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Video Game Music Sorbet: Zombies Ate My Neighbors
On this fine Halloween day, the Fair Use Law consortium to end fun sized candy bars like to lounge in our newly infested Swine Flu speakeasy with a brandy glass full of candy corn and listen to the scariest video game music soundtrack ever to grace our ears by the gods of LucasArts (before they went to the darkside of the force, of course). Why not join on this All Hollow's Eve with a little Zombies Ate My Neighbors?
Ladies and Gentlemen: Football Hero
Note to Americans: We mean Soccer Hero.
British rockers Kasabian, you most Americans know as that kickass band they play in almost every Jason Stratham movie, have recently released video footage of their own social experiment: can their new song be played entirely by people kicking soccer balls at tiny colors squares representing notes? The answer is: maybe? At least Football Hero seems to be a bit more intuitive and easy to play than DJ Hero...
British rockers Kasabian, you most Americans know as that kickass band they play in almost every Jason Stratham movie, have recently released video footage of their own social experiment: can their new song be played entirely by people kicking soccer balls at tiny colors squares representing notes? The answer is: maybe? At least Football Hero seems to be a bit more intuitive and easy to play than DJ Hero...
Retro Good Music You Should Know About - Sister Machine Gun
One of the benefits of YouTube is being able to go through thousands of obscure music videos MTV never played back when you were a teenager. One such video is "Wired" by Sister Machine Gun. Now, this video rules for a couple of reasons. For personal reasons, most of the song is written (and sung in the chorus) by Jim Marcus of seminal industrial band Die Warzau, and he appears in the video as a rivethead Pauly Shore looking hobo. You can also see the man himself, Charles Levi, on bass while dressed like what appears to be a cowboy. And finally, the whole theme of the video makes much more sense if you've seen Tetsuo: The Iron Man. I know it just confused me until I did...
Episode 221 - "I Swallowed The Blue Pill and Now I'm Here"
Welcome to episode 221 of the Fair Use Law, a special fun-sized candy bar version of the show that traveled all the way back from the future to be posted! What's the story, Morning Glory? Well while in lavish End Game Studios to record this very episode, we were met with a visitor not once but thrice. Said visitor?
So please excuse the shorter-than-usual running time. I can assure you that we will have a special bonus full length episode up this weekend in plenty of time for Halloween!
With apologies and backtracking out of the way, who wants some Korean Ramen? I know I do!
And yes, those very attractive Korean girls are singing lyrics to the song you think they are.
In the "Awesome For People Who Love Cool Things" file there lies the following promotional video starring the one and only Mr. Hutchins, Paul F Tompkins:
Man, that Bubble Bobble Ramen sure runs right through you when you are being frightened half to death by a ghost stromboli. I think a Japanese Pizza is in order:
It's almost too adorable to eat. Almost.
And finally, the free market will never work for it births products such as this:
So please excuse the shorter-than-usual running time. I can assure you that we will have a special bonus full length episode up this weekend in plenty of time for Halloween!
With apologies and backtracking out of the way, who wants some Korean Ramen? I know I do!
And yes, those very attractive Korean girls are singing lyrics to the song you think they are.
In the "Awesome For People Who Love Cool Things" file there lies the following promotional video starring the one and only Mr. Hutchins, Paul F Tompkins:
Man, that Bubble Bobble Ramen sure runs right through you when you are being frightened half to death by a ghost stromboli. I think a Japanese Pizza is in order:
It's almost too adorable to eat. Almost.
And finally, the free market will never work for it births products such as this:
The Ballad of Princess Robot Bubblegum
Sometimes Grand Theft Auto's pointed satire of something hits a little too close too home a little too well...
Get Real, Japan: Iceman - Strike Back of PSYCHO
We're kicking off a new weekly feature here on the Fair Use blog in style! Every Monday we bring you an obscure and wild Japanese rock music video to help you kick start your work week with a face full of rocking you most likely can't understand. What better way to start this off than with one of our favorite Japanese bands, Iceman, and their video for Strike Back of PSYCHO (PS: I love your random use of capitalization, Japan):
Run The Ropes With Delirious!
