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Alexandra His actual video for this song makes no sense to me.I really don't like this song. Lyrics are awful. :)
The Chum Bucket: Guilty Pleasures from the '80s + More
Spinner —
The Chum Bucket: Guilty Pleasures from the '80s + More Posted Jun 24th 2008 7:00PM by Kelly Reeves Filed under: The Chum Bucket [image] 10 Guilty Pleasures from the '80s [ Hidden Track ] Lykke Li covers A Tribe Called Quest [ Gorilla vs Bear ] 10 Great Karaoke Songs [ EW via Music Slut ] Spoon covers the Smiths [ YANP ] The Black Ghosts ' new video (feat. Damon Albarn vocals) [ Listening Post ] Because it's amazing: 'Love in This Club' performed by the Showbiz Pizza band [ YouTube ] Digg This Permalink Email this Linking Blogs ...
Animatronic Animals Play Usher’s ‘Love in This Club’ — and They Take Requests!
Vulture —
If, by some terrible misfortune, your life has not already been enriched by this awesome video of animatronic ensemble the Rock-afire Explosion performing Usher's "Love in This Club," then please take four minutes and 31 seconds to enjoy it, as we promise you will definitely not regret it. The clip is the work of YouTube genius Chris Thrash, who ...
Weird Web Wednesdays: Shia LaBeouf Gets Bitch Slapped
Film Junk —
weirdwebshiabitchslap.jpg You’ve been waiting all week, and now here it is… another round-up of the best of the worst that the web has to offer! This week I’m pleased to present a celebrity in a compromising situation as young Shia LaBeouf appears drunk at a party, asking his friend to slap him. The thing is, he also lets a certain derogatory word slip, and was forced to issue a public apology ...
The Animatronic Wizard Behind The Pizza Curtain
Videogum —
Earlier this week, all the blogs were posting a video of the Rock-afire Explosion performing Usher's "Love in This Club." It was a little confusing because that video circulated weeks ago, but I'd heard that Chris Thrash was having some trouble with his videos getting taken down, and besides it's such a great video that who cares. We should probably all be posting it every day anyway. Go watch it right now, please. But who is Chris Thrash exactly? Besides a genius? Well, apparently someone is making a feature length documentary about the Rockafire Explosion answering that very question. It's like a cross between ...
Showbiz Puppets Sing Ushers “Love In This Club”
Seriously McMillan's "She So Ghetto" —
As I look for interesting things to put on my blog, I found this juicy little morsel that got me laughing and enjoying the song that I did find annoying at one point.
The “Ehh’s” are what I got tired of quickly, but seeing the cool gorilla and the sun sing them is refreshing.
These “puppets” are actually from Showbiz ...
‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Vulture’s Top Five Songs of the Summer
Vulture —
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A few weeks ago, Vulture set out on an ambitious quest to find 2008's Song of the Summer, a track that would rule the pop charts, be inescapable on the radio and in the streets, and probably wind up on your mom's iPod sometime in October. It would have to be immediately catchy, evocative of the season, and as ...
The Rock-afire Explosion Movie Trailer (Accurately Fun/Creepy!)
/Film —
We’ll take this sentence to offer the ongoing meme for Showbiz Pizza’s house band an extended welcome and a thanks for making so many parents’ divorces and kids’ birthday parties that much more awkward, wacky and bipolar. A new documentary shines a light on the magic inner workings and fandom of The Rock-afire Explosion, the animatronic musical act and variety show that was a loud staple at Showpizza franchises in the ’80s.
An indie doc from Window Pictures, the film centers on a 31-year-old Alabamian enviously named, Chris ...
Remember the Rocka-fire Explosion?
PopWatch —
Sure you do. They're the animatronic band who played at Showbiz Pizza (R.I.P.) in the '80s to temporarily distract kids like me from expertly losing all their arcade tokens in 20 minutes. (I still have two of those things, trapped in this weird, tiny ceramic shoe, at the family homestead in Illinois.) I love this bit of trivia, from Rocka-fire's Wikipedia page: ...
The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time: I Am Sam
Videogum —
When it was released in 2001, I Am Sam earned Sean Penn an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of a mentally handicapped Starbucks employee, which is funny, because if it wasn't for his performance this movie would never have been nominated in The Hunt. This is the first movie featured in this abysmal project that has an Academy Award nomination, which is mildly surprising considering how many rare misses that organization makes every year, but even more surprising is that it's the first film in The Hunt featuring Dakota Fanning. She's the worst, and by worst I mean 47-year-old animatronic emotionbot. Have you seen the video of her singing ...
The Muppets Continue To Pwn The Internet
Videogum —
Move over Chris Thrash, Bert and Ernie rap M.O.P.'s "Ante Up." (via BuzzFeed) I'm telling you, just before he died, Jim Henson went back to VSI to complete the final stage of his evolution. He projected himself into the mainframe computer and became PURE ENERGY. How else can you explain this almost daily influx of Henson-based videos and mash-ups? I mean besides the internet's intense passion for anything that combines nostalgia with contemporary pop culture? If you take that out of the equation the only possible explanation is that Jim Henson is the Lawnmower Man. It's called "Gabe's Razor," which is the ...
Benevento/Russo Duo @ Martyr's, Chicago 9/7/08
Live Music Blog.com —
The Duo are one of those bands. They sing barely a sound during their entire set, but they converse with each other through casual banter with the audience. They drink Maker's Mark convincingly. They turn cartoons themes into anthems. They are addictive. This only my third time seeing the two Italians, Andrew said it was near his tenth. All glory aside, there wasn't a huge crowd at the north side venue. Even still, everyone who was there stayed past midnight on a Sunday, which Benevento acknowledged right before he told everyone where to stash the drugs (under his van's left tire). It was a perfect way to cap off a long and strange weekend in Chicago. ...
Benevento/Russo Duo @ Martyr’s, Chicago 9/7/08
Live Music Blog.com —
The Duo are one of those bands. They sing barely a sound during their entire set, but they converse with each other through casual banter with the audience. They drink Maker’s Mark convincingly. They turn cartoons themes into anthems. They are addictive. This only my third time seeing the two Italians, Andrew said it was near his tenth. All glory aside, there wasn’t a huge crowd at the north side venue. Even still, everyone who was there stayed past midnight on a Sunday, which Benevento acknowledged right before he told everyone where to stash the drugs (under his van’s left tire). It was a perfect way to cap off a long and strange weekend ...
Chuck E. Cheese Band Performs New Songs
The High Definite —
I guess this guy named Chris Thrash bought one of the Chuck E. Cheese bands aka The Rock-afire Explosion. He takes requests for songs then puts them up. This shit is awesome.
Usher - In This Club
Huey - Pop Lock And Drop It
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Great Songs of 2008: 41-50
I'm Just Sayin Is All... —
Paul Shambroom - Missile, First Baptist Church [Covington, OH] (2008) More Great Songs of 2008 continue through the weekend... including a cultural cornerstone covered by the Rock-afire Explosion, a breath of fresh ...
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