Hello!

Nothing on the Column item docket today — except for goofy online videos old and new … which people keep saying they like.

First up is a homemade video mashup from ‘Tvcrazyman’ — a clever editorial job that tasks The Man of Steel with defeating an armada of invading flying saucers. Ray Harryhausen worshippers may complain, but hey, re-editing the effects master’s work is always rewarding.

Fun is fun:

Up second is an old friend that’s forever winning new fans. Posted by ‘homemadespots’, it’s a musical excerpt from the 1965 Indian murder mystery-musical Gumnamm. A clip of the dance number shows up in Terry Zwigoff’s  Ghost World, just long enough to retard one’s consciousness by two or three evolutionary levels.

This one never gets old. The mindless, mind-warping music and the hyperfrenetic dancing are enough to shake one’s brain loose. The earworm guitar riffs will take possession of your frontal lobe for at least a week.

The choreography feels like a metaphor for modern life: people are bombarded by sub-atomic particles, just like David Byrne. It looks so frantic … psychologically speaking, the dance feels like a logical reaction to current national events.

Thanks for reading! — Glenn Erickson