Another Nerd Lunch podcast from CT and Jeeg from Nerd Lunch and Pax from Cavalcade of Awesome has been loosed on the world and yours truly makes an
appearance. Check it out below. First, however, I thought it would be fun to provide some supplemental material for
some of the topics we discussed.
While we were discussing excessive, spoilery trailers, CT brought up Prometheus.
The team behind the promotion of Ridley Scott’s new flick has been putting out
a steady supply of viral videos to hype the upcoming film. I mentioned one of the
more recent videos - an ad of sorts regarding Michael Fassbender’s character.
Check it out below (unless you’re CT).
Later in the podcast we touched on the topic of product placement (PP) in films.
I mentioned that I don’t have a problem with PP (giggle) and I brought up this
scene from Wayne’s World.
I also mentioned the movie Mac and Me. It’s a horrible rip-off of E.T. filled
with product placement. There is a crazy hilarious McDonald’s scene, however.
Check it out:
And, for good measure, here’s the infamous Mac and Me wheelchair scene:
We went off on a tangent about the Hoverboard from Back to the Future and fake products in general for a while. I think I
attributed a recent article about a real-life Hoverboard to joblo.com but I
actually read it on Badass Digest. Sorry about that!
One thing I forgot to mention while we were on the topic of celebrity meltdowns
was this interesting, recent(ish) clip of Robert Downey Jr. asking the world to forgive Mel
Gibson:
So that’s it! I hope you like the podcast. I know I enjoyed my third time in
the hot seat and I hope the gang invites me back on. Now I’m just waiting on Pax
to call me about that Fantastic Four/The Room double feature...
What does it take to be lonely you ask? According to Dr. Dog, nothin' at all. Yes, it's Wednesday and I'm sure at this point of the week you're really jonesin' for some Music Video Monday. Due to the tardiness, I'm bringing some good stuff. If you've paid attention at all to our blog, then you know that we enjoy us some Dr. Dog. They bring the horn to the unicorn, the rain to the bow and the hot to the damn. Tonight's entry, "Lonesome", comes from Be The Void the latest LP from Philly's favorite. Tiffany, "Control Yourself". You see what I did there? I hope you had a Happy Hump Day and remember to live your soundtrack out loud everyday.
As promised, I'm here to share the debriefing from my secret mission
last Saturday. So here goes. The tteh! crew took the beautiful city of
St. Augustine by storm for the day. We had drinks at St. George Tavern
and more drinks and lunch at A1A Ale House. I recommend the fish tacos!.
We visited the Bloody Sunset house on 124 Marine Street, had more
drinks at the No Name Bar and then Robert and Nick puffed on some cigars
at Stogies. We didn't see the ghost upstairs, but had a lovely 20
minute conversation with a guy who drove a limo in Hawaii and repeatedly
told us, "I wouldn't lie, I met a lot of people."
Two highlights for me
were him telling Prince, "I'll be waiting back stage after the show to
pick you up" and Prince saying, "no you won't you, you'll be in the
front row" and the other was him threatening to kick the members of Wu
Tang Clan out of his limo for breaking his crystal glasses. Limo driver,
"You know how much that crystal is?" Wu Tang Clan member, "We are the
Wu Tang Clan!" Limo driver, "You'll be the Wu Tang Clan on the side of
the road!" This is the same guy that told us that he pushes his bike
from Palatka to St. Augustine, a 30 mile trek, just in case he wants to
ride it back. Classic!
Finally, we finished the day with fruity drinks
in The Backyard of Meehan's Irish Pub. All that made for a great day,
but my main purpose for the trip was the attempt to obtain a copy of the
limited Record Store Day release of the Arctic Monkey's 7" single, "R U
Mine? with the B-side "Electricity".
I
woke up at 7:30 am on a fricking Saturday morning, walked the dog,
picked up Robert and then we swung by to get Tiffany. The clock read
8:30 am and we were heading down 95S, to the ancient city's famous
attraction, Music Matters. It's one of the only, if not the only, record
store in St. Augustine that still sells vinyl. All the way down I was
nervous. Were there going to be a lot of Arctic Monkeys fans? Did we
leave too late? Who will I have to beat down to get my hands on the
prize? Robert mentioned something about this being my white whale. I
thought to myself, I hope I'm more successful than Ahab. As we pulled
into the parking lot and I saw that a line (8 people) had already
formed, my worries grew because there was only one copy of this purple
beauty.
As we walked up, I started to size
up the competition. I worked my way from the back of the line to the
door. The first two, in front of me, were a young couple. I pegged them
for Flagler College students. She was wearing a tie-dye T-shirt, black
horned rim glasses, Birkenstocks and her hair was in a dirty ponytail.
He was dressed like Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend. I ruled her out,
but I kept my eyes on him, looking and listening for any hints that
would tip his hand. Next in line was your average middle aged couple,
him in velcro Teva sandals (no socks thankfully) and her in mom jeans
and a plain looking shirt tightly tucked in. They were definitely not
Arctic Monkeys fans. With a quick glance, I immediately ruled out the
next lady in line as well. She was gray haired and looked to be in her
late 50's.
Tiffany zoned in on #3, but I didn't see him
as that much of a threat. Like the lady behind him, he seemed to be in
his late 50's, but she was convinced that he was someone to worry about.
He did look like he was the type of guy who might go in and buy
everything up and then sell it on eBay so we started to devise our plan.
Would Tiffany use her female powers? Maybe Robert could go buck naked
and yell, "hey look at me!" as he streaked by the store. The more I
studied this guy, the more I tried to convince myself that he was there
for the Grateful Dead Live release or maybe the Paul McCartney single,
however I would still keep our plan in my pocket just in case.
Finally, my
eyes made it to the first two in line. They were a hippie looking
couple. She was sans bra and I swear she smelled of trail mix and
patchouli and when he turned around he wore a glorious granola saver,
Phish t-shirt and matching hat. Yes! Eliminated! My eight competitors
were now narrowed down to two, the Ezra Koenig look alike and Mr.
Grateful Dead.
As the owner emerged from the store
around 9:50 am, 10 minutes early, to welcome and thank everyone for
showing up, I listened carefully to his instructions. Then something
pretty cool happened, he told the Phish couple that they would get the
album they wanted because they had been there since 5:30 am. It was go
time. Just before the door opened, I asked Tiffany and Robert to hit the
LP section and I would go straight to the 7" single section. The door
opened, we all piled in and I made a bee-line to my section. "Grateful
Dead" wanted Coldplay, David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen. Yes! I looked
around and "Vampire Weekend" was nowhere to be seen. I moved to the
counter and saw the purple circle tucked into it's virgin white sleeve. I
swear, as I reached for it, a bright light began to shine through the
window and angels or maybe it was Florence + the Machine could be heard
in the background. The owner handed it to me and I'm sure I had a
child's grin on my face. It would be the perfect start to an awesome day
with friends and I hope I get a chance to do it all again next year.
