What Could be Better?

Beck teams up with Wilco for another installment of The Record Club.

Enjoy!

Record Club: Skip Spence "Little Hands" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

Record Club: Skip Spence "Cripple Creek" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.

The Friendly Skies

Thanks to Yein Jee!

Forcefield

Regular Service

Went for a walk yesterday with my nine-months-pregnant wife (per doctor's orders) and found this coffee machine:


Is it just me, or does the machine look like it should be dispensing Metamucil?

"Now the only thing that spoils our fishing trips... is rain."

Speaking of ease and consistency, here's some video from a recent trip to E-mart on the #13 bus:

The More I Think About It

Every once in a while, in the midst of the most horrid, unbearably lame sketch comedy, there appears a musical guest that makes the ghost of Paul Westerberg's solo career stir in its bargain bin cemetery.



So, even if the show is complete shit, at least somebody behind the scenes has decent taste in music. Or maybe they just got lucky?

Miss, Hit

We missed the eclipse, what with us being in the wrong hemisphere and all, but Wired has some pretty cool pictures of the lunar event here.

Another space show we missed was captured on video:



Now that's the kind of work I like to see done with my tax dollars.

Heat Death of the Universe

Korean pop superstars, Big Bang, were in town this afternoon for a handshake session with their Mokpo fans. Rachel sent me down to Skool, camera in hand, to document what we assumed would be madness. The reality was something less than Beatlemania, but greater than the release of, say, the second Harry Potter book. The kids were all behaving well: there were no tears, no screams, no hysteria. Many of the girls carried roses, presumably to give to their favorite member of the five boy boy-band. (Tae Yang may be the cute one, but Seung-ri is the funny one!)



Though the whole scene was kind of silly, I have to admit that one frigid NYC morning waited I for five hours to get INXS tickets.















Oh, and another time I waited for six hours to get Metallica/Guns'n'Roses tickets. (Faith No More opened!)







BTW: Read about the Heat Death of the Universe here- so you know just how very clever this post's title is.

Send in the... WTF?

This is what I saw from the roof, this morning, while walking the dog:



We've seen the "clown" costumes before, but still have no idea what the hell they're all about. If anyone can explain the cultural significance of this display, please- please- leave a comment.




(Click for the large version.)

Happy New Year from Korea

Free Money

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Mostly Nothing to See Here

Mokpo is in the middle of the rainy season and we are pretty excited when the sun comes out- even if for only a few minutes. Man, the seasonal depression isn't supposed to hit until Winter.

To cheer me up- and maybe help you through your own Summer doldrums- here is a cat video that amuses the hell out of me every time.


Cat In Aquarium - More bloopers are a click away

BTW: The rest of the Seoul pictures were boring, so I decided to renege on my promise to post more of them. Too bad, eh?

Joanie, Don't You Worry

Well, we survived the tandem bikes. Rachel is still working on the video from our adventure, but here's the video of what happened after the bikes were returned to the rental place.


"It's the Same Old Drag" and "Joanie Don't You Worry" by The Apples in Stereo from New Magnetic Wonder.

Raffle at Peace Park and Drama in Hadang

It was a cloudy evening, but we decided to walk along the water at Peace Park anyway. Good thing, too, or we might have missed the big raffle. Here's some video:



A little later we walked down to Hadang for pizza and, while we were eating, were treated to a Korean version of Jerry Springer. A pair of shame-faced teen girls were standing in front of a clothing store next to the pizza parlor. Several adults surrounded them, talking into cell phones and looking nervous, angry or amused. Then, out of the blue, one of the adults- a woman in her 40's- produced a baseball bat and stepped menacingly toward the teens. The other adults wrestled the bat from her, while I watched and Rachel cursed her opposite-facing seat. There then ensued a long stand-off where the teens were crying, the adults looked unhappy and we continued eating. Finally, the Springer-scene broke up just as we finished the pizza, but we still had no clue what the hell it was all about.

***Bonus Footage: Here are some kids playing in the fountain in Hadang.***

Korean People in the City

(Default volume may be very low: use the little slide-thingy to turn it up.)

Shaky camera and editing by Dave
Music by Air

We Surrender!

I found this one on Microsoft's new Soapbox video sharing site.
Give it a few seconds...

Video: The New French LOL Anti-Tank Missile

This Video Kills Me Every Time

Not much to report this week, so here's a video that is really, really amusing.


Edit: Had to remove the video because it was annoying. (Damn auto-play...) You can still watch it here.


BTW: I have added a section on the sidebar called News, Comics, & Music. It's where you'll see links to my Shared Items on Google Reader. Just some stories, webcomics, and such that I find interesting. You may enjoy them. Or not. Whatever.