Star Wars http://www.starwars.com/ aikidou (nakayama kokyuho aikidoukai), chanoyu (omotesenke doumonkai), MMORPG, computers, music and karaoke, sudoku and other brain teasers, pen and paper DnD
A friend of mine in Japan asked me to go on the Calgary Zombie Walk http://www.calgaryzombie.com in October 2005 and to take some photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/problematicsoul/377253262/
A very musical Picard Maneouver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjNKyoRudOQ
Frank Zappa in a debate on Crossfire, 1986 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ISil7IHzxc I like Franks thoughts that the U.S.A. was on the road to a fascist theocracy, that the U.S.A. tries to hide sex, and so forth.
Sir Ian McKellan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43sbtkQM6zc and Patrick Stewart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvlBqyuzg98 on a show titled "Extras".
Laughing can be too contagious. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Y4keqTV6w
A Japanese street magician, much like David Blaine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j82zCFDoYu0 A Japanese game show at a boys class with a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YwoP0thR1k "Ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten ten" Hahahahahhaha... itaaaatatatatatata.
Those wacky Japanese, merging LARP (Live Action Role Playing) with video games to make LAVG (Live Action Video Games.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIYVNr36B08 This version of Tetris has left me in stitches:
Music
DEVO http://www.clubdevo.com/ Weird Al Yankovic, Bach, Mozart, Chuck Berry, Dave Harris http://www.novatone.net/novatone/Slim.htm KISS "New York Groove", A-HA, Beach Boys, Joan Jett, Erasure, Thomas Dolby, Shonen Knife http://www.shonenknife.com/ M, Sexohol http://www.sexohol.com/ Polysics http://www.polysics.com/ Frank Zappa, Huey Lewis and the News, Kraftwerk, Puffy Ami Yumi http://www.puffyamiyumi.com/ Bachman Turner Overdrive, celtic calypso, They Might be Giants, bagpipes, the Kinks, Toni Basil, Cuppie Rumne, B-52s, ZZ Top, Dr. Steel http://www.doctorsteel.com/ Jim Croce, Billy Joel, Billy Idol, Red Elvises http://www.redelvises.com/ the 5.6.7.8.s, Meco,... In short, I listen to CKUA. http://www.ckua.org/
Movies
Star Wars, Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind, Killer Tomatoes http://www.killertomatoes.com/ Transylvania 6-5000, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Last Samurai (if only Tom Cruise weren't in it), Back to the Future, Zatoichi, WaterBoys, Black Rain (both of them), X-Men, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beetlejuice, MonkeyBone (Yay Tim Burton!), zebraman, Twilight Samurai http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/
Autobots! Transform and roll out! http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Or... buy your own Transformer.
Not a movie, but Avenue Q is quite amusing.
Television
Red Dwarf, Max Headroom, Misfits of Science, Reboot, Battlestar Galactica, American Gladiators, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Monty Python (take your pick), Love Hina, Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett, Airwolf, Street Hawk, Mork & Mindy
How could I forget the Iron Chef, Jeopardy! and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? I really want to watch some sumo matches.
Books
Sherlock Holmes, the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy, the Meaning of Liff
Heroes
Dr. David Suzuki, the Dalai Lama, Ueshiba Morihei, Sir Alec Guiness, Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Jim Henson, Pope John Paul II, Saint Francis of Assissi, Douglas Adams
Time for a bit of truth, folks.
And an experiment showing that a person is smart while people are dumb, mindless flocks of sheep:
Dust and Shadow: an Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, available everywhere April 28th....
"At long last, an author of rare talent combines a thorough, enthusiastic knowledge of the Sherlock Holmes canon with truly rigorous research into, and respect for, the Jack the Ripper killings. Where others have failed, Lyndsay Faye's extremely impressive debut novel succeeds, on every level, providing thrilling entertainment without blatant exploitation. It will instantly take a place of distinction among the best attempts of contemporary authors to continue the work of Arthur Conan Doyle, and is, quite simply, a must for Holmes fans and Ripperologists alike. "
It's the video for our new single, "BRIGITTE BARDOT".
It's from our new album "LOLA DUTRONIC IN BERLIN", and it's available exclusively from iTunes and CDBaby.com The single is starting to get airplay all over the place including Rodney Bingenheimer's show on KROQ-FM in L.A. , and it just showed up on the NME's website!
You can download both the single and the album today by clicking here:
Mster Sarah Moanies had a taste once of international noteriety... she went back to refill her champagne glass. ;) AND she's learning Mandarin... what better place to do so? Hong Kong is... well, words can't describe. It's to be EXPERIENCED. Ciao Darling!
J-Pop World is dedicated to increasing the profile of Japanese music groups to English speaking music lovers around the world. So far we have featured artist sites for Puffy AmiYumi, Kaela Kimura and GO!GO!7188 as well as profiles and interviews with a growing number of other j-pop and j-rock groups.
Heya! I never got to the Polysics show in the end, I can't remember why now... I think it was because I had a gig a few days before and the gig was on a weird day like a tuesday,which wasn't the best day for me to go (the closest show was quite a way to go).I'm sure I will catch them again though. How are you? x Sez
Dr VS! Thanks for letting me know about the spin on CKUA and thanks for your regular attendance at Chicks With Licks! One week go go until the big CD release show, woo hoo! Susan
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