Dave Shumka

I’m very bad at Photoshop.

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:50 -0700

I’m very bad at Photoshop.

A follow-up to last week’s Bayne Vardy post, someone sent...

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:57:00 -0700

A follow-up to last week’s Bayne Vardy post, someone sent me this commercial in which a business owner gloriously sings his own jingle.

New fave p-cast.

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:04:55 -0700

New fave p-cast.

cbcmusic: Et tu, Wide Mouth Mason?

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:59:46 -0700

cbcmusic:

Et tu, Wide Mouth Mason?

WE Vancouver - State of the arts: Vancouver's comedy boom

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:42:52 -0700

WE Vancouver - State of the arts: Vancouver's comedy boom:

steelviperforce:

Vancouver improv and sketch comedian Cam Macleod has been a driving force behind the local comedy scene for the past seven years

Cam MacLeod (aka Lance Fiero) gives a great interview about the comedy scene in Vancouver AND gives a little scoop on STEEL VIPER FORCE

This may or may not be Ziggy Marley’s jizz.

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:53:00 -0700

This may or may not be Ziggy Marley’s jizz.

Oh man, I forgot these two dated.

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:26:50 -0700

Oh man, I forgot these two dated.

Working on an important thing.

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:04:00 -0700

Working on an important thing.

Find me a better name than Bayne Vardy and we’ll talk.

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:11:07 -0700

Find me a better name than Bayne Vardy and we’ll talk.

It’s new music Tuesday, so let’s watch this video of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:04:43 -0700

It’s new music Tuesday, so let’s watch this video of Moloko playing “Indigo” at a festival in 2004. It starts off kinda ehhh, but then it gets so great about 3 minutes in, and then there are another 6 minutes, and they’re like “RAMSES! GALOSHES!”

That’s basically all music criticism is.

Please photoshop me!

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:35:56 -0700

Please photoshop me!

This is all I want.

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:58:28 -0700

This is all I want.

I honestly had to google which generation I belong to....

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:10:12 -0700

I honestly had to google which generation I belong to. Fortunately they all rock.

hounddogsrunning: Afghan hounds arrive in the rain in style for...

Fri, 10 May 2013 10:06:02 -0700

hounddogsrunning:

Afghan hounds arrive in the rain in style for the 2013 Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England.

Remember when I badmouthed that guy’s shoes last week?...

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:01:01 -0700

Remember when I badmouthed that guy’s shoes last week? What an asshole.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck A version of Jay-Z and Beyoncé...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:23:05 -0700

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

A version of Jay-Z and Beyoncé ’s “’03 Bonnie and Clyde” with the lyric “Me and my boyfriend” replaced with “Me and my slow friend.”
A theme for Curley, the villain with the glove full of Vaseline: Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas performs a hip-hop version of Sublime’s “Caress Me Down” over a sample of Stone Temple Pilots’ “Vasoline.” But, y’know, dubstep.
Whenever Lennie kills an animal, Deadmau5 (get it?) does a mash-up of “Oops!…I Did It Again” and Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, a reference to Elmer Fudd’s “Kill the Wabbit.”
Gwen Stefani doing a version of the Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up,” over sampled ukuleles. The song foreshadows Lennie’s ultimate undoing, and it’s a winking reference to the Prodigy album, Fat of the Land, which echoes George and Lennie’s pipe dream.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Obviously, Moby would be invited to co-produce the project.
A reinterpretation of Blondie’s “Call Me” by Sleigh Bells with Fred Schneider of the B-52s yelling out “Ishmael” whenever the title is mentioned.
A fish-themed Girl Talk mash-up medley featuring obvious picks like Phish, “Barracuda” by Heart and the theme from Jaws, but also some more obscure picks like Ghostface Killah’s “Fish” and something off Neh Neh Cherry’s Raw Like Sushi. You know, for the big dance sequence.
Because of the nautical theme, the soundtrack features plenty of yacht rock performed in a shanty style, possibly by Ashanti. Songs include Kenny Loggins’s “I’m Alright” to give a good Caddyshack vibe — that gopher is kinda like the white whale of the golf course, and 10cc’s “I’m Not In Love” for the love scene between Ahab and the whale. It should be noted at this point that I’ve never read this book and it’s a miracle I can even write a sentence.

Etc.

Not only did the guy who wrote Phone Booth also write Cellular,...

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:20:50 -0700

Not only did the guy who wrote Phone Booth also write Cellular, he also wrote a movie you’ve never heard of, starring Matthew Lillard, called Messages Deleted.

(Thanks for the tip, Johnstu)

I’ve never been so tempted to punch somebody in the foot.

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:13:15 -0700

I’ve never been so tempted to punch somebody in the foot.

everybodylovesgrampa: Lei off! This idiot.

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:19:41 -0700

everybodylovesgrampa:

Lei off!

This idiot.

Trailer for Stress Position. Look, everybody! There’s a...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:24:07 -0700

Trailer for Stress Position.

Look, everybody! There’s a movie I wanna see!