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Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
Alien Cheese Encounter OOT
by Macker ( 9 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, OOT at May 12th, 2013 - 9:30 pm
Walkin’ After Midnight
by Bunk X ( 11 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, Music, OOT at May 3rd, 2013 - 12:31 am
Nah. Not Patsy Cline or Christopher Walken.
Willy singbout Rita on The Overnight Open Thread.
Good God Give The Saxman Some
by Bunk X ( 85 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, Music, OOT at May 1st, 2013 - 11:00 pm
Had a cool post all lined up and ready to go before I realized it had already been posted here three years ago, so instead, let’s get down and funky with Maceo Parker on The Overnight Open Thread.
Tony Clifton: The Man. The Legend.
by Bunk X ( 30 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, History, Humor, OOT, Satire at April 28th, 2013 - 11:00 pm
One thing is for sure. Tony Clifton is larger than life, and his imposing image on the Las Vegas Strip deserves to be spilled into the right hand margin. If you don’t like him, you can leave this blog right now. He’s that big.
The late Andy Kaufman knew Tony Clifton personally. For those who only remember Kaufman as Latka Gravas from the TV series “Taxi,” you’re missing out, as Kaufman was an awesome, if eccentric, comedian. Prior to his stints on SNL, Kaufman was a stand up comic whose specialty was long set ups that often had no punch line, yet occasionally provided a responsive audience transportation to a local venue for milk and cookies. He was also a talented impersonator.
Kaufman impersonated Elvis, Tito Puente and Jerry Lawler, but his epitome [embodiment, exemplification, quintessence, essence, perfect example, exemplar, representative, type, typification, personification, incarnation, archetype, model, prototype, pattern, ultimate, last word; see also model] was Tony Clifton, and it was spot on.
I’ve never seen a better impersonation of Tony Clifton, the greatest lounge singer/entertainer/comedian ever. So welcome to Rafael’s Silver Cloud Lounge, order a tropical beverage (the tiny umbrella is free) and tip the waitress while we introduce the next act: The Overnight Open Thread.
Bar’s Open & The Blues Are Flowin’
by Bunk X ( 37 Comments › )Filed under Blogmocracy, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Humor, Music, OOT, Open thread at April 21st, 2013 - 10:30 pm
Eddy Davis’ New Orleans Jazz Band plays “Panama” at The National Underground in NYC 18 June 2008. Eddy Davis, Nechville electric tenor banjo, John Gill, guitar, Simon Wettenhall, trumpet, Debbie Kennedy, bass, Fernando Kfouri, Trombone, Pat Carmichael, drums, Adrian Cunningham, clarinet.
Now that we’re past the excellent distraction of The Blogmocracy Radio Show, we now return to your regularly scheduled Overnight Open Thread.
80′s Ragtime Saturday Night
by Bunk X ( 56 Comments › )Filed under Art, Entertainment, Music, OOT, Open thread at April 13th, 2013 - 11:01 pm
This guy is good, and he’s had a bit of success lately. Bar’s open, beer’s flowin’ and the drawers are droppin’ on The Overnight Open Thread.
R.I.P. Jonathan Winters 1925-2013
by Bunk X ( 89 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, Golden Age of Television, Humor, OOT, Open thread at April 12th, 2013 - 10:00 pm
Awesome spontaneous comedy by Mr. Improvisation himself, Jonathan Winters. Ain’t nobody funnier [h/t Iowahawk for the vid].
So here’s to Elwood P. Suggins, Lennie Pike, Leslie the Sanitation Engineer, The Annoying Airline Passenger, Maude Frickert and many others. May St. Peter somehow manage to open The Gates for you while he’s doubled over laughing.
And this is The Overnight Open Thread.
Diddy Wah Diddy
by Bunk X ( 22 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, History, Humor, Music, OOT, Open thread at April 10th, 2013 - 10:00 pm
Captain Beefheart‘s fuzz-bass-infused version of “Diddy Wah Diddy.”
That lilting tune was written by Willie Dixon and Elias McDaniel (aka Elias Bates, aka Bo Diddley) and later covered by The Sonics, The Fabulous Thunderbirds and others. The title may be slang for a suburb of Baltimore, but here on The Blogmocracy it refers to a whompin’ stompin’ version of
The Overnight Open Thread.
Lawless Street
by Bunk X ( 8 Comments › )Filed under Entertainment, Music, OOT, Open thread at April 9th, 2013 - 11:00 pm
Fun little viddle by The Skatalites, suitable for the rock steady beat of a Tuesday Night Edition of The Overnight Open Thread.
Joe Camel clone visits Cuba
by Rodan ( 86 Comments › )Filed under Communism, Cuba, Entertainment, Music, Progressives, Socialism, Tranzis at April 7th, 2013 - 8:00 pm
I just laugh that Jay-Z has become some cultural icon. He is one of the biggest phonies to ever walk the earth. The Rap songs that fueled his career was based on lies. Jay-Z aka Sean Carter was never some big time drug dealer. He was a driver for a real big time dealer and nothing but an errand boy. After a car accident that killed his boss, Jay Z assumed his identity via his songs. His whole music career was based on a lie. Yet, Jay Z is a big power broker in the music industry.
The Joe Camel clone visited Cuba to show support for the Castro Regime there. Jay-Z although he loves money and the rewards of capitalism, but has a history of supporting Marxist causes. In the early 2000′s, he wore Che Guevara shirts at his concerts. His visit to Cuba must be viewed in that context.
(Reuters) – Two Republican members of Congress have asked the U.S. Treasury Department for information on what type of license American pop star Beyonce and rapper husband Jay Z obtained for a high-profile trip to Cuba to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Beyonce and Jay Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary this week in Havana, where big crowds greeted them as they strolled hand in hand through the Cuban capital.
They ate at some of the city’s best restaurants, danced to Cuban music, walked through historic Old Havana and posed for pictures with admiring Cubans, who recognized them despite the past half-century of ideological conflict that separates the United States and Cuba.
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n Washington this week, the State Department said it had no prior knowledge of the visit. A spokeswoman at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana said she did not know if the celebrity couple obtained a license for their trip. If they did not, they could be exposed to a fine.
You can that since the Joe Camel clone is an Obama supporter, he will face no fine. This is why people like The Camel are attracted to Totalitarian regimens like Cuba. The elite live like Capitalists, while the rest live like feudal serfs.
Jay-Z is a fraud like his buddy Obama.
