, The Spooning for Leo Burnett:

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