Fair Use Law's favorite wrestler, Delirious, recently took a day off from his ongoing mission, Operation: Destroy Ladyboy, to help some moderately attractive woman in 80s gym spandex "learn" to wrestle. The hilarity, she writes herself:
Video Game Music Sorbet: Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts
Every Saturday here at the Fair Use Law Sanitarium/lemonade stand we like to sit back with some of our own freshly squeezed product and lounge about to the music of our childhood. Since Halloween is literally around the corner (the corner to your right, don't go that way unless you like bad Heath Ledger Joker costumes) we figured it's time to revisit one of the scariest games of all time, the cry-yourself-to-sleep-it's-so-difficult Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts:
Good Music You Should Know About - Pato Pooh
It's very rare here on the Fair Use Law blog that we post a rap video, let alone a rap video under the title of "Good Music You Should Know About." But Swedish rapper (yes, they exist) Pato Pooh actually has crafted the perfect love letter to classic video games, referencing just about all the big names (even throwing in a "Do a Barrel Roll!" for the in the know) over a song that isn't bad, full of vocal distortions and a great 8-bit chipcore beat.
I'm The Whoooooooo
With all his financial troubles and rapid fire marriages/divorces, it's a sad fact of life that most people on the interwebs will never have the joy of seeing Ric Flair in person ramble his way through an in-ring interview. Luckily for us, we were able to attend such an event last year and our lives were changed forever by it. With the help of DJ Steve Porter (of SlapChop remix fame), though, we can condense and provide you with a reasonable live Ric Flair experience facsimile set to a funky dance beat:
Episode 222 - "As the CEO of Panties, I Request a Bailout"
Welcome to episode 22 of the second case file of the Fair Use Law podcast. Join us for this very special broadcast as Randy and Dan feverishly lash out at each other with inanity after being locked in the studio for a 90 minute soundcheck. Topics discussed include Netflix recommending suicide, the new GOP Republican website, how emo Nazis may or may not have been, panties, why the world saw through Balloon Boy and Octomom, new and exciting ways to offend our audience, and more!
In tribute of our new promotion to CEO of Panties, I give you a natural occurrence people all over Japan travel miles for each fall: the flying of the PANTSU!!! south for Winter:
We also discussed our love of bizarre Japanese cinema this episode, something we hope that Netflix never runs out of. Unfortunately, the following trailer is not what it seems: the actual movie is just a dramatic narrative of a woman moving back to her hometown, known for its squid farming. In a cruel game of cockteasing, someone edited its trailer to include alien squid UFO fights, making it a movie I'd kill an old lady to rent:
Man, my disgust that Ultra Squid Attack Fight Hour is not a real movie has really got my blood boiling. Home Shopping Network, do you have a way to help me relieve my tension and maybe even destroy a thousand dollar HDTV?
You, sir, have won my dollar vote!
And finally, in a move that has been foretold by our elders through the ancient scrolls, marketing firms love to spruce up commercials to make anything seem hip and cool and extreme. Yes, even mayo. That's right, Miracle Whip is trying to make mayo the edgy condiment of Generation Why Oh God Are They Advertising Mayo This Way:
In tribute of our new promotion to CEO of Panties, I give you a natural occurrence people all over Japan travel miles for each fall: the flying of the PANTSU!!! south for Winter:
We also discussed our love of bizarre Japanese cinema this episode, something we hope that Netflix never runs out of. Unfortunately, the following trailer is not what it seems: the actual movie is just a dramatic narrative of a woman moving back to her hometown, known for its squid farming. In a cruel game of cockteasing, someone edited its trailer to include alien squid UFO fights, making it a movie I'd kill an old lady to rent:
Man, my disgust that Ultra Squid Attack Fight Hour is not a real movie has really got my blood boiling. Home Shopping Network, do you have a way to help me relieve my tension and maybe even destroy a thousand dollar HDTV?
You, sir, have won my dollar vote!
And finally, in a move that has been foretold by our elders through the ancient scrolls, marketing firms love to spruce up commercials to make anything seem hip and cool and extreme. Yes, even mayo. That's right, Miracle Whip is trying to make mayo the edgy condiment of Generation Why Oh God Are They Advertising Mayo This Way:
Super Hero Squad will save the day!
What do you get when you cast just people from every geek wetdream show (Greg Grunberg, Taye Diggs, Mark Hamill, Robert England, Wayne Knight, George Takei, James Marsters, LeVar Burton, Michelle Trachtenberg, and even House's Cameron, Jennifer Morrison) to voice a superhero super-deformed comedy show? You get something that will haunt your nightmares like this:
Dear god, it's like someone took the "I can't get this out of my head-ness" of the Teen Titans cartoon, took out the J-Pop, and cranked it to 11.
