parody
09/19/2007
Team Tiger Awesome - "Halo Nights"
About a bajillion Halo-related videos have popped up in the last few days in anticipation of the release of Halo 3, the third and (ostensibly) final installment of the mega-popular video game franchise. Among the best of these is Team Tiger Awesome’s “Halo Nights,” a boy-band-esque music video about a man’s love of Halo and how it ruins his life. This video is especially timely not only because Halo 3 comes out next week, but also because we are a mere two weeks away from the release of the Backstreet Boys’ latest attempt at a comeback album, Unbreakable.
I incited the ire of BSB fans last week by writing a “snotty” (sic) post about their lead video “Inconsolable” (okay fine, it was snotty, but come on, it’s the Backstreet Boys. Am I supposed to be sincere?). But, after watching this, I can say with confidence that while Team Tiger Awesome may not have millions of record sales, at least they still have their youth and good looks. And relevance. And none of them look like a Puerto Rican Mr. T.
07/25/2007
Crank dat Soulja Boy with Barney
Some time when I wasn't paying attention, "Crank dat Soulja Boy" seized the imaginations of... well, everyone but me, apparently. Now the Webiverse is crawling with dance tutorials, karaoke editions, and many, many homages.
You got your Soulja Spongebob, your Soulja Naruto... even Winnie the Pooh's kickin it Soulja-style. But for flawless editing, unbridled whimsy, and sheer joyous surreality, you simply can't beat the Barney edition.
Sure, the hours the creator must have spent voluntarily watching Barney might make you worry a bit. And every once in a while you may get distracted wondering what the hell those Barney kids were originally supposed to be doing. (There's one move I've dubbed the Hitlercize.) But the fact is, this is just a beautifully put-together video.
Simply put, this shit is tight, yo.
06/08/2007
Paris Back In Jail: The Music Video
All this Paris Hilton news has caused more than one instance of Lohan-esque exhaustion around the office; sometimes it's hard to believe how much time and energy a nation can expend caring about this one person. And then it's Friday morning and there's another update in the case. And here we go again.
But while we wait to find out if Hilton is returning to jail, enjoy this rather witty music video from Allan Murray and Sean Haines of omovies.com -- a lament from Paris in regards to her incarceration. It's not exactly high art, but it's by far one of the more clever and original things to come out of this whole mess. And for that, I am thankful.
06/04/2007
X10, "802"
Named after the area code for the rough-and-tumble streets the X10 posse calls home, "802" is a tongue-and-cheek homage to the Green Mountain state. Now, thanks to the YouTube and the Times, X10 may be the best known rap group (if not the only rap group) to emerge from Vermont, and for that they deserve props.
When Zizema's piece was published, the clip had logged 55,000 YouTube views. A day later, that number has nearly doubled. It may not hold a candle (or a mic) to "Lazy Sunday," but maybe you'll find it amusing.
