Pop Candy found this gem of a post about the 13 most stupidly convincing infomercials over at Best Week Ever. They all remind me of Steve Coogan in Hamlet 2 doing the herpes ads. I could see this one being popular among a few people I know:
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the naughty list, jack
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In New York…
This is for Norah, who probably saw this already, but… eh… enjoy.
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Trailers
Here are a couple trailers worth seeing (via pop candy):
- New Iron Man 2 trailer.
- New Alice in Wonderland.
- Hot Tub Time Machine? A movie with John Cusack on a ski mountain better have some “Better Off Dead” references.
*UPDATE – HERE’S SOME MORE!*
- The Runaways Trailer. Hopefully, Kristen Davis as Joan Jett can look like she’s actually playing the guitar; unlike Rachel Leigh Cook in Josie and the Pussycats.
- The White Stripe’s Under Great White Northern Lights trailer.
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Cherry Christmas, Everyone
Most of you have probably heard this already, but Neil Diamond has a holiday album with a cover of Adam Sandler’s Hanukkah Song. Besides the general strangeness of covering the song, it is very bizarre that he feels the need to change “tom cruise isn’t, but I think his agent is” to “…but Jesus Christ is.” Also bizarre that he felt the needed to say “don’t smoke your marijuanica.” But if that wasn’t enough, he does a song called “Cherry, Cherry Christmas” where he takes the names of all his popular songs and inserts them into a new song about the holidays. You can check them out at the hype machine or his myspace.
But there’s more!
- Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings just released a new 45, called “Ain’t No Chimneys in the Projects.” And in the spirit of the season, are giving away the mp3 of it for free through their website.
- One of my favorite blogs, Soul-Sides, is giving away a mixtape of Aretha Franklin songs.
- While not a holiday song, it would be a great gift for me: White Stripes Live dvd “Under the Great White Northern Lights.” You can now see the full version of “Let’s Shake Hands” on their myspace.
- This might be a stretch, but Christmas just came early for a couple bands. They just released all the inductees for this the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year.  For once, I am happy with all of the picks: ABBA, the Hollies, Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, and The Stooges.