Dear god, it's like someone took the "I can't get this out of my head-ness" of the Teen Titans cartoon, took out the J-Pop, and cranked it to 11.
Video Game Music Sorbet: Super Dodge Ball
Every Saturday here at the Fair Use Law rummage sale/Alcoholic's Anonymous meeting, we like to enjoy a sifter of brandy and a fine pasta dinner while reminiscing about the video game music that made our childhood. I'm sure I don't speak for only myself when I say that having super-fast, flashing balls hitting myself upon the head and shoulders was a bit part of my upbringing, and thankfully today's tribute brings balls in spades, Super Dodge Ball:
Good Music You Should Know About - This Is A Shakedown!
From time to time here on the ol' Fair Use Law, a band that we might have been clued in on that hasn't quite hit the mainstream makes a video we can't keep to ourselves. When this happens, we quickly click our heels and do the elite underground hipster music dance as we run to Blogger to share the spoils of our hunt. This week we have This Is A Shakedown's Circles, a video made even better when you realize it was filmed entirely on borrowed iBooks with free Apple video software, bringing it's budget down to zilch:
Dear Starchild Episode 2 - College Love
Sometimes when we're lost and forced to make a difficult decision with our lives, we ask ourselves "What would Paul Stanley, of KISS, do?" Thankfully Paul Stanley, of Kiss, has graciously taken time out of his busy schedule of rock and roll to answer some of our, the layman's, questions:
Swing Your Arms From Side To Side In Memory of Captain Lou
It's with a heavy heart that I mourn the loss of the one true Mario (Bob Hopkins be damned) as Captain Lou Albano unfortunately moved on to a greater squared circle today.
No word yet on how he died, though I'm sure his steady descent into madness did not help, as illustrated by this song:
No word yet on how he died, though I'm sure his steady descent into madness did not help, as illustrated by this song:
Please Forgive Our Technical Difficulties
It's been a long time, we shouldn't have left you, without a dope beat to step to.
Unfortunately the swine flu that swept through the comedy community a mere month ago seems to have also infected our recording studio. Attempts to record an episode have resulted in close to 9 blue screens o' death in less than 15 minutes, so End Game Studios is under quarantine as we reformat some hard drives and delete some extensions hoping to find a cure.
What does this mean to you, the Fair Use Law listener? Well, it means we've been forced into a two week hiatus we didn't plan for, but certainly can benefit from. We also have some bonus content coming out as soon as we're back up and running in the studio.
So next week, expect not only the returning of Fair Use Law with episode 221, but also a new website that's streamlined for easier access/more content.
In the meantime, I leave you this dramatic re-enactment of the kind of troubleshooting our studio has gone through in the past week and a half:
Unfortunately the swine flu that swept through the comedy community a mere month ago seems to have also infected our recording studio. Attempts to record an episode have resulted in close to 9 blue screens o' death in less than 15 minutes, so End Game Studios is under quarantine as we reformat some hard drives and delete some extensions hoping to find a cure.
What does this mean to you, the Fair Use Law listener? Well, it means we've been forced into a two week hiatus we didn't plan for, but certainly can benefit from. We also have some bonus content coming out as soon as we're back up and running in the studio.
So next week, expect not only the returning of Fair Use Law with episode 221, but also a new website that's streamlined for easier access/more content.
In the meantime, I leave you this dramatic re-enactment of the kind of troubleshooting our studio has gone through in the past week and a half:
Pop Music Redone With Guyliner: Stronger
How do you take Kanye West's hit single that was 95% Daft Punk, Stronger, and somehow manage to make it even more drawn out and pretentious than it already was? By making it a droning, 6 minute emo-rock song, of course. Dear 30 Seconds To Mars, please bring back the keyboards on your next CD. If you do, you can be my black Kate Moss tonight. We can do whatever D.R. likes. I said I'd do anything for a Klondike...
Sonic vs. Pac-Man - The Sonic Sequel That Should Be
We don't need Sonic making out with human princesses or turning into a werehog at night. We just need him running away from a few old friends while collecting some power pellets and various foodstuffs:
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